Dr Alex Cruikshanks
@alexsaysstuff.bsky.social
Historian of the former Yugoslavia and ethnic partitionism. X-Men opinion-haver. Did a PhD on diplomacy in the Bosnian War. Host of The History of Yugoslavia podcast.
It's becoming an increasingly common theme that transphobia serves as a permission structure for violent misogynist men to fantasise about (if not worse) beating up any woman they don't like.
January 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
It's becoming an increasingly common theme that transphobia serves as a permission structure for violent misogynist men to fantasise about (if not worse) beating up any woman they don't like.
The missing context here is that Tony was clearly just asked how long each of his next three holidays are going to be.
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The missing context here is that Tony was clearly just asked how long each of his next three holidays are going to be.
"I don't hate trans people, I'm just concerned about women's sport. Even though I never mention it outside the context of trans participants. Unrelatedly I oppose puberty blockers, social transition, using preferred names and pronouns, etc but that these all hurt trans people is just a coincidence."
January 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"I don't hate trans people, I'm just concerned about women's sport. Even though I never mention it outside the context of trans participants. Unrelatedly I oppose puberty blockers, social transition, using preferred names and pronouns, etc but that these all hurt trans people is just a coincidence."
Curious choice to only mention one of the letter's eight authors, wonder why that might be...
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Curious choice to only mention one of the letter's eight authors, wonder why that might be...
Frankly, it's actually striking how *un*-suppressive Europe has been to the far-right. It's at most been a (far from universal) tacit agreement among other parties not to ally with them. Even in Germany, which probably goes furthest in thos regard, the AfD do not struggle for media coverage.
There's a lot to pick apart here, but this line, from an American, is especially galling.
I teach at a law school. And unlike many of my colleagues south of the border, I can do that without a government apparatchik picking through my syllabus in search of wrongthink.
Land of the free it ain't.
I teach at a law school. And unlike many of my colleagues south of the border, I can do that without a government apparatchik picking through my syllabus in search of wrongthink.
Land of the free it ain't.
January 25, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Frankly, it's actually striking how *un*-suppressive Europe has been to the far-right. It's at most been a (far from universal) tacit agreement among other parties not to ally with them. Even in Germany, which probably goes furthest in thos regard, the AfD do not struggle for media coverage.
It's very revealing that they genuinely don't know how to do something like this.
(mobilise a protest, not rent a gas mask)
(mobilise a protest, not rent a gas mask)
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
It's very revealing that they genuinely don't know how to do something like this.
(mobilise a protest, not rent a gas mask)
(mobilise a protest, not rent a gas mask)
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Also from a purely military perspective, an armed insurgency is a fucking dumb idea in a pretty culturally homogenous, infrastructurally developed and (in macro terms) high employment country. Nowhere to hide, no major source of recruits.
The thing about the “acktually armed resistance is the only way to revolution” reply guys is that the ones who aren’t feds have no plans for armed revolution: they just want an excuse to stay at home and jerk off while feeling morally superior to the people doing the actual work or resistance.
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Also from a purely military perspective, an armed insurgency is a fucking dumb idea in a pretty culturally homogenous, infrastructurally developed and (in macro terms) high employment country. Nowhere to hide, no major source of recruits.
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It is truly incredible to watch elected officials take the quiet/weak/cowardly path like they have a secret rejoinder of “well, what would you do in this situation, don’t judge” in their back pocket when they need it. Meanwhile thousands and thousands of _their own voters_ are risking life, for love
Personally I've moved so far past anger at most Dem politicians in this moment beyond a couple local exceptions. Disdain & contempt are the closest terms. Just fundamental inability to rise to the moment while refusing to get out of the way for someone who might.
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
It is truly incredible to watch elected officials take the quiet/weak/cowardly path like they have a secret rejoinder of “well, what would you do in this situation, don’t judge” in their back pocket when they need it. Meanwhile thousands and thousands of _their own voters_ are risking life, for love
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Every person who goes into the streets to observe or respond to ICE knows, in some part of their brain, there’s a likelihood that they’ll be killed by masked federal paramilitaries. And yet they do it anyway. But it doesn’t make it any less shocking or heartrending when a good neighbor is martyred.
January 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Every person who goes into the streets to observe or respond to ICE knows, in some part of their brain, there’s a likelihood that they’ll be killed by masked federal paramilitaries. And yet they do it anyway. But it doesn’t make it any less shocking or heartrending when a good neighbor is martyred.
Of course, only raving antisemites like the AJC would ever say "Jewish Americans".
January 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Of course, only raving antisemites like the AJC would ever say "Jewish Americans".
Ooh, forgot to give my thoughts on this after watching!
So basically yeah, it's as great as it was sold to me, very emotional and hard-hitting. Just a couple of thoughts that really stood out to me:
So basically yeah, it's as great as it was sold to me, very emotional and hard-hitting. Just a couple of thoughts that really stood out to me:
This is on tonight on Channel 4. Strongly encourage people to watch. Can't speak to what it's like myself yet, but have heard from folks who have seen it that it's a really insightful and emotional exploration of intersex people's lives.
The Secret of Me - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Rogan Productions
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Ooh, forgot to give my thoughts on this after watching!
So basically yeah, it's as great as it was sold to me, very emotional and hard-hitting. Just a couple of thoughts that really stood out to me:
So basically yeah, it's as great as it was sold to me, very emotional and hard-hitting. Just a couple of thoughts that really stood out to me:
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This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls
In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...
jessasato.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Relieved that he doesn't seem to be any relation to Avril.
The next speaker is, Jason Lavigne, host of The Lavigne Show. Lavigne says people describe separatists as traitors to shame and shut down conversations before they begin. "When people are labeled instead of listened to...it becomes about who gets to speak and who doesn't."
January 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Relieved that he doesn't seem to be any relation to Avril.
What about all the people who've had sex in cubicles?
JD Vance: "To our fellow Americans we say, you're never gonna find great meaning in a cubicle or in front of a computer screen. But you will find great meaning if you dedicate yourself to the creation and sustenance of human life."
January 23, 2026 at 6:35 PM
What about all the people who've had sex in cubicles?
Glad The Lonely Island kept redrafting the lyrics after this, doesn't really roll off the tongue quite so well
January 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Glad The Lonely Island kept redrafting the lyrics after this, doesn't really roll off the tongue quite so well
I really do not see the value in publicising footage like this.
📽️ WATCH: Lucy Letby was arrested by police while still in bed and wrapped in her duvet, previously unseen footage shows.
The investigation into her crimes is to feature in a Netflix documentary about the former neonatal nurse ⬇️
The investigation into her crimes is to feature in a Netflix documentary about the former neonatal nurse ⬇️
Netflix’s Lucy Letby documentary to show unseen footage of arrest
Netflix’s Lucy Letby documentary to show unseen footage of arrest
www.thetimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I really do not see the value in publicising footage like this.
"failed Horst Wesseling", or alternatively, "Shinzo Abeing"
books about this era are going to heavily feature the failed Horst Wesseling of Kirk. it was the first place where the regime wanted something, got elite buy-in, and it blew up in their face
just thinking again about how MAGA’s attempt to suppress all criticism of Charlie Kirk created a backlash so intense that he is now probably the most abjectly Internet-defiled person in human history
January 23, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"failed Horst Wesseling", or alternatively, "Shinzo Abeing"
"legal systems... don’t typically contain mechanisms through which the interpretation of basic, everyday terms can be changed across the board"
What a silly thing to say. Of course they do. Parliament pretty routinely changes the legal meanings of terms, which courts are required to follow.
What a silly thing to say. Of course they do. Parliament pretty routinely changes the legal meanings of terms, which courts are required to follow.
Checked out The Philosophers' Magazine, which has only gotten worse under its new EIC, Daniel Kodsi, who is a young reactionary with no experience. Its recent output is a whole lot of laughably bad anti-trans garbage. Look at this! The law operates under ordinary language philosophy?! What?
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
"legal systems... don’t typically contain mechanisms through which the interpretation of basic, everyday terms can be changed across the board"
What a silly thing to say. Of course they do. Parliament pretty routinely changes the legal meanings of terms, which courts are required to follow.
What a silly thing to say. Of course they do. Parliament pretty routinely changes the legal meanings of terms, which courts are required to follow.
I was today years old when I discovered the existence of Scots-Yiddish poetry.
David Bleiman wins Scots Language Association's Sangschaw competition - The Poetry Society
Poetry Society Member David Bleiman's poem, 'The Trebbler's Tale', written in a macaronic Scots-Yiddish, won the first prize and the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie in the Scots Language Association's Sangscha...
poetrysociety.org.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I was today years old when I discovered the existence of Scots-Yiddish poetry.
*Scammer
Elon Musk Isn't an Optimist, He's a Salesman
Elon Musk Isn't an Optimist, He's a Salesman
At Davos, Musk sold a vision of himsel that doesn't align with reality.
gizmodo.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:36 PM
*Scammer
See, they really should've followed through on Husk/Chamber not least because then we'd have avoided the monstrosity of Husk/Angel.
Our Generation X Marathon continues as we get the REAL Monet. She's meaner, smarter and has WAY more sexual tension with Jubilee than before! Also Paige and Jono's will-they/won't-they might drive one of our hosts insane! Check it out! #xspoilers #xmen
Episode 96: Generation X Marathon Part 5 Family Business | Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast
New Year, New Me, New You, New Mutants
shows.acast.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 PM
See, they really should've followed through on Husk/Chamber not least because then we'd have avoided the monstrosity of Husk/Angel.
Honestly in the long-term outlook, Linke becoming predominantly a party of young lefty women rather than Ostalgic boomers who miss the GDR is a good development.
fucking dying at the Linke numbers for 18-34 women
holy shit dawg
holy shit dawg
January 22, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Honestly in the long-term outlook, Linke becoming predominantly a party of young lefty women rather than Ostalgic boomers who miss the GDR is a good development.
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Reposted by Dr Alex Cruikshanks
in case you didn’t click through, what she had the nerve to do was go to a football game that the school she is currently attending was playing in
This country hates women so much.
ca.news.yahoo.com/ex-porn-star...
ca.news.yahoo.com/ex-porn-star...
Ex-Porn Star Abella Danger Apologizes for Viral Moment During Miami Hurricanes’ NCAA Final Loss
The football megafan's reactions at games have captured the attention of several cameramen combing the crowd, but she says she wishes to be like any other fan.
ca.news.yahoo.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
in case you didn’t click through, what she had the nerve to do was go to a football game that the school she is currently attending was playing in