In a Strange Land
@astrangeland.bsky.social
When strangers reside with you in your land, you shall not wrong them. (Lev 19:34)
וְכִֽי־יָג֧וּר אִתְּךָ֛ גֵּ֖ר בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א תוֹנ֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ
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וְכִֽי־יָג֧וּר אִתְּךָ֛ גֵּ֖ר בְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א תוֹנ֖וּ אֹתֽוֹ
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My new Foreign Policy article is out: “The U.S. Government’s Repair Bills Are Coming Due.”
It looks at what happens when austerity becomes policy, and how the national security enterprise erodes when we hollow out the state that sustains it.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/29/t...
It looks at what happens when austerity becomes policy, and how the national security enterprise erodes when we hollow out the state that sustains it.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/29/t...
The U.S. Government’s Repair Bills Are Coming Due
Decades of accumulated technical debt have hollowed out state capacity.
foreignpolicy.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
My new Foreign Policy article is out: “The U.S. Government’s Repair Bills Are Coming Due.”
It looks at what happens when austerity becomes policy, and how the national security enterprise erodes when we hollow out the state that sustains it.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/29/t...
It looks at what happens when austerity becomes policy, and how the national security enterprise erodes when we hollow out the state that sustains it.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/29/t...
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this is like if Obama had a team whose job was to argue in the Breitbart comment section
October 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
this is like if Obama had a team whose job was to argue in the Breitbart comment section
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it is pretty funny that the government is so completely obsessed with Posting that they came here to set up accounts during a shutdown
October 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
it is pretty funny that the government is so completely obsessed with Posting that they came here to set up accounts during a shutdown
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you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you
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doomscroll break
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
doomscroll break
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This shouldn't need to be said, but coal is failing in the year 2025 because it is more expensive than alternative solutions. You can't polish this lump.
September 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This shouldn't need to be said, but coal is failing in the year 2025 because it is more expensive than alternative solutions. You can't polish this lump.
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this is something you just have to live with if you are even barely well-known online; people make up elaborate stories about you in their heads. it will always happen and you cannot give a shit about it, only stomp on it if they try to spread these weird tales to anybody you actually know.
its so strange to be a public figure. people build such elaborate mythologies around you. and im not even like, famous famous
September 19, 2025 at 4:06 AM
this is something you just have to live with if you are even barely well-known online; people make up elaborate stories about you in their heads. it will always happen and you cannot give a shit about it, only stomp on it if they try to spread these weird tales to anybody you actually know.
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YOU MUST DO YOUR STRETCHES TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.
September 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
YOU MUST DO YOUR STRETCHES TO HAVE STRENGTH TO GRIND YOUR ENEMIES' BONES TO DUST.
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Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime (Published 1939)
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.
Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.
It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
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Our billionaire President put an airline lobbyist in charge of the Department of Transportation. So no, this is not a surprise.
The Trump administration has canceled the Biden era rule where airlines would have to compensate passengers for flight disruptions.
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Our billionaire President put an airline lobbyist in charge of the Department of Transportation. So no, this is not a surprise.
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Unions built this city and keep it running. They’ve fought against power and greed to make the impossible possible. Now, they need an ally in City Hall.
On Labor Day, the presidents of the Hotel Trades Council, 32BJ and SEIU 1199 make the case at @cityandstateny.bsky.social.
On Labor Day, the presidents of the Hotel Trades Council, 32BJ and SEIU 1199 make the case at @cityandstateny.bsky.social.
Opinion: Zohran Mamdani will make New York City work for workers
As unions that represent nearly 400,000 workers across the city, we’ve proudly united behind Mamdani’s agenda to build a city where workers can truly thrive.
www.cityandstateny.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Unions built this city and keep it running. They’ve fought against power and greed to make the impossible possible. Now, they need an ally in City Hall.
On Labor Day, the presidents of the Hotel Trades Council, 32BJ and SEIU 1199 make the case at @cityandstateny.bsky.social.
On Labor Day, the presidents of the Hotel Trades Council, 32BJ and SEIU 1199 make the case at @cityandstateny.bsky.social.
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On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
September 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
On this Labor Day, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
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never get sick of seeing the self-own of someone posting something negative about bluesky while simultaneously censoring its name because they site you're posting on instead algorithmically buries any post or account that mentions one of its competitors
Like, if you look at this post a friend sent me and then actually read the “deranged replies” it’s mostly people pointing out that you should take jury duty seriously, but you gotta justify still hanging out in a place you know sucks.
September 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
never get sick of seeing the self-own of someone posting something negative about bluesky while simultaneously censoring its name because they site you're posting on instead algorithmically buries any post or account that mentions one of its competitors
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You have more in common with every unhoused person, every undocumented immigrant, every trans or otherwise LGBTQ person, every disabled person, every person in any marginalized minoritized ethnicity, than you do with even one single billionaire.
March 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
You have more in common with every unhoused person, every undocumented immigrant, every trans or otherwise LGBTQ person, every disabled person, every person in any marginalized minoritized ethnicity, than you do with even one single billionaire.
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These people don't pay taxes, and they're coming for every single valuable thing you have.
Student loan forgiveness: After a court decision, the Trump administration has not just suspended SAVE, but all income driven repayment plans, which preceded the Biden administration. This also affects the PSLF.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
Student Loan Borrowers Blocked from Affordable Repayment Plans
The Education Department has pulled down all applications for borrowers seeking to enroll in income-driven repayment programs. Here’s what to know.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
These people don't pay taxes, and they're coming for every single valuable thing you have.
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It is an incredible testament to our strength that in the face of a relentless political onslaught designed to push transgender people from public life, more and more of us are finding the courage to be ourselves. Every living trans person is a Republican policy failure.
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
It is an incredible testament to our strength that in the face of a relentless political onslaught designed to push transgender people from public life, more and more of us are finding the courage to be ourselves. Every living trans person is a Republican policy failure.
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Public service is a responsibility in a democracy.
The introduction of a bar to public service for one group of citizens is a threat to the integrity of public service and to the efficacy of our democracy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The introduction of a bar to public service for one group of citizens is a threat to the integrity of public service and to the efficacy of our democracy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Trump Administration Quietly Makes Last-Minute Policy Change That Will Impact Thousands
An estimated 14,000 trans federal employees would be impacted by this policy change.
www.huffpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Public service is a responsibility in a democracy.
The introduction of a bar to public service for one group of citizens is a threat to the integrity of public service and to the efficacy of our democracy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
The introduction of a bar to public service for one group of citizens is a threat to the integrity of public service and to the efficacy of our democracy.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Official data is in today, and America set a new record-high for solar power in April, with generation up 26% compared to last year!
July 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Official data is in today, and America set a new record-high for solar power in April, with generation up 26% compared to last year!
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Please understand that 99% of state employees are the best of the best. The jobs are incredibly difficult and often in pretty rough places. People who work at state are incredible and I’m absolutely gutted by this.
The State Department will begin firing personnel “soon” as Secretary of State Marco Rubio implements his dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to an email from a top State Department official to staff Thursday evening.
State Department notifies staff it will begin firing personnel ‘soon’ | CNN Politics
The State Department will begin firing personnel “soon” as Secretary of State Marco Rubio implements his dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to an email from a top State Department official to ...
cnn.it
July 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Please understand that 99% of state employees are the best of the best. The jobs are incredibly difficult and often in pretty rough places. People who work at state are incredible and I’m absolutely gutted by this.
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#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Baltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why.
Multiple people have taken credit for the historic drop that mirrors a national decrease in violent crimes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says it’s due to a community-based approach to gun violence.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.
-Carl Schurz, 1872
-Carl Schurz, 1872
Freedom from kings.
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
Freedom from fascism.
Power to the people forever. ♥️
Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸
July 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right. If you want to be free, there is but one way; it is to guarantee an equally full measure of liberty to all your neighbors. There is no other.
-Carl Schurz, 1872
-Carl Schurz, 1872
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I'm already seeing centrists and leftists sniping at each other but the blame for this is 100% on the Republicans. This is what they do with power and it is imperative that we work together to keep them as far from it as possible, forever.
July 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I'm already seeing centrists and leftists sniping at each other but the blame for this is 100% on the Republicans. This is what they do with power and it is imperative that we work together to keep them as far from it as possible, forever.
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@lfschleusener.bsky.social wrote something important.
The Right to Serve Is The Right to Be A Citizen
Why transgender soldiers’ battle to serve honorably could not be more important for all Americans
clairepotter.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
@lfschleusener.bsky.social wrote something important.