Ben Tarnoff
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MUSKISM, co-authored with Quinn Slobodian, comes out in spring 2026: https://bookshop.org/p/books/muskism-a-guide-for-the-perplexed-ben-tarnoff/3d177fb9349a79ff
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I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I wrote about a conference marking the culmination of tens of millions of dollars of philanthropic spending to transcend neoliberalism. lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
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absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
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More or less done with the reading list for History of the Database. You could take a lot of different approaches, but this is the one I went with.
Reading List – History of the Database
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December 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
More or less done with the reading list for History of the Database. You could take a lot of different approaches, but this is the one I went with.
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This is a great article by @bentarnoff.com jacobin.com/2025/12/digi...
Digital Sewer Socialism
With the rise of AI slop and overall “enshittification,” it is increasingly the case that the internet is failing to address the public’s needs. What we need is sewer socialism for the digital realm —...
jacobin.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is a great article by @bentarnoff.com jacobin.com/2025/12/digi...
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The force with which I just smashed the preorder button may have seriously damaged my keyboard.
Tarnoff and Slobodian, writing a booklength guide to Muskism? Yes, pleaseandthankyou.
Tarnoff and Slobodian, writing a booklength guide to Muskism? Yes, pleaseandthankyou.
Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
December 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The force with which I just smashed the preorder button may have seriously damaged my keyboard.
Tarnoff and Slobodian, writing a booklength guide to Muskism? Yes, pleaseandthankyou.
Tarnoff and Slobodian, writing a booklength guide to Muskism? Yes, pleaseandthankyou.
I have a piece out today that explores what socialist mayors like Zohran and Katie Wilson can do to fight the tech oligarchy and build a technological alternative at the municipal level. I call it the “digital sewer socialist stack” jacobin.com/2025/12/digi...
Digital Sewer Socialism
With the rise of AI slop and overall “enshittification,” it is increasingly the case that the internet is failing to address the public’s needs. What we need is sewer socialism for the digital realm —...
jacobin.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I have a piece out today that explores what socialist mayors like Zohran and Katie Wilson can do to fight the tech oligarchy and build a technological alternative at the municipal level. I call it the “digital sewer socialist stack” jacobin.com/2025/12/digi...
Really sad to hear about the passing of Asad Haider. Such a brilliant mind and such a sweet guy. And a great lover of Tiki cocktails
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Really sad to hear about the passing of Asad Haider. Such a brilliant mind and such a sweet guy. And a great lover of Tiki cocktails
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Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
December 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
I wrote a book with Quinn Slobodian called MUSKISM. It'll be published in the US in April 2026, and I hope you'll consider pre-ordering it.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I wrote a book with Quinn Slobodian called MUSKISM. It'll be published in the US in April 2026, and I hope you'll consider pre-ordering it.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
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Feels like this wouldn't happen even 20 years ago? Internal labor markets meant you cut your teeth reporting the facts on night court or whatever then eventually you get to interview the mayor. Now you go to an ivy, build a brand, maybe a podcast and take that brand between papers.
October 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Feels like this wouldn't happen even 20 years ago? Internal labor markets meant you cut your teeth reporting the facts on night court or whatever then eventually you get to interview the mayor. Now you go to an ivy, build a brand, maybe a podcast and take that brand between papers.
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We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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I do have a soft spot for computer programming books from the 1970s.
October 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I do have a soft spot for computer programming books from the 1970s.
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Boston area friends and colleagues! I will be at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social tomorrow (Wed 10/1) in conversation with @bentarnoff.com at 7 pm.
All info here: brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
All info here: brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
Thea Riofrancos with Ben Tarnoff: Extraction
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September 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Boston area friends and colleagues! I will be at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social tomorrow (Wed 10/1) in conversation with @bentarnoff.com at 7 pm.
All info here: brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
All info here: brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
If you're in the Boston area, come see me quiz @triofrancos.bsky.social about her new book EXTRACTION in Brookline on Wednesday brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
Thea Riofrancos with Ben Tarnoff: Extraction
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September 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If you're in the Boston area, come see me quiz @triofrancos.bsky.social about her new book EXTRACTION in Brookline on Wednesday brooklinebooksmith.com/event/2025-1...
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Morning walk
September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Morning walk
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Pretty sure the civil rights act of 1964 polls better than every single living democratic politician and some good dead ones. The idea that you’d give up that advantage, that you’d betray CENTURIES of work by a multiracial coalition of Americans, to prove how much you like Charlie Kirk, is insane.
September 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Pretty sure the civil rights act of 1964 polls better than every single living democratic politician and some good dead ones. The idea that you’d give up that advantage, that you’d betray CENTURIES of work by a multiracial coalition of Americans, to prove how much you like Charlie Kirk, is insane.
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The idea that “the civil rights act was a mistake” is a mainstream conservative position we can only tolerate but “defund the police” is a great cancer that must be excised from America for Democrats to win is the actual reason Democrats lose. Sorry.
September 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The idea that “the civil rights act was a mistake” is a mainstream conservative position we can only tolerate but “defund the police” is a great cancer that must be excised from America for Democrats to win is the actual reason Democrats lose. Sorry.
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'Welcome to my last four years.' A search for accountability and a full, detailed explanation for Martha's death . . . www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Paul Laity · After Martha
For the hospital, and for the NHS, it was a closed case, another preventable death: medicine is imperfect, such things...
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September 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
'Welcome to my last four years.' A search for accountability and a full, detailed explanation for Martha's death . . . www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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woke up this morning thinking about this
September 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
woke up this morning thinking about this
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EXTRACTION is hitting the road this fall. Thrilled to be in conversation with @dharna.bsky.social @bentarnoff.com @dwallacewells.bsky.social @earthworks.bsky.social and others.
Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com
Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
EXTRACTION is hitting the road this fall. Thrilled to be in conversation with @dharna.bsky.social @bentarnoff.com @dwallacewells.bsky.social @earthworks.bsky.social and others.
Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com
Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com