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This is so obviously true that I tire of every argument organized around classism in US society. If the “economic arguments” were legitimate, they’d apply more powerfully to Black people than anyone else. And yet…
It's strange how W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Reconstruction gets read by some as a Marxist book. It informed his thinking and teaching but Du Bois said that sociologically, Marxism didn't apply to the United States as much as it would to other countries because of how racism resulted in two proletariats.
February 16, 2026 at 3:54 AM
This is so obviously true that I tire of every argument organized around classism in US society. If the “economic arguments” were legitimate, they’d apply more powerfully to Black people than anyone else. And yet…
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In the New Statesman this morning, I tackle an odd subgenre of Epstein coverage that's become more and more prevalent: breathless warnings that we're on a slippery slope to mob rule when we ask awkward questions of the world's most powerful people.
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
Don't email a paedophile
It's a slippery slope!
www.newstatesman.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:17 AM
In the New Statesman this morning, I tackle an odd subgenre of Epstein coverage that's become more and more prevalent: breathless warnings that we're on a slippery slope to mob rule when we ask awkward questions of the world's most powerful people.
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2026...
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I’m sure this dude is fine. He does have a Nazi tattoo. And says women whine about sexual assault in the military. And that black people are stupid. But gosh darn it he says he’s a progressive, and since he’s white and male, who can really say what’s in a person’s heart.
Platner's dismissive comments about sexual assault in the military were so disgusting that a candidate who had experienced assault in the service dropped out to endorse Mills rather than risk Platner getting into the senate. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/progressiv...
Progressive Candidate Has Dropped Out Of ME Senate Race
Not Platner. Daira Smith-Rodriguez
www.everythingishorrible.net
February 15, 2026 at 7:28 AM
I’m sure this dude is fine. He does have a Nazi tattoo. And says women whine about sexual assault in the military. And that black people are stupid. But gosh darn it he says he’s a progressive, and since he’s white and male, who can really say what’s in a person’s heart.
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They are places I haven't been, languages I don't speak, foods I haven't tried, books I haven't read, and people I haven't met. I wake up every day excited to learn about the world and the things in it. What separates me (and us!) from the gutter racists is that we see existence as joyful.
February 15, 2026 at 12:58 PM
They are places I haven't been, languages I don't speak, foods I haven't tried, books I haven't read, and people I haven't met. I wake up every day excited to learn about the world and the things in it. What separates me (and us!) from the gutter racists is that we see existence as joyful.
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". . . secure to persons of color the enjoyment of their constitutional & legal rights." - @michaelharriot.bsky.social
THIS is the history that right is censoring. Why? Because it helps ALL students learn that they can defend justice, question everything, & think critically about real solidarity.
THIS is the history that right is censoring. Why? Because it helps ALL students learn that they can defend justice, question everything, & think critically about real solidarity.
February 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
". . . secure to persons of color the enjoyment of their constitutional & legal rights." - @michaelharriot.bsky.social
THIS is the history that right is censoring. Why? Because it helps ALL students learn that they can defend justice, question everything, & think critically about real solidarity.
THIS is the history that right is censoring. Why? Because it helps ALL students learn that they can defend justice, question everything, & think critically about real solidarity.
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My mother was 18 when Black women were able to vote openly. 23 when Roe v. Wade passed. 24 when women were allowed bank accounts in their own names
I was 29 when I lost my right to an abortion. I am 33 & about to lose my right to vote
A pox on every Trump supporter. Hell ain’t hot enough for you.
I was 29 when I lost my right to an abortion. I am 33 & about to lose my right to vote
A pox on every Trump supporter. Hell ain’t hot enough for you.
February 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
My mother was 18 when Black women were able to vote openly. 23 when Roe v. Wade passed. 24 when women were allowed bank accounts in their own names
I was 29 when I lost my right to an abortion. I am 33 & about to lose my right to vote
A pox on every Trump supporter. Hell ain’t hot enough for you.
I was 29 when I lost my right to an abortion. I am 33 & about to lose my right to vote
A pox on every Trump supporter. Hell ain’t hot enough for you.
*sigh*
i miss Shafiqah
i miss Shafiqah
February 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
*sigh*
i miss Shafiqah
i miss Shafiqah
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Azdoufal, demon lord of roombas
“When his homegrown remote control app started talking to DJI’s servers, it wasn’t just one vacuum cleaner that replied. Roughly 7,000 of them, all around the world, began treating Azdoufal like their boss.”
The DJI Romo robovac had security so poor, this man remotely accessed thousands of them
DJI may have fixed it now.
www.theverge.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Azdoufal, demon lord of roombas
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had a very respectful chat about theology tonight
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
had a very respectful chat about theology tonight
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“So your AI don’t let you have friends?”
“If you ask ChatGPT instead of them, is that cheating?”
“Heard your girl got hacked. She for the database now.”
“If you ask ChatGPT instead of them, is that cheating?”
“Heard your girl got hacked. She for the database now.”
If you tell me your significant other only exists in a device, please understand that I will be shaming you.
February 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
“So your AI don’t let you have friends?”
“If you ask ChatGPT instead of them, is that cheating?”
“Heard your girl got hacked. She for the database now.”
“If you ask ChatGPT instead of them, is that cheating?”
“Heard your girl got hacked. She for the database now.”
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Good morning whistle friends!!! While we wait for our big bulk filament shipments, I'm going to continue to post a few wishlists from some of our mass producers who are running low!
This particular whistle maker has delivered over 15,000 whistles ALL ON THEIR OWN!?!? 💓
This particular whistle maker has delivered over 15,000 whistles ALL ON THEIR OWN!?!? 💓
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Good morning whistle friends!!! While we wait for our big bulk filament shipments, I'm going to continue to post a few wishlists from some of our mass producers who are running low!
This particular whistle maker has delivered over 15,000 whistles ALL ON THEIR OWN!?!? 💓
This particular whistle maker has delivered over 15,000 whistles ALL ON THEIR OWN!?!? 💓
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Incel culture is all "Women only go for alpha males who have This Look" while Brown Sweatshirt Kid is about to attain his high school's MVP.
February 13, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Incel culture is all "Women only go for alpha males who have This Look" while Brown Sweatshirt Kid is about to attain his high school's MVP.
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DHS has lied to me often enough in unambiguous ways that I only record their responses for whatever future tribunal follows this insanity.
Update: DHS sent a statement denying that medicine was withheld from Amalia after her return to detention.
But her lawyer says there’s no evidence in Dilley’s records that the girl’s prescription was ever administered, “which is consistent with her parents' accounts.”
But her lawyer says there’s no evidence in Dilley’s records that the girl’s prescription was ever administered, “which is consistent with her parents' accounts.”
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
February 14, 2026 at 1:24 PM
DHS has lied to me often enough in unambiguous ways that I only record their responses for whatever future tribunal follows this insanity.
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North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
Even without an on-campus voting site, NCAT students still marched to the polls. 💙💛 Students at North Carolina A&T showed that barriers won’t stop their voices. When access isn’t easy, they organize. ...
TikTok video by HBCU Student Action Alliance
www.tiktok.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
North Carolina lawmakers have voted to remove all college campus voting sites. Specifically at the largest HBCU in the US NC A&T. They now have to walk 30 minutes to their nearest polling place. Students are protesting this - pls share and support.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZThx29BJ9/
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Bluesky has a copy of Eslam's passport but won't let her on the site. What is the motivation for that?
Help her family btw: chuffed.org/project/1282...
Help her family btw: chuffed.org/project/1282...
Plus they harass Palestinians for IDs (and then still ban them) so they’ve seen god knows how many passports that clearly say place of birth
February 14, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Bluesky has a copy of Eslam's passport but won't let her on the site. What is the motivation for that?
Help her family btw: chuffed.org/project/1282...
Help her family btw: chuffed.org/project/1282...
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I was just thinking about this. If Bsky is blanket geo-IP banning everyone from Gaza, as proven by this Gazan journalist:
1.) This disproves the theory that these are Cambodian scammers
2.) Bsky knows these accounts are authentically in Gaza - but bans them anyway.
Hm.
1.) This disproves the theory that these are Cambodian scammers
2.) Bsky knows these accounts are authentically in Gaza - but bans them anyway.
Hm.
this is willful, blatant bigotry. you can't even claim this is in the interest of countering scams, because they're equating being in Gaza with being a spam bot
palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
February 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I was just thinking about this. If Bsky is blanket geo-IP banning everyone from Gaza, as proven by this Gazan journalist:
1.) This disproves the theory that these are Cambodian scammers
2.) Bsky knows these accounts are authentically in Gaza - but bans them anyway.
Hm.
1.) This disproves the theory that these are Cambodian scammers
2.) Bsky knows these accounts are authentically in Gaza - but bans them anyway.
Hm.
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A little Valentine's Day treat for you, a throwback to when I made LeVar Burton get teary-eyed over a queer love story with aliens and fractals. 🌈❤️
www.pandora.com/podcast/leva...
www.pandora.com/podcast/leva...
LeVar Burton Reads
Listen to LeVar Burton Reads: "Immersive Remix: "The Simplest Equation" by Nicky Drayden" on Pandora - A struggling college student gains new perspective on her studies from her classmate, who's come ...
www.pandora.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A little Valentine's Day treat for you, a throwback to when I made LeVar Burton get teary-eyed over a queer love story with aliens and fractals. 🌈❤️
www.pandora.com/podcast/leva...
www.pandora.com/podcast/leva...
a welcome timeline cleanse
“what cool shit can I do as Mayor? oh, I can marry people? awesome, let’s do it”
once again the constant theme of “New York is great, New Yorkers are great, isn’t this great?” comes through
once again the constant theme of “New York is great, New Yorkers are great, isn’t this great?” comes through
Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.
Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
a welcome timeline cleanse
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The American right does not defend slavery because progressives say it was bad. They defend slavery because racial hierarchy has been an important and increasingly explicit component of their ideology for 70 years. Read a fucking book.
February 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The American right does not defend slavery because progressives say it was bad. They defend slavery because racial hierarchy has been an important and increasingly explicit component of their ideology for 70 years. Read a fucking book.
a certain kind of man can’t calculate the ‘invisible labor’ women put into things - look at the guys calling the MN people successfully organizing everyday life for at-risk neighbors suspicious
that sort of man doesn’t even acknowledge it as work, just ‘the way things are’ and acknowledges no debt
that sort of man doesn’t even acknowledge it as work, just ‘the way things are’ and acknowledges no debt
You always supposed to be trying to find new ways to make her happy
February 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
a certain kind of man can’t calculate the ‘invisible labor’ women put into things - look at the guys calling the MN people successfully organizing everyday life for at-risk neighbors suspicious
that sort of man doesn’t even acknowledge it as work, just ‘the way things are’ and acknowledges no debt
that sort of man doesn’t even acknowledge it as work, just ‘the way things are’ and acknowledges no debt
well… shit
but i’d amend it with ‘rich white americans’ because it wasn’t Black voters who were taken by surprise
but i’d amend it with ‘rich white americans’ because it wasn’t Black voters who were taken by surprise
This NYT column by @polgreen.bsky.social is the truest thing I've ever seen about the REAL reason public trust in the media collapsed
February 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
well… shit
but i’d amend it with ‘rich white americans’ because it wasn’t Black voters who were taken by surprise
but i’d amend it with ‘rich white americans’ because it wasn’t Black voters who were taken by surprise
yup, and when they aren’t moist as slugs like johnson or displaying severe palumboism like thiel, they all look like 5-popped-polo-collars bannon after a week long bender, they are all weirdos
the very bad kind
the very bad kind
February 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
yup, and when they aren’t moist as slugs like johnson or displaying severe palumboism like thiel, they all look like 5-popped-polo-collars bannon after a week long bender, they are all weirdos
the very bad kind
the very bad kind
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this is why i am laser-focused on paying rent for people right now.
the second a family is evicted, the costs of everything explode. lives are disrupted, new schools have to be found, people are in physical danger, and then they are so much harder to rehouse with an eviction on their record.
the second a family is evicted, the costs of everything explode. lives are disrupted, new schools have to be found, people are in physical danger, and then they are so much harder to rehouse with an eviction on their record.
so many families are in awful positions because ICE’s bullshit has collapsed the already fragile social safety net.
this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
this family is living in their van in minnesota in winter. they’ve applied for help at over a dozen orgs and are still unhoused. with babies.
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February 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
this is why i am laser-focused on paying rent for people right now.
the second a family is evicted, the costs of everything explode. lives are disrupted, new schools have to be found, people are in physical danger, and then they are so much harder to rehouse with an eviction on their record.
the second a family is evicted, the costs of everything explode. lives are disrupted, new schools have to be found, people are in physical danger, and then they are so much harder to rehouse with an eviction on their record.