Clayton Oppenhuizen
@csoppenhuizen.bsky.social
I'm an erstwhile historian of Latin America. I am a communications consultant. I welcome book and article recs.
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I really think a narrowly partisan perspective on politics turns you into a complete fucking idiot who doesn't actually care about politics.
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really think a narrowly partisan perspective on politics turns you into a complete fucking idiot who doesn't actually care about politics.
The devils in the details.
Hold up
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The devils in the details.
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as I said before, everyone keeps dancing around the fact that this is open nativist blood libel. This is how you legitimize mass dispossession, en masse, of an entire sub-population of a nation. And this is now an institutionalized belief in ostensibly the most powerful org in international finance.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
as I said before, everyone keeps dancing around the fact that this is open nativist blood libel. This is how you legitimize mass dispossession, en masse, of an entire sub-population of a nation. And this is now an institutionalized belief in ostensibly the most powerful org in international finance.
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IT HAS BEEN 0️⃣ DAYS
SINCE SEEING THE NAME SYDNEY SWEENEY
SINCE SEEING THE NAME SYDNEY SWEENEY
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
IT HAS BEEN 0️⃣ DAYS
SINCE SEEING THE NAME SYDNEY SWEENEY
SINCE SEEING THE NAME SYDNEY SWEENEY
The upcoming Chilean elections are framed by rising crime and concern about immigration. In a recent national poll, Nayib Bukele was voted the 2nd most popular politician. The first? Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister.
www.americasquarterly.org/article/aq-p...
www.americasquarterly.org/article/aq-p...
AQ Podcast | A Right Turn in Chile?
Patricio Navia on Chile’s upcoming election, and what it might mean for the economy.
www.americasquarterly.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The upcoming Chilean elections are framed by rising crime and concern about immigration. In a recent national poll, Nayib Bukele was voted the 2nd most popular politician. The first? Mark Carney, the Canadian Prime Minister.
www.americasquarterly.org/article/aq-p...
www.americasquarterly.org/article/aq-p...
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A correct read on these deltas is that we already lost lol
In the global electrification race China is marching ahead.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
The US and Europe risk falling behind clinging on to yesterday's technologies.
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A correct read on these deltas is that we already lost lol
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Just asking again: Is the Democratic Party going to take a loud public stance on whether we should go to war with Venezuela or no?
"Senior military officials on Wednesday presented President Trump with updated options for potential operations in Venezuela, including strikes on land, according to multiple sources familiar with the meetings at the White House. "
Top officials present Trump with military options for Venezuela in the coming days
The potential operations for Venezuela presented to Trump included options for strikes on land, multiple sources said.
www.cbsnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Just asking again: Is the Democratic Party going to take a loud public stance on whether we should go to war with Venezuela or no?
What's better than Radiohead's Pyramid Song?
Pyramid song slowed 800x spanning nearly 40 minutes like some early Pink Floyd b-side. youtu.be/XiKWfcy-Z70?...
Pyramid song slowed 800x spanning nearly 40 minutes like some early Pink Floyd b-side. youtu.be/XiKWfcy-Z70?...
Radiohead - Pyramid Song 800% slower
YouTube video by dumaramutsi
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
What's better than Radiohead's Pyramid Song?
Pyramid song slowed 800x spanning nearly 40 minutes like some early Pink Floyd b-side. youtu.be/XiKWfcy-Z70?...
Pyramid song slowed 800x spanning nearly 40 minutes like some early Pink Floyd b-side. youtu.be/XiKWfcy-Z70?...
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The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
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When I was at Arizona, a colleague teaching a class described this exchange:
Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?
Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
When I was at Arizona, a colleague teaching a class described this exchange:
Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?
Student: Where’s that idea in the textbook?
Colleague: This is from one of my own articles
S [angrily]: You mean you’re just MAKING IT UP?!
C: Do you think textbooks are dug up out of the ground like turnips or something?
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I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I think there are a number of people employed at the New York Times -- certainly not all of them, but many! -- who simply do not grasp how badly the paper's credibility has been shaken over the past few years, along several different axes, and for multiple different reasons
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“Court documents described the party as involving ‘alcohol; cocaine; middle-aged men; and young attractive females.’”
No not Epstein:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
No not Epstein:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“Court documents described the party as involving ‘alcohol; cocaine; middle-aged men; and young attractive females.’”
No not Epstein:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
No not Epstein:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva signs the Epstein discharge petition, serving as the 218th vote to force the bill to the floor for a full vote of the House.
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So were all of the worst in elite academia and the tech world penpals with him? Can this bring down all of them at once?
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
So were all of the worst in elite academia and the tech world penpals with him? Can this bring down all of them at once?
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
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Like nobody bats an eye that notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is casually texting Steve Bannon
Whats so unnerving, among many other aspects of the whole sordid Epstein miasma, is how incestuous the world of these elites are. Everyone knows everyone. The personal, social, and professional spheres all overlap.
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Like nobody bats an eye that notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein is casually texting Steve Bannon
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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Truly amazing.
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Truly amazing.
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Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is expected to become the key signature needed for a petition on releasing the Epstein files when she’s sworn in this week.
Government Shutdown Ends Soon—What That Means For Epstein Files Being Released
Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is expected to become the key signature needed for a petition on releasing the Epstein files when she’s sworn in this week.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is expected to become the key signature needed for a petition on releasing the Epstein files when she’s sworn in this week.
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that’s their only “idea.” gut all the public programs to free up budget headroom for tax cuts for the rich, and everyone gets fake insurance that doesn’t cost much up front but doesn’t cover anything
Tom Emmer: "You're gonna have to create high risk pools again. Just go back where Minnesota was before the ACA."
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
that’s their only “idea.” gut all the public programs to free up budget headroom for tax cuts for the rich, and everyone gets fake insurance that doesn’t cost much up front but doesn’t cover anything
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Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Musk and others on the far right are obsessed with things like Lord of the Rings and Dungeons and Dragons because they see fantasy worlds as reinforcing their own beliefs about immutable hierarchies of race, gender, and by extension morality www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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These emails reveal that this is an issue of elite impunity, and you are blaming the public? Thats how we got here, man.
It is an absolute moral failing that the American public elected this man. How is this man still in the White House?
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
These emails reveal that this is an issue of elite impunity, and you are blaming the public? Thats how we got here, man.
The Chair Company is what would happen if any guy who loves 90s thrillers were convinced they were in a 90s thriller. I love it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Chair Company is what would happen if any guy who loves 90s thrillers were convinced they were in a 90s thriller. I love it.
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me watching the chair company when ron lays out his tecca conspiracy
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
me watching the chair company when ron lays out his tecca conspiracy