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Probably Oblivion | Emma Claire Foley
The Trump administration’s approach to nuclear spending is fully unburdened by any tired midcentury notion of its peoples’ welfare.
thebaffler.com
A few thoughts on nuclear weapons and the new administration, up today at @thebaffler.com thebaffler.com/latest/proba...
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Donald Trump recently announced that he’d ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing after three decades. As @emmaclairefoley.bsky.social explained last year, Americans we sit closer to nuclear annihilation than we like to imagine.
The Cloud of Unknowing | Emma Claire Foley
Any hope for nuclear disarmament is on hold—if not totally dashed. But we can’t lose track of the real stakes in contemplating annihilation.
thebaffler.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Donald Trump recently announced that he’d ordered the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing after three decades. As @emmaclairefoley.bsky.social explained last year, Americans we sit closer to nuclear annihilation than we like to imagine.
New York's social-democratic foyer
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
New York's social-democratic foyer
Like Reagan, Cheney seemed to function as a constant god in the machine of American decline; I can think of a dozen moments when, trying to understand why some legally established process for was functionally impossible, it came down to Cheney having personally made it so
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Like Reagan, Cheney seemed to function as a constant god in the machine of American decline; I can think of a dozen moments when, trying to understand why some legally established process for was functionally impossible, it came down to Cheney having personally made it so
Okay but if you can pronounce noted non-threatening English word "thumbtack" (or, if you play nyt games hoping to put off cognitive decline), you're in a great position to correctly pronounce this without going out of your way to make it sound scary, foreign, and unreasonable
In Opinion
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Okay but if you can pronounce noted non-threatening English word "thumbtack" (or, if you play nyt games hoping to put off cognitive decline), you're in a great position to correctly pronounce this without going out of your way to make it sound scary, foreign, and unreasonable
What do we think, is this truck transporting things people need through the busy streets of Manhattan or is it empty, using up precious limited resources while accomplishing nothing of value
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
What do we think, is this truck transporting things people need through the busy streets of Manhattan or is it empty, using up precious limited resources while accomplishing nothing of value
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A better world is possible if we work for it internationalpolicy.org/publications...
Abandoning Disarmament Means Embracing Proliferation - CIP
A commitment to nuclear disarmament, rather than indefinite expansion, as a plan for the long-term but knowable future, is also necessary for US foreign policy to function.
internationalpolicy.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
A better world is possible if we work for it internationalpolicy.org/publications...
I know the news is good when I gain 20 new followers without posting anything
October 30, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I know the news is good when I gain 20 new followers without posting anything
An optimistic read of the news that Trump wants to restart nuclear testing is that he's responding to Russia's Burevestnik test and isn't clear on the difference between a nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered missile, which is understandable and fine if you're not the president of the United States
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
An optimistic read of the news that Trump wants to restart nuclear testing is that he's responding to Russia's Burevestnik test and isn't clear on the difference between a nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered missile, which is understandable and fine if you're not the president of the United States
the email-writing AI has ordered a drone strike on my home for using a comma in a subject line
October 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
the email-writing AI has ordered a drone strike on my home for using a comma in a subject line
The most having-a-Master's thing you can possibly do is habitually claim that you don't know how to read
September 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The most having-a-Master's thing you can possibly do is habitually claim that you don't know how to read
I habitually argue that people who make and influence policy for a living need massively more exposure to normal conditions of life in the United States, but for this man specifically the opposite is true
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them?
This is an insane person.
This is an insane person.
August 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I habitually argue that people who make and influence policy for a living need massively more exposure to normal conditions of life in the United States, but for this man specifically the opposite is true
cat behavior. get the laser pointer
August 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
cat behavior. get the laser pointer
shamefacedly passing out little gift bags with earplugs to my immediate neighbors when I need to do an alanis morissette singalong in my apartment like I'm taking an infant on a plane
July 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
shamefacedly passing out little gift bags with earplugs to my immediate neighbors when I need to do an alanis morissette singalong in my apartment like I'm taking an infant on a plane
Starting a consulting company where I'm the bog spirit you call when a friend is tempted to start a nonprofit
July 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Starting a consulting company where I'm the bog spirit you call when a friend is tempted to start a nonprofit
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Credit to @emmaclairefoley.bsky.social for calling labubu "American collapse era Cheburashka"
July 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Credit to @emmaclairefoley.bsky.social for calling labubu "American collapse era Cheburashka"
only paid enough on Amtrak to ride in the car full of youth referring to the 90s as the 20th century
June 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
only paid enough on Amtrak to ride in the car full of youth referring to the 90s as the 20th century
I'm speaking in DC Thursday w/Ro Khanna, Hassan El-Tayyab, Hanieh Jodat, and other progressive leaders about what we can do to strengthen the anti-war movement at an incredibly important moment. I would love to see you there!!
RSVP here or message me for info: secure.actblue.com/donate/power...
RSVP here or message me for info: secure.actblue.com/donate/power...
June 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I'm speaking in DC Thursday w/Ro Khanna, Hassan El-Tayyab, Hanieh Jodat, and other progressive leaders about what we can do to strengthen the anti-war movement at an incredibly important moment. I would love to see you there!!
RSVP here or message me for info: secure.actblue.com/donate/power...
RSVP here or message me for info: secure.actblue.com/donate/power...
I've been in LA for less than three days and I keep hearing myself use the word "ideate"
June 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I've been in LA for less than three days and I keep hearing myself use the word "ideate"
We can't have nice things: a lede for people who base their sense of personal virtue on having read at least 1-3 novels as a teen
so I have a lot of complicated thoughts about the specific issue at hand, but I have to point out that’s not what “magical realism” is
June 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We can't have nice things: a lede for people who base their sense of personal virtue on having read at least 1-3 novels as a teen
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“Trump is antiwar” is a lie that he and his allies promoted because it was useful to them in the elections. His Democratic opponents made it easier to sell that lie by running on bankrupt defenses of the status quo, but that didn’t magically make Trump a real opponent of foreign wars.
June 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“Trump is antiwar” is a lie that he and his allies promoted because it was useful to them in the elections. His Democratic opponents made it easier to sell that lie by running on bankrupt defenses of the status quo, but that didn’t magically make Trump a real opponent of foreign wars.
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The logic of neoliberalism is a logic of childlessness, part eleventy
Our indifference to the suffering of others is a battering ram, so of course people put off having kids when they're less sure they'll be able to buffer that battering ram's effects.
Great work from great family demographers!
Great work from great family demographers!
"personal economic pessimism and concerns about having a good relationship in the future are associated with greater importance of avoiding a pregnancy in the short term" (controlling for economic and relationship status, etc) @karenguzzo.bsky.social, Belykh, @wendymanning.bsky.social , & Roza
June 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The logic of neoliberalism is a logic of childlessness, part eleventy
My Beat
Switching, productively, between news about the war and a 35-pg interview transcript I'm editing where a filmmaker discusses the play of light in intense and deeply felt detail
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My Beat
Switching, productively, between news about the war and a 35-pg interview transcript I'm editing where a filmmaker discusses the play of light in intense and deeply felt detail
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Switching, productively, between news about the war and a 35-pg interview transcript I'm editing where a filmmaker discusses the play of light in intense and deeply felt detail
Trump's knowledge of Israel's attacks on Iran means, on some level, they play a role in the US' overall strategy toward Iran.
It's amazing how policymakers continue to see military action as a knowable tool that can be controlled, rather than fundamentally transformative to the political landscape
It's amazing how policymakers continue to see military action as a knowable tool that can be controlled, rather than fundamentally transformative to the political landscape
June 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump's knowledge of Israel's attacks on Iran means, on some level, they play a role in the US' overall strategy toward Iran.
It's amazing how policymakers continue to see military action as a knowable tool that can be controlled, rather than fundamentally transformative to the political landscape
It's amazing how policymakers continue to see military action as a knowable tool that can be controlled, rather than fundamentally transformative to the political landscape