fabius
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many civilians do live on the fringe of the knife culture; they are influenced by movies that glorify the blade
PhD in knife culture
PhD in knife culture
since I haven't on bsky that long or that active i feel like i should post some of my stuff every now and then. this one was about the point, and powerlessness, of literary studies
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2022/03/11/c...
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Climate Change Lurking Behind Every Corner: Review of Mark Bould’s The Anthropocene Unconscious
Climate Change Lurking Behind Every Corner: Review of Mark Bould’s The Anthropocene Unconscious Fabius Mayland Under Review:The Anthropocene Unconscious: Climate Catastrophe Culture. Mark Bould. Ve…
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:57 PM
since I haven't on bsky that long or that active i feel like i should post some of my stuff every now and then. this one was about the point, and powerlessness, of literary studies
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2022/03/11/c...
ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2022/03/11/c...
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Mamdani & Hochul just announced a universal pre-K expansion. What are these stories?
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in. n.pr/3NH3yso
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Mamdani & Hochul just announced a universal pre-K expansion. What are these stories?
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I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
‘We Need to Be the News’: Inside Bari Weiss’s Bumpy Revamp at CBS
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I cannot emphasize how much “be the news” is the opposite of what I was taught about how to be a good journalist and strikes me as an excellent way to churn out elite solipsism that has nothing to do with the public interest and everything to do with self promotion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
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I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
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Seriously, nobody in Europe is as staunchly transatlanticist as the West German Christian Democrats of Friedrich Merz' generation. Their response to the reality of Trump II is to... simply be in utter denial of that reality
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Seriously, nobody in Europe is as staunchly transatlanticist as the West German Christian Democrats of Friedrich Merz' generation. Their response to the reality of Trump II is to... simply be in utter denial of that reality
Die CDU ist delulu
"Speaking after a meeting with US Secretary of State Rubio, [German Foreign Minister] Wadephul said there was 'no reason' to believe that such action was being 'seriously considered' and insisted that NATO members shared a common interest in ensuring security in the Arctic." DW p.dw.com/p/56iBG
Wadephul: 'No reason' to think US military action over Greenland is being 'seriously considered'
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January 13, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Die CDU ist delulu
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greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
January 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
greatest steam update of all time, because of one unnecessary detail
"wir teilen gemeinsame Geschichte"
...welche denn?
...welche denn?
Gutes & vertrauensvolles Gespräch mit Marco Rubio in #Washington. 🇩🇪 und die 🇺🇸 sind enge Verbündete - und Freunde. Wir sind handlungsfähig, entschlossen & teilen gemeinsame Geschichte, Werte und Interessen. @aussenminister.diplo.de 1/3
January 13, 2026 at 7:42 AM
"wir teilen gemeinsame Geschichte"
...welche denn?
...welche denn?
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#Arschlochisierung: "Die neue Regierung gibt für Entwicklungshilfe immer weniger Geld aus."
Der Grund dafür liegt nicht in Sparzwängen: es ist das *Prinzip*, auf dem "Entwicklungshilfe" beruht ("der globale Norden hat eine Verantwortung, umzuverteilen"), das die #Arschlochgesellschaft ablehnt.
Der Grund dafür liegt nicht in Sparzwängen: es ist das *Prinzip*, auf dem "Entwicklungshilfe" beruht ("der globale Norden hat eine Verantwortung, umzuverteilen"), das die #Arschlochgesellschaft ablehnt.
(S+) Sparzwang in der Entwicklungshilfe: Kann Ministerin Alabali Radovan ihr Haus mit dieser Reform retten?
Die neue Regierung gibt für Entwicklungshilfe immer weniger Geld aus. Der Spardruck zwingt Ministerin Alabali Radovan zu einer Reform. Kann sie ihr Haus auf diese Weise retten?
www.spiegel.de
January 13, 2026 at 6:27 AM
#Arschlochisierung: "Die neue Regierung gibt für Entwicklungshilfe immer weniger Geld aus."
Der Grund dafür liegt nicht in Sparzwängen: es ist das *Prinzip*, auf dem "Entwicklungshilfe" beruht ("der globale Norden hat eine Verantwortung, umzuverteilen"), das die #Arschlochgesellschaft ablehnt.
Der Grund dafür liegt nicht in Sparzwängen: es ist das *Prinzip*, auf dem "Entwicklungshilfe" beruht ("der globale Norden hat eine Verantwortung, umzuverteilen"), das die #Arschlochgesellschaft ablehnt.
its literally just the Aa
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
its literally just the Aa
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Me when I order something spicy at a Southeast Asian restaurant expecting it to merely be German-spicy
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Me when I order something spicy at a Southeast Asian restaurant expecting it to merely be German-spicy
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Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke
January 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke
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Just now remembering an American troll who replied "try saying that in Tower Hamlets!". I was delighted to inform him that *I lived in Tower Hamlets at the time* but the idea that an American would even know that borough by name, specifically as a byword for "Mordor-style hellscape", was baffling.
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Just now remembering an American troll who replied "try saying that in Tower Hamlets!". I was delighted to inform him that *I lived in Tower Hamlets at the time* but the idea that an American would even know that borough by name, specifically as a byword for "Mordor-style hellscape", was baffling.
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But like, to be clear, Greenlanders are *already* EU citizens? The US planning to take over Greenland by force functionally means that the US is planning to put EU citizens under occupation??
Interesting suggestion by former German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck & Andreas Raspotnik. EU membership fpr Greenland now, before USA can make a move. 2 questions remain: How would EU defend Greenland? Would G not have to become independent from Dk first
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is ready to grab Greenland. The EU should move first – and offer it membership | Robert Habeck and Andreas Raspotnik
The US president’s threats to the territory show Europe needs a new strategy for its far north: one based on cooperation, not domination, say Robert Habeck, former German vice-chancellor, and Andreas ...
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January 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
But like, to be clear, Greenlanders are *already* EU citizens? The US planning to take over Greenland by force functionally means that the US is planning to put EU citizens under occupation??
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(2/2) It's like every platform is now running the kinds of ads that even three years ago would have been restricted to porn sites, and I'm not gonna lie, the fact that everyone seems to be getting desperate all at once ain't an encouraging sign!
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
(2/2) It's like every platform is now running the kinds of ads that even three years ago would have been restricted to porn sites, and I'm not gonna lie, the fact that everyone seems to be getting desperate all at once ain't an encouraging sign!
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It's actually kind of striking how rapidly the ads on ostensibly respectable platforms have changed in the last 12–18 months. I've been getting penis enlargement scams and pyramid schemes that don't even bother to pretend to be otherwise on YouTube. (1/2)
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
It's actually kind of striking how rapidly the ads on ostensibly respectable platforms have changed in the last 12–18 months. I've been getting penis enlargement scams and pyramid schemes that don't even bother to pretend to be otherwise on YouTube. (1/2)
How I feel about Spike Jonze's Her
the problem with what's going on right now is that it retroactively makes all of the dumbest writing prescient
January 12, 2026 at 1:36 PM
How I feel about Spike Jonze's Her
Wait the smoke filled rooms were also just individual crazy rich people though. There have always been powerful rich people and there have never been abstract essentialist entities of any kind
I honestly think that the main revelation of Trump 2 has been that there is no big C Capital running things behind the scenes anymore and pulling strings. There's individual rich crazy people with their thumbs on the scale, but there's no smoke filled rooms
this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
January 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Wait the smoke filled rooms were also just individual crazy rich people though. There have always been powerful rich people and there have never been abstract essentialist entities of any kind
Liebes Jacobin Deutschland, es ist ein bisschen traurig, im Jahr 2026 aufgewärmten Matt-Huber-Schwachsinn zu verbreiten
10000signs.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/s...
10000signs.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/s...
January 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Liebes Jacobin Deutschland, es ist ein bisschen traurig, im Jahr 2026 aufgewärmten Matt-Huber-Schwachsinn zu verbreiten
10000signs.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/s...
10000signs.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/s...
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Finanzminister Wolfgang "schwarze Null" Schäuble als der Staat sich für 0% Zinsen Geld hätte leihen können, Finanzminister Lindner als der Ukrainekrieg Geld erfordert hätte, Kanzler Merz wenn die transatlantische Allianz nicht mehr existiert. Immer die richtige Regierung zur richtigen Zeit :)))
January 11, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Finanzminister Wolfgang "schwarze Null" Schäuble als der Staat sich für 0% Zinsen Geld hätte leihen können, Finanzminister Lindner als der Ukrainekrieg Geld erfordert hätte, Kanzler Merz wenn die transatlantische Allianz nicht mehr existiert. Immer die richtige Regierung zur richtigen Zeit :)))
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It's true of Cassidy as the 50th vote for RFK, and it's true of Democrats unanimously confirming Rubio: part of the point of Senate confirmation is that you as a senator, and not just the president alone, own the policy and political consequences of what you have done.
FOX NEWS: Do you regret voting to confirm RFK Jr?
CASSIDY: I'd rather not make this personal. It should be about the health of the patient.
CASSIDY: I'd rather not make this personal. It should be about the health of the patient.
January 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
It's true of Cassidy as the 50th vote for RFK, and it's true of Democrats unanimously confirming Rubio: part of the point of Senate confirmation is that you as a senator, and not just the president alone, own the policy and political consequences of what you have done.
Finanzminister Wolfgang "schwarze Null" Schäuble als der Staat sich für 0% Zinsen Geld hätte leihen können, Finanzminister Lindner als der Ukrainekrieg Geld erfordert hätte, Kanzler Merz wenn die transatlantische Allianz nicht mehr existiert. Immer die richtige Regierung zur richtigen Zeit :)))
January 11, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Finanzminister Wolfgang "schwarze Null" Schäuble als der Staat sich für 0% Zinsen Geld hätte leihen können, Finanzminister Lindner als der Ukrainekrieg Geld erfordert hätte, Kanzler Merz wenn die transatlantische Allianz nicht mehr existiert. Immer die richtige Regierung zur richtigen Zeit :)))