Gene Combs
@genecombs.bsky.social
Narrative therapist, armchair poststructuralist, wannabe anarchist, very amateur guitarist, and roots music lover.
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Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
theonion.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Heather Cox Richardson today - on the lies and hatred being spread by our current government. Scary stuff, we must resist. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
September 16, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Heather Cox Richardson today - on the lies and hatred being spread by our current government. Scary stuff, we must resist. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...
The Great Robert Jay Lifton, Friend and Mentor, Has Passed Away
One of the giants of our time, author of books on (to name just a few) Nazi doctors, Hiroshima survivors and nuclearism in America, Vietnam veterans and the war on terror, and the death penalty. gregmitchell.substack.com/p/the-great-...
One of the giants of our time, author of books on (to name just a few) Nazi doctors, Hiroshima survivors and nuclearism in America, Vietnam veterans and the war on terror, and the death penalty. gregmitchell.substack.com/p/the-great-...
The Great Robert Jay Lifton, Friend and Mentor, Has Passed Away
One of the giants of our time and author of books on (to name just a few) Nazi doctors, Hiroshima survivors and nuclearism in America, Vietnam veterans and the war on terror, and the death penalty.
gregmitchell.substack.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Great Robert Jay Lifton, Friend and Mentor, Has Passed Away
One of the giants of our time, author of books on (to name just a few) Nazi doctors, Hiroshima survivors and nuclearism in America, Vietnam veterans and the war on terror, and the death penalty. gregmitchell.substack.com/p/the-great-...
One of the giants of our time, author of books on (to name just a few) Nazi doctors, Hiroshima survivors and nuclearism in America, Vietnam veterans and the war on terror, and the death penalty. gregmitchell.substack.com/p/the-great-...
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I often think about this letter to the New Statesman.
It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it.
#PoliticsLive
It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it.
#PoliticsLive
September 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I often think about this letter to the New Statesman.
It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it.
#PoliticsLive
It's from a 1960s Tory, and neatly summarises how British politics has shifted massively to the right, and taken Starmer's Labour party with it.
#PoliticsLive
Trump’s Dangerous Game: Protection, Provocation, and the Politics of Manufactured Crisis jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/trumps-dan...
September 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Trump’s Dangerous Game: Protection, Provocation, and the Politics of Manufactured Crisis jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/trumps-dan...
An apt story for our times, written by Rebecca Solnit in the wake of Katrina in New Orleans www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-were-made...
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
An apt story for our times, written by Rebecca Solnit in the wake of Katrina in New Orleans www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-were-made...
Resisting Rule by Fear - James B Greenberg jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/resisting-...
August 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Resisting Rule by Fear - James B Greenberg jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/resisting-...
Forgetting Authoritarianism. Today James Greenberg is talking about the return of dictatorship and fascism as we forget the past horrors jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/forgetting...
August 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Forgetting Authoritarianism. Today James Greenberg is talking about the return of dictatorship and fascism as we forget the past horrors jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/forgetting...
August 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
August 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I asked ChatGPT for help in articulating what we're working toward--so we can say what we're for as well as what we're against. Here's the result:
August 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I asked ChatGPT for help in articulating what we're working toward--so we can say what we're for as well as what we're against. Here's the result:
James B. Greenberg on the shock doctrine and authoritarian takeover jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/the-shock-...
August 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
James B. Greenberg on the shock doctrine and authoritarian takeover jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/the-shock-...
Living in the Shadow of the American Dream: Robert Reich shares a letter from a working family in the heartland robertreich.substack.com/p/life-in-th...
August 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Living in the Shadow of the American Dream: Robert Reich shares a letter from a working family in the heartland robertreich.substack.com/p/life-in-th...
Movement Conservatism: a brief history. (Heather Cox Richardson) heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-23-...
August 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Movement Conservatism: a brief history. (Heather Cox Richardson) heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-23-...
The Powell Memo is at the root of our current crisis in America. If you don't know of it, its history, and its continuing effects, read this overview by RR. If you want a deeper dive, check out "The Master Plan" podcast at levernews.com robertreich.substack.com/p/today-is-t...
Today is the anniversary of the worst memo in history
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Powell Memo is at the root of our current crisis in America. If you don't know of it, its history, and its continuing effects, read this overview by RR. If you want a deeper dive, check out "The Master Plan" podcast at levernews.com robertreich.substack.com/p/today-is-t...
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block www.patreon.com/posts/resist...
August 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Resisting the Authoritarian City, Block by Block www.patreon.com/posts/resist...
Rebecca Solnit's on fire today. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/on-not-surre...
On Not Surrendering in Advance (Or At Any Point Thereafter)
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Rebecca Solnit's on fire today. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/on-not-surre...
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
August 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
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The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.”
But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.
Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.
But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.
Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.
August 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The argument against regulation is always the same: “It stifles growth and jobs.”
But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.
Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.
But just as tax cuts for corporations have not trickled down, regulatory cuts have not benefited most people.
Big companies enjoy bigger profits. Working people bear the costs.
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So much of this economic system now resembles Feudalism.
August 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So much of this economic system now resembles Feudalism.
The Big Lie: Fossil Fuels, Climate Denial, and the Politics of Delay jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/the-big-li...
August 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Big Lie: Fossil Fuels, Climate Denial, and the Politics of Delay jamesbgreenberg.substack.com/p/the-big-li...
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Since taking office, Trump has halted or ended 1/3 of investigations and enforcement actions against Big Tech giants — including Meta, Tesla, and Google.
These same tech companies have spent over $1.2B to influence Trump during and since the 2024 election.
Everything is for sale.
These same tech companies have spent over $1.2B to influence Trump during and since the 2024 election.
Everything is for sale.
'Corporate Crime Pays' Under Trump as His Agencies Drop Enforcement Against 165 Companies | Common Dreams
"The Trump administration is protecting lawbreaking corporate insiders from accountability instead of protecting America
www.commondreams.org
August 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Since taking office, Trump has halted or ended 1/3 of investigations and enforcement actions against Big Tech giants — including Meta, Tesla, and Google.
These same tech companies have spent over $1.2B to influence Trump during and since the 2024 election.
Everything is for sale.
These same tech companies have spent over $1.2B to influence Trump during and since the 2024 election.
Everything is for sale.