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John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

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When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from
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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · Apr 6

The hardcover of When the Clock Broke is on sale at many outlets!
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When the Clock Broke

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2024One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2024Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award...

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Max Read on Substack

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February 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

"It's like Lenin said, you look for the person who will benefit… and, uh, uh, you know… You know, you'll uh, uh—well, you know what I'm trying to say…"

www.unpopularfront.news/p/magas-peop...

MAGA's "People's Capitalism"

An Alliance of Bourgeoisie and Mob

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February 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

Today's score from Polybius. Not sure about its interpretation of the Supreme Court, but all else seems intuitively correct.

February 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

If you wanna help out with Polybius, we're looking for more social scientists and histrorians!!!
polybius.world/methodology

POLYBIUS ACI

Authoritarian Consolidation Index - Real-time democratic health monitoring powered by political science research and AI

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February 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

Two books about Kojeve; the Nordics vs. the Nazis; films about the Nuremberg trials
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Alexandre Kojève, Philosopher-Bureaucrat; Nordics vs. Nazis; Judgments of Nuremberg

Reading Watching 02.01.26

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February 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

Today's Polybius score

January 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

My adventures in vibecoding.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/i-built-a-...

I Built a Robot

Introducing ‘Polybius‘

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January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

Spoke to Marshall Pierce @jacobinmag.bsky.social about possible coalitional fractures in MAGA. jacobin.com/2026/01/maga...

The Social Forces Behind the MAGA Coalition

The glue that holds Donald Trump’s coalition together is not ideological coherence but a volatile compound of empire, spectacle, and grievance. Understanding these tensions helps explain both MAGA’s s...

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January 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

when was the last time i posted about the antisemitic left, asshole

January 28, 2026 at 5:52 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

POLYBIUS, the authoritarian consolidation index, is live. (daily updates for now)
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January 28, 2026 at 2:33 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

It's an Omega Seamaster Polaris from 1980s, its kind of a cheap quartz watch mostly marketed in Japan but I think they look really cool

January 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

it is in fact named after the greek historian....

Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 7d

"poly bi us" named after the average gen z person

John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 7d

my machine now has a name : polybius

January 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

my machine now has a name : polybius

January 27, 2026 at 5:14 PM

John Ganz

@lioneltrolling.bsky.social

The German socialists had a motto — The Dead Admonish Us — it's written on the memorial to Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht. The dead admonish us, too.
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