Indignant Desert Bird
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A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
W.B. Yeats
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
W.B. Yeats
Pinned
It is a commonplace that’s hardly worth
A poet’s while to make profound or terse,
That now the sun does not go round the earth,
That man’s no centre of the universe;
And working in an office makes it worse.
- W.H.Auden - Letter to Lord Byron -
A poet’s while to make profound or terse,
That now the sun does not go round the earth,
That man’s no centre of the universe;
And working in an office makes it worse.
- W.H.Auden - Letter to Lord Byron -
Not only American, tbf
Pretty devastating takedown of American political science, and its inability to acknowledge anti-liberal forces harpers.org/archive/2026...
In the Land of the Data Blind, by Jason Blakely
Why political science can’t grasp Trumpism
harpers.org
January 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Not only American, tbf
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And if you want a list of the reasons that have been given for keeping Musk as FRS, there's this piece deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve...
January 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
And if you want a list of the reasons that have been given for keeping Musk as FRS, there's this piece deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve...
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I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
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Talousjournalismi on jäänyt jumiin vanhaan maailmaan.
HS:n pääkirjoitussivun kaksi rinnakkaista tekstiä näyttävät, miten syvällä ajattelun lukossa edelleen ollaan. 🧵
Talousjournalismi on jäänyt jumiin vanhaan maailmaan.
HS:n pääkirjoitussivun kaksi rinnakkaista tekstiä näyttävät, miten syvällä ajattelun lukossa edelleen ollaan. 🧵
January 10, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Talousjournalismi on jäänyt jumiin vanhaan maailmaan.
HS:n pääkirjoitussivun kaksi rinnakkaista tekstiä näyttävät, miten syvällä ajattelun lukossa edelleen ollaan. 🧵
Talousjournalismi on jäänyt jumiin vanhaan maailmaan.
HS:n pääkirjoitussivun kaksi rinnakkaista tekstiä näyttävät, miten syvällä ajattelun lukossa edelleen ollaan. 🧵
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Les gens qui se plaignaient que le wokisme allait empêcher l’enseignement de la culture classique et notamment de l’antiquité sont en train d’empêcher l’enseignement de la culture classique pour lutter contre le wokisme.
La "cancel culture", tout ça tout ça.
Platon est woke, apparemment. Ou comment effacer et réécrire l'Histoire au nom du "bon sens" et du "roman" idéologique.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-a-an...
Platon est woke, apparemment. Ou comment effacer et réécrire l'Histoire au nom du "bon sens" et du "roman" idéologique.
www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-a-an...
Texas A&M Bans Philosophy Prof. From Teaching Plato Because of "Gender Ideology"
“Silencing 2,500-year-old ideas from one of the world’s most influential thinkers betrays the mission of higher education.”
www.erininthemorning.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Les gens qui se plaignaient que le wokisme allait empêcher l’enseignement de la culture classique et notamment de l’antiquité sont en train d’empêcher l’enseignement de la culture classique pour lutter contre le wokisme.
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The world is a messy and uncertain place and Ideology acts as a simplifying heuristic or translation mechanism that converts uncertainty into a set of explicatory ideas.
Without ideology you are never certain about what to say — with it, you always know what to say.
(For good or bad etc)
Without ideology you are never certain about what to say — with it, you always know what to say.
(For good or bad etc)
January 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
The world is a messy and uncertain place and Ideology acts as a simplifying heuristic or translation mechanism that converts uncertainty into a set of explicatory ideas.
Without ideology you are never certain about what to say — with it, you always know what to say.
(For good or bad etc)
Without ideology you are never certain about what to say — with it, you always know what to say.
(For good or bad etc)
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The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent’s room to unclog a toilet.
Feds pay $125K after Border Patrol agent pointed gun at Portland hotel worker
The payout amount was finalized during a settlement conference Friday after a judge found the officer civilly liable for assault.
www.oregonlive.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The federal government Friday agreed to pay $125,000 after a judge found a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent liable for civil assault for pointing a gun at a hotel maintenance man who came to the agent’s room to unclog a toilet.
"But the refusal of governments around the world to do anything about the CSAM and NCII generation machine, and how other countries get bombed and their leaders kidnapped because it creates content for X, shows that X is about power, and less about a platform."
X Is a Power Problem, Not a Platform Problem
Fediverse Report #148: X is not a just platform problem anymore, it's a power problem, and why you cannot compete as platforms with power.
connectedplaces.online
January 10, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"But the refusal of governments around the world to do anything about the CSAM and NCII generation machine, and how other countries get bombed and their leaders kidnapped because it creates content for X, shows that X is about power, and less about a platform."
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Boy, the "I wish i was old enough to fight in World War II" demographic has really been revealing which side they wished they could have foughg for.
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Boy, the "I wish i was old enough to fight in World War II" demographic has really been revealing which side they wished they could have foughg for.
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"Invasion is not an event, it is a structure. In Minneapolis, the federal monopoly of violence takes literal structural form in Fort Snelling."
Thanks to Prof. David Chang from the U for writing this for us.
Fort Snelling: The Advance Guard of Federal Invasion Since 1805 - Racket
Federal agents are once more using Fort Snelling for its established purpose: to maintain a “monopoly of violence.”
racketmn.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:11 PM
"Invasion is not an event, it is a structure. In Minneapolis, the federal monopoly of violence takes literal structural form in Fort Snelling."
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Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
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One of my personal criteria is the ability to process nuance. If no, block immediately and move on.
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
One of my personal criteria is the ability to process nuance. If no, block immediately and move on.
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Donald Trump says landback?
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Donald Trump says landback?
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First Nations communities in the US are like 👀
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
First Nations communities in the US are like 👀
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Tanska päätti vaihtaa Grönlannin nimen 😆
January 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Tanska päätti vaihtaa Grönlannin nimen 😆
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I love cross-species friendships
January 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I love cross-species friendships
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More people are going to be murdered by ICE. It’s clear. The tactics ensure it, ICE is getting more furious and being disagreed with or resisted in any way, the verminous administration supports them and has shown they will tell any lie to support ICE murdering people.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
More people are going to be murdered by ICE. It’s clear. The tactics ensure it, ICE is getting more furious and being disagreed with or resisted in any way, the verminous administration supports them and has shown they will tell any lie to support ICE murdering people.
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What strikes me is how not alarmed she is. Because a reasonable human being in this country didnt used to expect an agent of the state pulling a gun over this level of interaction.
The ICE agent called her a "fucking bitch" after he killed her. One officer screams "Go, get out of here" while this officer says "Get out of the car." You clearly see her turn the wheel AWAY from him after he steps in front of her car. Did they think releasing this would help them?? cw // violence
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
What strikes me is how not alarmed she is. Because a reasonable human being in this country didnt used to expect an agent of the state pulling a gun over this level of interaction.
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“Our consumer culture is organized against history. There is a depreciation of memory and a ridicule of hope, which means everything must be held in the now, either an urgent now or an eternal now. A community rooted in energizing memories and summoned by radical hopes is a curiosity and a threat.”
January 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
“Our consumer culture is organized against history. There is a depreciation of memory and a ridicule of hope, which means everything must be held in the now, either an urgent now or an eternal now. A community rooted in energizing memories and summoned by radical hopes is a curiosity and a threat.”
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So here’s the order of events:
Renee Good: “I’m not mad at you.”
*ICE officer shoots her in the face*
ICE officer: “F**king b*tch”
Trump: “It’s a miracle he’s alive”
Vance: “She was a domestic terrorist.”
Renee Good: “I’m not mad at you.”
*ICE officer shoots her in the face*
ICE officer: “F**king b*tch”
Trump: “It’s a miracle he’s alive”
Vance: “She was a domestic terrorist.”
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
So here’s the order of events:
Renee Good: “I’m not mad at you.”
*ICE officer shoots her in the face*
ICE officer: “F**king b*tch”
Trump: “It’s a miracle he’s alive”
Vance: “She was a domestic terrorist.”
Renee Good: “I’m not mad at you.”
*ICE officer shoots her in the face*
ICE officer: “F**king b*tch”
Trump: “It’s a miracle he’s alive”
Vance: “She was a domestic terrorist.”
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There are some stunning numbers mentioned in this clip!
ICE murdered 52 people, 95% of them were preventable! Between 15 and 30 people have been shot in ICE raids, ICE has released dying detainees to keep their deaths off the books.🤬
Terror and cruelty is their choICE!
#FuckICE #StopICE #StopTrump
ICE murdered 52 people, 95% of them were preventable! Between 15 and 30 people have been shot in ICE raids, ICE has released dying detainees to keep their deaths off the books.🤬
Terror and cruelty is their choICE!
#FuckICE #StopICE #StopTrump
January 9, 2026 at 3:37 PM
There are some stunning numbers mentioned in this clip!
ICE murdered 52 people, 95% of them were preventable! Between 15 and 30 people have been shot in ICE raids, ICE has released dying detainees to keep their deaths off the books.🤬
Terror and cruelty is their choICE!
#FuckICE #StopICE #StopTrump
ICE murdered 52 people, 95% of them were preventable! Between 15 and 30 people have been shot in ICE raids, ICE has released dying detainees to keep their deaths off the books.🤬
Terror and cruelty is their choICE!
#FuckICE #StopICE #StopTrump
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Modest proposal: any minister claiming the government “needs” to be on X should have to read out the top ten comments on their department’s most recent post.
How government engagement on X works. A wholly typical post and a wholly typical reply.
January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Modest proposal: any minister claiming the government “needs” to be on X should have to read out the top ten comments on their department’s most recent post.
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Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.
January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.