Lucas
@lucaspapenfuss.bsky.social
social science student, I download PDFs for a living
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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I think the article misses that the fear of the decline of civilization and the desire to save one's home (or, as fascists see it, one's nation) from enemies is really at the core of fascism, at least if you follow Griffin's fascist minimum ("palingenetic ultranationalism").
„[Fantasy] sublimates a dread of being determined by society’s impersonal structures and a wish for our own choices and values to shape the world around us. It reflects a desire for control, power, and a transparent mechanism from individual choice to social effect.“
Why is the right so fascinated with fantasy literature?
Society inevitably structures our choices but the resulting frustration feeds a yearning for magical rings
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November 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I think the article misses that the fear of the decline of civilization and the desire to save one's home (or, as fascists see it, one's nation) from enemies is really at the core of fascism, at least if you follow Griffin's fascist minimum ("palingenetic ultranationalism").
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Volles Haus im Gesellschaftsraum für @nilskumkar.bsky.social. Und sogar der Korreferent ist im Bild!
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Volles Haus im Gesellschaftsraum für @nilskumkar.bsky.social. Und sogar der Korreferent ist im Bild!
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and this is why you shouldn't let your children play with Lacanianism unsupervised.
It needs to be emphasized that this paragraph is about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
and this is why you shouldn't let your children play with Lacanianism unsupervised.
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Great piece but missing something, I feel: progressives need to better understand the MAGA mindset not primarily so we can "strategize" more effectively, but as a way to engage our own blind spots (our attachment to the institutions that gave rise to Trump).
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mo...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Great piece but missing something, I feel: progressives need to better understand the MAGA mindset not primarily so we can "strategize" more effectively, but as a way to engage our own blind spots (our attachment to the institutions that gave rise to Trump).
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mo...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mo...
This hints at the two main streams of thought on (generic) fascism: fascism as a regime (although this usually looks at what fascists did) and fascism as an ideology (what did fascists say and think). Of course this only applies to the question of what fascism is in the first place, but it's 1/2
The debate over whether this is 'fascism' is a silly semantic one in which a small minority mean 'completed fascist authoritarianism' and the vast majority mean 'the people in power say and do things that demonstrate completed fascist authoritarianism is what they want to achieve.'
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This hints at the two main streams of thought on (generic) fascism: fascism as a regime (although this usually looks at what fascists did) and fascism as an ideology (what did fascists say and think). Of course this only applies to the question of what fascism is in the first place, but it's 1/2
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chicago pope been reading up
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
chicago pope been reading up
Das ist wirklich so ekelhaft und menschenverachtend.
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Das ist wirklich so ekelhaft und menschenverachtend.
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post... delightfully cogent and readable
Ewald Engelen, Pyrrhic Victory — Sidecar
Elections in the Netherlands.
newleftreview.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post... delightfully cogent and readable
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Martijn Konings, Fiscal Dominance? — Sidecar
Trump and the Federal Reserve.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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was.
Timur Husein, Antisemitismusbeauftragter bei der CDU Berlin. Nie wieder ist jetzt! Aber morgen erst wieder
November 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
was.
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The wider context is that Merz has 100s of billions to spend to plug holes, and *still* has a fiscal problem.
The previous oh-so-awful 🚦 government had none of this, and was supposed to govern Germany smoothly.
www.ft.com/content/3d1c...
The previous oh-so-awful 🚦 government had none of this, and was supposed to govern Germany smoothly.
www.ft.com/content/3d1c...
Merz accused of using debt bazooka for welfare and tax cuts instead of investment
Two prominent institutes and the Bundesbank sound alarm over use of new borrowings
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The wider context is that Merz has 100s of billions to spend to plug holes, and *still* has a fiscal problem.
The previous oh-so-awful 🚦 government had none of this, and was supposed to govern Germany smoothly.
www.ft.com/content/3d1c...
The previous oh-so-awful 🚦 government had none of this, and was supposed to govern Germany smoothly.
www.ft.com/content/3d1c...
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Eine Rede, die geschrieben, aber nur zu zwei Dritteln gehalten werden konnte: Abdruck in der Dienstagsausgabe der F.A.Z.
Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede zum 9. November halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Der jüdische Philosoph ist schockiert 👉
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Streit um Gedenken zum 9. November: „Leute im Publikum haben mich angeschrien“
Der US-Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Stanely ist schockiert.
taz.de
November 10, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Eine Rede, die geschrieben, aber nur zu zwei Dritteln gehalten werden konnte: Abdruck in der Dienstagsausgabe der F.A.Z.
Wichtig, gerade in Bezug auf Italien, wäre auch zu betonen, welche Rolle "liberale" bzw. demokratische Parteien in der Normalisierung rechtsextremer Positionen spielen, bevor sich rechtsextreme Parteien überhaupt an der Regierung beteiligen. In Italien haben v.a. die Sozialisten hier eine 1/x
Sehr lesenswerter Essay von @tbiebricher.bsky.social zur Brandmauer-Debatte. (🎁-Link) www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Brandmauer-Debatte: Die Kosten der Brandmauer sind hoch – und doch braucht es sie
Sollten die Parteien der Mitte im Zweifel mit der AfD kooperieren? Wer dieses Szenario zu Ende denkt, kann derzeit nur zu einem Schluss kommen.
www.zeit.de
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Wichtig, gerade in Bezug auf Italien, wäre auch zu betonen, welche Rolle "liberale" bzw. demokratische Parteien in der Normalisierung rechtsextremer Positionen spielen, bevor sich rechtsextreme Parteien überhaupt an der Regierung beteiligen. In Italien haben v.a. die Sozialisten hier eine 1/x
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Sehr lesenswerter Essay von @tbiebricher.bsky.social zur Brandmauer-Debatte. (🎁-Link) www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Brandmauer-Debatte: Die Kosten der Brandmauer sind hoch – und doch braucht es sie
Sollten die Parteien der Mitte im Zweifel mit der AfD kooperieren? Wer dieses Szenario zu Ende denkt, kann derzeit nur zu einem Schluss kommen.
www.zeit.de
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Sehr lesenswerter Essay von @tbiebricher.bsky.social zur Brandmauer-Debatte. (🎁-Link) www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
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As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own
November 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As the owner of an independent bookstore, I must ask all of y'all to do the opposite of this forever and ever, amen.
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people often confuse sentimentality with kindness. being sentimental is easy and common. being kind is hard and rare
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
people often confuse sentimentality with kindness. being sentimental is easy and common. being kind is hard and rare
Somebody really didn’t think this through.
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Somebody really didn’t think this through.
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Eine Regierung, die nur im Feld des Wahnhaften Erfolge vorweisen zu können meint. Gott helfe Deutschland.
"Der wahre Grund für das Wadephul-Bashing liegt darin, dass die Migrationspolitik aus Sicht der Union nach einem halben Jahr der Kanzlerschaft von Friedrich Merz das einzige, aber auch wirklich das einzige Feld ist, auf dem sie konkrete Erfolge vorweisen zu können glaubt."
Die Unions-Hysterie um Johann Wadephul ist Ausdruck nackter Angst
Außenminister Johann Wadephul versetzt die Union in Aufruhr. Sie fürchtet um das einzige Ergebnis, das sie bisher als Erfolg verkaufen kann
www.stern.de
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Eine Regierung, die nur im Feld des Wahnhaften Erfolge vorweisen zu können meint. Gott helfe Deutschland.
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
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Excited to reveal the cover of my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, which is available for pre-order now!
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Excited to reveal the cover of my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, which is available for pre-order now!
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Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think.
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think.
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
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Planerfüllungsabschiebungspolitik: die Politik feiert sich für Quoten, die Behörden machen sie mit denen voll, die sie zu fassen kriegen.
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Abschiebung trotz Ausbildungsvertrag: Aus dem Bett geholt, ins Flugzeug gesetzt
Rouaa und Ibrahim hatten ihre Ausbildungsverträge unterschrieben und hätten damit bis zum Abschluss bleiben dürfen. Trotzdem wurden sie abgeschoben.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Planerfüllungsabschiebungspolitik: die Politik feiert sich für Quoten, die Behörden machen sie mit denen voll, die sie zu fassen kriegen.
taz.de/Abschiebung-...
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