Prof. Chop
@matthewji.bsky.social
Abolish Property. Fund Education.
Smash Robots. Read, Rock, Rebel!
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“It is not as if the world has not long been one in which vast numbers live in dystopian depredation. The horizon is more visible now to many who had thought themselves insulated, if they thought about it at all. And dystopia for some is utopia for others. We live in a utopia: it just isn’t ours.”
A Strategy for Ruination
An interview with China Miéville
www.bostonreview.net
January 25, 2026 at 6:23 PM
“It is not as if the world has not long been one in which vast numbers live in dystopian depredation. The horizon is more visible now to many who had thought themselves insulated, if they thought about it at all. And dystopia for some is utopia for others. We live in a utopia: it just isn’t ours.”
“Iconoclasts” indeed. Purposeful acknowledgement of their cultural terror or Freudian slip?
This is what the president was doing last night while all the insanity was happening in MN.
January 25, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“Iconoclasts” indeed. Purposeful acknowledgement of their cultural terror or Freudian slip?
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NYT analysis confirms Pretti’s gun was gone by the time they shot him to death. 10 shots.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 PM
NYT analysis confirms Pretti’s gun was gone by the time they shot him to death. 10 shots.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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The reason that they lie so brazenly is to establish that *they* define reality. It is whatever *they* say it is.
January 24, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The reason that they lie so brazenly is to establish that *they* define reality. It is whatever *they* say it is.
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A new video contradicts the Trump administration's account of the Minneapolis shooting
Video contradicts Trump administration account of Minneapolis killing
Once again, DHS appears to be lying.
www.motherjones.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A new video contradicts the Trump administration's account of the Minneapolis shooting
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The kidnappings of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian US citizens are not an accident. They are the leading edge of a wide-scale ethnic cleansing campaign with centuries-old roots that is intentionally targeting not just non-citizens but all people of color.
All. People. Of. Color.
All. People. Of. Color.
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The kidnappings of Black, Latine, Indigenous, and Asian US citizens are not an accident. They are the leading edge of a wide-scale ethnic cleansing campaign with centuries-old roots that is intentionally targeting not just non-citizens but all people of color.
All. People. Of. Color.
All. People. Of. Color.
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Congress votes on ICE CBP budget appropriation today. 🤳
"2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse. In just 21 days, at least six people have died in ICE custody....The early trends put ICE on pace for 120 in-custody deaths in 2026."
"2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse. In just 21 days, at least six people have died in ICE custody....The early trends put ICE on pace for 120 in-custody deaths in 2026."
In 2025, 32 people died in the custody of ICE. That figure was the largest in more than two decades and tied for the highest number of deaths among ICE’s detainee population ever.
2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse.
2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse.
In 2026, ICE detainees are dying at an alarming rate
In 2025, 32 people died in the custody of the U.S.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Congress votes on ICE CBP budget appropriation today. 🤳
"2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse. In just 21 days, at least six people have died in ICE custody....The early trends put ICE on pace for 120 in-custody deaths in 2026."
"2026 is only three weeks old, and it’s already shaping up to be much worse. In just 21 days, at least six people have died in ICE custody....The early trends put ICE on pace for 120 in-custody deaths in 2026."
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Call on California State University Chancellor Mildred García not to renew the CSU’s $17 million contract with OpenAI and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
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Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
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January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Call on California State University Chancellor Mildred García not to renew the CSU’s $17 million contract with OpenAI and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
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i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
January 19, 2026 at 5:52 AM
i once read "the rights you think criminals should have are the rights you think everyone should have because the state can criminalize anyone" and it changed how i think about everything
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This.
The challenge is that people were taught *that* the nazis were bad, but not *why* the Nazis were bad.
Studying Black History, Indian History, and African History, would have revealed why Hitler didn't see himself or the Nazis as bad, and the danger and rot lurking in our societies.
The challenge is that people were taught *that* the nazis were bad, but not *why* the Nazis were bad.
Studying Black History, Indian History, and African History, would have revealed why Hitler didn't see himself or the Nazis as bad, and the danger and rot lurking in our societies.
This exactly. U.S. and European culture uniformly showing the villainy of the Nazis, and the heroism of the leaders and the millions of volunteers on the Allied side—Evelyn Waugh, Kurt Vonnegut, James Stewart, Audrey Hepburn!—every film, every TV show, every thriller in the bookshop. And now this?
It's weird thinking about all the history classes where we were sold ideas about decency, inclusiveness, democracy etc. Even if they were aspirational simplifications of nuanced history, I can't believe how many people were like, 'No. The Nazis were cool, slavery is good, ethnic cleansing is good.'
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
This.
The challenge is that people were taught *that* the nazis were bad, but not *why* the Nazis were bad.
Studying Black History, Indian History, and African History, would have revealed why Hitler didn't see himself or the Nazis as bad, and the danger and rot lurking in our societies.
The challenge is that people were taught *that* the nazis were bad, but not *why* the Nazis were bad.
Studying Black History, Indian History, and African History, would have revealed why Hitler didn't see himself or the Nazis as bad, and the danger and rot lurking in our societies.
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BREAKING: Local and federal sources tell ABC News that federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon. The FBI is responding.
The sources say the agents who opened fire are with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The sources say the agents who opened fire are with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
January 8, 2026 at 11:58 PM
BREAKING: Local and federal sources tell ABC News that federal agents shot two people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon. The FBI is responding.
The sources say the agents who opened fire are with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The sources say the agents who opened fire are with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
AI is not inevitable.
$98 billion in planned AI data center development was derailed in a single quarter last year by community organizing and pushback, more than all disruptions tracked since 2023.
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
www.datacenterwatch.org/q22025
Data Center Watch Report Q2 2025 UPDATE — Data Center Watch
www.datacenterwatch.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:48 PM
AI is not inevitable.
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NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans
Genocide scholars say policies targeting transgender Americans match early warning signs of mass atrocity.
www.importantcontext.news
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
NEW from Important Context:
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
Genocide experts, including two past presidents of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, are speaking out about escalating attacks on transgender Americans in the U.S.
www.importantcontext.news/p/experts-wa...
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i want to stress again that every time i try to explain this shit to normal people i sound like i have to be institutionalized
January 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
i want to stress again that every time i try to explain this shit to normal people i sound like i have to be institutionalized
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Please say “ethnic cleansing” when posting this stuff because that’s what they’re broadcasting. They’re broadcasting plans to engage in ethnic cleansing.
DHS now says it's aiming for 100 million deportations. In an amazing coincidence, there are 104 million Black and Hispanic people living in the U.S. right now.
![@DHSgov on X: The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world.
[Image of a beach] America after 100 million deportations](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eppsmw5nfmdzhfeymtzd3xbe/bafkreiccvipzc5mayvbrzoo3cxhkp2iayuhphh4grk6lziqajuk7d2leee@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Please say “ethnic cleansing” when posting this stuff because that’s what they’re broadcasting. They’re broadcasting plans to engage in ethnic cleansing.
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When we say the Trump regime is white supremacist, we must acknowledge their end goal: to eliminate those of us who aren't white (or white enough, or loyal enough, or whatever else enough)
All fascist projects are about "purifying" the "nation" to distract us from the actions of the robber barons
All fascist projects are about "purifying" the "nation" to distract us from the actions of the robber barons
January 1, 2026 at 2:22 AM
When we say the Trump regime is white supremacist, we must acknowledge their end goal: to eliminate those of us who aren't white (or white enough, or loyal enough, or whatever else enough)
All fascist projects are about "purifying" the "nation" to distract us from the actions of the robber barons
All fascist projects are about "purifying" the "nation" to distract us from the actions of the robber barons
Love this sooooo much for all of us!!!
Sooo many folks I’m excited to work with on Mamdani’s technology transition committee. All hands on deck to bring the Affordability Agenda to life: childcare, housing, transportation.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
While its easy to get swept up in personality, this is a group focused on peoples real needs. LETS KEEP THE FOCUS.
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Love this sooooo much for all of us!!!
Nothing … NOTHING will protect you from these psychopaths.
JD Vance has said he hopes his wife will eventually believe in the Christian gospel "in the same way" that he does.
JD Vance Says He Hopes His Wife Will Become Christian
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October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Nothing … NOTHING will protect you from these psychopaths.
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The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
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The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life
October 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The one choice that's always in your hands is to live a principled life
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
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If you don't already know @bcmerchant.bsky.social's newsletter, bloodinthemachine.com (or his exceptional book by the same title), start w/ this week's post on the role of ChatGPT in a teenage boy's suicide. Not handwringing or doomy. Clear-eyed & essential. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-500-bill...
A $500 billion tech company's core software product is encouraging child suicide
It sounds horrific. It should. Let's be clear about the material circumstances of what's happening rather than handwaving about 'the dangers of AI'
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you don't already know @bcmerchant.bsky.social's newsletter, bloodinthemachine.com (or his exceptional book by the same title), start w/ this week's post on the role of ChatGPT in a teenage boy's suicide. Not handwringing or doomy. Clear-eyed & essential. www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-500-bill...
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I remember early November 2023. I think I was the first person on US mainstream media, while at MSNBC/Peacock, to say the G-word on TV. On my show. It was seen as hugely controversial then. It's controversial no longer. It's undeniable, irrefutable, the consensus view.
September 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I remember early November 2023. I think I was the first person on US mainstream media, while at MSNBC/Peacock, to say the G-word on TV. On my show. It was seen as hugely controversial then. It's controversial no longer. It's undeniable, irrefutable, the consensus view.