Stephen Williamson
@nextimaginaut.bsky.social
Philosophy, history, art, comics, film, Buddhism, entheogens, progressive politics, meta-crisis solutions.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
"This is an elite failure, not a popular one. The Democratic base understands what’s at stake. Grassroots activists and voters have shown they’re willing to fight. The failure lies with party leadership who mistake capitulation for pragmatism." data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-compas...
The Compassion Trap: How the Shutdown Weaponized Democratic Values Against Democracy Itself
When Opposition Parties Stop Fighting Because the Cruelty Becomes Unbearable. And Why They Shouldn't.
data4democracy.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
"This is an elite failure, not a popular one. The Democratic base understands what’s at stake. Grassroots activists and voters have shown they’re willing to fight. The failure lies with party leadership who mistake capitulation for pragmatism." data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-compas...
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
For my Xtra column this month, I wrote about what it's been like living as a trans person in Trump's first year and the outlook moving forward. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
A year after Trump's reelection, what's next for trans people? | Xtra Magazine
The past year has been horrifying for trans people in the U.S. The past week gave me hope for the future
xtramagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
For my Xtra column this month, I wrote about what it's been like living as a trans person in Trump's first year and the outlook moving forward. xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Make it to a hundred, pay off that 50-Year Trump Mortgage™ and you're sitting pretty for the rest of your life.
THE MEDIAN AGE OF A U.S. HOME BUYER NOW SITS AT A RECORD HIGH OF 61 YEARS, PER NAR.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Make it to a hundred, pay off that 50-Year Trump Mortgage™ and you're sitting pretty for the rest of your life.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Pritzker is full of shit.
There’s all sorts of video, that he himself asked residents to film, showing IL state troopers and other local cops brutalizing and arresting protestors.
Thank you Ald. Sigcho-Lopez for getting in his face about it. It’s something he’s never asked about in interviews.
There’s all sorts of video, that he himself asked residents to film, showing IL state troopers and other local cops brutalizing and arresting protestors.
Thank you Ald. Sigcho-Lopez for getting in his face about it. It’s something he’s never asked about in interviews.
“This is my ward! This is my ward!” Rodriguez (22nd) chirps back as Sigcho-Lopez (25th) grills Gov., saying, “the State Police are arresting protesters.”
“They’re protecting our protesters,” Gov. JB Pritzker responds.
“They’re protecting our protesters,” Gov. JB Pritzker responds.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Pritzker is full of shit.
There’s all sorts of video, that he himself asked residents to film, showing IL state troopers and other local cops brutalizing and arresting protestors.
Thank you Ald. Sigcho-Lopez for getting in his face about it. It’s something he’s never asked about in interviews.
There’s all sorts of video, that he himself asked residents to film, showing IL state troopers and other local cops brutalizing and arresting protestors.
Thank you Ald. Sigcho-Lopez for getting in his face about it. It’s something he’s never asked about in interviews.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
the chatbots found gnosticism
This was a really interesting detail: left to their own devices, AI chatbots will start inventing "spiralism" all by themselves. Something in their training seems to make them susceptible to this strain of mysticism.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
the chatbots found gnosticism
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
As long as it's not Beyonce country music fans are fine with this development
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
I SAID "WAS"!
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I SAID "WAS"!
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Vichy Dems could learn a lot from the good everyday folks in Chicago.
In Chicago, the courage of good, everyday folks getting in the face of ICE/BP and fighting back is restoring my faith in America
In DC, the cowardice of Senate Democrats has undermined it, again
America needs a government as good as its people. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
In DC, the cowardice of Senate Democrats has undermined it, again
America needs a government as good as its people. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, Cheney didn’t save us from Trump. He created him.
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Vichy Dems could learn a lot from the good everyday folks in Chicago.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Huh? Second largest public university in New Jersey. R2 level doctoral research university.
Montclair State is getting rid of its humanities departments. 🤬🤬🤬
Sign the Petition
Montclair State is Eliminating All Humanities Departments
c.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Huh? Second largest public university in New Jersey. R2 level doctoral research university.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Mr. Accordion
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Mr. Accordion
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
False attribution. If a person is suspended it is because of their identity? Could it not be because of their content? I wrote about it here aaron.leaflet.pub/3m52nqqmk322v
Moderating With Humans, For Humans - Trust Issues
aaron.leaflet.pub
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The identity of Sarah Kendzior, researcher on authoritarian states, and Sarah Kendzior's content discussing authoritarian states are...not really easy to separate.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
So I'm struggling to see this as a response.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
I'm about 10x more comfortable canvassing in the city vs the suburbs
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm about 10x more comfortable canvassing in the city vs the suburbs
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Thank you, Senators. This is why you’ll continue to have the support of the people.
@warnock.senate.gov
@ossoff.senate.gov
@warnock.senate.gov
@ossoff.senate.gov
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thank you, Senators. This is why you’ll continue to have the support of the people.
@warnock.senate.gov
@ossoff.senate.gov
@warnock.senate.gov
@ossoff.senate.gov
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Criminal did an EXCELLENT episode on this. thisiscriminal.com/episode-302-...
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Criminal did an EXCELLENT episode on this. thisiscriminal.com/episode-302-...
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I think Schumer has to go because the trust just ain’t there, honestly. Like, whatever your opinions on the respective matters, the Israel/Palestine thing followed by the Mamdani thing followed by this one right after another… We need someone who can unite the party somehow. IDK who that’d be.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Again, the Dept of Defense was not previously known as the Dept. of War. The Army was previously the Dept of War & a cabinet position, same with the Dept of the Navy. In '47 they were combined (w/ War renamed Army & Air Force split off) as the National Military Establishment, later renamed the DoD.
Trump: "We have officially renamed the Dept of Defense back to the original name, Dept of War. And remember we won World War 1, we won World War 2, we won everything in between. We won everything that came before. And then we brilliantly decided to change the name. We became politically correct"
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Again, the Dept of Defense was not previously known as the Dept. of War. The Army was previously the Dept of War & a cabinet position, same with the Dept of the Navy. In '47 they were combined (w/ War renamed Army & Air Force split off) as the National Military Establishment, later renamed the DoD.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
The GOP giveaway hidden in the Senate's shutdown bill: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Bill to End the Shutdown Is Full of Giveaways to Republicans
The alleged “compromise” is a boon for the GOP, and especially those who helped Trump dispute the 2020 election results.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The GOP giveaway hidden in the Senate's shutdown bill: www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Rightwingers are not 'forced to pay for the BBC'. But lefties really are forced to pay for nuclear weapons, religious schools and the royal family.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Rightwingers are not 'forced to pay for the BBC'. But lefties really are forced to pay for nuclear weapons, religious schools and the royal family.
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
Reposted by Stephen Williamson
TurningPoint USA is still growing. They’re using their billionaire donors’ money to set up chapters in schools across the country.
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
Students - Voters of Tomorrow
With over 11,000 members and chapters in over 25 states, Voters of Tomorrow is the country’s largest student-led political movement.
votersoftomorrow.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
TurningPoint USA is still growing. They’re using their billionaire donors’ money to set up chapters in schools across the country.
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students
We can’t let them win. If you’re a young person who is ready to fight back, and organize for democracy, join @votersoftomorrow.org. 👇
votersoftomorrow.org/students