niraliberalism
@niral.bsky.social
near illiberalism. I used to be a lawyer. I still am one, but I also used to be one. better things are in fact possible. The most effective liberals have been those forced to compromise with leftists, not those left to compromise with conservatives.
Pinned
Apropos of nothing, I note that Mussolini’s body was dumped in the city square and left to be kicked, pelted, and pissed on by the people.
What does the Columbia administration have to say for itself?
NEW: Leqaa Kordia — who’s been in ICE detention for nearly a year, since ICE took her the same week as Mahmoud Khalil — has been hospitalized after having a seizure.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
Her whereabouts & health are now unknown.
The Trump admin alleges she supports Hamas because…she sent money to help family in Gaza.
February 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
What does the Columbia administration have to say for itself?
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my favourite Michael Kalecki quote: “I have found out what economics is; it is the science of confusing stocks with flows”.
Part of the problem is that we use the same word, "housing," to refer both to the flow of services and to the asset that produces those services. As if the word "ketchup" meant both the stuff we spread on burgers, and the factories that produce it.
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
my favourite Michael Kalecki quote: “I have found out what economics is; it is the science of confusing stocks with flows”.
One of the more important lessons I hope people took from the superbowl halftime show is that, even if you didn’t like it, you survived.
February 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
One of the more important lessons I hope people took from the superbowl halftime show is that, even if you didn’t like it, you survived.
All my WaPos are gone
Another cancellation, I have only 3 WaPo subscriptions left bsky.app/profile/kare...
I knew things were going to bad so I loaded up on Washington Post subscriptions. At this rate, I’ll have nothing left to cancel by the end of the year.
February 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
All my WaPos are gone
all my WaPos are gone
I only have 4 WaPo subscriptions left to cancel. Pretty soon I’m going to have re-up another 12.
February 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
all my WaPos are gone
I have recurring dreams in a landscape of promising AI-automated daily life that often falls short and, regardless, occurs with a background of crumbling and terror
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I have recurring dreams in a landscape of promising AI-automated daily life that often falls short and, regardless, occurs with a background of crumbling and terror
I don’t see why unsuccessful political consultants should have lifetime tenure
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I don’t see why unsuccessful political consultants should have lifetime tenure
you want to hire some reliable, consistent, with a perfect track record of failing to make bad things look good
a reminder that Tim Allan, who quit Starmer's Downing St today, previously spun for....not only Kazakhstan and Qatar but also Vladimir Putin’s government
www.ft.com/content/a0a8...
www.ft.com/content/a0a8...
From Blair to Putin to Starmer: PR chief Tim Allan’s CV
Former New Labour spin-doctor has faced criticism over his choice of clients, including Russia’s government
www.ft.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
you want to hire some reliable, consistent, with a perfect track record of failing to make bad things look good
When the US was founded 250 years ago, the Cathedral of San Juan Puerto Rico was already 250 years old
To reject the US as a fundamentally American country with a deep shared history and commonality with the rest of the Americas, including that Spanish has long been our de facto national second language, is on a deep level anti-American. It's hating actual American culture and history and tradition.
February 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
When the US was founded 250 years ago, the Cathedral of San Juan Puerto Rico was already 250 years old
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this is why I’m looking for work at a Legaltech AI company
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
this is why I’m looking for work at a Legaltech AI company
this is why I’m looking for work at a Legaltech AI company
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
this is why I’m looking for work at a Legaltech AI company
A comment on the AP coverage of Lindsey Vonn’s crash, I will spend years thinking about this.
February 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
A comment on the AP coverage of Lindsey Vonn’s crash, I will spend years thinking about this.
Was watching the other halftime show. How did Bad Bunny do?
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Was watching the other halftime show. How did Bad Bunny do?
“without reforms” is insufficient and demonstrates an embarrassing lack of understanding
Warner: "There is a very real threat without reforms at ICE that you could have ICE patrols around polling stations. And people say, 'Why would that matter if they're all American citizens?' We've seen ICE discriminate against Latinos ... you don't need to do a lot to discourage people from voting"
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
“without reforms” is insufficient and demonstrates an embarrassing lack of understanding
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The Nazis didn't call them "concentration camps," either.
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
The Nazis didn't call them "concentration camps," either.
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Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
lataco.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Concentration camps:
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
anarchists are your comrades, tow truck drivers are your comrades, day care dads are your comrades, “wine moms” are your comrades, your neighbors are your comrades
February 8, 2026 at 4:19 AM
anarchists are your comrades, tow truck drivers are your comrades, day care dads are your comrades, “wine moms” are your comrades, your neighbors are your comrades
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Amy Klobuchar running for Governor of Minnesota
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Amy Klobuchar running for Governor of Minnesota
Cute but fierce but cute
February 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Cute but fierce but cute
Having worked on getting these visas for Afghanis, let me say it is the absolute least we can do for people we put in deadly peril, their families in deadly peril, to save countless American lives in our pointless war. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Congress Nixes Visas for Afghan Partners, Closing Off a Key Path
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Having worked on getting these visas for Afghanis, let me say it is the absolute least we can do for people we put in deadly peril, their families in deadly peril, to save countless American lives in our pointless war. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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Response from New Yorkers: 🙄
Breaking News: Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is said to be planning to endorse Jack Schlossberg, a political commentator and the grandson of John F. Kennedy, in his run for a hotly contested House seat in New York City.
Pelosi to Endorse Jack Schlossberg, Again Backing a Kennedy for Congress
The former speaker, a prodigious fund-raiser and shrewd campaign strategist, seldom intervenes in primaries but has made an exception for a Kennedy before.
nyti.ms
February 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Response from New Yorkers: 🙄
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The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting.
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
The untold story that is told constantly and isn’t really true
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The endless column inches, YouTube videos, podcasts and more given over to the largely non-existent rightwards shift of young men is exhausting.
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
A small fraction are getting radicalised by the online right. But most young men vote left and liberal! Even more so than millennials did at their age!
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Norms between adversaries are usually better maintained by mutual deterrence than by mutual forbearance.
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Norms between adversaries are usually better maintained by mutual deterrence than by mutual forbearance.
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We have a world to win.
Democratic Socialists of America — We are at 100,000 members!
🌹 dsausa.org/join
🌹 dsausa.org/join
February 7, 2026 at 7:24 PM
We have a world to win.
Nobody is biting when I tweet about the need for reparations so I’m going to do the Pitch Article thing, I guess
February 8, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Nobody is biting when I tweet about the need for reparations so I’m going to do the Pitch Article thing, I guess