William Gillis 🏴
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Anarchist "exuberant." Really into exploring the roots of things and expanding degrees of freedom. Incurable woke moralist. Floating metal sphere. “Radically uncool.”
https://humaniterations.net/
Anarchist "exuberant." Really into exploring the roots of things and expanding degrees of freedom. Incurable woke moralist. Floating metal sphere. “Radically uncool.”
https://humaniterations.net/
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Hey, I wrote a book.
Did The Science Wars Take Place?
Covers the history and philosophy of a fight in the 80s & 90s between some postmodernists and scientists, with an eye to anarchist interests and lasting political influences among the far-right.
Pre-order here: store.c4ss.org/index.php/pr...
Did The Science Wars Take Place?
Covers the history and philosophy of a fight in the 80s & 90s between some postmodernists and scientists, with an eye to anarchist interests and lasting political influences among the far-right.
Pre-order here: store.c4ss.org/index.php/pr...
As a child I was constantly annoyed at my dad's inability to tolerate crowds and most socializing, even just five other people on the same city block could make him freeze up and twitch. Only very recently did I finally recognize he was having autistic breakdowns and it changes my attitude entirely.
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 AM
As a child I was constantly annoyed at my dad's inability to tolerate crowds and most socializing, even just five other people on the same city block could make him freeze up and twitch. Only very recently did I finally recognize he was having autistic breakdowns and it changes my attitude entirely.
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Like I said a couple years ago, leftist antisemitism is getting worse. Like, we're at the Naming The Jew stage and next I guess will be the triple parentheses
February 11, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Like I said a couple years ago, leftist antisemitism is getting worse. Like, we're at the Naming The Jew stage and next I guess will be the triple parentheses
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This is what I’m talking about when I talk about technologies of liberation
This required careful measurement and design
This required careful measurement and design
“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.
ny1.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 AM
This is what I’m talking about when I talk about technologies of liberation
This required careful measurement and design
This required careful measurement and design
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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A universal tale. Doesn’t matter the city, county, or state.
“The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office said it was not involved in Thursday’s arrests, nor in a similar incident at the building last week.”
Sheriffs were literally on scene pushing people out of the way to let these goons rush this kid outside. Just own your decision to collaborate.
Sheriffs were literally on scene pushing people out of the way to let these goons rush this kid outside. Just own your decision to collaborate.
A man facing felony drug charges was taken into custody by ICE while he was at the Hennepin County Government Center.
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 AM
A universal tale. Doesn’t matter the city, county, or state.
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One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
One of every thousand American residents has been taken into custody by ICE in the last year.
This was an entire era:
February 10, 2026 at 11:41 PM
This was an entire era:
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
The very first linux command line tool I learned was pdftk (to make zines) and two decades later, after long periods without using it, I'm kinda proud that I can immediately pound out lengthy operations with it perfectly memorized.
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM
The very first linux command line tool I learned was pdftk (to make zines) and two decades later, after long periods without using it, I'm kinda proud that I can immediately pound out lengthy operations with it perfectly memorized.
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i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
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A tale told in two screenshots :)
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A tale told in two screenshots :)
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An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
The one thing you've got to give to rationalists is they'll often be sufficiently earnest to post their astonishing ignorance in public view.
That said I still struggle to imagine someone too incurious to grasp "vast wealth centralization = power centralization."
www.lesswrong.com/posts/BW89Bu...
That said I still struggle to imagine someone too incurious to grasp "vast wealth centralization = power centralization."
www.lesswrong.com/posts/BW89Bu...
Stone Age Billionaire Can't Words Good — LessWrong
I was at the Pro-Billionaire march, unironically. Here’s why, what happened there, and how I think it went. • • Me on the far left. From WSJ. …
www.lesswrong.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The one thing you've got to give to rationalists is they'll often be sufficiently earnest to post their astonishing ignorance in public view.
That said I still struggle to imagine someone too incurious to grasp "vast wealth centralization = power centralization."
www.lesswrong.com/posts/BW89Bu...
That said I still struggle to imagine someone too incurious to grasp "vast wealth centralization = power centralization."
www.lesswrong.com/posts/BW89Bu...
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This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
February 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This is what we’re doing to people. We are the bad guys.
Everyone rightfully decries this as utterly bullshit, given how many libertarians -- very much including Reason -- were utterly blind and/or complicit re Trump, but it's also true that liberals ignorantly and studiously built the state power he then seized.
Anarchists are the only ones without sin.
Anarchists are the only ones without sin.
February 10, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Everyone rightfully decries this as utterly bullshit, given how many libertarians -- very much including Reason -- were utterly blind and/or complicit re Trump, but it's also true that liberals ignorantly and studiously built the state power he then seized.
Anarchists are the only ones without sin.
Anarchists are the only ones without sin.
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Woof
ICE’s pending $30 billion budget exceeds the military spending of nearly every country, including Canada, Brazil, Mexico, and Iran.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
ICE + CBP funding for 2026 would total $66 billion, higher than all but 7 militaries worldwide.
After a string of ICE murders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries proposed reforms — and $11 billion more for ICE.
Including reconciliation bill funding, the Schumer-Jeffries plan would give ICE a $30 billion budget, higher than all but 15 militaries worldwide:
www.stephensemler.com/p/democratic...
Including reconciliation bill funding, the Schumer-Jeffries plan would give ICE a $30 billion budget, higher than all but 15 militaries worldwide:
www.stephensemler.com/p/democratic...
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Woof
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@rechelon.bsky.social is an anarchist who has never identified with libertarians, but as a @c4ssdotorg.bsky.social market anarchist they've been adjacent to the movement. They've done great work on how libertarians failed on crucial issues of fascist creep. humaniterations.net/2025/12/30/2...
February 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
@rechelon.bsky.social is an anarchist who has never identified with libertarians, but as a @c4ssdotorg.bsky.social market anarchist they've been adjacent to the movement. They've done great work on how libertarians failed on crucial issues of fascist creep. humaniterations.net/2025/12/30/2...
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The golden rice situation makes me *SO* sad.
It's estimated a THIRD of people worldwide are Vitamin A deficient, which can cause permanent damage to the eyes — in many cases full-on blindness.
We created a perfect solution to this problem, but oh no, it's "unnatural"
It's estimated a THIRD of people worldwide are Vitamin A deficient, which can cause permanent damage to the eyes — in many cases full-on blindness.
We created a perfect solution to this problem, but oh no, it's "unnatural"
Same anti-science people who'd rather see people starve, than endorse GMOs. Because, hurr durr, Capitalism bad, science bad, therefore, hurr durr, golden rice bad and an unnatural abomination!
February 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
The golden rice situation makes me *SO* sad.
It's estimated a THIRD of people worldwide are Vitamin A deficient, which can cause permanent damage to the eyes — in many cases full-on blindness.
We created a perfect solution to this problem, but oh no, it's "unnatural"
It's estimated a THIRD of people worldwide are Vitamin A deficient, which can cause permanent damage to the eyes — in many cases full-on blindness.
We created a perfect solution to this problem, but oh no, it's "unnatural"
This is the most productive public debate between an ancom and an ancap in all of human history so far.
But of course I have to interject that I already solved property a decade ago, and they're both clearly just groping towards my evaluation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yl0...
But of course I have to interject that I already solved property a decade ago, and they're both clearly just groping towards my evaluation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yl0...
DEBATE: What Rights do We Have Over Resources? | Michael Huemer vs. Jesse Spafford
YouTube video by Discourse
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This is the most productive public debate between an ancom and an ancap in all of human history so far.
But of course I have to interject that I already solved property a decade ago, and they're both clearly just groping towards my evaluation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yl0...
But of course I have to interject that I already solved property a decade ago, and they're both clearly just groping towards my evaluation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yl0...
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The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
jessica.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
The Heritage Foundation has released a 250-year roadmap to “save America.”
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
The document is a how-to guide for subjugating girls & young women: a detailed plan to push them out of college, funnel them into early marriage and motherhood, and then trap them there.
jessica.substack.com/p/theyre-com...
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Bari Weiss bravely invites us to focus on the real fascism in Minneapolis
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
February 9, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Bari Weiss bravely invites us to focus on the real fascism in Minneapolis
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
www.thefp.com/p/mob-rule-c...
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Best response to our study yet: The nativist equation is: Not hearing Spanish > infinite $$.
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Best response to our study yet: The nativist equation is: Not hearing Spanish > infinite $$.
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ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
A Raid in a Small Town Brings Trump’s Deportations to Deep-Red Idaho
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
ICE sacked some tiny Idaho town and deported ~4 percent of the population at a stroke, it's liable to collapse the local economy www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...