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...
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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...
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The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
Hating the Game
The cooperation game, the murder game, and acting in good faith with people you know are acting in bad faith.
www.the-reframe.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The reality is America is a huge multicultural multilingual country, not a white ethnostate, and venomous white supremacist MAGA crybabies lose it whenever that reality becomes unignorable. We should always seek to increase, not decrease, their discomfort. www.the-reframe.com/hating-the-g...
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It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It bears repeating that Tom Homan is a fucking psycho and Greg Bovino's exile means functionally nothing when it comes to what's happening on the ground in Minnesota.
I don't know how much this is true, but it does mirror something I've regularly noted: the era when punks and activists were most intensely opposed to moral stands against rape or fascist entryism was also the era of peak policing of music tastes and consumption (and peak era of straight edge bros).
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
I don't know how much this is true, but it does mirror something I've regularly noted: the era when punks and activists were most intensely opposed to moral stands against rape or fascist entryism was also the era of peak policing of music tastes and consumption (and peak era of straight edge bros).
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Clay Conrad, author of THE book on Jury Nullification, sits down with FIJA to discuss the relevancy of Jury Nullification as a check on Trump's power and the importance of education.
Listen here:
fija.org/what-we-do/p...
Listen here:
fija.org/what-we-do/p...
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Clay Conrad, author of THE book on Jury Nullification, sits down with FIJA to discuss the relevancy of Jury Nullification as a check on Trump's power and the importance of education.
Listen here:
fija.org/what-we-do/p...
Listen here:
fija.org/what-we-do/p...
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I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
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Is someone Wrong On The Internet? maybe. but a lot of that is coming from the fact that shit is real rough right now and everyone is hypervigilant and no one is sleeping, and I think if we try to see that in each other we can avoid a lot of friendly fire right now
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Is someone Wrong On The Internet? maybe. but a lot of that is coming from the fact that shit is real rough right now and everyone is hypervigilant and no one is sleeping, and I think if we try to see that in each other we can avoid a lot of friendly fire right now
Every nerd falls into one of two genders:
1) "I write a blog on how to speedrun fitting into Gender better, git gud scrubs"
2) "Come join my discord server where we collect 0day exploits on Gender"
1) "I write a blog on how to speedrun fitting into Gender better, git gud scrubs"
2) "Come join my discord server where we collect 0day exploits on Gender"
February 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Every nerd falls into one of two genders:
1) "I write a blog on how to speedrun fitting into Gender better, git gud scrubs"
2) "Come join my discord server where we collect 0day exploits on Gender"
1) "I write a blog on how to speedrun fitting into Gender better, git gud scrubs"
2) "Come join my discord server where we collect 0day exploits on Gender"
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The resilience from yesterday and through this entire occupation has been nothing short of incredible. ICE cannot defeat this
February 8, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The resilience from yesterday and through this entire occupation has been nothing short of incredible. ICE cannot defeat this
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The madness of X in a nutshell:
A groyper‘s Holocaust denial post (cut off) does great numbers — 12K likes, 500K views.
A prominent liberal journalist and author comes in to try to rationally debate it. 300 likes, 25K views.
In a healthy info environment, these two things wouldn’t be interacting
A groyper‘s Holocaust denial post (cut off) does great numbers — 12K likes, 500K views.
A prominent liberal journalist and author comes in to try to rationally debate it. 300 likes, 25K views.
In a healthy info environment, these two things wouldn’t be interacting
February 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The madness of X in a nutshell:
A groyper‘s Holocaust denial post (cut off) does great numbers — 12K likes, 500K views.
A prominent liberal journalist and author comes in to try to rationally debate it. 300 likes, 25K views.
In a healthy info environment, these two things wouldn’t be interacting
A groyper‘s Holocaust denial post (cut off) does great numbers — 12K likes, 500K views.
A prominent liberal journalist and author comes in to try to rationally debate it. 300 likes, 25K views.
In a healthy info environment, these two things wouldn’t be interacting
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I owe you an apology, Amber Glenn. I wasn't really familiar with your Magic: The Gathering Game.
February 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I owe you an apology, Amber Glenn. I wasn't really familiar with your Magic: The Gathering Game.
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Being able to see their emails makes something very clear: The “anti-woke” movement was not a genteel intellectual inquiry, made by disinterested parties who cared deeply about free speech. It is a social circle of powerful people who feel threatened by #MeToo.
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Being able to see their emails makes something very clear: The “anti-woke” movement was not a genteel intellectual inquiry, made by disinterested parties who cared deeply about free speech. It is a social circle of powerful people who feel threatened by #MeToo.
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
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Negative polarization is multi-directional and a lot of people have mirrored what is more or less antisemitic sentiment with philosemitic sentiment, aka "Israel would never do X thing that it demonstrably does time again and again because it isn't that stupid". That's just exceptionalism actually.
This was such a strange thing for him to take a stand on after reports of torture reached mainstream media
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Negative polarization is multi-directional and a lot of people have mirrored what is more or less antisemitic sentiment with philosemitic sentiment, aka "Israel would never do X thing that it demonstrably does time again and again because it isn't that stupid". That's just exceptionalism actually.