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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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.
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leveled up with this explanation, cos as an autistic person i pride myself on reacting appropriately to animals, to signal harmlessness, so why wouldn't i want to do this for human animals?
never occurred to me to stop listening to the words and instead recognise the BEHAVIOUR.
never occurred to me to stop listening to the words and instead recognise the BEHAVIOUR.
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 AM
leveled up with this explanation, cos as an autistic person i pride myself on reacting appropriately to animals, to signal harmlessness, so why wouldn't i want to do this for human animals?
never occurred to me to stop listening to the words and instead recognise the BEHAVIOUR.
never occurred to me to stop listening to the words and instead recognise the BEHAVIOUR.
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McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.
February 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
McGregor was found liable for sexual assault in 2024 and the jury ordered him to pay the victim $257,000. He lost all his appeals.
The thing is, Chomsky was always fervent in his liberalism and campism, which fit together snugly.
His paling with Epstein was *ideologically consistent.* It's inseparable from his constant defenses of holocaust deniers, hostility to antifa, and endless cover for dictators and atrocities.
His paling with Epstein was *ideologically consistent.* It's inseparable from his constant defenses of holocaust deniers, hostility to antifa, and endless cover for dictators and atrocities.
Oh smart man genius intellectual Chomsky got hoodwinked into taking tons of money from Epstein & being his fanboy? So how smart are we supposed to take him for?
Noam Chomsky's wife says he was 'ensnared' and 'manipulated' by Epstein - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/noam-chomskys-wife-says-he-was-ensnared-and-manipulated-epstein
February 8, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The thing is, Chomsky was always fervent in his liberalism and campism, which fit together snugly.
His paling with Epstein was *ideologically consistent.* It's inseparable from his constant defenses of holocaust deniers, hostility to antifa, and endless cover for dictators and atrocities.
His paling with Epstein was *ideologically consistent.* It's inseparable from his constant defenses of holocaust deniers, hostility to antifa, and endless cover for dictators and atrocities.
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LEAVITT: Of course Donald Trump didn’t have Jeffrey Epstein killed. The suggestion is defamatory and the President will be taking legal action
BONDI: Saying that Trump had Epstein killed is now a felony
TRUMP: They set up a live feed in the cell so I could watch. I put it on YouTube, here’s a link
BONDI: Saying that Trump had Epstein killed is now a felony
TRUMP: They set up a live feed in the cell so I could watch. I put it on YouTube, here’s a link
February 8, 2026 at 5:53 PM
LEAVITT: Of course Donald Trump didn’t have Jeffrey Epstein killed. The suggestion is defamatory and the President will be taking legal action
BONDI: Saying that Trump had Epstein killed is now a felony
TRUMP: They set up a live feed in the cell so I could watch. I put it on YouTube, here’s a link
BONDI: Saying that Trump had Epstein killed is now a felony
TRUMP: They set up a live feed in the cell so I could watch. I put it on YouTube, here’s a link
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“Black” is being flagged as a potentially prohibited word violating anti-DEI law at multiple Florida Universities. My interview this week with @grundrza.bsky.social documents his event being flagged because the flyer said “Black.”
Racial authoritarianism is here, it’s just unequally distributed.
Racial authoritarianism is here, it’s just unequally distributed.
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
“Black” is being flagged as a potentially prohibited word violating anti-DEI law at multiple Florida Universities. My interview this week with @grundrza.bsky.social documents his event being flagged because the flyer said “Black.”
Racial authoritarianism is here, it’s just unequally distributed.
Racial authoritarianism is here, it’s just unequally distributed.
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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."
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ok this is a lot. even for me.
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 7:28 AM
ok this is a lot. even for me.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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New filter blockades announced:
25th & Lyndale
22nd & Pillsbury
Thomas & Ashbury in St. Paul
and our homie reports that we "need more firewood" at the revamped 35th & Bloomington barricade.
25th & Lyndale
22nd & Pillsbury
Thomas & Ashbury in St. Paul
and our homie reports that we "need more firewood" at the revamped 35th & Bloomington barricade.
February 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
New filter blockades announced:
25th & Lyndale
22nd & Pillsbury
Thomas & Ashbury in St. Paul
and our homie reports that we "need more firewood" at the revamped 35th & Bloomington barricade.
25th & Lyndale
22nd & Pillsbury
Thomas & Ashbury in St. Paul
and our homie reports that we "need more firewood" at the revamped 35th & Bloomington barricade.
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TEN miles an hour? TEN? The average elementary school student can get an appropriately sized pedal bike up over 10. You'll be issuing tickets to tweens for getting to school too fast.
Why another US state is preparing a 10 mph e-bike speed limit
Why another US state is preparing a 10 mph e-bike speed limit
Florida is the latest US state to wade into the increasingly crowded waters of e-bike regulation, with lawmakers advancing a bill that would impose a situational 10 mph (16 km/h) speed limit for e-bikes on shared-use paths. It’s a move that fits squarely into a broader national trend, as states and cities across the country reconsider how electric bikes fit into public spaces that were never designed with fast, motor-assisted travel in mind.
more…
electrek.co
February 8, 2026 at 4:43 AM
TEN miles an hour? TEN? The average elementary school student can get an appropriately sized pedal bike up over 10. You'll be issuing tickets to tweens for getting to school too fast.
Ah, the smell of a small clique of rationalists going "how hard could doing a politics be?"
But honestly, folks this is out of the Black Hammer playbook: do the most cringe irritating bad thing possible to build public attention for your cult.
But honestly, folks this is out of the Black Hammer playbook: do the most cringe irritating bad thing possible to build public attention for your cult.
February 8, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Ah, the smell of a small clique of rationalists going "how hard could doing a politics be?"
But honestly, folks this is out of the Black Hammer playbook: do the most cringe irritating bad thing possible to build public attention for your cult.
But honestly, folks this is out of the Black Hammer playbook: do the most cringe irritating bad thing possible to build public attention for your cult.
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The march for billionaires is basically centrist PSL
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The march for billionaires is basically centrist PSL
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extremely funny things are happening on /r/neoliberal
www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal...
www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal...
February 8, 2026 at 4:04 AM
extremely funny things are happening on /r/neoliberal
www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal...
www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal...
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I hate everything about this
"Lady Victoria Hervey, ex girlfriend of Andrew Windsor who previously claimed that the picture of him and Virginia Guiffre was fake and she could prove it. Is now calling people who are not in the Epstein files "losers." "
www.reddit.com/r/AbolishThe...
"Lady Victoria Hervey, ex girlfriend of Andrew Windsor who previously claimed that the picture of him and Virginia Guiffre was fake and she could prove it. Is now calling people who are not in the Epstein files "losers." "
www.reddit.com/r/AbolishThe...
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I hate everything about this
"Lady Victoria Hervey, ex girlfriend of Andrew Windsor who previously claimed that the picture of him and Virginia Guiffre was fake and she could prove it. Is now calling people who are not in the Epstein files "losers." "
www.reddit.com/r/AbolishThe...
"Lady Victoria Hervey, ex girlfriend of Andrew Windsor who previously claimed that the picture of him and Virginia Guiffre was fake and she could prove it. Is now calling people who are not in the Epstein files "losers." "
www.reddit.com/r/AbolishThe...
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Local police stood by while neo nazi Jake Lang pepper sprayed people from the back of a Uhaul, then the cops attacked protestors. All in defense of a concentration camp staffed by fascist gestapo filth. This is Minneapolis.
Tayler Mitchell said he was pepper sprayed by Jake Lang as the Jan. 6 rioter drove by the crowd of anti-ICE protesters outside the Whipple Federal Building in a U-Haul.
📸: Kim Hyatt
📸: Kim Hyatt
February 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Local police stood by while neo nazi Jake Lang pepper sprayed people from the back of a Uhaul, then the cops attacked protestors. All in defense of a concentration camp staffed by fascist gestapo filth. This is Minneapolis.
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Like....truly all over
February 7, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Like....truly all over
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LOVE all these makeshift traffic circles popping up in Minneapolis! Great way to literally slow down the ICE siege and occupation of Minneapolis, St Paul and the surrounding areas. T/y @minneapolis-spring.bsky.social for sharing and your work! @wesburdine.bsky.social @normcharlatan.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
LOVE all these makeshift traffic circles popping up in Minneapolis! Great way to literally slow down the ICE siege and occupation of Minneapolis, St Paul and the surrounding areas. T/y @minneapolis-spring.bsky.social for sharing and your work! @wesburdine.bsky.social @normcharlatan.bsky.social
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“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”
Renee Good's partner addresses Minneapolis immigration crackdown one month after killing
Becca Good has seldom spoken out since Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7.
nbcnews.to
February 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“Renee was not the first person killed, and she was not the last,” Becca Good said. “You know my wife’s name and you know Alex’s name, but there are many others in this city being harmed that you don’t know — their families are hurting just like mine, even if they don’t look like mine.”