strigix
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May my tongue drip with parasites
that writhe through your mind,
and take root in your heart.
Let the flesh of mankind decompose
and the monsters carve themselves free.
that writhe through your mind,
and take root in your heart.
Let the flesh of mankind decompose
and the monsters carve themselves free.
"Making a coat requires 10 yards of linen and the labor to produce the coat, and the coat costs as much as 20 yards of linen; therefore we can say that the total labor required to make 1 coat is equivalent to the total labor required to make 20 yards of linen, on grounds of the expense being equal."
February 17, 2026 at 7:25 PM
"Making a coat requires 10 yards of linen and the labor to produce the coat, and the coat costs as much as 20 yards of linen; therefore we can say that the total labor required to make 1 coat is equivalent to the total labor required to make 20 yards of linen, on grounds of the expense being equal."
yeah so to contextualize this joke I am finally getting around to reading capital and finding, much to my amusement that the first chapter is literally a treatise on pretty unremarkable accounting theory which happens to be using heterodox terminology
causing both marxist and mainstream economic theorists to burst into flames of pure rage by putting forward a theory of marxist accounting built upon the labor theory of expenses (that is, that all expenses are ultimately reducible to the cost of labor and value extracted from labor)
February 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
yeah so to contextualize this joke I am finally getting around to reading capital and finding, much to my amusement that the first chapter is literally a treatise on pretty unremarkable accounting theory which happens to be using heterodox terminology
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A lot of American leftist are skeptical that Anarchism poses a real threat to the system of Fascizing Capital here. The system disagrees with good reason, the majority of mass movements that have credibly challenged its power in the past two decades have been decentralized spontaneous uprisings
Q: “What are you in here for? Murder? Robbery?"
A: “Worse, possession of zines"
“Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"
A: “Worse, possession of zines"
“Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"
Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us
The outcome of a court case could decide whether the Trump administration can criminalize simply possessing political literature.
theintercept.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:39 PM
A lot of American leftist are skeptical that Anarchism poses a real threat to the system of Fascizing Capital here. The system disagrees with good reason, the majority of mass movements that have credibly challenged its power in the past two decades have been decentralized spontaneous uprisings
causing both marxist and mainstream economic theorists to burst into flames of pure rage by putting forward a theory of marxist accounting built upon the labor theory of expenses (that is, that all expenses are ultimately reducible to the cost of labor and value extracted from labor)
February 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
causing both marxist and mainstream economic theorists to burst into flames of pure rage by putting forward a theory of marxist accounting built upon the labor theory of expenses (that is, that all expenses are ultimately reducible to the cost of labor and value extracted from labor)
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Such a key point. They don’t see themselves as having an ideology.
An ideology is something that belongs to the ‘groups.’ Dems see themselves as milquetoast, as run of the mill, as the center of the road, as the bearer of common sense and as blank slates. And how can you suppress ‘empty’?
An ideology is something that belongs to the ‘groups.’ Dems see themselves as milquetoast, as run of the mill, as the center of the road, as the bearer of common sense and as blank slates. And how can you suppress ‘empty’?
The idea that they could be treated the same way as some random anarchist zine-maker isn't something that's really comprehensible to them, because they don't see themselves as having ideology which can be suppressed, really- and so they will not object to the suppression of dissenting thought.
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Such a key point. They don’t see themselves as having an ideology.
An ideology is something that belongs to the ‘groups.’ Dems see themselves as milquetoast, as run of the mill, as the center of the road, as the bearer of common sense and as blank slates. And how can you suppress ‘empty’?
An ideology is something that belongs to the ‘groups.’ Dems see themselves as milquetoast, as run of the mill, as the center of the road, as the bearer of common sense and as blank slates. And how can you suppress ‘empty’?
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so nobody actually understood the point of my post, which makes sense since will stancil has the dumbest followers possible
if one party is fascist and the other party refuses to do anything about fascism then inevitably you're going to get fascists back in power because one party won't always win.
if one party is fascist and the other party refuses to do anything about fascism then inevitably you're going to get fascists back in power because one party won't always win.
February 16, 2026 at 3:46 PM
so nobody actually understood the point of my post, which makes sense since will stancil has the dumbest followers possible
if one party is fascist and the other party refuses to do anything about fascism then inevitably you're going to get fascists back in power because one party won't always win.
if one party is fascist and the other party refuses to do anything about fascism then inevitably you're going to get fascists back in power because one party won't always win.
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Because "Moderate" is code for "Conservative" and we're not interested in your Moderate Fascists.
The reason people are concerned about lefties saying “I won’t vote for a moderate Dem” isn’t because they want Newsom. It’s because lefties keep not voting for moderate Dems!
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
I think all the scolding about it being years til the primary would hit a little harder if WE DIDN’T JUST GO THROUGH THIS
February 17, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Because "Moderate" is code for "Conservative" and we're not interested in your Moderate Fascists.
This might seem a bit crazy to the average person who believes the US has free speech, but what you have to understand is that 'free speech' has been eroded over generations, and that anarchism in particular has been such a subject of state ire that they made the FBI to go after anarchists.
Q: “What are you in here for? Murder? Robbery?"
A: “Worse, possession of zines"
“Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"
A: “Worse, possession of zines"
“Sanchez Estrada is facing up to 20 years behind bars for allegedly moving a box of anarchist zines from his parents’ house to another residence"
Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us
The outcome of a court case could decide whether the Trump administration can criminalize simply possessing political literature.
theintercept.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This might seem a bit crazy to the average person who believes the US has free speech, but what you have to understand is that 'free speech' has been eroded over generations, and that anarchism in particular has been such a subject of state ire that they made the FBI to go after anarchists.
"I won't vote for this guy."
"But you have to or we'll lose."
"He's not the candidate, you have plenty of time to run someone better."
"But I won't."
"But you have to or you'll lose."
"It's actually really toxic of you to force people to support your guy in order to maintain the coalition."
"But you have to or we'll lose."
"He's not the candidate, you have plenty of time to run someone better."
"But I won't."
"But you have to or you'll lose."
"It's actually really toxic of you to force people to support your guy in order to maintain the coalition."
February 17, 2026 at 6:42 AM
"I won't vote for this guy."
"But you have to or we'll lose."
"He's not the candidate, you have plenty of time to run someone better."
"But I won't."
"But you have to or you'll lose."
"It's actually really toxic of you to force people to support your guy in order to maintain the coalition."
"But you have to or we'll lose."
"He's not the candidate, you have plenty of time to run someone better."
"But I won't."
"But you have to or you'll lose."
"It's actually really toxic of you to force people to support your guy in order to maintain the coalition."
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Demanding people give oaths of fealty is a form of purity testing, you dumbass.
every line is a red one for the purity ponies
You are one member of a larger coalition. That coalition has a process through which it decides who will lead it. “If you don’t decide to support my guy, I will leave the coalition” is behavior that will destroy the coalition, weaken yourself, and ultimately lead to worse outcomes than participating
February 17, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Demanding people give oaths of fealty is a form of purity testing, you dumbass.
The thing is, right, in principle the idea of blending 'outdoor' and 'indoor' spaces seems really cool, and I feel like setting a house up with like an internal courtyard 'living room' would be cool as hell... in abstract.
I'm not sure people would appreciate it much in practice, though.
I'm not sure people would appreciate it much in practice, though.
They churn this stuff out and get tens of thousands of followers.
This is facebook now.
This is facebook now.
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
The thing is, right, in principle the idea of blending 'outdoor' and 'indoor' spaces seems really cool, and I feel like setting a house up with like an internal courtyard 'living room' would be cool as hell... in abstract.
I'm not sure people would appreciate it much in practice, though.
I'm not sure people would appreciate it much in practice, though.
these notes are now public btw
Alright, got my complete notes on that 'Design in Nature' book done, and decided to just upload them straight to Patreon with the minimal editing required to clean up the formatting.
Posting the link now because if I wait until it's past early access I will absolutely forget to link it:
Posting the link now because if I wait until it's past early access I will absolutely forget to link it:
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February 17, 2026 at 12:58 AM
these notes are now public btw
also worth noting that the mirror world curtains are all fucked up
What could go wrong using AI to help stage a few listing photos?
February 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM
also worth noting that the mirror world curtains are all fucked up
Republicans are absolutely not afraid of losing their voters to a guy who agrees with them whenever he sits down to a 'debate' with them. Their voters will look at Gavin Newsom and go 'what a feckless and cowardly little man, he doesn't believe in anything' and continue to vote Republican.
Republicans also know it's just an opinion. Leftists are all talk. They never actually do any violence.
Republicans are not afraid of losing blood. They're afraid of losing voters. And that's why they're more afraid of people like Newsom.
Republicans are not afraid of losing blood. They're afraid of losing voters. And that's why they're more afraid of people like Newsom.
February 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Republicans are absolutely not afraid of losing their voters to a guy who agrees with them whenever he sits down to a 'debate' with them. Their voters will look at Gavin Newsom and go 'what a feckless and cowardly little man, he doesn't believe in anything' and continue to vote Republican.
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This is an insane thing to say when they're not planning to allow you to have any fair elections ever again lmao
Republicans also know it's just an opinion. Leftists are all talk. They never actually do any violence.
Republicans are not afraid of losing blood. They're afraid of losing voters. And that's why they're more afraid of people like Newsom.
Republicans are not afraid of losing blood. They're afraid of losing voters. And that's why they're more afraid of people like Newsom.
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This is an insane thing to say when they're not planning to allow you to have any fair elections ever again lmao
We live in an era where access to the tools and resources to learn, to create, and to grow have been made hyper-available, for free, to anyone with an internet connection, which by necessity includes all members of the working class who now have access to 'generative AI' tools.
What do we think about the assertion in this meme? I know, we think it's asinine, but I'm looking for specific arguments as to why it's asinine.
February 16, 2026 at 7:33 PM
We live in an era where access to the tools and resources to learn, to create, and to grow have been made hyper-available, for free, to anyone with an internet connection, which by necessity includes all members of the working class who now have access to 'generative AI' tools.
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
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Liberals, if the general presidential election was tomorrow and the candidates were: Donald Trump (D) or JD Vance (R), who are you voting for? No weaseling pick one!
February 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Liberals, if the general presidential election was tomorrow and the candidates were: Donald Trump (D) or JD Vance (R), who are you voting for? No weaseling pick one!
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The funny thing about the proceeding conversation below is that you get a lot of indictments against democracy, even including the idea of "real/better democracy" juxtaposed against "not real democracy".
Liberals, if the general presidential election was tomorrow and the candidates were: Donald Trump (D) or JD Vance (R), who are you voting for? No weaseling pick one!
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
The funny thing about the proceeding conversation below is that you get a lot of indictments against democracy, even including the idea of "real/better democracy" juxtaposed against "not real democracy".
right wingers: "We don't want a nanny state telling us what we can do or how we can do it!"
also right wingers: "Oh you want a haircut? Sorry but you need to go to a state approved barber and choose from the options which the government approves of. If you don't then it's a felony."
also right wingers: "Oh you want a haircut? Sorry but you need to go to a state approved barber and choose from the options which the government approves of. If you don't then it's a felony."
in the uk you need government permission to get a haircut
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
right wingers: "We don't want a nanny state telling us what we can do or how we can do it!"
also right wingers: "Oh you want a haircut? Sorry but you need to go to a state approved barber and choose from the options which the government approves of. If you don't then it's a felony."
also right wingers: "Oh you want a haircut? Sorry but you need to go to a state approved barber and choose from the options which the government approves of. If you don't then it's a felony."
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I do not believe the reason kamala and Hilary lost is because they're women. I think it's because anyone excited to vote for a woman as president also doesn't want the first woman president to be a war crime supporting pro-deportation and police brutality imperialist.
February 15, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I do not believe the reason kamala and Hilary lost is because they're women. I think it's because anyone excited to vote for a woman as president also doesn't want the first woman president to be a war crime supporting pro-deportation and police brutality imperialist.
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building on a topic we were discussing yesterday: in large portions of the United States, there is a *very strong* cultural norm that the highest social faux pas is to imply moral deficiencies in others even *or especially* if those things are true. It is because half the country were slavers.
I just heard someone say on TV that use of the term "concentration camps" to describe ICE facilities was "very strong language."
I think ICE's concentration camps are very strong abuses of human rights.
I think ICE's concentration camps are very strong abuses of human rights.
February 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
building on a topic we were discussing yesterday: in large portions of the United States, there is a *very strong* cultural norm that the highest social faux pas is to imply moral deficiencies in others even *or especially* if those things are true. It is because half the country were slavers.
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The "I'd vote for [EVIL FIGURE] if they ran as a D" is so popular with this crowd because they don't want better things or the power to make things better. They just want to endlessly critique the idea that better things are possible.
February 15, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The "I'd vote for [EVIL FIGURE] if they ran as a D" is so popular with this crowd because they don't want better things or the power to make things better. They just want to endlessly critique the idea that better things are possible.
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US politics is two cults who desperately want to warn you about the other cult
February 15, 2026 at 10:09 PM
US politics is two cults who desperately want to warn you about the other cult
The fact that I'm not sure if this update will lead to more or less deaths by suicide than the model which encouraged people to commit suicide is bleak.
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February 16, 2026 at 3:17 AM
The fact that I'm not sure if this update will lead to more or less deaths by suicide than the model which encouraged people to commit suicide is bleak.