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Lenin advising ladies like myself-what is to be done.
Avatar is Haniwa Flying Squirrel.
Lenin advising ladies like myself-what is to be done.
Avatar is Haniwa Flying Squirrel.
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The last, best description of Trump from British writer Nate White.
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
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More than that, countries broadly following the (Nordic) Social Democratic model are at or very near the top of practically every measurement of societal achievement _ever devised_.
All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.
But when they all point to the same direction…
All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.
But when they all point to the same direction…
Finland tops the global happiness index, which suggests that other countries should use it as a model.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
More than that, countries broadly following the (Nordic) Social Democratic model are at or very near the top of practically every measurement of societal achievement _ever devised_.
All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.
But when they all point to the same direction…
All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.
But when they all point to the same direction…
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You think you are paying higher prices, but it's just a delusion.
Just remember Trump's final, most essential command...
Just remember Trump's final, most essential command...
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
You think you are paying higher prices, but it's just a delusion.
Just remember Trump's final, most essential command...
Just remember Trump's final, most essential command...
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He will protect his supporters until throwing them under the bus becomes better for his interests. He demands complete loyalty, but returns absolutely none. Choosing to be loyal to Trump is a terrible life choice.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 AM
He will protect his supporters until throwing them under the bus becomes better for his interests. He demands complete loyalty, but returns absolutely none. Choosing to be loyal to Trump is a terrible life choice.
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How many in his circle has he insulted terribly and/or they said the truth about him , then he bribed them with promises in exchange for their empty soul.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
How many in his circle has he insulted terribly and/or they said the truth about him , then he bribed them with promises in exchange for their empty soul.
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In a way, yes
In a much more real way, he’s such a malignant narcissist he literally thinks he knows what’s better for everyone else in the country, even assuming how people *feel* must be incorrect, because of course how they feel doesn’t agree with how he feels
Monumental sociopathy. Every day.
In a much more real way, he’s such a malignant narcissist he literally thinks he knows what’s better for everyone else in the country, even assuming how people *feel* must be incorrect, because of course how they feel doesn’t agree with how he feels
Monumental sociopathy. Every day.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In a way, yes
In a much more real way, he’s such a malignant narcissist he literally thinks he knows what’s better for everyone else in the country, even assuming how people *feel* must be incorrect, because of course how they feel doesn’t agree with how he feels
Monumental sociopathy. Every day.
In a much more real way, he’s such a malignant narcissist he literally thinks he knows what’s better for everyone else in the country, even assuming how people *feel* must be incorrect, because of course how they feel doesn’t agree with how he feels
Monumental sociopathy. Every day.
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Trump on affordability: It’s a con job. Costs are way down.
Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump on affordability: It’s a con job. Costs are way down.
Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
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It’s pretty obvious that Donald Trump is educationally subnormal with severe learning difficulties and intellectual deficiencies. We see it in his face and hear it every time he speaks. Now we see it in the papers prepared to help him hide the truth of his stupidity from the American people.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It’s pretty obvious that Donald Trump is educationally subnormal with severe learning difficulties and intellectual deficiencies. We see it in his face and hear it every time he speaks. Now we see it in the papers prepared to help him hide the truth of his stupidity from the American people.
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British media are very quiet on this?
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
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November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
British media are very quiet on this?
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
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E.g, I believe the evidence strongly suggests that out of all human-tested schemes so far, the #Nordic Social #Democracy has been if not the best, then at the very least the least bad way to organize an industrialized society.
Despite its many flaws.
bsky.app/profile/jmko...
Despite its many flaws.
bsky.app/profile/jmko...
BTW for those who don’t know me yet, below is a TL;DR of my political beliefs. Am an anarcho-Social Democrat :D.
Rawls, Sen and Nussbaum fill out most of the details. The Veil of Ignorance (extended to include ignorance about the _species_ one is born into) and Capability Approach especially.
Rawls, Sen and Nussbaum fill out most of the details. The Veil of Ignorance (extended to include ignorance about the _species_ one is born into) and Capability Approach especially.
I consider myself a lefty even by Nordic standards and have been called a communist often enough by the far right loons. Because I do maintain that billionaires are system errors and we need to redistribute resources fairly if we want to have a future worth having.
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
E.g, I believe the evidence strongly suggests that out of all human-tested schemes so far, the #Nordic Social #Democracy has been if not the best, then at the very least the least bad way to organize an industrialized society.
Despite its many flaws.
bsky.app/profile/jmko...
Despite its many flaws.
bsky.app/profile/jmko...
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Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
Trump’s Pardon List: Here Are The Big-Time Donors And Allies He’s Sprung Free
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
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I assumed that separation of the executive and the judiciary was par for the course in civilised, democratic countries.
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I assumed that separation of the executive and the judiciary was par for the course in civilised, democratic countries.
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Whenever I get a little bit of time off I always tell myself to use it napping and I always end up blogging instead:
open.substack.com/pub/profmark...?
open.substack.com/pub/profmark...?
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Whenever I get a little bit of time off I always tell myself to use it napping and I always end up blogging instead:
open.substack.com/pub/profmark...?
open.substack.com/pub/profmark...?
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Fuck this. @governor.ca.gov tell this disgusting administration #handsOff
Human caused climate change is bad all the way around
Gifted article
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
wapo.st/4p1sRTx
#Voices4Victory
#UsDemocracy
Human caused climate change is bad all the way around
Gifted article
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
wapo.st/4p1sRTx
#Voices4Victory
#UsDemocracy
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Fuck this. @governor.ca.gov tell this disgusting administration #handsOff
Human caused climate change is bad all the way around
Gifted article
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
wapo.st/4p1sRTx
#Voices4Victory
#UsDemocracy
Human caused climate change is bad all the way around
Gifted article
Trump plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
wapo.st/4p1sRTx
#Voices4Victory
#UsDemocracy
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And by caving, i.e. by folding in exchange for nothing meaningful on healthcare, the suffering was done for nothing? The deaths weren't avoided...
I don't think the administrative stay from Justice Jackson was a sign to surrender, quite the opposite. It was smart, strategic, harm reduction 🧵
I don't think the administrative stay from Justice Jackson was a sign to surrender, quite the opposite. It was smart, strategic, harm reduction 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
And by caving, i.e. by folding in exchange for nothing meaningful on healthcare, the suffering was done for nothing? The deaths weren't avoided...
I don't think the administrative stay from Justice Jackson was a sign to surrender, quite the opposite. It was smart, strategic, harm reduction 🧵
I don't think the administrative stay from Justice Jackson was a sign to surrender, quite the opposite. It was smart, strategic, harm reduction 🧵
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The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The reason why I'm so angry has a lot to do with the lives that will be lost — people are absolutely going to die as a direct result of Senate Democrats folding on health care. It also has a lot to do with the suffering that was endured — people were struggling to get by without food assistance. 🧵
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Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Again: This entire shutdown fight is one big advertisement for #MedicareForAll
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
Making a broken system less bad is not a real answer and never was.
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I took my pups on a walkabout today as well. High surf and wind spray.
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I took my pups on a walkabout today as well. High surf and wind spray.
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Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
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Imagine the EU suing the BBC for all the lies Brexiters like Farage and Rees Mogg have said... €1 billion per lie…
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Imagine the EU suing the BBC for all the lies Brexiters like Farage and Rees Mogg have said... €1 billion per lie…
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Hey Bluesky friends, is anyone in the tv news discussing that Trump is pardoning state crimes now? I refuse to watch news so idk if everyone is seeing this new federal over reach. Will he get away with it?
November 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Hey Bluesky friends, is anyone in the tv news discussing that Trump is pardoning state crimes now? I refuse to watch news so idk if everyone is seeing this new federal over reach. Will he get away with it?
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Oh, so he totally stole the money
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Oh, so he totally stole the money
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Until the media, judicial system, and Democratic Party understand this, we're headed for hellfire
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Until the media, judicial system, and Democratic Party understand this, we're headed for hellfire
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America
Your reelection doesn't matter, your approval rating doesn't matter, your sense of being a bigwig in your professional circle doesn't matter, what matters is saving the fucking United States of America