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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
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Public sand batteries could give the state new powers to set the wholesale clearing price for electricity.
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Public sand batteries could give the state new powers to set the wholesale clearing price for electricity.
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"The US government has declared war on the very idea of climate change" by Zachary Wolf for @cnn.com: www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
Analysis: The US government has declared war on the very idea of climate change | CNN Politics
Americans are used to whiplash in their climate policy. The US has been in and out and in and out again of the key Paris climate agreement over the past four presidencies.
www.cnn.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"The US government has declared war on the very idea of climate change" by Zachary Wolf for @cnn.com: www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
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It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
July 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right.
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
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The NYT siding with nazis over their own Black columnist should be a front page story somewhere.
July 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The NYT siding with nazis over their own Black columnist should be a front page story somewhere.
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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
June 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
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In a move that raises very serious First Amendment issues, ICE executed a major splashy operation in California aiming to arrest a guy for posting fliers with names, pictures, and apparent phone numbers for ICE HSI agents.
I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.
I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.
May 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In a move that raises very serious First Amendment issues, ICE executed a major splashy operation in California aiming to arrest a guy for posting fliers with names, pictures, and apparent phone numbers for ICE HSI agents.
I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.
I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.
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“How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing.”
“1/4 of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians— & their businesses— in the city.”
Paris innovation isn’t just about people-places & bike-lanes.
“1/4 of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians— & their businesses— in the city.”
Paris innovation isn’t just about people-places & bike-lanes.
How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing (Published 2024)
One quarter of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians — and their businesses — in the city.
www.nytimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
“How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing.”
“1/4 of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians— & their businesses— in the city.”
Paris innovation isn’t just about people-places & bike-lanes.
“1/4 of residents in the French capital live in government-owned housing, part of an aggressive plan to keep lower-income Parisians— & their businesses— in the city.”
Paris innovation isn’t just about people-places & bike-lanes.
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I've been offline for a couple of hours. Any major structures undergirding our democracy destroyed since I last checked?
April 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I've been offline for a couple of hours. Any major structures undergirding our democracy destroyed since I last checked?
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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It’s also how Musk himself is trying to spin things to Tesla shareholders. There is no reason to parrot this announcement uncritically.
I don't know anything about this specific reporter, but the function of Politico seems to me to be to launder right wing talking points.
So no, I don't believe Musk is actually stepping down in a real way. I just think that's what Rs want us to believe.
So no, I don't believe Musk is actually stepping down in a real way. I just think that's what Rs want us to believe.
(Politico) - President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It’s also how Musk himself is trying to spin things to Tesla shareholders. There is no reason to parrot this announcement uncritically.
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“He’s never put his hands in dirt in his entire life. He doesn’t understand me. He doesn’t understand my farming neighbors.”
Trump is undoing Biden's efforts to connect small farmers to federal climate aid. @jeva.bsky.social breaks it down ⬇️
Trump is undoing Biden's efforts to connect small farmers to federal climate aid. @jeva.bsky.social breaks it down ⬇️
Trump’s Funding Cuts Are Killing Small Farmers’ Trust in Climate Policy
That trust was hard won — and it won’t be easily regained.
heatmap.news
April 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“He’s never put his hands in dirt in his entire life. He doesn’t understand me. He doesn’t understand my farming neighbors.”
Trump is undoing Biden's efforts to connect small farmers to federal climate aid. @jeva.bsky.social breaks it down ⬇️
Trump is undoing Biden's efforts to connect small farmers to federal climate aid. @jeva.bsky.social breaks it down ⬇️
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WOW: @miamiherald.com reveals that a person imprisoned in El Salvador had LEGAL REFUGEE STATUS.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
March 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
WOW: @miamiherald.com reveals that a person imprisoned in El Salvador had LEGAL REFUGEE STATUS.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
He entered the USA legally in January and was detained because of his tattoos, EVEN THOUGH he had previously passed a full background check.
Without warning, he was sent to El Salvador on March 15.
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But his signal chats
March 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
But his signal chats
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for @teenvogue.com, Columbia journalism student Anvee Bhutani spoke to people who have known the disappeared Mahmoud Khalil at different points in his life — aid workers, friends, fellow activists — who describe a deeply committed, compassionate organizer who saw education as a way to serve others.
Who Was Mahmoud Khalil Before ICE Took Him Away?
We spoke to the former Columbia grad student’s friends and former coworkers.
www.teenvogue.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
for @teenvogue.com, Columbia journalism student Anvee Bhutani spoke to people who have known the disappeared Mahmoud Khalil at different points in his life — aid workers, friends, fellow activists — who describe a deeply committed, compassionate organizer who saw education as a way to serve others.
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according to a classmate, on the night of Khalil's detainment, a call went out in a student group chat warning that ICE officers were seen on campus. someone asked for help; they forwarded it on, including to a group chat Khalil was in. hours before his detainment, he reached out: “How can I help?”
Who Was Mahmoud Khalil Before ICE Took Him Away?
We spoke to the former Columbia grad student’s friends and former coworkers.
www.teenvogue.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
according to a classmate, on the night of Khalil's detainment, a call went out in a student group chat warning that ICE officers were seen on campus. someone asked for help; they forwarded it on, including to a group chat Khalil was in. hours before his detainment, he reached out: “How can I help?”
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Critical: "deportation" does not apply here. It's abduction and trafficking.
Here is what's critical to understand about El Salvador's prisons: Since 2022, Bukele invoked emergency power and detained 87,000 people without warrants. Prison population went from 40K to 120K with majority having never stood trial.
Based on this fast and excellent WaPo reporting, these four guys are not gang members, just Venezuelan dads who came to the US to work. They’re now being paraded in shackles in El Salvador www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
March 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Critical: "deportation" does not apply here. It's abduction and trafficking.
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I hope people understand that these fascists are coming for the dollar, with the help of craven Democrats like Schumer. They are counting on crypto to bail them out when the rest of us are fucked over.
March 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I hope people understand that these fascists are coming for the dollar, with the help of craven Democrats like Schumer. They are counting on crypto to bail them out when the rest of us are fucked over.