@antieschaton.bsky.social
There is a special place in hell for people who seek to immanentize the eschaton.
Colonel Ialdabaoth in the Chapel Perilous with the Big Bang
Colonel Ialdabaoth in the Chapel Perilous with the Big Bang
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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in online corners like these I think people largely recognize how credulous, unprincipled opposition to "wokeness" functioned as lightly papered over defenses of impunity, but it's one of those drums people should probably start beating for normies
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
in online corners like these I think people largely recognize how credulous, unprincipled opposition to "wokeness" functioned as lightly papered over defenses of impunity, but it's one of those drums people should probably start beating for normies
I recommend that people think about maneuvers between the Project 2025 people and the rest of us in terms of zugzwangs
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang
When you hear about how e.g. CA is resorting to partisan gerrymandering (which I voted for) to counter TX, is democracy really strengthened?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang
When you hear about how e.g. CA is resorting to partisan gerrymandering (which I voted for) to counter TX, is democracy really strengthened?
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I recommend that people think about maneuvers between the Project 2025 people and the rest of us in terms of zugzwangs
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang
When you hear about how e.g. CA is resorting to partisan gerrymandering (which I voted for) to counter TX, is democracy really strengthened?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugzwang
When you hear about how e.g. CA is resorting to partisan gerrymandering (which I voted for) to counter TX, is democracy really strengthened?
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Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
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I talked to librarians, authors who have had their books banned, and groups that support them for this article. The glee with which schools, libraries, governments, and companies are replacing human workers and nuance with AI would not be possible w/o the successful war on schools and libraries
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I talked to librarians, authors who have had their books banned, and groups that support them for this article. The glee with which schools, libraries, governments, and companies are replacing human workers and nuance with AI would not be possible w/o the successful war on schools and libraries
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Perhaps I'm dim, but I feel like "if you put everyone out of work, you won't have any customers" is something the "everything will be AI" folks should consider.
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Perhaps I'm dim, but I feel like "if you put everyone out of work, you won't have any customers" is something the "everything will be AI" folks should consider.
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Even if you were willing to buy that an LLM/Gen AI tool has human-like intellect, you’re still left with the fact that an LLM doesn’t NEED a job to remain alive under capitalism, but a human does.
morality-wise, surely many would agree that humans should thus be given priority for jobs due to need
morality-wise, surely many would agree that humans should thus be given priority for jobs due to need
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Even if you were willing to buy that an LLM/Gen AI tool has human-like intellect, you’re still left with the fact that an LLM doesn’t NEED a job to remain alive under capitalism, but a human does.
morality-wise, surely many would agree that humans should thus be given priority for jobs due to need
morality-wise, surely many would agree that humans should thus be given priority for jobs due to need
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I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Is it really a teacher's responsibility to train students in AI? At best, that skill isn't about reasoning through a problem, reading deeply, or organizing one's thoughts. At worst, students are being taught how to AVOID doing those things.
More in the latest episode of my podcast: is.gd/JiaK2w
More in the latest episode of my podcast: is.gd/JiaK2w
Podcast
The Work Of Alfie Kohn
is.gd
October 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Is it really a teacher's responsibility to train students in AI? At best, that skill isn't about reasoning through a problem, reading deeply, or organizing one's thoughts. At worst, students are being taught how to AVOID doing those things.
More in the latest episode of my podcast: is.gd/JiaK2w
More in the latest episode of my podcast: is.gd/JiaK2w
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The Atlantic—one of the most prolific corporate media outlets in America—attacked me, my values, & my advocacy. And they got most everything wrong.
Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...
Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...
Journalism Without Justice: Jonathan Chait & the Collapse of Media Integrity
From Iraq to Trump to Gaza, America’s pundit class has perfected the art of being wrong and profiting from it. It’s long past time we hold them accountable.
www.qasimrashid.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Atlantic—one of the most prolific corporate media outlets in America—attacked me, my values, & my advocacy. And they got most everything wrong.
Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...
Here is my rebuttal. I doubt they’ll issue a retraction, but my receipts are undeniable. Please share and boost.❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/p/journalism...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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IDF soldiers keep saying publicly that they are routinely killing people at aid sites
September 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
IDF soldiers keep saying publicly that they are routinely killing people at aid sites
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Many thousands of you are convinced of this because you saw a post saying it a few days ago. The same post I saw. Ask yourself - is that post true? Did you check? Did you see an actual meme using this language that predates the shooting? This is the epistemological disaster of social media.
“Catch this, fascist Up, Right, Down, Down, Down.” is literally a reference to a satirical videogame, Helldivers 2, where you play a grunt supporting a fascist regime. The entire meme is really the person saying “catch this, fascist” is the actual fascist.
September 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Many thousands of you are convinced of this because you saw a post saying it a few days ago. The same post I saw. Ask yourself - is that post true? Did you check? Did you see an actual meme using this language that predates the shooting? This is the epistemological disaster of social media.
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People know not to believe what they hear on the internet. But they can’t help wanting to believe things that are endlessly repeated by their peers. And their peers are seeing the exact same viral posts they are. It feels right because your friends say it but always sources back to the same place.
It was on the Internets! It must be true!
September 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
People know not to believe what they hear on the internet. But they can’t help wanting to believe things that are endlessly repeated by their peers. And their peers are seeing the exact same viral posts they are. It feels right because your friends say it but always sources back to the same place.
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Seems important to note the reason people want to put him in one group or the other is to demonize or clear one group from having to be responsible for his actions. The concept of blaming everyone that has some overlap is the most dangerous idea.
September 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Seems important to note the reason people want to put him in one group or the other is to demonize or clear one group from having to be responsible for his actions. The concept of blaming everyone that has some overlap is the most dangerous idea.
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They also turn a blind eye when people who debate and publish white papers incite violence and demagogue
There is a clutch of pundits who treat the world like it’s an Ivy League seminar course, mostly because that’s the environment in which they emerged. They think debate and white papers are the pinnacle of political action. They fume at anyone who approaches politics in any other way.
September 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
They also turn a blind eye when people who debate and publish white papers incite violence and demagogue
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"I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post, in one of the nation’s most diverse regions. Washington DC no longer has a paper that reflects the people it serves. What happened to me is part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media"
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post, in one of the nation’s most diverse regions. Washington DC no longer has a paper that reflects the people it serves. What happened to me is part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media"
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We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.
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Nobody learned the lessons of
Gamergate
Comicsgate
Rabid puppies
It's been 15 years and companies are still allowing themselves to be played.
Although, I think Bluesky isn't being played, and won't be honest and transparent about what speech they think is worthy of allowing.
Gamergate
Comicsgate
Rabid puppies
It's been 15 years and companies are still allowing themselves to be played.
Although, I think Bluesky isn't being played, and won't be honest and transparent about what speech they think is worthy of allowing.
September 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Nobody learned the lessons of
Gamergate
Comicsgate
Rabid puppies
It's been 15 years and companies are still allowing themselves to be played.
Although, I think Bluesky isn't being played, and won't be honest and transparent about what speech they think is worthy of allowing.
Gamergate
Comicsgate
Rabid puppies
It's been 15 years and companies are still allowing themselves to be played.
Although, I think Bluesky isn't being played, and won't be honest and transparent about what speech they think is worthy of allowing.
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New, from me:
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
The worst takes from a bad week
The Free Press, about to take over CBS News, blames universities for American political violence
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New, from me:
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
It was a terrible week, one that inspired some truly awful takes. The worst was the effort by Bari Weiss and The Free Press to smear universities as "the biggest culprits" to blame American political violence, with faculty training "jihadis."
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-worst-...
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Leftists simply don't understand politics. The way to win is to immediately promise Newsom your vote three years early without asking anything in return. This is called leverage.
August 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Leftists simply don't understand politics. The way to win is to immediately promise Newsom your vote three years early without asking anything in return. This is called leverage.
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you (smart, serious, politically savvy, probably writes for the NYT): the problem with trump is how his no-holds barred approach to politics sometimes strays outside the guardrails of civility
me (stupid, idiot, yokel): the problem with trump is that he was best friends with a child sex trafficker
me (stupid, idiot, yokel): the problem with trump is that he was best friends with a child sex trafficker
July 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
you (smart, serious, politically savvy, probably writes for the NYT): the problem with trump is how his no-holds barred approach to politics sometimes strays outside the guardrails of civility
me (stupid, idiot, yokel): the problem with trump is that he was best friends with a child sex trafficker
me (stupid, idiot, yokel): the problem with trump is that he was best friends with a child sex trafficker
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Yates My Faith Votes email in 2019:
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Yates My Faith Votes email in 2019:
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✔️ Fact-check: TRUE!
This wasn't well-enough articulated re Project 2025: it was very clearly a totalitarian vision and that's the main playbook being implemented, alongside Trump's own malignant narcissism, which equally leads to a totalitarian state.
This wasn't well-enough articulated re Project 2025: it was very clearly a totalitarian vision and that's the main playbook being implemented, alongside Trump's own malignant narcissism, which equally leads to a totalitarian state.
We have blown through authoritarianism and are landing in totalitarianism. Totalitarian regimes are more ambitious and more systematic in their oppression.
(Democracy isn’t an ism; it’s an act: “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part.” Congressman John Lewis
(Democracy isn’t an ism; it’s an act: “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part.” Congressman John Lewis
July 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
✔️ Fact-check: TRUE!
This wasn't well-enough articulated re Project 2025: it was very clearly a totalitarian vision and that's the main playbook being implemented, alongside Trump's own malignant narcissism, which equally leads to a totalitarian state.
This wasn't well-enough articulated re Project 2025: it was very clearly a totalitarian vision and that's the main playbook being implemented, alongside Trump's own malignant narcissism, which equally leads to a totalitarian state.