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We’ve become accustomed to believing that there is no other way except through violence. But that is patently false.
Militarism's Violence Poisons Everyone--Even Soldiers
The systematic violence of American militarism has shaped all our lives, including the soldiers who have come to realize that they were used to perpetrate it.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel
@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...
@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...
Crushed Legs. Gunshot Wounds to the Head. Shackled: Israel Returns Mutilated Palestinian Bodies
Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies, with crushed legs and gunshot wounds to the head, that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I Cannot Unsee the Photos of the Tortured Palestinian Hostages Returned by Israel
@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...
@dianabuttu.bsky.social asks: Where is the outrage, the coverage even, of the mutilated Palestinian bodies that the Israelis finally released as part of this 'ceasefire' deal?
zeteo.com/p/israel-ret...
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
Went to a dharma talk yesterday and can’t stop thinking about the man sitting in front of me declaring his Christian faith and stating Buddhism was foreign to him because “it has no clear rules”. People’s faith in their own intellect is an illusion. The precepts!! Namo Amitabha 🥀
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Went to a dharma talk yesterday and can’t stop thinking about the man sitting in front of me declaring his Christian faith and stating Buddhism was foreign to him because “it has no clear rules”. People’s faith in their own intellect is an illusion. The precepts!! Namo Amitabha 🥀
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Considering Trump leads the GOP, really quite an achievement for the Democrats to be the dumbest party in DC
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Considering Trump leads the GOP, really quite an achievement for the Democrats to be the dumbest party in DC
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"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
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He already did. He’s got his. The rest of us can just fuck off and die, apparently.
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
He already did. He’s got his. The rest of us can just fuck off and die, apparently.
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Zohran Mamdani's win is "an incredible proof of concept of how to fight fascism," says @naomiaklein.bsky.social.
"Fascists want everybody to be the same. They celebrate conformity, uniformity, sameness, hierarchy. … The entire [Mamdani] campaign was a love letter to the diversity."
"Fascists want everybody to be the same. They celebrate conformity, uniformity, sameness, hierarchy. … The entire [Mamdani] campaign was a love letter to the diversity."
November 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani's win is "an incredible proof of concept of how to fight fascism," says @naomiaklein.bsky.social.
"Fascists want everybody to be the same. They celebrate conformity, uniformity, sameness, hierarchy. … The entire [Mamdani] campaign was a love letter to the diversity."
"Fascists want everybody to be the same. They celebrate conformity, uniformity, sameness, hierarchy. … The entire [Mamdani] campaign was a love letter to the diversity."
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"Mamdani did not have to sacrifice Palestinian solidarity to win this election," writes @natashalennard.bsky.social. interc.pt/3JJ0SZM
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"Mamdani did not have to sacrifice Palestinian solidarity to win this election," writes @natashalennard.bsky.social. interc.pt/3JJ0SZM
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honestly probably good for society
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
honestly probably good for society
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median cuomo voter
October 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
median cuomo voter
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lol Johnson backs out of debate with Jeffries. Says govt has to reopen first. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
thehill.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
lol Johnson backs out of debate with Jeffries. Says govt has to reopen first. thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Eliezer Yudkowsky estimates a world end as early as five years. Maybe I’ll reincarnate as a data server.
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Eliezer Yudkowsky estimates a world end as early as five years. Maybe I’ll reincarnate as a data server.
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The reason to read and share this is not because it teaches us much we don’t already know (it doesn’t) or that it will lead to any kind of reckoning (it won’t) but because normies can’t parse dog whistles or recognize right-wing memes like we can. This is for explaining it to them.
A genuinely good piece of reportage in Politico today sheds some light on young Republicans’ love of racial epithets and other slurs. I definitely recommend reading it, but as I’ve explained before, I doubt this will lead to any sort of a reckoning for Republicans.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The reason to read and share this is not because it teaches us much we don’t already know (it doesn’t) or that it will lead to any kind of reckoning (it won’t) but because normies can’t parse dog whistles or recognize right-wing memes like we can. This is for explaining it to them.
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Rutgers professor Mark Bray has fled the country after Turning Point USA launched a concerted online campaign that dubbed him “Dr. Antifa.”
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rutgers professor Mark Bray has fled the country after Turning Point USA launched a concerted online campaign that dubbed him “Dr. Antifa.”
Humanity has existed for 0.00217% of the universe's age of 13.8 billion years. Hope you feel better.
October 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Humanity has existed for 0.00217% of the universe's age of 13.8 billion years. Hope you feel better.
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That's a truly deep cut to the fact that Bill Ackman believes you become your name and thus he was destined to become an activist
October 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
That's a truly deep cut to the fact that Bill Ackman believes you become your name and thus he was destined to become an activist
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It turns out, financially incentivizing viral slop, rage bait, hate, divisive politics, porn bots, and other generally horrifying vaudevillian behavior was a really quick way to destroy that app. Who could have seen that coming, except for everybody who used it?
October 15, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It turns out, financially incentivizing viral slop, rage bait, hate, divisive politics, porn bots, and other generally horrifying vaudevillian behavior was a really quick way to destroy that app. Who could have seen that coming, except for everybody who used it?
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chatgpt helping cause the palisades fires is very on brand for the societal and environmental impact of using chatgpt at all
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
chatgpt helping cause the palisades fires is very on brand for the societal and environmental impact of using chatgpt at all
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Exclusive: Senior Hamas Leader Mousa Abu Marzouk on Trump’s Gaza Plan and the Future of Hamas
Hamas says it wants to make a deal and sees Trump as the key, but will not “raise the white flag.”
By @jeremyscahill.com
www.dropsitenews.com/p/senior-ham...
Hamas says it wants to make a deal and sees Trump as the key, but will not “raise the white flag.”
By @jeremyscahill.com
www.dropsitenews.com/p/senior-ham...
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Exclusive: Senior Hamas Leader Mousa Abu Marzouk on Trump’s Gaza Plan and the Future of Hamas
Hamas says it wants to make a deal and sees Trump as the key, but will not “raise the white flag.”
By @jeremyscahill.com
www.dropsitenews.com/p/senior-ham...
Hamas says it wants to make a deal and sees Trump as the key, but will not “raise the white flag.”
By @jeremyscahill.com
www.dropsitenews.com/p/senior-ham...
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Quick question: what the fuck is anyone talking about anymore
September 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Quick question: what the fuck is anyone talking about anymore
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ICE killed a dad who had just dropped off his kids at day care.
Waiting for the All Lives Matter folks to rally behind his family...
Waiting for the All Lives Matter folks to rally behind his family...
October 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
ICE killed a dad who had just dropped off his kids at day care.
Waiting for the All Lives Matter folks to rally behind his family...
Waiting for the All Lives Matter folks to rally behind his family...
A clip of Tracie Cottom’s NYT article “When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free?”
October 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A clip of Tracie Cottom’s NYT article “When Silence Is the Only Logical Choice, Are We Really Free?”
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Apropos of this blog and the oligarchs
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Apropos of this blog and the oligarchs