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30 • i learned economics to write better stories. now i want to live in the worlds i know are possible 🌻 he/him
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The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The world would be better off if the Palestinians just didn't exist, says former president of the United States
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fuck the Democratic party 👍
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
fuck the Democratic party 👍
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The thing that gets me about this is that even if we wanted to make a positive AI ad, they never showcase AI being used to enhance someone’s day or improve their workflow. There’s no “it allows me to more easily do what I love.” It’s always presented as a failsafe for the dispassionate and incurious
Every ad for AI is like
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The thing that gets me about this is that even if we wanted to make a positive AI ad, they never showcase AI being used to enhance someone’s day or improve their workflow. There’s no “it allows me to more easily do what I love.” It’s always presented as a failsafe for the dispassionate and incurious
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I don't know what this was originally about, but it reminds me:
In most of the mostly white spaces I regularly participate in (for political work), the dominant norm is snark, whereas in the majority-POC spaces I inhabit, the dominant norm is sincerity.
The former, I endure; the latter, I enjoy.
In most of the mostly white spaces I regularly participate in (for political work), the dominant norm is snark, whereas in the majority-POC spaces I inhabit, the dominant norm is sincerity.
The former, I endure; the latter, I enjoy.
My hottest current take :
White and edgelord humor is one long line of insincere bullying that depends in you not wanting to be the person who “doesn’t get the joke”
White and edgelord humor is one long line of insincere bullying that depends in you not wanting to be the person who “doesn’t get the joke”
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I don't know what this was originally about, but it reminds me:
In most of the mostly white spaces I regularly participate in (for political work), the dominant norm is snark, whereas in the majority-POC spaces I inhabit, the dominant norm is sincerity.
The former, I endure; the latter, I enjoy.
In most of the mostly white spaces I regularly participate in (for political work), the dominant norm is snark, whereas in the majority-POC spaces I inhabit, the dominant norm is sincerity.
The former, I endure; the latter, I enjoy.
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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"If the whole system is a bureaucracy of made-up debts and accusations, then democratic action appears mainly as refusal and jubilee. ... What falls out of view is the possibility that public credit need not be organized primarily as repayable, quantified monetary debt at all."
The Utopia of Refusal: David Graeber, Debt & the Left Monetary Imagination
by Will Beaman & Scott Ferguson Note: David Graeber leaves behind a rich and complex body of work that remains influential for leftist thought and practice. Since his passing in 2020, however, …
moneyontheleft.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"If the whole system is a bureaucracy of made-up debts and accusations, then democratic action appears mainly as refusal and jubilee. ... What falls out of view is the possibility that public credit need not be organized primarily as repayable, quantified monetary debt at all."
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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They would rather have actual European countries pull out than to exclude a country that isn’t European
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 PM
They would rather have actual European countries pull out than to exclude a country that isn’t European
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Probably the single largest transfer of wealth to an individual in history: Larry Ellison's wealth rose by $94.5 billion to $388 billion yesterday. Still only the second richest person in the world.
September 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Probably the single largest transfer of wealth to an individual in history: Larry Ellison's wealth rose by $94.5 billion to $388 billion yesterday. Still only the second richest person in the world.
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It is, as always, important that we do not let reactionaries have a monopoly on religion.
Religion, all religion, is ultimately about community & shared culture, it came be a thing to tie us together.
Religion, all religion, is ultimately about community & shared culture, it came be a thing to tie us together.
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It is, as always, important that we do not let reactionaries have a monopoly on religion.
Religion, all religion, is ultimately about community & shared culture, it came be a thing to tie us together.
Religion, all religion, is ultimately about community & shared culture, it came be a thing to tie us together.
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We recently published a lesser known article by David Graeber written in 2013 called - Buncombe.
Here is the piece and an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
Here is the piece and an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We recently published a lesser known article by David Graeber written in 2013 called - Buncombe.
Here is the piece and an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
Here is the piece and an extract.
davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
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A legitimately brilliant insight courtesy of MAGA crypto galaxy brain.
Tfw when MAGA detects the Zetro Card's radical potential for public finance.
See this link for more:
moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/24/h...
See this link for more:
moneyontheleft.org/2025/08/24/h...
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A legitimately brilliant insight courtesy of MAGA crypto galaxy brain.
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Maintaining the status quo is an essential part of the job of the mainstream media.
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Maintaining the status quo is an essential part of the job of the mainstream media.
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Artists of all walks:
Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.
Protect. Porn.
Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.
Protect. Porn.
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Artists of all walks:
Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.
Protect. Porn.
Once you open "porn" up for removal, or acceptable removal, based upon a moving scale of gray morality, everyone's work is fair game. Everyone's. Because just being queer? Is considered by many perverse. Even if everyone has their clothes on, perverse.
Protect. Porn.
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Excellent stuff from @graceblakeley.substack.com. People believe that if you build more houses then the price will come down. This simplistic analysis ignores the fact that the demand side is virtually unlimited due to the super rich wanting to buy up all of the assets.
"Ending the housing crisis requires attacking one of the foundations of neoliberal capitalism: the idea that we are all little, budding capitalists just waiting for the opportunity to invest in financial markets."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/building-m...
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/building-m...
Building More Won't Fix the Housing Crisis
Housing has become a financial asset that generates vast gains for the wealthy.
graceblakeley.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Excellent stuff from @graceblakeley.substack.com. People believe that if you build more houses then the price will come down. This simplistic analysis ignores the fact that the demand side is virtually unlimited due to the super rich wanting to buy up all of the assets.
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It wasn’t until after 2010 though (especially after the failure of the 2009 COP, that everyone thought would be THE ONE to finally go through), that I started noticing the weird disconnects on security and climate change. And related questions popping up.
Like, if you put together some of the
Like, if you put together some of the
It was 2007 when I first started seeing reports about how climate change had(has) security/military implications
press.un.org/en/2007/sc90....
press.un.org/en/2007/sc90....
October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It wasn’t until after 2010 though (especially after the failure of the 2009 COP, that everyone thought would be THE ONE to finally go through), that I started noticing the weird disconnects on security and climate change. And related questions popping up.
Like, if you put together some of the
Like, if you put together some of the
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These are the kind of layups you miss when your core political instinct is to think of something and then imagine some hypothetical person who could be turned off by it until you've talked yourself into inaction.
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
These are the kind of layups you miss when your core political instinct is to think of something and then imagine some hypothetical person who could be turned off by it until you've talked yourself into inaction.
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Here's the thing:
Everything is Gamergate because no one with any power to actually hold people accountable took this seriously.
The same will be true if every time something atrocious happens like this and no one is held accountable.
They are only further emboldened.
Everything is Gamergate because no one with any power to actually hold people accountable took this seriously.
The same will be true if every time something atrocious happens like this and no one is held accountable.
They are only further emboldened.
October 17, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Here's the thing:
Everything is Gamergate because no one with any power to actually hold people accountable took this seriously.
The same will be true if every time something atrocious happens like this and no one is held accountable.
They are only further emboldened.
Everything is Gamergate because no one with any power to actually hold people accountable took this seriously.
The same will be true if every time something atrocious happens like this and no one is held accountable.
They are only further emboldened.
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i would also add: "cooperative and nonconfrontational discussion" is not always desirable unless you live so far on top of the food chain that you are unaffected by the subjects being "discussed." demanding that people be "cooperative & nonconfrontational" about the knife in their stomach is >
my imo ofc is addressing userbase concerns will probably encourage more people to dive into the deeper workings. i don't think you can force "cooperative and nonconfrontational social media discussion" solely through tools/architecture/algorithms if the subjects in
October 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
i would also add: "cooperative and nonconfrontational discussion" is not always desirable unless you live so far on top of the food chain that you are unaffected by the subjects being "discussed." demanding that people be "cooperative & nonconfrontational" about the knife in their stomach is >
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Cities don’t even have to issue bonds
They can just create city public money they accept back in payment if city taxes
They can just create city public money they accept back in payment if city taxes
October 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Cities don’t even have to issue bonds
They can just create city public money they accept back in payment if city taxes
They can just create city public money they accept back in payment if city taxes
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And the moral of #Marxistmonday is...
September 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
And the moral of #Marxistmonday is...
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Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
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as i've said in the past, the delta between a certain subset of ""liberal"" elites and the liberal base is genuinely astounding
they have no idea how angry we are
they have no idea how angry we are
this is fundamentally about america's liberal elites not having the courage of their convictions, if they have convictions to begin with. they fetishize endless discussion and discourse and refuse to simply act.
September 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
as i've said in the past, the delta between a certain subset of ""liberal"" elites and the liberal base is genuinely astounding
they have no idea how angry we are
they have no idea how angry we are
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When liberal students complain about misgendering or trigger warnings, they get dismissed as snowflakes.
When conservative students complain about DEI, they get faculty and administrators removed from their positions and subjected to inquiries.
When conservative students complain about DEI, they get faculty and administrators removed from their positions and subjected to inquiries.
A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired.
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
When liberal students complain about misgendering or trigger warnings, they get dismissed as snowflakes.
When conservative students complain about DEI, they get faculty and administrators removed from their positions and subjected to inquiries.
When conservative students complain about DEI, they get faculty and administrators removed from their positions and subjected to inquiries.