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Really nice of dems to give them the time and space they needed to do this
At the time, everyone, including Republicans, understood how bad it was. Then, brick by brick, they built a foundation of lies to justify doing what they know, deep down, to be wrong. Trump betrayed the country. And so do they.
January 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Really nice of dems to give them the time and space they needed to do this
Hm maybe this is why so many dems are warming up to musks sham doge committee, they think they can help them with their real political enemies: the left of their own party
He's literally trying to buy himself congress, right out in the open.
December 20, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Hm maybe this is why so many dems are warming up to musks sham doge committee, they think they can help them with their real political enemies: the left of their own party
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My take on all the Trump genuflection:
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
For @theguardian.com I wrote about how Gaza has split the academic field of genocide studies.
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
As one scholar put it, “Where can the field stand if scholars from within and around it are unwilling to call the behaviour out?”
My latest.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Defining genocide: how a rift over Gaza sparked a crisis among scholars
New reports by human rights groups use the term to describe Israel’s offensive. The debate has fueled a brutal division among those who study mass violence
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
My take on all the Trump genuflection:
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
Once you have convinced yourself you can stay silent on a genocide unfolding live on your phone, you can stay silent/make peace with pretty much anything.
Israel has blown a massive hole in our moral universe and now pretty anything can drive through it.
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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
There is no such thing as "bidenomics," it's just a marketing term used to put a positive spin on thin gruel his admin thought we deserve.
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful
The president’s domestic record wasn’t just extraordinary. It might put Democrats back in power in four years.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:05 PM
There is no such thing as "bidenomics," it's just a marketing term used to put a positive spin on thin gruel his admin thought we deserve.
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
newrepublic.com/article/1892...
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In the annals of Keeeeep Fuckin' That Chicken, there is no chicken more fucked than this chicken.
December 15, 2024 at 9:37 PM
In the annals of Keeeeep Fuckin' That Chicken, there is no chicken more fucked than this chicken.
This should be considered part of biden's disastrous legacy - an bipartisan consensus around the repression of and retaliation against organized dissent.
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…
Universities are continuing to retaliate against staff for participating in Gaza campus protests
Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen...
mondoweiss.net
December 15, 2024 at 8:10 PM
This should be considered part of biden's disastrous legacy - an bipartisan consensus around the repression of and retaliation against organized dissent.
This whole dumb situation reminded me of something and I couldn't quite place it until now. This is the current years version of the clown panic from 2016, we've just gotten more boring and are seeing "drones"
I AM LOSING MY FUCKING MIND
December 15, 2024 at 7:48 PM
This whole dumb situation reminded me of something and I couldn't quite place it until now. This is the current years version of the clown panic from 2016, we've just gotten more boring and are seeing "drones"
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All working-class people know that we are getting fucked - and the recent spotlight on healthcare has allowed just a small bit of this anger to explode into the open.
The response from Democrats? To chastise their own base while Trump rallies to slash social programs + roll back basic rights.
The response from Democrats? To chastise their own base while Trump rallies to slash social programs + roll back basic rights.
December 11, 2024 at 9:23 PM
All working-class people know that we are getting fucked - and the recent spotlight on healthcare has allowed just a small bit of this anger to explode into the open.
The response from Democrats? To chastise their own base while Trump rallies to slash social programs + roll back basic rights.
The response from Democrats? To chastise their own base while Trump rallies to slash social programs + roll back basic rights.
d electeds have done a great job of normalizing the sort of stuff trump likes (fascist border panics, censorship, brutalizing protestors) so it's not much of a surprise that people are looking forward to the pure stuff, undiluted by democrats lifeless salesmanship
December 11, 2024 at 7:45 PM
d electeds have done a great job of normalizing the sort of stuff trump likes (fascist border panics, censorship, brutalizing protestors) so it's not much of a surprise that people are looking forward to the pure stuff, undiluted by democrats lifeless salesmanship
If we had this conversation a couple of months ago rupar and his ilk would have written us off as trump supporters. Now is never the right time for people like him
all i'm saying is it would've been nice to have this healthcare policy discussion *before* we gave a trifecta to the party that tried to strip coverage from tens of millions of people last time they were in power
December 7, 2024 at 6:16 PM
If we had this conversation a couple of months ago rupar and his ilk would have written us off as trump supporters. Now is never the right time for people like him
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This is not just embarrassing, it's actively destructive. It's lending legitimacy to a project whose purpose is to gut the state, immiserate public workers, and replace them with political loyalists. It's textbook authoritarianism, and the biggest impediments it faces is anyone taking it seriously
I'm ready to work with DOGE to slash waste. I have a track record of doing so. I led the charge to get TransDigm to refund $16 million after investigative reporting exposed price-gouging. Let's look to the Truman Committee and ensure Americans get their money's worth with DOD spending.
December 5, 2024 at 6:40 PM
This is not just embarrassing, it's actively destructive. It's lending legitimacy to a project whose purpose is to gut the state, immiserate public workers, and replace them with political loyalists. It's textbook authoritarianism, and the biggest impediments it faces is anyone taking it seriously
I feel very mixed about takes like this. Maybe if people need to be cloistered away in order to experience your work then maybe it's not really resonating that much with people? This feel like a snobbish "people are too uncouth to enjoy culture" or "it's all the phones" kind of statement
Willem Dafoe speaking truth in this interview with @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social www.vulture.com/article/will...
December 5, 2024 at 5:05 PM
I feel very mixed about takes like this. Maybe if people need to be cloistered away in order to experience your work then maybe it's not really resonating that much with people? This feel like a snobbish "people are too uncouth to enjoy culture" or "it's all the phones" kind of statement
This attitude is more disgusting than any of the half serious gloating seen on here
We can all hate insurance companies without cheering the murder of someone or worse, trying to monetize content about that murder.
Really gross day on the internet today.
Really gross day on the internet today.
December 5, 2024 at 3:42 PM
This attitude is more disgusting than any of the half serious gloating seen on here
the police are organized criminals
www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
Police illegally sell restricted weapons, supplying crime
These high-powered weapons are only meant for police. How are they ending up in criminals' hands?
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2024 at 3:37 PM
the police are organized criminals
www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/police-...
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Something people don't really grapple with is that the weird nerds are nazis and they believe in the nazi conspiracy theory "Cultural Marxism" - that's what this constant accusation of ideological capture alludes to - and welcome the idea of a Their Guy™ in charge to use the medium for their agenda.
In this week's video, we mock the hell out of Elon Musk claiming he can save videogames from corporations with his "AI" corporation. youtu.be/otJpxYOPhhw
Can Elon Musk Save Videogames From Elon Musk? (The Jimquisition)
YouTube video by Jim Sterling
youtu.be
December 2, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Something people don't really grapple with is that the weird nerds are nazis and they believe in the nazi conspiracy theory "Cultural Marxism" - that's what this constant accusation of ideological capture alludes to - and welcome the idea of a Their Guy™ in charge to use the medium for their agenda.
I really hate that this pardon will only end up cementing a bipartisan consensus that pardons are a sort of retirement gift given to presidents so they can help their friends and family
Biden pardoning his son while doing nothing for 10,000's wasting away for petty bullshit is Objectively Bad. Also pundits acting like this is some type of Dangerous Precedent that Trump will exploit is hilarious and i truly wonder if these people believe in Santa Claus
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
Analysis: Biden’s pardon of his son pours fuel on Trump’s claims of politicized justice | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter deepened an entanglement of politics and the rule of law that has tarnished faith in American justice and is almost certain to worsen in Donald Trump’s s...
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:14 PM
I really hate that this pardon will only end up cementing a bipartisan consensus that pardons are a sort of retirement gift given to presidents so they can help their friends and family
artisanal eugenics is getting more and more popular amongst the billionaire set these days. TW for elonia adjacent transphobia in the replies
Jaw-dropping story about a billionaire who duped women into donating their eggs so he could have a brood of blonde, blue-eyed children. The "project" continued even when he was behind bars (and he's probably going back to prison, leaving the kids' care to nannies). Free link:
How a Billionaire’s ‘Baby Project’ Ensnared Dozens of Women
Disgraced tycoon Greg Lindberg built a network of egg donors and surrogates. Several say he conned them—and that US fertility clinics helped him do it.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:05 PM
artisanal eugenics is getting more and more popular amongst the billionaire set these days. TW for elonia adjacent transphobia in the replies
There's lots of people like this in California, a supposed progressive stronghold, and most of them vote democrat and party wants their votes more than they want yours.
sfstandard.com/2024/11/28/r...
sfstandard.com/2024/11/28/r...
These San Franciscans blame pedestrians for traffic deaths
San Francisco’s Vision Zero data suggest that in recent years, motorists were at fault in most pedestrian deaths by car. Still, some readers think city safety measures do more to inconvenience drivers...
sfstandard.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:47 PM
There's lots of people like this in California, a supposed progressive stronghold, and most of them vote democrat and party wants their votes more than they want yours.
sfstandard.com/2024/11/28/r...
sfstandard.com/2024/11/28/r...
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this may be the platonic NYT essay: 900 words of View From Nowhere fart-sniffing about how everyone but the author is unduly biased in their political outlook that doesnt cite a single example or any evidence of any kind. Just vibes and midwit references to Aristotle www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...
Opinion | The Surprising Allure of Ignorance
We want to know, but we also want not to know, sometimes fiercely so.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:26 PM
this may be the platonic NYT essay: 900 words of View From Nowhere fart-sniffing about how everyone but the author is unduly biased in their political outlook that doesnt cite a single example or any evidence of any kind. Just vibes and midwit references to Aristotle www.nytimes.com/2024/12/02/o...
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Patel is a nightmare but the current FBI Director and Attorney General are already prosecuting journalists so I find it interesting everyone is focusing on that part
Kash Patel: We will prosecute journalists www.cnn.com/2023/12/06/p...
December 1, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Patel is a nightmare but the current FBI Director and Attorney General are already prosecuting journalists so I find it interesting everyone is focusing on that part
can't shake the feeling that there's an entire genre of op ed that only exists to flatter the sensibilities of their wealthy owners
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X
Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.
www.politico.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:50 PM
can't shake the feeling that there's an entire genre of op ed that only exists to flatter the sensibilities of their wealthy owners
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...