Uphold Karl Polanyi Thought
@highestmarx.bsky.social
Political theorist and anonymous adjunct, planting seeds beneath the snow.
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Our biggest problems as a country are all downstream of our failure to hang Jeff Davis from a sour apple tree.
tbh in an era of masturbatory politics, registering Independent is one of the saddest wanks of all.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
tbh in an era of masturbatory politics, registering Independent is one of the saddest wanks of all.
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The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.
Picturing the Baileys pulling balaclavas over their noses as they get ready to firebomb Schumer’s house
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Picturing the Baileys pulling balaclavas over their noses as they get ready to firebomb Schumer’s house
Mason & Dixon (1997)
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Mason & Dixon (1997)
Just the biggest loser shit imaginable from these derelicts, every single time.
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just the biggest loser shit imaginable from these derelicts, every single time.
I mean, wonder would have been an appropriate response to the Trinity test as well
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I mean, wonder would have been an appropriate response to the Trinity test as well
I am the Dragon. And you call me insane. You are privy to a great becoming, but you recognize nothing. To me, you are a slug in the sun. You are an ant in the afterbirth. It is your nature to do one thing correctly. Before me, you rightly tremble. But, fear is not what you owe me. You owe me awe.
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I am the Dragon. And you call me insane. You are privy to a great becoming, but you recognize nothing. To me, you are a slug in the sun. You are an ant in the afterbirth. It is your nature to do one thing correctly. Before me, you rightly tremble. But, fear is not what you owe me. You owe me awe.
Rather than feeling alarmed by this I’d suggest taking a minute to revel in their fear, and then commit yourself to doing everything in your power to make sure they all feel that afraid, all the time.
That clip of Bannon circulating rn where he admits he's going to prison if Dems ever regain power should actually be DEEPLY ALARMING bc it outlines stakes & desperation that will likely *escalate* regime lawlessness & violence. Taking action now could help prevent that.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Rather than feeling alarmed by this I’d suggest taking a minute to revel in their fear, and then commit yourself to doing everything in your power to make sure they all feel that afraid, all the time.
We are going to need to turn the full force of the American carceral state — in all of its punitive cruelty — on these pigs once we’re back in power. None of them must ever be permitted to feel safe, ever again.
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We are going to need to turn the full force of the American carceral state — in all of its punitive cruelty — on these pigs once we’re back in power. None of them must ever be permitted to feel safe, ever again.
If you popped one of those buttons he’d fall apart into a slithering mass of snakes like Oogie Boogie at the end of A Nightmare Before Christmas
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you popped one of those buttons he’d fall apart into a slithering mass of snakes like Oogie Boogie at the end of A Nightmare Before Christmas
Capitalists simply cannot quit phrenology. Without brainpan measurements the profit motive is a dead letter.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Capitalists simply cannot quit phrenology. Without brainpan measurements the profit motive is a dead letter.
Need a Jenna Maloney cover of this asap
Oh my GOD. The song that Rudy Giuliani used in his anti-Zohran post is fucking AI-generated.
It's a song called "September 11, 2001" and it's from some AI slop factory called The Experience. You need to hear how bad this song is.
music.apple.com/cz/album/sep...
It's a song called "September 11, 2001" and it's from some AI slop factory called The Experience. You need to hear how bad this song is.
music.apple.com/cz/album/sep...
September 11, 2001 (9/11) - Single by The Experience on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 1 Song
music.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Need a Jenna Maloney cover of this asap
Yes! A deep well of potent symbolism just waiting to be taken up!
the thing about the Wide Awakes is not only is it a cool historical reference, but colloquially it's also resonant with, and a natural progression from, being woke
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yes! A deep well of potent symbolism just waiting to be taken up!
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if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
THEY USED TO CALL US WOKE
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
NOW THEY CAN CALL US WIDE AWAKES
November 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
if i were running for office i would absolutely call my volunteers “the wide awakes,” i would hand out wide awake pins and stickers and hats for people to wear and campaign events would have wide awake banners
Same
This, on here, is where I first heard of Mamdani
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Same
Hook it to my veins
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Hook it to my veins
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Jason Miyares: I’m the kind of Republican you don’t feel dirty voting for on the car ride home with your wife.
Jay Jones:
Jay Jones:
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Jason Miyares: I’m the kind of Republican you don’t feel dirty voting for on the car ride home with your wife.
Jay Jones:
Jay Jones:
Imagine defending Dick goddamn Cheney on these grounds and thinking you’re a liberal. Or even a loyal Democrat.
Unlike Zohran, Dick Cheney voted for Kamala. Yeah I said it.
a man with glasses and a yellow hat is holding a cup and saucer with fx written on the bottom
ALT: a man with glasses and a yellow hat is holding a cup and saucer with fx written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Imagine defending Dick goddamn Cheney on these grounds and thinking you’re a liberal. Or even a loyal Democrat.
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Graham Yost working in the FULL HOUSE writers’ room while also writing SPEED.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Graham Yost working in the FULL HOUSE writers’ room while also writing SPEED.
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This is an incredible and very specific hater energy substack.com/home/post/p-...
Dick Cheney, ABD
Remembering the greatest alt-ac of them all
substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is an incredible and very specific hater energy substack.com/home/post/p-...
Why do journalists like this think we haven’t been exposed to these ideas? What ideas? Cuomo won 43% of the primary vote because at least 43% of the electorate are certified assholes. Who cares what those morons think?
NPR does not exist to silo people in a cozy set of ideas. Andrew Cuomo won 43% of votes in the Dem primary. He has a long history. Our reporting includes charges of sexual misconduct & mishandling of COVID care - and describes his long list of progressive wins as governor www.npr.org/2025/11/03/n...
Andrew Cuomo fights for his political life and his version of the Democratic Party
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a long list of accomplishments, many of them progressive. In the race for New York City mayor, that experience hasn't given him the boost he wanted.
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Why do journalists like this think we haven’t been exposed to these ideas? What ideas? Cuomo won 43% of the primary vote because at least 43% of the electorate are certified assholes. Who cares what those morons think?
I’m *this close* to becoming a lead-explains-it-all guy for like 90% of our social pathologies
It’s going to be fun in like 10 years when they find the link between all the lead in protein powder and the rise of the manosphere/radicalization of men.
Does lead exposure make you a MAGA Republican? A non-controlled N=1 investigative study
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I’m *this close* to becoming a lead-explains-it-all guy for like 90% of our social pathologies
On the plus side, we’re about to see hundreds of videos of cops in very funny forms of Cybertruck-related distress
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November thanks to a donation from a U.S. tech billionaire, raising concerns about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.
Nation's largest fleet of police Cybertrucks to patrol Las Vegas
The nation’s largest police fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks is set to begin patrolling the streets of Las Vegas in November.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
On the plus side, we’re about to see hundreds of videos of cops in very funny forms of Cybertruck-related distress
Shout out to this guy
Here's a short video of an Edison Park man confronting border patrol. You can hear others in the background. #chicago
October 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Shout out to this guy
We all have the choice — some might say the duty! — to invent and embellish and spread every rumor we can about these people.
I'm fine with aggressively spreading the rumor that JD Vance and Erika Kirk are fucking. What do I care
Yeah, they big fuckin.
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We all have the choice — some might say the duty! — to invent and embellish and spread every rumor we can about these people.