Hitchenista
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Hitchenista
@hitchenista.bsky.social
· Nov 24
“There is a cult of ignorance in the US, and there has always been. A strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Asimov
― Asimov
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"En Gaza y en Cisjordania, en Ucrania, etcétera, el crimen se presenta con orgullo como lo que es, un crimen enorme. Los medios tenían razón al calificar la destrucción de Gaza como el primer genocidio televisado."
Slavoj Žižek, miembro cofundador de DiEM25.
www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
Slavoj Žižek, miembro cofundador de DiEM25.
www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
Mostrar el mal, hacer justicia
Recordemos la escenificación del Asalto al Palacio de Invierno organizada en Petrogrado el 7 de noviembre de 1920 (1), para conmemorar el tercer aniversario de la Revolución de Octubre.
www.publico.es
June 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"En Gaza y en Cisjordania, en Ucrania, etcétera, el crimen se presenta con orgullo como lo que es, un crimen enorme. Los medios tenían razón al calificar la destrucción de Gaza como el primer genocidio televisado."
Slavoj Žižek, miembro cofundador de DiEM25.
www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
Slavoj Žižek, miembro cofundador de DiEM25.
www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
For a few years now, I’ve been concerned not only about some ideas from those who oppose me, but also, to a lesser extent yet worth mentioning, I worry about certain opinions from my allies.
June 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For a few years now, I’ve been concerned not only about some ideas from those who oppose me, but also, to a lesser extent yet worth mentioning, I worry about certain opinions from my allies.
I'm finally fed up with the smarmy intellectuals —always lenient towards the right and "self"-critical from the centre to the left— who come to tell you, explicitly or implicitly, that Trump's or Milei's cruelty is a necessary evil.
Go and bugger off.
Go and bugger off.
June 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm finally fed up with the smarmy intellectuals —always lenient towards the right and "self"-critical from the centre to the left— who come to tell you, explicitly or implicitly, that Trump's or Milei's cruelty is a necessary evil.
Go and bugger off.
Go and bugger off.
"La manipulación consciente e inteligente de los hábitos y opiniones organizados de las masas es un elemento importante en la sociedad democrática. Quienes manipulan este mecanismo invisible de la sociedad constituyen un gobierno invisible que es el verdadero poder gobernante de nuestro país."
June 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"La manipulación consciente e inteligente de los hábitos y opiniones organizados de las masas es un elemento importante en la sociedad democrática. Quienes manipulan este mecanismo invisible de la sociedad constituyen un gobierno invisible que es el verdadero poder gobernante de nuestro país."
Andrew Wakefield, the fire-starter of the Anti-Vaxxer movement, is likely responsible for more deaths than Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot put together.
Good recap video by Professor Dave:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBe...
Good recap video by Professor Dave:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBe...
Andrew Wakefield is Still a Lying Piece of Crap
YouTube video by Professor Dave Explains
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Andrew Wakefield, the fire-starter of the Anti-Vaxxer movement, is likely responsible for more deaths than Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot put together.
Good recap video by Professor Dave:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBe...
Good recap video by Professor Dave:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZBe...
We are supposed to believe the Heavens remain arms-crossed in front of the horrors of Gaza, or acting in "subtle", meek ways, as it went on during the Holocaust.
If this doesn't prove that God does not exist, I don't fucking know what will.
If this doesn't prove that God does not exist, I don't fucking know what will.
June 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are supposed to believe the Heavens remain arms-crossed in front of the horrors of Gaza, or acting in "subtle", meek ways, as it went on during the Holocaust.
If this doesn't prove that God does not exist, I don't fucking know what will.
If this doesn't prove that God does not exist, I don't fucking know what will.
If the zeitgeist of incipient techno-feudal fascism proves nothing else, it proves that it is not nearly enough to wait for public demonstrations to stop them. We need to also buttress the rule of law and liberties with stronger checks and balances.
And I'm talking worldwide, not just the US.
And I'm talking worldwide, not just the US.
June 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If the zeitgeist of incipient techno-feudal fascism proves nothing else, it proves that it is not nearly enough to wait for public demonstrations to stop them. We need to also buttress the rule of law and liberties with stronger checks and balances.
And I'm talking worldwide, not just the US.
And I'm talking worldwide, not just the US.
Si algo demuestra este tiempo de tecno-fascismo en que vivimos es que no basta con esperar que el pueblo en la calle los frene. Tenemos que poner *además* contrafuertes legales e institucionales que les hagan más difícil en el futuro romper el estado de derecho y la libertad.
June 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Si algo demuestra este tiempo de tecno-fascismo en que vivimos es que no basta con esperar que el pueblo en la calle los frene. Tenemos que poner *además* contrafuertes legales e institucionales que les hagan más difícil en el futuro romper el estado de derecho y la libertad.
The AI-Optimist Corporate Schpiel wants us to "accept the death of Knowledge Work" and embrace "Wisdom Work", while at the same time, they tell us ChatGPT scores higher than humans in bedside manners and empathy (but it's only phoney flattery).
May 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The AI-Optimist Corporate Schpiel wants us to "accept the death of Knowledge Work" and embrace "Wisdom Work", while at the same time, they tell us ChatGPT scores higher than humans in bedside manners and empathy (but it's only phoney flattery).
Milei must go. Now.
May 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Milei must go. Now.
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"Los viejos buenos tiempos de la socialdemocracia liberal pasaron. Las reglas han cambiado. No podemos hablar de un mundo mejor, sino de supervivencia colectiva, de continuar con algún tipo de vida normal, con libertades, en un estado de emergencia." Slavoj Žižek.
🔗 datos-bo.com/entrevistas/...
🔗 datos-bo.com/entrevistas/...
Slavoj Žižek, filósofo: “La sabiduría es lo que más odio, es una absoluta estupidez conformista”
El pensador esloveno, siempre polémico y políticamente incorrecto, considera que los viejos buenos tiempos de la socialdemocracia liberal son historia. En una
datos-bo.com
May 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"Los viejos buenos tiempos de la socialdemocracia liberal pasaron. Las reglas han cambiado. No podemos hablar de un mundo mejor, sino de supervivencia colectiva, de continuar con algún tipo de vida normal, con libertades, en un estado de emergencia." Slavoj Žižek.
🔗 datos-bo.com/entrevistas/...
🔗 datos-bo.com/entrevistas/...
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Europe's Gaza Exception: When Human Rights Don't Apply - wtih Ireti Bakare-Yusuf on #Borderlines Nigeria Info FM www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7aI...
#Borderlines: Europe's Gaza Exception: When Human Rights Don't Apply with Yanis Varoufakis
YouTube video by Nigeria Info FM
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May 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Europe's Gaza Exception: When Human Rights Don't Apply - wtih Ireti Bakare-Yusuf on #Borderlines Nigeria Info FM www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7aI...
One of these is an Ukranian kid, the other is Gazan.
Depending who you are, you might be ignoring or denying the one's suffering and pitying for the other.
Which ever way, you are a hypocrite. Both deserve your outcry.
Depending who you are, you might be ignoring or denying the one's suffering and pitying for the other.
Which ever way, you are a hypocrite. Both deserve your outcry.
May 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
One of these is an Ukranian kid, the other is Gazan.
Depending who you are, you might be ignoring or denying the one's suffering and pitying for the other.
Which ever way, you are a hypocrite. Both deserve your outcry.
Depending who you are, you might be ignoring or denying the one's suffering and pitying for the other.
Which ever way, you are a hypocrite. Both deserve your outcry.
Gaza Facts 02:
Palestinians are more closely related, genetically speaking, to ancient Israelites than European Israelites. So when the latter engage in hatred towards the former, they are being, strictly and necessarily, antisemitic
www.haaretz.com/science-and-... .
Palestinians are more closely related, genetically speaking, to ancient Israelites than European Israelites. So when the latter engage in hatred towards the former, they are being, strictly and necessarily, antisemitic
www.haaretz.com/science-and-... .
www.haaretz.com
May 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gaza Facts 02:
Palestinians are more closely related, genetically speaking, to ancient Israelites than European Israelites. So when the latter engage in hatred towards the former, they are being, strictly and necessarily, antisemitic
www.haaretz.com/science-and-... .
Palestinians are more closely related, genetically speaking, to ancient Israelites than European Israelites. So when the latter engage in hatred towards the former, they are being, strictly and necessarily, antisemitic
www.haaretz.com/science-and-... .
Gaza Facts 01:
Jews are not to blame for the genocide in Gaza, any more than Arabs or Muslims can be blamed for ISIS or Hamas.
It's the Likud. It's Netanyahu, it's the state of Israel. Many Jews oppose it. Get it straight once and for all.
Jews are not to blame for the genocide in Gaza, any more than Arabs or Muslims can be blamed for ISIS or Hamas.
It's the Likud. It's Netanyahu, it's the state of Israel. Many Jews oppose it. Get it straight once and for all.
May 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Gaza Facts 01:
Jews are not to blame for the genocide in Gaza, any more than Arabs or Muslims can be blamed for ISIS or Hamas.
It's the Likud. It's Netanyahu, it's the state of Israel. Many Jews oppose it. Get it straight once and for all.
Jews are not to blame for the genocide in Gaza, any more than Arabs or Muslims can be blamed for ISIS or Hamas.
It's the Likud. It's Netanyahu, it's the state of Israel. Many Jews oppose it. Get it straight once and for all.
I was often reminded by (sadly, former) pro-Israel friends that Hamas was motivated by a messianic, destructive religion. This is hard to contest, but the same could be said about Israel and the Likud's grassroots. From Illan Pappé, an Israeli academic:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
May 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I was often reminded by (sadly, former) pro-Israel friends that Hamas was motivated by a messianic, destructive religion. This is hard to contest, but the same could be said about Israel and the Likud's grassroots. From Illan Pappé, an Israeli academic:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Aún hay muchísimos, demasiados, que no entienden y discuten la cuarentena durante la pandemia.
Hay que volver a explicar porqué fue necesaria, GLOBAL, y si se pecó por larga, fue por lo seguro y no lo imprudente.
Hay que dar ese debate como si fuera hoy, que puede serlo mañana.
Hay que volver a explicar porqué fue necesaria, GLOBAL, y si se pecó por larga, fue por lo seguro y no lo imprudente.
Hay que dar ese debate como si fuera hoy, que puede serlo mañana.
May 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Aún hay muchísimos, demasiados, que no entienden y discuten la cuarentena durante la pandemia.
Hay que volver a explicar porqué fue necesaria, GLOBAL, y si se pecó por larga, fue por lo seguro y no lo imprudente.
Hay que dar ese debate como si fuera hoy, que puede serlo mañana.
Hay que volver a explicar porqué fue necesaria, GLOBAL, y si se pecó por larga, fue por lo seguro y no lo imprudente.
Hay que dar ese debate como si fuera hoy, que puede serlo mañana.
It's disheartening how I find myself intellectually betrayed by those with which I agree with:
- Those on "my side" denouncing the Gazan Holocaust, shrug off, or justify Putin's regime.
- Those on "my side" denouncing the Putin's regime, shrug off or justify the Gazan Holocaust.
- Those on "my side" denouncing the Gazan Holocaust, shrug off, or justify Putin's regime.
- Those on "my side" denouncing the Putin's regime, shrug off or justify the Gazan Holocaust.
April 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It's disheartening how I find myself intellectually betrayed by those with which I agree with:
- Those on "my side" denouncing the Gazan Holocaust, shrug off, or justify Putin's regime.
- Those on "my side" denouncing the Putin's regime, shrug off or justify the Gazan Holocaust.
- Those on "my side" denouncing the Gazan Holocaust, shrug off, or justify Putin's regime.
- Those on "my side" denouncing the Putin's regime, shrug off or justify the Gazan Holocaust.
Reposted by Hitchenista
A Bylines Network #LetterFromAmerica
Our US Founders feared tyranny of the majority.
They hoped checks & balances would prevent despotism.
But checks fail when those being checked are the ones holding the scales.
Our US Founders feared tyranny of the majority.
They hoped checks & balances would prevent despotism.
But checks fail when those being checked are the ones holding the scales.
Tyranny of the misinformed majority – a hope for change
From misinformation’s grip, a new American democracy can emerge – rooted in truth, justice, and the people’s will to build again
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A Bylines Network #LetterFromAmerica
Our US Founders feared tyranny of the majority.
They hoped checks & balances would prevent despotism.
But checks fail when those being checked are the ones holding the scales.
Our US Founders feared tyranny of the majority.
They hoped checks & balances would prevent despotism.
But checks fail when those being checked are the ones holding the scales.
"Trump can't tell the difference between his interest and the national interest" - John Robert Bolton
April 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"Trump can't tell the difference between his interest and the national interest" - John Robert Bolton
Today is a test of character and moral fibre, to see who remembers their posturing with the Pope, and see who chooses to highlight his life and his words.
April 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Today is a test of character and moral fibre, to see who remembers their posturing with the Pope, and see who chooses to highlight his life and his words.
"The executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph " - Harvie Wilkinson, a Republican/Reagan-appointed Judge warning about "lawlessness"
Republican judge issues warning to Trump in judicial rebuke—"Lawlessness"
The Reagan-appointed judge said the Trump administration "will lose much from a public perception of its lawlessness."
www.newsweek.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"The executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph " - Harvie Wilkinson, a Republican/Reagan-appointed Judge warning about "lawlessness"
It’s going to be a lot of fun when the antibiotics used to treat Tuberculosis sit rotting in storages because of cuts to federal health, and patient start developing antibiotic-resistant TB.
The second Trump presidency is going to be a shit show, chapter Nth.
The second Trump presidency is going to be a shit show, chapter Nth.
February 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
It’s going to be a lot of fun when the antibiotics used to treat Tuberculosis sit rotting in storages because of cuts to federal health, and patient start developing antibiotic-resistant TB.
The second Trump presidency is going to be a shit show, chapter Nth.
The second Trump presidency is going to be a shit show, chapter Nth.
To-day, Freedom has been emptied of its meaning and rendered into a cheap cult; so I paraphrase the words of J.R.R. Tolkien.
There's "a good and a bad side, beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kinship, *moderated freedom with consent* against compulsion"
There's "a good and a bad side, beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kinship, *moderated freedom with consent* against compulsion"
February 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
To-day, Freedom has been emptied of its meaning and rendered into a cheap cult; so I paraphrase the words of J.R.R. Tolkien.
There's "a good and a bad side, beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kinship, *moderated freedom with consent* against compulsion"
There's "a good and a bad side, beauty against ruthless ugliness, tyranny against kinship, *moderated freedom with consent* against compulsion"