James Peltz
@jamespeltz.bsky.social
Publisher. Anhedonic. He/him/his.
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Really valuable and honest piece by friend and comrade @nikeshshukla.bsky.social about the anti-immigration protests at hotels this year.
There's a danger in trying to "understand" someone's hate if it's based on the faulty assumption that there's anything to understand in the first place.
There's a danger in trying to "understand" someone's hate if it's based on the faulty assumption that there's anything to understand in the first place.
If you choose to terrorise children, we have nothing in common
Following yet another anti-migrant hotel protest, Nikesh considers whether it’s even possible to engage with the other side
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November 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Really valuable and honest piece by friend and comrade @nikeshshukla.bsky.social about the anti-immigration protests at hotels this year.
There's a danger in trying to "understand" someone's hate if it's based on the faulty assumption that there's anything to understand in the first place.
There's a danger in trying to "understand" someone's hate if it's based on the faulty assumption that there's anything to understand in the first place.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm a SNAP recipient... for the last month I was tightening my belt, doing my best to eat cheaper and eating less so I'd have a little left over to help get me through when payments were cut. It was all for nothing. Fuck the dems who supported this.
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TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT
With historic healthcare cuts and cost increases looming, Republicans chose to force a Trump Shutdown rather than address the healthcare crisis and limit Trump’s lawless manipulation of federal funds....
act.indivisible.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
This is going on my permanent record.
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is going on my permanent record.
If I were the antichrist, one of my first moves would definitely be to talk about how someone else is probably the antichrist.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
If I were the antichrist, one of my first moves would definitely be to talk about how someone else is probably the antichrist.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Play Nazi games, win Nazi prizes.
Vance: "If you want stop political violence, stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi."
September 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Play Nazi games, win Nazi prizes.
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Today's post feels like one of the most urgent ones. I write about the history of propaganda that names certain humans pests/parasites and the connection to camps and extermination. Thanks to @andreapitzer.bsky.social, @timothysnyder.bsky.social. finding-throughlines.ghost.io/whats-in-a-n...
What's in a Name: Murderous Metaphors
It's nearly impossible to keep up. Last week, right after I pushed the "publish" button on my article, "Poison Words: Language, Dehumanization, and Death," I heard about the president's anti-semitic r...
finding-throughlines.ghost.io
July 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Today's post feels like one of the most urgent ones. I write about the history of propaganda that names certain humans pests/parasites and the connection to camps and extermination. Thanks to @andreapitzer.bsky.social, @timothysnyder.bsky.social. finding-throughlines.ghost.io/whats-in-a-n...
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
I tried to tell a Cerberus joke but the audience looked at me like I had three heads.
I was going to tell an Orpheus joke but it looks back to a previous bit about Eurydice that’s gone from the story
I've got a joke about Pasiphae, but it's a load of bull.
April 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I tried to tell a Cerberus joke but the audience looked at me like I had three heads.
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"There will always be a Canada" should also be the policy of the United States.
March 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"There will always be a Canada" should also be the policy of the United States.
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
March 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
All your egg are belong to Trump
February 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
All your egg are belong to Trump
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It would really be better if fewer people were out of their god damned minds
February 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It would really be better if fewer people were out of their god damned minds
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From the concluding chapter of Very Fine People:
"Let’s put it this way: White America seems very happy to claim they live in Martin Luther King Jr’s dream. It seems totally unwilling to climb his mountain."
www.the-reframe.com/sabotage-par...
"Let’s put it this way: White America seems very happy to claim they live in Martin Luther King Jr’s dream. It seems totally unwilling to climb his mountain."
www.the-reframe.com/sabotage-par...
Sabotage: Part 14 - The Vineyard And The Mountain
Wrapping up a series on repair and sabotage of repair. We frequently talk about redemption. We rarely talk about reparation. As we finish, it’s worth pondering why.
www.the-reframe.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
From the concluding chapter of Very Fine People:
"Let’s put it this way: White America seems very happy to claim they live in Martin Luther King Jr’s dream. It seems totally unwilling to climb his mountain."
www.the-reframe.com/sabotage-par...
"Let’s put it this way: White America seems very happy to claim they live in Martin Luther King Jr’s dream. It seems totally unwilling to climb his mountain."
www.the-reframe.com/sabotage-par...
Such an important book, and at such a crucial moment.
"When we started our book project, we were unaware it wd be released at such a fraught point in history. This, too, will pass. We hope that by reading [it] you, too, will be better prepared to fight to ensure access to gender-affirming healthcare" @sunypress.bsky.social sunypress.edu/Books/A/A-Hi...
January 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Such an important book, and at such a crucial moment.
Seriously? Are we doing this again?
January 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Seriously? Are we doing this again?
Is New Year’s Eve still a thing?
December 31, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Is New Year’s Eve still a thing?
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This needs to be said, loud, and often.
November 25, 2024 at 5:20 PM
This needs to be said, loud, and often.
I’ve got a joke about Argos, but it’s just a shaggy dog story.
I’ve got an amazing joke about Odysseus but it’s a bit of a journey
I have a GREAT joke about Eris and I'll tell it to the most beautiful person here
May 12, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I’ve got a joke about Argos, but it’s just a shaggy dog story.
When you say you have a joke about Cerebus, people look at you like you have three heads or something.
I’ve got a joke about Sisyphus but you’ve heard it a million times before.
I've got a joke about Prometheus, but it's stolen material.
May 12, 2024 at 5:36 PM
When you say you have a joke about Cerebus, people look at you like you have three heads or something.