jamsheed
@jamsheed.bsky.social
once upon a time I had very strong opinions about hypothetical imperatives.
just saw a post and suppressed the desire to pedantically reply that Jeanne Dielman lives in Brussels (it's right there in the title!) and so is Belgian not French.
so pointing it out here instead.
so pointing it out here instead.
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
just saw a post and suppressed the desire to pedantically reply that Jeanne Dielman lives in Brussels (it's right there in the title!) and so is Belgian not French.
so pointing it out here instead.
so pointing it out here instead.
every time I hear "vibes", I mouth to myself, "organic crisis".
Because every time something is labeled “vibes”, I go look and it’s just Marxism.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
every time I hear "vibes", I mouth to myself, "organic crisis".
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Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
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A cool way to keep yourself from having genocide in your nickname is to not have funded and armed a genocide
Leftoids who call Joe Biden “Genocide Joe” are very stupid people who deserve to be ignored for all eternity.
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A cool way to keep yourself from having genocide in your nickname is to not have funded and armed a genocide
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There’s also a deep and massive history of various kinds of racial, gendered and other identities making their way into acceptance in America through and only insofar as they contribute to the project of empire. Which is a conversation few are ever ready for.
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
There’s also a deep and massive history of various kinds of racial, gendered and other identities making their way into acceptance in America through and only insofar as they contribute to the project of empire. Which is a conversation few are ever ready for.
so the neoliberals branded themselves "new liberals" but continue to be an unmitigated trash fire. fantastic.
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
so the neoliberals branded themselves "new liberals" but continue to be an unmitigated trash fire. fantastic.
as someone who went through the "normal legal system" for immigration (and back in the halcyon days when INS still existed), can very much confirm.
The average Americans believes it's better "to come through the normal legal system" because the average American knows exactly ~dick~ about "the normal legal system."
And if any of those Average Americans (tm) were forced to go through it in order to move across State lines, they'd fucking riot.
And if any of those Average Americans (tm) were forced to go through it in order to move across State lines, they'd fucking riot.
Again, this is just bluesky folks misreading. The average American believes that it’s better for folks to come through the normal legal system rather than asylum process, because they view the asylum process as broken and chaotic! Folks who want more immigrants should want to support the popular…
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
as someone who went through the "normal legal system" for immigration (and back in the halcyon days when INS still existed), can very much confirm.
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The average Americans believes it's better "to come through the normal legal system" because the average American knows exactly ~dick~ about "the normal legal system."
And if any of those Average Americans (tm) were forced to go through it in order to move across State lines, they'd fucking riot.
And if any of those Average Americans (tm) were forced to go through it in order to move across State lines, they'd fucking riot.
Again, this is just bluesky folks misreading. The average American believes that it’s better for folks to come through the normal legal system rather than asylum process, because they view the asylum process as broken and chaotic! Folks who want more immigrants should want to support the popular…
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The average Americans believes it's better "to come through the normal legal system" because the average American knows exactly ~dick~ about "the normal legal system."
And if any of those Average Americans (tm) were forced to go through it in order to move across State lines, they'd fucking riot.
And if any of those Average Americans (tm) were forced to go through it in order to move across State lines, they'd fucking riot.
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All the abundance guys will trade a innumerable quantity of immigrant children for NEPA reform in a heartbeat and it’s genuinely hilarious
Obviously, we want more immigrants, it’s one of our founding principals, but we also don’t want things to happen that will set support for more immigration back in the long term
All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
All that said, Twitter only allows editing in the 1st hour, so not easily done.
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
All the abundance guys will trade a innumerable quantity of immigrant children for NEPA reform in a heartbeat and it’s genuinely hilarious
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DC statehood now
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
DC statehood now
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i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly
![However, the brothers' Google search history in the weeks after the theft for phrases including "how to wash crypto”, “top crypto lawyers”, “wire fraud statute / wire fraud statue [sic] of limitations”, and “prison or jail worse” suggest that perhaps the brothers had some clue that their actions could be interpreted criminally, as do the brothers' own descriptions of their plan as “sus”.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/bafkreicpwu5pjoddgp2ovmaka2kfu6d6uc7uijrld5a4hovz5qpaqlkk5u@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly
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BOTD Gillo Pontecorvo!!!
More via 2006 obit: nytimes.com/2006/10/14/m...
On Battle of Algiers [As seen in PTA's One Battle!] via:
@joshuarothkopf.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/the-b...
@tyburr.bsky.social: archive.boston.com/ae/movies/ar...
And this great book: www.amazon.com/Gender-Natio...
More via 2006 obit: nytimes.com/2006/10/14/m...
On Battle of Algiers [As seen in PTA's One Battle!] via:
@joshuarothkopf.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/the-b...
@tyburr.bsky.social: archive.boston.com/ae/movies/ar...
And this great book: www.amazon.com/Gender-Natio...
The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo’s stirring anatomy of an urban uprising – the violent nationalist revolt in Algiers in 1956 and 1957 – feels strikingly relevant today. It show
www.timeout.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
BOTD Gillo Pontecorvo!!!
More via 2006 obit: nytimes.com/2006/10/14/m...
On Battle of Algiers [As seen in PTA's One Battle!] via:
@joshuarothkopf.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/the-b...
@tyburr.bsky.social: archive.boston.com/ae/movies/ar...
And this great book: www.amazon.com/Gender-Natio...
More via 2006 obit: nytimes.com/2006/10/14/m...
On Battle of Algiers [As seen in PTA's One Battle!] via:
@joshuarothkopf.bsky.social: www.timeout.com/movies/the-b...
@tyburr.bsky.social: archive.boston.com/ae/movies/ar...
And this great book: www.amazon.com/Gender-Natio...
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Things are dark. I expect they will get far darker still. The light may remain obscured for a decade—or more.
But, for the first time in months, I can feel the lingering presence of genuine optimism.
But, for the first time in months, I can feel the lingering presence of genuine optimism.
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Things are dark. I expect they will get far darker still. The light may remain obscured for a decade—or more.
But, for the first time in months, I can feel the lingering presence of genuine optimism.
But, for the first time in months, I can feel the lingering presence of genuine optimism.
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What's fascinating about this post is as a "Marxist female researcher," I can't say I've ever really thought about Hitler's penis one way or another. But I guess JF Gariepy does?
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
What's fascinating about this post is as a "Marxist female researcher," I can't say I've ever really thought about Hitler's penis one way or another. But I guess JF Gariepy does?
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Terrorism, no other word for it. State sponsored terrorism
Borders Czar Tom Homan just announced he’s ramping up ICE operations in NYC.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Terrorism, no other word for it. State sponsored terrorism
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Here's the rub: the next government of the State of Israel will oppose any and all forms of Palestinian self determination. So will the next one. And the next one. What do you think should be done? If your answer is nothing then you are not my friend.
November 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Here's the rub: the next government of the State of Israel will oppose any and all forms of Palestinian self determination. So will the next one. And the next one. What do you think should be done? If your answer is nothing then you are not my friend.
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A little over 10 years ago, The Dissolve shuttered and we started a niche movie podcast that only we had the power to shut down. This week, we celebrate the 500th episode of The Next Picture Show with a special episode on the film that inspired the title: megaphone.link/FILM9131237121
#500: What's In a Name — The Last Picture Show by The Next Picture Show
A decade of podcasting.
megaphone.link
November 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A little over 10 years ago, The Dissolve shuttered and we started a niche movie podcast that only we had the power to shut down. This week, we celebrate the 500th episode of The Next Picture Show with a special episode on the film that inspired the title: megaphone.link/FILM9131237121
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The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The “canceled people” database listing victims of cancel culture, which includes oft-repeated cases such as Bret Weinstein (Evergreen State College) and James Damore (Google), has a little over 200 entries across 18 years.
canceledpeople.org
canceledpeople.org
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destruction comes for The New School
"The university's cycles of austerity+consolidation, betray a pattern where we are all being asked to work more for less, and at the expense of students and workers. We must stand together."
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
"The university's cycles of austerity+consolidation, betray a pattern where we are all being asked to work more for less, and at the expense of students and workers. We must stand together."
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
Statement on the President's Announcement of Austerity Measures
November 18, 2025 Dear Colleagues, We are writing with deep dismay over yesterday’s announcement of austerity measures made without meaningful, representative consultation with faculty, staff, or stud...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
destruction comes for The New School
"The university's cycles of austerity+consolidation, betray a pattern where we are all being asked to work more for less, and at the expense of students and workers. We must stand together."
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
"The university's cycles of austerity+consolidation, betray a pattern where we are all being asked to work more for less, and at the expense of students and workers. We must stand together."
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
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it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
well now that I've read this I have added at least three novels to my must-read list. Exercise in Style esp. sounds like _extremely_ my jam. will pick that up first chance I get.
Wrote a little about difficult books, short books, and short and difficult books. countercraft.substack.com/p/short-litt...
Short Little Difficult Books
Novels that challenge with style, story, or form that you can read in a day.
countercraft.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
well now that I've read this I have added at least three novels to my must-read list. Exercise in Style esp. sounds like _extremely_ my jam. will pick that up first chance I get.
currently reading Beckett's Molloy (which I don't think is particularly difficult but probably a lot of people do) so very interested in this.
Wrote a little about difficult books, short books, and short and difficult books. countercraft.substack.com/p/short-litt...
Short Little Difficult Books
Novels that challenge with style, story, or form that you can read in a day.
countercraft.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
currently reading Beckett's Molloy (which I don't think is particularly difficult but probably a lot of people do) so very interested in this.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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Incredible feeling when 20 years of hating pays off
Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to attend a meeting at the White House, on a day when U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in the Oval Office, multiple sources have confirmed to The Athletic.
@henrybushnell.bsky.social & @adamcrafton.bsky.social
@henrybushnell.bsky.social & @adamcrafton.bsky.social
Cristiano Ronaldo expected to attend White House meeting as Trump hosts Saudi Prince MBS
Ronaldo's appearance in Washington, D.C., will mark his first known return to the U.S. in over a decade
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Incredible feeling when 20 years of hating pays off
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How could this possibly go wrong? www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Fifa agrees World Cup matches can be moved at Trump’s request
The president has been warning host cities under Democratic control that he will call on Fifa’s president to switch venues if he deems there is a problem
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How could this possibly go wrong? www.thetimes.com/us/american-...