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📚History. Philosophy. Political economy. Occasional sci-fi.
🌹Trying to show solidarity and keep an open mind. A veces posteo en español también.
📚History. Philosophy. Political economy. Occasional sci-fi.
🌹Trying to show solidarity and keep an open mind. A veces posteo en español también.
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Hi everyone! I'm JB and I like to share the books I read. I have an Instagram account with lots of book reviews. Moving forward I'll be sharing those here, too. 📚💙
TRUMP: he tells me--what was it called--commodity fetishism. I said, what like feet or something? Zohran's a smart guy. I dunno why he likes feet but he's gonna be the best mayor. The best.
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
TRUMP: he tells me--what was it called--commodity fetishism. I said, what like feet or something? Zohran's a smart guy. I dunno why he likes feet but he's gonna be the best mayor. The best.
TRUMP: he says it's dialectical. di-a-lec-tic-al. beautiful word. no one really knows what it means but we're doing it.
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
TRUMP: he says it's dialectical. di-a-lec-tic-al. beautiful word. no one really knows what it means but we're doing it.
Yuval Harari as he wrote this book
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Yuval Harari as he wrote this book
The meme is about the people under the bombs, you chucklefuck. And a lot of them are gay and have brown skin. The fact that the bombs are being dropped already shows that the flags on the bomber are being used cynically.
I hate this sort of meme.
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
“The only difference between the parties is whether the power to destroy human civilization rests in the hands of leaders who think gays, women, and black people should have their rights acknowledged.”
Even if true, how is Rainbow B-52 not infinitely preferable?
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The meme is about the people under the bombs, you chucklefuck. And a lot of them are gay and have brown skin. The fact that the bombs are being dropped already shows that the flags on the bomber are being used cynically.
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Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban — sponsored by @councilormorillo.bsky.social & @councilorgreen.bsky.social — passes with 8 yes votes, 2 no votes, and 2 absences.
We’ll be there to support the Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban and the Detention Fee Ordinance!
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Data from the National Association of Realtors paints a painful portrait of American home buying:
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
November 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Data from the National Association of Realtors paints a painful portrait of American home buying:
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
All-cash buyers at 26% of the market.
Median age of the typical homebuyer: a stunning 59 years old.
nar.realtor/research-and...
Question for married folks: if you take a new surname that's closely associated with a particular ethnicity that is not your own, does that ever impact your interactions with people? Like, are people surprised to see a white person with the last name Nguyen?
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Question for married folks: if you take a new surname that's closely associated with a particular ethnicity that is not your own, does that ever impact your interactions with people? Like, are people surprised to see a white person with the last name Nguyen?
Is there research on the long term health consequences of the constant vigilance required to avoid being ripped off in our economic system? The stress and distrust cannot be good psychologically. I think this is at least part of the reason for such low social trust in our society.
And the rest of the public that isn’t good at haggling feels like they’re getting taken for a ride by the big corporations because, uh, they often are. People don’t read fine print and are constantly terrified of being ripped off.
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Is there research on the long term health consequences of the constant vigilance required to avoid being ripped off in our economic system? The stress and distrust cannot be good psychologically. I think this is at least part of the reason for such low social trust in our society.
I am once again reminding you not to give any money to the New York Times.
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I am once again reminding you not to give any money to the New York Times.
Old enough to marry but not old enough to divorce. Really gives the game away, doesn't it?
Child marriage is heinous, but one thing I never see brought up in those discussions is that if you are under 18, you cannot file for divorce. If you are under 18 and married to an adult, they are your legal guardian and make decisions for you. That is not a partnership.
Most Minors Who Are Married Can't File for Divorce — Even if They Want To
The final installment of Wedlocked, our series about child marriage in the U.S., explores divorce.
www.teenvogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Old enough to marry but not old enough to divorce. Really gives the game away, doesn't it?
Amigos hispanohablantes: ¿Es Jeannette Jara tan genial como parece? ¿Qué probabilidad tiene ella de ganar? #chileelecciones #jeannettejara
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Amigos hispanohablantes: ¿Es Jeannette Jara tan genial como parece? ¿Qué probabilidad tiene ella de ganar? #chileelecciones #jeannettejara
"el DSA ha crecido entre jóvenes urbanos precarizados, conectando con algunas de las principales contradicciones del capitalismo estadounidense “realmente existente”, en particular en lo referido al sistema de acceso a la vivienda."
Always fascinated by foreign coverage of American politics.
Always fascinated by foreign coverage of American politics.
La izquierda estadounidense gana también la alcaldía de Seattle - www.diario-red.com/articulo/int...
La izquierda estadounidense gana también la alcaldía de Seattle
Katie Wilson, descrita a sí misma como socialista democrática, es la nueva alcaldesa de Seattle
www.diario-red.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"el DSA ha crecido entre jóvenes urbanos precarizados, conectando con algunas de las principales contradicciones del capitalismo estadounidense “realmente existente”, en particular en lo referido al sistema de acceso a la vivienda."
Always fascinated by foreign coverage of American politics.
Always fascinated by foreign coverage of American politics.
Echoes of Eugene Debs. "You may be a convict, but... There is more to the real religion of Jesus Christ in the spirit you breathe out to the world from behind your cruel prison bars than in all of the orthodox sermons ever preached."
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Echoes of Eugene Debs. "You may be a convict, but... There is more to the real religion of Jesus Christ in the spirit you breathe out to the world from behind your cruel prison bars than in all of the orthodox sermons ever preached."
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
Idk this Minister's exact politics but this is real shit.
Vote yes in this extremely important poll to inaugurate the glorious socialist century
Vote in stupid online poll
VOTE: Do you support a move toward socialism?
Do you support a move toward socialism?
katu.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Vote yes in this extremely important poll to inaugurate the glorious socialist century
The story of Cuba's medical system and research capabilities is inspiring. Did you know they invented the world's first Meningitis B vaccine?! #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The story of Cuba's medical system and research capabilities is inspiring. Did you know they invented the world's first Meningitis B vaccine?! #booksky
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Buenos días a tod@s.
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Buenos días a tod@s.
This is another reason universal healthcare is so important and is a feminist issue. It meets people's needs of course, but it also eliminates a key vector of exploitation and manipulation.
"she needed money for braces"
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
it's really hard to overstate how fucking evil these people are
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This is another reason universal healthcare is so important and is a feminist issue. It meets people's needs of course, but it also eliminates a key vector of exploitation and manipulation.
The PDX city council public comment period on homeless camp sweeps is a microcosm of modern liberalism. We have white people in feminist T-shirts invoking the safety and innocence of children, using terms like "unhoused" while advocating for forcibly removing the most downtrodden in our society.
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The PDX city council public comment period on homeless camp sweeps is a microcosm of modern liberalism. We have white people in feminist T-shirts invoking the safety and innocence of children, using terms like "unhoused" while advocating for forcibly removing the most downtrodden in our society.
When Jay-Z says "I'm not a businessman. I'm a business, man" he is engaging in what Lukacs calls reification. The commodity form has become universal. Even personality traits are separated from us and reduced to mechanical concepts to be integrated into capitalist rationality. In this essay I will
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When Jay-Z says "I'm not a businessman. I'm a business, man" he is engaging in what Lukacs calls reification. The commodity form has become universal. Even personality traits are separated from us and reduced to mechanical concepts to be integrated into capitalist rationality. In this essay I will
There's a passage in the Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin which discusses wages and what is "owed" to each of us. He describes how everyone's work relies on a million other works past and present, some of which can't be quantified or remunerated. That argument lodged deep in my brain (and heart).
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
There's a passage in the Conquest of Bread by Kropotkin which discusses wages and what is "owed" to each of us. He describes how everyone's work relies on a million other works past and present, some of which can't be quantified or remunerated. That argument lodged deep in my brain (and heart).
This. And don't look back. Best political decision I've made.
Fuck it, man, join DSA. Eat these losers alive or die.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This. And don't look back. Best political decision I've made.