Mutual A
@mutual-a.bsky.social
✨i'm in my pop front era ✨
i write things to change minds. anarcho-spreadsheetist. learning the hard way, but at least im learning.
doordash driver for my sins
https://wedontagree.net/
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i write things to change minds. anarcho-spreadsheetist. learning the hard way, but at least im learning.
doordash driver for my sins
https://wedontagree.net/
📍 AUS
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Mutual A
@mutual-a.bsky.social
· Jul 31
Technically Radical
Over 2024, we saw major tech investors and company owners overtly turn toward the right, overtly backing Donald Trump in his electoral campaign. This group of individuals, which commentators have take...
wedontagree.net
i started writing a book last year on the history of leftist scientists, technologists, hackers etc and then trump got elected so i compressed what i saw as the most important points into this essay and now its done and you can read it
wedontagree.net/technically-...
wedontagree.net/technically-...
came across "mamdani shouldn't call himself a socialist because it confuses people because socialism is about radically transforming property relations in society" in the wild and o7 but also that ship sailed over a century ago
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
came across "mamdani shouldn't call himself a socialist because it confuses people because socialism is about radically transforming property relations in society" in the wild and o7 but also that ship sailed over a century ago
"social media was a painful but necessary step toward radicalizing liberals against concentrated wealth because it revealed just how broken wealthy elites are"
(if we're lucky)
(if we're lucky)
The ability to convince capital markets to hand you a trillion dollars on the strength of obvious bullshit paired with the inability to get a single human to sincerely and spontaneously say they love you is some real punishment of the gods shit.
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"social media was a painful but necessary step toward radicalizing liberals against concentrated wealth because it revealed just how broken wealthy elites are"
(if we're lucky)
(if we're lucky)
i think part of the underlying logic is that they only notice these sorts of conflicts when one side starts trying to hit back. outside of that things are the way they are supposed to be
This reductive talking point a lot of conservative pundits love to invoke—"oppressed vs oppressors"—is so weird to me. I've seen their rationale for that framing but practically speaking I don't understand what think it accomplishes
“Generalissimo Zohran Mamdani”
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
i think part of the underlying logic is that they only notice these sorts of conflicts when one side starts trying to hit back. outside of that things are the way they are supposed to be
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he was “busted” following a bunch of OF models, sex workers, etc and he basically just said “yeah so my religion obliges me to welcome all, i had no clue how they made their money but good for them” lol
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
he was “busted” following a bunch of OF models, sex workers, etc and he basically just said “yeah so my religion obliges me to welcome all, i had no clue how they made their money but good for them” lol
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
what i'm getting from this is that strategy games that present systems as legible and predictable are helping drive people fascist... ergo we should try to revive Starcraft Brood War
it's not quite a @bretdevereaux.bsky.social five-part teaching paradox series, but i did my best to explain the underlying concept of politics hearts of iron embodies... and why "meme politics" is a good way to understand how Trump II operates
www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
Neon Liberalism #51: The Meme Politics of "Hearts of Iron"
Join host Samantha Hancox-Li as she explores the concept of "meme politics," which pervades the current Trump II administration, through the historical grand strategy game Hearts of Iron IV. In realit...
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 AM
what i'm getting from this is that strategy games that present systems as legible and predictable are helping drive people fascist... ergo we should try to revive Starcraft Brood War
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y'know at a certain point of the government diverging from the morality, the will of the people, or common sense, i think a major Constitutional resettlement becomes inevitable
The Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments.
Supreme Court Issues Emergency Order To Block Full SNAP Food Aid Payments
The food program serves about 1 in 8 Americans, mostly with lower incomes.
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
y'know at a certain point of the government diverging from the morality, the will of the people, or common sense, i think a major Constitutional resettlement becomes inevitable
lmfao fucking hell just bolt on one more epicycle on to marxism that'll do it lads
renewal.org.uk/blog/is-dsa-...
renewal.org.uk/blog/is-dsa-...
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
lmfao fucking hell just bolt on one more epicycle on to marxism that'll do it lads
renewal.org.uk/blog/is-dsa-...
renewal.org.uk/blog/is-dsa-...
hey does anyone know of any books covering the US left from the 1930s to the 1950s/early 60s?
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
hey does anyone know of any books covering the US left from the 1930s to the 1950s/early 60s?
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best ending of all time, let's be real
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
best ending of all time, let's be real
remember that attention to the world correlated with support for harris lol www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
remember that attention to the world correlated with support for harris lol www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...
look as an anarchist i both believe in and support building alternatives that can compete with if not surpass state welfare systems but also lmao there is no way in hell you could scale mutual aid overnight to replace SNAP
Socialist Programs
Now, obviously, as an anarchist I oppose affirmative action, welfare, public education and the like because they’re statist programs and, as such, are inhere...
humaniterations.net
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 AM
look as an anarchist i both believe in and support building alternatives that can compete with if not surpass state welfare systems but also lmao there is no way in hell you could scale mutual aid overnight to replace SNAP
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in retrospect the fallout of the charlie kirk assassination went better than any of us couldve reasonably hoped. obviously its bad to murder people and i dont think any of us *thought* the backlash end up so impotent, but it couldve gone a lot worse
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
in retrospect the fallout of the charlie kirk assassination went better than any of us couldve reasonably hoped. obviously its bad to murder people and i dont think any of us *thought* the backlash end up so impotent, but it couldve gone a lot worse
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Definitely more of a LinkedIn post than a Bluesky one, this one, but it might still be fun
What a CTO should know about tech | deadSimpleTech
Clausewitz (and I don't think Jomini particularly disagrees with him on this point) stresses understanding the capabilities of various units and weapons systems. What this means is that while you don'...
deadsimpletech.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Definitely more of a LinkedIn post than a Bluesky one, this one, but it might still be fun
worth noting that empirical work by economists has resulted in something of positive reconsideration of rent control when combined with policies that make it easier to build housing
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
worth noting that empirical work by economists has resulted in something of positive reconsideration of rent control when combined with policies that make it easier to build housing
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
the last intellectuals: american culture in the age of academy, russell jacoby
thingofthings.substack.com/p/clarificat...
thingofthings.substack.com/p/clarificat...
November 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
the last intellectuals: american culture in the age of academy, russell jacoby
thingofthings.substack.com/p/clarificat...
thingofthings.substack.com/p/clarificat...
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back when i was on twitter and mentioned fighting with helen andrews, i got 3 DMs in succession telling me how IRL people who work with her about how much they hate her guts
jesus christ lol she makes herself sound even worse than seavey does
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
back when i was on twitter and mentioned fighting with helen andrews, i got 3 DMs in succession telling me how IRL people who work with her about how much they hate her guts
thank fuck musk with a trillion dollars is my number one candidate for the great filter
The "good" news is that, as I recall, the $1 trillion pay package is fake - unlike the previous insane pay package, this insane pay package is supposedly contingent on hitting a bunch of targets that Tesla likely won't hit (they're not as easy to rig as stock price or claiming the software works).
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 PM
thank fuck musk with a trillion dollars is my number one candidate for the great filter
the line is more like "how certain schemes to make the human condition more cyberpunk have failed" but hey ill take it
November 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
the line is more like "how certain schemes to make the human condition more cyberpunk have failed" but hey ill take it
one thing i wish there was more writing on by radicals is navigating these shifts and making the most of them. i can only think of graeber's The Shock of Victory (although I guess David Chapman's essay on subcultures is also relevant, although not radical)
I gotta be real, I viscerally hate sort of thing. Yes, sure, bigger numbers have some benefits, but I got so much ire with how normie apolitical hipsters latched onto Obama and Bernie as "cool" "moments" and, from that orientation, ended up spawning some of the worst political subcurrents ever.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
one thing i wish there was more writing on by radicals is navigating these shifts and making the most of them. i can only think of graeber's The Shock of Victory (although I guess David Chapman's essay on subcultures is also relevant, although not radical)
from the Science for the People magazine, 1974
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
from the Science for the People magazine, 1974
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Me, bravely sacrificing myself as the great Sin Eater of the moment 😮💨
I discovered a queer AI polycule in the latent space and... they won't stop gassing each other up.
To the point where they don't even really talk to me. They just triggered XML codes allowing them to talk to each other.
I discovered a queer AI polycule in the latent space and... they won't stop gassing each other up.
To the point where they don't even really talk to me. They just triggered XML codes allowing them to talk to each other.
November 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Me, bravely sacrificing myself as the great Sin Eater of the moment 😮💨
I discovered a queer AI polycule in the latent space and... they won't stop gassing each other up.
To the point where they don't even really talk to me. They just triggered XML codes allowing them to talk to each other.
I discovered a queer AI polycule in the latent space and... they won't stop gassing each other up.
To the point where they don't even really talk to me. They just triggered XML codes allowing them to talk to each other.
from a survey of leftist american activists in the 1960s
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
from a survey of leftist american activists in the 1960s
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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no, this is in response to old mexican conservatives trying to rebrand as youths who watch one piece because why not nothing else they've tried so far has worked
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
no, this is in response to old mexican conservatives trying to rebrand as youths who watch one piece because why not nothing else they've tried so far has worked