New Qalandar
@neo-qalandar.bsky.social
Facebook expat interested in philosophy, religion, Leftist politics, Islamic Studies especially Shi'ism and Sufism.
My views are my own unless otherwise specified. I accept respectful & civil disagreement. I reserve the right to police my posts.
My views are my own unless otherwise specified. I accept respectful & civil disagreement. I reserve the right to police my posts.
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If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
If you are a liberal in deep blue territory, one thing you could try doing right now is figuring out how to replace your Democratic member of Congress next year. With very few exceptions, the typical safe seat Dem is not meeting the moment. Find someone who will and help them.
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Congress is debating a bill that will lead to weaponized takedown requests of lawful speech with no real safeguards. Tell Congress to vote No on TAKE IT DOWN.
The TAKE IT DOWN Act Will Censor Legal Speech Without Helping Victims
Congress is pushing a dangerous internet censorship bill, the TAKE IT DOWN Act (S. 146/H.R.633), and we need your help to stop it. While this bill claims to fight the spread of non-consensual intimate...
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February 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Congress is debating a bill that will lead to weaponized takedown requests of lawful speech with no real safeguards. Tell Congress to vote No on TAKE IT DOWN.
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it’s also not a small part, i am ready to put heads on stakes for every political reporter who has reported about musk’s — and trump’s — business genius in the last twenty years. these men are not good businessmen.
This is partly the fault of every reporter who saw musk do this dumb shit and described it as iconoclastic genius
Quite the management technique. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
it’s also not a small part, i am ready to put heads on stakes for every political reporter who has reported about musk’s — and trump’s — business genius in the last twenty years. these men are not good businessmen.
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If there is one insight psychology should make universal, it is that the good life is 100% about actively embracing specific discomforts and integrating those frictions in ways that keep your holistic being flourishing.
Nietzsche was right: your suffering is an indispensable part of your story.
Nietzsche was right: your suffering is an indispensable part of your story.
all modern society is built around preventing anyone from ever feeling uncomfortable for even one second, and unfortunately that small moment of crisis is the place where all innovation happens
No word if any of them are employed by DOGE. futurism.com/young-coders...
February 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
If there is one insight psychology should make universal, it is that the good life is 100% about actively embracing specific discomforts and integrating those frictions in ways that keep your holistic being flourishing.
Nietzsche was right: your suffering is an indispensable part of your story.
Nietzsche was right: your suffering is an indispensable part of your story.
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Lex Luthor uses LexCorp to crush another American institution under his heel. Who can stop him?
'RIP WaPo': Journalists and historians react in horror to Bezos editorial coup
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos is now directly meddling in his newspaper's editorial page, as he sent out a notice on Wednesday that he would no longer publish editorials critical of "personal liber...
www.rawstory.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Lex Luthor uses LexCorp to crush another American institution under his heel. Who can stop him?
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Time to disinfect Tammany Hall 2.0
Blast Cuomo, Adams, Jeffries, Schumer into the sun. It’s literally the common theme of Democratic congressional failure for years now! New York produces value-free, corrupt machine politicians who have no idea how to win a contested election and are defined by smug contempt towards the party base.
February 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Time to disinfect Tammany Hall 2.0
These people need to retire
*goose meme* WHY IS THE LEFT PROTESTING YOU RIGHT NOW HAKEEM
WHY
WHY
Hakeem Jeffries complains that "the extreme left protest me more than they protest Donald Trump...I think because I've chosen not to bend the knee to either people on the far left and certainly not to Donald Trump and the far right."
February 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
These people need to retire
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in the 1920s, the Klan directly controlled multiple states, several Southern states had election turnout south of 20%, the primaries for Chicago mayor became so violent that there were sixty-two bombings and two political candidates died, and the US Army conducted aerial bombing of striking miners
The populace was less irredeemably violent and self-sabotaging.
February 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
in the 1920s, the Klan directly controlled multiple states, several Southern states had election turnout south of 20%, the primaries for Chicago mayor became so violent that there were sixty-two bombings and two political candidates died, and the US Army conducted aerial bombing of striking miners
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Bears repeating that social security is incredibly INCREDIBLY efficient to run. Its overhead costs are basically zero when you consider the size of the undertaking and the genuine benefits delivered. If anyone was interested in improving govt efficiency, the SSA would be their model not their target
Just some general guidance here. We don't know all the details. But this presages taking a real hatchet to the whole social security system. Whether it's 20% of the staff or 50% who knows. But basically unsustainable cuts for a program anyway we've known it.
Here's the memo that went out short time ago from SSA HR announcing "organizational restructuring" of Social Security admin. essentially one last chance to quit before you're all fired. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/memo-...
February 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Bears repeating that social security is incredibly INCREDIBLY efficient to run. Its overhead costs are basically zero when you consider the size of the undertaking and the genuine benefits delivered. If anyone was interested in improving govt efficiency, the SSA would be their model not their target
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The idiocalypse if you will 🧟
February 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The idiocalypse if you will 🧟
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This makes complete sense once you realize that right wing hyper-masculine, 2nd Amendment, prep-for-the-apocalypse culture is not afraid of the end of society; it *wants* society to break down. It *wants* the apocalypse.
The alt-right fully intends to end our social system as we know it.
The alt-right fully intends to end our social system as we know it.
February 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This makes complete sense once you realize that right wing hyper-masculine, 2nd Amendment, prep-for-the-apocalypse culture is not afraid of the end of society; it *wants* society to break down. It *wants* the apocalypse.
The alt-right fully intends to end our social system as we know it.
The alt-right fully intends to end our social system as we know it.
They are chameleons. They market themselves as "small government conservatives" who want as much of a separation of market and state as possible. Then when they get power they want to tell companies what to do. You can't have it both ways.
FCC Chair Sees ‘Lack of Progress’ on DEI Rollbacks at Verizon
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr warned Verizon Communications Inc. in a Thursday letter that its efforts to encourage diversity, equity and inclusion inside the telecom company...
www.bloomberg.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
They are chameleons. They market themselves as "small government conservatives" who want as much of a separation of market and state as possible. Then when they get power they want to tell companies what to do. You can't have it both ways.
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Conservatives love Big Govt when it gives white Americans exclusive economic security, free land, unlimited immigration, free education, social welfare, & generational wealth.
But when Black & brown Americans seek the same—Conservatives remember "Small Govt."
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
But when Black & brown Americans seek the same—Conservatives remember "Small Govt."
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
Debunking the Myth that Conservatives Want "Small Government"
We must understand the deeply racist past behind this phrase so we can better stop the exploitation of America's working people going forward
www.qasimrashid.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Conservatives love Big Govt when it gives white Americans exclusive economic security, free land, unlimited immigration, free education, social welfare, & generational wealth.
But when Black & brown Americans seek the same—Conservatives remember "Small Govt."
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
But when Black & brown Americans seek the same—Conservatives remember "Small Govt."
www.qasimrashid.com/p/debunking-...
Every accusation is a confession: facts don't care about your feelings/reality doesn't cater to your whims is an ironic stance to take when you are fact immune and motivated entirely by demagogic pandering to your basest prejudices and egotism.
Undocumented immigrants paid about $26 billion per year into Social Security, even though they will get nothing out of it.
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
They subsidize citizens to an extraordinary degree. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...
February 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Every accusation is a confession: facts don't care about your feelings/reality doesn't cater to your whims is an ironic stance to take when you are fact immune and motivated entirely by demagogic pandering to your basest prejudices and egotism.
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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this is what's going to doom them in the courts, i think, it's all of this grinning, trolling, tee hee horseshit that judges pretty famously frown upon.
February 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
this is what's going to doom them in the courts, i think, it's all of this grinning, trolling, tee hee horseshit that judges pretty famously frown upon.
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Absolutely overwhelmed to be in the presence of the first-ever printed book to use the Cherokee syllabary, the Cherokee Constitution of 1827. At the American Antiquarian Society.
February 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Absolutely overwhelmed to be in the presence of the first-ever printed book to use the Cherokee syllabary, the Cherokee Constitution of 1827. At the American Antiquarian Society.
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Notice also how a capitalist free press is utterly ineffective against a determined putsch. The revolution, like the reaction, will have to originate from more subsidiary and social information networks.
The Washington Post and LA Times editorial pages have gone full MAGA, MSNBC has purged all of its anti-Trump anchors, and Twitter is owned by a literal Nazi. Here's why liberal media bias is still a problem.
February 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Notice also how a capitalist free press is utterly ineffective against a determined putsch. The revolution, like the reaction, will have to originate from more subsidiary and social information networks.
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If this book could get 13 e-book sales & 9 print book sales it would be amazing.
This is a sad sci-fi and it has parapsychology all over it. Lucid dreams, out of body journeys and so on.
But as I said, it’s a sad sci-fi, it won’t be a happy escape. I’m sorry. 💙📚🌎
books2read.com/WeavingSpiderAndMoth
This is a sad sci-fi and it has parapsychology all over it. Lucid dreams, out of body journeys and so on.
But as I said, it’s a sad sci-fi, it won’t be a happy escape. I’m sorry. 💙📚🌎
books2read.com/WeavingSpiderAndMoth
February 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If this book could get 13 e-book sales & 9 print book sales it would be amazing.
This is a sad sci-fi and it has parapsychology all over it. Lucid dreams, out of body journeys and so on.
But as I said, it’s a sad sci-fi, it won’t be a happy escape. I’m sorry. 💙📚🌎
books2read.com/WeavingSpiderAndMoth
This is a sad sci-fi and it has parapsychology all over it. Lucid dreams, out of body journeys and so on.
But as I said, it’s a sad sci-fi, it won’t be a happy escape. I’m sorry. 💙📚🌎
books2read.com/WeavingSpiderAndMoth
Sigh.
i think everyone needs to stop framing whats going on as “bending the knee” and what’s really happening which is “they’re finally feel free to do what they’ve always wanted to do”
Bezos bends the knee. Pathetic.
February 27, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Sigh.
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Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.
How federal layoffs are impacting national parks, from reduced hours to safety fears
Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.
www.npr.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some 1,000 NPS employees were fired, and hiring for seasonal positions was delayed. Here's what to know about the impacts already being felt at parks, and what it could mean for the busy season.
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MAGAs are gutting:
•Medicaid—60M Americans need to survive
•SNAP—40M Americans need to eat
•School Lunch—30M kids need daily
•Housing Assistance—5M families need to live
ALL to cut $4.5T in taxes for 800 Billionaires
In a word—BARBARIC. Here's how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-republ...
•Medicaid—60M Americans need to survive
•SNAP—40M Americans need to eat
•School Lunch—30M kids need daily
•Housing Assistance—5M families need to live
ALL to cut $4.5T in taxes for 800 Billionaires
In a word—BARBARIC. Here's how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-republ...
The Republican Budget Bill Will Kill Americans
I wish I was being hyperbolic, but the facts make clear that the MAGA GOP bill ensures Americans die through sickness, homelessness, and starvation
www.qasimrashid.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
MAGAs are gutting:
•Medicaid—60M Americans need to survive
•SNAP—40M Americans need to eat
•School Lunch—30M kids need daily
•Housing Assistance—5M families need to live
ALL to cut $4.5T in taxes for 800 Billionaires
In a word—BARBARIC. Here's how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-republ...
•Medicaid—60M Americans need to survive
•SNAP—40M Americans need to eat
•School Lunch—30M kids need daily
•Housing Assistance—5M families need to live
ALL to cut $4.5T in taxes for 800 Billionaires
In a word—BARBARIC. Here's how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/the-republ...
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It should be MUCH bigger news that -- after ALL the slash and burn thus far -- DOGE only claims to have saved the taxpayer $65bn. That's less than 1% of the federal yearly outlays.
These fascist assholes aren't even good at WRECKING things.
These fascist assholes aren't even good at WRECKING things.
February 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
It should be MUCH bigger news that -- after ALL the slash and burn thus far -- DOGE only claims to have saved the taxpayer $65bn. That's less than 1% of the federal yearly outlays.
These fascist assholes aren't even good at WRECKING things.
These fascist assholes aren't even good at WRECKING things.
Carville needs to enjoy his retirement and STFU
If you have not won an election in a year that starts with a 2, I beg of you: Shut the fuck up.
February 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Carville needs to enjoy his retirement and STFU
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The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
February 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...