Ungrateful plant
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Scientist with expertise in a field irrelevant to daily life.
Ceterum autem censeo russiam esse delendam.
Ceterum autem censeo russiam esse delendam.
The fascist regimes that were born from the abyss of WWI relied on millions of men who fought and killed in the trenches. The current attempted remake is staffed by doughy failsons who are mad that their doordashed burrito has become lukewarm.
Trump's people want a lot of bad things that will make America an authoritarian regime. But they haven't succeeded and it would take a while for them even to end democracy, much less build fascism.
So act as if you live in a democracy - because you do.
The End.
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So act as if you live in a democracy - because you do.
The End.
/20x
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The fascist regimes that were born from the abyss of WWI relied on millions of men who fought and killed in the trenches. The current attempted remake is staffed by doughy failsons who are mad that their doordashed burrito has become lukewarm.
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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imo the correct dem immigration position is engraved in stone on ellis island
November 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
imo the correct dem immigration position is engraved in stone on ellis island
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Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Russian fascism is engaged in an existential civilisational battle against liberal democracy, with the Ukrainian working class acting as the first line of defence for Europe.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
Material support for the Ukrainian armed forces is class solidarity. Arming Kyiv is anti-fascist praxis.
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If I logged on to Al Gore's Internet and started denigrating normie libs and wine moms for wanting to protest or lecturing people (incorrectly) about protest OPSEC while Ruby Bridges is still alive and well and sharing her experiences, I would simply die from shame.
Fix your fucking hearts.
Fix your fucking hearts.
October 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
If I logged on to Al Gore's Internet and started denigrating normie libs and wine moms for wanting to protest or lecturing people (incorrectly) about protest OPSEC while Ruby Bridges is still alive and well and sharing her experiences, I would simply die from shame.
Fix your fucking hearts.
Fix your fucking hearts.
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Sometimes I’m like maybe I should tell my wife more about what’s happening here on Bluesky and then sometimes I’m like no jesus no I absolutely cannot do that
October 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Sometimes I’m like maybe I should tell my wife more about what’s happening here on Bluesky and then sometimes I’m like no jesus no I absolutely cannot do that
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🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
doi.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
This question should be asked a lot more often, but it's apparent neither the US nor Israel is interested in the answer.
Regime falls, then what? Sovereign imperatives, above all Iran’s survival, awaits the next group in power, democratic or otherwise. What makes Israel or the US think that Iran’s domestic politics will become more conciliatory towards either country after this?
Unless Israel changes what it's targeting in days ahead, this is a regime-change strike with just enough targeting of nuclear infrastructure so Netanyahu can depict it as an act of preemptive self-defense. For the operation to succeed, I think the regime has to fall.
June 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This question should be asked a lot more often, but it's apparent neither the US nor Israel is interested in the answer.
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Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US.
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
Reporter hit by rubber bullet while covering ICE protests in LA
YouTube video by ABC7
m.youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US.
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
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Thou shalt continue to ask Trump officials basic questions like, “WHAT IS HABEOUS CORPUS?” so that they can reveal that they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
May 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thou shalt continue to ask Trump officials basic questions like, “WHAT IS HABEOUS CORPUS?” so that they can reveal that they don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground.
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"AI makes me so much more efficient" - the least productive person you know
May 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"AI makes me so much more efficient" - the least productive person you know
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Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
Read Pope Leo XIV's first homily as pope
During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their beliefs.
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Pope Leo's first sermon and, uh, his using the phrase "be ever more fully a city set upon a hill" and cf'ing it to Rev 21:10 instead of any of the others before saying "many baptized Christians" are "living in a state of practical atheism" is. Well. Shots fired!
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
www.npr.org/2025/05/09/g...
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nobody who thinks the soviet union should be a model for any future society has anything of value to say on any subject
May 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
nobody who thinks the soviet union should be a model for any future society has anything of value to say on any subject
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The Shifting Front of Militant Islamist Violence in the Sahel
Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well on West African neighbors.
africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...
Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well on West African neighbors.
africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...
May 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The Shifting Front of Militant Islamist Violence in the Sahel
Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well on West African neighbors.
africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...
Militant Islamist violence in the Sahel continues to shift southward and westward, putting ever more pressure on population centers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger—as well on West African neighbors.
africacenter.org/spotlight/mi...
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Really, any employer who can credibly promise to provide a job to someone (and put up security equal to some number of months in pay) should be able to bring anyone without a criminal record over the border to work.
April 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Really, any employer who can credibly promise to provide a job to someone (and put up security equal to some number of months in pay) should be able to bring anyone without a criminal record over the border to work.
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It is time for Trump to put up or shut up in Court.
A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.
A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.
April 18, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It is time for Trump to put up or shut up in Court.
A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.
A FEDERAL JUDGE said “no evidence before the court connects Abrego Garcia to MS-13 or any criminal organization.” No one is vouching for one man. We are standing up for EVERYONE’s right to due process under the Constitution.
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The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The great thing about fighting back against this stuff is that if you end up losing anyway you get the same outcome you’d have gotten from complying but you don’t have to fucking hate yourself too.
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the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
April 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
the emperor’s favorite concubine fired one of his top internal security officers while rumors abound that the household eunuch has lost the emperors favor
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If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
March 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.
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Trump is breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution.
We don’t need to dress it up, we don’t need to link it to big explainers why that’s bad. Everyone knows that breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution is bad.
We don’t need to dress it up, we don’t need to link it to big explainers why that’s bad. Everyone knows that breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution is bad.
March 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Trump is breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution.
We don’t need to dress it up, we don’t need to link it to big explainers why that’s bad. Everyone knows that breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution is bad.
We don’t need to dress it up, we don’t need to link it to big explainers why that’s bad. Everyone knows that breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution is bad.
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.