LA Wandsnider
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Euergetism: from the Greek "euergetes," meaning "doer of good deeds." Refers to the (mostly) voluntary distribution of wealth by the wealthy to benefit THE COMMUNITY. I.e., not the Epstein Ballroom.
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Euergetism: from the Greek "euergetes," meaning "doer of good deeds." Refers to the (mostly) voluntary distribution of wealth by the wealthy to benefit THE COMMUNITY. I.e., not the Epstein Ballroom.
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Israeli forces continue to push into Gaza City, but in recent days important historical and cultural sites have also been further damaged by IDF operations across Gaza. Many of these sites held unexplored archaeological data that could now be lost 🧵
September 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Israeli forces continue to push into Gaza City, but in recent days important historical and cultural sites have also been further damaged by IDF operations across Gaza. Many of these sites held unexplored archaeological data that could now be lost 🧵
What would the Jean Moulin of the digital age look like? Jean Moulin share.google/p23bfhnc4guR...
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September 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
What would the Jean Moulin of the digital age look like? Jean Moulin share.google/p23bfhnc4guR...
Perhaps it is a way for red state young adults to learn about the virtues of multi-ethnic cities?
August 17, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Perhaps it is a way for red state young adults to learn about the virtues of multi-ethnic cities?
Concentration camps can be anchored by repurposed, abandoned rural hospitals, also to be used for forced birthing centers.
It's not hard to imagine a scenario where migrant workers in the US are detained in ICE raids, thrown into Trump's migrant camps, then are sent off to work at the same farms and orchards they were originally picked up from, with the state taking what would have been their wage.
July 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Concentration camps can be anchored by repurposed, abandoned rural hospitals, also to be used for forced birthing centers.
Was so looking forward to ST: Strange New Worlds. Welp!
July 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Was so looking forward to ST: Strange New Worlds. Welp!
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grim, and a topic that’s been on my mind a lot recently too: is it safe to stay? www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/w...
Why I Am Leaving the USA - Dame Magazine
My family is fleeing the country. We are not doing this in a panic; this is an orderly retreat from an unwinnable situation. We are slowly but surely packing up and emptying out our house. Instead of ...
www.damemagazine.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
grim, and a topic that’s been on my mind a lot recently too: is it safe to stay? www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/w...
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Can’t they just build a stage like in the Truman show for this administration?
April 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Can’t they just build a stage like in the Truman show for this administration?
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After Trump was elected the first time, there was also a lot of talk about making iPhones in the US. At the time, I co-edited the sci-fi outlet Terraform, and asked @timmaughan.bsky.social to imagine what such a future might really look like.
With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:
With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:
Flyover Country
What a future where iPhones are made in America would really look like.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
After Trump was elected the first time, there was also a lot of talk about making iPhones in the US. At the time, I co-edited the sci-fi outlet Terraform, and asked @timmaughan.bsky.social to imagine what such a future might really look like.
With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:
With his permission, I'm republishing the story in full:
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Let me help y’all understand something else: The point of nonviolent protest during the Civil Rights Movement was to provoke violence from the oppressors in order to expose American hypocrisy during The Cold War. They knew they were going to get beaten, abused, and arrested.
April 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Let me help y’all understand something else: The point of nonviolent protest during the Civil Rights Movement was to provoke violence from the oppressors in order to expose American hypocrisy during The Cold War. They knew they were going to get beaten, abused, and arrested.
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Incredible example to pick - they had to put up safety netting around the Foxconn factory in Shenzen because workers kept throwing themselves off the roof
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Incredible example to pick - they had to put up safety netting around the Foxconn factory in Shenzen because workers kept throwing themselves off the roof
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The beautiful, bright future we always dreamed of was "we will automate work so you can have more time for joy". The future they dreamed of is automating joy so that the only thing you can do is work.
These people simultaneously celebrate the idea that AI will put artists and writers out of business and that monotonous assembly-line jobs will soon return to America, which tells you everything you need to know about the future they intend for us
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The beautiful, bright future we always dreamed of was "we will automate work so you can have more time for joy". The future they dreamed of is automating joy so that the only thing you can do is work.
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Zora Neale Hurston: If you are silent about your pain they will kill you and say you enjoyed it.
This is them trying their darndest to silence the truth.
This is them trying their darndest to silence the truth.
The Washington Post reviewed websites operated by the National Park Service and "found that edits on dozens of pages since Trump’s inauguration have already softened descriptions of some of the most shameful moments of the nation's past." www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
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April 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Zora Neale Hurston: If you are silent about your pain they will kill you and say you enjoyed it.
This is them trying their darndest to silence the truth.
This is them trying their darndest to silence the truth.
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Anyone who has eaten fruit, vegetables, and/or meat in Europe knows these almost always taste a million times better there than here. It’s not because of fake science
April 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Anyone who has eaten fruit, vegetables, and/or meat in Europe knows these almost always taste a million times better there than here. It’s not because of fake science
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Is it relevant that America’s literal origin story is that a people went to war over an unaccountable authority imposing an unreasonable tax on them. (and that tax was an import tax, a tariff)
It seems relevant
It seems relevant
April 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Is it relevant that America’s literal origin story is that a people went to war over an unaccountable authority imposing an unreasonable tax on them. (and that tax was an import tax, a tariff)
It seems relevant
It seems relevant
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Here's the Rick Steves speech from Edmonds WA today:
April 6, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Here's the Rick Steves speech from Edmonds WA today:
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Turns out Ireland could single-handedly put a stop to this entire nonsense.
April 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Turns out Ireland could single-handedly put a stop to this entire nonsense.
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#50501 #LNK #FiftyFiftyOne
3,000 in attendance in Lincoln, Nebraska per Lincoln Police estimates!
Fighting fascism and meeting new friends!
3,000 in attendance in Lincoln, Nebraska per Lincoln Police estimates!
Fighting fascism and meeting new friends!
April 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#50501 #LNK #FiftyFiftyOne
3,000 in attendance in Lincoln, Nebraska per Lincoln Police estimates!
Fighting fascism and meeting new friends!
3,000 in attendance in Lincoln, Nebraska per Lincoln Police estimates!
Fighting fascism and meeting new friends!
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Omaha, Ne and Lincoln, Ne
April 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Omaha, Ne and Lincoln, Ne
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Lincoln, Nebraska
April 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Lincoln, Nebraska
April 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Lincoln, Nebraska