prole_aesthetic
@proleaesthetic.bsky.social
partially unironic organic intellectual | critical theory & political theory
"Let's sink this capitalist system to the darkest pits of hell."
"Let's sink this capitalist system to the darkest pits of hell."
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ten line T-shirt. small font. peak performance - nobody's doing it like Deadweight Loss Poster Guy
June 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
ten line T-shirt. small font. peak performance - nobody's doing it like Deadweight Loss Poster Guy
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The real enemy of this administration is cosmopolitanism. Whether in Los Angeles or South Africa, multiracial pluralistic democracy is a threat to them because it means their “us or them” model of the world is wrong. So they stir up trouble on purpose and gleefully lie.
Kristi Noem calls Los Angeles a “city of criminals”
“They are not city of immigrants, they are a city of criminals”
“They are not city of immigrants, they are a city of criminals”
June 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The real enemy of this administration is cosmopolitanism. Whether in Los Angeles or South Africa, multiracial pluralistic democracy is a threat to them because it means their “us or them” model of the world is wrong. So they stir up trouble on purpose and gleefully lie.
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Took me 20 years to get around to watching Deadwood with the attention and consistency it deserves, and I keenly regret my tardiness.
Now I am saying things like "these cocksuckers appear to be committed to a course of action that I find entirely disagreeable" when someone cuts me off in traffic.
Now I am saying things like "these cocksuckers appear to be committed to a course of action that I find entirely disagreeable" when someone cuts me off in traffic.
March 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Took me 20 years to get around to watching Deadwood with the attention and consistency it deserves, and I keenly regret my tardiness.
Now I am saying things like "these cocksuckers appear to be committed to a course of action that I find entirely disagreeable" when someone cuts me off in traffic.
Now I am saying things like "these cocksuckers appear to be committed to a course of action that I find entirely disagreeable" when someone cuts me off in traffic.
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“Nearly half of the school’s incoming funds last year were from research done on behalf of the federal government” www.wsj.com/articles/joh...
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“Nearly half of the school’s incoming funds last year were from research done on behalf of the federal government” www.wsj.com/articles/joh...
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Lots of people are confused about this, but:
IT *IS* STILL POSSIBLE TO FILE FOR UNION ELECTIONS THROUGH THE NLRB
Bosses want us to think we can't hold union elections (because there's no national quorum at the NLRB) but that's just not true
IT *IS* STILL POSSIBLE TO FILE FOR UNION ELECTIONS THROUGH THE NLRB
Bosses want us to think we can't hold union elections (because there's no national quorum at the NLRB) but that's just not true
March 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Lots of people are confused about this, but:
IT *IS* STILL POSSIBLE TO FILE FOR UNION ELECTIONS THROUGH THE NLRB
Bosses want us to think we can't hold union elections (because there's no national quorum at the NLRB) but that's just not true
IT *IS* STILL POSSIBLE TO FILE FOR UNION ELECTIONS THROUGH THE NLRB
Bosses want us to think we can't hold union elections (because there's no national quorum at the NLRB) but that's just not true
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In the 2000s, US Republicans thought about the world in similar ways to Britons, Europeans, Canadians.
This made for productive relationships regardless of who was in the White House.
The moderating layers around Trump #1 masked the divergence, but with Trump #2 it’s glaring.
This made for productive relationships regardless of who was in the White House.
The moderating layers around Trump #1 masked the divergence, but with Trump #2 it’s glaring.
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In the 2000s, US Republicans thought about the world in similar ways to Britons, Europeans, Canadians.
This made for productive relationships regardless of who was in the White House.
The moderating layers around Trump #1 masked the divergence, but with Trump #2 it’s glaring.
This made for productive relationships regardless of who was in the White House.
The moderating layers around Trump #1 masked the divergence, but with Trump #2 it’s glaring.
Seeing your "At Home With Monsters" exhibit was one of the highlights of my life. Truly incredible. Some of the most incredible life-size models I've ever seen were on display there. Your eye for creating such imaginative creatures and monsters must be related to your enjoyment of painting models.
Yes. Every Sunday (If I am not shooting a film) a few friends and I get together and paint model kits. We start at 9:00 AM and I post the process here at BSKY. Feel free to join us (I only post my models, not the others).
February 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Seeing your "At Home With Monsters" exhibit was one of the highlights of my life. Truly incredible. Some of the most incredible life-size models I've ever seen were on display there. Your eye for creating such imaginative creatures and monsters must be related to your enjoyment of painting models.
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Totally normal and acceptable stuff from non-racist conservatives:
Fox News Contributor Katie Pavlich Calls Mehdi Hasan a ‘Terrorist’
Conservative commentator Ryan Girdusky was banned from CNN last October when he implied Hasan, who is Muslim, was a terrorist during a debate.
www.mediaite.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Totally normal and acceptable stuff from non-racist conservatives:
I love when discussions of potentially real-life folk heroes devolve into debates about which superhero is the best embodiment of a given political ideology. Instead of activating on material issues, we nerd out and argue over bullshit.
December 22, 2024 at 8:21 PM
I love when discussions of potentially real-life folk heroes devolve into debates about which superhero is the best embodiment of a given political ideology. Instead of activating on material issues, we nerd out and argue over bullshit.
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Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
November 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Indeed. When they rounded up the Japanese Americans, myself and my family included, for internment during WWII out of fear over Japanese spies and saboteurs, two thirds of us were U.S. citizens.
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
Don’t think it won’t happen again when they come for the “undocumented.”
He forgot that McDonald's gives you AIDS or whatever.
November 17, 2024 at 9:58 PM
He forgot that McDonald's gives you AIDS or whatever.
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I have also been thinking about this.
(I don't think I can take credit for the analogy, but I can no longer recall who I might have gotten it from, either.)
(I don't think I can take credit for the analogy, but I can no longer recall who I might have gotten it from, either.)
I remember years ago @marxinhell.bsky.social writing on fb something to the effect of: "the 20th century's 3 major political ideologies are like rock/paper/scissors. Liberalism beats socialism, fascism beats liberalism, and socialism beats fascism."
I bring that up for no reason in particular.
I bring that up for no reason in particular.
November 7, 2024 at 3:23 PM
I have also been thinking about this.
(I don't think I can take credit for the analogy, but I can no longer recall who I might have gotten it from, either.)
(I don't think I can take credit for the analogy, but I can no longer recall who I might have gotten it from, either.)
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EXCUSE ME COULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE
August 20, 2024 at 10:51 AM
EXCUSE ME COULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE
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“fuck you, deported”
“what about my lawyer?”
“ha ha, fuck you, deported”
not enough staff? declare national security threat, take money out of the military budget, who’s gonna stop him
“who’s gonna stop him” is, fundamentally, the key to everything Trump says he will do in the second term
“what about my lawyer?”
“ha ha, fuck you, deported”
not enough staff? declare national security threat, take money out of the military budget, who’s gonna stop him
“who’s gonna stop him” is, fundamentally, the key to everything Trump says he will do in the second term
These people really don’t get what happens if Trump takes power again.
July 17, 2024 at 7:49 PM
“fuck you, deported”
“what about my lawyer?”
“ha ha, fuck you, deported”
not enough staff? declare national security threat, take money out of the military budget, who’s gonna stop him
“who’s gonna stop him” is, fundamentally, the key to everything Trump says he will do in the second term
“what about my lawyer?”
“ha ha, fuck you, deported”
not enough staff? declare national security threat, take money out of the military budget, who’s gonna stop him
“who’s gonna stop him” is, fundamentally, the key to everything Trump says he will do in the second term
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I will cure my burnout by committing to do more stuff.
July 17, 2024 at 10:46 PM
I will cure my burnout by committing to do more stuff.
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Decade after decade of stochastic terror, gun rights fervor, & the foment of conspiratorial thinking by, from, on, & within the right, & yet it's somehow DEMOCRATS & the LEFT who need to "calm things down" or "lower the temperature?"
Nah son. We *been* calm, and quite fucking cool and collected.
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Nah son. We *been* calm, and quite fucking cool and collected.
…
July 14, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Decade after decade of stochastic terror, gun rights fervor, & the foment of conspiratorial thinking by, from, on, & within the right, & yet it's somehow DEMOCRATS & the LEFT who need to "calm things down" or "lower the temperature?"
Nah son. We *been* calm, and quite fucking cool and collected.
…
Nah son. We *been* calm, and quite fucking cool and collected.
…
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may just turn out that the general background violence of a society that has "garden variety school shootings" turns out to be plenty of explanation all on its own
July 14, 2024 at 11:33 PM
may just turn out that the general background violence of a society that has "garden variety school shootings" turns out to be plenty of explanation all on its own
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"A third classmate...said that Crooks was very smart, took honors classes, and was shy. She said that he had a group of friends who were fairly conservative, some of whom would wear Trump hats."
nothing so far differentiates this from a garden variety school shooting
www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/u...
nothing so far differentiates this from a garden variety school shooting
www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/u...
What we know about the Trump rally gunman so far | CNN
Interviews with a half-dozen former classmates and neighbors of Thomas Crooks painted him as quiet and aloof, with some remembering him as a misfit in high school.
www.cnn.com
July 14, 2024 at 11:31 PM
"A third classmate...said that Crooks was very smart, took honors classes, and was shy. She said that he had a group of friends who were fairly conservative, some of whom would wear Trump hats."
nothing so far differentiates this from a garden variety school shooting
www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/u...
nothing so far differentiates this from a garden variety school shooting
www.cnn.com/2024/07/14/u...
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i made this shareable version of my one sentence project 2025 summary so it can be easily shared across platforms. feel free to repost.
July 9, 2024 at 1:57 AM
i made this shareable version of my one sentence project 2025 summary so it can be easily shared across platforms. feel free to repost.
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the season of Peaky Blinders we all deserve
A fun historical fact is that the German-supported Nazi Party in New York was basically destroyed by Jewish-led organized crime groups.
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
www.tabletmag.com/sections/new...
Gangsters vs. Nazis: How the Jewish Mob fought American admirers of the Third Reich
Emboldened by Hitler’s rise to power in Germany in 1933, and fueled by the Great Depression, anti-Semitism increased throughout the United States, and over 100 anti-Semitic organizations sprung up acr...
www.tabletmag.com
June 29, 2024 at 3:51 PM
the season of Peaky Blinders we all deserve
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Exactly. There's so much to work with, and Biden should just say it. "Hey Donald, remember when you raped someone then lied about her, a jury awarded a hundred million against you, then you lied about her again, and a jury awarded another hundred million against you? You're scum. You're trash."
And then stomped off stage with "I refuse to debate with this rapist, and this guy helped turn over Roe... (fades out)
June 28, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Exactly. There's so much to work with, and Biden should just say it. "Hey Donald, remember when you raped someone then lied about her, a jury awarded a hundred million against you, then you lied about her again, and a jury awarded another hundred million against you? You're scum. You're trash."
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Rereading Vonnegut and damn he’s good.
Random sentence: “His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on the subject of human liberty.”
Random sentence: “His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on the subject of human liberty.”
June 26, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Rereading Vonnegut and damn he’s good.
Random sentence: “His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on the subject of human liberty.”
Random sentence: “His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on the subject of human liberty.”
Foreign entities meddling in our elections? Yes, please. We love to see it.
AIPAC has spent nearly 15 MILLION DOLLARS to beat jamaal bowman. this is not how democracy should work!!!
June 26, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Foreign entities meddling in our elections? Yes, please. We love to see it.