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personal + politics. some art and fandom content may be reposted as well. formerly: brba/bcs/succession. some anime/games as well.
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I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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Chaos and confusion. Somebody read @naomiaklein.bsky.social The Shock Doctrine as a manual, it seems. Time for people to read it again for countermeasures also.
White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
January 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I appreciate all the people recommending the Shock Doctrine. I've been thinking about what makes Trump's use of these tactics a little different.
In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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In recent decades, shock tactics were used mainly to rapidly impose neoliberal economic policies. But what Trump is doing goes way beyond that.
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Can’t stress enough if you plan to attend a protests, turn your phone off miles from the site & don’t turn it back on until you’re miles away. Go ahead and buy a faraday bag. It’s not crazy.
NEW: Trump selects Russ Vought, architect of Project 2025, to lead White House budget office
Vought helped Trump craft plans to purge the Justice Department, deploy the military to quash civilian unrest, & massively expand presidential power over spending
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Vought helped Trump craft plans to purge the Justice Department, deploy the military to quash civilian unrest, & massively expand presidential power over spending
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump selects budget chief to 'dismantle the Deep State’
The president-elect selected the author of a chapter of Project 2025 for a senior administration posting.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Can’t stress enough if you plan to attend a protests, turn your phone off miles from the site & don’t turn it back on until you’re miles away. Go ahead and buy a faraday bag. It’s not crazy.
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November 20, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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Happy to all who celebrate
November 21, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Happy to all who celebrate
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You claim to be an LGBT ally, yet you refuse to have sex with me? Wow. True colours moment.
November 21, 2024 at 12:57 PM
You claim to be an LGBT ally, yet you refuse to have sex with me? Wow. True colours moment.
CHEERS twitter has been reinvented 🎉🎉🎉 (just got my first replyguy)
November 21, 2024 at 4:43 PM
CHEERS twitter has been reinvented 🎉🎉🎉 (just got my first replyguy)
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This is one blocklist I’ll vouch for. CT takes the time to make sure the accounts fit the bill.
If you skim thru you’ll find lots of accounts mimicking real people but then on their page espousing hate speech. Tons and tons of groypers too. Eesh.
If you skim thru you’ll find lots of accounts mimicking real people but then on their page espousing hate speech. Tons and tons of groypers too. Eesh.
I added them to the blocklist I have going here, if that helps: bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 20, 2024 at 12:40 PM
This is one blocklist I’ll vouch for. CT takes the time to make sure the accounts fit the bill.
If you skim thru you’ll find lots of accounts mimicking real people but then on their page espousing hate speech. Tons and tons of groypers too. Eesh.
If you skim thru you’ll find lots of accounts mimicking real people but then on their page espousing hate speech. Tons and tons of groypers too. Eesh.
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Only 19 out of 100 U.S. Senators were willing to oppose the blatant violation of U.S. law, showing once more that abject lawlessness at the federal level is a bipartisan project.
Tonight Senators voted on a series of joint resolutions of disapproval to block certain specified arms transfers to Israel. We commend the 19 Senators who voted in favor of consistently applying US law to Israel. Full statement from @mattduss.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Only 19 out of 100 U.S. Senators were willing to oppose the blatant violation of U.S. law, showing once more that abject lawlessness at the federal level is a bipartisan project.
our current system is despicable, yet i do see some hope for change in the coming years. but to have our intl politics shift only at the behest of hundreds of thousands of dead palestinians and the continued production of endless war in the middle east... this is reprehensible.
November 21, 2024 at 5:27 AM
our current system is despicable, yet i do see some hope for change in the coming years. but to have our intl politics shift only at the behest of hundreds of thousands of dead palestinians and the continued production of endless war in the middle east... this is reprehensible.
i met a lot of US queer people who only figured themselves out after gay marriage was legalized, and many trans folks who cracked their eggs during the early pandemic. we've grown so much as a community, even as our social rights regress. there may be hell ahead of us, but we can make it through.
November 20, 2024 at 7:20 PM
i met a lot of US queer people who only figured themselves out after gay marriage was legalized, and many trans folks who cracked their eggs during the early pandemic. we've grown so much as a community, even as our social rights regress. there may be hell ahead of us, but we can make it through.
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Yep. This also explains the bizarre focus on linguistic changes.
A wealthy, middle-aged political pundit cannot imagine being forced to move states to access HRT but he can imagine someone scolding him about misusing they/them pronouns. It's anxiety and animosity all the way down.
A wealthy, middle-aged political pundit cannot imagine being forced to move states to access HRT but he can imagine someone scolding him about misusing they/them pronouns. It's anxiety and animosity all the way down.
this gets to the point i keep making. to the media elites who are obsessed with anti-wokeness, something like mass deportation is a total abstraction whereas they are annoyed, on a daily basis, by their supposedly “woke” younger colleagues and social media antagonists
Top point from @stephenkb.bsky.social on the weighting voters give to "woke" v real issues.
www.ft.com/content/548c...
www.ft.com/content/548c...
November 19, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Yep. This also explains the bizarre focus on linguistic changes.
A wealthy, middle-aged political pundit cannot imagine being forced to move states to access HRT but he can imagine someone scolding him about misusing they/them pronouns. It's anxiety and animosity all the way down.
A wealthy, middle-aged political pundit cannot imagine being forced to move states to access HRT but he can imagine someone scolding him about misusing they/them pronouns. It's anxiety and animosity all the way down.
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Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez proposed a new task for to look at electoral reforms which could break up the two party system in Congress, expand the number of House districts, and move the House to a form of proportional representation.
It's a very, very good idea.
It's a very, very good idea.
Blue Dogs Propose New Task Force to Look at ‘Winner-Take-All’ Election System
The bipartisan task force would investigate structural reforms like multimember districts and adding more House members in an effort to address growing polarization and distrust of Congress.
www.notus.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez proposed a new task for to look at electoral reforms which could break up the two party system in Congress, expand the number of House districts, and move the House to a form of proportional representation.
It's a very, very good idea.
It's a very, very good idea.
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November 19, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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"I have met 100s of children like Jose on the streets of LA while handing out supplies with the volunteer group KtownForAll. Children whose parents were sick or injured, and so couldn’t pay rent for a month or two, that have been evicted more times in their short lives than they’ve seen a doctor."
Punishment on top of punishment
All trying their best
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:51 PM
"I have met 100s of children like Jose on the streets of LA while handing out supplies with the volunteer group KtownForAll. Children whose parents were sick or injured, and so couldn’t pay rent for a month or two, that have been evicted more times in their short lives than they’ve seen a doctor."
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"Politics does not reflect majorities, it constructs them." — Stuart Hall
Yes, politicians who want to win should adopt popular progressive policies. But we need to be willing to push public opinion and not just follow it.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/you-can...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/you-can...
You Can’t Just Do What’s Popular
Yes, politicians who want to win should adopt popular progressive policies. But we need to be willing to push public opinion and not just follow it.
www.currentaffairs.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:17 PM
"Politics does not reflect majorities, it constructs them." — Stuart Hall
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Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly mapping the entire world to train a geospatial AI model whose most obvious use cases are for robotic navigation and possibly the military
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World
Niantic says it is using data generated by Pokémon Go players to create a “Large Geospatial Model” that can navigate the real world and power robots.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Pokemon Go players have been unwittingly mapping the entire world to train a geospatial AI model whose most obvious use cases are for robotic navigation and possibly the military
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
www.404media.co/pokemon-go-p...
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My official posters for Japanese Breakfast!!
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
My official posters for Japanese Breakfast!!
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Electric Forest official poster 2024! Musical festivals!!!
November 18, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Electric Forest official poster 2024! Musical festivals!!!
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The account (ran by PhD student Claire M. Zagorski) behind this got deactivated suddenly. Here is not only the original image of the alleged UT-Austin emailed list of words they'll surveil & censor and also the link to the OP's Instagram too, this time archived.
archive.ph/HQhkf
archive.ph/HQhkf
![A list of terms to be censored, followed by search strings for each term with the UTexas website to be entered on Google. Format is site:utexas.edu [term]
All terms:
Diversity
DEI
Diverse
DEAI
Equity
Equitable
Inclusive
Inclusion
Safe Space
BIPOC
Implicit Bias
Intersectionality
Anti-racist
Oppression
Gender Identity
LGBTQ
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Trans
Queer
Nonbinary
Decolonize
Colonizer
Marginalized
Undeserved
Microaggression
Whiteness
Anti-colonialism
Institutional racism
Systemic racism
White privilege
White fragility
Social Justice
Bias
Racism
Minority
Latino
Latinx
Latina
Privilege
Ally](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f64w7bp24575hrkh3ijmmdww/bafkreic4bt2d55shyzt74mh72aaacw35mmq5gqhhoqs2egpgpizhlk4dz4@jpeg)
November 18, 2024 at 9:51 PM
The account (ran by PhD student Claire M. Zagorski) behind this got deactivated suddenly. Here is not only the original image of the alleged UT-Austin emailed list of words they'll surveil & censor and also the link to the OP's Instagram too, this time archived.
archive.ph/HQhkf
archive.ph/HQhkf
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This is the next phase that Kiwi Farms members have stated they will do - constructing look-alike blocklists and then adding popular trans people to them after the fact, once the blocklist is seeded in the community. Make sure any block list you use says who runs it.
Do you know who is running this list? Reason for asking is they copied this account's lists verbatim, but do not say who is running their account.
November 18, 2024 at 4:06 PM
This is the next phase that Kiwi Farms members have stated they will do - constructing look-alike blocklists and then adding popular trans people to them after the fact, once the blocklist is seeded in the community. Make sure any block list you use says who runs it.
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Sometimes 'unserious' really does feel like the best descriptor for this timeline
Joe Biden becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Amazon Rainforest.
November 17, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Sometimes 'unserious' really does feel like the best descriptor for this timeline
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A reminder that 37 towns & villages have been completely erased by Israel in Lebanon. Ethnic cleansing in action
Most of this destruction is in south Lebanon.
No wonder then that there are those who call for reoccupation and resettlement. Intentions clear www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
Most of this destruction is in south Lebanon.
No wonder then that there are those who call for reoccupation and resettlement. Intentions clear www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
November 17, 2024 at 10:14 PM
A reminder that 37 towns & villages have been completely erased by Israel in Lebanon. Ethnic cleansing in action
Most of this destruction is in south Lebanon.
No wonder then that there are those who call for reoccupation and resettlement. Intentions clear www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
Most of this destruction is in south Lebanon.
No wonder then that there are those who call for reoccupation and resettlement. Intentions clear www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...
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hi I'm the most annoying op-ed writer you've ever heard of in your life. I just blew in from Stupidtown and I sure hope this place won't be a left wing echo chamber! I command you gross homos to create a lively and diverse social network, like 2015 twitter
November 17, 2024 at 7:30 AM
hi I'm the most annoying op-ed writer you've ever heard of in your life. I just blew in from Stupidtown and I sure hope this place won't be a left wing echo chamber! I command you gross homos to create a lively and diverse social network, like 2015 twitter