leedo
@relaychat.party
Software person, baker, DSA MUG member 🍺
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Engels (1842) on his dog, “Namenloser” (“Nameless”), who he goes boozing with & taught one single
trick: growling at anyone Engels points at & calls “aristocrat” lmfao
trick: growling at anyone Engels points at & calls “aristocrat” lmfao
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Engels (1842) on his dog, “Namenloser” (“Nameless”), who he goes boozing with & taught one single
trick: growling at anyone Engels points at & calls “aristocrat” lmfao
trick: growling at anyone Engels points at & calls “aristocrat” lmfao
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NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW from me:
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
Political hostility, high visa fees and (in the case of the UK) stagnant incomes are making the UK and US less attractive destinations for top international talent.
That steep decline in the appeal of moving to the US after 2016 is 👀
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2nd edition of our The AI Shift newsletter is out. The question today: could AI be making us LESS productive? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2480... At the individual level, it's clear we're not reliable witnesses on this Q. At an organisational level, it gets even more interesting...
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
2nd edition of our The AI Shift newsletter is out. The question today: could AI be making us LESS productive? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2480... At the individual level, it's clear we're not reliable witnesses on this Q. At an organisational level, it gets even more interesting...
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This guy's base is made up of people who soiled themselves repeatedly because somebody took down a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
October 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This guy's base is made up of people who soiled themselves repeatedly because somebody took down a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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This is magnificent. The global currency hegemon can't prop up the hyper neoliberal.
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US intervention on.ft.com/48FKy6a
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US intervention
Currency gains sparked by estimated $400mn of US purchases melt away ahead of crucial election for president Javier Milei
on.ft.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is magnificent. The global currency hegemon can't prop up the hyper neoliberal.
The FT writing more coherently about DSA and socialism in the US than anything out of a major US newspaper on.ft.com/4n0CWyG
Will Zohran Mamdani’s rise mark a new dawn for American socialism?
Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left
on.ft.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The FT writing more coherently about DSA and socialism in the US than anything out of a major US newspaper on.ft.com/4n0CWyG
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German Supreme Court is very silly looking as well. They definitely belong in Star Trek
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
German Supreme Court is very silly looking as well. They definitely belong in Star Trek
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September 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Will dems who decry “single issue” voters who won’t vote for genocide go along with “pro life” dem candidates? Tune in to find out!
September 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Will dems who decry “single issue” voters who won’t vote for genocide go along with “pro life” dem candidates? Tune in to find out!
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congrats to joe brandon and all the purported defenders of democracy who normalized cracking heads on student protestors in order to cover for israeli genocide. you really greased the skids for ol donnie trump to formally submarine the first amendment
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
congrats to joe brandon and all the purported defenders of democracy who normalized cracking heads on student protestors in order to cover for israeli genocide. you really greased the skids for ol donnie trump to formally submarine the first amendment
Guilty pleasure watching moderate dems fight with one another
September 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Guilty pleasure watching moderate dems fight with one another
I try my damndest not to be annoying about it but… so much of the current protest energy ends up being an implicit endorsement of the existing system.
Yes the “dept of war” is a bad name, but since when has the DoD been primarily about defense. I almost prefer the mask-off version
Yes the “dept of war” is a bad name, but since when has the DoD been primarily about defense. I almost prefer the mask-off version
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I try my damndest not to be annoying about it but… so much of the current protest energy ends up being an implicit endorsement of the existing system.
Yes the “dept of war” is a bad name, but since when has the DoD been primarily about defense. I almost prefer the mask-off version
Yes the “dept of war” is a bad name, but since when has the DoD been primarily about defense. I almost prefer the mask-off version
FT does far better reporting on US domestic issues than any US paper
Good morning.
Say hello to the companies scrambling for lucrative work flying immigrants around and out of the US (but too chicken to keep their branding on the planes)
ig.ft.com/us-deportati...
Say hello to the companies scrambling for lucrative work flying immigrants around and out of the US (but too chicken to keep their branding on the planes)
ig.ft.com/us-deportati...
August 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
FT does far better reporting on US domestic issues than any US paper
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The only difference between our reality and a Philip K Dick novel is the characters in a Philip K Dick novel don't choose to live like this
August 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The only difference between our reality and a Philip K Dick novel is the characters in a Philip K Dick novel don't choose to live like this
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Hostile takeovers haven't just declined since they remade US corporate capitalism in the 1980s. Last year, worldwide, there was not a single one.
August 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hostile takeovers haven't just declined since they remade US corporate capitalism in the 1980s. Last year, worldwide, there was not a single one.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Constitution “was not some kind of sacred compromise that came down a mountain on tablets,” and we should consider ourselves empowered to make dramatic changes to our political system, Osita Nwanevu says on this episode of “Interesting Times With Ross Douthat.”
The Constitution “was not some kind of sacred compromise that came down a mountain on tablets,” and we should consider ourselves empowered to make dramatic changes to our political system, Osita Nwanevu says on this episode of “Interesting Times With Ross Douthat.”
Opinion | Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.
Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution.
nyti.ms
August 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Constitution “was not some kind of sacred compromise that came down a mountain on tablets,” and we should consider ourselves empowered to make dramatic changes to our political system, Osita Nwanevu says on this episode of “Interesting Times With Ross Douthat.”
The Constitution “was not some kind of sacred compromise that came down a mountain on tablets,” and we should consider ourselves empowered to make dramatic changes to our political system, Osita Nwanevu says on this episode of “Interesting Times With Ross Douthat.”
Reminds me of walking around Rome.
WASHINGTON —
August 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Reminds me of walking around Rome.
And Mamdani will be stuck with it. Have fun with that!
August 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
And Mamdani will be stuck with it. Have fun with that!
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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"Building by building, Gaza is being erased."
This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza
August 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Building by building, Gaza is being erased."
Telling boomers to stop watching cable news is praxis
August 5, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Telling boomers to stop watching cable news is praxis
Large D, Democratic dictatorship of the proletariat and peasantry, obviously
August 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Large D, Democratic dictatorship of the proletariat and peasantry, obviously
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it’s almost like all the attacks calling Mamdani antisemitic were vapid bad faith bullshit created by politicians with no policy plan other than smashing the “scary muslim” button
Zohran Mamdani scores 17-point lead with Jewish voters in NYC mayoral race
Mamdani's support among Jewish voters comes after accusations from opponents and some community leaders that his criticism of Israel represents antisemitism.
www.newsweek.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
it’s almost like all the attacks calling Mamdani antisemitic were vapid bad faith bullshit created by politicians with no policy plan other than smashing the “scary muslim” button