Tom Carlton
@safisana.bsky.social
Never ruin a good story with the truth.
It’s good that you see the moral and civic responsibility of linguistic precision. It’s semantic inflation when “perfect” applies to everything, it ceases to mean anything. The same happens with charged political or moral terms like “fascist” or “terrorist.”
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It’s good that you see the moral and civic responsibility of linguistic precision. It’s semantic inflation when “perfect” applies to everything, it ceases to mean anything. The same happens with charged political or moral terms like “fascist” or “terrorist.”
As one man’s blood drains from his legs to his head, the other stands draining his head to his edematous legs.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As one man’s blood drains from his legs to his head, the other stands draining his head to his edematous legs.
What kind of leadership reflects stereotypes rather than objective judgments? One who governs by bias, not reason — and who treats perception as truth, loyalty as proof, and prejudice as policy.
October 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What kind of leadership reflects stereotypes rather than objective judgments? One who governs by bias, not reason — and who treats perception as truth, loyalty as proof, and prejudice as policy.
Palantir Gotham is the central analytic and data fusion engine that aggregates and analyzes data from diverse data sources: 2/2
October 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Palantir Gotham is the central analytic and data fusion engine that aggregates and analyzes data from diverse data sources: 2/2
How long did each fascist regime take to consolidate power?
October 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
How long did each fascist regime take to consolidate power?
Historical support of Tom Nichols’ distinction between fascism and incipient authoritarianism:
Trump’s efforts for a fascist controlled state has not yet achieved the elements of total control.
* Suspend the Constitution,
* Ban opposition parties,
* Control the courts and media,
* Rule by decree.
Trump’s efforts for a fascist controlled state has not yet achieved the elements of total control.
* Suspend the Constitution,
* Ban opposition parties,
* Control the courts and media,
* Rule by decree.
October 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Historical support of Tom Nichols’ distinction between fascism and incipient authoritarianism:
Trump’s efforts for a fascist controlled state has not yet achieved the elements of total control.
* Suspend the Constitution,
* Ban opposition parties,
* Control the courts and media,
* Rule by decree.
Trump’s efforts for a fascist controlled state has not yet achieved the elements of total control.
* Suspend the Constitution,
* Ban opposition parties,
* Control the courts and media,
* Rule by decree.
Is the agency standing between fascism and incipient authoritarianism a restraining order?
October 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Is the agency standing between fascism and incipient authoritarianism a restraining order?
So the argument is about agency, in that once you declare you’re already living under fascism, you’re implicitly saying that individual and collective agency no longer exist — that the system is total, resistance is futile, and democracy is already dead?
October 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
So the argument is about agency, in that once you declare you’re already living under fascism, you’re implicitly saying that individual and collective agency no longer exist — that the system is total, resistance is futile, and democracy is already dead?
Privatized sovereignty unbound by constitutional or civic duties, where citizens become users, and rights become terms of service.
October 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Privatized sovereignty unbound by constitutional or civic duties, where citizens become users, and rights become terms of service.
A trophic cascade: predators don’t just eat prey, they help maintain balance across the entire food web.
September 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A trophic cascade: predators don’t just eat prey, they help maintain balance across the entire food web.
Fran Lebowitz, a renowned New York writer and cultural commentator, “Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.”
Until now.
Until now.
August 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fran Lebowitz, a renowned New York writer and cultural commentator, “Everyone says he is crazy – which maybe he is – but the scarier thing about him is that he is stupid. You do not know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump. You just don’t.”
Until now.
Until now.
There is a cultural feedback loop of Christian End Times prophesy and the popularity of apocalypse films. Beliefs from religion form many themes in generations of film making.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
There is a cultural feedback loop of Christian End Times prophesy and the popularity of apocalypse films. Beliefs from religion form many themes in generations of film making.