Monolith
@theonlymonolith.bsky.social
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Red Scares and anti-communist demagogues have driven our political history into some dark places for well over a century. We're headed for even worse if we fail learn how redbaiting works through a larger context. Here's my longest ever episode explaining that history: youtu.be/5fYbXCAQORE
October 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Red Scares and anti-communist demagogues have driven our political history into some dark places for well over a century. We're headed for even worse if we fail learn how redbaiting works through a larger context. Here's my longest ever episode explaining that history: youtu.be/5fYbXCAQORE
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Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
JERUSALEM—In response to an independent United Nations inquiry concluding that Israel is committing an ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a defiant...
theonion.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’
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Working on an emergency episode about political assassinations, because all this public discussion of political violence has so incredibly misrepresented the history of such crimes in US history that I'm compelled to answer due to studying American violence
September 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Working on an emergency episode about political assassinations, because all this public discussion of political violence has so incredibly misrepresented the history of such crimes in US history that I'm compelled to answer due to studying American violence
This is a very concrete example of how academic freedom is under assault in order to oppose the rights, or even mere recognition, of trans people. If you're able, I'd appreciate signing - it's a small act, but the more signatures, the more likely the petition will result in a meaningful response.
Sign the Petition
Stop the Overreach: Reinstate the Dean of Arts & Sciences Now
www.change.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
This is a very concrete example of how academic freedom is under assault in order to oppose the rights, or even mere recognition, of trans people. If you're able, I'd appreciate signing - it's a small act, but the more signatures, the more likely the petition will result in a meaningful response.
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Bulletin tech editor @saragoud.bsky.social interviewed @abeba.bsky.social on the censorship she experienced during the #AIForGood summit, and how the industry can do better. ⬇️
AI for good, with caveats: How a keynote speaker was censored during an international artificial intelligence summit
On Tuesday, the United Nations’ flagship platform for AI kicked off in Geneva. But the commencement of the summit wasn’t without controversy.
thebulletin.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Bulletin tech editor @saragoud.bsky.social interviewed @abeba.bsky.social on the censorship she experienced during the #AIForGood summit, and how the industry can do better. ⬇️
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Chapter 112 is out!
Charlotte makes a major breakthrough, with Ashley's help. Meanwhile, Zoe and Kevin infiltrate the palace's storage.
AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
RR:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
Charlotte makes a major breakthrough, with Ashley's help. Meanwhile, Zoe and Kevin infiltrate the palace's storage.
AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
RR:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
Chapter 112: It Can’t Be That Easy - Deep In The Heart
<Anja>
The sun is setting, the sky darkening as Kat stands on the stone steps leading down in front of me and chides me for my cowardice. She’s right, of course… I can’t let despair take me now,...
www.royalroad.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Chapter 112 is out!
Charlotte makes a major breakthrough, with Ashley's help. Meanwhile, Zoe and Kevin infiltrate the palace's storage.
AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
RR:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
Charlotte makes a major breakthrough, with Ashley's help. Meanwhile, Zoe and Kevin infiltrate the palace's storage.
AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
RR:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
Summoning demons, I think.
July 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Summoning demons, I think.
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NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
June 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
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Chapter 111 is out!
Zoe, Ruth, and Kevin learn the location of the energy source Schneider plans to use to come back online, and set out to seize it. Nova attempts to face his worst fears with Charlotte's help.
AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
RR:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
Zoe, Ruth, and Kevin learn the location of the energy source Schneider plans to use to come back online, and set out to seize it. Nova attempts to face his worst fears with Charlotte's help.
AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
RR:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
archiveofourown.org
June 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Chapter 111 is out!
Zoe, Ruth, and Kevin learn the location of the energy source Schneider plans to use to come back online, and set out to seize it. Nova attempts to face his worst fears with Charlotte's help.
AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
RR:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
Zoe, Ruth, and Kevin learn the location of the energy source Schneider plans to use to come back online, and set out to seize it. Nova attempts to face his worst fears with Charlotte's help.
AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
RR:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
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Due to the addition of this line to @soundcloud.dev Terms of Use, I am removing every song of mine from the platform.
soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
May 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Due to the addition of this line to @soundcloud.dev Terms of Use, I am removing every song of mine from the platform.
soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
soundcloud.com/terms-of-use
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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Be wary of anyone claiming to teach or discuss history without bias. History is, and always has been, an exercise in interpretation. Treating it like an exact science is, at best, ignorant—and at worst, outright deceitful.
April 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Be wary of anyone claiming to teach or discuss history without bias. History is, and always has been, an exercise in interpretation. Treating it like an exact science is, at best, ignorant—and at worst, outright deceitful.
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Donald Trump is worse than Woodrow Wilson
April 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Donald Trump is worse than Woodrow Wilson
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Trump take egg
Trump take nintendo
Trump take stonks
Trump take freedom
Thats your fucking message, democrats. Not “my honorable colleagues will come to their senses in due time once we ban the transedgenders”
Trump take nintendo
Trump take stonks
Trump take freedom
Thats your fucking message, democrats. Not “my honorable colleagues will come to their senses in due time once we ban the transedgenders”
April 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Trump take egg
Trump take nintendo
Trump take stonks
Trump take freedom
Thats your fucking message, democrats. Not “my honorable colleagues will come to their senses in due time once we ban the transedgenders”
Trump take nintendo
Trump take stonks
Trump take freedom
Thats your fucking message, democrats. Not “my honorable colleagues will come to their senses in due time once we ban the transedgenders”
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Chapter 110 is out!
Zoe, Ruth and Kevin find where their foe is hiding, while things get emotional with the others who got split off.
Read it on AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
Or RoyalRoad:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
Zoe, Ruth and Kevin find where their foe is hiding, while things get emotional with the others who got split off.
Read it on AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
Or RoyalRoad:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
archiveofourown.org
April 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Chapter 110 is out!
Zoe, Ruth and Kevin find where their foe is hiding, while things get emotional with the others who got split off.
Read it on AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
Or RoyalRoad:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
Zoe, Ruth and Kevin find where their foe is hiding, while things get emotional with the others who got split off.
Read it on AO3:
archiveofourown.org/works/271846...
Or RoyalRoad:
www.royalroad.com/fiction/3701...
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Deleting History in Real Time - Intentionally Induced Historical Amnesia
youtu.be/CqLF7Jv4k-Q
youtu.be/CqLF7Jv4k-Q
Deleting History in Real Time - Intentionally Induced Historical Amnesia
YouTube video by InRangeTV
youtu.be
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Deleting History in Real Time - Intentionally Induced Historical Amnesia
youtu.be/CqLF7Jv4k-Q
youtu.be/CqLF7Jv4k-Q
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This is from the head of UNM's history department and she reveals the local impact of federal websites wiping out their presentations on our past. I fear crucial databases like Chronicling America and NARA's newsreel collection will get wrecked in this purge
@historians.org I wrote this editorial to focus on how erasure of historical figures hurts the learning and researching history in K-12 classrooms in our local and state communities. All the figures mentioned were student projects from
National History Day.
www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti...
National History Day.
www.abqjournal.com/opinion/arti...
OPINION: Digital Erasure: How the federal government is diminishing New Mexico’s history
The recent removal of the history of the Navajo Code Talkers from the Department of Defense’s website has me reflecting on how crucial these websites are for the teaching of
www.abqjournal.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is from the head of UNM's history department and she reveals the local impact of federal websites wiping out their presentations on our past. I fear crucial databases like Chronicling America and NARA's newsreel collection will get wrecked in this purge
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Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
Public comment on US passport form changes related to trans
www.reddit.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes.
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment.
My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc.
www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...
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The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
February 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The Democrats on the House Science Committee have set up a website to collect stories from fired federal employees, anonymously if desired. Please amplify. (This helps the lawyers establish standing for bringing legal cases against the administration!)
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
democrats-science.house.gov/sciencefirings
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This is fucking incredible.
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined, immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an oath to defend this country, people who have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fire for this country. I want to know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional- REYES: In a commonsense way. This is a policy from the President of the United States affecting thousands of people ... to call an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who are undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing animus? DOJ ATTORNEY: I don't have an answer for you. REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it... People can make solid arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the military We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States dealing with a group of people serving their country... calling them liars. (Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law school from appearing before her because "they're all liars and lack integrity and are undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government" She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mmtjkssv6jeneahkgfdxuy7p/bafkreicmr3wybkn6acxmmdf4vuqnzxho2nk7kp3v7tx7vkclg2cjmwvixm@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is fucking incredible.
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Reagan vowed to dismantle the newly created Dep. of Education. SecEd Terrel Bell saved the department by fearmongering that worse education would lose the Cold War. It's a bad report, but hilariously, Reagan became an education advocate. We need a SecEd with the spine, no matter how small, of Bell
February 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Reagan vowed to dismantle the newly created Dep. of Education. SecEd Terrel Bell saved the department by fearmongering that worse education would lose the Cold War. It's a bad report, but hilariously, Reagan became an education advocate. We need a SecEd with the spine, no matter how small, of Bell