Elijah
@tokusei.bsky.social
Jaded idealist. Ponderer of the past.
Great interview here. TL:DR version is:
The aristocracy is and always has been *terrible*.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/a...
The aristocracy is and always has been *terrible*.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/a...
“The Epstein Class”: Anand Giridharadas on the Elite Network Around the Sexual Predator
While much of the recent interest in Jeffrey Epstein has focused on the late sexual predator’s relationship with President Donald Trump, his emails also reveal his close relationships with other power...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great interview here. TL:DR version is:
The aristocracy is and always has been *terrible*.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/a...
The aristocracy is and always has been *terrible*.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/25/a...
Ok, serious question:
Why is Terry Bradshaw still on television?
Why is Terry Bradshaw still on television?
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ok, serious question:
Why is Terry Bradshaw still on television?
Why is Terry Bradshaw still on television?
Great essay here. That really resonates.
“They approach college instrumentally because they must: the stakes are too high, the costs too crushing, to treat education as an end in itself.”
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“They approach college instrumentally because they must: the stakes are too high, the costs too crushing, to treat education as an end in itself.”
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AI Killed the Take-Home Essay. COVID Killed Attendance. Now What?
Reclaiming Learning in an Age of Distraction and Artificial Intelligence
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November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Great essay here. That really resonates.
“They approach college instrumentally because they must: the stakes are too high, the costs too crushing, to treat education as an end in itself.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
“They approach college instrumentally because they must: the stakes are too high, the costs too crushing, to treat education as an end in itself.”
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
It's very frustrating that the National Discourse equates higher ed as a whole with Ivies and state flagships with obscenely expensive football programs.
Lots of people are paid good money to pontificate about "problems in higher ed" and should know better.
Lots of people are paid good money to pontificate about "problems in higher ed" and should know better.
November 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It's very frustrating that the National Discourse equates higher ed as a whole with Ivies and state flagships with obscenely expensive football programs.
Lots of people are paid good money to pontificate about "problems in higher ed" and should know better.
Lots of people are paid good money to pontificate about "problems in higher ed" and should know better.
MTG learning in real time that the fash comes for everyone eventually. It's all fun and games until it's YOU.
Reminds me of the part in the adaptation of Man in the High Castle when Nazi mom has her come to Jesus moment: "wait, I didn't think they were going to euthanize MY son!!?!"
Reminds me of the part in the adaptation of Man in the High Castle when Nazi mom has her come to Jesus moment: "wait, I didn't think they were going to euthanize MY son!!?!"
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
MTG learning in real time that the fash comes for everyone eventually. It's all fun and games until it's YOU.
Reminds me of the part in the adaptation of Man in the High Castle when Nazi mom has her come to Jesus moment: "wait, I didn't think they were going to euthanize MY son!!?!"
Reminds me of the part in the adaptation of Man in the High Castle when Nazi mom has her come to Jesus moment: "wait, I didn't think they were going to euthanize MY son!!?!"
Wow this party fucking sucks.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Wow this party fucking sucks.
If the $1 trillion pay for the nazi ceo who is single handedly tanking the company’s stock doesn’t indicate we’re in a gilded age and need to tax the ultra rich out of existence I don’t know what does.
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If the $1 trillion pay for the nazi ceo who is single handedly tanking the company’s stock doesn’t indicate we’re in a gilded age and need to tax the ultra rich out of existence I don’t know what does.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
Did Hank Cavil change his hair or something? He looks way different in this new season.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Did Hank Cavil change his hair or something? He looks way different in this new season.
Holy shit, Dick Cheney was still alive!?
November 4, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Holy shit, Dick Cheney was still alive!?
Japan’s first World Series title was a banger!
November 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Japan’s first World Series title was a banger!
UPS announces layoffs and the stock price immediately surges.
Late-stage financial capitalism just totally detached from reality.
Late-stage financial capitalism just totally detached from reality.
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
UPS announces layoffs and the stock price immediately surges.
Late-stage financial capitalism just totally detached from reality.
Late-stage financial capitalism just totally detached from reality.
So the "master negotiator's" strategy appears to be thus:
1. Start from an advantageous position.
2. Shoot yourself in the foot, placing you in a potentially catastrophic position.
3. Negotiate a roll back of some of the things you just did to avoid catastrophe.
1. Start from an advantageous position.
2. Shoot yourself in the foot, placing you in a potentially catastrophic position.
3. Negotiate a roll back of some of the things you just did to avoid catastrophe.
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
So the "master negotiator's" strategy appears to be thus:
1. Start from an advantageous position.
2. Shoot yourself in the foot, placing you in a potentially catastrophic position.
3. Negotiate a roll back of some of the things you just did to avoid catastrophe.
1. Start from an advantageous position.
2. Shoot yourself in the foot, placing you in a potentially catastrophic position.
3. Negotiate a roll back of some of the things you just did to avoid catastrophe.
Struggling to think of any example in history anywhere when the leader starts paying the military directly and the outcome is some variation of "good."
October 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Struggling to think of any example in history anywhere when the leader starts paying the military directly and the outcome is some variation of "good."
You know, maybe things are getting more expensive in this consumer-based economy and we're heading for a big crash. But at least manufacturing is roaring back! I mean, just hiring hand over fist these days!
Right? Right?!?
Right? Right?!?
October 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
You know, maybe things are getting more expensive in this consumer-based economy and we're heading for a big crash. But at least manufacturing is roaring back! I mean, just hiring hand over fist these days!
Right? Right?!?
Right? Right?!?
I guess I'm not surprised, but Mike Johnson doesn't know what the word "satire" means.
Or at least he's pretending not to.
Or at least he's pretending not to.
October 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I guess I'm not surprised, but Mike Johnson doesn't know what the word "satire" means.
Or at least he's pretending not to.
Or at least he's pretending not to.
Great job everyone! I'll see you all back at antifa headquarters to pick up our George Soros checks.
October 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great job everyone! I'll see you all back at antifa headquarters to pick up our George Soros checks.
Still waiting on that DOGE refund check.
October 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Still waiting on that DOGE refund check.
I'm really hoping this "diarrhea Don" moniker sticks. I move we rename toilets from "the john" to "the don" in his honor. You are epically shitty, sir.
October 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'm really hoping this "diarrhea Don" moniker sticks. I move we rename toilets from "the john" to "the don" in his honor. You are epically shitty, sir.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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ANY ARRESTS? Among the millions upon millions of "violent leftist radicals" that took to the streets today I cannot find word of a single arrest. Even when everything is peaceful there is usually an overzealous cop or something. This is unheard of. We need to beat the media over the head with it.
October 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
ANY ARRESTS? Among the millions upon millions of "violent leftist radicals" that took to the streets today I cannot find word of a single arrest. Even when everything is peaceful there is usually an overzealous cop or something. This is unheard of. We need to beat the media over the head with it.
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So no terrorism then?
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So no terrorism then?
Seems like a pretty important point. Have reporters been asking Rs this question?
It's going up to $40 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
USAID's budget last year was $28 billion.
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Seems like a pretty important point. Have reporters been asking Rs this question?
We are a country of goldfish. Stupid, racist goldfish.
Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?
And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.
Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.
And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.
Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We are a country of goldfish. Stupid, racist goldfish.
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"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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October 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me
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