@tomschy.bsky.social
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Just after SCOTUS granted it access to Social Security, DOGE uploaded a database containing the private information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an unsecure cloud.
DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Just after SCOTUS granted it access to Social Security, DOGE uploaded a database containing the private information of hundreds of millions of Americans to an unsecure cloud.
DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE isn't fighting fraud — it's potentially exposing Americans to more of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
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‘After a presentation on strategy by the Treasury’s chief economic adviser to the cabinet in 1980, Lankester found a note from Gilmour to the foreign secretary, Lord Carrington, which read: “This is all mad, isn’t it?”’
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on Thatcher: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on Thatcher: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite · It’s a shitshow: Thatcher’s Failed Experiment
Tim Lankester, Thatcher’s private secretary for economic affairs for the first two and a half years of her tenure,...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
‘After a presentation on strategy by the Treasury’s chief economic adviser to the cabinet in 1980, Lankester found a note from Gilmour to the foreign secretary, Lord Carrington, which read: “This is all mad, isn’t it?”’
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on Thatcher: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite on Thatcher: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Award-winning physicist Ji-Seon Kim talks about the Eureka moment that got her into organic semiconductor research, and the importance of international collaboration 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/organic-ma...
Organic magic: Ji-Seon Kim on how carbon-based semiconductors are shaping our present and future – Physics World
Ji-Seon Kim talks about the transformative potential of carbon-based semiconductors and the benefits of tangible experiences in the lab
physicsworld.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Award-winning physicist Ji-Seon Kim talks about the Eureka moment that got her into organic semiconductor research, and the importance of international collaboration 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/organic-ma...
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These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
May 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
These boxes are not moving. A mind-bending optical illusion by Japanese artist Jagarikin.
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‘He found in the Roman historians Livy, Sallust and Tacitus and in their early modern reception an emphasis on free citizenship, conceived as the absence of subjection to the will of another.’
Colin Kidd on Quentin Skinner’s political thought: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colin Kidd on Quentin Skinner’s political thought: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colin Kidd · Dangerous Chimera: What is liberty?
Whereas Isaiah Berlin saw no necessary connection between liberty and democracy, Quentin Skinner argues that...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
‘He found in the Roman historians Livy, Sallust and Tacitus and in their early modern reception an emphasis on free citizenship, conceived as the absence of subjection to the will of another.’
Colin Kidd on Quentin Skinner’s political thought: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Colin Kidd on Quentin Skinner’s political thought: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Voor PVDA was lange tijd ‘de vijand van mijn vijand mijn vriend’, met bedenkelijke internationale allianties als resultaat. Dat moet anders, stelt Peter Mertens. “We moeten naar de feiten kijken en niet verdedigen wat onverdedigbaar is.”
Is PVDA echt geopolitiek bekeerd?
Is PVDA echt geopolitiek bekeerd?
Peter Mertens wil PVDA niet meer blind een kamp laten kiezen
De ex-voorzitter van PVDA probeert zijn partij te behoeden voor bedenkelijke internationale allianties.
apache.be
May 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Voor PVDA was lange tijd ‘de vijand van mijn vijand mijn vriend’, met bedenkelijke internationale allianties als resultaat. Dat moet anders, stelt Peter Mertens. “We moeten naar de feiten kijken en niet verdedigen wat onverdedigbaar is.”
Is PVDA echt geopolitiek bekeerd?
Is PVDA echt geopolitiek bekeerd?
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Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer reimagined with biscuits/cookies, by Julia Timoshkova. The model is her daughter Antonina #Monday
May 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer reimagined with biscuits/cookies, by Julia Timoshkova. The model is her daughter Antonina #Monday
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There is no one lazier than a billionaire.
They don't do their own shopping, cook their own food, look after their own kids, clean their own mansions, and they have never had a real job in their lives.
You won't find any normal person who can be as lazy as that.
They don't do their own shopping, cook their own food, look after their own kids, clean their own mansions, and they have never had a real job in their lives.
You won't find any normal person who can be as lazy as that.
May 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
There is no one lazier than a billionaire.
They don't do their own shopping, cook their own food, look after their own kids, clean their own mansions, and they have never had a real job in their lives.
You won't find any normal person who can be as lazy as that.
They don't do their own shopping, cook their own food, look after their own kids, clean their own mansions, and they have never had a real job in their lives.
You won't find any normal person who can be as lazy as that.
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‘Egyptologists have often argued that the ancient Egyptians were not a maritime people. But recent evidence tells a different story.’
Robert Cioffi on how the ‘Red Sea Scrolls’ are changing our understanding of the building of the pyramids:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Robert Cioffi on how the ‘Red Sea Scrolls’ are changing our understanding of the building of the pyramids:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Robert Cioffi · In Gold and Lapis Lazuli: How They Built the Pyramids
The pyramids are so central to the modern view of Egypt, and to Egyptian tourism, that it is hard not to speak about...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
‘Egyptologists have often argued that the ancient Egyptians were not a maritime people. But recent evidence tells a different story.’
Robert Cioffi on how the ‘Red Sea Scrolls’ are changing our understanding of the building of the pyramids:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Robert Cioffi on how the ‘Red Sea Scrolls’ are changing our understanding of the building of the pyramids:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people, writes Andrew Berka for StudentNation. Could the four-day week do the same for workers today? www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week?
In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people. Today, the four-day week could do the same.
www.thenation.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people, writes Andrew Berka for StudentNation. Could the four-day week do the same for workers today? www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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Reminder for those who seem to have forgotten: We don’t have kings in America. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/george-washington-would-have-thrown
May 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Reminder for those who seem to have forgotten: We don’t have kings in America. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/george-washington-would-have-thrown
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We had a wildly enthusiastic opening of *The Return of Benjamin Lay* last night at the @quintessencephl.bsky.social in Philadelphia, after which the audience cheered Mark Povinelli and did not want him to leave the stage! The play runs through May 18.
www.quintessencetheatre.org/thereturnofb...
www.quintessencetheatre.org/thereturnofb...
May 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We had a wildly enthusiastic opening of *The Return of Benjamin Lay* last night at the @quintessencephl.bsky.social in Philadelphia, after which the audience cheered Mark Povinelli and did not want him to leave the stage! The play runs through May 18.
www.quintessencetheatre.org/thereturnofb...
www.quintessencetheatre.org/thereturnofb...
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‘Morris wrote with appalling fluency. Composing verse on trains or while sat at the loom, he could turn out a thousand lines a day.’
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on the writings of William Morris:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on the writings of William Morris:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Ledger-Lomas · Hairy Teutons: What William Morris Wanted
William Morris’s relationship with literature was ambivalent. He read voraciously but fitfully, often preferring...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
‘Morris wrote with appalling fluency. Composing verse on trains or while sat at the loom, he could turn out a thousand lines a day.’
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on the writings of William Morris:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on the writings of William Morris:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Karl Marx said, "There is no evil greater than Capitalism because Capitalism rewards evil."
He was right.
He was right.
May 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Karl Marx said, "There is no evil greater than Capitalism because Capitalism rewards evil."
He was right.
He was right.
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Neoliberalism is dead. Even though it prevailed 50yrs ago by paying tribute to liberal thinkers, it shared neither their method nor their concept of the market. Today, we are on the cusp of another, even worse, ideological monstrosity: Technolordism! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
Trump and the Triumph of the Technolords | by Yanis Varoufakis - Project Syndicate
Yanis Varoufakis maps the evolution of the new, explicitly anti-democratic ideology emerging from the rubble of neoliberalism.
www.project-syndicate.org
April 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Neoliberalism is dead. Even though it prevailed 50yrs ago by paying tribute to liberal thinkers, it shared neither their method nor their concept of the market. Today, we are on the cusp of another, even worse, ideological monstrosity: Technolordism! www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
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Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984), influential US rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter, who recorded the song "Hound Dog" before Elvis and openly had relationships with women #WomensArt
April 30, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Big Mama Thornton (1926-1984), influential US rhythm-and-blues singer and songwriter, who recorded the song "Hound Dog" before Elvis and openly had relationships with women #WomensArt
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The economist Devika Dutt will join Michael Hudson and David Adler on Friday for our Youtube Live event.
The topic will be Debt, Empire and the work of David Graeber.
You will be able to watch the event at this link: youtu.be/JU_uPaxsGbE
The topic will be Debt, Empire and the work of David Graeber.
You will be able to watch the event at this link: youtu.be/JU_uPaxsGbE
April 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The economist Devika Dutt will join Michael Hudson and David Adler on Friday for our Youtube Live event.
The topic will be Debt, Empire and the work of David Graeber.
You will be able to watch the event at this link: youtu.be/JU_uPaxsGbE
The topic will be Debt, Empire and the work of David Graeber.
You will be able to watch the event at this link: youtu.be/JU_uPaxsGbE
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Thank you for being one of half a million followers following WomensArt!
Have a great week!
Have a great week!
April 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thank you for being one of half a million followers following WomensArt!
Have a great week!
Have a great week!
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Up goes the new set for the run of our play, *The Return of Benajmin Lay*, in Philadelphia's @quintessencephl.bsky.social. Our first preview is on Mayday and the play runs through May 18. The art deco Sedgwick Theatre is gorgeous; lots of character!
www.quintessencetheatre.org/thereturnofb...
www.quintessencetheatre.org/thereturnofb...
April 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Up goes the new set for the run of our play, *The Return of Benajmin Lay*, in Philadelphia's @quintessencephl.bsky.social. Our first preview is on Mayday and the play runs through May 18. The art deco Sedgwick Theatre is gorgeous; lots of character!
www.quintessencetheatre.org/thereturnofb...
www.quintessencetheatre.org/thereturnofb...
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‘The cardinal sin of bourgeois civilisation was its ugliness. He had always made aesthetics the test of political economy.’
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on William Morris:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on William Morris:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Ledger-Lomas · Hairy Teutons: What William Morris Wanted
William Morris’s relationship with literature was ambivalent. He read voraciously but fitfully, often preferring...
www.lrb.co.uk
April 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
‘The cardinal sin of bourgeois civilisation was its ugliness. He had always made aesthetics the test of political economy.’
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on William Morris:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@michaelledgerlomas.bsky.social on William Morris:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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HAYEK'S BASTARDS
I spoke to @quinnslobodian.com about how free market ideas have evolved into the ideological backbone of nationalists and authoritarians around the world... and Liz Truss.
Would highly recommend the latest Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/hayeks-bas...
I spoke to @quinnslobodian.com about how free market ideas have evolved into the ideological backbone of nationalists and authoritarians around the world... and Liz Truss.
Would highly recommend the latest Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/hayeks-bas...
How free market ideas mutated into the far right
Quinn Slobodian on how libertarian thought has evolved into the ideological backbone of nationalists and authoritarians around the world.
democracyforsale.substack.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
HAYEK'S BASTARDS
I spoke to @quinnslobodian.com about how free market ideas have evolved into the ideological backbone of nationalists and authoritarians around the world... and Liz Truss.
Would highly recommend the latest Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/hayeks-bas...
I spoke to @quinnslobodian.com about how free market ideas have evolved into the ideological backbone of nationalists and authoritarians around the world... and Liz Truss.
Would highly recommend the latest Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/hayeks-bas...
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This Quinn Slobodian piece from last year was linked in Read Max today:
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/0...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/0...
Elon Musk wants us to have more children
Is demography the new front line of the culture wars?
www.newstatesman.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This Quinn Slobodian piece from last year was linked in Read Max today:
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/0...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/0...