Theodor Von Bönghitz Adorno
@tzraick.bsky.social
Columbia Sociology & Sustainable Development…
Fan of math, science, evidence based practice & nuance…
Pragmatic realist & autodidact…
R/ts are NOT endorsements, all standard disclaimers apply.
Fan of math, science, evidence based practice & nuance…
Pragmatic realist & autodidact…
R/ts are NOT endorsements, all standard disclaimers apply.
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"The surging fortunes of the far right are intimately tied to a racist & authoritarian politics that blames immigrants for environmental degradation & will only intensify when climate catastrophe can no longer be denied." @alfatau.bsky.social talks with the authors of The Long Heat @inthesetimes.com
The Overshoot Presidency and the State of Climate Politics
Scholars Andreas Malm and Wim Carton on how tech fixes to the climate crisis delay the confrontation with fossil capital.
inthesetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"The surging fortunes of the far right are intimately tied to a racist & authoritarian politics that blames immigrants for environmental degradation & will only intensify when climate catastrophe can no longer be denied." @alfatau.bsky.social talks with the authors of The Long Heat @inthesetimes.com
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They’re telling you…
That prices are down, while all your bills are going up.
That tariffs don’t raise prices, but now they’re lowering tariffs for some items in order to…wait for it…reduce prices.
That they don’t have money for SNAP or healthcare, while they send $40B to Argentina.
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That prices are down, while all your bills are going up.
That tariffs don’t raise prices, but now they’re lowering tariffs for some items in order to…wait for it…reduce prices.
That they don’t have money for SNAP or healthcare, while they send $40B to Argentina.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
They’re telling you…
That prices are down, while all your bills are going up.
That tariffs don’t raise prices, but now they’re lowering tariffs for some items in order to…wait for it…reduce prices.
That they don’t have money for SNAP or healthcare, while they send $40B to Argentina.
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That prices are down, while all your bills are going up.
That tariffs don’t raise prices, but now they’re lowering tariffs for some items in order to…wait for it…reduce prices.
That they don’t have money for SNAP or healthcare, while they send $40B to Argentina.
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🧵I spent 10 hours reading through the latest Epstein files that the Oversight Committee released.
One thing that stands out in it all is that Epstein was a huge threat to Trump throughout Trump's first term.
A huge threat.
Trump is mentioned in almost every email, every single one.
One thing that stands out in it all is that Epstein was a huge threat to Trump throughout Trump's first term.
A huge threat.
Trump is mentioned in almost every email, every single one.
November 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🧵I spent 10 hours reading through the latest Epstein files that the Oversight Committee released.
One thing that stands out in it all is that Epstein was a huge threat to Trump throughout Trump's first term.
A huge threat.
Trump is mentioned in almost every email, every single one.
One thing that stands out in it all is that Epstein was a huge threat to Trump throughout Trump's first term.
A huge threat.
Trump is mentioned in almost every email, every single one.
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According to the email from Mark Epstein to his brother Jeff,
Putin has a picture of TACO giving oral sex to another man. The email implies Bill Clinton, but it really doesn’t matter who it is.
That’s a kind of Kompromat that would render ANYONE ineligible to hold a security clearance.
Putin has a picture of TACO giving oral sex to another man. The email implies Bill Clinton, but it really doesn’t matter who it is.
That’s a kind of Kompromat that would render ANYONE ineligible to hold a security clearance.
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
According to the email from Mark Epstein to his brother Jeff,
Putin has a picture of TACO giving oral sex to another man. The email implies Bill Clinton, but it really doesn’t matter who it is.
That’s a kind of Kompromat that would render ANYONE ineligible to hold a security clearance.
Putin has a picture of TACO giving oral sex to another man. The email implies Bill Clinton, but it really doesn’t matter who it is.
That’s a kind of Kompromat that would render ANYONE ineligible to hold a security clearance.
Editing is hard, and most of us aren’t good at accepting honest criticism.
Even the best authors find it incredibly difficult to edit ones own work, doubly so if they just wrote.
A lot of people have to physically get up and come back to reset their brain.
A good editor is like gold.
Even the best authors find it incredibly difficult to edit ones own work, doubly so if they just wrote.
A lot of people have to physically get up and come back to reset their brain.
A good editor is like gold.
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Editing is hard, and most of us aren’t good at accepting honest criticism.
Even the best authors find it incredibly difficult to edit ones own work, doubly so if they just wrote.
A lot of people have to physically get up and come back to reset their brain.
A good editor is like gold.
Even the best authors find it incredibly difficult to edit ones own work, doubly so if they just wrote.
A lot of people have to physically get up and come back to reset their brain.
A good editor is like gold.
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New: this app lets ICE track vehicles and owners across the country. ICE uses phone to scan license plates, add to a database of billions of records. Thomson Reuters then enriches that with marriage, voter, other info. Can predict where a car will be in the future
www.404media.co/this-app-let...
www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: this app lets ICE track vehicles and owners across the country. ICE uses phone to scan license plates, add to a database of billions of records. Thomson Reuters then enriches that with marriage, voter, other info. Can predict where a car will be in the future
www.404media.co/this-app-let...
www.404media.co/this-app-let...
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
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i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
This whole NYT account about the weaponization of DOJ is beyond disturbing. Kinda feels like the US government fell in January.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
i'd say it did. the public put a group of thieves, vandals and extremists in office last november and they promptly went about destroying everything that might work to limit their ability to loot, steal and inflicting pain on the people they hate
“Better than nothing” systems are no substitute for actual healthcare.
@allisonpugh.bsky.social described this slippery slope to dystopia in her excellent book, “The Last Human Job; The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World.”
(2024, Princeton university press)
@allisonpugh.bsky.social described this slippery slope to dystopia in her excellent book, “The Last Human Job; The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World.”
(2024, Princeton university press)
First opinions, 2nd opinions, analyzing lab tests, preparing for a clinic visit, helping to make difficult diagnoses, and more use cases. Its popularity will keep increasing despite lack of objective data for benefit or harm
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/w...
Frustrated by the Medical System, Patients Turn to A.I.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Better than nothing” systems are no substitute for actual healthcare.
@allisonpugh.bsky.social described this slippery slope to dystopia in her excellent book, “The Last Human Job; The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World.”
(2024, Princeton university press)
@allisonpugh.bsky.social described this slippery slope to dystopia in her excellent book, “The Last Human Job; The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World.”
(2024, Princeton university press)
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I will write more about this later, for now just to say our paper has been published today. 10 years after Paris Agreement we can conclusively say we have failed to limit warming to well below 2°C. What next?
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
Living beyond limits: Consequences of missing the decisive decade for preserving our planet’s life-supporting systems
Humanity has pushed Earth’s life-supporting systems to the brink, accelerated by our
failures over the past decade. Our only way to limit the duration and magnitude of
temperature overshoot is rapid, ...
www.cell.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I will write more about this later, for now just to say our paper has been published today. 10 years after Paris Agreement we can conclusively say we have failed to limit warming to well below 2°C. What next?
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
www.cell.com/one-earth/ab...
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The professionals who surrounded Jeffrey Epstein defended and deflected, coached and countermessaged, burnished and polished. Together, they helped extend Epstein’s influence and freedom, even lending an air of invincibility.
This is "The Network"
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
This is "The Network"
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The professionals who surrounded Jeffrey Epstein defended and deflected, coached and countermessaged, burnished and polished. Together, they helped extend Epstein’s influence and freedom, even lending an air of invincibility.
This is "The Network"
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
This is "The Network"
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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When Things Get Tough, Rogues Start Wars
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
“The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended—for now—but it appears that the fat lady has yet to sing.”
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
“The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended—for now—but it appears that the fat lady has yet to sing.”
When Things Get Tough, Rogues Start Wars
The Steady State | Charles A. Ray
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
When Things Get Tough, Rogues Start Wars
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
“The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended—for now—but it appears that the fat lady has yet to sing.”
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
“The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended—for now—but it appears that the fat lady has yet to sing.”
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The presidency, governorships, and mayors' offices are not entry-level positions.
November 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The presidency, governorships, and mayors' offices are not entry-level positions.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
True story, I knew the good doc’s daughter. She lived in the same building as diddy.
I bought an old school Roor off her in like 2010, back when I was actually theodor Von bong hits Adorno.
I bought an old school Roor off her in like 2010, back when I was actually theodor Von bong hits Adorno.
I'm not going to read the NYT story but I do want to hear what other people would put in their "Lost New York" takes, mine would include Dr Zizmor ads and the free transfer between the Broadway G/Lorimer JMZ stops
November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
True story, I knew the good doc’s daughter. She lived in the same building as diddy.
I bought an old school Roor off her in like 2010, back when I was actually theodor Von bong hits Adorno.
I bought an old school Roor off her in like 2010, back when I was actually theodor Von bong hits Adorno.
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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The annoying thing about Larry Summers is that he will not get anywhere near the heat and scrutiny for this as anyone else would for something like listing their pronouns in a syllabus.
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The annoying thing about Larry Summers is that he will not get anywhere near the heat and scrutiny for this as anyone else would for something like listing their pronouns in a syllabus.
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A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.
Northern Lights Forecast: Aurora Could Be Visible From These States Sunday
A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.
www.forbes.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A coronal mass ejection recorded on Friday could reach Earth and cause geomagnetic storms on Sunday night.
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New term for corruption dropped: blending.
November 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
New term for corruption dropped: blending.
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New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New York City billboards are displaying the president’s 91 felony charges.
conference.nber.org/conf_papers/...
Public finance in the age of Transformative AI, NBER
(Korineck & Lockwood, U Virginia, September 2025)
This does not inspire any confidence.
Does anyone really believe that human consumption can be *replaced* with ais selling software to other ais?
Public finance in the age of Transformative AI, NBER
(Korineck & Lockwood, U Virginia, September 2025)
This does not inspire any confidence.
Does anyone really believe that human consumption can be *replaced* with ais selling software to other ais?
conference.nber.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
conference.nber.org/conf_papers/...
Public finance in the age of Transformative AI, NBER
(Korineck & Lockwood, U Virginia, September 2025)
This does not inspire any confidence.
Does anyone really believe that human consumption can be *replaced* with ais selling software to other ais?
Public finance in the age of Transformative AI, NBER
(Korineck & Lockwood, U Virginia, September 2025)
This does not inspire any confidence.
Does anyone really believe that human consumption can be *replaced* with ais selling software to other ais?
They should lead with the fact that THEY ALREADY TOOK ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES
I’m still struggling with the fact that ICE “brown shirts” went to a taco shop and thought they would get served.
F that!
F that!
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
They should lead with the fact that THEY ALREADY TOOK ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES
That’s not creepy or anything
In 2019, in Jeffrey Epstein’s last weeks of freedom, he made his final purchases for his Kindle: a guide to raising children, though he wasn’t known to have any, The Annotated Lolita and Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
That’s not creepy or anything