Ben Lieberman
@uncertainemotions.bsky.social
Writer on climate change and history, ethnic cleansing, and imperial violence. Avid cross country skier (when I can find snow). Views do not represent any organization. Not a Carl Schmitt fan.
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"Yet what I’ve found most compelling about Chomsky is his contempt for bullshit, the skill with which he exposes the tautologies of the powerful men."
Earth to Greg Grandin, come in, Greg Grandin.
Earth to Greg Grandin, come in, Greg Grandin.
Noam Chomsky’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein display none of the fawning chatter found from, say, Larry Summers. And he does not appear to have been co-opted by whatever access Epstein provided.
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
https://bit.ly/4s3vx5A
What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein E-mails Tell Us
Chomsky has often suffered fools, knaves, and criminals too lightly. Epstein was one of them. But that doesn’t mean Chomsky was part of the “Epstein class.”
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December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Yet what I’ve found most compelling about Chomsky is his contempt for bullshit, the skill with which he exposes the tautologies of the powerful men."
Earth to Greg Grandin, come in, Greg Grandin.
Earth to Greg Grandin, come in, Greg Grandin.
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
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Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
Here’s the birth of Christ being defiled by masked federal thugs who think terrorizing marginalized people is funny.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
Homeland Security would have zip-tied the baby Jesus if its agents had been deployed in Bethlehem.
December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police
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good reminder that ezra notwithstanding, charlie kirk was and turning point usa is a vicious proto-fascist organization devoted to harassing and silencing political enemies and glorifying violence.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
good reminder that ezra notwithstanding, charlie kirk was and turning point usa is a vicious proto-fascist organization devoted to harassing and silencing political enemies and glorifying violence.
@joestieb.bsky.social Is it just coincidence that these links do not seem to work? libguides.nps.edu/primary/nato
Research Guides: Primary/Original Sources: NATO
Suggested resources for finding primary or original source materials to support NS and DA courses
libguides.nps.edu
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
@joestieb.bsky.social Is it just coincidence that these links do not seem to work? libguides.nps.edu/primary/nato
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Trump pardoned the ex-president of Honduras who shoveled hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China.
These men poisoned America & killed millions. Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.
These men poisoned America & killed millions. Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.
Trump move to pardon Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’
Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big-time trafficker off the hook?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Trump pardoned the ex-president of Honduras who shoveled hundreds of tons of cocaine into the U.S. He pardoned the founder of a black market who imported fentanyl from China.
These men poisoned America & killed millions. Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.
These men poisoned America & killed millions. Whatever Trump’s illegal boat strikes are about, it sure isn’t drugs.
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This is a must read. The most in depth understanding of how corrupt our foreign policy has become. Trump and Witkoff (Rubio totally sidelined) are proposing to sell out Ukraine in exchange for Russian deals for their billionaire crowd.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is a must read. The most in depth understanding of how corrupt our foreign policy has become. Trump and Witkoff (Rubio totally sidelined) are proposing to sell out Ukraine in exchange for Russian deals for their billionaire crowd.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
Not about peace. Just about profit.
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Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hang onto these pictures because Hegseth will have the offending sign removed as soon as he sobers up today.
The buried tell "In his social media post, Mr. Rubio did not confirm whether he had spoken to Mr. Rounds and other U.S. lawmakers at the Halifax forum." Who is more likely to be lying?
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The buried tell "In his social media post, Mr. Rubio did not confirm whether he had spoken to Mr. Rounds and other U.S. lawmakers at the Halifax forum." Who is more likely to be lying?
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
Rubio Insists U.S. Authored the Ukraine Peace Plan www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...
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This reads like "The Jews Are Our Misfortune" but for the undocumented.
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This reads like "The Jews Are Our Misfortune" but for the undocumented.
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Followup: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Followup: www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Saudi Arabia joins up with Trump administration to block action on climate change as Saudi Arabia shovels money to Trump family:
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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Saudi Arabia joins up with Trump administration to block action on climate change as Saudi Arabia shovels money to Trump family:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/priva...
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/priva...
Reading is good
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Reading is good
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There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
Will be told that this "deal" is to avert suffering, but hard not to suspect that it's about personal convenience of Senators who don't like to experience delayed flights.
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Will be told that this "deal" is to avert suffering, but hard not to suspect that it's about personal convenience of Senators who don't like to experience delayed flights.
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Trends in November temperatures over land areas (where we live) for the last 50 years... 🔥
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
November 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Trends in November temperatures over land areas (where we live) for the last 50 years... 🔥
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
Data from NOAAGlobalTempv6.0.0. (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)
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Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.
October 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Posting a photo of Ceausescu’s bathroom for no apparent reason.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Sorry I’m a jerk! Did not see that @sammyroth.bsky.social had this story first. My fault for having my head down in this so long.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sorry I’m a jerk! Did not see that @sammyroth.bsky.social had this story first. My fault for having my head down in this so long.
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NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
Things that did not lead to "humanity's demise:" the First World War, the Great Famine in Ireland, The bubonic plague, the late Bronze Age Crisis, the Younger Dryas, Tambora--now a one of them led to "humanity's demise." #itsallgood #stayingcalmwithBillGates
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Things that did not lead to "humanity's demise:" the First World War, the Great Famine in Ireland, The bubonic plague, the late Bronze Age Crisis, the Younger Dryas, Tambora--now a one of them led to "humanity's demise." #itsallgood #stayingcalmwithBillGates
The future of the Boston Seaport district and the massive investments made there: apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...
A rising flood zone risk is affecting the Seaport, 10 percent of Boston's tax base
Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston’s property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk.
apps.bostonglobe.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The future of the Boston Seaport district and the massive investments made there: apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr...