The Last Utopian
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Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless
May 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hard not to notice that ICE isn't breaking up drug rings or gangs (because we would ABSOLUTELY hear about it if they were), but instead are dressing up like bank robbers and doing the laziest shit possible, like hanging out at immigration court or grabbing people for busted taillights. Worthless
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It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
Policy suggestions better than the WH can come up with
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Policy suggestions better than the WH can come up with
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 14,1953
April 14,1953
April 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 14,1953
April 14,1953
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Here's Trump saying to Bukele that "homegrown criminals are next" and talking about how El Salvador will need to build "about five more places."
April 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Billions of blustering barnacles! Tariffs everywhere!
April 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Billions of blustering barnacles! Tariffs everywhere!
Show 324 - What's Good for the Goose
Common Sense with Dan Carlin · Episode
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March 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Is International Women's Day too woke or DEI this year, I can't keep track
March 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Is International Women's Day too woke or DEI this year, I can't keep track
To Fight Against This Age by Rob Rieman
It's about the continual resurgence of fascism and why it tends to draw in the masses. More importantly, it's about the weakness of fascism, which depends on a politics of resentment, of anger and fear, xenophobia, and the need for scapegoats
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It's about the continual resurgence of fascism and why it tends to draw in the masses. More importantly, it's about the weakness of fascism, which depends on a politics of resentment, of anger and fear, xenophobia, and the need for scapegoats
#booksky #books
February 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
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February 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
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My favourite horror podcast is The Rest is Money. It's about a dystopian landscape of exploitation but the hosts act like its jolly and exciting. 10/10 unsettling psychological futureshocks style horror.
February 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My favourite horror podcast is The Rest is Money. It's about a dystopian landscape of exploitation but the hosts act like its jolly and exciting. 10/10 unsettling psychological futureshocks style horror.
Day 9:
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
This book is most relevant to the colonial experience, but is still timely to read for anyone today. Fanon contrasts colonial control with capitalist control. We will look at Colony in a Nation next week.
#booksky #micahrecommends #books
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
This book is most relevant to the colonial experience, but is still timely to read for anyone today. Fanon contrasts colonial control with capitalist control. We will look at Colony in a Nation next week.
#booksky #micahrecommends #books
February 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Day 9:
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
This book is most relevant to the colonial experience, but is still timely to read for anyone today. Fanon contrasts colonial control with capitalist control. We will look at Colony in a Nation next week.
#booksky #micahrecommends #books
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
This book is most relevant to the colonial experience, but is still timely to read for anyone today. Fanon contrasts colonial control with capitalist control. We will look at Colony in a Nation next week.
#booksky #micahrecommends #books
Denis Villeneuve directing a film adaptation of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson: an unfulfilled wish
February 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Denis Villeneuve directing a film adaptation of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson: an unfulfilled wish
Day 8: Violence by Slavoj Žižek
This is an interesting one. Once you get used to Žižek's style of writing, it's a relatively easy read. Funny at times, dense at others, and surprising throughout.
#booksky #books #micahrecommends
This is an interesting one. Once you get used to Žižek's style of writing, it's a relatively easy read. Funny at times, dense at others, and surprising throughout.
#booksky #books #micahrecommends
February 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Day 8: Violence by Slavoj Žižek
This is an interesting one. Once you get used to Žižek's style of writing, it's a relatively easy read. Funny at times, dense at others, and surprising throughout.
#booksky #books #micahrecommends
This is an interesting one. Once you get used to Žižek's style of writing, it's a relatively easy read. Funny at times, dense at others, and surprising throughout.
#booksky #books #micahrecommends
Day 7:
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
As we saw in the beginning of The Need for Roots, rights imply obligations. You cannot have a right without an obligation.
#booksky #micahrecommends
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
As we saw in the beginning of The Need for Roots, rights imply obligations. You cannot have a right without an obligation.
#booksky #micahrecommends
February 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Day 7:
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
As we saw in the beginning of The Need for Roots, rights imply obligations. You cannot have a right without an obligation.
#booksky #micahrecommends
The Bill of Obligations by Richard Haas
As we saw in the beginning of The Need for Roots, rights imply obligations. You cannot have a right without an obligation.
#booksky #micahrecommends
The John Wick movies rely heavily on the Cool Factor to suspend my disbelief. And boy does it work.
February 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The John Wick movies rely heavily on the Cool Factor to suspend my disbelief. And boy does it work.
Day 6:
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The thickest and one of the most dense books I've posted so far, but important, especially today. This theory of justice is one that was thought that all reasonable people could agree on, and is largely how liberal democracies are structured.
#booksky
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The thickest and one of the most dense books I've posted so far, but important, especially today. This theory of justice is one that was thought that all reasonable people could agree on, and is largely how liberal democracies are structured.
#booksky
February 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Day 6:
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The thickest and one of the most dense books I've posted so far, but important, especially today. This theory of justice is one that was thought that all reasonable people could agree on, and is largely how liberal democracies are structured.
#booksky
A Theory of Justice by John Rawls
The thickest and one of the most dense books I've posted so far, but important, especially today. This theory of justice is one that was thought that all reasonable people could agree on, and is largely how liberal democracies are structured.
#booksky
How do we know that the Eagles are the better team unless they beat the Chiefs in a best-of-seven series? I don't understand football at all
February 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
How do we know that the Eagles are the better team unless they beat the Chiefs in a best-of-seven series? I don't understand football at all
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AI's illusion of reason. Mechanical Turks and our eagerness to believe illusions are real.
open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...
open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...
AI's Illusion of Reason
We shouldn’t need any illusions to understand how generative tools might be useful. This obsession with anthropomorphization hinders our ability to understand what these systems can and cannot do, lea...
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February 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
AI's illusion of reason. Mechanical Turks and our eagerness to believe illusions are real.
open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...
open.substack.com/pub/marcwatk...
I was getting sick and tired of watching society inch closer and closer to a dystopian nightmare for the past 20 years. I'm glad we finally poured some gas on this thing and really got it going.
February 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I was getting sick and tired of watching society inch closer and closer to a dystopian nightmare for the past 20 years. I'm glad we finally poured some gas on this thing and really got it going.
Day 5:
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I wasn't able to find my physical copy with my annotations (I likely lent it out at one point), so a Kindle version and some quick highlighting will have to do.
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Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I wasn't able to find my physical copy with my annotations (I likely lent it out at one point), so a Kindle version and some quick highlighting will have to do.
#booksky
February 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Day 5:
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I wasn't able to find my physical copy with my annotations (I likely lent it out at one point), so a Kindle version and some quick highlighting will have to do.
#booksky
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
I wasn't able to find my physical copy with my annotations (I likely lent it out at one point), so a Kindle version and some quick highlighting will have to do.
#booksky
Day 4:
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
This one is a doozy. I read it when it first came out in 2017, and re-reading it for this post I was startled at just how prescient it is.
#booksky
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
This one is a doozy. I read it when it first came out in 2017, and re-reading it for this post I was startled at just how prescient it is.
#booksky
February 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Day 4:
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
This one is a doozy. I read it when it first came out in 2017, and re-reading it for this post I was startled at just how prescient it is.
#booksky
Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean
This one is a doozy. I read it when it first came out in 2017, and re-reading it for this post I was startled at just how prescient it is.
#booksky
Day 3:
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
Written in 1943 (the last year of her life), this was meant as an outline of a plan for the renewal of Europe after the Nazi scourge.
She enumerates what she considers the needs of the soul, and most importantly the need for roots.
#booksky
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
Written in 1943 (the last year of her life), this was meant as an outline of a plan for the renewal of Europe after the Nazi scourge.
She enumerates what she considers the needs of the soul, and most importantly the need for roots.
#booksky
February 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Day 3:
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
Written in 1943 (the last year of her life), this was meant as an outline of a plan for the renewal of Europe after the Nazi scourge.
She enumerates what she considers the needs of the soul, and most importantly the need for roots.
#booksky
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
Written in 1943 (the last year of her life), this was meant as an outline of a plan for the renewal of Europe after the Nazi scourge.
She enumerates what she considers the needs of the soul, and most importantly the need for roots.
#booksky