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aprudy.bsky.social
that pic was long ago... CMU sociologist (UCSC) with bachelors in biology (Swat) who prolly shoulda been a geographer, envt, sci, their, father, partner, once-DIII soccer, club ultimate and free-form radio DJ
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At what point do we finally, on a collective level, admit that this level of sustained scaremongering about Zohran in relation to Jews is pure brown-baiting and Islamophobia? "

submitted 19 hours ago • 44 comments

All the fuck time. Then they pardoned violent insurrectionists. Endless signals condoning right wing political violence.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

submitted 5 days ago • 1034 comments

All y'all talking about contradictions between forces and relations... how many work in a manner where 1) cooperation is both a force and relation and 2) forces are defined as instruments of labor - like Marx does...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

If the point of production, especially for mass industrial commodities (however much niche differentiated), is to be the prioritized/primary locus of proletarian politics then the "post-Fordist" global North ever-increasingly holds a secondary status as the locus of left politics, doesn’t it? 1/2

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Simons Biles comes out and critiques Riley Gaines. She doesn’t get everything right, but hell yes.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I disagree with firing Postecoglu. Expect an exodus of senior players... starting with Romero, sigh.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Look, so, um, like, if, you know, someone makes a clear and cogent argument but precedes it (or adds) over the top claims, the proper response is a) that's great, b) but it's more complex than that, and Not c) you are 100% wrong because Marx!

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments