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Research on the right-wing and conservative theology. Fifteen Minutes of Fascism: https://soundcloud.com/user-627234964 https://www.youtube.com/@fifteenminutesoffascism Author, How to Talk to Your Son about Fascism: https://shorturl.at/jjwZz DMs open.
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Check out today's episode of Fifteen Minutes of Fascism, a sadly topical podcast covering the global rise of the radical right: soundcloud.com/user-6272349...

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I'm not a political scientist but if you're advice to the Democratic Party is pushing out unions, immigrants, and queers then I think there's already a party for that

submitted 8 hours ago • 36 comments

if the base gets mad, they win if the base is indifferent, money wins

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This perpetuates a lie that the US didn't know about the Holocaust - of was covered in Jewish US news immediately, and people actively tried to flee to the US but were turned away.

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

Curtis Yarvin just wrote a thread on X about a neo-Nazi conspiracy theory that claims the United States purposefully killed one million German POWs at the end of WWII. In case you were wondering how things are going.

submitted 15 hours ago • 28 comments

Big Balls is a full-time government employee now ANOTHER scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/big-ba...

submitted 14 hours ago • 4 comments

chasing what's popular means trailing what is right and just

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I'm on at WPFW in DC soon! Tune in.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

you get on the highway that says the name of the place you're going to, or the nearest bigger place, then you stop at a diner (better than the gas station) and ask for directions and use the map

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

Check out my YouTube video on Reinhard Heydrich, maybe the worst Nazi? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieyl...

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folks, something terrible is happening here. it doesn't have to be your lane to reach out to young men about this, but it does have to be somebody's i wrote a book about it: www.routledge.com/How-to-Talk-...

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

if you wanna have an aneurysm may i suggest re-reading op-eds in mainstream outlets written in the wake of charlottesville in 2017 - the false equivalency drawn between nazis & antifa was egregious then, but holy fuck is it egregious to read now

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I am sincerely baffled by many centrist parties' behavior here. This hasn't worked since 1990, why would it work now?

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Folks they aren't LARPing, it's real. It is all really happening, they are disappearing people and laying the groundwork for even worse .

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I have no idea why ANYONE finds an algorithm spitting out that kind of language to be reassuring or pleasant. It's awful.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

spectacular

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this is correct - if you're a leftist or progressive in the US, only know English, and can put in the time, do it!

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If you do well in high school, you're now getting into Illinois' public universities automatically. Seeking a higher education is more affordable and accessible than ever before, thanks to our FY26 balanced budget.

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Jonathan Joss was MURDERED. Words matter here. He was MURDERED. it was a HATE CRIME because he is a gay Indigenous man. Say those words. Do not dance around it. He wasn't "killed in a shooting." He was murdered in a hate crime.

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this scene from In the Loop, except even the kid knows it a scam

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Check out my Youtube video on Martin Heidegger www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLsX...

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anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hate are both unacceptable in a just society, reject both

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look even if you think all federal money needs to Make America Powerful you need to understand how powerful a thought "The United States saved my baby's life" is

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

if you can, in person essays are the future of higher ed at least until/unless the LLMs eat themselves on endless LLM content

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

the correct take

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Social media algorithms are completely broken and BlueSky is thankfully a refuge from that grindset. But it does mean creators here are particularly reliant on others sharing their work or just sharing a kind word. Especially if we want a better Internet built on community rather than SEO.

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

even if they think that this will win them the battle (it won't), from the lessons of Tony Blair they should know this will lose the war

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Non alcoholic Scandinavian American detective played by Frances McDormand: a fictional cop I am ok with

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submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

they want you and your friends to die

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Narrator: But they did want to destroy higher education.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

It means he’s a Republican.

submitted 5 days ago • 169 comments

something something emergent contradictions something something ouroboros

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As always, it's the smile that gets me Just so much cruelty and disrespect packed in one little gesture

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A lot of people know about the Germans in the space program, but the more relevant engineer might be Qian Xuesen, the MIT/CalTech aerospace professor who co-founded JPL and was sent to recruit the Germans. We deported him the 1950s. He became the leader of China’s missile program.

submitted 5 days ago • 73 comments

So many problems could ameliorate if democrats just committed to treating enemies like enemies.

submitted 5 days ago • 9 comments

don't insult your enemies in ways that will hurt your friends and allies -- this is one of those clear examples of why the language we use matters and is part of the work

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I cannot wait for Grok to ingest all of the Telegram chats and channels from the terrorism and violent extremism space, the Com Network, the obscene pornography, gore, jihadist, militant, conspiracist mileus etc. Its going to be a great contribution to our world. www.cnbc.com/2025/05/28/e...

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Trump is attacking higher ed precisely because it is a source of upward mobility and a symbol of all the things about the US that he and his allies hate

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