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Political scientists: if you study US politics and don't know the "14 Words" or "1488" references, you are not ready for this moment. I urge you to read up on white supremaccist / neonazi movements because they are not fringe and irrelevant anymore

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If you want to get a sense how Trump has so thoroughly trashed the reputation of the US right across the globe in just one month, here’s Singapore’s Minister of Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen speaking in Munich: “America's image has changed from liberator to great disruptor to a landlord seeking rent.”

submitted 7 days ago • 37 comments

Corporations want control over your digital books, ending the concept of ownership www.theverge.com/news/612898/...

submitted 8 days ago • 315 comments

For folks who are surprised about, or shocked by, Vance calling on Trump to ignore judges, he’s been saying it for a while but much of our political press wasn’t paying attention:

submitted 14 days ago • 293 comments

This is pretty shocking. Make sure you look in the lower right hand corner.

submitted 15 days ago • 63 comments

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server. Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

submitted 19 days ago • 1554 comments

BREAKING WAPO: Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years. Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 892 comments

Here's how I broke down 1000+ research papers (Every PhD supervisor loves this method) The 9 objectives every literature review needs: 1. To identify documented papers about your research area. 2. To find out what concepts and methodologies are used. #academicsky #acwri #phdsky #researchsky

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Why does every man between 25 and 65 have a podcast, who listens to all these podcasts, do they know there are other hobbies than recording podcasts?

submitted 26 days ago • 608 comments

<— Enjoying watching the NFC Conference Championship game and assuming that there is no news about economic sanctions whatsoever.

submitted 27 days ago • 4 comments

#ProtectDemocracy #Democracy #NonPartisan #Volunteer #Authoritarianism #Trump #Musk #MAGA #Project2025 #Nationalism #NewApostolicReformation #Plutocracy #Obscurantism @protectdemocracy.org How You Can Protect Democracy (29 concrete actions) ⏬ Bluesky article thread (30 min) with extra links 📖

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

I have been saying this! Americans have skills Europe needs. Europe is highly desirable in terms of quality of life and life style for the talented people. One issue: how to integrate Americans - after all we done want those politics across the Atlantic. www.ft.com/content/b6a5...

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

We are declaring drug trafficking cartels as terrorist organizations but Trump pardons the guy who ran the biggest online illegal drug market ever (silk road)? As an explicit political favor?

submitted 32 days ago • 161 comments

Trump releasing the insurrectionists has a real Bane opening the gates of Gotham’s prisons vibe.

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"oligarchs made out like bandits in post-Soviet anarchy of the times...they intervened ..to secure re-election of Boris Yeltsin in 1996. That led to semibankirshchina — or rule of the seven bankers — until oligarchs fell out among themselves & Yeltsin’s successor Vladimir Putin." on.ft.com/4gZSKiS

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I’ve found the one thing on planet Earth that’s happier than a pig in shit - it’s Leo, eyebrows deep in a 1kg yoghurt pot. He’s come a loooong way since the streets 😂 #dogsofbluesky #rescuedogs #dogs

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Either you die draining the swamp or you live long enough to see yourself become the swamp… www.politico.com/live-updates...

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this choice of photos by the Carter Center is shadier than a Georgia peach tree in summer

submitted 44 days ago • 1940 comments

#Trump #Musk #MAGA #Christianity #Rushdoony #ItsACult #Theocracy #ChristianReconstructionism #Populism #NewApostolicReformation archive.is/Exe2g American Christians are embracing the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state. Abridged (shortened) article thread ⏬ 25 min

submitted 44 days ago • 7 comments

Honestly read this, take it to heart and preach it. It can happen here!

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I think we’ll be in for a rough four years in Germany. CDU/CSU will need to build a 3-way coalition with parties typically at odds with them. I think there will be a lot of fighting and Government instability handing AfD talking points.

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Current German polling trends are increasingly pointing to a weird 4 party parliament, with the AfD as the major opposition and the CDU/CSU potentially being able to choose whether to work with SPD or Greens.

submitted 44 days ago • 15 comments

Cryptocurrency and Medieval Monetary Theory https://www.medievalists.net/2022/01/cryptocurrency-medieval-monetary/ #Medieval

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Morning Bluesky. Amusement for the day is the discovery that the Daily Telegraph has a podcast called Planet Normal which is the exact opposite of that. Today’s topic is why Liz Truss was a great Prime Minister and really, really didn’t crash the economy.

submitted 45 days ago • 26 comments

Interesting new article on International Affairs for those following debates about civilizations/civilizationism in #int-rel: "Civilization as a concept in foreign policy Get access Arrow" Andrew Ehrhardt doi.org/10.1093/ia/i...

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Them, an intellectual: Threatening tariffs on Denmark lol, how much blue cheese does the US eat? Me, a medical writer: Have you heard of Ozempic? Them: ...

submitted 45 days ago • 205 comments

This episode of Black Mirror we are living in sucks.

submitted 45 days ago • 141 comments

This letter in the New Statesman a couple of years ago seems even truer now.

submitted 45 days ago • 113 comments

If you thought a Unipolar Hyperpower Global Hegemony sucked ass, get ready to re-learn once more just how incredibly much more a Multipolar Regional Great Powers Spheres of Influence Great Game sucks way much more ass in every single way, all over again!

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The Middle Ages

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when RAND corporation released their report on neo-medievalism I don't think they were expecting it to be this medieval

submitted 46 days ago • 794 comments

LA this morning. Wait for the camera to pan. (Via @andrewkimmel on X)

submitted 46 days ago • 133 comments

Macron urges a new European military coalition as an alternative to NATO to help combat Russia and other threats. "We can't rely on (the US) or rest of the world." The plan is to create a European army with France, UK, Italy, Poland, Baltic states and everyone who seeks to join.

submitted 46 days ago • 659 comments

This is SO cool. Thank you @classicfm.com!

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I don't understand the political timidity when it comes to regulating social media. These are companies that have decimated the free press, fuelled race riots on our streets, undermined the mental health of our children, paid little tax and are now undermining liberal democracy itself.

submitted 47 days ago • 177 comments

Scoop: I obtained a confidential presentation outlining how a major conservative think tanks plans to go after volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are "abusing their position" and promoting antisemitism forward.com/news/686797/...

submitted 46 days ago • 170 comments

Is … there really a Twitter “feudalism” discourse happening? Do I want to know?

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Bye bye Meta…

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We really need stricter protections against foreign interference. Not only does he have FU money, but he owns one of the largest propaganda organisations.

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Nigel Farage boasted that Elon Musk is “right behind” him — and raised the prospect of the tech tycoon opening up his checkbook to help Farage’s insurgent Reform UK party.

submitted 67 days ago • 24 comments

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submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!

submitted 70 days ago • 416 comments