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Musk must have put his fat finger on the scale of Grok AI and now he is a great thinker on par with Aristotle.

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For your timeline

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I see that Chris Hayes has a book out on the attention economy that is getting a lot of...well...attention. I wonder if he talks about Yves Citton's book. thenewinquiry.com/distracted-b...

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"Tyranny is rising in the White House, and a man has declared himself our king, so I would like to know, rather the people would like to know, what you, congressman, and your fellow congressmen are going to do to reign in the megalomaniac in the White House."

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DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

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they're gonna make you do a weekly performance review with chatgpt in the name of efficiency

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Dogged determination

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One more repost for Jordan Peele's birthday, which was yesterday. www.unemployednegativity.com/2019/03/you-...

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Back in college I had a tape a friend made me that included a few songs from a live set that Fugazi did somewhere in Europe, I think Poland. Nazis had showed up to show and were doing what are now called "controversial salutes" but we used to just call"Seig heiling...

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So transphobia, imo, is structurally very similar to antisemitism -- both get much of their force from the fear of a SECRET Other, an Other who can pass -- and it's because of that, i think, that transphobia and antisemitism are uniquely DERANGING to bigots.

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Reposted for Jordan Peele’s birthday www.unemployednegativity.com/2022/07/betw...

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The Devil dog of Maine.

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Every time someone complains that "the postal service is losing money" what they're actually saying is "the postal service should lower the quality of its services and also charge more."

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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Oh fuck, what a grift. J6 terrorists sue a DOJ controlled by Trump; Trump orders DOJ lawyers to settle for an undisclosed amount, both sides agree to an NDA. This can happen dozens, hundreds of times. Just an ingenious way to funnel tax dollars to far-right terrorist groups.

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NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”

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progressive.org/magazine/mak...

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I was never comfortable with this thing going viral, but if Musk is going to start calling people parasites I thought that I would share it again.

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“The State of Maine will not be intimidated by the President’s threats.” www.pressherald.com?p=7428090&uu...

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TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

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Jordan Bardella, president of National Rally, the French fascist-but-not-quite-nazi party, cancelled his speech at CPAC after Bannon's heil hitler, so one of the main figures in the European far right recognizes it for what it is and is embarassed but US journalists cant and arent, just for context

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Reposted on the anniversary of the Communist Manifesto on this day in 1848. www.unemployednegativity.com/2018/10/halo...

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New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

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In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

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This need to be brought up every time someone talks about cutting social security. They got their cuts the hard way when thousands of people were dying every week. archive.md/GVwox

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🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

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Reading about cuts to the FAA amidst increasing airplane disasters is a reminder that some in power now looked at COVID, looked at the 3000 dead a week that we not only put up with but ignored, and wondered how much more destruction they could get away with in order to make more money.

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Again, no money has been 'saved', the purpose of this bonfire of the vanities is not to 'save' money, it is the utter destruction of core systems that serve the collective good, save lives, and protect millions--systems that may take decades to rebuild, if they ever do

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Reminder that Fischbach's Marx with Spinoza is available for preorder in paperback from Edinburgh Press. You can get an addition 30% off by using the code PAPER30. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-marx-wi...

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This is the “waste” Musk and his DOGE scumbags are cutting, housing for almost 100 Maine people is cancelled over night leaving kids and their families on the streets.

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Remember when Red Lobster was being liquidated by hedge funds and we all made jokes about endless shrimp? Well, we are all Red Lobster now. The whole country is being sold for parts.

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It’s wild that the most successful ‘burn it all down’ political movement in recent history is led by people who have become wealthy beyond their dreams within the system they want to destroy.

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One thing that neither Trump nor Musk appreciate is that there are people who serve the country out of a sincere love for doing so and a sense of responsibility to community. Trump called war dead "suckers"; what do you think he calls park rangers?

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another Thing I Will Keep Saying: there is of course an important moral case for internationalism. but the practical case for it can start by simply noticing how internationalist the people robbing you are (however nationalist their rhetoric might be)

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Musk must have put his fat finger on the scale of Grok AI and now he is a great thinker on par with Aristotle.

For your timeline

I see that Chris Hayes has a book out on the attention economy that is getting a lot of...well...attention. I wonder if he talks about Yves Citton's book. thenewinquiry.com/distracted-b...

"Tyranny is rising in the White House, and a man has declared himself our king, so I would like to know, rather the people would like to know, what you, congressman, and your fellow congressmen are going to do to reign in the megalomaniac in the White House."

DOGE is like if Fyre Festival was a government agency.

they're gonna make you do a weekly performance review with chatgpt in the name of efficiency

Dogged determination

One more repost for Jordan Peele's birthday, which was yesterday. www.unemployednegativity.com/2019/03/you-...

Back in college I had a tape a friend made me that included a few songs from a live set that Fugazi did somewhere in Europe, I think Poland. Nazis had showed up to show and were doing what are now called "controversial salutes" but we used to just call"Seig heiling...

So transphobia, imo, is structurally very similar to antisemitism -- both get much of their force from the fear of a SECRET Other, an Other who can pass -- and it's because of that, i think, that transphobia and antisemitism are uniquely DERANGING to bigots.

Reposted for Jordan Peele’s birthday www.unemployednegativity.com/2022/07/betw...

The Devil dog of Maine.

Every time someone complains that "the postal service is losing money" what they're actually saying is "the postal service should lower the quality of its services and also charge more."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Oh fuck, what a grift. J6 terrorists sue a DOJ controlled by Trump; Trump orders DOJ lawyers to settle for an undisclosed amount, both sides agree to an NDA. This can happen dozens, hundreds of times. Just an ingenious way to funnel tax dollars to far-right terrorist groups.

NEH introduces new prohibited categories to comply with executive orders. This is an infringement of academic freedom plain and simple, and also nonsense: what is “discriminatory equity ideology”

progressive.org/magazine/mak...

I was never comfortable with this thing going viral, but if Musk is going to start calling people parasites I thought that I would share it again.

“The State of Maine will not be intimidated by the President’s threats.” www.pressherald.com?p=7428090&uu...

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

Jordan Bardella, president of National Rally, the French fascist-but-not-quite-nazi party, cancelled his speech at CPAC after Bannon's heil hitler, so one of the main figures in the European far right recognizes it for what it is and is embarassed but US journalists cant and arent, just for context

Reposted on the anniversary of the Communist Manifesto on this day in 1848. www.unemployednegativity.com/2018/10/halo...

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

How many federal workers would DOGE need to fire to make up for Musk not paying his fair share of taxes? Answer: 677,000. That's 44% of the entire non-DoD federal workforce. Again, this power grab is not about the budget. It’s about politics.

In 2024, the NLRB filed a complaint against Tesla for interfering in a union drive at their Buffalo, NY assembly plant. Today:

This need to be brought up every time someone talks about cutting social security. They got their cuts the hard way when thousands of people were dying every week. archive.md/GVwox

🔥🔥🔥 Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe was arrested for civil disobedience after speaking against a MAGA display that the city council of Huntington Beach agreed to put up at the public library…..that’s what’s up….every word👇

Reading about cuts to the FAA amidst increasing airplane disasters is a reminder that some in power now looked at COVID, looked at the 3000 dead a week that we not only put up with but ignored, and wondered how much more destruction they could get away with in order to make more money.

Again, no money has been 'saved', the purpose of this bonfire of the vanities is not to 'save' money, it is the utter destruction of core systems that serve the collective good, save lives, and protect millions--systems that may take decades to rebuild, if they ever do

Reminder that Fischbach's Marx with Spinoza is available for preorder in paperback from Edinburgh Press. You can get an addition 30% off by using the code PAPER30. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-marx-wi...

This is the “waste” Musk and his DOGE scumbags are cutting, housing for almost 100 Maine people is cancelled over night leaving kids and their families on the streets.

Remember when Red Lobster was being liquidated by hedge funds and we all made jokes about endless shrimp? Well, we are all Red Lobster now. The whole country is being sold for parts.

It’s wild that the most successful ‘burn it all down’ political movement in recent history is led by people who have become wealthy beyond their dreams within the system they want to destroy.

One thing that neither Trump nor Musk appreciate is that there are people who serve the country out of a sincere love for doing so and a sense of responsibility to community. Trump called war dead "suckers"; what do you think he calls park rangers?

another Thing I Will Keep Saying: there is of course an important moral case for internationalism. but the practical case for it can start by simply noticing how internationalist the people robbing you are (however nationalist their rhetoric might be)

Remember when Trump mocked Serge Kovaleski? That is basically their entire philosophy now. www.centralmaine.com?p=3202588&uu...

One week from tonight. www.backcovebooks.com/events/18123...

Blissfully oblivious to it all