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Saw someone post something like “what you would do in 1933 is what you’re doing now” and I kind of get it. But also, conditions were so different! Part of the reason I’m currently in a low-speed hyperfixation about the Spanish Civil War is that it’s so hard to imagine how much Left there was

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests. But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵

submitted 18 days ago • 22 comments

198 tabs open on my phone, about 25 books in the current tbr pile (that’s just the ones from the library), and the Vyvanse isn’t vyving

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Remember when we put up signs that said "The FBI was not here today" so we could take them down when they were and not violate gag orders?

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

submitted 7 days ago • 107 comments

Rep. Mike Flood (R-Nebraska): "I support Elon Musk and DOGE." Crowd: "BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

submitted 7 days ago • 30 comments

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY* (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

submitted 7 days ago • 2614 comments

I just keep thinking about “the POUM line” (from Homage to Barcelona), no reason

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments