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Humans make the world & we can remake it anytime Podcast: WHAT ROUGH BEAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-rough-beast/id1787176282 The Guardian, Wired, Politico, LA Times, NY Times, Atlantic, Economist, Foreign Policy, etc Ph.D. fwiw
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Ketamine is a pro-psychotic. Pro. Meaning if you need more psychosis in your stormy head it’s a great way to top things off

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What’s laughable is how little waste they have found. Every Silicon Valley enterprise I’ve been a part of blows a month’s rent daily on sushi and Uber Black

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A great interview with Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan, who is showing how universities must stand against tyranny.

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Thank you so much, @danimalcrackers.bsky.social!

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Now is the time for all personal-injury lawyers, class-action filers, ambulance-chasers, & Slippin’ Jimmys to bond together to show the king just how expensive neglecting human needs can be The civil service is, by contrast, thrift itself

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Humans make the world, and we can remake it anytime. At What Rough Beast, we are trying to imagine a new American future — and we need your help. open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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Thank you, @gobosox54.bsky.social. We gotta keep faith with the civil service while the nihilists at DOGE sell it short. That means meeting fed employees, hearing their stories, writing letters of recommendation & cultivating unshakable confidence in what they do to make a more human society.

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Me @theguardian.com : A short squeeze on the broligarchy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Huge thank you, @mattclarke.bsky.social! — and to all the supporters of WHAT ROUGH BEAST.

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The gyre is wide. It’s vertigo. But there are ideas that are better than Trump, MAGA, and Musk. Help us imagine a way through this by supporting WHAT ROUGH BEAST. open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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On the latest episode of WHAT ROUGH BEAST, Wesleyan President Michael Roth discusses the urgency of taking a stand. virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/the-known-...

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The coup is taking such a profound toll. Reddit news from the federal government:

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Boycotts work. The NAACP advises consumers to avoid Lowe’s, Target, Walmart, Amazon, Meta, McDonald’s, & Tractor Supply until they reaffirm their commitments to fairness. The advisory praises Costco, Apple, Ben & Jerry’s, e.l.f. Cosmetics and JPMorgan Chase & Co for standing firm.

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@rfertel.bsky.social would you follow me? I have an idea to DM you about!

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Christ almighty

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It’s been almost a decade since conservatives cared about family values. It’s been longer since they cared about peoples’ needs: jobs, housing, healthcare. So if they don’t care abt our needs OR our values, what does the Musk-Trump right even want? open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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Just super disappointed to see virtue-signaling interfere with sales of a really cool innovative cybertruck with manly, muscular styling

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A pleasure to talk to @longlead.com about journalism.

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Trump's a lot like Erdoğan but America is not Turkey so there's still hope: excellent podcast with Turkish journalist @asliaydintasbas.bsky.social and @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social on the slow march towards autocracy virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/charisma-i...

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So Google doesn’t want our money? open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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How might this seething Civil War end? Lessons from Gettysburg. open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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I can’t imagine that any American feels represented by the current government — outside of a parasocial enthrallment to social-media avatars called Musk and Trump. Like this, we will soon forget what “representation” even means.

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Rizz that beats TrumpX shoudn't be hard to find. So why is it? New (free and ad-free) episode of WHAT ROUGH BEAST. Charisma Is Non-Negotiable open.substack.com/pub/virginia...

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