U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

look, I may not agree with every decision our president makes, but he is our commander in chief and I will defend to the death his right to be impeached, removed from office, arrested, stripped of his wealth, tried for his crimes and thrown straight the fuck into prison

RAWIllumination.net: James Joyce books roundup, including 'Straight Outta Dublin' via @pquadrino.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/jame...

Edwin Diaz, you are dead to me

Brooklyn book haul #Bushwick #HumanRelations

The veneer of clownish stupidity has protected the Trump admin from the reality that it is the most criminal, lawless, corrupt government in the history of the US, centered entirely around the self-glorification of the president, the looting of the nation, and promoting worldwide white supremacy

To recap: Trump said Zohran isn’t a jihadist and is going to do a good job, even as Zohran still maintained Trump is a fascist.

A life of the mind is its own reward

In December 2018, Epstein wrote about Trump: “I am the one able to take him down.” Eight months later, Epstein was found dead in a prison run by the Trump administration. Weird coincidence.

However MAGA chooses to explain this away will be one of the most extreme examples of cognitive dissonance theory in the history of ever.

Ohtani is hilariously weird

#MelvilleMonday Arrowhead, in western Massachusetts, where Moby-Dick and other works were written by Herman Melville

herman melville, Melville-Lowry-Woods, les pensées en continue, la littérature, l’art, l’architecture, les pensées éclatées, le texte sans ponctuation, si p117. 1ere aventure avec László Krasznahorkai , 💥

the Spruce Moose youtu.be/c06hIXPxvwk?...

I'm so embarrassed to be an American right now. Donald Trump is a senile old codger, standing before the United Nations, reading a speech clearly written by an alt right lunatic and a bunch of oil and gas lobbyists. Well done, U.S. voters. You really fucked this one up.

The Dodgers now lead the Giants head-to-head all-time in the regular season, 1,288 wins to 1,287 wins (with 19 ties, h/t @EliasSports) This is the first time the Dodgers lead the Giants all-time head-to-head since after a game on August 8, 1896, when they led 49-48 BASE BALL

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

“What is most exceptional about the Americans is not the voluminous record of their violence but their extraordinary ability in the face of that record to persuade themselves that they are among the best behaved and best regulated of peoples.” - Richard Hofstadter, American Violence, 1970 🗃️

If you’re surfing the Pynchon wave @pquadrino.bsky.social’s Counterforce piece is a must read :)))

This level of barbarity is unconscionable. Nobody should be comfortable with children and families starving to death. It is morally indefensible to allow the manufactured and man-made starvation to continue. The United States must stop funding and enabling this genocide.

The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

NEW: In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed 27 grievances to prove that King George III was a tyrant. We looked at how many of those now apply to Donald Trump. Have a good Fourth of July and pass this on. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Israel deployed a heavy, indiscriminate (US-made) bomb to blow up a CAFE full of journalists and civilians, which likely constitutes a war crime www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country

illegal war started by a man constitutionally ineligible to be president

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Been reading this new book, a walkthrough of apocalyptic stories of the modern era. Goes well with Benjamin Labatut’s *The Maniac* (although none of the finesse of fiction in this cultural study)

One story getting lost in the chaotic news cycle: T*ump greenlit the acquisition of US Steel by a Japanese company, only after they included a special “golden share” in the business for T*ump himself. How is this benefiting America First? Straight up corruption and grift apnews.com/article/trum...

BREAKING: Federal judge orders Trump regime to release Pro-Palestinian pro-justice activist Mahmoud Khalil. Plain clothes ICE fascists arrested Khalil without a warrant, charge, or any due process. He has been in the custody of immigration agents since March 8 and missed the birth of his son. 1/2

“Tyrants, regicide is too good for you!” - James Joyce, Finnegans Wake (p.162)

I have obtained new nonpublic data from ICE that shows that 2/3 of the people it had booked into detention facilities this fiscal year had no criminal convictions at all. Less than 7% have violent convictions. Most convictions were for immigration, traffic, and vice offenses.

if you don’t know the history of Dodger Stadium you can’t fully understand what unfolded today. thanks @chrislhayes.bsky.social for the opportunity to share it.

In case you haven’t noticed, the election of even a single person who is considered leftist is so terrifying to capitalists that every weapon imaginable is on the table. This is why, post-WWII, America worked with Nazis, supported dictators, engaged in international terrorism and assassinations.

T*ump regime quietly shutters the only federal agency that investigates industrial chemical explosions [which occur almost every other day in the US] grist.org/energy/trump...

Less than 5 months in: ☑️Arrested a judge ☑️Arrested a Democratic mayor ☑️Arrested a Democratic Congressperson ☑️Detained a Democratic Senator ☑️Threatening to arrest a Democratic Governor ☑️Investigating other political enemies ☑️Deploying Marines domestically They are not hiding their intentions.

Finnegans, Wake! : The Late Show with Stephen Colbert roasted FWATX reading group on TV, and quoted @pquadrino.bsky.social :))) finwakeatx.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

Was watching the Knicks with my dad who first attended a Knicks game at MSG in the early 1950s. I can remember watching Ewing & Starks in the 90s. The team with Allan Houston, Latrell Sprewell, Larry Johnson, that's what made me a Knicks fan. #WinFortheBoroughs #LetsGoKnicks

This book club has been reading the same book for 12 years. They’re not even close to done. The Finnegans Wake Reading Group of Austin, TX reads one page every other week. By Sean Saldana www.texasstandard.org/stories/finn... James Joyce @ PG www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/autho... #books #literature

incredible news!!

Drinking Thai iced tea, eating Pad Thai, and enjoying Thai sunsets in Koh Chang 🇹🇭

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

“You perceive what dies with you. What lasts cannot be grasped.” (Edmond Jabès, The Book of Resemblances)

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THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country. When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/

scenes from Ninh Binh, Vietnam 🇻🇳 an otherworldly place. Eroded limestone karst mountains covered in lush greenery