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arvinalaigh.com for my writing :)
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London Review of Books
4 days ago
âAlthough the NBA is a corporate entity that epitomises the runaway glut of hyper-capitalism (billionaire owners, multimillionaire players), it is strictly regulated to ensure competitive practice.â
@arvinalaigh.bsky.social
on salary cap loopholes in the NBA.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
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Arvin Alaigh | Inside Basketball
In 2014, Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for a then-record $2 billion, rescuing the basketball team from...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/march/inside-basketball
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arvin alaigh
London Review of Books
5 days ago
âNBA teams have made for fruitful investments: in 2000, the most valuable team in the league was valued at $395 million; as of early 2025, the average NBA team was worth about $4.6 billion.â
@arvinalaigh.bsky.social
on salary cap loopholes in the NBA, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
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Arvin Alaigh | Inside Basketball
In 2014, Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for a then-record $2 billion, rescuing the basketball team from...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/march/inside-basketball
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arvin alaigh
London Review of Books
5 days ago
âThe legacy sports media donât see allegations of fraud as part of their remit, which tends to be restricted to such topics as player performance, roster melodramas and coaching strategy.â Arvin Alaigh on salary cap loopholes in the NBA, from the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...
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Arvin Alaigh | Inside Basketball
In 2014, Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for a then-record $2 billion, rescuing the basketball team from...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/march/inside-basketball
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Jack Mirkinson
13 days ago
Wrote for
@thenation.com
about how catastrophic the Iran war could be for Israel's grip on US politicsâand why this is a moment to be seized for anyone who wants the US-Israel alliance to end.
www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The Iran War Could Be Catastrophic for the US-Israel Alliance. Good.
As Israelâs role in pushing the war with Iran comes into ever sharper focus, it's up to us to turn outrage into change.
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/iran-war-israel-protest/
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went long on
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for
@thenation.com
! always a pleasure to write about my sweet New Jerseyâread for a wild story involving NJ Dem party politics; a history of 'The Resistance'; AIPAC own goals; ICE terror; and so much more
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Ăngel Ferrero
about 1 month ago
đșđž Todos hemos visto los vĂdeos de Mamdani, pero su Ă©xito se debe a una estrategia digital que va mĂĄs allĂĄ de las redes sociales, como explica muy bien este artĂculo de
@arvinalaigh.bsky.social
en
@dissentmag.bsky.social
que he traducido para
@elsaltodiario.com
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www.elsaltodiario.com/redes-social...
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La maquinaria digital de Mamdani
El éxito del programa de Mamdani dependerå de una ambiciosa estrategia digital que va mås allå de sus buenos resultados en redes sociales.
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/redes-sociales/maquinaria-digital-mamdani
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[SCUTTLEBUTT]
about 2 months ago
There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
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arvin alaigh
Dissent Magazine
about 2 months ago
The success of Zohranâs agenda will depend on an ambitious digital strategy that transcends social media performance. Read
@arvinalaigh.bsky.social
on online organizing:
dissentmagazine.org/article/mamd...
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Mamdaniâs Digital Machine - Dissent Magazine
The success of Zohranâs agenda will depend on an ambitious digital strategy that transcends social media performance.
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/mamdanis-digital-machine/
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for the new issue of
@dissentmag.bsky.social
, I wrote about Mamdani's approach to digital organizing -- I try to demystify what goes into a digital electoral program! give it a lil read and let me know what you think
2 months ago
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Jack Sapoch
5 months ago
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb
5 months ago
MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.
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i attended netroots nation earlier this summer, and wrote about it for
@thebaffler.com
- check it out!
thebaffler.com/latest/by-th...
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By the Netroots | Arvin Alaigh
At Netroots Nation, an activist vanguard sits uncomfortably alongside those amenable to the status quo of the Democratic Party.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/by-the-netroots-alaigh
6 months ago
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The Baffler
6 months ago
Who is Netroots Nation for anymore? Activists? Democratic Party advocates? Arvin Alaigh visits the 2025 conference for answers.
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By the Netroots | Arvin Alaigh
At Netroots Nation, an activist vanguard sits uncomfortably alongside those amenable to the status quo of the Democratic Party.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/by-the-netroots-alaigh
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Jonathan Cohn
9 months ago
These 75 Democrats joined Republicans to "express gratitude" to ICE agents and call for greater local and state collaboration with ICE.
jonathancohn.medium.com/a-tale-of-tw...
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Commonweal
10 months ago
Arvin Alaigh: The complex, sometimes romanticized, but ultimately prophetic Catholic peace movement has critical lessons to teach today's America amid a genocidal war in Gaza.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/resistance-r...
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Resistance Reexamined
The complex, sometimes romanticized, but ultimately prophetic Catholic peace movement has critical lessons to teach today's America amid a genocidal war in Gaza.
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/resistance-reexamined
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Alyssa Harad
11 months ago
It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is âbring back that one innocent guyâ and not âWHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.â
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twitter is great bc every day your algorithm is constantly force-feeding you race war bait, incomprehensible quasi-schizophrenic promoted tweets, crypto scams, and fight videos... all without even asking :-)
12 months ago
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Peopleâs City Council - Los Angeles
about 1 year ago
Can you see whatâs happening in LA? 5 straight days, 1,000+ students, at least 8 schools across the city & county⊠Encourage the young people in your life to take action! Help them organize & mobilize their schools & classmates. Shut it all down!
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Tyler McBrien
about 1 year ago
I'm in the
@nytimes.com
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
this morning asking: Who exactly is running the federal government? If we canât answer that simple question, government officials and civil society must recognize warning signs of state capture and take back what's ours.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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It's all love blue sky fam.. but twitter is a lot better rn :/
over 1 year ago
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Radley Balko
over 1 year ago
New bad thing just dropped: Tech bros buying/donating surveillance gear to police departments, skipping public, elected official input and scrutiny on how it will be used.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/08/b...
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Ben Horowitzâs cozy relationship with the Las Vegas Police Department aided a16z portfolio company Skydio | TechCrunch
When Skydio, a young maker of drones in San Mateo, California, sent a customer proposal in 2023 to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, its chief
https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/08/ben-horowitzs-cozy-relationship-with-the-las-vegas-police-department-aided-a16z-portfolio-company-skydio/
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The Baffler
over 1 year ago
Contemporary antiwar protestersâsmeared by journalists, beaten by police, rebuked by the publicâwill one day be seen as prophetic. At least, thatâs what happened to the Berrigan brothers, two radical priests who stood up against the Vietnam War.
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The Fracture of Good Order | Arvin Alaigh
Itâs never a fair fight when the institutions that determine the acceptable bounds of dissent are the same ones conducting or enabling mass slaughter.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-fracture-of-good-order-alaigh
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Sorry blue sky Fam ... twitter is much more fun right now :/
almost 2 years ago
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Rory Masterson
almost 2 years ago
Larry Johnson admonishment, Hugo ChĂĄvez praise. Walton forever.
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Blue sky
almost 2 years ago
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Jordan Uhl
almost 2 years ago
New Jersey's ballot design has given incumbents and friends of the political machine an unfair advantage for years. Arvin Alaigh joined me to talk about why those days may be behind us, paving the way for more progressive and insurgent challengers:
www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-268-tak...
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Ep. 268: Taking On The NJ Machine ft. Arvin Alaigh
Party control and influence over New Jersey ballots could be coming to an end.
https://www.insurgentspod.com/p/ep-268-taking-on-the-nj-machine-ft
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Blue sky
almost 2 years ago
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The Baffler
almost 2 years ago
ââDemocrats have decided to be tough on immigrationâwhich is to say, theyâve capitulated to the right. As Arvin Alaigh writes, itâs a losing strategy.
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Crossing Over | Arvin Alaigh
Democrats have cribbed hardline rhetoric on immigration from their friends across the aisle. Itâs a losing strategy.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/crossing-over-alaigh
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arvin alaigh
The Baffler
about 2 years ago
With few exceptions, the Democratic Party marches in lockstep behind President Biden when it comes to Israelâs bloody campaign in Gaza. Pro-Israel donors are spending big this election cycle to keep it that way.
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AIPAC of Lies | Arvin Alaigh
The pro-Israel lobby wants to eliminate dissent among politicians on the question of Israel. Theyâre prepared to spend big on the 2024 election.
https://thebaffler.com/latest/aipac-of-lies-alaigh
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