"I avoid politics." No bestie, you avoid uncomfortable conversations about politics. From the moment you were born til the day you die, you've been thoroughly and utterly enmeshed in the policies, systems, and governance of a society that shapes your experience. You just try not to think about it.

“The United States does not recognize a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under interntional law at the time they occurred” The ultimate use of “but at the time…” as if that made it okay, as though there weren’t genuine abolitionists “at the time.

This is such a smart & thoughtful thread. Not just abt HP. Goes much deeper, exploring how shame & narcissism figure in today’s world.

Sigh, just got a msg from a friend that was only exclamation points and I thought, wait, did it happen? But no

We knew this

Dying empire embroiled in a quagmire of its own making attempts outlandish conquest to restore faith

Oh yay now we have a macho bomb count. With zero reference to the victims, obviously. Every media outlet has its Issues, ofc. But if you want to better understand what’s going on, Al Jazeera English is one of your best bets.

2017. Large mtg at the center I’d just joined. I intro’d myself by saying I might have my citizenship revoked soon Former hi level diplomat: “you don’t really believe that?” Tone: you’re being provocative & scaremongering Turned out to be par for the guys at this center, who’d spent decades /

Episode 351 in Death Cult: The Series

“I don’t think the legal standard is the right standard to be looking at”. He absolutely refuses to answer the question of how much authors should be paid. He sees “experts as “idea generators.” He doesn’t understand knowledge. And so much more.

Today is the 50 year anniversary of the onset of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina. elpais.com/argentina/20...

FIFA sucks, but football doesn't The (still to be confirmed) news that #Zidane will be the French national team's next coach will make millions very happy. He's sure been preparing and waiting. + how did he get even hotter? Talk about aging well. This will be so fun!

The song is not transphobic. It's a love song. As a trans woman I really like the song. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Tired of my pinned post but still searching for a better one

For the umpteenth time: when do we call this WW3?

“I don’t think the legal standard is the right standard to be looking at”. He absolutely refuses to answer the question of how much authors should be paid. He sees “experts as “idea generators.” He doesn’t understand knowledge. And so much more.

Artificial “intelligence” depends on African Intelligence. Data labeling traumatizes those who do it. Kenyans correctly see this as the latest form of colonialism. They’re fighting back. It’s yet another form of harm & exploitation to consider if you’re contemplating the use of AI.

One thing I love about my Bluesky feed: every day I see at least one post with a word or name I don’t know. If post seems intriguing enough, I look up the word. And boom! I learned something. Not always something I wanted to know, but it still helps me interpret this crazy world.

Only 2 years?

In the absence of political leaders to salute, all hail French office supplies

Ne partez pas aux États-Unis. Même pas pour la coupe du monde. En vrai.

No viajes a los Estados Unidos. Simplemente, no lo hagas. Para nada.

I cannot overstate how much I H A T E these people.

All FIFA attendees need to watch this.

*stares in the War on Drugs and segregation.*

“standards were certainly lower for male students” “recruiters also want to be careful to not discourage women from applying. The bigger the applicant pool, the more selective the institution looks” In sum: mediocre men accepted over great women, and colleges want max applicants bc $$ & prestige

Oh, BTW, turns out that colleges are practicing Affirmative Action for men and have been for a while and STILL struggle to find qualified male applicants. hechingerreport.org/an-unnoticed...

🎶 We are, we are, we are the engineers We can, we can, we can demolish [all your fears] 🎶 With apologies to beers. IYKYK

If you read French, this is the most fine-grained analysis I’ve seen. Tldr: political parties are all over the place and it’s impossible to predict anything about next year’s presidential election from last night’s results.

France’s 3 largest cities voted to keep the left in power yesterday. Marseille seemed in danger, but the LFI candidate dropped out, giving incoming mayor the space he needed Mayor is basically socialist. LFI = “far” left but the party has hugely problematic leader @national level Mayor rejected/

This is now the LOST generation for all doctoral research, from engineering to public health, from literature to psychology, from religion to economics. Some programs will suffer more than others, but this is a tremendous loss to the future. This is ALL on #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #JDVance.

Brit whining bc France spends 6x as much on social programs than on defense & still has Europe’s biggest & best guns. Sounds like a kid who’s pissy he didn’t get the toy. Don’t get me wrong—Macron 👎 +I’ve said my piece abt French nukes But this is dumbissimo. See for yourself, no paywall

Safe, protected bike-lanes are: Better for business Better for emissions Better for air quality Better for public health Better for noise Better for space Better for equity Better for affordability Better for public cost Better for safety for EVERYONE Better for oil independence Better.

my bunny? bad

En ce jour d'élections, Rouge 141 vous rappelle deux grandes vérités cornéliennes : on fait ce qu'on peut avec ce qu'on a ; toutes les options ne se valent pas

Israel has crushed Unrwa in Gaza – and the rest of the world has done nothing | Philippe Lazzarini

Just here to say that calling France’s nukes a “shield” is really overstating the case. They talk about it that way. i recommend the work of Benoît Pelopidas to get a more realistic picture.

Happy Birthday to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a massive thank you to her for inventing rock and roll She was born on March 20th, 1915

Conceding that the UK government is crackers & behaved super badly as usual, the point remains: If you’re a dual national, be vigilant about renewing both passports, & ALWAYS carry both when you travel bc YOU NEVER KNOW. My parents drilled this into me. Costs me to say this, but they were right.

This, from the government's reply brief in the birthright citizenship case, is just flatly untrue. 1. There is no domicile requirement in the Citizenship Clause 2. Even if there was, legal presence in the country is NOT a requirement of domicile. You need only presence + intention to remain.

In advance of the runoff, a look at Anne Hidalgo's tenure as mayor of Paris by Madeleine Schwartz, part of our special section on "Socialism in the City" from the last issue of @dissentmag.bsky.social dissentmagazine.org/article/city...

surPRISE!!

I honestly feel like that’s the lesson of the Trump era the country is gonna take the longest to learn. like oh okay so we have been lionizing the founding fathers for 250 years and it turns out they didn’t do their ONE JOB. they didn’t Mad King-proof ANYTHING! first Mad King crashed the system!!!

I had a history joke, but it got lost in the mists of time.

I have an idea! Shut down Facebook.

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Réussir l'union de TOUTE la gauche et des écologistes ? C'est possible, @l-moncondhuy.bsky.social l'a fait à Poitiers ! Dimanche 22 mars, pour battre la droite et l'extrême droite et faire gagner un programme de gauche, il n'y aura qu'un seul bulletin. Celui de @poitierscollectif.bsky.social 🔴🟢🟣

To André’s racial capitalism point: Archives of a French-run uranium mine in Gabon included a decades-long series of circulars on how workers in company housing should behave: Forbidden to raise goats. Or chickens. Forbidden to plant crops. Forbidden to give rides to /

you are loved, and we will win

Yes, lots. This summarises some of the key findings... ‪