It’s good that countries are stepping in to aid the flotilla if necessary but how is a ship with a top speed of 37km/h leaving from Cartagena in the western Mediterranean going to help when the flotilla is 2000+km away east of Crete. The geography isn’t geographying.

Saw someone post about how it's really fucked up that we all have to speculate about whether or not the FBI manufactured evidence to back their version of events. The thing is, you should always suspect that about law enforcement—these guys are just more clown-ish and obvious about it.

Democrats never needed the emergence of entire think tanks to convince them to abandon trans people. They have always left trans folx behind in practice anyway. Besides, they have lately been itching to jump on the anti trans bandwagon. All on their own.

They’ve decided there’s money to be made in AI and they will make it regardless. It doesn’t matter that they will destroy indigenous life, water, land and wipe out livelihoods for something that can’t tell if a bowl is empty or full!

Went back on instagram and X briefly to follow what was happening in Nepal. My reaction: I kinda see why people are on instagram. I can’t fucking believe people are still on X.

This matters but only insofar as mass unpopularity translates into actual resistance against the administration and its cronies. Let's be real - dictators keep power just fine by cultivating a loyal coalition of capitalists, media outlets, universities, government agencies etc.

The way Liberal response to fascist attacks on liberalism has been to prove they are not liberals is so indicative of liberalism

The hypocrisy is very much the point as is the cruelty.

Subscribing to Pranay’s substack - Kalam weekly is also a good idea. Please don’t rely on Western or Indian mainstream media. I saw someone say that their news sources apparently are chickpeas (Democracy Now is good)!

Nepal has seen a remarkable revolutionary victory rendering a cabal of morally bankrupt corrupt political actors obsolete. Regardless of what comes next, good riddance to bad rubbish! Here’s an explainer I wrote

Uncertainty arises about whether the president will actually heed GenZ's demands. Within the next 4-5 hours, we should gain clarity on whether the presidents hesitation concerns the dissolution of parliament, the nomination of Sushila Karki, or both issues.

I usually don’t post this casually. But - I’m going to urge my American friends to pay attention to what’s happening in Nepal. Even people on the left are still stuck being insular AF with at best negative form of American exceptionalism. No wonder most have the political imagination of tree stumps

In a victory, former chief justice Sushila Karki has been nominated as Nepal's interim Prime minister by a historic grassroots movement with over 120K young Nepalis organizing through Discord selecting her as the nominee of the Gen Z uprising.

In just 48 hours, Nepal has undergone a seismic political shift. An entire class of political actors were wiped out in a day. Currently, more than 120K mostly young people are seizing history, debating the next interim Prime Minister live on a Discord server.

Just fyi: this building complex currently functioned as the main administrative center of Nepal. But yes - a convention center which was being used as the parliament for 15+ years was also burnt. Most major government buildings have been set on fire - the Central Bank, Supreme Court, Parliament

The power vacuum created in the aftermath of the brave act of liberation by Nepal's Gen Z revolution demands constant vigilance. Protestors are justifiably wary of counterrevolutionary threats and are organizing to protect one another.

This is just such port quality reporting it’s shameful. Nepali people have wiped out an entire class of political actors into oblivion IN A DAY! The government has literally murdered children in uniforms and this is Western medias ability to capture basic facts and nuance - disgraceful !

As KP Oli resigns as the PM of Nepal and potentially flees the wreckage of his failed government, we must recognize this resignation not as accountability but as escape. After murdering 21 protesters, including schoolchildren, he and his cronies scramble to evade justice.

The so called international community has revealed itself to be nothing but mouthpieces of capital! Global south solidarity becomes empty rhetoric as the elite maintain silence while fascist regimes slaughter children from Gaza to Nepal.

Update: Nepali police is shooting into the emergency ward of hospitals.

Nepal has erupted into protests across multiple cities today. More than 350 people are hospitalized and 19 have died. International media's framing as anti-social media ban protests completely misses the bigger picture. What's happening in Nepal is a symptom of a much deeper political crisis.

Makes sense that the logical conclusion of the Western world’s commitment to death and destruction in the Global South is the persecution of its own people.

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Masking works ! I was at the @socialismconference.org conference with hundreds of people. Mandatory masking kept many of us safe.

This is a great/mildly terrifying read from @asteephen.bsky.social & @iraregmi.bsky.social

As Republicans push a reconciliation bill that includes significant cuts to IRS funding don’t miss what’s already underway: DOGE has laid off staff, rushed tech upgrades, and is pursuing access to + control of sensitive taxpayer data. More from me + @iraregmi.bsky.social in @crisesnotes.bsky.social

Neoliberal paradigms of efficiency lend themselves readily to authoritarian forms of control + hasty and opaque overhauls also risk destabilizing important government functions. Read about DOGE’s gambit at the IRS in this piece I wrote with @asteephen.bsky.social.

As always, Weber is correct !Orthodox economists are nothing more than custodians of capitalism and have often argued against any form of actual anti-austerity policies. And so they continue to do the same in the case of Zohran’s policies.

This is very true. The pro Palestinian movement in the city has worked tirelessly to fight Zionist propaganda which formed the basis for a candidate like Zohran to score a win!

“Self contained little area”. Abolish ICE, detention centers, prisons, all of it !

If people in the west have heard about the ruling in India affirming trans women as women. I need you to read ALL of @taliabhatt.itch.io ‘s work before you walk around claiming how progressive India is!

I'm writing a piece on the impact and potential consequences of Skrmetti. Trans folks/nonprofit workers/legal advocates DM me :)

I’m waiting for the odd lots episode on Bollywood as @weisenthal.bsky.social promised.

powerhouse panel!

Clara Mattei and @davidstein.bsky.social are precisely the people we need to hear from in this moment. Join us tomorrow so that we can make some sense of what history tells us about austerity and how we understand the current moment!

This is Iran’s statement. You don’t need to like anything about the Iranian regime to recognise that these are just facts. Again: Iran never left the negotiating table. Israel bombed them unilaterally. And the US just joined. The official UK and EU statements are simply lies.

"Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice we're willing to make." They acknowledge the harms of trans youth being left untreated and then greenlight banning treatment. It's psychotic wanton cruelty.

Firms often operate as price makers not takers - really important work here!

Representational politics has always been a sideshow, an investment in political theater whereby the most privileged of marginalized demographics can uphold the status quo and seek personal advancement while not only ignoring, but actively stymieing advocacy for the group they act as a token for!

NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵

The countries largest gender clinic with 3000 patients is complying in advance and shutting down. They treat up to age 25 so trans adults will lose access as well. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Also read my @crisesnotes.bsky.social piece for context. www.crisesnotes.com/the-fiscal-s...

🚨 Kristi Noem confirms IRS agents are in LA “to help us track how these violent protestors are funded." She names “NGOs out there, unions, other individuals” as possible targets. This is fiscal surveillance weaponized to silence dissent.📍29:15 in the video stream.

"in Gaza Israeli forces have again shot & killed Palestinians desperate to get food. At least 10 Palestinians have been killed... after Israeli troops opened fire on crowds waiting near aid distribution sites" I havn't seen this reported on either the BBC or Sky this morning

🚨 Israeli forces have reportedly boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Connection to the Madleen ship has been lost.

I can't tell you HOW PISSED Los Angeles is right now. Every single person I know and every group chat (no matter the original topic) is 100% focused on what's happening, and the solidarity is universal across the city. Reminds me of 2020. Here's a cop car with a come wedged on top for fun.

Some taxpayer citizenship books i got review copies of that I'm now handing over to @asteephen.bsky.social and @iraregmi.bsky.social to help with their IRS series