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If RFK Jr pulls this off, “big pharma” will respond strategically by moving *everything* related to vax R&D out of the US for good. Not temporarily, *permanently* — because our entire electoral system will become an existential risk to the corporations themselves. 1/2

It’s important to recognize that the US’s allies might be more patient with us if the Democrats aggressively reached for every possible lever to restrain Trump’s excesses. 1/x

It occurred to me the other day that the clean/dirty laundry binary is oppressive, destructive, and inane, so I thought *maybe I’ll queer laundry!* EVERYONE relies on some variation of The Chair as a site of contestation and liminality — a place for things that are neither clean nor dirty. 1/x

[1/x] Walz’s announcement that he wasn’t going to run for reelection seems a bit ill-timed. His decision was fueled by the ’scandal’ over Minnesota welfare benefits, which in turn was sparked by a rightist provocateur;

More of this, please. Anyone who thinks we can go in some magical direction called “back” is delusional. Fixing what Trump & Co have broken will require a clear break and a fresh start — and that means ruthlessly holding everyone of them to account.

Here‘s my deep dive into the recent geostrategic history of #Greenland, from a week shy of a year ago. Lots of interesting twists and turns, not least that Tom Cotton was all about Greenland several years ago 🧐 🤨 🤔 counter.ink/blg/new/2025...

@schumer.senate.gov you need to resign

I think Schumer is trying to distract us from the fact that he doesn't do his fucking job.

So...about that Epstein-related 120-page grand-jury document that was *entirely* redacted. The US has been through this, and we know how to do it — so please share this widely. 1/x

A friend suggested the 🧑🏼‍🍳 💋 👌🏼 name for these so-called Trump Accounts: PIGGY BANK ACCOUNTS. It’s easy and fun to make it happen — share it, spread it, use it.

It never occurred to me — maybe because I’m a white guy? — that this bizarre drive to snatch people off the street and ship them to random foreign places has less to do with the Global War on Terror than an inverted fantasy reenactment of enslaving people.

I like this meme a lot

Musk is a parasite on the future; he preys upon the imagination of others, taking any vision of a better world and depreciating it by hawking options on a transparently fake facsimile. He is capitalism's full-throated assault on the utopian imaginary.

@matthewstoller.bsky.social’s redux of the vile power-mongering misogynist Larry Summers is not to be missed: “bad predictions don’t matter; in some ways, they are a reflection of his power.” It’s no coincidence he was an intimate of Epstein. He knew it all.

Paint me skeptical that this was a purely financial decision. @leximcmenamin.com and their colleagues ran one of the best publications in US media, and I’m not even slightly exaggerating. Here’s hoping some smart shop scoops them all up ✊🏻 ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾 ✊🏿

It gets better and better. Mamdani: no line for brunch.

“Stochastic terrorism” has become another one of those Godwin’s Law–style gems of internet bullshit, a mathy-sounding way to avoid articulating the issue: specific people, words, and contexts aimed at inciting violence with specific aims. Focus on the details and ditch the pretentious pseudo-math.

Seems like boycotting ACECO, the contractor that’s actually demolishing the White House, should be a thing until they go bust.

Maybe this will help people to understand what Trump is doing news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

🔮 The $230M DOJ demand is to cover the budget for the $250M ballroom, because the titans of tech didn’t promise $200M — just $20M x the obligatory exaggeration. Hence the rush. The “charity” will turn out to be the American people. 🔮

The real story of the White House demolition will turn out to be that the contractors are 💯 pwned by foreign intelligence agencies, the “ballroom” is one big listening outpost, and it’ll need to be razed.

The fact that there were no counterprotests shows that Trumpism and MAGA barely exist outside of social media. This movement has gradually collapsed completely within the population. — It’s difficult to fill the real world with Trump government troll bots.

A silo is filled to capacity isn’t full. Farmers leave headspace (like in canning) for expansion, settling, and (I love this) the “angle of repose,” i.e., the diff between the contour of surface and base. So the collapsing market for US soybeans 👉🏼 *many* silos are overfilled and at structural risk.

EXPOSED SECRET LEFTIST TECHNOLOGY FOR RUSING RIGHTISTS INTO HANGING FLAGS THAT LOOK NORMAL BUT HAVE A SWASTIKA WHEN SEEN THROUGH A “WOKON” CAMERA

People better start reviewing the history of the Barings Bank collapse and more recently the FTX bankruptcy. Reviewing the history of the 1990s Albanian Pyramid schemes wouldn't be bad, either.

Seems like a good rule of thumb for anything. If you’re storied, you probably aren’t storying anymore.

When fascists are ramping up legal theories like “everyone who opposes us is categorically a terrorist or an insurrectionist,” I don’t think casting that in psychological terms — pure projection — is the most politically effective way to frame it.

We hear lots re artificial *intelligence* but little re artificial [other cerebrations] — so I looked up AG Care, AG Empathy, AG Wisdom. Nada. Yes, lots of ppl would arg affective/social phenom aren’t on the same plane as “intelligence.”Their args would mostly be: *lots of others made the same arg*.

I did

Sorry, but anyone who didn’t see this kind of entrapment and subversion coming really needs to wake up. What do you think all these fashy campus groups are doing, planning bake sales?

“Highest Quality 24 Karat Gold” is 🔥, since karat is a quality measure. Aside from labs, there’s no higher karat (24K = 99.9%). 1g of gold leaf covers ~1/2 square meter. Oval Office has ~203 sqm walls, so gold-leafing *the entire room* = ~400g, or ~$50K. Plus say ~$5k for plastic ornaments. 👍🏼

I have been writing Democracy Americana for almost three years. It was always entirely free. But now I am asking for your support, as things have changed.   I wrote about why I left academia and chose to become a full-time independent writer:

Yes, this is ‘just’ a book review, but it’s something we don’t see much of anymore: the [Prestige City] Review of Books genre at its finest — one of the richest, densest, most intellectually stimulating pieces I’ve read in a long time. Or, as they say now, 🔥

This is an adorable image of an imaginary landscape in sherbet colors, with flowers, little animals, and a sun.

This is a cute image of a kitten

Who cares whether he “really” believes stuff like this? Don’t waste your own time or distract others with speculation about fascists’ psychology. Focus on the concrete consequences of the actions.

Pop-up fascism

«We, the students, alumni, staff, and supporters of the Master Transdisciplinary Studies in the Arts at ZHdK, … reject the elimination of this unique, socially relevant, and internationally recognized program without transparent procedures, meaningful consultation and evidence-based review.»

The #NYT deserves #Pulitzer in the category of Both Sides Journalism for this #RFK headline.

My hunch: Trump’s use of title-casing is a useful indicator of his madness. The More He Does It, The More Delusional He Is.

This mural by students in a course called Art as Social Action, at the UNC Chapel Hill was covered and the plaque removed just before classes began, on orders from the chancellor and provost. Protip: When you’re reduced to censoring art students on another continent, you’re doing it wrong.

🎩 to @tbfld.bsky.social for creating this! #ThrowbackThursday

“Unemojible”? “Unemojible *space*”?! For a lifelong amateur neologist such as myself, this feels like discovery Tutankhamen‘s crypt. Bonus: I’ve even teed up a debate about the correct spelling.

I’m so tired of this kind of pseudo-critical coverage. DOGE delivered what Silly Valley wanted: a broken govt + oceans of data. Efficiency was a cover, and this bean-counting focus on whether it was “really” efficient just extends the lie. Those were criminal acts and should be prosecuted as such.

Remember, kids — when someone mentions “karma” or “future historians,” or says “history will judge” or “history will not be kind,” they’re saying let’s rely on someone else to fight fascism!

🎯 “OLIGARCHOCENE” 🔥