Was taugt der Begriff "demokratischer Faschismus"? Eine Rezension:

one wonders if these yahoos are going to object to American welfare institutions. in my experience it’s pretty difficult to convince Europeans that they’re as shitty as they are

Does seem like there’s a non-zero chance that the shutdown never really ends and that Congress has already abolished itself.

For a deep dive into the granular details, please see here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

the endpoint of chatgpt and other llm chatbot interfaces is a cohort of people who don't really live so much as they are on a sort of guided tour of their own lives, who have more or less totally abdicated agency and responsibility in favor of a step by step template of how to pretend to be a person

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists. I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

This is one of the best episodes of The Dig I’ve ever heard

1/ I'm excited to share that Franz Knappik’s and my Cambridge Element on Hegel and Colonialism is finally out – open access below! We trace how Hegel defends European colonial rule, including transatlantic slavery, and how that defence runs through his entire philosophical system. Thread below ⬇️

Check out my new article! “A Postcolonial Theory of Free Speech.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Me, desperately trying to relate to my students: “Many say that Heidegger is cringe.”

An outstanding interview. Patrick Iber of Dissent Magazine has interviewed the legendary Polish political scientist Adam Przeworski about de-democratisation in the USA, and what lessons he’s gleaned from Chile, Peru & beyond. Iber’s questions are stellar. Przeworski’s answers, chillingly candid.

Here's 90 minutes with @adamprz.bsky.social, Sue Stokes, Steven Levitsky, and @dziblatt.bsky.social on the state of American democracy right now. It was a great honor for me to be able to convene this set of people to speak together at this moment. Please share! open.spotify.com/episode/0F8W...

I'm not sure what's going on, but this year's freshman class is giving me ... what was that word ... hope? They're energized and excited, they're doing the reading and doing it well, they're asking great questions and offering smart answers too. Is this just me or are others seeing it?

I need to know more about Anders. Obviously relevant to debates around AI, but not just AI, also the shrugging acceptance of state violence.

My next book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, will be published on 24 February 2026 by @versobooks.bsky.social www.versobooks.com/products/337...

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

Valentina > Frank’s > Cholula > Siete > Yucateco > Melinda’s > Tapatio > Texas Pete=Crystal=Louisiana > Old Bay Hot Sauce > Rooster sriracha > Tabasco

The Aziz x Osita collab is the one we all need right now

Delighted that my paper with @ethanvporter.bsky.social on democracy and citizen competence is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Only reading this now, but solid reflection on the development of Frankfurt School style critical theory and a call for bringing to the surface "subterranean" strands of critical theory that include Marxian political economy. read.dukeupress.edu/new-german-c...

Funny to read this as an American

"US children are 80 percent more likely to die before adulthood than children in peer nations." Alarming & important piece by Courtney Rawlings on the crisis in child health in the US. jacobin.com/2025/08/us-c...

Harrowing report about an undocumented mother of two (including a nursing 3-month-old) who called the police on her boyfriend for assaulting her, only for her to end up detained in ICE custody with 30 other women in a men's facility notorious for sexual abuse and medical neglect.

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

I love living in Connecticut and having it consistently be too hot to go outside

Huge shoutout to the guy walking by my house wearing a shirt that just says “anxiety”

"Trump’s huge expansion of executive power will make the prospect of a Dem president frightening for members of his administration. Against that backdrop, MAGA may consider ensuring the victory of his chosen successor in 2028 to be vital as a matter of self-preservation." — @davidrlurie.bsky.social

Zephyr Teachout: [Crypto] uses about 2.3 percent of all U.S. electricity…more than the total electricity used for all residential lighting in America. One Bitcoin transaction…generate[s] greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to driving a mid-sized car 1,000 mi.

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

Great beach read! 😎

This is going to create a whole new class of millionaires who are explicitly dependent on fascism, like local car dealers but their income will depend on keeping people in cages

"The Justice Department is aggressively prioritizing efforts to strip some Americans of their U.S. citizenship...At least one person has already been denaturalized...June 13, a judge ordered the revocation of the citizenship of Elliott Duke, who uses they/them pronouns." www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n...

Justice Jackson's dissent featured a remarkable footnote that cited Ernst Fraenkel's book The Dual State. I took a closer look at this argument. www.unpopularfront.news/p/zones-of-e...

“He’s pale. He’s bruising. He cries every night.” A detained Texas family says their son’s health is deteriorating: bit.ly/4ldATHp

Every word of this is depraved beyond belief. ICE abducted a six year old with leukemia, threatened him with a gun such that he wet himself, and has denied him medical treatment. I don’t know what to say. www.tpr.org/border-immig...

Amber Thurman. Candi Miller. Josseli Barnica. Nevaeh Crain. Porsha Ngumezi. On the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, revisit our reporting about the women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans:

A pregnant woman lost her baby after ICE refused to give her prenatal care. She begged for help and was denied. She was fed food full of cockroaches. She was forced to sleep on the floor. This is absolutely disgusting and we should all be outraged. nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...

I’ve been talking recently about how I see ChatGPT/generative AI as part of a longer project to dumb down the population, so it was great to see this piece by @astra.bsky.social and Eleni Schirmer explaining the political project to degrade higher education and how long it’s been in the crosshairs.

Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it

I've lived in Los Angeles for seven years. The only times I've ever heard it this eerily, horribly quiet are in the very first days of Covid. Here's a bit of what it's like right now, in a city where so many people are rightfully afraid to go outside: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]

SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

scholar of partisan violence/Latin American Dirty Wars here: there is nothing to distinguish this from how people were taken in Argentina, Guatemala, Chile, etc, except that it's all on camera