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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 1h

For the “we just need to make it to the midterms” types

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1h

Did you see his take on the AI bubble?

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 7h

this is the correct interpretive approach to ASR IMHO

What's Left of Philosophy @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social · 1d

new episode out now! we talk about Alfred Sohn-Rethel's work on real abstraction and his theory of commodity exchange as the origin of transcendental subjectivity. we love a big swing and this is truly a big swing, folks www.patreon.com/posts/122-re...

122 | Real Abstraction and the Origin of Consciousness with Alfred Sohn-Rethel | What's Left of Philosophy

www.patreon.com

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 7h

Permanent minority rule: "Republicans wouldn’t need to flip so many districts to deal an enormous blow to Democratic chances. Even in the seven-to-eight-seat scenario, Democrats might need to win the popular vote by five percentage points to merely have a 50-50 shot to win the House."

Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 8h

Aside from losing many Democratic seats, Black representation in Congress will probably drop from around 14% of seats (nationally representative) to maybe 7 or 8% (not representative)?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 11h

and two other pieces that are supposed to be responses to Winant but whom in my opinion don't really engage with what he says and instead critique a caricature of marxism

Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 11h

Well this is the topic of the debate which so far has consisted in a provocation by one Marxist lpeproject.org/blog/marxism...

Marxism and Antitrust: A Provocation

How should we understand the relationship between Marxism and antitrust? To what extent do these traditions involve conflicting methods and assumptions? And, despite their differences…

lpeproject.org

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 11h

serious

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 13h

Are other Marxists going to contribute to this LPE monopoly/anti-trust forum?

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

Its more that it seems like the two most vocal non academic institutions that have courses here in the states are either premised on opposing a marxist strawman or have either the kind of theory courses they have in uni's or ones that based on the more prominent recent approaches to Marxism

Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno if i have a list of what should be taught.

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 1d

Probably not good that the more interesting approaches to Marx and critical theory that emerged post 2008 don't seem to be taught in any of these online or in person alternatives to higher education that have cropped up.

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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 1d

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 2d

What would it look like for a bunch of jetski dealer jihadists to secure the monopoly over the legitimate use of force while they rewrite your kid's textbooks to show Jesus invented dinosaurs with the help of Prime energy? I dunno man ask Florida and stop thinking they're backwards. They're ahead!

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Dan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 2d

As always--the south is the nation's weathervane. Very good chance we don't get a real budget for the rest of this presidential administration.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 2d

North Carolina still does not have a state budget:

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

BREAKING: North Carolina Republicans announce plans to vote on a new U.S. House map as a nationwide redistricting battle unfolds.

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 2d

This is the new reality. Time to fight tenureds.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 2d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

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Critical Theory Working Group @crittheoryworkgrp.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: “Racketology and the Development of Competition.”
In this reply to Mac Parker’s “Economic Limits of Racketology,” Jack Barrett argues Horkheimer offers an expanded concept of competition + a preemptive critique of Baran & Sweezy’s theory of monopoly!
ctwgwebsite.github.io/blog/2025/Co...

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Sam Menefee-Libey @sml47.bsky.social · 2d

People should spend less time talking about what they (claim to) have read with strangers online and more time reading stuff and discussing it with people they respect, face to face.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 2d

productive is stupefaction!

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dominique routhier @routhier.bsky.social · 2d

Soliciting twitter bot blurbs for my next book

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 2d

Phil Neel discussing Hellworld on The Dig. lets make it happen.

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 2d

this makes me miss Jclo!

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 2d

now the twitter bots are offering to review my forthcoming book....

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 2d

Ah that fabled pessimistic turn they take after Dialectic of Enlightenment.

James Crane @jamescrane.bsky.social · 2d

Adorno & Horkheimer, 1946:

“Humanity is ripe for socialism.”

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Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 2d

I posted this on twitter and bots responded offering to make me a professional website. Starting to believe the dead internet theory is right about some parts of the internet.

Chris O’Kane @budgetmotelabyss.bsky.social · 2d

I am now getting spam messages about my academia.... (reminds me i need to delete it and make a professional website)

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