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John Sanbonmatsu
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Writer, critical theorist, and professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Author of "The Postmodern Prince" and of "The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong About Meat, Animals, and Ourselves." www.JohnSanbonmatsu.com
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · Jun 17
After 12+ years of labor, "The Omnivore's Deception" is out today. I chronicle the rise of the meat industry, show its catastrophic ecological effects, demolish the myth of the "enlightened" omnivore, show why animals are worthy of our respect, and advocate the abolition of the animal food economy.
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 5h
I concur with Chris Hedges.

"It is a sadistic game. A merry-go-round of death. This ceasefire, like those of the past, is a commercial break....Once Israeli hostages are released, the genocide will continue."

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Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 14h
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20h
Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 5h
"'We are the storm,' he thundered at Charlie Kirk’s funeral, in a speech...compared to one the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels gave at a 1932 campaign rally. 'Our enemies cannot comprehend our strength, our determination, our resolve, our passion.'"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine
In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 15h
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
www.theguardian.com
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 22h
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#AI
The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial
Editorial: Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too late
www.theguardian.com
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 23h
A good primer on what anti-fascism is not only a respectable tradition, but vital to maintaining democracy.

www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/10/g...
Great American Anti-Fascists
I always scoffed at “First They Came,” the often quoted, 1946 poem by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller. There are several versions of it, but the best-known starts “First they came for the ...
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 1d
Note that the ceasefire deal (not a genuine truce or peace) will not allow adequate food into Gaza, only a paltry amount. Hundreds of thousands of starved people will still face malnutrition.

ohttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/middleeast/aid-groups-gaza-cease-fire.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 1d
Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 2d
Oddly, this article did not mention artificial intelligence at all--although one suspects that Harvard students must be using it to do their assignments.

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 2d
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 2d
MUST READ: A chilling summary of the last week's norm-shattering events in Chicago.

The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.
www.thebulwark.com
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 2d
My prediction: after the hostage/prisoner exchange, Israel will take a brief tactical pause before resuming its genocide. Once the hostages have been freed, Netanyahu will feel he has an even freer hand in Gaza (at least domestically).

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Israel and Hamas Reach Deal on Hostage and Prisoner Exchange
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 2d
Essential reading--the best article I've read this year on animal exploitation.

"The assembly line, the foundation of modern capitalism, came from perfecting methods to slice up animals while...preventing them from resisting."

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www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-ind...
How Industrial Slaughter Became the Blueprint for Modern Capitalism
Henry Ford learned mass production from slaughterhouses. A century later, our modern economy still resembles a meatpacking plant.
www.currentaffairs.org
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 3d
"More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal."

Anyone surprised here?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows
Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy
www.theguardian.com
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 3d
Glass half-full or half empty?

"...nearly six out of 10 Americans, 59%, now hold a negative view of Israel, while 39% believe it is 'going too far' in its war in Gaza."

39%??

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘No doubt there’s been a change’: shift in opinion as Americans’ support for Israel falls
Fueled by dissent over the war in Gaza, the US public’s views are changing – and support for the Palestinians is rising
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 3d
It used to be Che who was iconic in Latin America. Now it's becoming Charlie Kirk.

"The mayor of Lima, Peru, held a Charlie Kirk memorial — filled with attendees bused in from poor neighborhoods — as he sought help from the Trump administration."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
Thousands of Miles From the U.S., Charlie Kirk Becomes a Political Tool
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 3d
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
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Brian Taylor @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social · 3d
"Trump’s rhetoric in his speeches to the military has been awful.. But his actions are worse. In deploying troops to American cities, he has set up a confrontation in which military commanders may soon have to choose between obeying the president and obeying the law."

From @radiofreetom.bsky.social
The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here
The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.
www.theatlantic.com
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 3d
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 3d
I am so worried about this. These ICE agents are armed with weapons, a crap ton of anger, a boatload of hate, and the full blessing of an exquisitely violent administration. We have everything to lose.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 5d
On the verge of a lot of potential Kent State situations out there. Be careful, friends.
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Michael Hauer @mickeymoosenhauer.bsky.social · 3d
Yes, but Mussolini was in power for 21 YEARS…
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Michael Hauer @mickeymoosenhauer.bsky.social · Mar 6
History tells us that once fascism is properly the government then the only way it fails is because it has overreached and embarked on war with several countries (eg Italy, Germany).

Or it carries on for more than two decades until it runs out of steam (eg Spain, Chile).

Things are bleak.
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · Mar 5
In 2016, I worried that the US would soon be destroyed. So for the next eight years, I took my kids everywhere I could so they'd know their country firsthand. We drove in every direction to see things from all sides.

Our story is a book, and I hope you'll preorder: www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 4d
It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 3d
Meanwhile, our genocide against the other animals of the earth is barely a news blip, and 99% of people I speak with on the subject have no clue what I'm talking about.
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 3d
Researchers have found that birds are abandoning their usual migration patterns, with warmer temperatures in their winter habitats disrupting their annual flights. This change could lead to many bird species dying out and drastically altering nature.
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Ominous warning for humanity as birds adopt 'unsettling' behavior
A disturbing trend among bird species in the US could lead to a mass extinction event that rocks human society forever.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 3d
NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
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