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Joshua Nicholas Pineda @likableeveryman.bsky.social · Jun 14

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Gonna leave this here for all 22 of my followers. You know who you are 😘

The Broken Clock – Spectre Journal

Joshua Nicholas Pineda reviews Domenico Losurdo's Western Marxism.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 1h

ICYMI: @andrewosborne.bsky.social 's analysis of the capitalist dynamics exemplified by Jeffrey Epstein is still live on our website.

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Joshua Nicholas Pineda @likableeveryman.bsky.social · 25m

Why is my writing process always "write the paper. Figure out what you're doing and delete everything. Write the real paper."

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 4h

Hey y'all! This Friday we have Laura Fair-Schulz reviewing @bornagainlabor.bsky.social 's Gothic Capitalism (Revol Press)

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Review of Adam's Turl's Gothic Capitalism – Spectre Journal

Laura Fair-Schulz reviews Adam Turl's Gothic Capitalism: Art Evicted from Heaven and Earth.

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Solomon writing for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social .

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Syrian Continuity | Phenomenal World

A general finding in the study of rebel politics is that groups that come to power without a clear hegemonic position within the rebel movement are vulnerable to spoilers or coups d’etat that push the...

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Joshua Nicholas Pineda @likableeveryman.bsky.social · 1d

I'll just sit in the vet's office for a half hour because my dog is mad at me. It's fine.

Joshua Nicholas Pineda @likableeveryman.bsky.social · 1d

Why didn't y'all motherfuckers tell me there was a timer between pitches now? This is lit

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 2d

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David Camfield interviewing Alan Wald for Victor's Children

#58: McCarthyism and its lessons for the left today

McCarthyism and its lessons for the left today . . The Trump administration's repressive moves have sparked talk of a

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RubinRubin 🌈 @thetallsister.bsky.social · 2d

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Epstein’s trajectory exemplifies blackmail capitalism—an integral facet of contemporary mode of accumulation, reflecting its coercive & violent logics. For Epstein, far from being merely a lurid detail, the compulsive production of kompromat was structural engine of entire wealth-building scheme

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 2d

Members of the Committee to Defend Tom Alter are asking you to sign a personalized version of one of the following letters (Links in thread 👇🏽 🧵).

Tom is making a formal appeal for his unjust firing at Texas State. Please sign before the appeal's preliminary review on 11/10.

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Joshua Nicholas Pineda @likableeveryman.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh. This handsome motherfucker pitches too 🙄

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Andrew Osborne @andrewosborne.bsky.social · 3d

My new piece in @journalspectre.bsky.social on Jeffrey Epstein, blackmail, and primitive accumulation—analysing how kompromat became the structural engine of his wealth-building scheme, predetermining outcomes and entrenching power relations. spectrejournal.com/jeffrey-epst...

Jeffrey Epstein – Spectre Journal

Andrew Osborne analyzes the social dynamics that made Jeffrey Epstein an indispensable exemplar of capitalist appropriation before, ultimately, rendering him redundant.

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Middle East Research and Information Project @merip.bsky.social · 10d

NEW: Hardwiring Normalization -- Infrastructures, Extraction and Gaza's Future

Rafeef Ziadah encapsulates the material politics that tie the Abraham Accords to the plans for reconstruction in Gaza, and the continued dispossession of Palestinians.

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Hardwiring Normalization—Infrastructures, Extraction and Gaza’s Future

In the summer of 2025, a 38-page blueprint circulating inside the Trump administration was leaked to the press: the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) Trust. At…

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 3d

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@andrewosborne.bsky.social analyzes the social dynamics that made Jeffrey Epstein an exemplar of capitalism violence before, ultimately, making him redundant

Jeffrey Epstein – Spectre Journal

Andrew Osborne analyzes the social dynamics that made Jeffrey Epstein an indispensable exemplar of capitalist appropriation before, ultimately, rendering him redundant.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 11d

"Others may have bought more coal from Colombia than Israel did, but none had a similar fingerprint on the industry’s bloody takeoff."
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The Making of a Coal Boycott

Inside the campaign to break the toxic relationship between Colombian mining and Israeli militarism

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 4d

@adamcalo.bsky.social and Maywa Montenegro talking about agroecology and the problems with productivist solutions to hunger on Sustainability Now!

Adam Calo @adamcalo.bsky.social · 4d

With SNAP benefits in jeaopardy, the question of how best to feed hungry people is in the air. Out of many interventions, I'd put intesifiying commodity production very low on the priority list.

Pod interview based on The Eduring Fantasy of Feeding the World piece for @journalspectre.bsky.social

Sustainability Now! Oct. 26, 2025: The Enduring Fantasy of ‘Feeding the World’ with Professors Adam Calo and Maywa Montenego

The Enduring Fantasy of ‘Feeding the World’ with Professors Adam Calo and Maywa Montenego On Sustainability Now! Sunday, October 26th, 5-6 PM Even before the publication of Paul Ehrlich’s The Populat...

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Joshua Nicholas Pineda @likableeveryman.bsky.social · 6d

Michael Mann again or GTFO

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journalspectre.bsky.social @journalspectre.bsky.social · 7d

ICYMI: Dania Rajendra and @dnbrgr.bsky.social 's "Israel is the Prison" is still live on our website.

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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 13d

New from me: The notion that Charlie Kirk represented speech “done right” is a smokescreen manufactured specifically to distract from the single greatest attack on free speech in the 21st century. Kirk wasn’t simply offering an opinion, he was right-wing power personified.

Charlie Kirk and the Free Speech Hoax

The Right doesn't really care about free speech, and their reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk proves it.

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Joshua Nicholas Pineda @likableeveryman.bsky.social · 8d

People start complaining about mobility problems in their 40s, but I found they're pretty manageable with as little as 2-4 hours of daily stretching

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Middle East Research and Information Project @merip.bsky.social · 9d

NEW: The Abraham Accords and Sudan's Global Counterrevolution"

Bayan Abubakr demonstrates how the Accords "planted the seeds for the global co-optation of Sudan's popular revolution."

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