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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · Dec 11

Dusting off some J.K. Galbraith😺
Do our brains really vulcanize in our mid-30s, after which affirmation of our political beliefs is like crack, and contradictory ideas are bounced away like BBs off a truck tire?

To a very large extent, of course, we associate truth with convenience – with what most closely accords with self-interest and personal well-being or promises best to avoid awkward effort or unwelcome dislocation of life. We also find highly acceptable what contributes most to self-esteem.

But perhaps most important of all, people most approve of what they best understand. … Economic and social behavior are complex, and to comprehend their character is mentally tiring. Therefore we adhere, as though to a raft, to those ideas which represent our understanding. This is a prime manifestation of vested interest. For a vested interest in understanding is more preciously guarded than any other treasure. It is why men react, not infrequently with something akin to religious passion, to the defense of what they have so laboriously learned.

Familiarity may breed contempt in some areas of human behavior, but in the field of social ideas it is the touchstone of acceptability. … I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the Conventional Wisdom.

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Comment WIN

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Kamala Harris: "I think he has a vengeance campaign, which is really exposing the petty nature of who he is and his deep level of insecurity."

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 11h

Right! Can't swing a cat without finding some nifty little spot offering something tasty to eat and/or drink.

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 12h

"Tango in Tadfield." Only a bit saucy.😺Art by Aiwa.
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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 13h

OK, who did this dead brilliant thing?😺

Medallion featuring an inflatable frog's face agains black and green flags, text around perimeter reading:
AMPHIBIANS AGAINST FASCISM

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

PORTLAND, Ore. — A small group of federal agents in camouflage and face masks watched from atop the immigration processing center Thursday night as a unicorn, peacock, dinosaur and raccoon danced to Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time.” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

Also: if you work for ICE, even if you’re not one of the ones arresting citizens or tackling 15-year-olds or zip-tying kids together and segregating them by race, you’re part of the mechanism making it happen, and you should suffer long-term social and post-regime-change consequences.

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 18h

Some weirdo on Twitter has been absolutely melting down for like 36 straight hours because I posted:

When this is over, do not forget what ICE did, and what ICE is. And do not make room for them in society. Make sure they know that they are, and will continue to be, reviled and beneath contempt.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

New — Video shared with me shows ICE officers in DC detaining a man on Friday.

Bystander filming asks man for his name. ICE agent lies and says he’s not allowed to speak to him “by law” and another says “We’ve arrested American citizens for being too close…If he gets any closer, put him in cuffs.”

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 1d

This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 1d

Ironic, ain't it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 1d

Seen some people saying this is obviously AI, so I went and found the buildings in the video. Looks to be 1639-1633 W hubbard st, chicago.

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 1d

Starting the weekend right! Because some kind reader left a kudos on one of the AO3 Good Omens riffs I wrote that's my favorite. Crowley as Oscar Wilde's roadie in Leadville, Colorado 1882.
[goes off skippity hop for a another celebratory round of breakfast tea]
archiveofourown.org/works/20440358

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

gonna keep reposting this until i don't have to

www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 2d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2d

one thing which is extremely funny to do with an LLM is to tell it about current events and see if it believes you

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

PORTLAND LEADS THE NATION

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 2d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 3d

A little pick me up - charming interview😺
www.teenvogue.com/story/le-sse...

LE SSERAFIM's Tour Essentials Include Potatoes, Sweatproof Toner, and Lots of Ruffles

The K-pop group takes us behind the scenes at their 'Easy Crazy Hot' Tour.

www.teenvogue.com

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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 3d

In Los Angeles and now Chicago, the White House's aggressive deportation operations have one hype man: Greg Bovino.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/greg-bo...

Greg Bovino Emerges as Trump’s Man For Conjuring Up a Blue-City Insurrection

Elected officials, activists, and at least one former high-ranking Department of Homeland...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 3d

This is the problem! Racist, misogynist, bully wannabes with brains like vulcanized rubber. Journalism & education in the past haven't saved us from this giant reactionary asswart on society, because we all tend to see what we wanna see, and they choose whatever validates their bigotry.

OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 3d

I think maybe we're all holding our breath, hoping the monster doesn't find us? This time it will be different?

OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 3d

Meanwhile, in re-living the 1930s, our own Heinrich Mueller wannabee.