Aaron Ross Powell ☸️
@aaronrosspowell.com
Host of the ReImagining Liberty podcast. Writing about political ethics. Radical liberal. He/him.
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Why Elites Believe in Racial IQ Differences and Evolutionary Psych
Both help deflect critiques of elite status being less earned than elites want to think.
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Lots of elites, more than you think and more than publicly admit, believe science proves there are racial IQ differences or evolutionary psych proves women are less likely to succeed in certain professions. This has nothing to do with the quality of the science, and everything to do with deflection.
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The work that they are doing is important.
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The work that they are doing is important.
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They’re good, people! Give them some support!
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
They’re good, people! Give them some support!
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is basically an HP Lovecraft story in that it's largely about an eccentric man locked reading documents of hidden lore and piecing together a story that will shatter his world.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is basically an HP Lovecraft story in that it's largely about an eccentric man locked reading documents of hidden lore and piecing together a story that will shatter his world.
This is Franklin. If you sit or lie down anywhere, he will show up, roll his belly into the air, and insist that rubbing it is easily more important and worth your time than whatever else you were planning to do.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Franklin. If you sit or lie down anywhere, he will show up, roll his belly into the air, and insist that rubbing it is easily more important and worth your time than whatever else you were planning to do.
"There's no joy to be found anywhere in the world, but please get out there and fight for it" is not a winning message. Nor is it a psychologically astute, wise, or worthwhile one. The reason we fight is to make more points of joy, and so we have to hold fast to the ones that are still here.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"There's no joy to be found anywhere in the world, but please get out there and fight for it" is not a winning message. Nor is it a psychologically astute, wise, or worthwhile one. The reason we fight is to make more points of joy, and so we have to hold fast to the ones that are still here.
What comes after Trump? It won't be a return to the status quo but instead a new American Reconstruction. Today on the show I'm joined by The UnPopulist's @andycraig.bsky.social and @shikhadalmia.bsky.social to discuss what that reforged American democracy will look like.
ReImagining Liberty 094: A New American Reconstruction
A conversation with Andy Craig and Shikha Dalmia
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November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What comes after Trump? It won't be a return to the status quo but instead a new American Reconstruction. Today on the show I'm joined by The UnPopulist's @andycraig.bsky.social and @shikhadalmia.bsky.social to discuss what that reforged American democracy will look like.
I just donated to @liberalcurrents.com's newly launched startup fund. Liberal Currents is one of the few truly indispensable publications in our illiberal political moment, and helping them grow feels like a civic duty. gofund.me/f29325485
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I just donated to @liberalcurrents.com's newly launched startup fund. Liberal Currents is one of the few truly indispensable publications in our illiberal political moment, and helping them grow feels like a civic duty. gofund.me/f29325485
#1 is silly, but putting Waiting for Guffman in the top 5 more than makes up for it.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
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The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#1 is silly, but putting Waiting for Guffman in the top 5 more than makes up for it.
With MTG leaving Congress, maybe there will finally be room for more innovative and elegantly designed CCGs to find an audience.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
With MTG leaving Congress, maybe there will finally be room for more innovative and elegantly designed CCGs to find an audience.
At some point that true crime putting on makeup podcast woman is going to have to start committing crimes herself in order to have stories for episodes. If she hasn't already.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
At some point that true crime putting on makeup podcast woman is going to have to start committing crimes herself in order to have stories for episodes. If she hasn't already.
In all of this, let's not forget the agency of the individual troops pulling the trigger. They are committing murder and should be prosecuted.
"Trump and his top White House aides pushed for lethal strikes on Western Hemisphere drug traffickers almost as soon as they took office in January, and in the past 10 months have repeatedly steamrolled or sidestepped government lawyers who questioned whether the provocative policy was legal"
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In all of this, let's not forget the agency of the individual troops pulling the trigger. They are committing murder and should be prosecuted.
The bowtie should've been a clear sign things would end this way.
Missouri judge, who wore an Elvis wig and often played his music in court, agrees to step down
Missouri judge who wore an Elvis wig and often played his music in court agrees to step down
A Missouri judge who wore an Elvis Presley wig in his courtroom and played the singer’s music from his phone during court proceedings has agreed to a deal that would cut his career on the bench short.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The bowtie should've been a clear sign things would end this way.
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Your periodic reminder that @radiofreetom.bsky.social who many of you like to follow, and who writes for the Atlantic, was pushing the great replacement theory before Trump and has never apologized for it. He's part of what got us here.
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Your periodic reminder that @radiofreetom.bsky.social who many of you like to follow, and who writes for the Atlantic, was pushing the great replacement theory before Trump and has never apologized for it. He's part of what got us here.
"And you could have it all / My empire of dirt"
November 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"And you could have it all / My empire of dirt"
Matthew Stafford's rushing stats are putting him in the conversation for all time great alongside only Tom Brady.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Matthew Stafford's rushing stats are putting him in the conversation for all time great alongside only Tom Brady.
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JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone.
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone.
Went to law school to do politics. Decided I wanted to work at a think tank. Applied for a job I wasn't obviously qualified for at the most prominent one I liked. Only got the interview because the guy looking at applications saw I had a publishing contract for a horror novel I wrote in law school.
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Went to law school to do politics. Decided I wanted to work at a think tank. Applied for a job I wasn't obviously qualified for at the most prominent one I liked. Only got the interview because the guy looking at applications saw I had a publishing contract for a horror novel I wrote in law school.
This is not how morality works.
Actually, no. There were no laws against having sex with child slaves in 1776.
"Horrific" or no, it wasn't "immoral" in Jefferson's time.
Would he have any less of a chance of being elected president in 2024? 🤔 #PedoDon
"Horrific" or no, it wasn't "immoral" in Jefferson's time.
Would he have any less of a chance of being elected president in 2024? 🤔 #PedoDon
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is not how morality works.
My daughter had her dance recital today, and in the row in front of us was a family with a little boy who loudly booed his sister when she came out on stage. The parents were pissed, but, I mean, if you're gonna be a little brother, you might has well go all in.
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My daughter had her dance recital today, and in the row in front of us was a family with a little boy who loudly booed his sister when she came out on stage. The parents were pissed, but, I mean, if you're gonna be a little brother, you might has well go all in.
My cat seems pretty fit, so I'm going to try his routine. I'll eat two meals a day, get plenty of rest, and spend every morning between five and five-fifteen doing shuttle runs the length of the house while screaming.
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My cat seems pretty fit, so I'm going to try his routine. I'll eat two meals a day, get plenty of rest, and spend every morning between five and five-fifteen doing shuttle runs the length of the house while screaming.
Guys, Bluesky doesn't need group DMs. (Or DMs at all.) Just put your Signal handle in your bio. Don't have private discussions on unencrypted platforms.
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Guys, Bluesky doesn't need group DMs. (Or DMs at all.) Just put your Signal handle in your bio. Don't have private discussions on unencrypted platforms.
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since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
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Quite the coincidence that the billionaire owner of the Washington Post isn’t in this photo collage
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Quite the coincidence that the billionaire owner of the Washington Post isn’t in this photo collage
One dreary aspect of the Trump administration's lawlessness is that, unlike the Nixon administration's, it's unlikely any of these guys are capable of a second career as a not-too-bad detective novelist.
November 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
One dreary aspect of the Trump administration's lawlessness is that, unlike the Nixon administration's, it's unlikely any of these guys are capable of a second career as a not-too-bad detective novelist.
Trump invites MBS to the White House and now the orb has returned.
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Trump invites MBS to the White House and now the orb has returned.