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Health Communism - HOST
Hi everyone, welcome back. This week I expect to finish reading Health Communism by Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant. In January, we'll start reading...
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i'm a little late with the newsletter post, but as we approach finishing _Health Communism_ by @reallandsend.bsky.social & @avierkant.bsky.social this week, i want to update people interested in continuing to support The Sameer Project & @workshops4gaza.bsky.social
also, new post you can read here:
also, new post you can read here:
at some point it's going to emerge that the cop drew a pig on his own cup and you'll notice they'll change it to "officer-involved drawing"
biggest pussies in the world. you called someone's mom because they said something mean to you. jesus christ
January 12, 2026 at 3:38 PM
at some point it's going to emerge that the cop drew a pig on his own cup and you'll notice they'll change it to "officer-involved drawing"
ian bremmer has a phd in political science from stanford, which i think explains a lot about why he thinks college activists are operating along a dimension trying to build credibility and social/professional cache.
I mean this seriously.
Has everyone lost their fucking minds? What the fuck is he talking about?
Has everyone lost their fucking minds? What the fuck is he talking about?
January 12, 2026 at 3:36 PM
ian bremmer has a phd in political science from stanford, which i think explains a lot about why he thinks college activists are operating along a dimension trying to build credibility and social/professional cache.
this @404media.co interview between @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @bennjordan.bsky.social on flock and mass surveillance is really good
How Benn Jordan Discovered Flock's Cameras Were Left Streaming to the Internet
YouTube video by 404 Media
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
this @404media.co interview between @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @bennjordan.bsky.social on flock and mass surveillance is really good
yeah you were absolutely right to begin with. good to calibrate and confirm that your weird politics detector is still working right though i guess 🫠
January 12, 2026 at 6:20 AM
yeah you were absolutely right to begin with. good to calibrate and confirm that your weird politics detector is still working right though i guess 🫠
i forgot that he was in the comments arguing with people about paying artists for their work on labor day of all days lol
finally unsubbed from LanguageJones. AI-generated images are conspicuous enough, & his reply to a comment on it is risible; but his responses to these comments on using the israeli flag to represent Hebrew, from someone who consistently reminds his audience he earned his PhD in linguistics, is wild.
![> I'm sorry why is the "don't associate languages with flags" ddue flashing the israel flag every time they mention Hebrew?
> [some discussion between that comment and the comment from LanguageJones]
> LanguageJones: It's a linguistics channel, but I could probably find something to say about Sudan, and Chadic languages more broadly.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ggiiihtdugxkmffnwgfb4ev/bafkreidv5h56pcy7sp2gppke3tx5v7hfocd34r4oofpmuzpfl5ab5gc33m@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 6:17 AM
i forgot that he was in the comments arguing with people about paying artists for their work on labor day of all days lol
and it was especially ridiculous because i vividly remember him repeatedly reminding the viewer across multiple videos that he studied linguistics and did his post doc at ✨ stanford ✨ and like "ok then what's your excuse for being this fucking dumb about nationality / language discourses?" lol
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
and it was especially ridiculous because i vividly remember him repeatedly reminding the viewer across multiple videos that he studied linguistics and did his post doc at ✨ stanford ✨ and like "ok then what's your excuse for being this fucking dumb about nationality / language discourses?" lol
in the comments of that hebrew video people gently pointed out the flag issue and also the fact that he was using a bunch of AI generated images, and he was so petulant and played stupid about both issues so much that i think he totally lost the plot, he just made himself look like a dumb baby.
January 12, 2026 at 6:10 AM
in the comments of that hebrew video people gently pointed out the flag issue and also the fact that he was using a bunch of AI generated images, and he was so petulant and played stupid about both issues so much that i think he totally lost the plot, he just made himself look like a dumb baby.
i'm on youtube too much because i know exactly who you're talking about
January 12, 2026 at 6:03 AM
i'm on youtube too much because i know exactly who you're talking about
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... they don't format emails like this, do they?? this is like html hell
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 AM
... they don't format emails like this, do they?? this is like html hell
i'm going to get through this year on the back of this emoji
January 12, 2026 at 5:18 AM
i'm going to get through this year on the back of this emoji
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Guaranteed the cop drew the pig because he didn't get free coffee and then cried to his boss about it
By the way this press release you’d think the LASD deputy got attacked by a barista. Instead, it’s about someone allegedly drawing a pig on the deputy’s cup.
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Guaranteed the cop drew the pig because he didn't get free coffee and then cried to his boss about it
"lion, giraffe, fish, hippopotamus" x2
*four* NYT reporters and no one stops to ask him
WHICH WARS
PLEASE NAME THE WARS
ALL OF THEM
LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO ON UNTIL YOU NAME THE WARS
SORRY BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED NAMES
THAT'S RIGHT, THE WARS YOU ENDED
THOSE WARS
NAME THEM
the whole thing is like this, just whiff after whiff
WHICH WARS
PLEASE NAME THE WARS
ALL OF THEM
LOOK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO ON UNTIL YOU NAME THE WARS
SORRY BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED NAMES
THAT'S RIGHT, THE WARS YOU ENDED
THOSE WARS
NAME THEM
the whole thing is like this, just whiff after whiff
![President Trump
I don’t need international law. I’m not looking to hurt people. I’m not looking to kill people. I’ve ended — remember this, I’ve ended eight wars. Nobody else has ever done that. I’ve ended eight wars and didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize. Pretty amazing. [President Barack] Obama got it. He was there for a few weeks, and he got it. He didn’t even know why he got it. They asked him, why did he get it? He was unable to answer the question. I ended eight wars. I — If you look at those wars — these were tough wars to end, too. And let me tell you, India and Pakistan were going at it. As you know, they were going at it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4qmg6r3shnk3mfst5w3g6wy2/bafkreifmihevyvgdyoimveqqqswsxcnwqtfakrirqubyekkowmjacxycda@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 4:59 AM
"lion, giraffe, fish, hippopotamus" x2
oh a folder! interesting.
January 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
oh a folder! interesting.
post your dock pics
(i'm so sorry i'll get caught up on messages, everybody)
(i'm so sorry i'll get caught up on messages, everybody)
January 12, 2026 at 2:50 AM
post your dock pics
(i'm so sorry i'll get caught up on messages, everybody)
(i'm so sorry i'll get caught up on messages, everybody)
gonna send this to my girlfriend and ask if it's better that i reference star trek or if i should start doing Elf references
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 AM
gonna send this to my girlfriend and ask if it's better that i reference star trek or if i should start doing Elf references
this is how i found out something is happening
January 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
this is how i found out something is happening
oh fuck, is "skeptics" connotatively associated with terfs/transphobes? i just got to this bit about "soho skeptics". am i overthinking this?
Last month, @robinince.bsky.social announced that the BBC pushed for his resignation after 16 years as host of the popular science show Infinite Monkey Cage, citing his support for trans people. This is esp fucked up bc his own co-host's wife is an anti-trans activist
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
skepchick.org/2026/01/the-...
The BBC Chose Transphobia over Science
Transcript: Over the holidays, there was some news out of the UK that I wanted to highlight, lest it be lost in the news black hole that is Christmas and New Year: the British Broadcasting Corporat…
skepchick.org
January 11, 2026 at 10:54 PM
oh fuck, is "skeptics" connotatively associated with terfs/transphobes? i just got to this bit about "soho skeptics". am i overthinking this?
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In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
January 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet.
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
them, home depot, lowe's, and some other stores being permissive venues for ICE to trap and abduct people en masse should really lead to serious consequences. the least we can all do is make these companies a little more scared about their finances.
January 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM
them, home depot, lowe's, and some other stores being permissive venues for ICE to trap and abduct people en masse should really lead to serious consequences. the least we can all do is make these companies a little more scared about their finances.
what a shit show for target after a brutal year-long (ongoing) boycott over their betrayal of DEI initiatives, and now if anyone was thinking of going to target, they're gonna have to contend with the prospect of being trapped and cornered by ICE agents while shopping.
ICE and CBP agents arrested 2 U.S. citizens working at a Target.
Can you guess their ethnicity?
You can unfortunately because ICE is discriminating on skin color.
Working legally while brown gets you this in Trump's America.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
Can you guess their ethnicity?
You can unfortunately because ICE is discriminating on skin color.
Working legally while brown gets you this in Trump's America.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
January 11, 2026 at 10:45 PM
what a shit show for target after a brutal year-long (ongoing) boycott over their betrayal of DEI initiatives, and now if anyone was thinking of going to target, they're gonna have to contend with the prospect of being trapped and cornered by ICE agents while shopping.
yep exactly this
The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
yep exactly this
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The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose
January 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The issue with ICE is not training, the issue with ICE is that it fundamentally should not exist. The violence is the purpose