Alexander Reid Ross
@areidross.bsky.social
Charité envers les autres; Dignité envers soi-même; Sincérité devant Dieu.
- George Sand
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Steve Bannon and Elon Musk Are Battling for the Soul of Trumpism
A growing rift within the MAGA coalition between populists and techno-oligarchs may determine the future of the Republican Party
newlinesmag.com
My latest is on the raging conflict between the techno-oligarchy, Traditionalists, and center right, including some broader historical and cultural analysis.
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they've made so much noise around stifling the legal position of refusing unconstitutional orders that you have to start suspecting that they'll be issuing unconstitutional orders... but it also points directly to their theory of sovereignty—it belongs to the Leader and not the people.
FBI reportedly seeks to interview Democrats involved in video to troops as senator calls out Trump admin ‘intimidation’
Pentagon said it was investigating AZ senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in video in which lawmakers told military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’
Pentagon said it was investigating AZ senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in video in which lawmakers told military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’
FBI reportedly seeks to interview Democrats involved in video to troops as senator calls out Trump administration ‘intimidation’ - live
Pentagon said it was investigating Arizona senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in the video, in which lawmakers told members of the military to ‘refuse illegal orders’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
they've made so much noise around stifling the legal position of refusing unconstitutional orders that you have to start suspecting that they'll be issuing unconstitutional orders... but it also points directly to their theory of sovereignty—it belongs to the Leader and not the people.
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Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the South’s resistance to the freeing of their labor force and the lengths to which it would go to tie workers to a place under white control.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?
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Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Remember Andrew Wakefield?
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
Here he is with his friend RFK Jr. in 2020.
Wakefield is the guy behind the fraudulent, retracted MMR–autism study. He lost his medical license for subjecting autistic children to unnecessary invasive procedures.
Now, with Kennedy in power, he’s getting a second act.
JG played for 31 min, got 35 pts, and was +39 today against the Bucks... I mean +/- is dumb, but those r some interesting stats.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
JG played for 31 min, got 35 pts, and was +39 today against the Bucks... I mean +/- is dumb, but those r some interesting stats.
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I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-i...
weird to see this guy rebranded as a left-right populist after he ran a transparently left wing, democratic socialist campaign on literally every front. but then, I think when ppl actually see the real ppl who advocate things they consider "laptop class" and "PMC," it's devastating to their minds.
And Carville had the audacity to invoke Mamdani's win to make his point? Mamdani didn't go "anti-woke" to win. Quite the opposite! www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...
A Politician Actually Defended Trans People. It Shouldn't Be This Rare.
Many Democrats are treating trans people as politically toxic. NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani released a two-minute video proving there's another way.
www.readtpa.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
weird to see this guy rebranded as a left-right populist after he ran a transparently left wing, democratic socialist campaign on literally every front. but then, I think when ppl actually see the real ppl who advocate things they consider "laptop class" and "PMC," it's devastating to their minds.
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Climate change is reshaping river-lake systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, increasing flood risks and ecological instability as new hydrological links form between Tibetan lakes and the Yangtze River. doi.org/hbcffd
Climate change links Tibetan lakes to Yangtze River, fueling flood risks
Climate change is accelerating the reorganization of river-lake systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, reshaping hydrological and ecological processes in the "Asian Water Tower."
phys.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Climate change is reshaping river-lake systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, increasing flood risks and ecological instability as new hydrological links form between Tibetan lakes and the Yangtze River. doi.org/hbcffd
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As climate change accelerates drought cycles and stresses water supplies, Managed Aquifer Recharge has emerged as a promising strategy to rebuild groundwater reserves.
Read the Legal Planet Article: legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
Read the article: ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read the Legal Planet Article: legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
Read the article: ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Promise and Growing Pains of Managed Aquifer Recharge - Legal Planet
Around the world, groundwater mismanagement is a major driver of water crises. An emerging method for addressing such mismanagement, called managed aquifer recharge, has generated excitement among sch...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
As climate change accelerates drought cycles and stresses water supplies, Managed Aquifer Recharge has emerged as a promising strategy to rebuild groundwater reserves.
Read the Legal Planet Article: legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
Read the article: ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read the Legal Planet Article: legal-planet.org/2025/11/18/t...
Read the article: ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Wrote about how climate change is bad www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
Climate Realism Is a Delusion
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Wrote about how climate change is bad www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
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Our new review provides a valuable primer in support of our recent call for greater integration of oceanography and ecology (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
Quantifying coral reef–ocean interactions is critical for predicting reef futures under climate change - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Coral reefs are inextricably linked to their surrounding seascape, ecologically shaped by ocean circulation patterns and dependent on upwelled nutrients and planktonic subsidies. To better predict cor...
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Our new review provides a valuable primer in support of our recent call for greater integration of oceanography and ecology (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
To facilitate this, we provide several practical solutions to standardize methods and to evaluate ocean-reef connections more critically.
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You can appreciate the scale of the unusual polar warming in Oct 2025 when you look at both poles at once. Antarctica was not just warmer than average on net, it was anomalously warm almost everywhere & by quite a bit (& this is with a rel. warm ref period, '86/15). Similar for the high Arctic. 🥵🧪⚒️🌊
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
You can appreciate the scale of the unusual polar warming in Oct 2025 when you look at both poles at once. Antarctica was not just warmer than average on net, it was anomalously warm almost everywhere & by quite a bit (& this is with a rel. warm ref period, '86/15). Similar for the high Arctic. 🥵🧪⚒️🌊
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I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I've said since Trump picked on Mahmoud Khalil that he was picking his political martyrs poorly.
But this one...
But this one...
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
rip
Jimmy #Cliff, légende du #reggae, est mort par #Jamaica Observer. 1/2 #Jamaîque
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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has died - Jamaica Observer
International reggae icon Jimmy Cliff has died, his family announced Monday. In a post to his official social media pages, his wife Latifa Chambers said Cliff passed away after a battle with pneumonia...
www.jamaicaobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
rip
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Half of the country regularly spends time on and gets their news about the world from the social informational equivalent of one of those real life murder houses, designed specifically to either kill them or make them insane.
US adults who use sites daily
Facebook 52%
YouTube 48%
TikTok 24%
X (Twitter) 10%
Facebook 52%
YouTube 48%
TikTok 24%
X (Twitter) 10%
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Half of the country regularly spends time on and gets their news about the world from the social informational equivalent of one of those real life murder houses, designed specifically to either kill them or make them insane.
man they call a foul every time shai g-a loses the ball
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
man they call a foul every time shai g-a loses the ball
we need a menswear guy but for prose style... ppl who follow trends and don't know what they're doing get too uptight about styles, while others attempting new and interesting things fall into cliché. I'm not the guy for this obv, but the written word needs help!
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
we need a menswear guy but for prose style... ppl who follow trends and don't know what they're doing get too uptight about styles, while others attempting new and interesting things fall into cliché. I'm not the guy for this obv, but the written word needs help!
I mean, there are 1000 other things to be upset about, but give a guy a metaphor here and there ffs
Mr. Lizza was mocked for his florid descriptions of the “invasive bamboo” growing in his backyard, which he compared to the secrets he shared with Ms. Nuzzi.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/s...
In This Scandal, the Journalists Are the Story
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I mean, there are 1000 other things to be upset about, but give a guy a metaphor here and there ffs
squints, sighs, "oohhh..."
November 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
squints, sighs, "oohhh..."
making RFK Jr's fantasism into a struggle of heresy against orthodoxy is inappropriate. it sets him up as a kind of Protestant saint, and unequivocally accepts the sophomoric denunciation of science as a religion, which tends to come from a pretentious reaction to rigor and conscientiousness.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
making RFK Jr's fantasism into a struggle of heresy against orthodoxy is inappropriate. it sets him up as a kind of Protestant saint, and unequivocally accepts the sophomoric denunciation of science as a religion, which tends to come from a pretentious reaction to rigor and conscientiousness.
the russiagate deniers have always viciously ridiculed anyone who pointed out stuff like this, so it's nice that it's a bit more out-in-the-open I guess. been known for over a decade tho.
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
Internet erupts as MAGA influencers exposed for being based in other countries
A large number of MAGA social media influencers were exposed over the weekend as being being based in other countries.Podcaster Matt Binder posted screenshots showing that Charlie’s Voice Rising, a po...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the russiagate deniers have always viciously ridiculed anyone who pointed out stuff like this, so it's nice that it's a bit more out-in-the-open I guess. been known for over a decade tho.
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
www.rawstory.com/maga-foreign...
just trump standing up to the "warhawk wing" of the republican party
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
just trump standing up to the "warhawk wing" of the republican party
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Oh, thunder only happens when it's rainin'
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Oh, thunder only happens when it's rainin'
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know
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Okay why is Trump suddenly dressed like an Emerson College music professor?
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Okay why is Trump suddenly dressed like an Emerson College music professor?