David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
Political education, socialism, abolition, unions, cats
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David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
· Jul 12
For what it's worth, if you are a socialist or interested in socialism, it is *my job* to educate you, so ask away.
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"Only two English words rhyme with culture, and these, as it happens, are sepulture and vulture. We don’t yet call museums or galleries or even universities culture-sepultures, but I hear a lot, lately, about culture-vultures (man must rhyme)."
Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams
February 11, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"Only two English words rhyme with culture, and these, as it happens, are sepulture and vulture. We don’t yet call museums or galleries or even universities culture-sepultures, but I hear a lot, lately, about culture-vultures (man must rhyme)."
Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams
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7. Political messaging is lagging regular people’s sense that tech has gone rogue. There is an opportunity to tap into fear about government overreach and economic insecurity. That would tie together several threads of political structures of opportunity — from occupy to environmental racism
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
7. Political messaging is lagging regular people’s sense that tech has gone rogue. There is an opportunity to tap into fear about government overreach and economic insecurity. That would tie together several threads of political structures of opportunity — from occupy to environmental racism
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The “TikTok-pilled Gen Zers” queueing for the expensive grocery store in Manhattan are likely not the same individuals who will struggle to purchase property. Hope this helps
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:45 AM
The “TikTok-pilled Gen Zers” queueing for the expensive grocery store in Manhattan are likely not the same individuals who will struggle to purchase property. Hope this helps
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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
I remember thinking surely there would be at least some effort to address this stuff when Biden took office.
February 11, 2026 at 3:35 AM
I remember thinking surely there would be at least some effort to address this stuff when Biden took office.
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“New lease on life“ implies that you’re renting your life from someone else who owns it
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 AM
“New lease on life“ implies that you’re renting your life from someone else who owns it
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Unfortunately, me spending nearly 10 months reading watching, and listening to work on the Red Scares is really paying off
the statute that Jeanine Pirro reportedly tried to indict congressional Dems under, 18 USC 2387, was originally passed as part of the 1947 Smith Act, a notorious law used to clamp down on free speech during the Red Scare
They tried to prosecute members of Congress under the Smith Act. Absolute scenes
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Unfortunately, me spending nearly 10 months reading watching, and listening to work on the Red Scares is really paying off
You cannot leave shit like this on the books.
the statute that Jeanine Pirro reportedly tried to indict congressional Dems under, 18 USC 2387, was originally passed as part of the 1947 Smith Act, a notorious law used to clamp down on free speech during the Red Scare
They tried to prosecute members of Congress under the Smith Act. Absolute scenes
February 11, 2026 at 3:15 AM
You cannot leave shit like this on the books.
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My god.
I keep rereading this paragraph expecting the words to change
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 AM
My god.
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Yes, kidnappers tend to do this
Lyons says ICE agents actually "took care" of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos when they detained him, before shipping him off to a horrific Texas ICE facility.
He says ICE officers "comforted him" as they chased his dad, put him in their car to play "his favorite music, then took him to McDonalds."
He says ICE officers "comforted him" as they chased his dad, put him in their car to play "his favorite music, then took him to McDonalds."
February 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Yes, kidnappers tend to do this
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I saw a post from someone that said they believe negative posting on Bluesky will affect turnout for less engaged voters and buddy there ARE no 'less engaged voters' on Bluesky and if you think faceless rageaholics on a tiny social media site influence election turnout, they absolutely don't.
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I saw a post from someone that said they believe negative posting on Bluesky will affect turnout for less engaged voters and buddy there ARE no 'less engaged voters' on Bluesky and if you think faceless rageaholics on a tiny social media site influence election turnout, they absolutely don't.
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It’s been predictable but still fascinating to witness the Final Form of these folks just being an evolution into the exact people they did a Revolutionary War to get away from
February 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
It’s been predictable but still fascinating to witness the Final Form of these folks just being an evolution into the exact people they did a Revolutionary War to get away from
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Annotating for the radical book group with @davidkaib.bsky.social tonight. That Shane Burley letter had me marking so much.
February 10, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Annotating for the radical book group with @davidkaib.bsky.social tonight. That Shane Burley letter had me marking so much.
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In 1963 MLK supported a nationwide boycott of Xmas shopping. @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social notes that the NYT editorial board wrote a piece slamming the effort called “Strike Against Santa Claus” which they said would “put civil rights activists on the same level as those who did the church bombing.”
February 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
In 1963 MLK supported a nationwide boycott of Xmas shopping. @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social notes that the NYT editorial board wrote a piece slamming the effort called “Strike Against Santa Claus” which they said would “put civil rights activists on the same level as those who did the church bombing.”
No matter how outrageous or illegal a claim from the Trump admin is, a lot of media has treated it as true.
February 10, 2026 at 3:43 AM
No matter how outrageous or illegal a claim from the Trump admin is, a lot of media has treated it as true.
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Massie is abusing Trump stooge Todd Blanche over this
February 10, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Massie is abusing Trump stooge Todd Blanche over this
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Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
Libraries are good, LGBTQ+ characters for kids are good, concentration camps are not.
Under a new Georgia bill, librarians could be arrested for allowing a minor to read a book with LGBTQ+ characters or storylines.
georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...
georgiarecorder.com/2026/02/03/g...
Georgia librarians could face criminal charges for ‘harmful materials’ • Georgia Recorder
Librarians and education advocates are warning that a bill moving through the state Legislature could cause Georgia’s librarians to self-censor controversial materials and lead to more challenges on b...
georgiarecorder.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Libraries are good, LGBTQ+ characters for kids are good, concentration camps are not.
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IDK who needs to hear this (Ok, I do, but I'm being diplomatic) but you cannot simply report what DHS says as fact in 2026 without looking into it
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
IDK who needs to hear this (Ok, I do, but I'm being diplomatic) but you cannot simply report what DHS says as fact in 2026 without looking into it
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They told us their plans from the start.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM
They told us their plans from the start.
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Some books that I'm using as sources as I revise a paper on U.S. immigration policy and the threat it poses to freedom.
February 10, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Some books that I'm using as sources as I revise a paper on U.S. immigration policy and the threat it poses to freedom.
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i fucking love this place i’ll never leave
February 10, 2026 at 12:16 AM
i fucking love this place i’ll never leave
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so cool to see major newspaper editorial boards doing "reefer madness" hot takes while the post gets shutdown by an oligarch who attended the inauguration
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 AM
so cool to see major newspaper editorial boards doing "reefer madness" hot takes while the post gets shutdown by an oligarch who attended the inauguration
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I am begging people to understand that "illegal" does not mean "impossible."
"How is that allowed? Isn't that illegal?"
Laws of society aren't laws of physics. Life isn't a video game. There's no Big Boss who's going to fire someone from life for not playing by the rules.
"How is that allowed? Isn't that illegal?"
Laws of society aren't laws of physics. Life isn't a video game. There's no Big Boss who's going to fire someone from life for not playing by the rules.
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I am begging people to understand that "illegal" does not mean "impossible."
"How is that allowed? Isn't that illegal?"
Laws of society aren't laws of physics. Life isn't a video game. There's no Big Boss who's going to fire someone from life for not playing by the rules.
"How is that allowed? Isn't that illegal?"
Laws of society aren't laws of physics. Life isn't a video game. There's no Big Boss who's going to fire someone from life for not playing by the rules.