lila graham (mere finite mode)
@deussivenatura.bsky.social
philosophy phd student. a worm in the blood, a shout in the street. social, early modern, and contemporary metaphysics.
my buddy habeas is off scot-free. thought they might suspend him.
Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
TRUMP: Suspending who?
Q: Habeas corpus
TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.
October 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
my buddy habeas is off scot-free. thought they might suspend him.
guy classified as asian and african american by us quasi-legal racial classifications checks asian and african american boxes. okay. whats the story guys? a substack eugenicist posted about it? no way....
You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
guy classified as asian and african american by us quasi-legal racial classifications checks asian and african american boxes. okay. whats the story guys? a substack eugenicist posted about it? no way....
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He proposes releasing some ICE prisoners to labor on farms where the employers will “own them” and be responsible for them.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
The camp is to filter out workers for Trumps new Slavery policy where he sells them to businesses.
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
He proposes releasing some ICE prisoners to labor on farms where the employers will “own them” and be responsible for them.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
Historians have spent decades meticulously proving the straight line between slavery and modern capitalism’s concept of the laborer—or we could just let them say it.
does anyone know how it is alex byrne got this way? regular transphobic bigotry is sort of in the air — totally explicable. but this sort of life-destroying obsession with transgender people doesn't come from nowhere. whats the story?
My days of not taking byrne seriously on issues of of sex and gender have certainly come to a middle
![Michael Bailey
@profjmb • 9h
These scholars just met in Toronto for three days to discuss the science and other issues related to autogynephilia. Articles will be written, eventually.
[posed photo of 8 doofuses in a row]
Michael Bailey
@profjmb • 9h
From left: James Morandini, Kevin Hsu, Paul Vasey, Ken Zucker, Ray Blanchard, Michael Bailey, Scott Semenyna, Alex Byrne
Michael Bailey
@profjmb • 9h
Intellectually intense, fascinating meeting. It is time for autogynephilia to be more widely known. Also for it to be known more accurately.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ov6ksblbmitfo45xyfia4nk7/bafkreig5m47rixxjqtcxqj6nytjmcyjejv6lfu2uvu3wvpuzihg76vs7u4@jpeg)
July 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
does anyone know how it is alex byrne got this way? regular transphobic bigotry is sort of in the air — totally explicable. but this sort of life-destroying obsession with transgender people doesn't come from nowhere. whats the story?
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Rural hospitals and small colleges have kept many small towns lights on. Both are being eliminated with this budget bill
June 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Rural hospitals and small colleges have kept many small towns lights on. Both are being eliminated with this budget bill
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the budget bill is an unmitigated disaster. if it passes as is, we're going to head straight into a truly calamitous recession. cutting federal benefits at the start of a recession is an incredibly stupid (and evil!) move. with tariffs and federal research funding vanishing as well...
May 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
the budget bill is an unmitigated disaster. if it passes as is, we're going to head straight into a truly calamitous recession. cutting federal benefits at the start of a recession is an incredibly stupid (and evil!) move. with tariffs and federal research funding vanishing as well...
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this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely
hi everybody! if you're an academic philosopher and would prefer your colleagues didn't produce propaganda which furthers the trump administration's attempt to eradicate transgender people from public life, consider reading/signing this open letter about it!
dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
Dear Professor Byrne
dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
hi everybody! if you're an academic philosopher and would prefer your colleagues didn't produce propaganda which furthers the trump administration's attempt to eradicate transgender people from public life, consider reading/signing this open letter about it!
dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
dearprofessorbyrne.wordpress.com
the new york times is so evil. i sort of expect fascist american politicians to be evil — it's just what they are — but if there's anybody who knows better and could have done better it's the new york times. you'd think they would have learned something from 2003, or from 1982, but no.
June 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the new york times is so evil. i sort of expect fascist american politicians to be evil — it's just what they are — but if there's anybody who knows better and could have done better it's the new york times. you'd think they would have learned something from 2003, or from 1982, but no.
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In this metaphor, the middle eastern country being attacked is the USSR, not the beleaguered empire—ran by a ring of spineless power hungry yes men—that is attempting to topple aforementioned middle eastern country. I am very intelligent.
June 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In this metaphor, the middle eastern country being attacked is the USSR, not the beleaguered empire—ran by a ring of spineless power hungry yes men—that is attempting to topple aforementioned middle eastern country. I am very intelligent.
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1. After the Skrmetti decision, the New York Times has published 6 articles dancing on the graves of trans youth and spreading disinformation on care.
It was cited 7 times in the ruling.
Read my latest on what will be a black stain on the NYT for a generation.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It was cited 7 times in the ruling.
Read my latest on what will be a black stain on the NYT for a generation.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
After Getting The Ruling It Wanted, New York Times Publishes 6 Anti-Trans Articles
The paper has lost all claim to objectivity on transgender people.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
1. After the Skrmetti decision, the New York Times has published 6 articles dancing on the graves of trans youth and spreading disinformation on care.
It was cited 7 times in the ruling.
Read my latest on what will be a black stain on the NYT for a generation.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
It was cited 7 times in the ruling.
Read my latest on what will be a black stain on the NYT for a generation.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Dog they passed a law banning gender affirming care. The options are sue to try to stop it or don’t.
This framing is beneath contempt. The Christian right and MAGA launched an unprecedented assault on the civil rights of a tiny minority and successfully weaponized the pseudoliberal establishment - led by the NYT - to provide it with a medical controversy pretext that doesn’t actually exist.
June 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Dog they passed a law banning gender affirming care. The options are sue to try to stop it or don’t.
clearly we have to do both. both have clear eyes about the fact that this is evil, and will kill many children, that even the best outcomes for trans kids are still traumatizing; also we must show trans kids that there is a life for them, community, a future, and that it's not too late post-puberty.
It is really important right now that we make sure our trans young people hear other stories than that. They hear "there is a future for you" & "there is community for you" & "you don't have to pass to be loved" & "not having access to gender affirming care before puberty IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE."
June 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
clearly we have to do both. both have clear eyes about the fact that this is evil, and will kill many children, that even the best outcomes for trans kids are still traumatizing; also we must show trans kids that there is a life for them, community, a future, and that it's not too late post-puberty.
oh my god, we don't even have 50% at "definitely false." a majority of people think that claim is like, weakly plausible. horrifying.
40% of Republicans say the COVID-19 vaccine has probably or definitely killed more people than the COVID-19 virus.
May 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
oh my god, we don't even have 50% at "definitely false." a majority of people think that claim is like, weakly plausible. horrifying.
so, first, imagine you're a perfectly rational agent behind a veil of ignorance....
I will now explain how forcing almost everyone in the world to work for a wage for a few people’s benefit while setting the planet on fire is less authoritarian than communism. Please pay close attention
May 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
so, first, imagine you're a perfectly rational agent behind a veil of ignorance....
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New macro-empirical research finds that every dollar invested in non-defense public R&D yields $1.40–$2.10 in economic output, and since World War II, government funding has driven roughly 20% of U.S. productivity.
Trump’s NIH And NSF Cuts Estimated To Cost The U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually
Economists find public R&D drives U.S. productivity growth — and pays for itself
www.forbes.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
New macro-empirical research finds that every dollar invested in non-defense public R&D yields $1.40–$2.10 in economic output, and since World War II, government funding has driven roughly 20% of U.S. productivity.
the last word of all of these parties before they become the permanently defanged controlled opposition parties within their respective fascist states seems to be, incredibly, "well... we'll let you have trans people!"
BREAKING: Labour will formally recognise trans women as ‘men’ tomorrow. It means trans women will be banned from all women shortlists and all Labour women’s groups. Revolting. The party’s relationship with LGBT+ is over.
May 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
the last word of all of these parties before they become the permanently defanged controlled opposition parties within their respective fascist states seems to be, incredibly, "well... we'll let you have trans people!"
thanks oup. very helpful blurb
May 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
thanks oup. very helpful blurb
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There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.
May 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
There is not a single congressional district in the U.S. where more than 15% of voters support cuts to Medicaid.
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Trump's anti-market economic worldview on display. He believes that spending money is a sign of weakness. This is the same logic as his claim that last week that the precipitous decline in shipping volumes at the country's ports is "a good thing, not a bad thing," because "we lose less money."/1
lol “getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE,” yeah that’s the problem my guy
May 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump's anti-market economic worldview on display. He believes that spending money is a sign of weakness. This is the same logic as his claim that last week that the precipitous decline in shipping volumes at the country's ports is "a good thing, not a bad thing," because "we lose less money."/1
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i think this may be the most evil part of their bill (ymmv, lots of contenders)
imagine: the country enters severe recession w/ a 9.9% unemployment rate. you lose your job.
under the gop plan, you and your 8yo kid lose your food assistance because you’re considered a moocher
evil evil evil stuff
imagine: the country enters severe recession w/ a 9.9% unemployment rate. you lose your job.
under the gop plan, you and your 8yo kid lose your food assistance because you’re considered a moocher
evil evil evil stuff
addendum from above. so i mentioned they're making it so abawds now go up to 64. they're also making it so if your kid is 7 or older, they're not a dependent for this. so they'll take food away from you if you have an 7yo if you lose your job during a catastrophic recession. truly evil stuff.
May 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
i think this may be the most evil part of their bill (ymmv, lots of contenders)
imagine: the country enters severe recession w/ a 9.9% unemployment rate. you lose your job.
under the gop plan, you and your 8yo kid lose your food assistance because you’re considered a moocher
evil evil evil stuff
imagine: the country enters severe recession w/ a 9.9% unemployment rate. you lose your job.
under the gop plan, you and your 8yo kid lose your food assistance because you’re considered a moocher
evil evil evil stuff
the budget bill is an unmitigated disaster. if it passes as is, we're going to head straight into a truly calamitous recession. cutting federal benefits at the start of a recession is an incredibly stupid (and evil!) move. with tariffs and federal research funding vanishing as well...
May 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
the budget bill is an unmitigated disaster. if it passes as is, we're going to head straight into a truly calamitous recession. cutting federal benefits at the start of a recession is an incredibly stupid (and evil!) move. with tariffs and federal research funding vanishing as well...
Reposted by lila graham (mere finite mode)
Said this before but the reason housing+zoning policy posters can get so unhinged on here is that it really is the equivalent to the putting on the They Live sunglasses
Amazing how often our housing crisis turns out to be at the root of our other problems -- in this case, the air traffic control problems at Newark's airport.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/b...
May 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Said this before but the reason housing+zoning policy posters can get so unhinged on here is that it really is the equivalent to the putting on the They Live sunglasses