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@einsofasectional.bsky.social
interests: interpretation of words; other people; coding [haha, "boo," right?] ; novels, poems, satire; leftism, fairness, justice
status: stay-at-home relation
actual BSKY interaction tendencies: eclectic, idiosyncratic
status: stay-at-home relation
actual BSKY interaction tendencies: eclectic, idiosyncratic
his contention, presumably, is that the Financial Times surely would have told us if there were any alternatives whatsoever to capitalist power relations, and explained how they could work and why they might even be better in some ways
not one line of the Financial Times has been dedicated to examining the success or failure of a capitalist enterprise. not a one bsky.app/profile/eins...
A perfect example of capitalist propaganda disguised as common sense: the question of "competent execution" is never raised about any capitalist endeavor qua capitalist endeavor, ever, while it's tautologically obvious that competent execution is important for the success of any human effort at all
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
his contention, presumably, is that the Financial Times surely would have told us if there were any alternatives whatsoever to capitalist power relations, and explained how they could work and why they might even be better in some ways
A perfect example of capitalist propaganda disguised as common sense: the question of "competent execution" is never raised about any capitalist endeavor qua capitalist endeavor, ever, while it's tautologically obvious that competent execution is important for the success of any human effort at all
this genuinely is socialism in miniature. the idea is good, but it all depends on competent execution
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
A perfect example of capitalist propaganda disguised as common sense: the question of "competent execution" is never raised about any capitalist endeavor qua capitalist endeavor, ever, while it's tautologically obvious that competent execution is important for the success of any human effort at all
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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One of my Arabic teachers told me the Arabic for “midlife crisis” is “jahl Al khamseenaat”, basically “the idiocy of the 50s”, a phrase I often think about for no reason
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of my Arabic teachers told me the Arabic for “midlife crisis” is “jahl Al khamseenaat”, basically “the idiocy of the 50s”, a phrase I often think about for no reason
incidentally, Mamdani apparently intended to meet with Trump since he won the mayoral election, for what seem like uncomplicatedly rational reasons: "'I will be reaching out to the White House...because this is a relationship that will be critical to the success of the city,' the Mayor-elect said."
Mamdani will call President Trump before taking office, he says in News 4 interview
See Melissa Russo’s full interview with Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani below. Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani plans to pick up the phone and call President Donald Trump prior to taking office, he told NBC New ...
www.nbcnewyork.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
incidentally, Mamdani apparently intended to meet with Trump since he won the mayoral election, for what seem like uncomplicatedly rational reasons: "'I will be reaching out to the White House...because this is a relationship that will be critical to the success of the city,' the Mayor-elect said."
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NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.
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"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards - www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards - www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
what do you suppose, dear reader, that this implies about whose interests "AI" serves?
Trump is planning an executive order to preempt state laws on artificial intelligence, Reuters reports. He’d withhold federal funding.
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
what do you suppose, dear reader, that this implies about whose interests "AI" serves?
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NEW: Judge dismisses the Trump Admin's challenge to NY's Protect Our Courts Act, a law prohibiting immigration arrests at NY's courthouses!
This is an important response to those who say states can't hold ICE officers accountable to the law.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...
This is an important response to those who say states can't hold ICE officers accountable to the law.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...
Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim – #66 in United States v. State of New York (N.D.N.Y., 1:25-cv-00744) – CourtListener.com
Order on Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim
www.courtlistener.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
NEW: Judge dismisses the Trump Admin's challenge to NY's Protect Our Courts Act, a law prohibiting immigration arrests at NY's courthouses!
This is an important response to those who say states can't hold ICE officers accountable to the law.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...
This is an important response to those who say states can't hold ICE officers accountable to the law.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/70522...
Me: Another prank idea is where I karaoke that Cat Stevens song, Tea For The Tillerman? I'm facing away from the audience and when it gets real loud at the end with the HAPPY DAY! part, I suddenly spin around to reveal--I'm a WEREWOLF!
Funeral director: We're not having this conversation again
Funeral director: We're not having this conversation again
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Me: Another prank idea is where I karaoke that Cat Stevens song, Tea For The Tillerman? I'm facing away from the audience and when it gets real loud at the end with the HAPPY DAY! part, I suddenly spin around to reveal--I'm a WEREWOLF!
Funeral director: We're not having this conversation again
Funeral director: We're not having this conversation again
werewolves are real--and they're a SCAM
November 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
werewolves are real--and they're a SCAM
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“There’re about a thousand of us.”
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“There’re about a thousand of us.”
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senior fellow at Bard College's Hannah Arendt Center: "Good and evil are just words, there's no one correct or incorrect way to apply them. That being said, it's incorrect to call fascists evil."
reading this prose is like being suffocated with a pillow
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
senior fellow at Bard College's Hannah Arendt Center: "Good and evil are just words, there's no one correct or incorrect way to apply them. That being said, it's incorrect to call fascists evil."
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Really difficult to overstate the fury one should feel that the GOP and institutions like the New York Times went all in on transphobia as some mortal threat to women and girls while covering up something like this.
When you read these Epstein emails, you start to understand why so many prominent conservatives are obsessed with checking the genitals of children. It's a big thing for them!
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Really difficult to overstate the fury one should feel that the GOP and institutions like the New York Times went all in on transphobia as some mortal threat to women and girls while covering up something like this.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
when can we reboot the Sopranos
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
when can we reboot the Sopranos
what a vexatiously tendentious misreading. as if any analysis of global economic and productive forces which identifies two distinct and incongruent interests implies a moral judgment predicated on a moral binary.
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
what a vexatiously tendentious misreading. as if any analysis of global economic and productive forces which identifies two distinct and incongruent interests implies a moral judgment predicated on a moral binary.
The central global political divide is not ideological; it is about fossil fuels vs renewable, and ultimately post-scarcity, energy supply. Fossil fuels and petrostates are not going to go quietly, but China is rendering them obsolete with a speed and decisiveness that have few historical parallels.
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The central global political divide is not ideological; it is about fossil fuels vs renewable, and ultimately post-scarcity, energy supply. Fossil fuels and petrostates are not going to go quietly, but China is rendering them obsolete with a speed and decisiveness that have few historical parallels.
this makes no more or less sense than requiring that your astrological sign be listed on your passport. there's no rational purpose being served by this requirement, much less one in which the state also has a legitimate interest.
Reminder: It benefits nobody in a way to list sex assigned at birth on passports, there is no requirement to include it, this is just about punishing trans etc. Americans.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation.
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent.
More to come: www.lawdork.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
this makes no more or less sense than requiring that your astrological sign be listed on your passport. there's no rational purpose being served by this requirement, much less one in which the state also has a legitimate interest.
also worth noting that Art Spiegelman's "Maus" had been serialized for at least 4 years by the time this came out. The two works should be read alongside each other
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
also worth noting that Art Spiegelman's "Maus" had been serialized for at least 4 years by the time this came out. The two works should be read alongside each other