A fine example of how quickly *anything* can be recuperated as grist for the far right idea mill. Here, a minister pepper-sprayed in the face by masked ICE agents. The take: "When Christianity in America became so compromised that God had to use the state to put the communist clergy in their place."

A fine example of how quickly *anything* can be recuperated as grist for the far right idea mill. Here, a minister pepper-sprayed in the face by masked ICE agents. The take: "When Christianity in America became so compromised that God had to use the state to put the communist clergy in their place."

Research question. I'm looking to build a reading list for the best books/articles on the Freikorps (you know, seems maybekinda relevant). Any and all recommendations welcome! Please distribute widely!

Research question. I'm looking to build a reading list for the best books/articles on the Freikorps (you know, seems maybekinda relevant). Any and all recommendations welcome! Please distribute widely!

(I'll post this on your comment, too. Can never remember how bsky notifies people on chains): This raises the question (totally useful for my current research project): what are the best books/articles on the Freikorps? Any recs? Looking to build a reading list.

This raises the question (totally useful for my current research project): what are the best books/articles on the Freikorps? Looking to build a reading list.

Anyone could track how a well-compensated cadre of bad-faith idea-merchants have poisoned the information ecosphere. But what makes it tragic is how so many of them have the means to hit eject from the world they have created. The new version of private fallout shelters for the ultra-wealthy.

Anyone could track how a well-compensated cadre of bad-faith idea-merchants have poisoned the information ecosphere. But what makes it tragic is how so many of them have the means to hit eject from the world they have created. The new version of private fallout shelters for the ultra-wealthy.

Official DHS account. Posting videos of militarized shock troops forcefully subduing street protesters.

Threatening amplified state violence against political dissenters. If only there were a word to describe that sort of regime.

Official DHS account. Posting videos of militarized shock troops forcefully subduing street protesters.

Threatening amplified state violence against political dissenters. If only there were a word to describe that sort of regime.

Of course, the TX regents. Champing at the bit to tighten right-wing ideological control over the state uni system .

The thing is, you know at least one of these schools is going to knuckle under -- passing off its craven capitulation as some bad-faith commitment to "intellectual diversity". This is what you get when unis are run by CEOs and the consultant class.

Somewhere back in the White House communications wing: "now, what if we took all the usual racism and just turned it up to eleven?"

Perfect. Thank you!!

Perfect

Question for the hivemind (skymind?): is there any downside to joining the Anthropic settlement? I don't see anything obvious, but legal stuff is 1000% not my specialty.

"The compact asks universities...to bar employees from expressing political views on behalf of their employer... It seeks to create a more welcoming environment for conservatives, asking colleges to make governance changes and abolish departments [viewed as hostile to conservative ideas]"

"Our hope is that a lot of schools see that this is highly reasonable."

The thing is, you know at least one of these schools is going to knuckle under -- passing off its craven capitulation as some bad-faith commitment to "intellectual diversity". This is what you get when unis are run by CEOs and the consultant class.

Your daily reminder: fascism isn't just about the power-obsessed strongmen. Instead, it's about the millions who delight in the strongman's malice, control, and violence -- those who revel in his cruelty and desire ever more. That is the malignant heart of the far right.