Gareth Watkins
@garethwatkins.bsky.social
Writing in the Los Angeles Review of Books, New Statesman, Tribune, Vulture, MEL, New Socialist. Host of Death Sentence podcast.
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It's sort of endearing when these guys pretend they can read.
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It's sort of endearing when these guys pretend they can read.
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BLOOD WORK / EPISODE 9
TO LIVE AS PEOPLE OR DIE LIKE MEN: ATTICA
In 1971, a community cast aside by the state attempted to reclaim their humanity and political subjectivity. We look at the Attica Prison Uprising to see what that event can teach us about politics, law and violence.
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TO LIVE AS PEOPLE OR DIE LIKE MEN: ATTICA
In 1971, a community cast aside by the state attempted to reclaim their humanity and political subjectivity. We look at the Attica Prison Uprising to see what that event can teach us about politics, law and violence.
@bloodwork.show
To Live as People or Die Like Men: Attica | Blood Work
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November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
BLOOD WORK / EPISODE 9
TO LIVE AS PEOPLE OR DIE LIKE MEN: ATTICA
In 1971, a community cast aside by the state attempted to reclaim their humanity and political subjectivity. We look at the Attica Prison Uprising to see what that event can teach us about politics, law and violence.
@bloodwork.show
TO LIVE AS PEOPLE OR DIE LIKE MEN: ATTICA
In 1971, a community cast aside by the state attempted to reclaim their humanity and political subjectivity. We look at the Attica Prison Uprising to see what that event can teach us about politics, law and violence.
@bloodwork.show
To put it in terms Bolsonaro would understand, that's 216 COVID infections.
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
To put it in terms Bolsonaro would understand, that's 216 COVID infections.
laughed Obama.
titoist femboys?
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
laughed Obama.
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In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
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The resurgence of far-right politics is often thought of as the doing of evil characters and their ability to manipulate "the people" against our good norm
This is a convenient and dangerous fantasy which ignores that the roots of the problem are systemic 👇🏻
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This is a convenient and dangerous fantasy which ignores that the roots of the problem are systemic 👇🏻
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Really existing liberalism, the bulwark fantasy, and the enabling of reactionary, far right politics1
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The resurgence of far-right politics is often thought of as the doing of evil characters and their ability to manipulate "the people" against our good norm
This is a convenient and dangerous fantasy which ignores that the roots of the problem are systemic 👇🏻
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This is a convenient and dangerous fantasy which ignores that the roots of the problem are systemic 👇🏻
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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[Werner Herzog voice]: you must never see this
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
[Werner Herzog voice]: you must never see this
Destroying Blue Sky for good with a 'still posts on Twitter' labeller.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Destroying Blue Sky for good with a 'still posts on Twitter' labeller.
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I’m enjoying Pluribus a lot but if I wanted to be cruel about it I would describe it as The Good Place for people who made a point of staying on Twitter and not going to Bluesky
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’m enjoying Pluribus a lot but if I wanted to be cruel about it I would describe it as The Good Place for people who made a point of staying on Twitter and not going to Bluesky
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Schlep is a developer and YouTuber, who has spent years working to identify groomers and pedophiles who use Roblox as a hunting ground to identify vulnerable children.
Then Roblox banned him
www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
Then Roblox banned him
www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
He Hunted Alleged Groomers on Roblox. Then the Company Banned Him
YouTuber “Schlep" built a huge following tracking down alleged child predators on Roblox before being kicked off. The platform is facing multiple lawsuits over child safety.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Schlep is a developer and YouTuber, who has spent years working to identify groomers and pedophiles who use Roblox as a hunting ground to identify vulnerable children.
Then Roblox banned him
www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
Then Roblox banned him
www.wired.com/story/he-hun...
I regret to inform you that Carol from Pluribus would probably be a TERF.
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I regret to inform you that Carol from Pluribus would probably be a TERF.
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
GLADIO never ended.
Bracing analysis of the rise of the far-right in Germany: "there are widespread right-wing extremist networks within the security services, the police, and the armed forces. Europe-wide networks of fascists are operating unhindered. Something is brewing. If we don't react now, it will be too late."
»Wir haben vor der AfD gewarnt, als sie am Horizont auftauchte. Keine Reaktion. Im Gegenteil – ihre Vertreter:innen saßen in jeder Talkshow, bevor die AfD auch nur ein einziges Landtagsmandat hatte. Mit dem Erfolg, dass sie nun eine einflussreiche Partei ist.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
GLADIO never ended.
Alan Dershowitz's charisma aside, you're going to sideline Hasan Piker and Nick Fuentes are you? Those guys who you never stop seeing in mainstream media? Are they going to have to start streaming on Twitch and Rumble?
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Alan Dershowitz's charisma aside, you're going to sideline Hasan Piker and Nick Fuentes are you? Those guys who you never stop seeing in mainstream media? Are they going to have to start streaming on Twitch and Rumble?
Calm is antithetical to the Computer. PCs were at there best when a window saying 'Illegal Operation' would pop up and I would think that I was going to jail for pirating games.
Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years.
Altman describes OpenAI's forthcoming AI device as more peaceful and calm than the iPhone | TechCrunch
Altman and Ive tease a simple AI device aimed at calm, distraction-free computing, launching within two years.
techcrunch.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Calm is antithetical to the Computer. PCs were at there best when a window saying 'Illegal Operation' would pop up and I would think that I was going to jail for pirating games.
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"I look at that, and I have affection for a young man. It’s a Saturday night, and I’m at a typewriter with the fucking headphones on. I’m putting in the work. I’m doing it."— @themountaingoats.bsky.social's John Darnielle to Grayson Haver Currin for @GQmagazine.bsky.social
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"I look at that, and I have affection for a young man. It’s a Saturday night, and I’m at a typewriter with the fucking headphones on. I’m putting in the work. I’m doing it."— @themountaingoats.bsky.social's John Darnielle to Grayson Haver Currin for @GQmagazine.bsky.social
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Part of the problem is that liberal media keeps pretending that the right has “intellectual standards” when the rights idea of intellectual standards is RFK “I Like Bathing In Sewage” Jr being in charge of all of America’s health.
The controversy over the Heritage Foundation illustrates the collapse of intellectual standards on the right—a profound problem that Donald Trump has exploited and exacerbated, @jonathanbchait.bsky.social argues.
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Part of the problem is that liberal media keeps pretending that the right has “intellectual standards” when the rights idea of intellectual standards is RFK “I Like Bathing In Sewage” Jr being in charge of all of America’s health.
It may be the intervening decade talking, but season one of True Detective is so incredibly camp that it comes off as a prestige version of Garth Merenghi's Darkplace.
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It may be the intervening decade talking, but season one of True Detective is so incredibly camp that it comes off as a prestige version of Garth Merenghi's Darkplace.
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“Eton boys cheered Farage’s “worst comments on migrants and Covid” and subjected visiting girls to “racial slurs” & “misogynistic comments”…The college said it had apologised “unreservedly” for the “totally unacceptable” behaviour, but it is difficult to understand what other outcome they expected.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
“Eton boys cheered Farage’s “worst comments on migrants and Covid” and subjected visiting girls to “racial slurs” & “misogynistic comments”…The college said it had apologised “unreservedly” for the “totally unacceptable” behaviour, but it is difficult to understand what other outcome they expected.”
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NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions
In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.
futurism.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
One of the things that I've been writing and researching over the past year is how people are neurologically, psychologically and systematically primed for political cruelty, and one of the only heartening things is this - that it would disappear if it wasn't maintained by massive effort.
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
One of the things that I've been writing and researching over the past year is how people are neurologically, psychologically and systematically primed for political cruelty, and one of the only heartening things is this - that it would disappear if it wasn't maintained by massive effort.
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