Leonard Pierce
@leonardpierce.bsky.social
Marxist, wife guy, union man, ne'er-do-well. Concerned with words, generally. Chicago-based eating enthusiast. CPS, DSA, THC. Crime, baseball, communism.
http://immortal-science.com
http://immortal-science.com
Pinned
Still waiting for the people who call themselves anti-fascist, but also say that it was not just necessary but a moral imperative to continue supporting a genocide, to explain exactly what it is about fascism they don’t like
Once again, a great decision to leave all of this stuff in the hands of private for-profit companies
There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
February 13, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Once again, a great decision to leave all of this stuff in the hands of private for-profit companies
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Pictured: this headline's operating definition of "across Chicago"
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Pictured: this headline's operating definition of "across Chicago"
Wow good thing you’re not starting a stupid fight by engaging in divisive rhetoric
February 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Wow good thing you’re not starting a stupid fight by engaging in divisive rhetoric
I like it when people are said to be “awaiting” something. The rest of us dumb assholes are just sitting around waiting for shit but these classy MFs out here awaiting
February 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
I like it when people are said to be “awaiting” something. The rest of us dumb assholes are just sitting around waiting for shit but these classy MFs out here awaiting
Those boxes represent real ideological differences! I don’t mind being called left-wing because I am. I don’t want to be called liberal because I’m not.
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Those boxes represent real ideological differences! I don’t mind being called left-wing because I am. I don’t want to be called liberal because I’m not.
I think of myself as being way, *way* too online but then I’ll listen to a podcast or see a post that says something like “Did you see Tro-Bunk got flatzapped by the KLEBS guy” and realize that if anything I am extremely not online
February 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I think of myself as being way, *way* too online but then I’ll listen to a podcast or see a post that says something like “Did you see Tro-Bunk got flatzapped by the KLEBS guy” and realize that if anything I am extremely not online
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I'm sure corporate deals like this have always been the norm but it's still pretty galling to announce you're moving money around so plainly like this
NVIDIA CORP. WILL LEASE A 200-MEGAWATT DATA CENTER IN NEVADA FINANCED PARTLY BY A $3.8 BILLION JUNK-BOND SALE LED BY TRACT CAPITAL, WITH JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. AND MORGAN STANLEY MANAGING THE TRANSACTION.
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I'm sure corporate deals like this have always been the norm but it's still pretty galling to announce you're moving money around so plainly like this
Here is my point:
There are genuine and meaningful differences between liberals and leftists. They do not all want the same thing. Insisting it’s a trick or a distraction for leftists to articulate those differences is patronizing. Saying it’s a stupid fight doesn’t make anyone want to unite
There are genuine and meaningful differences between liberals and leftists. They do not all want the same thing. Insisting it’s a trick or a distraction for leftists to articulate those differences is patronizing. Saying it’s a stupid fight doesn’t make anyone want to unite
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Here is my point:
There are genuine and meaningful differences between liberals and leftists. They do not all want the same thing. Insisting it’s a trick or a distraction for leftists to articulate those differences is patronizing. Saying it’s a stupid fight doesn’t make anyone want to unite
There are genuine and meaningful differences between liberals and leftists. They do not all want the same thing. Insisting it’s a trick or a distraction for leftists to articulate those differences is patronizing. Saying it’s a stupid fight doesn’t make anyone want to unite
I had an absolute shitpile of a day, I could use a reminder that I don’t have to hate myself all the time
February 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I had an absolute shitpile of a day, I could use a reminder that I don’t have to hate myself all the time
Are you seriously asking to name an issue where liberals and leftists differ
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Are you seriously asking to name an issue where liberals and leftists differ
You do realize that leftists and liberals have genuine ideological differences and that those differences are represented by people other than candidates for president, right
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
You do realize that leftists and liberals have genuine ideological differences and that those differences are represented by people other than candidates for president, right
They definitely did not
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
They definitely did not
Broadly speaking, leftists are critical of capitalism, believe the current system of government is flawed and should be replaced, and advocate for some variety of socialism
Liberals believe in market solutions, advocate for reform rather than systemic change, and want to preserve the current gov't
Liberals believe in market solutions, advocate for reform rather than systemic change, and want to preserve the current gov't
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Broadly speaking, leftists are critical of capitalism, believe the current system of government is flawed and should be replaced, and advocate for some variety of socialism
Liberals believe in market solutions, advocate for reform rather than systemic change, and want to preserve the current gov't
Liberals believe in market solutions, advocate for reform rather than systemic change, and want to preserve the current gov't
I mean, the corporate democrats keep getting elected, somebody’s voting for them and it’s not leftists and it’s not conservatives, so what does that tell you
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM
I mean, the corporate democrats keep getting elected, somebody’s voting for them and it’s not leftists and it’s not conservatives, so what does that tell you
So you play RESIDENT EVIL? Interesting, because I have to live under PRESIDENT EV...
[someone immediately invents the technology to somehow literally pelt me with garbage through the internet]
[someone immediately invents the technology to somehow literally pelt me with garbage through the internet]
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 PM
So you play RESIDENT EVIL? Interesting, because I have to live under PRESIDENT EV...
[someone immediately invents the technology to somehow literally pelt me with garbage through the internet]
[someone immediately invents the technology to somehow literally pelt me with garbage through the internet]
Yeah I mean this is basically the reason that both Republicans and Democrats are not doing anything about them, which, really, is worse
February 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Yeah I mean this is basically the reason that both Republicans and Democrats are not doing anything about them, which, really, is worse
Is it ironic that just as he plays a guy in a popular TV show who, in order to preserve his wealth and fame and provide for his family, gets in bed with an evil corporation that brings great misery to mankind, Walton Goggins has started doing commercials for Walmart?
I don’t even know anymore
I don’t even know anymore
February 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Is it ironic that just as he plays a guy in a popular TV show who, in order to preserve his wealth and fame and provide for his family, gets in bed with an evil corporation that brings great misery to mankind, Walton Goggins has started doing commercials for Walmart?
I don’t even know anymore
I don’t even know anymore
Hey, speaking of noir, here’s a review on IMMORTAL SCIENCE of one of my favorite weird little books hardly anybody has read: UK film critic David Thomson’s SUSPECTS, a noir film pastiche that isn’t totally successful but manages to be unlike anything else I can think of.
Working and Paying and Living and Dying - IMMORTAL SCIENCE
When you talk about noir, you also have to talk about all its offshoots and mutations: neo-noir, crypto- and quasi-noir, genre noir, action noir. There are noir novels, noir television...
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February 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Hey, speaking of noir, here’s a review on IMMORTAL SCIENCE of one of my favorite weird little books hardly anybody has read: UK film critic David Thomson’s SUSPECTS, a noir film pastiche that isn’t totally successful but manages to be unlike anything else I can think of.
Quote of the Day:
“Accepting one’s self does not preclude an attempt to become better.” (Flannery O'Connor)
“Accepting one’s self does not preclude an attempt to become better.” (Flannery O'Connor)
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Quote of the Day:
“Accepting one’s self does not preclude an attempt to become better.” (Flannery O'Connor)
“Accepting one’s self does not preclude an attempt to become better.” (Flannery O'Connor)
In history today, black sanitation workers in Memphis began a strike under the guidance and support of Martin Luther King in 1968.
The noir of the day is 1953’s I CONFESS!, directed by Alfred Hitchcock for Warner Bros. and starring Anne Baxter, Montgomery Clift, and Karl Malden.
The noir of the day is 1953’s I CONFESS!, directed by Alfred Hitchcock for Warner Bros. and starring Anne Baxter, Montgomery Clift, and Karl Malden.
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
In history today, black sanitation workers in Memphis began a strike under the guidance and support of Martin Luther King in 1968.
The noir of the day is 1953’s I CONFESS!, directed by Alfred Hitchcock for Warner Bros. and starring Anne Baxter, Montgomery Clift, and Karl Malden.
The noir of the day is 1953’s I CONFESS!, directed by Alfred Hitchcock for Warner Bros. and starring Anne Baxter, Montgomery Clift, and Karl Malden.
Good afternoon! It is February 12th in the United Socialist States of America.
Today we commemorate Housecleaning Day. A tidy home is a happy home!
We celebrate the alpine aster, aster alpinus.
Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809; Charles M. Schulz died today in 2000.
Today we commemorate Housecleaning Day. A tidy home is a happy home!
We celebrate the alpine aster, aster alpinus.
Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809; Charles M. Schulz died today in 2000.
February 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Good afternoon! It is February 12th in the United Socialist States of America.
Today we commemorate Housecleaning Day. A tidy home is a happy home!
We celebrate the alpine aster, aster alpinus.
Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809; Charles M. Schulz died today in 2000.
Today we commemorate Housecleaning Day. A tidy home is a happy home!
We celebrate the alpine aster, aster alpinus.
Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809; Charles M. Schulz died today in 2000.
The only thing I love more than art that makes me do homework is when the homework is in service of something called "AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY"
February 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
The only thing I love more than art that makes me do homework is when the homework is in service of something called "AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY"
"I'm going off the grid [buying $4,000 in freeze dried readi-meals and an expensive gas generator will never use]"
February 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"I'm going off the grid [buying $4,000 in freeze dried readi-meals and an expensive gas generator will never use]"
That's what started all this, the imminent hopepunk remake of THREADS
February 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
That's what started all this, the imminent hopepunk remake of THREADS