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If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 AM
If I was the commander in chief of the Imperial hegemon I would simply not dismantle the network of military and diplomatic alliances, favourable trade deals, and broad cultural paramountcy that had made my nation the most wealthy and powerful the world has ever seen.
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Many of us are exhausted having worked to learn the truth of our own history on our own, but also having to learn the history of American white people that most white ppl refuse to learn.
That is partly why when you say “why are you surprised” it’s so annoying. Believe me, we are not surprised!
That is partly why when you say “why are you surprised” it’s so annoying. Believe me, we are not surprised!
December 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Many of us are exhausted having worked to learn the truth of our own history on our own, but also having to learn the history of American white people that most white ppl refuse to learn.
That is partly why when you say “why are you surprised” it’s so annoying. Believe me, we are not surprised!
That is partly why when you say “why are you surprised” it’s so annoying. Believe me, we are not surprised!
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Stopped in the Richmond Target this evening and shared it with the descendants of African slaves, Asian refugees, English settlers, and Hispanic immigrants - all doing that most American of activities: last-minute Christmas shopping.
That's the America I swore an oath to support and defend 🇺🇸
That's the America I swore an oath to support and defend 🇺🇸
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Stopped in the Richmond Target this evening and shared it with the descendants of African slaves, Asian refugees, English settlers, and Hispanic immigrants - all doing that most American of activities: last-minute Christmas shopping.
That's the America I swore an oath to support and defend 🇺🇸
That's the America I swore an oath to support and defend 🇺🇸
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Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
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Incredible we built a society where tens of thousands of people are forced to live in this misery just because the wealthiest people in America want more parking and because left-NIMBY cranks still won't let go of their housing Lysenkoism which insists that new housing causes gentrification.
In L.A., $750 a Month to Live in a Backyard Storage Unit
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December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Incredible we built a society where tens of thousands of people are forced to live in this misery just because the wealthiest people in America want more parking and because left-NIMBY cranks still won't let go of their housing Lysenkoism which insists that new housing causes gentrification.
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Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...
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As you may have noticed, white supremacists want to stop the influx of hardworking young people (aka immigration) while somehow forcing white women to have lots more babies to compensate, but they refuse to make having kids more affordable and less arduous an experience.
RFK Jr: "When my uncle was president, the fertility rate in this country was 3.5%. Today it is 1.6%. The replacement rate -- in other words the amount of fertility you need to keep your population even -- is 2.1%. We are below replacement. That is a national security threat to our country."
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
As you may have noticed, white supremacists want to stop the influx of hardworking young people (aka immigration) while somehow forcing white women to have lots more babies to compensate, but they refuse to make having kids more affordable and less arduous an experience.
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White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
October 6, 2025 at 1:49 AM
White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.
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May the United States be inscribed for a good year in the book of life.
A year of empathy and community.
A year of peace.
A year of empathy and community.
A year of peace.
October 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
May the United States be inscribed for a good year in the book of life.
A year of empathy and community.
A year of peace.
A year of empathy and community.
A year of peace.
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There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.
On Not Surrendering in Advance, or During, or At Any Point Thereafter
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context. Words have power. They not ...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation. Which is why it makes my head explode when people surrender in advance verbally, which they do all the time about politics.
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As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
August 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
As end-of-empire scenarios go it is so much more dignified to get your capital city sacked by the Visigoths than to have a bunch of illiterate rich people in their 70s doing it through a series of incomprehensible tantrums because their brains were defeated by their phones.
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This post has some alternative suggestions. Personally, Tuta Mail and Tresorit drive are my go-to’s
Best private Google alternatives: The ultimate list to deGoogle in 2025. | Tuta
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August 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This post has some alternative suggestions. Personally, Tuta Mail and Tresorit drive are my go-to’s
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Buffoonery aside, I think a lot of Americans can't process that multiple generations of Germans renounce and revile past actions rather than treat them as an aspect of of their culture that must be maintained.
MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
June 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Buffoonery aside, I think a lot of Americans can't process that multiple generations of Germans renounce and revile past actions rather than treat them as an aspect of of their culture that must be maintained.
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It’s probably bad that the future of America’s government pivots on a fight between Lex Luthor and the Joker
June 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s probably bad that the future of America’s government pivots on a fight between Lex Luthor and the Joker
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Quite apart from today’s very somber news I’m truly baffled that anyone thinks Joe Biden’s age is going to be any kind of issue in the 2028 primary campaign.
May 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Quite apart from today’s very somber news I’m truly baffled that anyone thinks Joe Biden’s age is going to be any kind of issue in the 2028 primary campaign.
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Issues:
- tugboat, which wasn’t attached, & only 1, not 2
- possible NYS pilots
- how boats dock at Seaport
Excellent thread
x.com/johnkonrad/s...
- tugboat, which wasn’t attached, & only 1, not 2
- possible NYS pilots
- how boats dock at Seaport
Excellent thread
x.com/johnkonrad/s...
x.com
May 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Issues:
- tugboat, which wasn’t attached, & only 1, not 2
- possible NYS pilots
- how boats dock at Seaport
Excellent thread
x.com/johnkonrad/s...
- tugboat, which wasn’t attached, & only 1, not 2
- possible NYS pilots
- how boats dock at Seaport
Excellent thread
x.com/johnkonrad/s...
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The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.
May 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.
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OK got it, thanks for the PMs. My students find this quite helpful. no.pinterest.com/pin/32341481...
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May 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
OK got it, thanks for the PMs. My students find this quite helpful. no.pinterest.com/pin/32341481...
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Risk assessment failures of the privileged who don’t want to accept any risk using their social capital to eek out the cultural power to externalize their risk aversion to poorer people is kind of the whole ball of wax. Fix that maybe.
May 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Risk assessment failures of the privileged who don’t want to accept any risk using their social capital to eek out the cultural power to externalize their risk aversion to poorer people is kind of the whole ball of wax. Fix that maybe.
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sometimes i think back to working in the NOC & whenever tech executives came by the office we’d have to remove our actually useful monitoring stuff & put up really flashy bullshit on the big screens instead to impress them. anyway that’s all u really have 2 know about corporate tech in the US
May 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
sometimes i think back to working in the NOC & whenever tech executives came by the office we’d have to remove our actually useful monitoring stuff & put up really flashy bullshit on the big screens instead to impress them. anyway that’s all u really have 2 know about corporate tech in the US
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If you're an Americanist who's decided that maybe it's worth paying attention to US Catholic history, there are lots of great books and articles to read, many of them by people who weren't able to get jobs in academia. Start with my friend Bill's book. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Making Catholic America by William S. Cossen | Hardcover | Cornell University Press
In Making Catholic America, William S. Cossen shows how Catholic men and women worked to prove themselves to be model American citizens in the decades between the Civil War and the Great Depression......
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu
May 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If you're an Americanist who's decided that maybe it's worth paying attention to US Catholic history, there are lots of great books and articles to read, many of them by people who weren't able to get jobs in academia. Start with my friend Bill's book. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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It doesn't matter whether you believe the Civil War was fought over slavery. Either way, African Americans believed that the war would decide the issue of slavery and they did everything they could to lead the way. 🗃️
May 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It doesn't matter whether you believe the Civil War was fought over slavery. Either way, African Americans believed that the war would decide the issue of slavery and they did everything they could to lead the way. 🗃️
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1/ People sometimes need a jarring reminder of how far down the path Trump administration is going toward authoritarian assertions of power
A sign:
John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds
@npr.org interview
A sign:
John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds
@npr.org interview
A legal architect of Guantanamo questions Trump's El Salvador plan
Podcast Episode · Consider This from NPR · 05/02/2025 · 10m
podcasts.apple.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
1/ People sometimes need a jarring reminder of how far down the path Trump administration is going toward authoritarian assertions of power
A sign:
John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds
@npr.org interview
A sign:
John Yoo, architect of torture memos and maximal presidential powers, sharply rebukes President Trump and DOJ actions on 4 grounds
@npr.org interview