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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 16h

Hey hey, German Studies in the news again!

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 16h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention.

At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist.

Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.

EXCLUSIVE: Freed Flotilla Activist David Adler Details His ‘Violent Abduction’ by Israel

The Jewish American writer says Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir specifically targeted him, forcing a photo op with the Israeli flag and calling him a “terrorist.”

zeteo.com

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 2d

"There’s some good in it, maybe some bad in it. But for me, I think it cuts toward going. That’s my decision, and I know where it’s coming from, because I can see right inside myself."

"I wanna see it, I wanna be part of it. I think that’s a positive thing.”

Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 2d

"So, there’s stuff going on that’s unexpected in this thing"

"That just feels like a good opportunity. And I just feel like comedy is a great way to get in and start talking."

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 2d

Jokes aside, this drivel usefully distills all the predictable talking points against academic or cultural boycotts in general down to their purest expression as malign phatic nonsense, which is what they always were anyway.

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 2d

This is *spectacularly* incoherent gibberish from Louis CK. There's hardly even a recognizable phoneme in any of the quotations from him in this article.

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Louis CK defends decision to perform at Riyadh comedy festival as ‘a good opportunity’

Comedian admits to mixed feelings but says event is a ‘positive thing’ despite human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia

www.theguardian.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

I said what I said: Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 3d

Really shouldn’t be 80° in upstate NY in October! Beneath and above all the acute nightmares of these days, this world-ending catastrophe keeps ticking.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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Micah @rincewind.run · 4d

if Kash can go back years and fire people for kneeling or displaying a pride flag the absolute least the next Dem admin can do is fire every one of these assholes who are assaulting people on camera

(and then prosecute them)

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 4d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4d

Portland

Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 4d

Massive escalation at the ICE facility. Federal agents made multiple arrests (at least 4), threw out gas, and shot tons of pepper balls.

Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d

Fascistic and absolutely unacceptable rhetoric from the unmoored little man who is basically running the federal government right now.

Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 4d

Stephen Miller again lashes out at the judiciary, suggesting federal judges are aiding and abetting domestic terrorism:

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 4d

It'll never be lost on me that a particular subset of the liberal commentariat in both North America and Western Europe were deeply infatuated with this woman up until the very moment she decided to talk about that one issue you're still basically not allowed to talk about lol.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 5d

“But the use of local jails in rural counties specifically for the purposes of immigration detention has grown especially rapidly since the second Trump Administration began.”

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 5d

“This use of local jails as a sort of protofascist infrastructure has unfolded over decades, a product of the quiet jail boom that expanded local jail capacity across the country, particularly in rural communities.“

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 5d

Important piece on mundane fascist infrastructure by Jack Norton and Judah Schept.

www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/pol...

ICE in Harlan County | Jack Norton and Judah Schept

More and bigger detention infrastructure follows a strict logic of “if you build it, they will fill it.” Larger county jails not only enable the incarceration of more people by local police; they also...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 5d

One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 5d

New open access repository submission just dropped! For the 2–3 global readers (high end estimate) interested in this topic who don't have access to the Germanic Review, you can now read my article considering why Kracauer quotes Bachofen and what it all means.

works.hcommons.org/records/zevd...

Kracauer, Bachofen, and the"bedeutungsleere Naturfundament"

In his 1927 essay "Die Photographie," Siegfried Kracauer attributes to photography the ability to intervene in the dialectic, as old as history itself, between nature and thought. Paradoxically, preci...

works.hcommons.org

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aaron from queens from twitter @aaronnarraph.bsky.social · 5d

43% of Democrats (52% of 18-29 voters) say foreign policy and Israel will play a role in their vote in the 2026 primaries. (81% say the economy and healthcare, of course.)

80% want to reduce support for Israel
74% want an arms embargo
72% say it's a genocide
65% want sanctions

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 5d

Part 2.

These conversations help tie a lot together, including how decades of developments in policing, border policy, and the "war on terror" have brought us to this metastasized fascist moment.

thedigradio.com/podcast/stat...

State of Impunity w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

thedigradio.com

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 5d

Important two-part conversation at @thedigradio.bsky.social with Stuart Schrader and Alberto Toscano, everyone should listen to it.

thedigradio.com/podcast/fasc...

Fascist Police State w/ Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader

Featuring Alberto Toscano and Stuart Schrader on Trump’s intensification of police, ICE, and military repression. What does this all reveal about MAGA’s fascist and authoritarian project—and about the...

thedigradio.com

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Carl Gelderloos @cgelderloos.bsky.social · 5d

Great time to join or rejoin the AAUP!

www.aaup.org/news/univers...

Universities Must Reject Trump Admin "Loyalty Oath" Compacts

The AAUP and AFT warn that the Trump administration’s offer to give preferential treatment to colleges and universities in exchange for allegiance to a partisan ideological agenda is entirely corrupt.

www.aaup.org

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