Cody Betts
@cjacobb.bsky.social
Teacher.
San Diego, CA.
Bad biscuits make the baker broke, bro.
San Diego, CA.
Bad biscuits make the baker broke, bro.
What is happening at CECOT - the El Salvadoran prison known for human rights abuses - where Kilmar Abrego Garcia and others are being unjustly and unconstitutionally detained w/o trial? Why is Google Maps blocking searches for the prison? We need answers now @sarajacobs.house.gov @vargas.house.gov
April 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
What is happening at CECOT - the El Salvadoran prison known for human rights abuses - where Kilmar Abrego Garcia and others are being unjustly and unconstitutionally detained w/o trial? Why is Google Maps blocking searches for the prison? We need answers now @sarajacobs.house.gov @vargas.house.gov
Recent reads - “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin — “Can it really be that the world — our world — still exists? Or is this just inertia, the generator is off, but the gears are still turning and plodding along — two or three more rotations, then on the fourth, they’ll come to a standstill…”
April 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Recent reads - “We” by Yevgeny Zamyatin — “Can it really be that the world — our world — still exists? Or is this just inertia, the generator is off, but the gears are still turning and plodding along — two or three more rotations, then on the fourth, they’ll come to a standstill…”
Recent reads - “After the Quake” by Haruki Murakami “Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outward form. But hearts never disintegrate. They have no outward form, and whether good or evil, we can always communicate them to one another. All God’s children can dance…
April 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Recent reads - “After the Quake” by Haruki Murakami “Our hearts are not stones. A stone may disintegrate in time and lose its outward form. But hearts never disintegrate. They have no outward form, and whether good or evil, we can always communicate them to one another. All God’s children can dance…
Recent reads - “Simulacra and Simulation” by Jean Baudrillard —
April 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Recent reads - “Simulacra and Simulation” by Jean Baudrillard —
Recent reads - “Capitalist Realism” by Mark Fisher — “Capitalist realism, however, entails subordinating oneself to a reality that is infinitely plastic… ‘a purely fungible present in which space and psyches alike can be processed and remade at will’.”
April 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Recent reads - “Capitalist Realism” by Mark Fisher — “Capitalist realism, however, entails subordinating oneself to a reality that is infinitely plastic… ‘a purely fungible present in which space and psyches alike can be processed and remade at will’.”
Recent reads - “The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism” by John Gray — “If we go on, it is because we cannot do otherwise. It is life that pulls us on, against the tide, life that steers us into the storm.”
April 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Recent reads - “The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism” by John Gray — “If we go on, it is because we cannot do otherwise. It is life that pulls us on, against the tide, life that steers us into the storm.”
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Even LinkedIn now has viral threads about Yarvin, Thiel, Musk, DOGE/RAGE and the Network State. When social media’s copycat algorithm kicks in, you know the narrative is sticking.
March 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Even LinkedIn now has viral threads about Yarvin, Thiel, Musk, DOGE/RAGE and the Network State. When social media’s copycat algorithm kicks in, you know the narrative is sticking.
Mickey 17 was fascinating. A techno-authoritarian colonial enterprise, ruling over a sort of network or patchwork state, an exploration of a transhumanist future, a Nazi/MAGA/Christian nationalist draped ruling society. Lots to talk about, but I’d hate to spoil it. Go see it.
March 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Mickey 17 was fascinating. A techno-authoritarian colonial enterprise, ruling over a sort of network or patchwork state, an exploration of a transhumanist future, a Nazi/MAGA/Christian nationalist draped ruling society. Lots to talk about, but I’d hate to spoil it. Go see it.
Yarvin’s Patchwork >>> Srinivasan’s Network State >>> Trump’s Freedom Cities??
It’s all just ✨Sparkling Feudalism✨
It’s all just ✨Sparkling Feudalism✨
‘Startup Nation’ Groups Say They’re Meeting Trump Officials to Push for Deregulated ‘Freedom Cities’
The architects of projects like Próspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations.
www.wired.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Yarvin’s Patchwork >>> Srinivasan’s Network State >>> Trump’s Freedom Cities??
It’s all just ✨Sparkling Feudalism✨
It’s all just ✨Sparkling Feudalism✨
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Trying to understand America's current crisis without examining Tech Fascism (the "Dark Enlightenment," the "network state") is like analyzing 9/11 while ignoring Al Qaeda.
This isn't random chaos – it is an orchestrated attack by a small, dangerous, and determined group.
This isn't random chaos – it is an orchestrated attack by a small, dangerous, and determined group.
February 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Trying to understand America's current crisis without examining Tech Fascism (the "Dark Enlightenment," the "network state") is like analyzing 9/11 while ignoring Al Qaeda.
This isn't random chaos – it is an orchestrated attack by a small, dangerous, and determined group.
This isn't random chaos – it is an orchestrated attack by a small, dangerous, and determined group.
This is a very strange situation. In response to Costco’s shareholders having a modicum of normative ethics around the importance of diversity efforts, “activists” and “leftists” are responding by… buying memberships and consuming more goods. That on its own is weird; 1/6
ICYMI — Sharpton led a buy-in to support Costco after they didn’t back down on DEI
January 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This is a very strange situation. In response to Costco’s shareholders having a modicum of normative ethics around the importance of diversity efforts, “activists” and “leftists” are responding by… buying memberships and consuming more goods. That on its own is weird; 1/6
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Just had our data access rescinded for a projected using federal microdata to study and reduce disparate impact in housing markets.
January 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just had our data access rescinded for a projected using federal microdata to study and reduce disparate impact in housing markets.
Following my own advice. I’m reading a few things right now. One of which is Murakami’s After the Quake. I read 1/6 of the short stories last year and it was all the tropes I had heard about him in just ~20 pages. Finally came back to finish it and I’m on the last story. Not sure he’s my cup of tea.
January 23, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Following my own advice. I’m reading a few things right now. One of which is Murakami’s After the Quake. I read 1/6 of the short stories last year and it was all the tropes I had heard about him in just ~20 pages. Finally came back to finish it and I’m on the last story. Not sure he’s my cup of tea.
If you’re hot and bothered by a Christian minister asking for mercy on the weak, but you’re making excuses for a billionaire drug addict throwing out a pair of sieg heil Nazi salutes from behind the presidential podium, you probably aren’t practicing the faith Jesus taught.
January 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If you’re hot and bothered by a Christian minister asking for mercy on the weak, but you’re making excuses for a billionaire drug addict throwing out a pair of sieg heil Nazi salutes from behind the presidential podium, you probably aren’t practicing the faith Jesus taught.
Had a disturbing revelation processing w/ my coteacher the news that schools are not off limits to ICE. 1/3
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Had a disturbing revelation processing w/ my coteacher the news that schools are not off limits to ICE. 1/3
There’s a reaction that says to cut off anyone who doesn’t stand against what is happening in our country right now. While on one level, we all must do what we need to be able to get by and keep our zen, applying that as a maxim will only make things worse. Why? 1/2
January 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
There’s a reaction that says to cut off anyone who doesn’t stand against what is happening in our country right now. While on one level, we all must do what we need to be able to get by and keep our zen, applying that as a maxim will only make things worse. Why? 1/2
Anyone else treated as a DH at your school site? In 6 years I’ve taught subjects in SpEd, H/SS, English, and IB. Geography, collab Bio, Math funds, IB ToK, English 9…. They sent out a Google sheet for course preferences this past week and I don’t know what to put down. I just want a job I guess? 🤷♂️
January 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Anyone else treated as a DH at your school site? In 6 years I’ve taught subjects in SpEd, H/SS, English, and IB. Geography, collab Bio, Math funds, IB ToK, English 9…. They sent out a Google sheet for course preferences this past week and I don’t know what to put down. I just want a job I guess? 🤷♂️
I’m a San Diego based teacher. My existence on social media as a young man was dysfunctional, & as an adult has been pretty restricted. I’m interested in being part of the creation of a better public sphere for communicative action, so I’ll try to get past my inhibitions that tell me not to share.
January 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I’m a San Diego based teacher. My existence on social media as a young man was dysfunctional, & as an adult has been pretty restricted. I’m interested in being part of the creation of a better public sphere for communicative action, so I’ll try to get past my inhibitions that tell me not to share.
Žižek gives an interesting anecdote in “Like a Thief in Broad Daylight” to explain contradictions we reconcile every day. I shared this with my TOK students who were confused by the deadlines we had set for the EE vs the dates I was checking when they would be completed. 1/5
January 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Žižek gives an interesting anecdote in “Like a Thief in Broad Daylight” to explain contradictions we reconcile every day. I shared this with my TOK students who were confused by the deadlines we had set for the EE vs the dates I was checking when they would be completed. 1/5