Social Science in the Public Interest
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Property is a social convention, not a natural law. Natural law idealism is not philosophically sound: all laws are enforced behavior preferences, often with good reason, but not always.
Another day, more bad behavior by Meta. Take back your data from Meta, delete your Meta accounts.
Meta created ‘playbook’ to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, documents show
A Reuters investigation examines its tactics, including efforts to make scam ads “not findable” when authorities search for them.
www.reuters.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Another day, more bad behavior by Meta. Take back your data from Meta, delete your Meta accounts.
Governing is hard. Let’s get it right — in order for socialism to succeed, we must establish trust in our administration over meager public resources, and continually politically to fight for the ability to reduce capital-induced suffering and meet human need.
The hard part is over. The harder part is about to start.
Politics Is Something We Do
The hard part is over. The harder part is about to start.
jacobin.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Governing is hard. Let’s get it right — in order for socialism to succeed, we must establish trust in our administration over meager public resources, and continually politically to fight for the ability to reduce capital-induced suffering and meet human need.
习近平：「房子是用来住的，不是用来炒的」
December 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
习近平：「房子是用来住的，不是用来炒的」
CEOs aren’t always capital, after all: they’re often workers — non-owners — too.
CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them?
If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy.
www.newstatesman.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
CEOs aren’t always capital, after all: they’re often workers — non-owners — too.
Behind every revolution is not a manifesto, but a popular legal justification, at its most fundamental rooted in unmet human need. Manifestos alone don't mobilize populations — how a regime we live under imposes itself negatively into our daily lives does.
December 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Behind every revolution is not a manifesto, but a popular legal justification, at its most fundamental rooted in unmet human need. Manifestos alone don't mobilize populations — how a regime we live under imposes itself negatively into our daily lives does.
The neoliberal media want you to be distracted, not goal-directed and organized. Instead, we must think and talk about how billionaires came to dominate American society, and how best to regulate their most socially corrosive behaviors.
A marathon of Rob Reiner movies as an antidote to Trump’s authoritarianism dozz.es/j_9wt6
A marathon of Rob Reiner movies as an antidote to Trump’s authoritarianism
dozz.es
December 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The neoliberal media want you to be distracted, not goal-directed and organized. Instead, we must think and talk about how billionaires came to dominate American society, and how best to regulate their most socially corrosive behaviors.
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
i block big, unsuccessful “left-wing” accounts too: the same people who couldn’t prevent the current disaster will not lead us out of it
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
i block big, unsuccessful “left-wing” accounts too: the same people who couldn’t prevent the current disaster will not lead us out of it
I, an American, expected more fist-fighting on Boxing Day. It’s just people shopping! I’ve been had…
December 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I, an American, expected more fist-fighting on Boxing Day. It’s just people shopping! I’ve been had…
Paging Emmanuel Macron, Thierry Breton, et. al:
Help me understand: why is it that when I read a news post about European leaders talking about social media regulation, they almost always cite comments those leaders have made on Twitter/X? Dear Europe: please cure your addiction to American platforms. You are in the best position to divest.
December 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Paging Emmanuel Macron, Thierry Breton, et. al:
Help me understand: why is it that when I read a news post about European leaders talking about social media regulation, they almost always cite comments those leaders have made on Twitter/X? Dear Europe: please cure your addiction to American platforms. You are in the best position to divest.
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Help me understand: why is it that when I read a news post about European leaders talking about social media regulation, they almost always cite comments those leaders have made on Twitter/X? Dear Europe: please cure your addiction to American platforms. You are in the best position to divest.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sues Nobel panel over 'instrument of war' peace prize to Machado
MSN
www.msn.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sues Nobel panel over 'instrument of war' peace prize to Machado
re: Venezuela: U.S. policy toward Venezuela is economic warfare designed to force regime change. U.S. sanctions deliberately collapsed the economy, caused a humanitarian crisis, and mass migration.
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 AM
re: Venezuela: U.S. policy toward Venezuela is economic warfare designed to force regime change. U.S. sanctions deliberately collapsed the economy, caused a humanitarian crisis, and mass migration.
Property is a social convention, not a natural law. Natural law idealism is not philosophically sound: all laws are enforced behavior preferences, often with good reason, but not always.
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Property is a social convention, not a natural law. Natural law idealism is not philosophically sound: all laws are enforced behavior preferences, often with good reason, but not always.