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Brooke Harrington

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Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words @washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian. All at brookeharrington.com

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Jan 23

Here's everything I've done so far on broligarchy, all in one place, starting with my Inauguration Day interview on @thedailyshow.com with Jon Stewart, through multiple BlueSky threads on the subject, some other interviews & a couple articles in @theatlantic.com. 1/9
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Brooke Harrington - Trump’s “Broligarchy” of Tech Billionaires | The Daily Show

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1h

Unlike Epstein, Musk only condescends to house three of his "brood mares" together, but has apparently bought many more women for their reproductive services and their silence.

www.wsj.com/politics/elo...

The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers

The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over mone...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1h

Given their attempts to run "breeding farms"--buying up and housing together large groups of women they deem worthy to pass along the men's genes--these guys remind me most of the warlords and khans of a thousand years ago.

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/b...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 3h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came to the UK to find opportunity and we treated them like 💩. Then we slit our own throats with Brexit. Somehow this is Poland's fault."

--Xenophobe Logic

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 3h

Are you new here?

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 3h

From the pandemic, and all the protesters in front of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center holding up "wah, wah, don't oppress me by saving my life with vaccines" signs, I learned that the actual NH motto is "Live Free AND Die."

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 3h

Love you back! ❤️

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 19h

I read your post aloud to my resident Young Person who exclaimed: "What?! WHY?"

a man with a mustache wearing a black shirt says but why

ALT: a man with a mustache wearing a black shirt says but why

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 19h

My thesis that a large number of wealthy men worldwide just really want to own other people, outright, remains undefeated.

This is also the lesson I draw from the apparently unrelated US news about the Epstein files.

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 22h

It is super annoying to acknowledge, OK as a species we've had basically instantaneous access to all documented human knowledge for 20 years now and yet our collective decision-making sucks ass.

But faster access to wronger information at a higher cost isn't the move.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 19h

Obligatory:

a man wearing a top hat says stop don t come back

ALT: a man wearing a top hat says stop don t come back

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 19h

Finn Cervino of Queens,

a man making a peace sign with his hands and the words love you

ALT: a man making a peace sign with his hands and the words love you

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 20h

Seems to me you've already accomplished a shit ton more than Pam Bondi, without selling your soul to the devil.

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François Léger @francoisleger.bsky.social · 2d

Je lis très clair dans le jeu d’Emmanuel Macron : l’objectif est que TOUS les Français accèdent au poste de Premier ministre pour pouvoir toucher la retraite qui va avec la fonction. Selon mes calculs, on devrait prochainement passer à 10 000 Premiers ministres par seconde. C’est extrêmement malin.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Good call.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 1d

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

“I voted for none of this."

Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.

Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 1d

the more time passes the more every new LLM development feels like the bottom line is that dudes who made some amount of money for being kind of decent at math or whatever have also decided that they have a god given right to dictate what all human culture is

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 1d

trying to make sure my wife has all of the necessary documentation to get a RealID and it's really hard to shake the feeling that the aim of this entire program was to use anti-immigrant sentiment to help disenfranchise married women

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

"I voted for none of this."

They voted for Trump, convicted felon and rapist, the guy who led an insurrection right on their teevees.

They voted for THAT guy; further details of that guy's actions are irrelevant to their pathetic attempts to distance themselves.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Got it. Thanks.

His uncanny ability to face down super-aggro men--esp of the fascist variety--without losing his cool or train of thought seems like it must have a use. His appearances on Fox are really amazing to me, because I have a hard time keeping my cool when confronted with lying bullies.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Would you elaborate a bit on your reasons for writing that? Not trying to start anything, not a Pete stan or hater, just genuinely curious.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Fuuuuu...what are we going to do with people who have huge platforms but know less than a 6th grader about the basics of life on Earth?

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Chuck!!!

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Those of us who remember the Cold War cannot believe how fast the US is hurtling not just toward the 1950s, but specifically toward the political climate and economy of the 1950s Soviet Union.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

Is the irony of the president’s friend buying something called “the free press” and immediately installing a government truth compliance officer lost on everybody?

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Breaking News: Paramount is buying The Free Press for $150 million and appointing Bari Weiss, the news site's co-founder, as the editor in chief of CBS News. nyti.ms/4gUnu5D

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