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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 2d

Hell yeah!

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

American intelligence officials have now confirmed to CBS News that Netanyahu ordered the drone attacks on the Sumud flotilla while it was docked in Tunisia, an attack launched from Israeli Navy submarines off the Tunisian coast.

Washington - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu directly approved military operations on two vessels early last month that were part of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian supporters including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, CBS News has learned.
Two American intelligence officials briefed on the matter told CBS News that Israeli forces on Sept. 8
and 9 launched drones from a submarine and dropped incendiary devices onto the boats that were moored outside the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said, causing a fire. The officials spoke under the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on national security matters.

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 6d

Great piece in the newsletter today by Saliha Bayrak on Love Island hyperpolitics newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/close-read...

Close reading angry political posts about Love Island

Plus two poems about TV

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 9d

All the reasons not to give in to generative AI.

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

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI: My latest essay in @thenation.com on the place of criticism and contestation in the history of capitalism www.thenation.com/article/cult...

How Capitalism Survives

According to John Cassidy’s century-spanning history Capitalism and Its Critics, the system lives on because of its antagonists.

www.thenation.com

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI: My latest essay in @thenation.com on the place of criticism and contestation in the history of capitalism www.thenation.com/article/cult...

How Capitalism Survives

According to John Cassidy’s century-spanning history Capitalism and Its Critics, the system lives on because of its antagonists.

www.thenation.com

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 13d

The first piece from our next issue is up, from a set of Dispatches on food and famine in and beyond Gaza: an extremely moving reflection from Hamada Shaqura on cooking during genocide. www.thedriftmag.com/the-silence-...

The Silence in My Kitchen

Before the war I was a food blogger, visiting restaurants and writing reviews to showcase Gaza’s food culture.

www.thedriftmag.com

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 13d

The first piece from our next issue is up, from a set of Dispatches on food and famine in and beyond Gaza: an extremely moving reflection from Hamada Shaqura on cooking during genocide. www.thedriftmag.com/the-silence-...

The Silence in My Kitchen

Before the war I was a food blogger, visiting restaurants and writing reviews to showcase Gaza’s food culture.

www.thedriftmag.com

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 14d

I'm in @thenation.com today with a piece on John Cassidy's book Capitalism and Its Critics and the place of reform in the system's metabolism
www.thenation.com/article/cult...

How Capitalism Survives

According to John Cassidy’s century-spanning history Capitalism and Its Critics, the system lives on because of its antagonists.

www.thenation.com

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 14d

I'm in @thenation.com today with a piece on John Cassidy's book Capitalism and Its Critics and the place of reform in the system's metabolism
www.thenation.com/article/cult...

How Capitalism Survives

According to John Cassidy’s century-spanning history Capitalism and Its Critics, the system lives on because of its antagonists.

www.thenation.com

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 15d

In the newsletter today: two poems by Benjamin Krusling from our latest issue newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/i-still-wa...

"I still want a part of desperate living"

Two poems by Benjamin Krusling

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Carl Beijer @carlbeijer.bsky.social · 17d

This is exactly backwards. From the beginning, Kirk was the beneficiary of a large and highly organized network of dark money donors who were looking for a spokesman. No way he would have done what he did without patrons like Montgomery and Uihlein. Kirk didn't make money - money made Kirk.

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 25d

Gorgeous!

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 26d

After this week I think we can all agree that the main problem with society is that there isn't enough stuff

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 26d

FYI "ran a search on" 100% means they uploaded it to ChatGPT and asked it what it meant

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 27d

The markings that supposedly expressed “transgender ideology” were………..a series of arrows.

CNN. The initial report, also called a bulletin, typically include all information gathered in an investigation so that agents anywhere will know what is being collected - but the information is not always correct.
The ATF bulletin said that agents found engravings that they interpreted as
"expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology" on ammunition inside a weapon believed to have been used in the murder of Kirk.
Two law enforcement sources told CNN that agents quickly ran an initial search on one of the markings, including a series of arrows, which analysts initially interpreted to be a connection to the transgender community.
That information remains unverified and is still being investigated.

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Erik Baker @erikmbaker.bsky.social · 27d

"We can't tell you who the shooter was but luckily we CAN confirm that you should blame trans people and the left"

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 27d

Investigators found ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle reportedly used to kill Charlie Kirk, sources said.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Charlie Kirk Shot Dead at 31; Shooter Still at Large: Live Updates

Charlie Kirk, conservative commentator and Turning Point USA founder, was fatally shot during an appearance at Utah Valley University. Follow along for live updates and news.

www.wsj.com

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