Will Beaman
@greenbackbetter.bsky.social
Years of practice genuflecting to unreformable police really prepared them for this moment
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Years of practice genuflecting to unreformable police really prepared them for this moment
“Wokeness is hard to define because it’s an incoherent concept” yeah no shit because columnists like you are distorting and projecting it onto Black communities
It’s like saying “I believe in equality but that Jim Crow dance oh man”
It’s like saying “I believe in equality but that Jim Crow dance oh man”
January 11, 2026 at 2:05 AM
“Wokeness is hard to define because it’s an incoherent concept” yeah no shit because columnists like you are distorting and projecting it onto Black communities
It’s like saying “I believe in equality but that Jim Crow dance oh man”
It’s like saying “I believe in equality but that Jim Crow dance oh man”
"Abolish ICE" in 2028
January 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"Abolish ICE" in 2028
Shall I compare thee to a prosecution?
January 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Shall I compare thee to a prosecution?
Here’s the original image with alt text (sorry!)
January 2, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Here’s the original image with alt text (sorry!)
Today in #DemocraticPublicFinance
Mamdani in his speech challenged the casual narrative erasure of many in his coalition.
Narrative erasure is the first step of an accounting trick: if someone can be said to not really exist, then their existence presents as a cost to the city that excludes them.
Mamdani in his speech challenged the casual narrative erasure of many in his coalition.
Narrative erasure is the first step of an accounting trick: if someone can be said to not really exist, then their existence presents as a cost to the city that excludes them.
January 2, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Today in #DemocraticPublicFinance
Mamdani in his speech challenged the casual narrative erasure of many in his coalition.
Narrative erasure is the first step of an accounting trick: if someone can be said to not really exist, then their existence presents as a cost to the city that excludes them.
Mamdani in his speech challenged the casual narrative erasure of many in his coalition.
Narrative erasure is the first step of an accounting trick: if someone can be said to not really exist, then their existence presents as a cost to the city that excludes them.
The problem with center-left and even leftist parties touting that their platforms are “fully costed” in money terms is it frames every public expenditure as a cost to some other public expenditure.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The problem with center-left and even leftist parties touting that their platforms are “fully costed” in money terms is it frames every public expenditure as a cost to some other public expenditure.
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Wife knows me so well it’s embarrassing
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Wife knows me so well it’s embarrassing
I read this as “Two Queens with opposing views” and it’s because of how you’re all posting
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I read this as “Two Queens with opposing views” and it’s because of how you’re all posting
Non divisive, coalition genius
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Non divisive, coalition genius
Aside from how weird of a pitch this is, it’s also been right there in the NFL and NBA ..
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Aside from how weird of a pitch this is, it’s also been right there in the NFL and NBA ..
A FINE DEAL, MY LIEGE
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A FINE DEAL, MY LIEGE
Uniqlo says yes pretty convincingly but who can pull this off IRL
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Uniqlo says yes pretty convincingly but who can pull this off IRL
Okay but literally
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Okay but literally
When the capital flight starts but you realize money is a boundless public utility and the city is still there
November 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
When the capital flight starts but you realize money is a boundless public utility and the city is still there
Had a great time speaking with
@modernmoneylab.org.uk about complementary currencies with my MOTL colleague @robbhawkes.bsky.social!!
Some of our slides below 💛🫡
@modernmoneylab.org.uk about complementary currencies with my MOTL colleague @robbhawkes.bsky.social!!
Some of our slides below 💛🫡
October 29, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Had a great time speaking with
@modernmoneylab.org.uk about complementary currencies with my MOTL colleague @robbhawkes.bsky.social!!
Some of our slides below 💛🫡
@modernmoneylab.org.uk about complementary currencies with my MOTL colleague @robbhawkes.bsky.social!!
Some of our slides below 💛🫡
It reminds me of Tongues Untied (1989), which combines these techniques to a similar effect.
(Right image: Marlon Riggs interview from 1990)
(Right image: Marlon Riggs interview from 1990)
October 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It reminds me of Tongues Untied (1989), which combines these techniques to a similar effect.
(Right image: Marlon Riggs interview from 1990)
(Right image: Marlon Riggs interview from 1990)
Really want to write something about the Mamdani campaign’s use of the close-up + direct address as a way to mediate particularity and identity.
This is not a flattened universal spectatorial position—viewers become MORE aware of their own identity, not less. And curiously that informs solidarity.
This is not a flattened universal spectatorial position—viewers become MORE aware of their own identity, not less. And curiously that informs solidarity.
October 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Really want to write something about the Mamdani campaign’s use of the close-up + direct address as a way to mediate particularity and identity.
This is not a flattened universal spectatorial position—viewers become MORE aware of their own identity, not less. And curiously that informs solidarity.
This is not a flattened universal spectatorial position—viewers become MORE aware of their own identity, not less. And curiously that informs solidarity.
I was trying to imagine it too lol maybe this
October 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I was trying to imagine it too lol maybe this
But sure, it’s “the left” who has a creeping fascism problem. Specifically around Nick Fuentes (NYT fluff piece attached)
October 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
But sure, it’s “the left” who has a creeping fascism problem. Specifically around Nick Fuentes (NYT fluff piece attached)