Kevin Riggle
@kevinr.free-dissociation.com
Principal @ http://complexsystems.group. I keep people safe on the internet (trying). Looking at the world with an “anarchist squint” 🏳️🌈 @ [email protected]
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Fourth century Spartans: Molon labe.
Philip of Macedon: Thought you cowards would never ask, don’t mind if I do.
Philip of Macedon: Thought you cowards would never ask, don’t mind if I do.
January 7, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Fourth century Spartans: Molon labe.
Philip of Macedon: Thought you cowards would never ask, don’t mind if I do.
Philip of Macedon: Thought you cowards would never ask, don’t mind if I do.
Outside of Moscow and St Petersburg?
January 7, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Outside of Moscow and St Petersburg?
…Really only slightly more inequality than Western Europe?
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
…Really only slightly more inequality than Western Europe?
In reality, yes. In the minds of rich US people like Elon Musk however
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
In reality, yes. In the minds of rich US people like Elon Musk however
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...it internalized the idea that we had hit upon the final configuration of society when it came to thinks like economic policy and constitutional structure. In this sense it was not exactly neoliberal, but accepted the neoliberal zeitgeist. This led to a class-vs-identity debate within the left.
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 AM
...it internalized the idea that we had hit upon the final configuration of society when it came to thinks like economic policy and constitutional structure. In this sense it was not exactly neoliberal, but accepted the neoliberal zeitgeist. This led to a class-vs-identity debate within the left.
Really? Uh… huh. Hell, application to the US elite and Russia…
January 7, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Really? Uh… huh. Hell, application to the US elite and Russia…
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Woke 1.0 had an end-of-history quality to it. History had started up again after 9/11 and the financial crash, but there was an echo of the End of History with Obama being elected. A central concern was saying how much progress remained to be done *despite* electing a Black president, but...
January 7, 2026 at 5:11 AM
Woke 1.0 had an end-of-history quality to it. History had started up again after 9/11 and the financial crash, but there was an echo of the End of History with Obama being elected. A central concern was saying how much progress remained to be done *despite* electing a Black president, but...
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Smoking bans were great once we had them, it is obvious in retrospect, no sane person would want to go back.
"Indoor smoking ban, but for shitheads." Easy peasy.
"Indoor smoking ban, but for shitheads." Easy peasy.
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Smoking bans were great once we had them, it is obvious in retrospect, no sane person would want to go back.
"Indoor smoking ban, but for shitheads." Easy peasy.
"Indoor smoking ban, but for shitheads." Easy peasy.
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You can make a community more inclusive by kicking people out! Welcome to paradoxical social dynamics! Thank you for following this thread, please share it with whoever needs to see it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
You can make a community more inclusive by kicking people out! Welcome to paradoxical social dynamics! Thank you for following this thread, please share it with whoever needs to see it.
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Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
January 6, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Synopsis: You need to kick more people out.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
You will actually have a larger base of customers/attendees if you kick more people out. You will make more money. I am dead serious.
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Tangentially, “It's a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, they'll always seek that wisdom which is a long way off. Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.” (Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad)
January 7, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Tangentially, “It's a strange thing about determined seekers-after-wisdom that, no matter where they happen to be, they'll always seek that wisdom which is a long way off. Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.” (Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad)
They both work, giving me very 70’s sci fi book cover vibes (complimentary)
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 AM
They both work, giving me very 70’s sci fi book cover vibes (complimentary)
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I saw a good electrical box tonight
January 7, 2026 at 5:34 AM
I saw a good electrical box tonight
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son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by people who have read all of wikipedia. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
January 7, 2026 at 5:56 AM
son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by people who have read all of wikipedia. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
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Like, she was ordered to do so by the Venezuelan Supreme Court. Venezuela maybe a very broken democracy, but it’s not, like, devoid of laws.
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Like, she was ordered to do so by the Venezuelan Supreme Court. Venezuela maybe a very broken democracy, but it’s not, like, devoid of laws.