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Marble Liberal

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The world changes, and people, too; nevertheless, nothing really new ever happens; people and centuries resemble one another closely. Non fascist marble av guy

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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social · Aug 26

I just want a partner who's a little monk who knows who Isaiah Berlin is, DMs open

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Russell Cohn @russellcohn.bsky.social · 10h

God the freak out over TPP still pisses me off

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“Hey man did you get QA to sign off?” Gigan @gigansprogress.bsky.social · 10h

Also we can see what it looks like globally when to bring manufacturing or lower wage/skill jobs back and prices increase

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Drunk On Mystery @drunkonmystery.bsky.social · 10h

These people's concept of economics is so bad, I'm tempted to become a Randian out of pure spite.

"We can't have electrical lighting, because it'll put the people who make candles out on the street"

Do these fuckers even hear themselves?

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 10h

it is easier to make this argument now that we see what happens when free trade is undone, but you do you

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11h

Basically this was the entire logic fo neoliberalism and globalization - yes lots of job destruction, but prices falling on all kinds of goods and new jobs in new areas. It was taken as gospel that all of it was a net benefit, but that's a bit harder argument to make these days.

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Guy Trivago @convolutedname.bsky.social · 10h

These jobs are not coming back and Clinton got pilloried in 2016 from the left and right for admitting that, but this wider inability to admit it is a lot what drives to populist turn in the West.

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maonu @vem.bsky.social · 7h

most "leftists" are just entitled consumers who twist socialist language, kinda fits they're not excited about the work/education/technological progress side of communism.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3h

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 3h

Meanwhile, here's part of the amicus brief from the military brass also filed today in the same case, in support of neither party, but definitely not in support of Trump.

Our experience as military leaders has taught us that this commitment keeps our military
stronger and our communities safer. Any domestic deployment that fails to comply with the
foundational principles of the Posse Comitatus Act and similar authorities5
poses multiple risks to
the core mission of the Guard, the well-being of the troops, and the safety of the communities they
are committed to protect. First, deploying military personnel in the context of domestic law
enforcement diverts them from their primary mission, which is to train and to be ready to fight and
win the nation’s wars and protect communities after disasters. Accordingly, such assignments
come at the expense of local, state, and national safety, as well as troop morale. Second, activeduty National Guard personnel are neither intended nor specifically trained to conduct domestic
law enforcement operations. This poses a danger to the safety of both the troops and the public.
Third, use of federal military personnel in the context of law enforcement operations should be a
last resort to avoid the politicization of the military, which inevitably erodes public trust, hurts
recruitment, and undermines troop morale. Peaceful protests of government actions are
constitutionally protected political speech deserving of the highest protection, not intimidation by
the military

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 3h

Its totally normal to get two annual check ups, its not an oversight. They're not covering for anything. Donald Trump is 6'3" and weighs 224 lbs with a blood pressure of 128/74 as his 2025 report indicates. Why would they lie to us

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 21h

notwithstanding that fact, i do not think that any philosopher in history has ever taken the position "it is a sign of a moral defect to treat nonhuman objects with undue care," a position which i have seen a dozen times today.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 20h

i do not think that the idea that there is a finite quantity of moral concern is particularly credible either.

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Fresno Freddie's Dead @fresnofred.bsky.social · 1h

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Brad Ewing @bradleyewing.bsky.social · 8h

self described communist who is really a libertarian is a surprisingly common kind of person online

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Mike Fahey @mikefahey218.bsky.social · 9h

Another neoliberal origin story.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3h

NEW: A copy of the arrangement with Eswatini that Mother Jones reviewed shows that the US has agreed to pay the only absolute monarchy in Africa $5.1 million to take in up to 160 ICE detainees.

ICE is sending people to a prison in Africa’s only absolute monarchy

Inside the “legal black hole” in Eswatini, where Trump is sending detainees.

www.motherjones.com

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Alon (they/them) @alonlevy.bsky.social · 5h

He's an office worker, and his salary in today's money is £82/week, maybe $128/week in PPP terms, for what is likely a 60-hour job. So he's earning $2/hour to do a job that today pays around $30/hour... and today's economy also has far more Cratchits and fewer chimneysweeps who earned a lot less.

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This Is Completely Unprepared, and I Am Real @jsx.bsky.social · 3h

So ... What you're saying is that Jewish people have to *publicly perform* antizionism emphatically enough to convince you, a white American gentile, that they deserve peace or else they are assumed to be complicit with the actions of a country they are not citizens of?

That's who you want to be?

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 6h

I think a lot of dysfunction on here comes from the idea that suffering makes you right and the more you suffer, the righter you are. Thus, whenever a person who is in some way disadvantaged disagrees with you, it becomes imperative to argue they aren't the right kind of trans, black, etc.

Puchainus McBussy @namitomoon.bsky.social · 6h

I've seen in some left-leaning circles a weird obsession of labelling white trans people as racists or saying there's a huge epidemic of KKK racism among the trans community and can't help but think is basically this but with transphobia

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 6h

This is hateful and it has no place in Minnesota.

www.startribune.com/temple-israe...

‘This is hate speech’: Temple Israel in Minneapolis tagged overnight with antisemitic graffiti

One message referred to the attack two years ago on Israel by Hamas terrorists.

www.startribune.com

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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 2h

Another quincunx reader?????

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Doctor Charlton Cussans PhD @charltoncussans.bsky.social · 8h

Israelis don't want to be Palestinians, and Palestinians don't want to be Israelis. 2 nations are competing for the region, and merging them seems... unlikely. So, establishing a Palestinian state in the WB and Gaza, withdrawing Israeli settlements from the WB and mutual recognition is the way out.

Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 1d

If someone calls for a two-state solution you should push them to be specific abt why they don’t support one state. It always comes down to one of three things:
- they think Palestinians are subhuman
- they support judeosupremacy
- they’ve actually never really thought about it before

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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 2h

I also think that every being insofar as it exists is good, but that's not incumbent upon you to believe. Blessed Augustine said that

Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 2h

I am not involved in tech at all, I'm a historian. I'm interested in the arguments

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Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 2h

The amazing thing is that none of it is inherent. Until last year it would have been trivially easy to construct the left wing argument for why it's fine to treat ai as though it's conscious, like here

Marble Liberal @marbleliberal.bsky.social · 2h

What are you talking about

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