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Acolyte of Paine and Madison, Hayek and Mill. Radlib irredenta | Anti-fascist blogger Blog: https://neosolon.wordpress.com/

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N-Eudaimonia @neosolonist.bsky.social · Jan 15

If you want to do smth against the rise of fascism, push policies that decentralize political resources. Proprietors of newspapers, TV stations, radios, large companies etc. die all the time so you should campaign for a law that socializes their shares among their workers when that happens.

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 2d

Its not lost on me that the conservative bugaboo for years was federal troops marching in their states and cities and its the first thing Trump reached for once in power

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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N-Eudaimonia @neosolonist.bsky.social · 2d

Possible, but my misread is funnier.

N-Eudaimonia @neosolonist.bsky.social · 2d

I read this as slutty voice and for one second I was neither sure if you logged into the wrong account nor if I disagree with the statement.

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 6d

I know I complain about this shit all the time, but one of the ways in which that ‘national conservatism’ is fake is because they’re supposedly all about responding to low social trust and balkanization, while also being also fully on board with the SOCIAL TRUST ANNIHILOTRON, BALKANIZATION-MAXER 300

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 7d

I spent some time with OpenAI's new AI video app Sora. Not just slop but ragebait, fake crimes and women splattered with white goo. The implications of all of this are horrifying.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 5d

i do not think that nonhuman things have feelings to be hurt but i do think the intent to hurt feelings is bad for a person notwithstanding whether the object of their sadism is real

Dan K. Lark @thedanklark.bsky.social · 5d

You seem to be under the impression the fancy search engine has feelings that can be hurt, which it doesn’t because it’s just a bunch of 1’s and 0’s.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 5d

is anyone else following the nazi slaveplay raceplay tumblr scandal

you thought i was going to say something like "furry community" but no "the virginia lieutenant governor race"

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Project Liberal 🗽 @projectliberal.org · 9d

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LOWρUFO 🐁🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 9d

These people would execute their family members, and they want to kill your family too

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Lucy @leftliblucy.bsky.social · 11d

Thought I would cook something up

In the centre, it says "remember who you are, liberal". On the top left is a painting depicting the 1848 German Revolution. On the top right is the famous painting of Chamberlain's charge. On the bottom left is a cinematic looking photo of an anti-ICE protester walking through tear gas while a sign reads "Every ICE agent will be held to account". On the bottom right is protesters against the dictatorship in Myanmar

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N-Eudaimonia @neosolonist.bsky.social · 9d

That's been the standard in liberal politics. Locke, Humboldt, etc. always argued that an equal application of law is what justifies the monopoly of violence for the state.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 9d

i think that if you cannot imagine a democratically elected government you would take up arms against you do not care enough

John M. Cunningham @jmcunning.bsky.social · 9d

IMO, the most revealing part is Klein wrestling with the question of where "the line" is (between acceptable and unacceptable politics). Realizing that what he considered past the line is now the GOP mainstream doesn't make him commit harder to fighting it. He wonders if he needs to move the line.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15d

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 16d

this guy knows what he is talking about

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 17d

my politics is that others have need, and are in pain, and i am imminently accountable for that. not in some far-off future; not under ideal conditions: now and under whatever conditions the impersonal march of history has provided us.

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Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 18d

The thing about unchecked power is it often makes grave mistakes. One of the reason Putin decided on the folly of war with Ukraine was the lack of those willing to tell him he was making a grave error. I fear @realDonaldTrump will stumble into a war, costing troop’s their lives.

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 19d

Starbucks says surveillance clears an employee who’d been accused of writing “Loser” on a cup when someone ordered Charlie Kirk’s “favorite drink.”

The accusation was originally posted by a Republican party official. It forced the store to shut down for safety.

blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/19/v...

The controversy started with a post Tuesday from Jacqueline Garretson, who, according to her X bio, is the Illinois state director for The Conservative Caucus and previously worked as a staffer for failed Republican attorney_general candidate Thomas DeVore.
Garretson wrote that a relative, whom she later identified as her mother-in-law, ordered the Mint Majesty tea with two honeys — an order known to be Kirk's favorite drink - from the
Starbucks. When the order was completed, the cup had "Loser" written on it, Garretson said.

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N-Eudaimonia @neosolonist.bsky.social · 18d

Müssen sie auch nicht. Die finanzieren sich einfach Outlets oder Aktivisten die für sie Leute überzeugen die es können.

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29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · Aug 30

If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you

Tweet from Stuart Stevens:

When Democrats take the House, they must understand they are not a governing party.
They are a dissident movement.
Act like it.
First day:
- cut off all funding of Exec. Branch
-vote to nationalize Starlink and SpaceX
-defund ICE
That's the first day.
On the second, get more aggressive.
There is nothing in the middle of the road but yellow lines and dead armadillos.

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Casaubon @zas.bsky.social · Aug 30

lmfao republican converts are infinitely better soldiers than most congressional dems, it's insane.

29 U.S.C. § 157 @organizingpower.bsky.social · Aug 30

If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you

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Ben @legalshmendrik.bsky.social · Aug 30

The absurdity of requiring people to maintain calm and peaceful presence when confronted by the level of coercive power modern day law enforcement has is astounding. The science contradicts it. Human decency contradicts it. But courts dgaf

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · Aug 14

"We've spent a lot of money on the military and now they have nothing to do so we might as well let the president use it domestically to satisfy his own petty grudges" is precisely why the Founders feared a standing army.

I mean, it's pretty much fucking verbatim.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 14

Comer: "We're gonna support doing this in other cities if it works out in Washington DC. We spend a lot on our military. Our military has been in many countries around the world for the past two decades walking the streets trying to reduce crime. We need to focus on the big cities in America now."

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Adam @adam35.bsky.social · Aug 1

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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · Jul 26

Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · Jul 25

RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).

This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.

Exclusive | RFK Jr. to Oust Advisory Panel on Cancer Screenings, HIV Prevention Drugs

The task force determines which preventive services insurers must cover at no cost to patients.

www.wsj.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Jul 18

everytime i post "the media likes trump and wants to help him" someone always replies with "yup! he's good for ratings and clicks!" and a way you can tell it's not about ratings and clicks is that they shy away from publishing stories about trump and epstein, which are newsworthy and very popular

Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · Jul 18

If I were a Politics Editor, I'd be assigning Epstein timelines, explainers, etc etc etc. Almost everyone has missed/forgotten almost everything about this story along the way. I'm extremely online and just read dude's Wikipedia page for the first time last night, realizing I knew like 10% of it

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N-Eudaimonia @neosolonist.bsky.social · Jul 18

Das ist wirklich so eine Gurkentruppe, eigentlich sollten die eine Gärtnerei betreiben.

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N-Eudaimonia @neosolonist.bsky.social · Jul 17

That doesn't feel poorly drafted. That feels like they are looking for an excuse.