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I think about this a lot. To me, it seems, a lot of anticommunism is rooted in people's vague and cloudy understandings concerning the soviet union. There's an ideological veil, a fog of coldwar propaganda that prevents people from seeing things clearly.
December 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I think about this a lot. To me, it seems, a lot of anticommunism is rooted in people's vague and cloudy understandings concerning the soviet union. There's an ideological veil, a fog of coldwar propaganda that prevents people from seeing things clearly.
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"Transition is bourgeois decadence" said about a population that is frequently disowned, rendered houseless, discriminated against in workplaces and hiring, disproportionately represented in survival sex work, disproportionately subject to CSA and sexual violence, and frequently brutalised.
Cool.
Cool.
Oh, look, it's "luxury beliefs" in a 50-cent word trenchcoat.
Being right about one genocide does not absolve you for being a shit human being toward another tiny minority of innocent people just trying to live their best lives.
Being right about one genocide does not absolve you for being a shit human being toward another tiny minority of innocent people just trying to live their best lives.
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Transition is bourgeois decadence" said about a population that is frequently disowned, rendered houseless, discriminated against in workplaces and hiring, disproportionately represented in survival sex work, disproportionately subject to CSA and sexual violence, and frequently brutalised.
Cool.
Cool.
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The fact that you can have 6 billion dollars and not be aware of the existence of other countries is a good argument in favour of the government confiscating 6 billion dollars from you
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The fact that you can have 6 billion dollars and not be aware of the existence of other countries is a good argument in favour of the government confiscating 6 billion dollars from you
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The main thing the HORSES discourse has made me think is that no self-respecting Italian should be forced to abide by the decency standards of the American media landscape
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The main thing the HORSES discourse has made me think is that no self-respecting Italian should be forced to abide by the decency standards of the American media landscape
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trump is just obviously imperialist to the point of saying ah maybe we’ll annex canada lmao. openly excited about gaza property development after the cleansing. labour take all the same positions but then cry about it if you imply that makes them right wing
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
trump is just obviously imperialist to the point of saying ah maybe we’ll annex canada lmao. openly excited about gaza property development after the cleansing. labour take all the same positions but then cry about it if you imply that makes them right wing
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pretty much perfect symbolism for labour here. enacting materially, objectively fascist policy, supporting the defining atrocity of our time but cowardly insisting they’re actually super progressive for it
Yes, again, none of “democracy or freedom and equality” are compatible with systematically destroying a subject populace of non-people who have no rights, that you have conquered and now rule over and murder with total impunity.
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
pretty much perfect symbolism for labour here. enacting materially, objectively fascist policy, supporting the defining atrocity of our time but cowardly insisting they’re actually super progressive for it
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these are so clearly only controlled by humans it’s astounding how much everyone gives elon musk for lying to everyone all the time about everything
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
these are so clearly only controlled by humans it’s astounding how much everyone gives elon musk for lying to everyone all the time about everything
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it's always v funny to me when a manosphere guy is like "actually us men are conditioned from stone age times to constantly scan our environment for threats" because men, as a gender, have got to have the lowest on-average awareness of their surroundings I've ever seen
December 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
it's always v funny to me when a manosphere guy is like "actually us men are conditioned from stone age times to constantly scan our environment for threats" because men, as a gender, have got to have the lowest on-average awareness of their surroundings I've ever seen
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like dawg you can ageplay your goddamn heart out or whatever i don’t care thats fine but like trying SPECIFICALLY to push social acceptance for the word “pedophile” IN THE NAME OF TRANS WOMEN when we are hardly even past the fucking groomer panic is INSANE FED BEHAVIOR
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
like dawg you can ageplay your goddamn heart out or whatever i don’t care thats fine but like trying SPECIFICALLY to push social acceptance for the word “pedophile” IN THE NAME OF TRANS WOMEN when we are hardly even past the fucking groomer panic is INSANE FED BEHAVIOR
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after all the republican group chats full of swastikas and gas chamber jokes, defenses of Hitler from popular right wing pundits, and American cities full of stormtroopers doing ethnic cleansing you're still doing this "lefties call everyone nazis" eye rolling shit? man, fuck you, get fucking real.
December 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
after all the republican group chats full of swastikas and gas chamber jokes, defenses of Hitler from popular right wing pundits, and American cities full of stormtroopers doing ethnic cleansing you're still doing this "lefties call everyone nazis" eye rolling shit? man, fuck you, get fucking real.
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This is what plays him off so interestingly against a character like Garak, who considers himself a patriot working for a great good (as he might define it) but does not believe on any level, even for a second, that he's actually a misunderstood good person
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is what plays him off so interestingly against a character like Garak, who considers himself a patriot working for a great good (as he might define it) but does not believe on any level, even for a second, that he's actually a misunderstood good person
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Dukat's evil lies in his absolutely genuine belief that he himself is the most important person alive, and his seething, bubbling grievance when other people -- like, say, those whose occupation he oversaw -- disagree
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Dukat's evil lies in his absolutely genuine belief that he himself is the most important person alive, and his seething, bubbling grievance when other people -- like, say, those whose occupation he oversaw -- disagree
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One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness
The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.
December 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One of the best-sketched characters in an incredibly character-rich show: a fascist whose (potentially real!) redeeming qualities are continually undercut by his monumental pride, bigotry, entitlement and pettiness
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Big news. SMBC is expanding into the romance genre
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big news. SMBC is expanding into the romance genre
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Realizing Nichole had never kissed Katherine made me have a fucking episode. If I fumbled an autistic plural tgirl this badly I wouldn't show my face in public ever again in shame
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Realizing Nichole had never kissed Katherine made me have a fucking episode. If I fumbled an autistic plural tgirl this badly I wouldn't show my face in public ever again in shame
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It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
It sucks that meeting a new class now involves not just going over the syllabus, setting expectations, and trying to establish a rapport, but also trying to deduce whether any of your new students are vigilante right wing operatives out to seek viral controversy at the expense of your job
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In academic writing, saying "God says" and "my boyfriend told me" are equally invalid.
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In academic writing, saying "God says" and "my boyfriend told me" are equally invalid.
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I understand that there are a lot of people out there who think they have good intentions and love to take their ideological opponents in good faith because it makes them seem fair and reasonable and I truly cannot overstate how dangerous this is to trans people and how much they should stop
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I understand that there are a lot of people out there who think they have good intentions and love to take their ideological opponents in good faith because it makes them seem fair and reasonable and I truly cannot overstate how dangerous this is to trans people and how much they should stop
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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like sorry but i’ve seen the true depravity of some of the games steam has for sale there’s no way this is actually materially worse than some of the shit that’s already up
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
like sorry but i’ve seen the true depravity of some of the games steam has for sale there’s no way this is actually materially worse than some of the shit that’s already up
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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The life of a French fence must be exhausting, one day it's a load of snails that like 4 restaurants worldwide even want, the next it's the crown jewels of a country that hasn't existed for 400 years, probably tomorrow it's a thousand baguette baskets carefully handmade from Aquitanian reeds
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The life of a French fence must be exhausting, one day it's a load of snails that like 4 restaurants worldwide even want, the next it's the crown jewels of a country that hasn't existed for 400 years, probably tomorrow it's a thousand baguette baskets carefully handmade from Aquitanian reeds
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was waiting for the wave of “ooo those weird asians” bs. spoiler: it wasn’t the bamboo, it was the building cladding, the same as it was at grenfell
While bamboo scaffolding is considered a treasured Hong Kong tradition, it’s recently drawn scrutiny for being combustible and prone to deterioration over time.
Hong Kong’s bamboo scaffolding, a centuries-old technique, comes under scrutiny after city’s deadliest fire in years | CNN
The Hong Kong residential towers engulfed by smoke and flames on Wednesday were surrounded by an ancient construction material familiar to anyone who’s spent time in the one of the world’s most densel...
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
was waiting for the wave of “ooo those weird asians” bs. spoiler: it wasn’t the bamboo, it was the building cladding, the same as it was at grenfell