Five Eels in a Trenchcoat
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Just trying to Human In These Times.
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My latest.
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation.
The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
My latest.
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.
I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.
Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Words matter. People with influence need to call this what it is so more people can fight back.
Entire USAID agency worldwide was deleted by a consulting government employee with no authority to do so. It’s a constitutional crisis that puts US national security at risk and normies won’t get this until legacy media says this clearly and loudly.
February 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Words matter. People with influence need to call this what it is so more people can fight back.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Virginia is the last refuge in the South for so. many. things. solely because we have managed to hold our state Senate even when we lost elsewhere.
The Democratic Senate is the reason that Youngkin hasn't been able to do fuck-all for his entire administration. These elections matter so, so much.
The Democratic Senate is the reason that Youngkin hasn't been able to do fuck-all for his entire administration. These elections matter so, so much.
Once again! Vote in your state and local elections!
Virginia Democrats pass constitutional amendments blasted by Republicans
The Democratic-led Virginia Senate has voted to enshrine the right to an abortion and to vote in the state's constitution.
apnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Virginia is the last refuge in the South for so. many. things. solely because we have managed to hold our state Senate even when we lost elsewhere.
The Democratic Senate is the reason that Youngkin hasn't been able to do fuck-all for his entire administration. These elections matter so, so much.
The Democratic Senate is the reason that Youngkin hasn't been able to do fuck-all for his entire administration. These elections matter so, so much.
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they’re segregationists
⚪Governor Leaves Martin University, Indiana’s Predominantly Black University Out of Budget www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
No funds for Black university in Indiana governor's budget
Martin University had a short-lived burst of state funding. But those funds disappeared in Governor Mike Braun’s budget proposal, unveiled on the heels of an anti-DEI executive order. One lawmaker cal...
www.insidehighered.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
they’re segregationists
Ah yes, women are super not attuned to the threat of physical danger 🙄
“oh, you think conservative men are terrified of big cities? common mistake. we are actually all just self-taught jason bournes.”
January 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ah yes, women are super not attuned to the threat of physical danger 🙄
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It’s worth emphasizing that the Colombia fight was not about accepting deportations. It was that the Colombian president demanded deportees be treated humanely, and not as props for Trump’s performative cruelty. That simple request for decency was enough for Trump to instigate a trade war.
January 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It’s worth emphasizing that the Colombia fight was not about accepting deportations. It was that the Colombian president demanded deportees be treated humanely, and not as props for Trump’s performative cruelty. That simple request for decency was enough for Trump to instigate a trade war.
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I find this interesting! It's hard to believe it's just stupidity, I presume climbing the greasy poll of politics in the Imperial metropole requires a bit of intellectual dexterity. So my guess is that the right rallying around Trump just don't care that much, they don't value this for some reason.
Love how the right has seemingly adopted a foreign policy tailor made to destroy the United States's position as a superpower
And they don't realize it because they're literally too stupid to understand why we're strong in the first place
And they don't realize it because they're literally too stupid to understand why we're strong in the first place
January 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I find this interesting! It's hard to believe it's just stupidity, I presume climbing the greasy poll of politics in the Imperial metropole requires a bit of intellectual dexterity. So my guess is that the right rallying around Trump just don't care that much, they don't value this for some reason.
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we're out here paypaling and GFMing the last $25 we have back and forth to infinity while slogging through a labyrinth of ridiculous injustice, and they are freaking out because someone suggested they should have more money than they could spend in 2999 lifetimes instead of 3005 lifetimes.
January 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
we're out here paypaling and GFMing the last $25 we have back and forth to infinity while slogging through a labyrinth of ridiculous injustice, and they are freaking out because someone suggested they should have more money than they could spend in 2999 lifetimes instead of 3005 lifetimes.
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Some days it just hits me how every one of us--every single person reading this--is braver, tougher, and more generous than any of the billionaires who fancy themselves our superiors, and how ridiculous it is that this handful of cry babies with the luxury of doing ANYTHING THEY WANT choose... this.
January 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Some days it just hits me how every one of us--every single person reading this--is braver, tougher, and more generous than any of the billionaires who fancy themselves our superiors, and how ridiculous it is that this handful of cry babies with the luxury of doing ANYTHING THEY WANT choose... this.
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Tech Bros--and a large number of their fans--tend not to read very deeply, if at all. They have no problem grabbing the names, memes, motifs and nothing beyond "that sounds cool". If they do read, they don't read works from marginalized, sexualized, or racialized storytellers
How did the tech bro crowd, growing up on stories of sci-fi, transhumanism, virtual reality and limitless ability to modify one's body, "biohacking," etc. end up becoming so viscerally anti-transgender? Truly boggles my mind.
January 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Tech Bros--and a large number of their fans--tend not to read very deeply, if at all. They have no problem grabbing the names, memes, motifs and nothing beyond "that sounds cool". If they do read, they don't read works from marginalized, sexualized, or racialized storytellers
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Make them fight every step. Throw sand in every gear. Do not make anything easy for them.
*looks over at the Democrats who are already compromising...*
*looks over at the Democrats who are already compromising...*
I try not to tell activists their business, bc I'm not an activist. But if I were to offer my advice, it would be to fight like hell over trans sports bans and GAC bans, make it incredibly damaging and punishing to push those through, so the bad guys run out of steam before they get to Obergefell.
It's tough. I do think Obergefell being overturned should be on people's radar. I also think it could happen more quickly than anybody thinks. I also don't think people should panic or freak out!
January 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Make them fight every step. Throw sand in every gear. Do not make anything easy for them.
*looks over at the Democrats who are already compromising...*
*looks over at the Democrats who are already compromising...*
“Trump has won a majority of the vote, … the window of “acceptable opinion” will move, and we’ll all get to read fun explorations of racial IQ correlations and debates on deporting Haitians in the morning paper. You can’t stop it. … But YOU don’t have to accept it.”
You are not obliged to let your moral compass spin with the election results. You have a right to hold unpopular opinions. You have a right to your own damn principles.
Remember that. Please.
Remember that. Please.
They Cannot Conquer For Ever
American Indian Movement flag, Wounded Knee, 1988 (Source) I have not talked much about the election on here this year because I had very little of interest to say. I was hoping Harris would win. I…
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January 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Trump has won a majority of the vote, … the window of “acceptable opinion” will move, and we’ll all get to read fun explorations of racial IQ correlations and debates on deporting Haitians in the morning paper. You can’t stop it. … But YOU don’t have to accept it.”
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waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
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This man might be the greatest analogiser of our time. Every single one is a banger and perfectly on point. The attitude of the wealthy to climate change is almost perfectly encapsulated by their attitude to water pressure on that Titan sub
"Physics doesn’t care about wealth; if natural systems protecting humans from laws of physics fail, physics will crush rich and poor alike. When it comes to the planet we’re all in the same boat, so our planet becoming inhospitable ought to be a concern to all."
www.the-reframe.com/all-in-the-s...
www.the-reframe.com/all-in-the-s...
All In The Same Boat
A story about different kinds of innovation, and re-asking an ancient question.
www.the-reframe.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This man might be the greatest analogiser of our time. Every single one is a banger and perfectly on point. The attitude of the wealthy to climate change is almost perfectly encapsulated by their attitude to water pressure on that Titan sub
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Here’s the thing. I know invading Canada is dumb. You know it. They know it too. They can‘t be reasoned with because the entire point is “suck my dick, Poindexter.” I have come to the conclusion that analysis on this idea is pointless and normalizing it is surrender. The proper response is contempt.
Navigating the Nonsense and Propaganda of Clownish Authoritarianism
Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. We must find a more productive way to engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness.
New piece:
Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. We must find a more productive way to engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness.
New piece:
Navigating the Nonsense and Propaganda of Clownish Authoritarianism
Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. We must find a more productive way to engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishness
thomaszimmer.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Here’s the thing. I know invading Canada is dumb. You know it. They know it too. They can‘t be reasoned with because the entire point is “suck my dick, Poindexter.” I have come to the conclusion that analysis on this idea is pointless and normalizing it is surrender. The proper response is contempt.
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everything is pretty bad and it's going to get worse and I think we need to remember to give ourselves license to post about silly things too
losing our minds to despair isn't going to do any of us any good
losing our minds to despair isn't going to do any of us any good
January 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
everything is pretty bad and it's going to get worse and I think we need to remember to give ourselves license to post about silly things too
losing our minds to despair isn't going to do any of us any good
losing our minds to despair isn't going to do any of us any good
Yesterday I rewatched some episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and wow did I need that. Felt okay for the first time in a bit, big recommend. The fragmented nature of the world feels like a helpful analog for right now, w people needing to rediscover each other & the idea of hope & whatnot.
January 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Yesterday I rewatched some episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender and wow did I need that. Felt okay for the first time in a bit, big recommend. The fragmented nature of the world feels like a helpful analog for right now, w people needing to rediscover each other & the idea of hope & whatnot.
I feel like the Hitchhiker’s Guide is increasingly the vibe of the future/present and it turns out it was way more funny to read about.
There are a lot of things that annoy me about that fascist idiot, but one of the little ones is that he keeps saying that “grok” comes from Hitchhiker’s Guide.
It comes from Stranger in a Strange Land, and has nothing to do with AI.
And the AI robots in Hitchhiker’s Guide? EVERYONE HATES THEM!
It comes from Stranger in a Strange Land, and has nothing to do with AI.
And the AI robots in Hitchhiker’s Guide? EVERYONE HATES THEM!
January 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I feel like the Hitchhiker’s Guide is increasingly the vibe of the future/present and it turns out it was way more funny to read about.
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The constant omitting that it's white people they're talking about is going to be the death of me. The Black working class voted differently. And the refusal to really think on that says plenty. As does the fact that dems have never won the majority of white votes since the parties flipped on race
Interesting point in here about Dem policies from Clinton through Obama treating voters as consumers instead of workers, setting up inflation to swamp any good news Biden could have taken credit for www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/u...
How the Democrats Lost the Working Class
The theory seemed sound: Stabilize financial markets, support the poor and promote a more secure, integrated world. But blue-collar workers were left behind.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The constant omitting that it's white people they're talking about is going to be the death of me. The Black working class voted differently. And the refusal to really think on that says plenty. As does the fact that dems have never won the majority of white votes since the parties flipped on race
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One aspect is that the Republican media is 100% Republican while the Democrat media reports both sides, so it is 50-50, meaning that cumulatively the Republicans get 75% and Democrats 25% at best.
January 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One aspect is that the Republican media is 100% Republican while the Democrat media reports both sides, so it is 50-50, meaning that cumulatively the Republicans get 75% and Democrats 25% at best.
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The question in my mind isn’t “how did Democrats lose the working class” but “Why have Republicans evaded all responsibility for their role in producing the status quo?” and the answer is tied up in questions of culture and status.
January 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The question in my mind isn’t “how did Democrats lose the working class” but “Why have Republicans evaded all responsibility for their role in producing the status quo?” and the answer is tied up in questions of culture and status.
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I think it was an Alex Pareene blog where he wrote that American citizens always feel like they are getting ripped off. And they are! It sucks that few politicians seem to want to fight this, and the loudest voices giving it lip service are doing it to also rip you off.
again going to my bench of favorite complaints: it is weird how openly predatory US culture is and it would be good to have a government that feels some semblance of responsibility for people's wellbeing
DraftKings has launched a new $20 a month subscription service that “will give members increased odds on the types of bets that are most profitable for the company”
January 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I think it was an Alex Pareene blog where he wrote that American citizens always feel like they are getting ripped off. And they are! It sucks that few politicians seem to want to fight this, and the loudest voices giving it lip service are doing it to also rip you off.