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Rozina Ali @rozinaali.bsky.social · 8h

Grateful for this wonderful review of "Seasons of Fury" in NY Times

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Her fandom should be known as the Society of the Spectacle.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A book that has gotten a lot of attention but never as much as it deserves is Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams. It’s an insider view of Meta’s venality: they promoted the European far right in order to stave off regulation. And it’s sadly conspicuous that journalism about Meta is a non-factor.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is so important. They’ve broken the economic models that fund journalism is because they recognize the *purpose* of journalism threatens their bullshit-based valuations, ie, the sources of their wealth and power. Yet actual-existing journalists were instead crucial for creating their myths.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Meanwhile Avril Haynes becomes the new Carnegie Endowment president.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

SOMERSET: Ah, thou shalt find us ready for thee still; and know us by these colours for thy foes, for these my friends in spite of thee shall wear. PLANTAGENET: And, by my soul, this pale and angry rose, as cognizance of my blood-drinking hate, will I forever and my faction fucking wear!

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 27/09/2026

babe wake up we're vaping B12s now

vegan-branded vapes that provide B12 vitamine? who even knows

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Laquan McDonald was unavailable for comment on Rahm’s presidential ambitions and the Times manufacturing consent for it

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ha ha that’s gross and should make everyone uncomfortable, anyway, Rahm presided over a Chicago police black site, lied about what it was and then I sued the Chicago police for its records that proved it:

theguardian.com

Homan Square revealed: how Chicago police 'disappeared' 7,000 people

Exclusive: Lawsuit exposes scale of detention at off-the-books interrogation warehouse while attorneys describe find-your-client chase ‘from a Bond movie’

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

(I hold the sports section separate)

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Page 6 is the most rigorous aspect of that newsroom

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You might have seen a recent story from the @nypost.com, the country’s shittiest newspaper, suggesting that the Navy was going to use laser weapons in the Iran War. It was yet another reminder that the Post, once a great local tabloid, doesn’t know what it’s talking about.

forever-wars.com

No, The Navy's Lasers Are Not Ready for Iranian Drones

As it happens, I used to cover naval laser development. It's an endless hype cycle

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merritt @merrittk.com · 25/09/2026

i heard woke is trying to do same-sex bathrooms now... they want our sons pissing next to each other to turn them gay

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yes, quite a famous Yasiin Bey verse reflecting on this from (😫) 26 years ago

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Speaking for the Jewish delegation in the Racial Draft: phew. Huge untradeable contract we needed to move on from. Still have a lot of work to do if we want to turn the franchise around, but an important step

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So the message of this AI is: Asian women, aspire to be like this teenager who was sexually abused by your stepfather?

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The moment the AI company is asking you for your bank account data, that’s what we call a “clue.” That’s the ore they’re mining from you. That will become the basis for surveillance-pricing you on everything you buy in the future. Including those groceries

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TRADE: I give Meta: My bank account information, my email inbox, etc. What could be the worst that can happen, right? Meta gives me: Grocery scheduling and optimizing my fantasy draft. Who says no?

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One reason why the National Book Awards didn’t have a lot of nonwhite nominees in the mid century was because immigration law kept out most nonwhite people until 1965, and Black people were under segregation. What we see now is at least partly the result of greater competition.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Some more considered thoughts on this. I am not a lawyer. I am a journalist who writes jeremiads. We should sound more like Jeremiah when the iniquitous and powerful are talking about extermination; and probably especially when it concerns the descendants of the conquerors of the Babylonians.

forever-wars.com

Something More Powerful Must Replace The International Criminal Court

Once again, Donald Trump threatens Iran with 'annihilation.' That's supposed to be an actionable offense

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It would be an amazing thing if Iran ratified the Rome Statute just for this reason.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yeah, it’s a cheap and boring trick. But irresistible to liberal editors who think it’s a mark of integrity to discipline their audience, a disciplining that only ever comes from the right

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Article 25 (3)(e) of the statute establishing the International Criminal Court criminalizes incitement to genocide. If someone can walk into the United Nations and say this, they’re daring the court to act.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The white man with a Pulitzer AND a NYT column because of Conservative Affirmative Action in journalism has questions! Also, one of my best & oldest friends is a white man who was longlisted for the National Book Award for nonfiction. I think we don’t have to worry about white writers.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s about to be Kol Nidre, meaning it’s my last moment online to tell you: preorder NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC #1 by tomorrow! The link below explains how if you don’t know! I will not be able to respond to questions here! This is going to be an unmissable series about the horrors around us!

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Imagining the Scottish kid from Rushmore posted up here

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.

nytimes.com

A Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. Deportees

Witnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Remember to preorder NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC #1 with your local comic store by MONDAY and I’ll give you a free year of FOREVER WARS, the newsletter everyone’s talking about! Details here:

forever-wars.com

Final Order Cutoff Is Monday

Those words sound ominous to you? They do to me. I need you to order NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC #1 by then!

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Leandro Fernandez 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Definitely pre-order this one. It's a politically daring comic meant for this moment and deserves to be read and talked about--will be--so be part of that.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Reread the above piece and it explains. It can’t be done through a one-click experience for reasons detailed within

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Email foreverdialectic@gmail with evidence of subscription!

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes! If you pre-order NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC I will give you a free year of FOREVER WARS! If you want issue #1, I need you to pre-order it by Monday! And Monday is Yom Kippur so I won’t be online to remind you! Details of this incredible no-brainer of an offer are here:

forever-wars.com

Final Order Cutoff Is Monday

Those words sound ominous to you? They do to me. I need you to order NO ONE ESCAPES THE DIALECTIC #1 by then!

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Always the sign of a financially stable industry

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You earned a Pull-Lister Prize from me

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