Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialMezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Okay so Male Fantasies is a 1977 book written by Klaus Theweleit, a sociologist who grew up in post-war Germany grappling with the male culture of his parents and grandparents, essentially, and how it led to the Freikorps and eventually the Nazis. 532192
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026they did the thing 253162293713
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is a fantastic essay using @milhistlee.bsky.social's book on The Cutting Off Way (of war) in Native North America to think about how warfare is changing today. I think you can actually push the analogy even further though, toward overall strategic aims. 427352
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 01/10/2026here you goliberalcurrents.comThe Return of the Cutting-Off WayStructural changes are driving us towards a more chaotic world, defined by "neither peace nor war, but conflict." 37210
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026lol lol lol lol lol lol lol 913447929
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I do not like the fact that this White House very clearly has the structural issues you find in an autocratic court - it is profoundly strange and deeply concerning to basically watch an autocracy running *within* a democracy. 281758266
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026*clears throat* *taps mic* criticizing the adult women who knowingly attach themselves to Trump - whether for his approval, proximity to fascist power, party status, or simply the joy of being evil - is not misogyny, no matter how much vicarious embarrassment it gives you to watch them do it 202897551
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I wrote a(nother) thing! This time it is about how no amount of military technical excellence can salvage a situation where political leadership has, in their abject strategic incompetence, demanded the military accomplish an impossible mission. Gift link: foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/21/i...foreignpolicy.comThe U.S. Is Learning the Wrong Lessons in IranTactical excellence can never salvage strategic incompetence. 19623133
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Natalie Harp is a year older than Martin Luther King Jr. was when he gave his I Have a Dream speech. She has agency and is running the propaganda operation that serves to put people in concentration camps. She does not get a pass because she looks like a dipshit teenager. 1051181283781
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.social🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 20/08/2026i swear to god, asking: “what is the problem you are trying to solve? followed by: “what information or data do you need to solve this problem?” are like, some of the single most important questions you need to ask a stakeholder on all kinds of projects, and so many people skip it 541648232
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialjswaneylaw @jswaneylaw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It is never ever ever ever going to work out better for you if you talk to police before speaking with a lawyer. 10587139
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026See NYT asked me for an op-ed on the Colorado River water issue. So that's what I told them. And the editors panicked & cancelled the piece. In case we're wondering why "nobody can figure out how to solve this difficult issue." We absolutely can, a lot of our professional talkers are just cowards. 261766450
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialGabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“He golfs and trades stocks. See, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the amir of Qatar.” 110833
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/202614 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion! 302109161842
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period. 106138745606
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763082015
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialJill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026An excellent demo of all the data your browser shares with every website it visits, even with no cookies. I assume our browsers share so much info because the first developers never imagined the horrific exploitation it allows. Now we know, there should be ways to block it. kuber.studio/cookie/kuber.studioI didn't set a cookie.Everything this page knows about you, it learned in under two seconds. Without a cookie, a permission prompt, or a click. 4358
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026For a while, a common dilemma in video game RPGs was "Who do you support, the problematic hypernationalists or the rootless cosmopolitan hypocrites?" and I think it aged poorly seeing how the past decade has pretty conclusively proven the correct answer is "sign up with RCH and get over yourself." 481179143
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialAram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 13/08/2026I really wanted to address this take by @mtsw.bsky.social and they have fairly closed it off, but I am going to use a screenshot because I think this is a really good topic to discuss and as someone for whom this is my entire job and has been for over a decade now I actually agree and disagree... 🧵 14310102
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialMicah @rincewind.run · 13/08/2026they did actually complain about inflation under biden that was a pretty significant thing that happened like I get what you’re trying to do here but they very much did complain about inflation under biden 492059279
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-... 2037223073
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025I mean, this was in fact how Tolkien and his wife conducted their romance. 677176
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialAlistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 10/08/2026You, a genius: "If the US had popular support for a ground invasion, the Iran war would be very different." Me, an idiot: "God that's a lot of big hills are you quite sure?" 4581891
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 11/08/2026Honestly, this is just a fucking child’s view of the world. “Send diplomats” no fucking way, damn, that’s crazy, why didn’t anybody think of that before. Minsk II isn’t real and it can’t hurt me 1132111283
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialPwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 11/08/2026there has been precisely zero minutes since several months before the 2022 invasion where the US, UK, Ukraine, and every major EU country wasn't devoting large teams of diplomats to trying to resolve it. The thing that can move the needle on peace is making sure Russia stops seeing it as winnable. 81096103
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialZeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 05/08/2026The rise in Niño 3.4 region sea surface temperatures over the past few weeks has been nothing short of astonishing. We are now hotter than any days during the 1997/1998 super El Niño event, and we are still many months from the peak. 23474301
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialAlexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Alexander is right, so presumably MAGA's next step will be the mass deportation of members of the Irish- and German-American diaspora 261782156
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 24/07/2026WaPo: Iran has quickly rebuilt infrastructure damaged during the U.S. and Israeli bombing campaign over recent months, from missile bases nestled deep inside mountains to bridges, ports and production facilities, according to Israeli and Western officials and a review of satellite imagery. 19259106
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 22/07/2026I am absolutely begging Democratic politicians to make media reform a centerpiece of their policy platformskarlbode.comLocal U.S. TV News Will Soon Be Entirely Right Wing PropagandaThanks to the destruction of media consolidation limits, Republicans will soon enjoy propaganda and market domination over what's left of local U.S. news. 12946921403
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to! 438249705140
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.social⚸ Gingersnapped 🐺🌕🎃 @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians* 316254896963
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialSygnin @sygnin.com · 17/07/2026I’m seeing Squarespace upped their fees and just saying - if all you need is a portfolio website, Carrd will suffice. You can use my free portfolio template. It’s basic, but it’s way cheaper than SS & not hard to set up 12358173
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialByron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The creator of Roger Rabbit (who is 85 years old by the way) is a good sort Crossposted with @openvibe.social 2845464714062
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialmiss andry @defnotadino.bsky.social · 16/07/2026btw we did national daylight savings time in the 70s, to conserve energy. it was supposed to last two years. everyone HATED IT and it was repealed early because going to work and school in the dark for months sucks ass 74912
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 16/07/2026I'm trying to decide if Hegseth tweeted this because he's too dumb to understand that the joke he's referencing mocks idiot leaders like himself... or because he somehow thinks that referencing the joke... somehow makes him look cool? 3045259
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026“teenage geniuses and their billionaire backers aren’t going to save us, and they’re going to take us on a wild and expensive ride along the way,” says @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social about the Ocean Cleanup. My latest for @therevelator.org therevelator.org/why-ocean-cl... 🧪🦑🌎therevelator.orgWhy The Ocean Cleanup Hasn’t Solved the Plastic Pollution Crisis • The RevelatorGlobal problems are rarely solved by one person or invention. The Ocean Cleanup didn’t work, for the reasons experts said it wouldn’t. What can we learn from this? 116466
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialMicaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Had another "I want to get a 100k Big 5 contract so I don't have to work" convo with a new writer, so now you are all getting hastily written financial advice from the least financially literate writer in the game: me. (my blog is on Patreon but will always be free) www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...patreon.comYour ‘Six Figure Advance’ Dream Might Be Minimum Wage: A Quick, Hope-Shattering Blog | Micaiah JohnsonYour ‘Six Figure Advance’ Dream Might Be Minimum Wage: A Quick, Hope-Shattering Blog by Micaiah Johnson on Patreon. Join Micaiah Johnson's community for exclusive content and updates. 1167
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialMatthew Best @matthewbest.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"All my friends are rapists" is one of the more fucked up rape apologism tactics I've seen and it's not the first time I've seen it. 571047
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026No, this really really really is rape 1773820779
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialEd BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The most elegant tense in English, the Law Enforcement Exonerative 252368510
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Trump has no cards, but Americans are still stumping up the stakes.chadbourn.substack.comNo Way OutTrump has trapped the US in Iran and the costs are rising 34411112
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 13/07/2026quote I got in 2017 going viral again - it happens like three times a year (most people don’t realize the Nazi who said it to me was arrested few hours later after he and two other Nazis opened fire on counter-protesters) www.huffpost.com/entry/attemp... 282881658
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialWerner Krause @krausewe.bsky.social · 13/07/2026New working paper w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social @rantuna.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com! *Does publicly refusing to cooperate with the far right only strengthen it?* A widespread belief says yes. In this paper, we test it based on a natural experiment from Spain. tinyurl.com/5azkfnas [1/6] 114059
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13/07/2026This is a really useful post about what you need to know about Cyclospora. I learned things. You will tooyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.comExplosive foodborne outbreakIt's a real shit show out there: What we know, don't know, and what it means for you. 141078460
Reposted by @kallinteris.bsky.socialAnnette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Don’t know who to credit for this. But it is how I feel. 5497183010