AJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 01/05/2026With respect, it’s not just about stealing an election — it’s about the racism first. @elienyc.bsky.social 000 0
Reposted by AJWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Thorough takedown of "trollish, ill-informed pseudo-intellectual" Curtis Yarvin (who wrote for a while as "Mencius Moldbug") by @cathyyoung63.bsky.social.persuasion.communityThe Blogger Who Hates AmericaCurtis Yarvin’s popularity keeps growing. His intellectual rigor, not so much. 32454156 0
Reposted by AJDan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I know it's not the most important thing here but this story also corroborates one of my biggest theories about these tech guys: they do zero hours of work in a day. They do no work no matter how much they claim to work 14 hours a day. They're just on their phones. 5848111057 0
AJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 26/04/2025This opinion on an Alien Enemies Act case on Petition for Habeas is 🔥🔥🔥 and also contains the background of Venezuelan immigration status and actions under previous Trump Admin. Interesting read: 010 0
AJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 23/04/20251 Wish I had a larger following because everyone should listen to this podcast. A great explainer of the historical background of neoliberalism and its intersection w/libertarianism that has led to far right global movements. Local bookstore was out of his new book, but recommend Crack-Up Capitalism 141 0
Reposted by AJAJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 23/04/2025These guys are willing to be fired by making this statement. A lot of brave people out there — and a lot who aren’t (and are revealing themselves). 2883 0
Reposted by AJBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Harvard's Steve Levitsky, coauthor of How Democracies Die: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime." Must-listen interview - remarkably clear about the severity of the situation we now face www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...npr.orgHarvard professor offers a grim assessment of American democracy under TrumpSteven Levitsky studies how healthy democracies can slip into authoritarianism. He says the Trump administration has already done grave damage: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime." 321332538 0
Reposted by AJWill Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 19/04/2025A relief to finally see this spelled out like this. It ought to be an orthodoxy. @quinnslobodian.com great new book, Hayek’s Bastards, also helps to clarify the alliances and possible shared interests between capital and ethnonationalism www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comIt’s not poverty that’s breeding the new populism. It’s wealth | Phillip InmanAnalysts trace a link between financial security and a troubling, increasingly devil-may-care, attitude to political risk 415644 0
Reposted by AJBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Watch the full interview with @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov here and subscribe for more:youtu.beGLOVES OFF: Governor Newsom drops SURPRISE bad news on TrumpYouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen 3730345 0
Reposted by AJChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 17/04/2025The Trump-Supreme Court battle is not really the crisis. The crisis is here now. Trump is enacting an insidious coordinated attack on our institutions of democratic accountability, designed to crater democracy before next fall. 1/ A long 🧵to explain the plan & how we stop it. 15445351928 0
AJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 13/04/2025A must-read. Ties tech bros, Musk-Mars endeavor, 2025, Bannon, possible Opus Dei together in these current gov’t machinations. 010 0
AJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 06/04/2025#HandsOff SF Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only live can do that. MLK 122 0
Reposted by AJgamesharkey.bsky.social @gamesharkey.bsky.social · 04/04/2025#trump #elonmusk #penguins #tariffs 042 0
Reposted by AJRichard Primus @richardprimus.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Proud to be among the amici supporting Perkins Coie (along w/@umichlaw.bsky.social colleagues @leahlitman.bsky.social, Len Niehoff, & Rebecca Scott). The Trump Administration is trying to subvert the rule of law by denying lawyers to its opponents. It's that simple. law.stanford.edu/publications...law.stanford.eduBRIEF OF AMICI CURIAE 363 LAW PROFESSORS IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND FOR DECLARATORY AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIVE RELIEF | Stanford Law SchoolAmici 363 law professors submit this brief in support of Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and for Declaratory and Permanent Injunctive Relief 213926 0
Reposted by AJChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back. 9042799113781 0
Reposted by AJAJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Glad the magazine brought this up. Perfect entree/time to watch The Penguin Lessons out in theaters now, which portrays academic life under fascism in 1970s Argentina. And the secret police only had handguns. 121 0
Reposted by AJJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Monstrously destructive, incoherent, ill-informed tariffs based on fabrications, imagined wrongs, discredited theories and ignorance of decades of evidence. And the real tragedy is that they will hurt working Americans more than anyone else. 1013034905 0
Reposted by AJAJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 01/04/2025The next ante by the admin won’t be withholding even more gov’t funding, it will be hand over your endowment. It’s in Proj. 2025. 091 0
Reposted by AJMichael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 30/03/2025This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack. 6646961527 0
AJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Must-read for strategies to thwart/reverse autocratisation and authoritarianism! #democracy #savedemocracy 000 0
Reposted by AJAJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Thank you for bringing this up because I see a parallel between the unbreakable Maga cult and the unbreakable Scientology cult. Amazing that the DOJ successfully broke up gangs, mafias, but could never break up the criminal enterprise cult. Also, Dark Enlightenment guys reminiscent of L Ron H. 172 0
Reposted by AJAaron Ross Powell @aaronrosspowell.com · 26/03/2025CEOs are freaking out that Trump is doing exactly what he told them he would do if he won. They supported him anyway because, for reasons that look quite stupid in retrospect, they didn't believe him. www.aaronrosspowell.com/p/trump-prom...aaronrosspowell.comTrump Promised Disaster. His Supporters Didn’t Believe Him.Many assumed Trump was all talk, but his return to power proves he meant every word. 1922865 0
Reposted by AJFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025BREAKING NEWS: A high level source at the DOD has informed me that the Trump Administration authorized deployment of Signal onto government phones last month and it is a primary means of communicating with the White House. Read my exclusive story: open.substack.com/pub/fpwellma...open.substack.comEXCLUSIVE: DOD has deployed Signal on government devices overriding their own policyA high level source in DOD has confirmed that they were ordered to approve installation of Signal on government devices by Trump officials last month 40737581996 0
Reposted by AJandy vs. @im-all-id.me · 24/03/2025I thought the apocalypse would be way cooler this is horrible 1222910445 0
Reposted by AJJacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Columbia University agreed to establish a political commissioner to oversee its Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies department to make sure that the faculty comply with the Trump administration demands. How did German professors respond to the demands of authoritarian power in 1933? 2176 0
Reposted by AJJacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 18/03/2025If there is not enough courage to resist the emerging tyranny, standing up to tyranny after it consolidates will require even more courage. Americans will learn from experience. 052 0
Reposted by AJJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 21/03/2025I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired. It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵 191103844333 0
Reposted by AJBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I’m quoted in this article. Tl;dr, universities should not acquiesce in these lawless and damaging funding cut-offs.insidehighered.comTrump Admin Pauses $175M to University of PennsylvaniaThe university is facing an investigation related to transgender athletes’ participation in sports, and a White House official says the freeze is “just a taste of what could be coming down the pipe.” 23911 0
Reposted by AJVoteVets @votevets.org · 18/03/2025🚨 NEW: VoteVets is launching a six-figure ad blitz across TV, streaming, digital, and billboards—exposing GOP Veterans dodging constituents while Musk’s DOGE fires thousands of Veterans. They promised to fight for Veterans—now they’re silent. Stop Elon’s war on Veterans. Demand Congress act! 28065982806 0
Reposted by AJGil Durán @gilduran.com · 18/03/2025If any creators want viral content on the tech takeover, read John Robb. He is a respected military analyst who is pro-Elon. The NYT, Wired, etc., have quoted him for years. He explicitly describes what's happening as a "prototyping" of the Network State. www.thenerdreich.com/network-stat...thenerdreich.comMilitary Analyst: Network State Takeover of U.S. GovernmentThe United States is currently evolving into a Network State, says a military analyst who writes regularly on the subject. 411358 0
Reposted by AJAtom Corolla @knollie.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The Community Prepardness website for FEMA has been taken down. The site provided a range of advice for communities from natural disaster preparation to active shooter response. community.fema.gov/Preparedness...community.fema.gov 143 0
Reposted by AJCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Unquestionably, major policy changes, edicts and directives handed down by the new Trump administration will upend lives. But I've also been struck by the widespread efforts to erase/whitewash history. Stick with me for a pretty shocking series of events from just the past few weeks. 7721541015 0
Reposted by AJBarb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 15/03/2025From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University. www.chronicle.com/article/were... 7232520411327 0
Reposted by AJHigh Notes @gothedistance49.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Been doing a lot of reading and thinking lately and based on everything I've looked at this logic is where I'm at with things. The movement back towards sanity should be wrapped in the flag. 🇺🇸 www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...liberalcurrents.comRoadmap to American ReconstructionA roadmap for retaking power and laying the foundations for American Reconstruction. 2112746 0
Reposted by AJScott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 13/03/2025On Amanpour & Co. yesterday… youtu.be/I3JtZlSRMAw?...youtu.beScott Galloway on Markets, Musk, and Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Distraction” | Amanpour and CompanyYouTube video by Amanpour and Company 2152789 0
Reposted by AJAJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Black folks, women, lgbtq and the disabled are literally being ERASED from public life and are losing all of our rights. The outrage should be hurricane level. Instead, it’s Eeyore. The experts on authoritarianism, especially Levitsky, say this is worse than they expected. It was a COUP. 310618 0
Reposted by AJElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I’m sick to death of people saying we’re “descending” into fascism. The fascism is ALREADY here. THIS IS WHAT IF FEELS LIKE. And if you’re not feeling it, it’s probably because you’re one of the “good Germans.” @michaelharriot.bsky.social explainscontrabandcamp.comThe 'Threat to Democracy' Is OverIt's time to admit that the fascism we feared is already here. 492169254756 0
Reposted by AJEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 11/03/2025The PERKINS COIE law firm spits hot fire in its suit against Trump’s executive order aimed at punishing the firm. Strongly recommend reading the first 10 paragraphs of the “WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT” section. (h/t @mikescarcella.bsky.social) fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc... 411556401 0
Reposted by AJAdam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 07/03/2025There's two aspects of Trump's EO directed at Perkins Coie which I feel aren't getting sufficient attention: ➡️It targets not only the firm but any federal contractors working *with* the firm. ➡️It directs DOJ/EEOC to investigate *all* large firms which are trying to diversify the profession.whitehouse.govAddressing Risks from Perkins Coie LLPBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The 15337118 0
AJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Another must read article to understand Palantir’s reach into government, defense, intelligence. 000 0
Reposted by AJJacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 07/03/2025NEW: I helped Brian Krebs trace the background of one of Elon Musk's top loyalists, Branden Spikes, head of IT at X, who spent 2 mo at DOGE. Spikes and his ex-wife were involved with Russian diaspora websites and groups linked to pro-Kremlin KSORS players, Russian state media while he was at SpaceX. 15051642442 0
AJ @planetabsurdia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Another day of tyranny of the majority by the minority here. Absurd. 030 0