Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1hThere is virtue, I believe, in the protection of the collective. Safeguarding the community is so much harder than lifting the ego. Anyways, join a union, fight inequality & reject the idea that any 1 is better than the health of the many. You know who taught us that? Plato (and later Rousseau). 04210
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1hI’ve said it a thousand times but Stoicism and Ayn Rand both appeal to certain politicians and technocrats because it allows for them to feel virtuous in their narcissism. Casting themselves as ambitious heroes in a “hero’s journey” is exactly why @sentantiq.bsky.social and I wrote this takedown.lareviewofbooks.orgThe Man Behind the Myth: Should We Question the Hero’s Journey? | Los Angeles Review of BooksLARB presents the first entry in “Pasts Imperfect,” a new column that explores the impact of ancient pasts on the present. 18731
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1h90% of how Rubio described “the West” while in Athens (e.g., "fierce individuality,” “relentless ambition”) is just a rehashing of ideas plucked from Ayn Rand. Encouraging people to “ethical egoism” is how we got this level of inequality—which now sits at a higher level than Ancient Athens ever had. 212332
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Intermittently I get a fit of the bleak giggles thinking about how much poorer the Iran war has made all of us. Bills and inflation going up on the theory of “drop a few bombs, magic happens, Reza Pahlavi comes back”. 3457285
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Is there anything that the Russian government could ever say that the current US President wouldn't accept and amplify? This is doing irreparable damage to US credibility and to the safety of the US and the countries that are still formally its allies. 2532496
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialVibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026At a certain point, The Onion stopped trying to be funny and instead decided to be the worst DSA shitposter you've ever met. 623934
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialJeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The thing is, Mamdani's statement today was terrible and also the fact that he even bothered a slight throat-clearing toward the idea that Israelis are human is enough to make him persona non grata with this bunch. Because they don't agree. 49024
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialJanne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 07/10/2026And it seems like the former German spy chief arrested for treason was investigated only because he attempted to frame a father by sneaking CSAM into his computer. Real class act, and a reminder that digital privacy has its benefits. 23213
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026When Trump says “in two weeks” or “in a few weeks,” that does not mean he has a secret brilliant plan he’s about to execute. It means he has no idea, but wants to sound like he does, while keeping attention like a TV show going “all this excitement same time next week.” We’re a decade into this. 2546888
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The biggest target for antitrust—for whenever the US gets a government interested in rule of law again—is a defense contractor - space - satellite internet - social media network - electric cars - information services - personal robotics conglomerate owned by one person. But no need to do only one. 123131
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026anti-trust anti-trust Anti-Trust Anti-Trust ANTI-TrUST ANTI-TRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST ANTITRUST When the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 banned mergers that threaten to significantly reduce competition, this is the sort of thing they had in mind. 37990325
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialHenry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026those weird days of October walking around like you've been shot and not being able to explain why or how you felt meanwhile feeling like your enemies had a whole plan laid out and how fast they moved and you felt like "have I been asleep this whole time?" 31058
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialHenry @henrythedog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Oct 7th as a Jew outside Israel, was a uniquely bizarre and traumatizing thing because you were just glued to watching it happen, and so were all the Jews in your life, and all your Goyish friends had no idea or worse were unmasked invasion of the body snatchers style as Jew haters 922144
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMatt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Russiagate was a theory in the same way that gravity is a theory.nytimes.comAmid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned GovernmentJames Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice. 116441
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 07/10/2026"I just like the aesthetic" no actually I doubt that, I think you follow that account because it's allowing you to indulge in certain ideas that are widely considered uncouth amongst your fellow left-liberals 091
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There were so many people who followed that one "aesthetic" Soviet art account on the other site that constantly reposted 30s/40s anti-Ukrainian posters from the USSR starting immediately after Feb 24, 2022 1141
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMarcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 06/10/2026The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason. 15412194
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialVaquera Elisa @boxelderdust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026These guys keep imagining a Benevolent Dictator that exists solely in their own heads because they imagine it to be them personally, and they can’t shake the juvenile fantasy that if everyone was forced to obey them personally all problems (namely people defying them) would be solved 14712
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMary Joy @maryjoy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm so glad Hanania can't resist an opportunity to expound on his is pro-rape attitudes as it will make it harder to normalize him. 061
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialQueen of Halloweentown MetaBlueSky ♨️ @metabluesky.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's extremely fascinating in the worst way that between them Iran and Pakistan have remigrated 2 million Afghans (and that this is a prelude to the current Pakistani-Afghan War is not at all a coincidence) and nobody gives a shit. 0125
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialCai @annenotation.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is an issue, like inflation, that you absolutely can't view as being isolated to America or in America+Europe. 3253
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialCai @annenotation.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Tbh I don't even know why you're restricting this to Europe, this is extremely openly global at this point. 2307
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialAll The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 05/10/2026DR. NO was released 64 years ago today. The first Hollywood entry in the iconic James Bond series, and still among the most popular 007 films, the story of how it was made will leave you shaken and stirred…. 1/52 27429
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialWeedle @weedle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jake Tapper, quick! To the apologism cave! 2414
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026These people are *very* good at persuading and then inevitably bullying ordinary well-meaning left of centre people who don’t share their obsession at first, but they will push until there is a break and either they are expelled or they are running the party. It’s that simple. 111711
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026They are not your friends, they are not good allies who maybe go a bit far, their screams that you are left punching and witch hunting and pro genocide are entirely bad faith, and you cannot placate them with anything less than total surrender 114220
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialNute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The open secret re: the Greens is that the UK has a tiny set of full time rabid ‘left-wing’ antisemites who move from org to org trying to turn them into full time monomaniacal antisemites like themselves. 527254
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialRegime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Why are the AI assistants being visually represented by birds or amorphous blobs when we already know what they should look likestatic.klipy.comAdjutant Starcraft Close-UpAlt: Adjutant Starcraft Close-Up 510115
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026CNN takes a look at the court where Trump’s immigration system puts children as young as toddlers on trial, often without lawyers: “‘I see you’re smiling and think these proceedings are funny, but I need you to pay attention,’ the judge told the teen girl.”cnn.comInside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN PoliticsMigrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation. 063
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Putin apologists of the right (eg Tucker Carlson) and left (eg Noam Chomsky) got what they wanted: a U.S. government that treats the war as not Russia’s fault, cuts military support for Ukraine, and pressures Ukraine to give up land in exchange for the Kremlin’s word. It has not resulted in peace. 520745
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026No country *needs* to dominate its neighbours. No country should get to demand respect it hasn’t earned. No country should be allowed to attack to satisfy its desires. For far too long, the West has been coddling Ru. That's why we're here. 223845
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Former MI6 chief Scarlett said that the West didnt grasp how much Ru needed to be respected and treated as a great power equal to the US. I’d say the West actually understood and nearly embraced that idea. This was a huge mistake, actually. The West shouldn’t have construed Ru's desires as needs! 1326751
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialAll The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 02/10/2026ANNIE LEIBOVITZ is one of the world’s most acclaimed photographers and has been capturing stunning gatefold covers for Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood edition since 1995. These are some of her best… A THREAD 1/16 112321
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And the absolute friggin losers who travel from free and threatened countries to listen to this drivel and then spread it back home as “analysis”, I just hardly have words to describe them. 411813
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you’re curious and wondering what Putin said in Valdai, don’t waste your time. He spouted his usual nonsense and lies about how russia never attacked anyone and is the kindest, humblest nation in history, always victimized and threatened by its nefarious European neighbours. 721252
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“These are serious allegations. Serious allegations require evidence.” Dude, everyone is just going on a story YOU TOLD, voluntarily. 69527
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialLaurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I used to think (like 10 years ago) that there was some line they’d cross where the political press would start talking about their racism as a matter of fact, not opinion. But there was no line. I still can’t believe it. 713531
Reposted by strom17.bsky.social"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I feel the need to note that the Romans don't really present 'power' (potentia, vis) as their chief virtue. Instead, the Romans were "always harping on fides ['faith, trust']" (Dioc. Sic. 23.1); Cicero gives the virtue where Rome surpasses others as pietas (piety, Cic. Har. resp. 9.19). 1145560
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You're losing the war you started for no reason, dumbass. 151069135
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Trump expressed support for the Iraq war as it started. He later criticized Bush for not stealing oil or doing enough war crimes (namely targeting innocent family members of insurgents). Then he acted on that vision of war with Iran, and it's failing badly. Enough Trump-absolving revisionist BS. 433854
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialElizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I don’t say this often, but some people need to look at Bluesky more. 7648
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 27/09/2026NEW from me: Over the last 4 years, America has lost more than 200k jobs in creative fields like publishing, film, TV, or graphic design. It's the worst stretch for arts jobs outside of recessions. How much is AI to blame? And can the arts' business model survive?🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/ai-and-the...apricitas.ioAI and the Fall? of the Creative ClassAmerica is Losing Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs in Media, Film & the Arts. How Much is AI to Blame? 17698224
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In the 1990s, Ru didn’t hold clean elections; the oppo rejected democracy; the constitution-writing process ended in a shootout; it leveled Chechnya, occupied parts of Moldova/Georgia, supported the aggressor in the Yugoslav wars. Still some fantasize about how it could've joined the EU. Laughable. 719246
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialRiver_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026When men say an obviously gorgeous woman isn't beautiful they're just telling you about their taste in pornography 3524
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialAnn Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026anntelnaes.substack.com/p/trump-and-...anntelnaes.substack.comTrump and Xi Jinping visit the National ArchivesTrump explains to the Chinese president how he’s destroying democracy 326167
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialEli Sennesh @elisennesh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We elected Joe Biden and had the first episode of wage compression and falling inequality in my entire life and everyone from conservatives to the Left proceeded to pitch an absolute shit-fit that normies could materially improve their lives without buying into cult doctrines. 1130190
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's absurd that the self-styled proponents of "peace and diplomacy" and tireless opponents of arms and militarization criticize Ukraine--the side that has offered an *immediate and unconditional ceasefire*-- instead of Russia-- the aggressor who rejects it. 417340
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The "shock therapy killed everyone" exaggeration is tiresome and what’s worse is singling out Ru as having uniquely suffered in the 1990s. Guess what, recovering from the failure of the Soviet-style command economies was tough for everyone but only russia ended up as a murderous dictatorship! 21009
Reposted by strom17.bsky.socialMaria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This a great explainer. I’ll add this: 1) many don’t realize that the reforms were necessary; they were formulated to deal w a real problem; they didn’t break anything that worked; the command economy was inherently flawed and falling apart. I’ll also add that… 38916