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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
defector.com/humanists-ha... This essay rocks in every way but especially its treatment of Cara Daggett’s work
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Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | Defector
For many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, ...
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thank god the Cold War is over and we don't need to do any Kremlinology about whether elected officials are alive or dead.
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The game doesn’t have to be over if Mike Pence has the courage.
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 07/07/2026
has there ever been a man so effective at demolishing the vibe. historic scarer of the hoes
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Jefferson-Pilot Pickles @jeffersonpilot.org · 03/07/2026
39yo Messi vs 40yo Vozinha, it’s like a bluesky fight made it to the real world
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Among all the other things, too, but if American democracy is going to make it, we've got to stop assuming people who went to law school are smart.
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I've made it this far without ever giving a fuck what Paul Boghossian thinks about anything, and I will not be tricked into it now.
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
"Whenever capitalism triumphs, that fugitive space grows smaller, that alternative future grows dimmer. As that future disappears, it becomes harder to imagine or to posit a time, including a past, when capitalism did not exist." Love Robin's Wolin-inspired analysis
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026
new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
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Everlee Has Disappeared
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
There's one trait where economists clearly outperform the other social sciences: Hubris.
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404 Media @404media.co · 10/03/2026
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Today, Rio de Janeiro’s former Police Chief & a Congressman were convicted in the assassination of socialist Rio City Councilwoman Marielle Franco. She was a college classmate of mine & today is a beautiful day for Brazilian democracy
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Rio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco
The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were responsib...
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Fake it til you make it!
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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
STEPHEN MILLER: so you've gone through all of these files and made sure there's nothing incriminatory about Trump or his friends and associates, right KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
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Black Hart of Saint Paul @blackhartstp.com · 28/01/2026
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Child Trafficking Tuesdays with Tony Dokoupil
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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
My grandfather spent his whole life in NYC before he was offered a scholarship to the U of Minnesota for college (and eventually med school). A Jewish kid from the LES of NYC, he had not encountered anything like the KKK. When a rally came to town, he and some others brought 2x4s and busted it up.
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Bran 9 From Outer Space @bransonreese.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Been rewatching Golden Girls. Grew up with the dub, it's crazy how different the sub is.
Fight well. I'll see that your remains are sent home to your families.Moonlight's beauty weakens the androids.
It's why they seek out sunlightThe peace you take for granted was the result of war.
You dishonor the dead and the unborn when you refuse to fight.Will all nations fall to tyranny of angels?
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Goddamn that’s bleak to see her on CBS News
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
reasons for revolution against a tyrant 249 years ago: "he has refused his Assent to Laws" "obstructing Laws for Naturalization" "made Judges dependent on his Will" "kept among us Standing Armies w/o Consent of our legislatures" "cut off Trade" "transporting us beyond Seas for pretended offences"
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Jeff Gerstmann @jeffgerstmann.com · 16/06/2025
Time to delete all your FLACs and just run this 24/7. scratch.mit.edu/projects/908...
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
assassins dress like cops bc that’s who’s allowed to murder people in broad daylight
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
America if the news covered it like those countries Over There
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The Atlantic offers its slop quota www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade
Not everything the Trump administration does is a threat to democracy.
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Remember Some Guys @remembersomeguys.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Nick Punto 2B-3B-SS Debut: 2001 - Retired: 2014 LAD - PHI - OAK - STL - MIN - BOS
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Nick Punto at baseball-reference.com
Career stats of Nick Punto
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
@jonbois.bsky.social watching baseball
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Dem in AZ @howabouttomorrow.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Phoenix
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Hoobajoob @hoobajoob.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Hands Off Phoenix
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Trump take game. But seriously late capitalism is built on placating treats and when the treats start going away...
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Me in the national security group chat
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jab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
fucking retire, @schumer.senate.gov, you fuckin useless, dickless, gutless islamophobic old fuck, you stupid stupid stupid stupid stupid old asshole
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
nymag.com/intelligence... But wait I thought the Democratic Party didn't need the left. Huh, well, maybe the party needs to incorporate some policy positions from the left in, I dunno, a new thing I just made up called "coalition governance."
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Bernie’s Bad Idea: The Left Should Leave the Democratic Party
Democrats desperately need solidarity and stable membership. It’s a terrible time for progressives to abandon a party they may soon dominate.
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Fucking ghouls
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
(Baudrillard, 1981)
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
This is all Project 2025, yes, but also part of Curtis Yarvin's fever dream of R.A.G.E. = Retire All Government Employees. The next, or maybe simultaneous, move is "GovCorp," rule by our tech oligarchs.
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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
If you are registered for RightsCon 2025 come join us next Wednesday for a session on automated decision making and digital dehumanisation. Details in the thread 👇
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El Elegante @elelegante101.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
There is, of course, a world of difference between " pay out the full schedule of every t-sec and we don't need rich peoples' money to do it" and "lol half these securities are fake so we're not gonna pay." Or, for the Hegelians, we're looking at the bad infinity of de-dollarization
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I can say that publishing in law journals doesn't mean squat when it comes to getting tenure in a social science department -- for this very reason.
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
That’s it; Americans have by and large been disciplined to spend thousands a year on deductibles/premiums and think of that as normal
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RK @thirstyveblen.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
Taxing the rich is also anti inflationary at least a little bit
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