Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Every service member will carry holy water and a crucifix, the ideal foundation for modern warfare 041
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemBrandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Joke about non-consensual contact right out of the gate at the MAHA Summit's "Reform in CMS" panel from moderator Russell Brand, the comedian who has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges of rape and sexual assault for which he will stand trial in London next month. Dr. Oz slaps his knee. MAHA! 26268100
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is JD Vance-level comedic timing. A true master of the craft. 921075136
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There are world-ending scenarios involving AI that have nothing do with rogue superintelligence that exist right before us. My latest: www.ms.now/opinion/us-c...ms.nowOpinion | A spooky near-confrontation with China shows the real danger of AI todayAnxiety about the rise of the machines is eclipsing the imminent problems. 021
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s been getting bad for a while, but I’m astonished that Google search has genuinely become entire unusable for certain kinds of research tasks. Absolutely wild, I have to use chatbots by default for search for many things now. 020
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“please, somebody, anybody, stop us from destroying society!” 010
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemSarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today, a coalition of orgs including Palestinian Youth Movement, Peace Action, and DSA, announced a campaign to "Drop the Genocide 20." They identify "the top 20 officials most responsible for promoting, lying about, and covering up the Gaza genocide in the Biden White House." dropthegenocide20.org 03017
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I think the dilemma for Hasan Piker is obvious. He wants to be a rich twitch streamer, and he wants to be a electoral progressive kingmaker. But they are ultimately mutually exclusive paths, and he needs to choose one. 040
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemJarvis DeBerry @jarvisdeberry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Fun fact: We used the Norton Anthology of American Lit when I was in 11th grade, and our teacher wrote on the syllabus: "DO NOT READ 'A Horrible Case of Bestiality' by Plymouth Colony Governor William Bradford." So, of course, like good dutiful teenagers, none of us did. 021
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemDaniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"The University of Chicago’s undergrad social-sciences division will go “analog” this fall, implementing a blanket policy banning technology in class and AI assistance on coursework across the division’s core courses." www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...chronicle.comU. of Chicago Bans Tech, AI in Social Sciences Core CoursesThe new restrictions apply to students and faculty members. 18941261
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Carlson’s polarization against MAGA over Iran has now resulted in him effectively backing El-Sayed for senate. Brief analysis from me: www.ms.now/opinion/tuck...ms.nowOpinion | Why Tucker Carlson has effectively endorsed Abdul El-Sayed for senateThe right-wing pundit’s antiwar position is pushing him from critic of MAGA to opponent of MAGA. 100
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/09/2026New NYT poll finds Dems leading GOP on most major issues BUT NOT ON AI AND DATA CENTERS. As I argue in the piece and thread below, time to step it up here, Dems. 13403128
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026A horrifying feature of our era is that I have to repeatedly say “macklemore is right” and “let macklemore tour” 160
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I found this very disturbing and powerful www.thecut.com/article/surv...thecut.comSurviving What I Can’t ForgiveI became a foster parent because I believed in second chances. Then the 17-year-old I took in attacked me. 000
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 14/09/20261) It makes sense that as as an obsessive over absolute power that Trump loves the idea of unregulated AI, it seems like the ring in the lord of the rings. 2) Trump is taking a more extreme position than the AI industry itself, which is now admitting that current regulations are useless. 041
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I haven’t played video games in about 20 years, but the only video game I was ever very good at, Starcraft, is apparently becoming a shooter. Are real-time strategy games still being made at all? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/a...nytimes.comStarCraft Is Returning, but as an Open-World ShooterThe influential franchise is moving away from the real-time strategy genre with a game that’s directed by a veteran of the Far Cry series. 000
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trump, crumped and lethargic, croaks that we “don’t have a choice” but to fight in Iran because of 9/11. Can you imagine a more devastating portrait of a dying empire? 240
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I would describe this as a socialist hampered by dead end liberal identitarianism. 2142
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026We have dug ourselves into a serious mess when people can more easily imagine global apocalypse than widespread coordination to oversee safe technological development. 061
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026One question I have is whether these AI employees who are quitting on principle are giving up their shares of the companies they worked at -- do we know? 020
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Zohran has been involved in left-wing politics since college and joined DSA years before he ran for office. Saying he IDs that way because “the kids online think it’s cool” is an explanation that could only come from people whose entire worldview is defined by social media and never touching grass. 2250
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’ve now seen at least 3 mainstream media outlets publish articles that basically go “Zohran Mamdani will be attending a 9/11 remembrance event — despite the fact that racist freaks say it would make them uncomfortable to look at his brown terrorist face.... 121
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 27/08/2026After the War of 1812, the U.S. government spent three years building a fort on Lake Champlain, only to discover in 1818 that it was on the Canadian side of the border. That was the dumbest Canadian lake-related event in US history, until now: 32813
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemJames Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Every hour there's a story of like a Norwegian death metal guy saying hey I never met Dolly Parton but she sent me a handwritten note saying she loved our song Corpse in the Copse and to keep speaking our truth 153546487
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It’s particularly remarkable when you think on how Chauvin’s misdeed was so plainly vicious and dangerous that even right-wingers were temporarily shocked. 132
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century 7234441179
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Man this is a clever Dem ad, feeds off my most visceral anger and alienation when having to deal increasingly with robots in more and more settings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_Xu...youtube.comGreg Abbott Brought Data Centers to TexasYouTube video by Gina Hinojosa 021
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We’re at like wave 20 of everyone using “woke” in really vague terms, causing all kinds of people -- including many people who want to engage in good faith -- to talk past each other. The term does have some use but I think when possible it’s always helpful to lay out specific ideas/phenomena. 000
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I'll go another step further: the research shows that BLM protests causally shifted Americans' racial attitudes leftward and helped Democrats in the 2020 election link.springer.com/article/10.1... 342436547
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Interesting analysis, it argues that Hong didn’t really under-perform, whereas El-Sayed did www.thebulwark.com/p/advice-for...thebulwark.comIt’s Black Voters, Stupid. And Thank God for That.The lessons of Michigan and Wisconsin. 010
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I wrote about how leaving behind police abolition and “cancel Thanksgiving”-type rhetoric are judicious moves and speak to a positive development among democratic socialist politicians. www.ms.now/opinion/aoc-...ms.nowOpinion | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s pivot on ‘woke’ politics isn’t unreasonableWhat Ocasio-Cortez’s viral ‘woke one was crazy’ remarks reveal about how the left is evolving. 8527
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 11/08/2026From me: Max Miller, who faces physical abuse allegations from multiple women, stayed in the race because most his party told him it was okay to, and they’ve been saying it for a while. www.ms.now/opinion/max-...ms.nowOpinion | The bleak reason Max Miller didn’t drop out of his raceThe embattled GOP congressman knows that allegations of domestic violence aren’t a death knell on the right. 121
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Seems like this is two different attempts at nudge policy in service of fostering vaccine skepticism 1) Falsely imply that vaccines are more dangerous that they are without outright banning them. 2) Reduce vaccine rates by increasing administrative/logistical burden of getting kids vaccinated. 010
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The timing of this -- after the midterms, and some more Dem 2028 positioning -- is Peak Kamala. Just a perpetual identity crisis. 030
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The prevailing wisdom among centrist Democrats is that there’s no way that a Bernie-backed progressive like Abdul El-Sayed could win a senate seat in a Rust Belt state. But new political science research shows that view is badly outdated. 4247
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 07/08/2026This is all strange in ways that either suggest dishonesty or stupidity. The author of the DNC report said he *did* conclude that Gaza hurt Kamala, but didn’t include it in the report he submitted to the DNC. Why? www.axios.com/2026/08/06/d...axios.comAuthor of DNC's 2024 "autopsy" says he concluded Gaza war hurt HarrisHe says he drafted that finding late last year but never submitted it to Democratic Party leaders. 271
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026“A cannabis-derived medication significantly decreased nightmares in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers in Germany found after conducting a double-blind study—and more than a third of patients who took the drug reported their nightmares disappeared entirely.“forbes.comA Cannabis Drug Could Treat Nightmares in PTSD Patients, Study FindsMore than a third of PTSD patients who took a cannabis-derived drug stopped having nightmares altogether, a new study from researchers in Germany found. 817539
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 06/08/2026If this is the way that legacy media wants to fight off left-wingers, it’s not going to work anymore. Take a look at the polls. 010
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemNeil Stenhouse @nstenhouse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Great summary of new paper by @adambonica.bsky.social @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social showing being “moderate” by a variety of definitions doesn’t have much of an effect on vote outcomes www.ms.now/opinion/stud... 001
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Abdul El-Sayed has a tough race ahead of him. But being progressive is not the liability that centrist Dems think it is. www.ms.now/opinion/stud...ms.nowOpinion | A new study finds the advantage of moderation in elections has vanished. That’s a huge deal.New research suggests that predictions that Abdul El-Sayed has no chance because he’s progressive are wrong. 17118
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Great piece from @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social www.ms.now/opinion/stud...ms.nowOpinion | A new study finds the advantage of moderation in elections has vanished. That’s a huge deal.New research suggests that predictions that Abdul El-Sayed has no chance because he’s progressive are wrong. 28214
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The journalist congressman storyline in the new season of Silo is so annoying lol. Immediately highlights how hard it is for writers accustomed to making up a universe as they go along to navigate realism, and also puts a harsh spotlight on the trope-y elements of the show’s dialogue. 112
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Kind of a banger of a line, as it would seem to be worse to behave amorally while having moral faculties. 060
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 29/07/2026In a recent interview with Vox, Jim Clyburn - blames Black people for the Dems’ 2024 loss - blames the party’s bad reputation on “media branding” - blames incumbents losing to progressive challengers on weak candidates, not party positions - reveals he didn’t know what ChatGPT was until a month ago 194
Zeeshan Aleem @zeeshanaleem.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Sam Altman says that AI is approaching “genie that can grant any wish,” and yet: futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comSam Altman Says Even the Power of AI Will Never Lead to a Shorter Work WeekOpenAI CEO Sam Altman has some bad news: AI will never lead to a shorter work week — despite having already ushered in the singularity. 6133
Reposted by Zeeshan AleemRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 27/07/20262/ "Based on pricing, there might, in fact, now be more cocaine circulating in the United States." 67 Boat Strikes. 221 Dead. The Cocaine Hasn’t Slowed, Officials Report. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...washingtonpost.com67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise. 1011744