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This year my opinion of Erin Reed has fallen so rapidly it has approached my opinion of Matthew Yglesias & Jeet Heer i.e. I once respected them, but now regard them as not worth reading let alone intellectually engaging with, but this is genuinely vile: bsky.app/profile/erin...

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

She is completely right in her horror here & I don't think this is really excusable or tolerable (unlike Acton here in Ohio).

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Patrick Wyman@patrickwyman.bsky.social

Lula winning is great for the planet, great for Brazil, and great for people who aren't revanchist assholes everywhere in the world, but let's not forget that it's also going to make some of the worst people on Earth extremely sad and mad. We should enjoy that, as a little treat.

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theguardian.com‘It’s magic’: scientists rediscover how to make ancient Roman colour-changing glassExclusive: Optical engineering that went into 1,600-year-old Lycurgus Cup has baffled experts for centuries

This was delightful: bsky.app/profile/tyle...

the babahuck@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

nytimes.comHegseth Barred Trans Troops. Military Boards Are Rejecting Those Orders. (Gift Article)The service members at Navy and Marine Corps hearings are finding ways to keep trans troops in uniform.

This was an encouraging read! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

So he’s gay, married to Elmer, & adopted two bunny kids. I stan!

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bsky.app/profile/eric... Going to be excited to vote for #AmyActon & #SherrodBrown & #AllisonRusso later this week

Eric Michael Garcia@ericmgarcia.bsky.social

MARIST POLL OHIO: #OHSen Sherrod Brown 48% Jon Husted 44% #OHGov Amy Acton 50% Vivek Ramaswamy 43% maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/midter...

commons.wikimedia.orgCategory:Ancient Lucanian frescos in the Museo archeologico nazionale (Paestum) - Wikimedia Commons

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor... So cool!!

Going to have to watch this. Thanks @jamellebouie.net

prospect.orgThe Supreme Court’s Power Is Based on the Lie of Its Supremacy - The American ProspectThe Constitution does not establish a judicial dictatorship.

prospect.org/2026/10/05/o... This was a fascinating one!

13 Sept

So cool! wish I could see it in NY!

liberalcurrents.comThe End of History and the Final GirlAnton Jäger’s "Hyperpolitics" is, at its best, late marginalia for "The End of History and the Last Man." At its worst, Jäger, like Fukuyama, is a prisoner of his political pieties.

9 Sept

Great essay here. I wasn't actually familiar with the later Fukuyama works. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-h...

8 Sept

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ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com

yeah I have to admit I was wrong about this, however I will say there is strong evidence neoliberal economic policy fuels the far right, eg through financial crises and austerity

cnn.comAn Ohio college student died in an apparent suicide. His family says he felt ‘humiliated’ by his ICE ankle monitor | CNNPierre Damas Bel was killed Monday after he stepped into traffic on Interstate 70 near Springfield, Ohio. The Haitian immigrant’s family says he was distraught over being bullied for wearing an ICE an...

www.cnn.com/2026/09/02/u... My state has & my country has also been humiliated by this young man's death by the hands of ICE thugs & Trump administration (they are the ones truly responsible)

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Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword,

as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether."

www.cnn.com/2026/09/02/u... My state has & my country has also been humiliated by this young man's death by the hands of ICE thugs & Trump administration (they are the ones truly responsible)

I remember hearing from someone a couple days ago that Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural--one of the finest speeches given by any American politician ever--& I cannot help but think of the these particular lines: "Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

28 Aug

@enclavedmicrostate.bsky.social Very nice thread. Been a while since I‘ve read about this topic & I actually haven’t read anything about the Japanese rule of Taiwan (unlike its rule of China and Korea) so this was interesting! bsky.app/profile/encl...

Jeremy Salkeld@enclavedmicrostate.bsky.social

I find it interesting how in casual usage this site, 'imperial Japan' is often treated purely as contemporary to Nazi Germany+fascist Italy, when Japan as a colonial empire lasted more than both combined. Nazi Germany: 1933-45 Fascist Italy: 1922-43 Imperial Japan: 1868-45 (British Raj: 1858-1947)

youtu.beYes, Dolly was Actually That GreatYouTube video by Lindsay Ellis

26 Aug

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I'm happy that Alex Vindman lost to DSA member Angie Nixon. Vindman & his brother have always struck me as grifter Never Trumpers a la Josh Barro & David Frumm rather than the principled, sincere, & intellectually rigorous I-unfortunately-need-to-consider-and-reject-some-of-my-previous-views-too

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between the genuine penitent convert & the self-aggrandizer. I suspect Florida will Florida in the elections this fall, i.e. crush goodness, but I hope Jolly & Angie Nixon win.

Also, how awesome is it that this fall DSA will have TWO senatorial candidates? Not just Angie Nixon in FL, but also Marquita Bradshaw in TN!

change that I have seen in Bill Kristol & Jennifer Rubin. I haven't followed David Jolly too intensely but from what I have seen, he seems perhaps more like he's in the later category. If that is correct, then I am mightily pleased by FL primary Dem voters for making the important distinction

bsky.app/profile/kevi... I agree! Such a good ad!

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Oh my God, this is adorable.

Damn. Not the result I was hoping for.

Well, in WI. Very happy with the MN results!

Whose on top finally flipped!

Nail biter!

Just donated to Gina Hinojosa, Vikki Goodwin, & Nathan M. Johnson. Hopefully TX Dems can win one or two or all three of these races!

10 Aug

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Carausius@carausius286.bsky.social

This Roman floor mosaic depicts a peacock gloriously spreading its tail feathers into a large, colourful fan. It was found at the Villa du Paon (Villa of the Peacock) in Vaison-la-Romaine. 🕰️ 1st Century AD 🏛️📷 Musée Théo Desplan in Vaison-la-Romaine #MosaicMonday

9 Aug

Fascinating historical thread. I did not know about this: bsky.app/profile/well...

Alex Wellerstein@wellerstein.bsky.social

81 years ago today, on August 9, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped upon the city of Nagasaki, Japan, by the United States. This was 3 days after the first atomic attack on Hiroshima.

8 Aug

I agree with every word of this assessment. bsky.app/profile/joec... @joecirin.bsky.social has been a great source for me for arms control info ever since he started following him as I covered the Syrian chemical weapons agreement back in 2013

Joe Cirincione@joecirin.bsky.social

Here’s the thing. Iran is led by a murderous tyrannical regime that slaughters its own people. But its demands are actually reasonable. Trump started an illegal, unnecessary war of choice. He lost. He should pay for the damage he inflicted. Preferably out of his own pocket. Maybe Bibi can chip in.