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Thomas Piketty and the Twilight of Macronism via @truthdig.bsky.social

The Marxism of Mike Davis jacobin.substack.com/p/the-marxis...

Fun fact: Brian Eno once upset his fellow hotel guests by hogging the waffle maker at the breakfast buffet.

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Hitler, Goering, Himmler, Goebbels. Bormann, Streicher...these were guys just like you and me. They jsit needed someone to hug it out with them. Maybe buy them a beer. Fucking hell. This is America now.

Well played, Mrs. Bowers.

One of the greatest sleazeballs of all time! Ken Paxton Caught Partying With U.S. Fugitives in Dubai newrepublic.com/post/216541/... via @newrepublic.com

Is it even good? www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Jim Crow was on the ash heap of history. Then came the Roberts court. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The rise and fall of an AI-driven ‘local news outlet’ in South Florida floridatrib.org/2026/05/14/t...

Me and my archaeology colleagues had a party after unearthing the world's oldest known tibia, which was nice because I do like a good shin dig.

I'm sorry, what was the name of the farm again?

The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan

-- "Hey hon! I just found out they have La maman et la putain on Apple TV." -- ("Oh fuck no.")

In ‘Where the Earth Meets the Sky’, the filmmaker Rafael Salazar Moreno captures the land artist Charles Ross on the precipice of completing his jaw-dropping, monumental 'Star Axis' after 50 years

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David Harvey’s Masterclass in Marx newrepublic.com/article/2113... via @newrepublic.com

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

Silicon Valley Circuits: placesjournal.org/article/sili...

The New Yorker Radio Hour this week has a feature about Rahm Emanuel's Israel speech, and the web page links to my 2015 exposé of him that ran on the New Yorker web site, "The Sudden But Well-Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel." Fun! www.newyorker.com/news/daily-c...

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shoutout the chucklefuck pundit who insisted once that “environmental racism” was a nonsense term

Soraya Martinez Ferrada demande des modifications au sondage, qui maintenant invite à retirer ou réduire des aménagements cyclables. Voici donc, en primeur, les résultats du 1er sondage retiré, ainsi que les cartes interactives du 1er et du 2e sondage. www.realisonsmontrealpourvrai.ca

The Trump Kennedy Center forever lives on our hearts, as patriots from all over are leaving flowers at the dumpster containing our President’s immortal letters.

Masterful & sickening reporting on the Tate brothers by Heidi Blake: A Web of Abuse www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Are NHL blood feuds a thing of the past? How the league’s evolution has tamed its playoffs www.nytimes.com/athletic/722...

I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business. WE Pay for

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Trump's meme, annotated.

Fun fact: Quebec billionaire Paul Desmarais Jr. was a regular golfing partner/pal of Bruno Lafont, the former CEO of French cement maker Lafarge who has just been sentenced to six years in jail for doing business with terrorists in Syria.

Hmmm. Didn't Socrates (we're going way back here, folks) adopt the maxim "Know thyself"?

"Hey Kurds, it's the United States. Remember us, from all the betrayals? Anyhoo, would love it if you all could march into this thresher for us. Let us know."

Arrested ex-ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson snapped in photo carrying a Marks&Sparks bag. How tacky!

Dutch skater coming off the ice after a win, caught on camera: "Holy fuck!"

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935) www.openculture.com/2026/01/walt...

The Golden Globes Still Give The Ick open.substack.com/pub/theankle...

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How the Supreme Court’s Judicial Sanewashing Wrecked the Legal System newrepublic.com/article/2047... via @newrepublic.com

Old Man's Son Also Old Man — theonion.com/old-mans-son...

Murderer/thug/kleptocrat Bashar al-Assad forces his door-opener/luggage-carrier to flee w/ him to Moscow, then stiffs him with luxury hotel bill! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...