Searching for the Whale

Searching for the Whale

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My life these days is mainly attempts at managed retreat. And folᵹie me nu þin mildheortnes ealle daᵹas mines lifes, þæt ic mæᵹe wunian on þinum huse swiþe lange tiid oð lanᵹe ylde

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Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

A bracingly ambitious act of civilizational diagnosis. Schwartz traces the American Right's transformation ,,,,,and ,, rewrites the intellectual history of our present crisis. Erudite, unsettling, and original." —Linda M. G. Zerilli, “A Democratic Theory of Truth” bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

bookshop.orgThe Third Coming: How Catholic Radicals Medievalized American Politics and Set the West AblazeA groundbreaking reframing of post-war America through the lens of conservative Catholicism, and the medieval Catholic moral philosophy that has transformed the nation’s politics and cultureIn the 198...

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Lula won because of the streets. He beat the algorithm. He beat the billionaires. He beat the far right. He beat the chuds. Because of the protesters. Because of socialists.

“The same core concerns underlie youth protests elsewhere – notably, ongoing mass housing demonstrations in Spain, where the twentysomethings of Madrid and Barcelona are in revolt at the monthly rental on a one-bed flat costing an entire monthly median salary.” (Guardian)sounds like usa minus demos

Was the stunned silence borne of audience (of NAZA) recognition …That clever, career-minded, obedient young people, just like the ones who engineered Israel’s AI system of absolute control, of inescapable surveillance, of unfeeling murder are designing the same automated system…for us? Jonathan Cook

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Pendant que les chaînes d'info inondent d'images de violence dans des dizaines de villes, tout se déroule dans le calme avec des dizaines de milliers de gens calmement mobilisés. Deux mondes, deux réalités.

Gilet jaune is back: The country's Yellow Vest movement, which eight years ago staged street protests against Macron's government, called Saturday's "yellow and youth" demonstrations. It has appealed to teachers and students, workers, pensioners and farmers to take part. www.rfi.fr/en/internati...

rfi.frMacron calls for calm amid fears of violence at France protestsPresident Emmanuel Macron called for calm on the eve of nationwide cost-of-living protests Saturday that authorities fear could lead to a violent escalation of weeks of student demonstrations.

Entry-level jobs are vanishing in the fields most exposed to AI, per PFNYC Design, media & writing: -40.6% Customer support: -34.4% Clerical and administrative: -30.5% Business management and operations: -26.8% Finance: -23.4% Social analysis and planning: -12.7% Sales: -10.4

“If neither a Marxist nor a Muslim can truthfully swear allegiance to the Constitution, which flows from the Bible and Western tradition, then can either truly be a citizen?” it is time..to denaturalize and strip citizenship for any individual who belongs to either the Red or Green camps.” ok scary

1845 (pre famine) . in many districts their only food is the potato, their only beverage water ... their cabins are seldom a protection against the weather ... a bed or a blanket is a rare luxury ... and nearly in all their pig and a manure heap constitute their only property

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