Sam Menefee-Libey

Sam Menefee-Libey

@sml47.bsky.social

Antifascist. Abolitionist. Anthropology, Critical Theory, American Studies, dogs, film, music, democratic pedagogy, degrowth and bioregionalism in greater Los Angeles. This world (system) we must leave. https://boxd.it/6oFrP

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Vicky ACAB
@vickyacab.bsky.social

Bolsonaro, Vucic and Orban out, Flamingo and Cockroach Revolutions, French uprising and Iberian housing movements, Nepal and Bangladesh popular insurrection, Iranian and Serbian movements, these too are heralds of the current moment. We are once again in a time of movement and revolution

Sam Menefee-Libey
@sml47.bsky.social

I still feel palpable relief about Brazil. I’m looking forward to reading more about how it happened.

Bruno Dies@brunodias.dev

At one point he had a Whatsapp group with 10 million people in it, coordinating action. Which I didn't even think whatsapp was infrastructurally designed to support. And yes, whatsapp is of course a meta network, but the strategy was to be everywhere, to act redundantly, to be unbannable.

Sam Menefee-Libey
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Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

With 83% of the vote counted nationwide, Lula has stretched his lead to 2.8 million votes. That's a lead of 51.4% to 48.6%. That puts him on track for a victory that could be larger than his 1.8% win four years ago, which would be an immense comeback. He's even up in Minas Gervais now, by 0.6%.

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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

We are watching a coup d’état attempt unfold in real time in Brazil. I’m consumed by desperation.

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Jessica Pishko
@jesspish.bsky.social

I think one of the best aspects of this story is just how *average* the cop is. This is pretty much what most cops are like. They believe they are doing a good job.

Francesca D'Annunzio@francescadnunz.bsky.social

You can read the full story here (w/ @propublica.org + @nytmag.bsky.social) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/m...

nytimes.comHe Helped Deport 200 People. Now He Has Misgivings.A deputy in small-town Texas became the local face of ICE’s national crackdown.

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Diagram[me]s
@diagrammes.bsky.social

Anthropologist and CNRS tenured researcher Chowra Makaremi @chowmak.bsky.social and philosopher and cofounder of @diagrammes.bsky.social Michel Feher @michelfeher.bsky.social on France’s politics of revolt and the spectre of fascism

Equator@equatormag.bsky.social

On 17 October, French protesters chanted: “We are the children of the Algerians you didn’t drown in the Seine.” Our own Gavin Jacobson in conversation with Chowra Makaremi and Michel Feher on the revolt, the crackdown and the spectre of fascism: www.equator.org/articles/fra...

Sam Menefee-Libey
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Commentary on this article makes me realize very few people are aware of just how deeply technologized the breeding and training of dogs for police and military already are. Belgian Malinois are basically already a breed optimized for war… www.wxxi.org/highlights/w...

wxxi.orgCanine Soldier: The Militarization of Love On-DemandCanine Soldiers explores the intimate bond between Military Working Dogs and their handlers-combat soldiers who make life-and-death decisions based on the instincts and behavior of the dogs who lead t...
Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

forbes.comBillionaires Palmer Luckey And Ben Lamm Spin Up Startup To Genetically Engineer Military DogsBen Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal has teamed up with Palmer Luckey’s team at Anduril to create a dog that’s optimized for military use. The new “warhounds” will be cloned and gene edited.
Sam Menefee-Libey
@sml47.bsky.social

A double-bill of “My Imaginary Country” and “Fell in Love with Fire” could lead to some fascinating conversations… crimethinc.com/2024/10/21/f...

crimethinc.comFell in Love with FireFive years in the making, this hour-long documentary explores the uprising that swept Chile from October 2019 to March 2020.
Aaron Bady@zunguzungu.bsky.social

"Patricio Guzmán’s last film caught Chile’s 2019 uprising at its most hopeful. 7 years later, Chileans don’t just regret the estallido. They’re increasingly sure they were never there." somepersonalnews.substack.com/p/who-says-y...

somepersonalnews.substack.comWho Says You Can’t Change the Past?Patricio Guzmán’s last film caught Chile’s 2019 uprising at its most hopeful. 7 years later, Chileans don’t just regret the estallido. They’re increasingly sure they were never there.

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Unicorn Riot
@unicornriot.bsky.social

In Paris, the uprising continues. On October 18, masses of people once again took to the streets. Crowds gathered at Place de la République and in the surrounding streets, erecting barricades as police deployed large amounts of tear gas. 🧵

Sam Menefee-Libey
@sml47.bsky.social

If you want to be in solidarity with French students, but you don’t know about Parcoursup, it’s time to learn. Lots of parallels with US higher ed struggles over debt, accessibility, and so-called “AI.”

Sam Menefee-Libey@sml47.bsky.social

Perhaps of more direct interest to American Vandal - a ton of student anger is over Parcoursup, the online portal for high school students seeking public higher education. The conditions are terrible and the platform’s progressively enshittifying www.lemonde.fr/en/campus/ar...

lemonde.frWhy French students are so angry about Parcoursup, the higher education access platformCriticism of France's admissions platform for higher learning institutions is one of the main drivers of student protests, where demonstrators want it reconsidered or removed entirely.

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Professor Richard D. Wolff
@profwolff.bsky.social

#WolffBites: French protests against cuts in public services spread to Portugal and Italy, as earlier to Belgium. Italy's gov't learns nothing, hits protesters with police, solving nothing, provoking more protests. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.com‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensifyHundreds at Lisbon tent camp demand action, as Giorgia Meloni says march in Italy was exploited by ‘hooligans’
Sam Menefee-Libey
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Multiple One Piece flags spotted on Oct 17/18th French livestreams...

The One Piece Podcast@onepiecepodcast.com

Protesters around the world are using the Straw Hat Pirate Jolly Roger as a symbol of freedom. We plan on doing a detailed report on this phenomenon in the coming weeks. In the meanwhile, here is an updating list of countries where the Jolly Roger has appeared:

Sam Menefee-Libey
@sml47.bsky.social

Riots by multicultural, intergenerational crowds against deprivation and brutality by state and capital give me more hope than anything election related. There is almost no one in corporate-owned media who recognizes that as even legible, not to mention legitimate.

Sam Menefee-Libey
@sml47.bsky.social

We’ve been in a polycrisis of world systems collapse for well over a decade and every political problem is either caused by and/or exacerbated by that. That needs to be the starting point. Our systems are failing. How do we build overlapping, resilient, convivial survival practices in the ruins?

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emi gennis
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obviously many more important takeaways from the French approach to protest, but much respect to the absolute varsity level Whimsy of throwing a whole ass piano at the cops

Sam Menefee-Libey
@sml47.bsky.social

Really inspired by the people of France today!!

Emily Herring@emilyherring.bsky.social

Parisian cops started tear gassing and using water canons before the protest had even properly started. Had never seen anything like it. This was us trying to get to the authorized starting point of the protest and we could hear the explosions of tear gas in the distance

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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴
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for those unaware, huge wild fires have been burning across Indonesia, yesterday 4 firefighters died, the smoke from the fires is reaching many neighbouring countries. 900,000 hectares have burned this year. It is a horrific disaster.

aljazeera.comFour killed as Indonesia battles worst forest fires in more than a decadeThe deaths come as Jakarta says it will accept foreign help to tackle its worst forest fires in more than a decade.
Sam Menefee-Libey
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Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like. Ever Given, Suez Canal, 2021

Jennifer Schell@jenniferschell16.bsky.social

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and post one that you like. A whole mess of boats in Kodiak, AK.

Sam Menefee-Libey
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I’m really deeply and consistently scared, so I’m especially impressed by her bravery and I can’t even imagine how she feels. Solidarity!!

Ilhan Omar@ilhanmn.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who stood with me over the years. It’s been a scary journey but I have always been grounded in my work and ability to provide exemplary service to my constituents. Trump and his administration have been after me since I arrived in Congress.

Sam Menefee-Libey
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This 52 minute documentary/interview - now available for the first time with English subtitles as detailed in the @feelingtheory.bsky.social thread - is great fun. All else aside, he was an entertaining speaker and engaging and provocative interlocutor. A great way to celebrate Foucault’s centenary!

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Sam Menefee-Libey
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“…because what am I forgetting, what have I not mentioned among these disciplinary models? It is of course the workshop, the factory, which was also one of the principal and most important sites of disciplinarization.”

Sam Menefee-Libey
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Thinking about what we mean and what we have meant by “struggle” today for Foucault’s 100th birthday. May we all be dogged in our efforts to think differently.

Sam Menefee-Libey@sml47.bsky.social

Foucault is one of my favorite readers of Marx (excerpt is from an interview in “The Japan Lectures” from 1978)

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Duke University Press
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Today would have been Michel Foucault's 100th birthday. In honor of his Centennial, and our own, we're offering a wide variety of free content related to the great philosopher on our blog. Books, chapters, & articles will be open access until Dec. 15, 2026. #DUP100 #Foucault buff.ly/H2nyiVZ