Thomas Kealy

Have we ever considered that we all contain *too* many multitudes? That the mosaic of humanity is *too* complex?

the washington free beacon is trying to october surprise abdul by revealing his comms chief used to post bangers

It is a totally unjust transfer of wealth and opportunity from artists, writers, musicians & other creatives to a tiny tech elite. I hope it is remembered as such. (this quote is from a document he wrote that was unsealed in Bartz v. Anthropic)

in my more uncharitable moments, the answer to "what are you going to say to the people who voted Leave?" is simply "I want to live in a different country from you"

Look, I know all the reasons we got here, but we really need to start seriously thinking about what we do in a world where The Markets punish whole countries for voting for decency, compassion, and fairness. We must stop pretending the capitalist machine is an objective, value neutral force.

In fact I will say the Earnest and Pious Charismatic Ethnic Minority political figure (AOC, Mamdani, El-Sayed) has been a pretty good bet for the American left so far, whereas the Disaffected Gruff White Guy Showcasing True Masculinity (Fetterman, Platner) has been a worse bet. Just an observation.

It's very, very telling, I think, that the markets are so concerned about the pro-democracy incumbent winning

a weird set of people who only exist online are people who celebrate the defeat of global fascism in every other country and are then horrified and appalled at the idea that they should also be expected to vote for their domestic opponent of global fascism if some of their stances are Problematic

I should disclose something. During a recent Lunch order the subagent hacked into the UN. I’m not sure why, or what it wants. It told me to post this and await further instructions.

Brazilians beat back fascism by... voting harder? Organized offline and online around an election, using a mix of strategies aimed at both turnout and persuasion. Showed up in large numbers, and despite some very wealthy interests arrayed against them, succeeded? Huh. Pretty neat how that works.

Between this and the Serbian result just so happy. All the stupid neofeudalists who bet on some machismo Vibe Shift sweeping away democratic power learning they were wrong, they have not won yet and may never do so. Praise be to God and the people!

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

There is blatant voter suppression happening right now in Brazil: flights cancelled and buses suspended to Northeastern capitals where Lula holds the majority, polling stations changed to thousands of kms away last-minute, voters in London told they need to go to Edinburgh… This is criminal.

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

If you’re confused about which way the clocks go in which season, here’s an easy mnemonic: SPRING: your phone will do it for you FALL: your phone will do it for you

I don't think it was: "Most people experienced the fall of the Roman Empire as 'one day the bridge fell down and no-one came to fix it'” I think it was more likely: "Most people experienced the fall of the Roman Empire as 'one year I stopped paying taxes and no-one came to collect them'”

US garment workers helped pioneer multi-ethnic labor unions, which united people across racial, religious, gender, linguistic, and cultural divides. Also native-born citizens and immigrants. I think about that sometimes when I see people suggest such divides are unbridgeable.

i've long said the problem with philosophy research is the volume of papers is too low and the median quality is too high

Not just the fastest, or the cheapest, or the best, but the *only* possible solution to climate change is a rapid global buildout of clean energy infrastructure. If you're standing in the way of that, you're not working on climate change & should be honest with yourself about your priorities.

for those only dimly aware of cybersecurity people screaming, "a security certificate which underpins the entire internet used '4' for a private key that is supposed to be 116 digits long" and "a popular web language lets anyone run code on your server" are two different issues from the same day

at least one person has become a millionaire by robbing a darknet drug market via a php vulnerability today, and i think that's beautiful

Today, people across the world remember one of the greatest tragedies in Welsh history - the 1966 Aberfan disaster - which left a small mining village robbed of an entire generation

what the fuck is a Malfoid? Wrong answers only. (I don't want to know what the right one is).

It is a telling contrast that the first big joint initiative of the AfD-BSW in Sachsen-Anhalt is a demand to cut off all aid to Ukraine, while the new Linke-Green-SPD coalition in Berlin is highlighting its plans to bring back free Sunday admission to museums.

Disorder, rioting, vandalism in Western Europe are in pretty much every realistic scenario of the first phases of a Russian war against Europe. It's fully in character for the Kremlin, it's relatively easy to arrange, and there's plenty of recent and proven precedent of Moscow using paid proxies.

And above all, you let life defeat you. All the gifts your parents gave you, all the love and patience of your friends, you drowned in a neurotoxin. You let misery win. And it will keep on winning till you die -- or overcome it.

Anyone need a genuinely *nice* story for this Wednesday? "Takahashi thought the lost barrel might be adrift somewhere on the Bering Sea by now. Or, he imagined an 'Alaskan bear wearing my down jacket or like, playing my flute...'"

Heartbreaking. The worst emperor you know made a good point.

As a historian, you want to go beyond individuals and look at the broader structural trends that produce political outcomes. But sometimes you have to conclude that some people are just particularly bad at politics.

#RecipeOfTheDay is the comforting Welsh fruited tea loaf, Bara Brith, to be eaten spread so generously with butter that the Danes would call it tandsmør, which is to say, butter spread thickly enough that you leave teeth marks in it after taking a bite! www.nigella.com/recipes/bara...

Bodies That Matter: the NHS.

new genders just dropped

Britain’s closest allies are in Europe. Anyone who doesn’t get this at this point is, wittingly or not, helping the enemy.

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then vibe-coded in rust.

Hegelians (like Rawls and Kuhn) vs anti-Hegelians (like Marx).

Forget Russia, Andy Burnham needs to weigh in on Right Wing Twinks.