2026-10-22T22:20:45Z https://nostr.now Alexander Karn https://nostr.now/npub1ndjdlm4durn66h2rjkdvkd00ruvgnl02w7fr4w3h7lp9u0uj0xxsr4vl5c https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/298/561/550/976/689/original/dccd712885ad09d1.jpeg https://files.mastodon.online/accounts/avatars/109/298/561/550/976/689/original/dccd712885ad09d1.jpeg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdx2dl4yws8m9mkh27yjaqzrfm6tljmw7qqvyz69ukrzrqgzza6rqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6veapwu Hot democracy take. <br/><br/>It’s interesting to note that three of the biggest countries by landmass—Russia, China, and USA—have now tipped decisively away from liberal democracy and universal rights. <br/><br/>It’s hard for democratic opposition movements to mobilize effectively and reach a critical mass when the population is dispersed so widely. <br/><br/>Easier to rally and defend democracy where there is population density and an unambiguous political epicenter. Flood the capital and the movement has legs. 2026-10-24T15:25:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvglwp3gjj0982csjhz5kl2m8ck6ffg3nmuk6geessjm8r29j7ztszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6s0wttg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszphll8ykr9n93px36v5u9hh866cy5zmueysz4n6hz00la58aaedcq9z6re'>nevent1q…z6re</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mass atrocity doesn’t happen overnight. There is a buildup and a phased assault. <br/><br/>In Germany, Jews were first subject to economic and professional attacks. After that they were legally and socially ostracized and relegated to sub-citizenry. <br/><br/>Finally, the violence became something physical. A systematic attack on Jewish bodies and lives. <br/><br/>2/ 2026-10-20T13:33:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszphll8ykr9n93px36v5u9hh866cy5zmueysz4n6hz00la58aaedczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6zv7j6m Today in my “War and Holocaust” class, we’ll start our discussion of Marion Kaplan’s Between Dignity and Despair. <br/><br/>Kaplan shows that the Holocaust was not a foregone conclusion when the NSDAP took power. <br/><br/>Rather, the Judeocide is the last stage in a process of radicalization. Jews encountered a “crescendo of violence” beginning in 1933, but there was also considerable ambiguity around the trajectory and potential/likely outcomes. <br/><br/>1/<br/><br/><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/between-dignity-and-despair-9780195130928">https://global.oup.com/academic/product/between-dignity-and-despair-9780195130928</a> 2026-10-20T13:30:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf28av2w5yvc42x442rkz7x9j6c5qsz8rp23uwdsr6nyepw60fprszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6eqp5gl From Jim Crow to Nuremberg to ICE: On the Origins and Afterlives of Nazi Race Law<br/><br/>One of the themes of the course I teach on &#34;War and Holocaust&#34; is the importance of interrogating the nationalist myths which still circulate in the historical discourse. In a recent class session, we discussed James Whitman&#39;s book, Hitler&#39;s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law (Princeton UP, 2017). Whitman teaches comparative and foreign law at Yale, and more…<br/><br/><a href="http://xankarn.net/2026/10/16/from-jim-crow-to-nuremberg-to-ice-on-the-origins-and-afterlives-of-nazi-race-law/">http://xankarn.net/2026/10/16/from-jim-crow-to-nuremberg-to-ice-on-the-origins-and-afterlives-of-nazi-race-law/</a> 2026-10-16T19:35:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst3u7hglwlcv6lutxuc92eeulyxc2fvw64nyygvemsu3t5kcyzv9szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6v6kky7 The MAGA stains on American democracy will never be rinsed out in my lifetime.<br/><br/>For however long I have--20 years, 30 years, a week, or a day--we will always be the country that did those things.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know how many can really accept this. 2026-10-16T16:57:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgaps4x98224uy4367jfkyv6caswuh9wyugvx7qwvtcdhxv0r26fczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6w42tal In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstd6hwvc4t2p5pqy2t3z3huuf3s2cpzxx5zk4sa89f4r0jh7tdrsgezaxtm'>nevent1q…axtm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be clear, when Trump threatens to revoke Ilhan Omar’s citizenship and when he asserts his authority to end birthright citizenship, he is seeking to take America back to the “blood purity” laws of yesteryear. This is the same program that the Nazis drew upon when they were formulating the Nuremberg laws. By purging/negating one group of citizens, he reinscribes the citizenship and asserts the supremacy of those who remain. <br/><br/>This is why we call them<br/>fascists. 2026-10-15T22:12:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswwn3wdtn9ctwsg66zepgelzkyjrwddzcxk49ts277gckgudz2fgczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc62lls7x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrz4gynf0txtqzg2a2rs6alan2262v4ctj6p7wz7hdxtuen5dyqrsqajpu4'>nevent1q…jpu4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Swoon. 2026-10-15T20:51:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstd6hwvc4t2p5pqy2t3z3huuf3s2cpzxx5zk4sa89f4r0jh7tdrsgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc69rh82s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr8u8mxrzvjwcyyqh5spfcgug6f22zf02g07zqmllr3gy9s4lta3saa3z80'>nevent1q…3z80</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a book (224 pps.) more Americans should look to if they want to understand where we are in 2026 and how we got here.<br/><br/>/end<br/><br/><a href="https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172422/hitlers-american-model?srsltid=AU7gw4XhmiXQFyOJxlGtRLXGDKdjU7rWxXZGUDQ61edux2WrxtctsVW9">https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172422/hitlers-american-model?srsltid=AU7gw4XhmiXQFyOJxlGtRLXGDKdjU7rWxXZGUDQ61edux2WrxtctsVW9</a> 2026-10-15T13:12:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8u8mxrzvjwcyyqh5spfcgug6f22zf02g07zqmllr3gy9s4lta3szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc60rpaye In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2u25knmhaetuwthsdhyv8h336ex4yht2k9q7sprj4vjyv0tzlxcmj5ngc'>nevent1q…5ngc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In Whitman&#39;s words:<br/><br/>&#34;The proposition that the Nazis drew inspiration from American race law in creating their own program of racial persecution is sure to seem distressing...But in the end it should really come as no great surprise to attentive readers of...history.&#34;<br/><br/>6/n 2026-10-15T13:10:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2u25knmhaetuwthsdhyv8h336ex4yht2k9q7sprj4vjyv0tzlxczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6ad8pem In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95m5ud6j3qee3we7ygtc5mkcxz47epu8kmqpsgzdzanwmlzcyhmqv9yvm9'>nevent1q…yvm9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cutten derided social security as a “degrading” tool for “parasitic paupers” and condemned modern medicine and philanthropy. Bemoaning the rise of multi-culturalism in the 1920s, Cutten said, “what this melting pot has accomplished is to permit persons of different races and intellectuality to marry and deteriorate our stock at an alarming rate.”<br/><br/>5/n 2026-10-15T13:09:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs95m5ud6j3qee3we7ygtc5mkcxz47epu8kmqpsgzdzanwmlzcyhmqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6gypysq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2q73nr3z7h65xsqglvmntfyx8dlaagqds2nkq4c23gc8r2kjqsnga7t47h'>nevent1q…t47h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nazi eugenics drew heavily on the work of American theorists, including George Cutten, who served as the president of my current institution from 1922-42.<br/><br/>Cutten, whose anti-immigration rhetoric is cited at the Immigration Museum on Ellis Island, said that Americans had made the word democracy into a fetish. &#34;The rule [in government],&#34; according to Cutten, &#34;must be aristocracy.” <br/><br/>4/n 2026-10-15T13:07:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2q73nr3z7h65xsqglvmntfyx8dlaagqds2nkq4c23gc8r2kjqsngzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6z5wz2q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswg09hw9fal8wrw2fe0n5lf9tuxufax753xgm466ccuffpg3z63pqzhjvje'>nevent1q…jvje</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Although Nazi Germany would end up declaring war on America, in the 1930s, the Americans were not seen as ideological enemies, but rather as a source of inspiration.<br/><br/>In Mein Kampf, Hitler cited the U.S. approvingly as the only great power to have made real &#34;progress&#34; on the question of race.<br/><br/>3/n 2026-10-15T13:03:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswg09hw9fal8wrw2fe0n5lf9tuxufax753xgm466ccuffpg3z63pqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6hwaw47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstgfzagty59gn0mx87p2djf5vvju6kz85e5sq75kjl75a6ughfcastvfqt2'>nevent1q…fqt2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Whitman&#39;s thesis: that the Nuremberg Laws (on citizenship and blood purity) in Germany drew from and were modeled on America races laws of the 1930s. Citing the Jim Crow laws in the U.S. south, one prominent Nazi lawyer, Roland Friesler, said:<br/><br/>&#34;This jurisprudence would suit us perfectly, with a single exception...the Jews are not reckoned among the coloreds.&#34;<br/><br/>2/n 2026-10-15T13:00:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstgfzagty59gn0mx87p2djf5vvju6kz85e5sq75kjl75a6ughfcaszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6fsxwvw Teaching James Whitman&#39;s book, Hitler&#39;s American Model, in my &#34;War and Holocaust&#34; class today.<br/><br/>In 1934, at a meeting of Nazi lawyers who were convened to translate Hitler&#39;s racial ideology into law, the was a lengthy discussion of American law. The most virulent racists at this meeting were the most vocal champions of the American model. This was during America&#39;s &#34;Jim Crow&#34; era (legal segregation), while lynchings and other acts of racial terror were soaring.<br/><br/>1/n 2026-10-15T12:57:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs92qr9akmnzj2whvckm69y5trksszg683sf8twzz6qslrt5fjuxwgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6klupne RE: <a href="https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/117438984033604801">https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/117438984033604801</a><br/><br/>One more bump for this thread. USAians, pls consider the letter and petition below.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1pf4sd96q06fp2r0ej78rumkhcpyy26dknrr8fl99wuz7a5y7u6xqnxtvz6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1pf4…tvz6</a></span><br/> </div> Watson, a decorated USAF major, knew he would be arrested. He bravely chose to speak out anyway. <br/><br/>His lawyer reports that he has been held in 24-hour solitary confinement since August. If true, that would meet the UN standards for torture. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/09/politics/video/ebof-chris-mutimer-air-force-major-jason-watson-trump-impeachment-court-martial">https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/09/politics/video/ebof-chris-mutimer-air-force-major-jason-watson-trump-impeachment-court-martial</a> </blockquote> 2026-10-14T22:00:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq56cxjaq8ays4phue0r37dmtuqjz9dxmf33n5ljjhwp0w6z0wdrqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6u5uuh4 Watson, a decorated USAF major, knew he would be arrested. He bravely chose to speak out anyway. <br/><br/>His lawyer reports that he has been held in 24-hour solitary confinement since August. If true, that would meet the UN standards for torture. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/09/politics/video/ebof-chris-mutimer-air-force-major-jason-watson-trump-impeachment-court-martial">https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/09/politics/video/ebof-chris-mutimer-air-force-major-jason-watson-trump-impeachment-court-martial</a> 2026-10-14T11:18:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvvr8wgzvk9espcmzgk4lufv3jkhnplzr3zklca3qtzkha7dznavszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6rkjnj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw3v9pqeupt2wnw8aynp9mwtcg3pu42chh4a2pz0u0a6r49yue7mcr95mhd'>nevent1q…5mhd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nice looking photo and nice<br/>looking place, but only as good as the people who take their seats there. <br/><br/>Vote out the liars, the grifters, and the moral blanks. 2026-10-13T18:35:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9x3yhlyy6s2r4n9m3ce5uxuwzayx38qt37pm7w86x50fvlzkkn5czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6vpggrv Genocide and large-scale human rights infringements unfold at the end of a chain intellectual judgments and political interventions. <br/><br/>The act must first become conceivable. <br/><br/>Conceivable must be made reasonable. <br/><br/>Reasonable must be coded as justifiable. <br/><br/>Justifiable is then made lawful. <br/><br/>Not everyone will move down the chain, but when enough do and those in power want it, it’s a sure recipe for barbarism. 2026-10-09T14:38:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfy2z5v8y3wdnttgcdf9gm204d2l524v5w6eqjj4ez2t7vl4z5kzqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6p06en3 Artist is Shaun Slifer.<br/><br/>I&#39;m glad I get to look at this print every day I&#39;m on the office. As long as autocrats keep trying to force simple and sanitized history down our throats, this will remain a mantra. <br/><br/>#history #histodons<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/389/032/797/859/773/original/c9ba33191983e554.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-10-05T15:38:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsycehf46jr3gxk5xxq98ukqrkujfrhw5vyjpha7fqx7lhc8jp2hgczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6tykwmg When you take MAGA’s “mass deportation now” program and the ICE policies it has engendered together with the rabid attacks on transgender people and civil rights, it’s clear that the far right now embraces an eliminationist ideology. <br/><br/>MAGA doesn’t have rivals. They have enemies whose right to exist they seek to negate. <br/><br/>They can’t abide difference. They can’t tolerate democracy. It’s a movement that rejects all notions of co-existence. Law is merely a speedbump, never a permanent obstacle. 2026-10-02T14:38:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9a78mn6gaz7mlndrlyv7xmda5wzas4lwpye4cuqmxjjpss8emy4gzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6qxs0pz RE: <a href="https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/117361574325196402">https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/117361574325196402</a><br/><br/>Dracula wants villagers to stop being afraid of vampires.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1p9ysrc00zllculv7lf05eug67ycap093qjgmyztzl7dfa6ku0h6suc280z" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1p9y…280z</a></span><br/> </div> Yep, big tech never does anything except what's in all our interests. Silly of me to forget that.<br/><br/>“The world is changing quickly,” Mr. Zepp continued. “Technology is enabling that change, and it’s in all our interests, I think, from a societal perspective, for that story to be told accurately, authentically.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/business/media/google-hollywood-krya-sedgwick.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFE.ShW8.TLfwqDzZDRjm&smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/business/media/google-hollywood-krya-sedgwick.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFE.ShW8.TLfwqDzZDRjm&smid=url-share</a> </blockquote> 2026-10-01T13:25:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqjjgpu8h30luw0k005h6v7yd0zvwshjcsfydjp930lx57atw8magzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6v9tf0y Yep, big tech never does anything except what&#39;s in all our interests. Silly of me to forget that.<br/><br/>“The world is changing quickly,” Mr. Zepp continued. “Technology is enabling that change, and it’s in all our interests, I think, from a societal perspective, for that story to be told accurately, authentically.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/business/media/google-hollywood-krya-sedgwick.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFE.ShW8.TLfwqDzZDRjm&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/business/media/google-hollywood-krya-sedgwick.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FFE.ShW8.TLfwqDzZDRjm&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2026-09-30T19:11:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr5kp9ssjqp2j9dy5j9fs3t5dlrhcj6cmwycv8ew7jc600jtde30czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6dzm0vj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhq460y7w87mkjpakc37vwxng2yhdqt7kl9a8cnh36hyx3f79y2sfqy0qh'>nevent1q…y0qh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is it elitism if I want adults to read at adult levels? That&#39;s what MAGA likes to say on behalf of &#34;Joe six pack.&#34;<br/><br/>But that kind of pseudo-populism shouldn&#39;t fool anyone.<br/><br/>Advocates for education (and higher education) are not elitists. They want ordinary people to be fully equipped for democratic citizenship and participation. <br/><br/>It&#39;s people power or billionaire power.<br/><br/>I know what I&#39;m choosing. 2026-09-30T14:28:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqhq460y7w87mkjpakc37vwxng2yhdqt7kl9a8cnh36hyx3f79y2szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc68lhy60 RE: <a href="https://mastodon.world/@maddad/117354936396461454">https://mastodon.world/@maddad/117354936396461454</a><br/><br/>When Trump says he loves the uneducated, this is what he means. GOP have gutted ed spending and support specifically for the purpose of stymying learning and crippling critical discourse.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1z7rtu79kqh7zh2yr66wh2clvx6nsv5gx3t02ke02tn5l4hxcd9xsad7g24" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1z7r…7g24</a></span><br/> </div> More than half of American adults read below a sixth-grade level, a record high number that experts call a “silent crisis” affecting the economy, health care and communities nationwide.<br/><br/>About 54 percent of Americans ages 16 to 74 read at or below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level – around the age 11 or 12 – according to data cited by the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. That amounts to around 130 million people.<br/><br/>Wow, I thought #tRump was the only one.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/american-adult-reading-literacy-rates-b3058243.html">https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/american-adult-reading-literacy-rates-b3058243.html</a> </blockquote> 2026-09-30T13:57:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp2wlv0tjxcs3ugqg50rsr8na4e97sufzvhhn5xrc5t0cqf7k9dpqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6gx8qk0 #Midterms coming. #NoKings. No lies. No conmen. <br/><br/>Democracy requires us to live in truth.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/359/896/351/109/493/original/f261e5cb81d727b7.png"> <br/> 2026-09-30T12:05:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswmdd3xgw526p3ptvjchn0aa7v89crhazlt600mqa5zpuffdrwhxczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc62jmx5n #Fascism lives w/in liberal #democracy and #capitalism. It is a political pathogen that floats freely, thanks to the freedoms and liberties extended to citizens under democratic rule. <br/><br/>The pathogen exists in a dormant state, or it begins to replicate, depending on political, cultural, and economic conditions. Democracy never defeats fascism, it only manages (in the best cases) to suppress fascism.<br/><br/>The question &#34;Is this fascism?&#34; should really be &#34;What stage of fascism is this?&#34; 2026-09-29T13:36:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsry06tlufm4v3w8s8s22h4v6ke8unvquya57yeffvkg8gy06hsw8qzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6e989h3 Trump’s attempt to make AI more palatable by rebranding it as “superior intelligence” or “supreme intelligence” gives us a good window into his fascist mentality. <br/><br/>The world, for Trump, is based on hierarchy. Equality and the projects based on it (eg, democracy) are unnatural and suspect. <br/><br/>The world is divided into winners and losers. <br/><br/>Superior intelligence connotes “inferior” intelligence. <br/><br/>True Americans and sub-citizens. <br/><br/>A pathway back to gleeful barbarism. 2026-09-24T10:54:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv9zhu96vs02leul6uwy7hxskkf8vmkuy9956mhnm03lqc2vra5cszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6c6rtny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqdyulterlftr2lhwz5mxzmuyfzj43ul0gl0mf8yhp2z6akxfzgvg7r07un'>nevent1q…07un</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was talking with some friends about the event, including a few who went after Obama for his liberal centrism and his pitch to voters that they should focus on constructive participation rather than anger. <br/><br/>One friend asked (in essence) what about individuals who have been told/shown repeatedly that their citizenship and humanity aren&#39;t fully recognized? Why shouldn&#39;t they be furious? And why should they &#34;do the work&#34; when there is a whole system that has been maintained to negate their input? 2026-09-21T19:37:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqdyulterlftr2lhwz5mxzmuyfzj43ul0gl0mf8yhp2z6akxfzgvgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6z0flsx Followers might know that I got to hear Obama at a university event last Friday. We have a &#34;global leaders&#34; lecture series that brings in A-listers to campus once or twice a year.<br/><br/>If you&#39;re interested, you can see a recording here:<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/mgfO4nnPL3Y?si=xfBwOEv2grBBYTX4">https://youtu.be/mgfO4nnPL3Y?si=xfBwOEv2grBBYTX4</a> 2026-09-21T19:31:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxrw4fpumlm9hkmllv55lcg2sqummmqp3z7v4tyasj45wrp25y9sgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6245pqd Between 1933 and 1939, the Nazi Party never allowed Germans to forget that they were in charge.<br/><br/>They made constant proclamations, and they put themselves in the public eye whenever they could. They &#34;flooded the zone&#34; so that media would have to scramble to keep up and as a way of crowding out anything else that might compete for attention. <br/><br/>Unless the party decided something was a &#34;problem&#34; worthy of its attention, it would be relegated to the margins, to the point of becoming invisible. 2026-09-20T18:33:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd2jaf3yn76wjaeeasw96nsk54hl7f9jv08q5jx2muehetd4p8vrczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6mzslu2 View of my workplace. Some BS, like any job, but load of great opportunities, colleagues, and learners. I’m fortunate to have spent the last twenty years here.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/293/991/587/073/244/original/de2b1ae119928b9b.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-09-18T20:44:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsffpaalrj3pdkmfeq0rvmxljx7gzsxjdj7uvyntzg32fy72tnzldgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6xd7l9h “behavior”<br/><br/>The dangers of AI have no more to do with “behavior” than the dangers associated with grain threshers and table saws. They function and malfunction, but they don’t behave. But I guess if you’re prepared to call these LLMs “intelligence,” then you’re already halfway around the bend. <br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d">https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d</a> 2026-09-17T10:25:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyxa23wc5zfvevywnk8ydqdcdgame0ncg6yyqz588u6zpdm3yeg0qzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc63sdwqe Today. Tomorrow. Forever.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/117/230/956/652/620/754/original/1c29e4502e4ca0dd.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-09-07T17:34:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5kavxzej4pzvk88cpr7fmxvyc92up0rlq09aqk2yhhf8qj4rj8czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6ykyl6h Sex is great, but have you ever tried deposing an autocrat?<br/><br/>#uspol #democracy #elections 2026-08-28T18:21:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9vdykxgp67mu7u9wgd8vyavendyj977vd3mssyur6d7x04860u3szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6j5s25v The shenanigans surrounding the upcoming midterm election have reached a critical point. The MOST fundamental democratic right is being trampled in the full light of day. USPS cleared to withhold mail in ballots from qualified voters. TX purging 1 million voters from its rolls to tip the scales. FL. MS. SD. UT. All advancing their own versions of the “Save America” Act. #uspol #democracy #elections <br/><br/><a href="https://time.com/article/2026/04/03/voting-restrictions-citizenship-proof-state-laws-ballot-measures-trump-save-act/">https://time.com/article/2026/04/03/voting-restrictions-citizenship-proof-state-laws-ballot-measures-trump-save-act/</a> 2026-08-27T20:44:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9yn4ufn8lvw3axy5m7nyrsra79yxcgvpn976mhhzte3r9xh5trpszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6j7eny7 Reposting every Monday until, for some reason, I can’t. <br/><br/>Not shocked<br/>Not awed. <br/>Not caving.<br/>Not scared. <br/>Not blinking. <br/>Not packing it in. <br/>Not coming to heel. <br/>Not building bridges. <br/>Not extending grace. <br/>Not asking permission. <br/>Not accepting the lies. <br/>Not quitting. <br/>Ever. <br/><br/>#RMOL 2026-08-24T15:58:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrzgvy3uh0zxp2jef62hv9jzvsyvrg4wcwe4r3d866gs25hdld0eqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6wqgqcf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst7vytnm6u9dqdtu6whnvk53wjv56tnwmdg4c62cw9j500c0z4v0cka522z'>nevent1q…522z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“As a measured step toward de-escalation, I am going to deliver a painful and potentially deadly electrical shock to your flesh in order to secure your immediate compliance with my inhumane, error-riddled program.”<br/><br/>Coming to America. 2026-08-13T19:22:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst7vytnm6u9dqdtu6whnvk53wjv56tnwmdg4c62cw9j500c0z4v0czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc637dn7g ICE says that officers in the field can use these electrical shock gloves as a tool for “de-escalation.” <br/><br/>Authoritarianism does remarkable things to language (and therefore thought). <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/ice-gloves-shock.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/us/politics/ice-gloves-shock.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> 2026-08-13T16:59:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfdntnhw4tucjvcuh8rm2z6aca5tdvgns5ugdeprqp5jc7kut60hgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6lmlyfw Dumb story, barely worth mentioning, EXCEPT:<br/><br/>This is how narcissists and historical ignoramuses see things.<br/><br/>Without me, you won&#39;t have a country.<br/>Without him, you won&#39;t have FIFA.<br/><br/>The leader is irreplaceable. Irrefutable. Time and progress come to an abrupt halt unless his power is absolute.<br/><br/>But one day we&#39;ll wake up without both of these men, and one day the world will wake up without us. We&#39;re all belong to one big thing, even if some believe they stand apart. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49579404/trump-warns-soccer-federations-replacing-fifa-president-infantino">https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49579404/trump-warns-soccer-federations-replacing-fifa-president-infantino</a> 2026-08-11T13:55:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstgak8nplej753hzk2d9hsjj9j26g5ncquxvhpankr9w6uaf84vzgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6tf27lh For as long as I’ve been alive, progressives have been asked (told) to fall in line following primary outcomes that favored centrists/moderates. <br/><br/>Now the same people complain that progressives are undermining the party by (checks notes) winning elections. <br/><br/>#uspol 2026-08-07T00:10:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg6jdmmk5dgrnj0v9dndhdn8zzpmukezeemazpf09tc9h52ysgclszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6lewpxn Soviet style show trial being conducted in the U.S. Senate today. These calls for self-flagellation were also seen during China’s Cultural Revolution. <br/><br/><a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/bernie-moreno-goes-off-on-fauci-during-senate-covid-hearing/">https://nypost.com/2026/07/29/us-news/bernie-moreno-goes-off-on-fauci-during-senate-covid-hearing/</a> 2026-07-29T18:00:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgayvd5k56lsmdzlev79wttly8jqxjsdqwef24l7x8vjc792ph3dqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc655tjas Guy who invited Russia to drop oppo on Hillary Clinton and begged Ukraine to smear Biden(s) now says he needs full control of election process to ensure secure outcomes. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-putin-no-relationship-226282">https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/trump-putin-no-relationship-226282</a> 2026-07-17T11:34:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqza46u3c7updjx882ln0s5ulnumfekqpm9fqnxjux6cf7pwjt3dgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6acufjk We’re more than 10 years into this disaster, and NYT analysis still stuck at the most basic level of insight. Thinking people understood this moments after he came down the fake gold escalator. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/us/politics/trump-georgia-doubt-election-integrity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/us/politics/trump-georgia-doubt-election-integrity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> 2026-07-04T08:40:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0w0mkdxnhlg8sxnrtgh35c7l4edgftz2nj5u9cgme88drwyfg4qzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6t3cqu9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyjf3dfhxy9suuexhnurhjnhduxqpcmzaxyu6n8ar0gzsqyyz74nqpnll4z'>nevent1q…ll4z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Continuing with Norwegian church theme. A quick stop in Borgund. #Norway<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/857/181/234/357/172/original/f2620c1716d21506.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-07-03T17:18:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyjf3dfhxy9suuexhnurhjnhduxqpcmzaxyu6n8ar0gzsqyyz74nqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6nd2g4w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstmz52wns0hdhx6n5l30wm9ks9yq07h506hj2nwfnlgkm69z6kheq5sl0zg'>nevent1q…l0zg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Another church scene from Undredal. Active congregation since 1147. #Norway<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/852/096/576/739/846/original/a7c16bfac128d936.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-07-02T19:44:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstmz52wns0hdhx6n5l30wm9ks9yq07h506hj2nwfnlgkm69z6kheqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6dy2xwt Quiet, rainy moment in Flåm churchyard. #Norway<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/851/339/622/121/182/original/2635899ea9194802.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-07-02T16:32:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0k22trpjhl5zh42sskter5n2y0ryzh0cl7jplzufug2tv7mlpmqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6xdy0ur RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116849161839776000">https://mastodon.social/@randahl/116849161839776000</a><br/><br/>It takes no small amount of courage and sacrifice to live in truth.<br/><br/>Watch the speech (10 mins.) as we head into the Independence Day observance.<br/><br/>#JasonWatson #uspol #democracy #resistance<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1s65j4pdvc5c2grypsj9cg7v5e2eswzma26m84vddqjaxetmllw5qfetjcz" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1s65…tjcz</a></span><br/> </div> "The President and Vice President must be impeached, convicted, and removed."<br/><br/>On June 1, active duty air force Major Jason Watson held a powerful speech in Washington D.C. calling for the removal of Trump and JD Vance.<br/><br/>He then walked up the stairs and held a protest sign before being arrested by capitol police.<br/><br/>Full speech:<br/><a href="https://youtu.be/k2-AyA3SLEs?si=4UsTpY1J9IFFgBDM">https://youtu.be/k2-AyA3SLEs?si=4UsTpY1J9IFFgBDM</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/849/161/590/463/841/original/621b6b92207433e5.jpeg"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-07-02T07:43:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvwtp9e7jqvh9eg9wf9whx4xmsf57q3hjj25rhpcf8fy8dmhw06pgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6a8ezz4 Won&#39;t sign off on popular bi-partisan housing affordability measure until Congress acts on his election rigging bill.<br/><br/>Go, Mr. President! Show Americans EXACTLY what you&#39;re made of.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/politics/live-news/trump-capitol-hill-republicans">https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/politics/live-news/trump-capitol-hill-republicans</a> 2026-06-24T18:33:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9pshgj3t5jxcvqhk3kw5g53l39ln467smn6gehndc6zdyxmkk7mszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6r7pjc3 RE: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/116765668088540260">https://kolektiva.social/@DoomsdaysCW/116765668088540260</a><br/><br/>Love her writing. <br/><br/>“The painful event was an almost too-perfect symbol of the larger problem infecting Trump’s White House: it’s run by men obsessed with looking tough, but who are, in actuality, weak and incompetent. The more they fail, the more they grasp for these theatrical but ineffectual displays of masculine preening, hoping that the public mistakes loud and violent displays for strength.“<br/>nostr:note160y4eu0xn994nxrylpfcqvvqkafv5r8gntxkltt6x7xa4fgqf4rqw9azx4<br/> 2026-06-17T13:29:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9nm0nvhhlat9fjln97cqn9k2m8puh4mjtaadnzwcn9qnjrxd3qfqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6q900m5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswg57dw0tm5lxk68vpq5d4ehak20q3e3vrctukqddfy2nldqmdt5ctzrzrl'>nevent1q…rzrl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sounds fab. Happy B Day. 2026-05-30T22:32:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8pp35xrfuj95l704mvffqpc4g4qnphc2c30ac5uu7uahktswm5tgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc68srx2g If, like me, you watched the excellent W.E.B. Du Bois biopic which is out this month on PBS and you wondered about access<br/>to The Crisis, the magazine he founded and edited for the NAACP, there’s a digital archive (1910-2020) available via ProQuest. <br/><br/><a href="https://naacp.org/articles/naacps-historic-magazine-crisis-digital-archives-now-available-online-proquest">https://naacp.org/articles/naacps-historic-magazine-crisis-digital-archives-now-available-online-proquest</a> 2026-05-22T13:29:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqzusf0ze6qste3er5yy6a7wzy7erps4jh9ymh9vjjhxf53zte04szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6h4vcw5 Party of limited government now zombie walks behind guy who says the only check on his power is his own conscience. Since 2019 he has asserted “the right to do anything I want” under Article 2 of the Constitution. SCOTUS happy to assist. <br/><br/>But don’t worry. He’s not a king and this is still a democracy. <br/><br/>Back to the Met Gala, the new season of whatever, and all the grinding pressures of late capitalism. <br/><br/>Hump day!! 2026-05-06T12:34:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx8zx57s4g52lytuf6h0r7lcw2g0xhykkc5jzqwx0takm2cxuaqhszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6uypx5l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqexsjqs5ycvxyfj7gams4gsjtctmspt9x45mhl73npfyd34sd6saq294e'>nevent1q…294e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Incoming. Man your stations. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.KoeD.ez530bsORo13&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-studies.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gFA.KoeD.ez530bsORo13&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> 2026-05-05T22:04:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqexsjqs5ycvxyfj7gams4gsjtctmspt9x45mhl73npfyd34sd6szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6yszxlq RE: <a href="https://flipboard.com/@npr/politics-v8m4p3ukz/-/a-Qfl_g-pNTiyTdYuUw2PjUw%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0">https://flipboard.com/@npr/politics-v8m4p3ukz/-/a-Qfl_g-pNTiyTdYuUw2PjUw%3Aa%3A3195441-%2F0</a><br/><br/>Today in the MAGA war on fact-based America.<br/>nostr:note1egw9zaf99r66yj306qnl66sshu2fk5k5ed2pt56hx7jd7k39tf3qdp4r89<br/> 2026-05-05T21:39:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvdyvflx56qg8a2zqf68sr34kr3krt8z8kjkpdn6g0cl0xfqzs0nszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6mdhsaz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstrvzvwyzgx0a6fkfhl7u6thajh3d7cxgqdujgfry98gm5dg5ccpsuvrngf'>nevent1q…rngf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In America 1, EQUALITY is a guiding light, a shared project.<br/><br/>In America 2, EQUALITY is a rhetorical device used to negate the realities of inequality. 2026-05-05T18:54:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstrvzvwyzgx0a6fkfhl7u6thajh3d7cxgqdujgfry98gm5dg5ccpszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6zl55gn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx4x8jyj8w4v2pu5mrw8yed7236gh207zge8qdqz4nzymmz5pf3gqq328gl'>nevent1q…28gl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the second version of America, the starting point is also refuted, and that&#39;s the whole game.<br/><br/>America 2:<br/><br/>ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.<br/><br/>I know they&#39;re not, and I&#39;m not interested in their BEING equal. I am only interested in SAYING they are equal as a tactic to prevent and forestall what is required to MAKE them so. <br/><br/>con&#39;t 2026-05-05T18:53:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx4x8jyj8w4v2pu5mrw8yed7236gh207zge8qdqz4nzymmz5pf3gqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6utqwgd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0dh3cel42ul60c6rrqeyewc6z7qzk6tml3f6arauz6yafxgg8dhgqzylrx'>nevent1q…ylrx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the first version of America, the starting point is quickly refuted, and then things turn to the work of making it true.<br/><br/>America 1:<br/><br/>ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.<br/><br/>I know they&#39;re not, but what if they were? How might we do that? How can we make America the thing it was born to be, but never has been?<br/><br/>con&#39;t 2026-05-05T18:50:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0dh3cel42ul60c6rrqeyewc6z7qzk6tml3f6arauz6yafxgg8dhgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6x7sclz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvyazjw7w4t4fn29pj672s73q55kcw60cgjdxxusyc6nxtu4njfq9pmnl8'>nevent1q…mnl8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good points being made in the replies:<br/><br/>We&#39;ve reached the place where two versions of America are pressed face to face, and something has to give.<br/><br/>Both of these America&#39;s start from the same exact place:<br/><br/>ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL<br/><br/>con&#39;t 2026-05-05T18:47:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdvyazjw7w4t4fn29pj672s73q55kcw60cgjdxxusyc6nxtu4njfqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6ya8ver You just wish MAGA would speak honestly about their project and vision:<br/><br/>&#34;We don&#39;t believe in equality. We never really did. The strong must rule the weak. It&#39;s not just our right, but our duty.&#34;<br/><br/>Then, at least, we would have an honest politics, and not all the insulting double-speak. 2026-05-05T15:42:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs29l0e4rqfzrhe7q02ct2ummn7urelgu0vfgh8rns7ux88vj20mggzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6uy9ucj They sacked the Capitol and brought the Confederate flag, but racism poses no threat to democracy in America, so there’s no cause for concern, according to Roberts et al. <br/><br/>#uspol #voting #SCOTUS #democracy<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/495/693/544/352/245/original/465bde9f10582f0c.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-04-30T21:06:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspnrxhu2rznxqepuafmz3unmnpsetydjze0red95hdkyveg9nk92czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6n9xlr8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0e4h9gmfnlx6yexzmpw7v0c37xpm4zufxtrssev84rq0mce97d7sexvnz3'>nevent1q…vnz3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Old ways die unlamented.”<br/><br/>—Eugen Weber 2026-04-29T20:53:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszyhv697f0eps5ur5z8qfpv2j4mkmrqqqd8203exnmc45ccjr29ggzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6jja2sd RE: <a href="https://flipboard.com/@scimag/news-from-science-dgvs7ea7z/-/a-w1XCnGh5SY2WxkYQRcpUOg%3Aa%3A2427788627-%2F0">https://flipboard.com/@scimag/news-from-science-dgvs7ea7z/-/a-w1XCnGh5SY2WxkYQRcpUOg%3Aa%3A2427788627-%2F0</a><br/><br/>Never before has the president of the United States cowered in the face of the truth to this extent. <br/><br/>Worse than merely a liar, he’s a weakling.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1g2k6v72p3f4jn6ll8frz9pgvk7gkd7skk62gm3w72suchxlfy44sn6fsj5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1g2k…fsj5</a></span><br/> </div> Trump fires all 24 members of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s governing body<br/>[<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub">https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</a> ](<a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub">https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-fires-nsf-s-oversight-board?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub</a> )<br/><br/>Posted into News from Science [@news-from-science-SciMag](<a href="https://flipboard.com/@scimag/news-from-science-dgvs7ea7z">https://flipboard.com/@scimag/news-from-science-dgvs7ea7z</a> ) </blockquote> 2026-04-25T23:10:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0up09gv3es5l3xd4gffpadr7tn8uhhshujxvjxuz23g6rzn5caygzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6xnxy0x RE: <a href="https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/116448149001409888">https://mastodon.online/@xankarn/116448149001409888</a><br/><br/>This turned into a 🧵 on the meaning of resistance and staving off discouragement in the face of ongoing politcal corruption and goon-ery.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1kflds3xuud6aqd343mg80qgrlut9zy3p9s2s6w2207dfd05lw0tsc824ks" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1kfl…24ks</a></span><br/> </div> Jamelle Bouie in the NYT today, writing about the staggering scale of corruption in the current Trump admin. DJT and family have pocketed $4 billion since Jan. 2025. <br/><br/>When GOP voters and officials rolled over and backed a candidate who openly trashed the emoluments clauses, they wrote the script for this. <br/><br/>When Trump said he could openly shoot someone on 5th Ave and waltz away (2016), this is what he meant. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/emoluments-clauses-explained">https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/emoluments-clauses-explained</a> </blockquote> 2026-04-22T17:07:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstylkcgnwwxawsxc6ca5rhsypl79j3zgsjc9gd8998lx5kh60h84czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6h5y5z9 Jamelle Bouie in the NYT today, writing about the staggering scale of corruption in the current Trump admin. DJT and family have pocketed $4 billion since Jan. 2025. <br/><br/>When GOP voters and officials rolled over and backed a candidate who openly trashed the emoluments clauses, they wrote the script for this. <br/><br/>When Trump said he could openly shoot someone on 5th Ave and waltz away (2016), this is what he meant. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/emoluments-clauses-explained">https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/emoluments-clauses-explained</a> 2026-04-22T11:35:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsynnd3cxvlpxcjuv2qtmqsj43n2wsykvytrh7rklywp53pelxkx6czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc65kqh27 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrs2tdj282pjjukf8ht8gg8q3w0a66qwpevyrv8xsujjg898s2xlqlv055s'>nevent1q…055s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>GOP: We are the party of responsible financial stewardship and fiscal conservatism.<br/><br/>Also GOP: How much will the war cost? I don&#39;t even want to guess. Eleventy trillion? Blah-bity billion and seven? It&#39;s not really for me to say, mate. 2026-04-16T19:26:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqpece9wnpkefxvj68mvuv0njgpy78huvctmpnw0vdv8uw88l995gzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6mmc4xy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrs2tdj282pjjukf8ht8gg8q3w0a66qwpevyrv8xsujjg898s2xlqlv055s'>nevent1q…055s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mr. Vought, you&#39;re not prepared to give us an estimate on the costs of the war at this time.<br/><br/>Is that because you don&#39;t wish to divulge the truth or because you came to Capitol Hill unprepared to do your job for the American people?<br/><br/>Which is it, sir?<br/><br/>Unwilling or unprepared? Dishonest or incompetent? 2026-04-16T17:26:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrs2tdj282pjjukf8ht8gg8q3w0a66qwpevyrv8xsujjg898s2xlqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6zkhe0d Oversight?<br/><br/>No, thank you.<br/><br/>&#34;Pressed at one point to supply even a general range of the cost, Mr. Vought told lawmakers, &#39;I’m not going to give you a range because I don’t want to be inaccurate.&#39;&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/world/middleeast/iran-war-cost-congress.html?searchResultPosition=2">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/world/middleeast/iran-war-cost-congress.html?searchResultPosition=2</a> 2026-04-16T17:19:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswqk7q0k4rkdu3zj6ghjxgy4rj4533kccpynxr0tcahrhetghxkwgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6cjgw84 Trump thinks Pope Leo should be more awed by recent U.S. stock market gains. <br/><br/>Has there ever been a president so unable to fathom a world beyond nationality and materiality? <br/><br/>The blue dot photos captured by Artemis? What does he think he’s looking at, beyond “real estate?”<br/><br/>This is why I call him a moral blank. There is nothing in the universe for him, except what shows on a financial ledger. 2026-04-13T15:40:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2vg3z0qarp05f7260qk4trfcwnfkcu47893gnx7yvunneg0e5vqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6904r83 No bastard is forever. #Hungary #democracy 2026-04-12T20:25:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswa3kww7j5qyk6ndq6299ty92zk4w78wsj9sgtaw96rgetat36rugzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc62hg9uv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswu43g94r5z2qskc5fl4q8zwnpm4n564vnssjfyj50z9nhckyzjrsp7k5ky'>nevent1q…k5ky</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The unreality machine continues whirring. Ill fares the land. <br/><br/> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/climate/climate-change-deniers-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/climate/climate-change-deniers-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> 2026-04-09T10:44:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvldsp7x6xag2cqqe2p3nnkjzzt8vdu7d270e92fmkzuhmgm24elszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6hv9hdf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfqqed3wthlmxhvz42l4jmge06ms7v8vftchhsjhgxmg7v3spv2ccd95cfa'>nevent1q…5cfa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some will argue that Trump’s rhetoric merely reveals who we have been all along. Trump is America without its hypocritical mask, etc. <br/><br/>Pushed by Bill O’Reilly to explain his cordial relationship with Putin, Trump responded, “You think our country is so innocent?”<br/><br/>The US has never been innocent. <br/><br/>2/<br/><br/><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXsYuJIGTg&amp;ra=m">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tZXsYuJIGTg&amp;ra=m</a> 2026-04-08T15:39:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfqqed3wthlmxhvz42l4jmge06ms7v8vftchhsjhgxmg7v3spv2cczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6872vgd Trump will use the cease fire and the reopening of the Strait to highlight the brilliance of his negotiating skills. Only I can fix it, etc. <br/><br/>But the bell can’t be unrung, and his recent statements take us into new territory. The US is (again) a country that openly threatens war crimes and uses the specter of genocide to advance its interests. <br/><br/>We shouldn’t be disingenuous. US history has had its genocidal aspects. George Washington and others espoused and accepted it. <br/><br/>1/ 2026-04-08T15:33:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswu43g94r5z2qskc5fl4q8zwnpm4n564vnssjfyj50z9nhckyzjrszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6ft4kt4 Trump wants lunar mining and space force supremacy, but also platforms anti-vax nonsense and embraces climate change denialism. <br/><br/>But science doesn’t come à la carte. It’s all apiece. <br/><br/>A republic divided (between empiricism and bunkum) cannot stand. 2026-04-07T16:57:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx8vruntqgrx7es3nfvgaas89ch8ej2nptypmadg6v0fdynx8halszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc69da7gr Hearing Stephen Miller use the word “civilization” makes me nauseous. <br/><br/>Every college instructor knows this kid. Hyped up on a few pages of Nietzsche. Ayn Rand in his backpack. <br/><br/>Carrying a load of high school grievances. Intoxicated by thoughts of revenge, delusions of grandeur. <br/><br/>Unbearable to all but a few. Parents thrilled to have him out of the house. 2026-04-05T13:56:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyumdnscchtmvk4z2kea2hs5pvpwcanx7f8q3v5wmjg9wtz4tgahqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6pxtzyt Every day is a new low.<br/><br/>“We didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise,” he said. “Who knows better about surprise than Japan, OK? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor, OK? Right?”<br/><br/>There was some laughter from the officials and journalists gathered in the room. “You believe in surprise, I think, much more so than us,” he added.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/257/617/206/156/021/original/f5431dbd0e5605ce.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-19T20:01:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxj0u2786qn8u2rkdlmy35ux7fn584z9slkjfvx5qmj209uqsr3kczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6zx4m9d Under Bill Clinton, the U.S. government produced budget surpluses from 1998 to 2001. <br/><br/>No administration has avoided budget deficits since that time.<br/><br/>GWB took the 2001 surplus and turned it into a -9.8% deficit by 2009.<br/><br/>Obama and Biden reduced the deficit without reversing it.<br/><br/>In his first term, DJT exploded the deficit from -3.8% to -16.7%<br/><br/><a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/federal-budget-receipts-and-outlays">https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/federal-budget-receipts-and-outlays</a> 2026-03-19T17:51:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88d3h7fhsgly86jzx03sxdpgh62tsnp3ldg3u8rf9qxpf2ff7s2szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc64rffk0 Guy who trashed NATO alliance and threatened Denmark/Greenland with invasion comes crawling back.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/233/452/655/771/424/original/053739829383953b.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-15T13:35:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf25zyhz22rvumwl2wzne0uu6uepeukr4hkqej93nrarwywkw5r7szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6y4ct0a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthsw2jjqlw2nrscgfq0ht9hc7hgv7ehe75fvqyqljyscpx2kgctqp8w8re'>nevent1q…w8re</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sam Altman thinks intelligence is whatever saves time. <br/><br/>Whatever cuts down on effort. <br/><br/>Whatever generates profit.<br/><br/>Sam Altman and the company he runs can’t do shit for me. 2026-03-12T19:15:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsthsw2jjqlw2nrscgfq0ht9hc7hgv7ehe75fvqyqljyscpx2kgctqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc65fsp7r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkjad7jhwzar96x40662y6wyfsatxxd6u9fulhygdvq4y9luyu7sxv28fg'>nevent1q…28fg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good way to head into the spring recess. <br/><br/>We’re still in this. Not dead yet. Etc. <br/><br/>Happy Thursday, friends. 2026-03-12T19:03:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvkjad7jhwzar96x40662y6wyfsatxxd6u9fulhygdvq4y9luyu7szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6ss370m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrkulrwutvn6drmgtfga5dvg7deacvvc4tfajchxw64t5zcjdslxqmr0s5x'>nevent1q…0s5x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think this statement is a true testament to how AI companies are working towards a future where people are reliant on AI because they have cultivated a world which devalues and disincentivizes critical thinking. I wanted to let you know there are not many days which I don&#39;t think about our class, especially as I bear witness to yet another senseless war, the rise of authoritarianism in America, and AI-induced slackening. 2026-03-12T19:02:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrkulrwutvn6drmgtfga5dvg7deacvvc4tfajchxw64t5zcjdslxqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6c9ylw0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkhx0wu3xurfcs9tqfe4x46p34zz8ll7hye7rxey9gn7vz92au3c94fvmp'>nevent1q…fvmp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hi Professor Karn,<br/><br/>I just saw this quote from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter,” and it evoked similar thoughts and feelings out of me as reading the end of Civilization and Its Discontents, Lyotard, and just about every other text we discussed in class last semester… 2026-03-12T19:01:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvkhx0wu3xurfcs9tqfe4x46p34zz8ll7hye7rxey9gn7vz92au3czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc65vdzez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd8fa8crwyvj03wykn4yn2dancwx0jaqzfs982jc4gdaeqhammvdc0dznsx'>nevent1q…znsx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Would likely have missed this garbage from Altman, if I hadn’t received a nice email from a former student. <br/><br/>I’m fortunate to work with young people who still wrestle with the world in this way…<br/><br/>👇 2026-03-12T19:01:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqnu73mlz8gkp4t3pe6q9aaml5zyuxs062y6p7xw0kfhap04yck4czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc649hzlx I get a fair amount of shit from people who dislike the media sources I link to.<br/><br/>That&#39;s fine, and I&#39;m happy to hear your media critiques.<br/><br/>You don&#39;t necessarily have to click the links I provide; I just like to cite sources, so you&#39;ll know I don&#39;t make stuff up. 2026-03-12T17:51:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd8fa8crwyvj03wykn4yn2dancwx0jaqzfs982jc4gdaeqhammvdczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6jaakzn “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”<br/><br/>Hard pass, Sam. <br/><br/>I’ll be fighting for a different modus vivendi and a different concept of intelligence for however many days I’ve got. <br/><br/><a href="https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158?s=20">https://x.com/TheChiefNerd/status/2032012809433723158?s=20</a> 2026-03-12T17:38:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstpeafzc83cdxarljdfaruacl4032jckmhx4uqxujtj7ttruugxyczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6033xlp Trump lied about US responsibility for the missile strike on an Iranian elementary school. Of course.<br/><br/>But, to be clear, it was a double-lie: not only dishonesty about whose missile caused the carnage, but also the encompassing lie of “pinpoint strikes” and surgical warfare. <br/><br/>War is not what Hegseth and Trump want you to believe, and any time that becomes obvious they will pivot to other outrageous claims. <br/><br/>War on Iran is waged as part of an ongoing war on truth. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/us/politics/iran-school-missile-strike.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> 2026-03-11T18:22:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg2a0986efecrvn3h3llwnh38v7v90vpmnj0dcjfcz7dt7a378akgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6mh75hd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfy83evhjf4a652lj3hs8hl8wh4s0gx5edrxfmskc2h0pump9ap2qz5j6fk'>nevent1q…j6fk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This has to be one of the stupidest presidential proclamations in the history of our country. Dumber, by far, that GWB&#39;s &#34;mission accomplished&#34; gaffe.<br/><br/>He thinks he&#39;s selling sneakers or cell phones. He thinks his salesmanship makes the product (it&#39;s war, you dumb lunatic), something desirable.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/173/018/624/901/885/original/695f913f8959c256.png"> <br/> 2026-03-04T21:28:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfy83evhjf4a652lj3hs8hl8wh4s0gx5edrxfmskc2h0pump9ap2qzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc68swst4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmtt9jrjkdrj9w80qwa2wh9twzc4nlrna9y9ggcjnzv9mhw4lg4c3gwyca'>nevent1q…wyca</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The unreality machine whirring and whining more loudly than ever.<br/><br/>Those flag draped coffins you&#39;re seeing? They&#39;re not actually real or important. You&#39;d know that if you were a true patriot, but you&#39;re not. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/hegseth-complains-that-reporting-on-dead-troops-is-bad-pr-for-trump/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/hegseth-complains-that-reporting-on-dead-troops-is-bad-pr-for-trump/?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_medium=activitypub</a> 2026-03-04T18:00:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspmtt9jrjkdrj9w80qwa2wh9twzc4nlrna9y9ggcjnzv9mhw4lg4czyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6ws47pn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvdstkhg8nqq5n3e3wn59274qsaqhwj4yc3zw3t2upyppf4qd9rgeamq8v'>nevent1q…mq8v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The defining question from here is: How much of their unreality can they impose on the world, and how much damage will they be causing in the process?&#34; 2026-03-04T17:08:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvvdstkhg8nqq5n3e3wn59274qsaqhwj4yc3zw3t2upyppf4qd9rgzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc630nyuu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8k8v8zysr0vkzykedzah0078r393c5ccq7yylxdxherszv2ttmhchjxphj'>nevent1q…xphj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And speaking of MAGA unreality, here&#39;s [@tzimmer_history](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history">https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history</a> ) on falsehood and radicalization.<br/><br/><a href="https://democracyamericana.com/posts/55dc578f-c914-4239-8dc9-e2bbef1fe5c6">https://democracyamericana.com/posts/55dc578f-c914-4239-8dc9-e2bbef1fe5c6</a> 2026-03-04T17:07:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxyx6a0tt7xuvkuayyngl35qda4zkqasuz5drynaj0dshayfd6pvqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6zftsjq These hats, increasingly, resemble the name tags that pre-schoolers wear when the adults take them outside on a field trip. <br/><br/>Hold hands with a friend, Donnie, and listen for a grown-up when we get inside.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/150/284/347/759/559/original/393c50407bc5f2cb.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-28T21:04:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2vm7tuxmajs6zylagh3nmnhnqgckkdjh7ez9yupfqkatjcshxhjszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6mvhv9w Donald Trump’s Bored of Peace 2026-02-28T12:07:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspuus5zm7nqgdd7upyrw3qn3v33nvq2wr46zjlqs4h7xv9rq8clcszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6qe4ay4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstzlg808j0efth5tyzs0xjh2svyjw9s9dtxgglr2u9zpuj89fasrg84ratt'>nevent1q…ratt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some other perps worth mentioning, .e.g., SCOTUS and Citizens United, but this is strong media analysis and political commentary, crows and nipples notwithstanding. 2026-02-26T17:55:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9tmmuakjd5t0gl30457xen8x8wcztn8jcjt74wpjtnmz75wfs3mqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6scexy3 Trump wants only sanitized patriotic history. Questioning the morality of the United States, he says, is untruthful and insane. It&#39;s treason.<br/><br/>But..<br/><br/>&#34;A state in which no one doubts the &#39;rightness of its cause&#39; is a state in which politics has ceased to exist.&#34;<br/><br/>The end of politics is the beginning of dictatorship. We&#39;ve been moving toward this for a quarter century.<br/><br/><a href="https://thenib.com/the-good-war/">https://thenib.com/the-good-war/</a> 2026-02-26T13:16:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspu8fnj4r3hsx5cj3xjcz2hxtfs4r6pj0v3r3x4nmg2k7w2c57gwczyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6lyzf9w When you think about it, a UFC cage match on the lawn of the White House gives a very good picture of where our Republic finds itself 250 years after its birth. They’ll study this “celebration” someday to unlock the meaning of the past, just like we study the gladiatorial combat events in ancient Rome. <br/><br/>I’m not saying it’s a good thing; I’m just saying it’s revealing. Better than any #SOTU address for understanding where we are as a nation.<br/><br/>#uspol #America250<br/><br/><a href="https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/47912515/everything-know-ufc-white-house-june-14">https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/47912515/everything-know-ufc-white-house-june-14</a> 2026-02-25T20:18:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs87vny58rxzmj0jqsyffds6ecksjkw6mtddmrp4scexj7al9uv5hszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6s5rape In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqle2jszva0xvvkz9xn5dpuy9rassvfuktq40krxt3u0c9judqw4gf6eu0q'>nevent1q…eu0q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When Trump said to his supporters in 2023 that he would be their retribution, he was talking about settling political scores from his first term, but he was also talking about Limbaugh&#39;s war on &#34;cultural Marxism.&#34;<br/><br/>Conservatives like Limbaugh argued that multiculturalism was divisive and that the Left&#39;s embrace of relativism would upend the &#34;traditional values&#34; of the West, leading to its political and economic downfall. <br/><br/>So the &#34;war on woke&#34; started more than 30 years ago. 2026-02-24T01:04:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqle2jszva0xvvkz9xn5dpuy9rassvfuktq40krxt3u0c9judqw4gzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc66zj5ya Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh in 2020 and last week the WH posted a video of Trump, reflecting on the &#34;the five years since the lost [sic] of Rush Limbaugh.&#34;<br/><br/>Limbaugh often complained that conservatives had lost control of America&#39;s major cultural institutions. Liberalism, he wrote in 1993, &#34;long ago captured the arts, the press, the entertainment industries, the universities, the schools, the libraries, the foundations, etc.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/president-donald-j-trump-on-five-years-since-the-lost-of-rush-limbaugh/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/president-donald-j-trump-on-five-years-since-the-lost-of-rush-limbaugh/</a> 2026-02-24T00:59:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jvcklpagvmuwjmlxmtkyasygfklulnmf3x7hylj7240xqqq0wygzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6pm83yj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrhwl0994szmdjjx5az70s6hmpn8f32ayahgrydw894yz0vmp2heqlkyvtn'>nevent1q…yvtn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Without concentration camps, without the undefined fear they inspire and the very well-defined training they offer in totalitarian domination, which can nowhere else be tested with all of its most radical possibilities, a totalitarian state can neither inspire its nuclear troops with fanaticism nor maintain a whole people in complete apathy.&#34;<br/><br/>--Hannah Arendt, &#34;Totalitarianism in Power&#34; 2026-02-23T16:10:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhwl0994szmdjjx5az70s6hmpn8f32ayahgrydw894yz0vmp2heqzyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc66q9ds6 America will have its own Gulag Archipelago. Twenty-three concentration camps will soon come online, unless, together, we can find and pull the political handbrake. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-29/us-spends-hundreds-of-millions-on-warehouses-for-ice-detention-centers">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-01-29/us-spends-hundreds-of-millions-on-warehouses-for-ice-detention-centers</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/120/786/723/760/430/original/bc48652697469948.png"> <br/> 2026-02-23T16:04:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsff50zwqeu2nvfkgfpkpdk4nq4u7dw8ruu3ysfem8hjs2vyu83g5szyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6ljplmh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04dhmluuhhh7jjk77z472eylf4eehl5eumjm3zahfjvjejnazg7q8cadke'>nevent1q…adke</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Damn, that’s good. 2026-02-22T23:34:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx76nn4wwnuh74jde393eqv0qdzcwcxn5wmzaq9u52cyzfprxdvxszyzdkfhlw4hsw0t2agw2e4je4au033z0aafmeyw46xlmuyh3ljfuc6e849lu Non-white performer with stratospheric talent performs at cherished national venue where haters insist: &#34;That&#39;s not the real America!&#34;<br/><br/>Yep, you guessed it...<br/><br/>Marion Anderson singing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/2014/04/09/298760473/denied-a-stage-she-sang-for-a-nation">https://www.npr.org/2014/04/09/298760473/denied-a-stage-she-sang-for-a-nation</a> 2026-02-12T17:31:34Z