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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 2m

It was jammed near First Avenue and I thought some big high school dance was occurring in the vicinity, but it turned out that Laufey was playing across the street at the Target Center and that Gen Z gets dressed up for that.

Also, I did not know how to properly pronounce ‘Laufey’ until last night.

-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 18h

stereolab @ first avenue [10.11.25]

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Nathan🌹 @nathanwylabour.bsky.social · 1d

I think Brown is very shrewd to identify internationalism as the key battleground.

Far too many on the centre-left and left are still indulging their economic nationalist fantasies – despite Biden and Starmer as clear examples of the shortcomings of such an approach.

Nathan🌹 @nathanwylabour.bsky.social · 1d

A moving and intelligent call to action here from Gordon Brown. And yet another reminder of why he is my political hero.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 5h

“Your job is not to turn in completed assignments; it's to learn how to think.”

Ted Chiang‘s succinct summary of the issue with using AI in education.

I’m not a sports guy but the athlete metaphor he uses in this interview is pretty spot on.

The Incompatibilities Between Generative AI and Art: Q&A with Ted Chiang

cdh.princeton.edu

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 3h

it is!

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 3h

making jambalaya tonight

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 4h

clumsy-ass use of the language on my part earlier this morning; meant “a better antichrist analogy”

-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

a better metaphor for the antichrist is "fabulously wealthy and insane man who seeks an authoritarian form of government that will allows him and other delusional wealthy men to build tech that they imagine will have godlike, saving power that can be implemented within history"

-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

I have generally tried to ignore Thiel's ravings, but this is basically a batshit libertarian invoking the image of the Antichrist to refer to "public authorities that stand in the way of me using my vast wealth to develop a machine that will immanentize the eschaton."

Fucker is no Monkey D Luffy.

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prop @jailrespecter.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve spent 100000000 hours on bluesky and I’ve put together how to defeat fascism. Frog suit AND the monstrance

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 7h

52% of Americans say Trump is “doing what he promised.” But not all those people *like* what he’s doing! That is key context for interpreting this number, but was notable missing from a viral CNN segment (that the White House later turned into a press release)
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/is-trump-d...

Is Trump “doing what he promised”? | Weekly roundup for October 12, 2025

And what does that even mean? Also this week: Shutdown polls; Left-wing populism; Low favorability ratings for all U.S. leaders; Judges' concerns about Trump; + more!

www.gelliottmorris.com

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allison / collage, zines, mail art @allisonanne.com · 5h

Nonlocal Variable (OR) has been giving out mystery tapes with collage covers

two collages cassette tape cases on a pile of collage stuff

a closeup showing one of the tapes to be “L.L. Smith / Kraftwerk”

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 5h

the Vought/Yarvin/Vance etc theory of history is a crude rightist inversion of Gramsci, much like a lot of “anti-imperialism” is a crude leftist inversion of American exceptionalism and old-school foreign policy neoconservatism

Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 6h

My version of this is that Vought, Yarvin etc represent a kind of braindead right-Gramscianism, which leaves out all the interesting subtleties and treats civil society _only_ as a realm of indoctrination, where one ideological master-narrative can readily be substituted for another.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 5h

the entire right-wing theory of social and cultural change is conspiracy theory at this point; the presupposition is society would never organically change for deeply-rooted reasons and that any change we do see is the result of a nefarious plot by a relatively small number of malevolent actors

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 5h

i think this is the logical endpoint of obsession with 'dating' as opposed to 'relationships'

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12h

this is sociopathic behaviour and I think we need to treat it as such! just because something has become easy to do doesn't mean it has become less creepy, or more acceptable!

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

a better metaphor for the antichrist is "fabulously wealthy and insane man who seeks an authoritarian form of government that will allows him and other delusional wealthy men to build tech that they imagine will have godlike, saving power that can be implemented within history"

-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

I have generally tried to ignore Thiel's ravings, but this is basically a batshit libertarian invoking the image of the Antichrist to refer to "public authorities that stand in the way of me using my vast wealth to develop a machine that will immanentize the eschaton."

Fucker is no Monkey D Luffy.

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 14h

I can't believe this is real

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

IMHO Keaton's 'Annie Hall' look was perhaps the greatest fashion statement of 1977 that did not come largely out of the nascent punk movement

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

Diane Keaton’s clothes were cinema, Esther Zuckerman writes. “Her sartorial persuasions were part of her eternal charm.”

How Diane Keaton’s ‘Annie Hall’ Look Was Integral to Her Art

Though she downplayed it, her role in creating the outfits of “Annie Hall” made her the author of a fascinating career.

nyti.ms

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

I have generally tried to ignore Thiel's ravings, but this is basically a batshit libertarian invoking the image of the Antichrist to refer to "public authorities that stand in the way of me using my vast wealth to develop a machine that will immanentize the eschaton."

Fucker is no Monkey D Luffy.

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 14h

I can't believe this is real

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

I was never a huge Woody Allen guy even before it became clear what a creep he was, but I take it as a true reflection of how brilliant Diane Keaton was that 'Annie Hall' remains largely untainted in my eyes. #RIP

Shannon K. Supple @mazarine.bsky.social · 7h

I just really loved Diane Keaton. RIP icon.

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Jonathan Casey @jonathantcasey.bsky.social · 8h

Trump forgot that he was President on Jan. 6th. 2021.

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 7h

'It's hard to see so many kids die.' How volunteering in Gaza transformed American doctors and nurses

'It’s hard to see so many kids die.' How volunteering in Gaza transformed American doctors and nurses

American doctors and nurses volunteering in the Gaza Strip have helped the world understand the humanitarian crisis unfolding there. But bearing witness comes at a steep personal cost.

www.latimes.com

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 7h

that's right

Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 8h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is essentially doing the Videodrome version of immigration enforcement; it is brutal but driven more by the need to create addictive prurient content for the depraved (including its makers) than by coherent policymaking aimed at objectively confronting problems

Opinion | This Isn’t Crisis Response, It’s Crisis Construction

www.nytimes.com

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-C-M-F- @chrispps.bsky.social · 18h

stereolab @ first avenue [10.11.25]

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Rob Wallace @futurerobert.bsky.social · 22h

This is metal as shit, and I love that this priest straight up called DHS evil

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23h

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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