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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 20h

The World that Made New Orleans, Ned Sublette. I'll get back to it. Brilliant book about slavery, empire, and music. Among other things.

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 2d

You're a prig. Cash would've cuffed you upside the head.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 3d

“They’ve given it to somebody who’s completely aligned with the most militarist and darkest face of U.S. imperialism.”

2025 Nobel Peace Prize for Anti-Maduro Leader María Corina Machado “Opposite of Peace”: Greg Grandin

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, a leading Venezuelan opposition figure. Machado was set to run for president last year, but she was disqualified by the government of President Nicolás Maduro,...

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 3d

A Woolf scholar I know likes Flannery O'Connor.

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 3d

She wasn't from the USA.

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X2Y @x2y.tech · Sep 7

Apple patented self-repairing scratch tech in 2013. Funny enough, it never made it to the devices we actually use.

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 4d

Homage to Catalonia. Though a bit more complex than your interest I suspect.

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 5d

The right wing, especially the magats, fetishize photogenic middle aged women primped and prepped to spout tripe. Add prominent cross necklaces and they're qualified for anything.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 6d

House Republicans just AGAIN refused to swear in an elected member of Congress, a blatantly illegal act. They adjourned Congress again without recognizing her, all to avoid having to release the Epstein files

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 9d

Just got a copy of The World That Made New Orleans, Ned Sublette. Also a stack of research tomes. And Pynchon is on the horizon. Good times.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 9d

This book was published 28 years ago.

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American capitalism is like having your consciousness drawn and quartered by snails.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10d

Apple did something very similar to the people of Hong Kong in 2019, removing an app that allowed protesters to track police movements via crowdsourced information:

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10d

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration reut.rs/4mIfztt

Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration

Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 10d

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 12d

What's your favorite Bluesky account that primarily posts about something other than current events/politics?

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 12d

Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, to usher in October! From Valeriano's 'Hieroglyphica' printed in 1602

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 12d

"Help reshelve the books with pics of naked women in them that middle school boys have left strewn around Powell’s."

Ways the National Guard Can Actually Help “War-Ravaged” Portland

“President Trump’s declaration on Saturday that he had authorized the use of federal forces to ‘protect war-ravaged’ Portland, Ore., prompted bewil...

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 13d

AI is not, as techno-libertarians would like you to believe, an act of God to which society must adapt. It’s an experiment a very small band of very rich people decided to work upon the rest of us. And they have their reasons. Let’s not pretend otherwise.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 19d

If Trump says this, then hopefully many of the people who listened to him today will understand that this is a racist, cruel, and ultimately self-destructive policy for so many countries that actually benefit from the cultures, values, and labor that immigrants bring.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 20d

Nothing says “land of the free” like armed agents of the state saying “show me your papers if you want your daughter back” bsky.app/profile/nbcb...

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 20d

Today's a good day for The Jameson Tapes.

The Jameson Tapes, Side A

with Isabel Bartholomew, Anna Kornbluh, Caleb Smith, Robert Tally, & Fredric Jameson

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Robert Tally @roberttally.bsky.social · 20d

Remembering Fredric Jameson, who died one year ago today. spectrejournal.com/the-generosi...

The Generosity of Fredric Jameson – Spectre Journal

Robert T. Tally pays tribute to Fredric Jameson's tremendous generosity, that is, the late theorist's drive to both know the world and change it for the better.

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 20d

Have you ever deposed or cross examined at trial a large cap ceo? They'll all lie under oath. IME.

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Jacob Schriner-Briggs @jschrinerbriggs.bsky.social · 21d

In Naperville, IL on Wednesday, ICE surrounded a group of documented workers replacing a residential roof. ICE agents reportedly kicked over the ladders and forced the workers to jump. The episode involved a chase with guns drawn.

Group of workers reportedly detained while working on roof in Naperville, homeowner says

A Naperville homeowner was left with an unfinished roof and in disbelief after neighbors told his family they believe ICE agents came to his house and detained crew members working on his home.

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 21d

1B! Why not.

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mjhxoot.bsky.social @mjhxoot.bsky.social · 21d

The rail issue seems over blown. Southern Pacific's original mainline since acquired by Union Pacific runs from Utah to Oakland.

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