A.K. Adams
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A.K. Adams
@akadams.bsky.social
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In No Particular Order. 21st Century Dadaist. Semiopyrate. Musician. Artist. MBA. E-RYT. Mad Scientist. OG Afrofuturist BYZARkytekt Neurodivergent AF Marfans/EDS/Conn/Gaucher Differently Abled and Defiant. Launching #thefuturewasnow podcast very fkng soon.
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Fantastic article on the DNA of the American Idea.

Perhaps even Copy/paste Party platform of actual American values.

It's our flag, our Constitution and our Country too:
Patriotism is more than empty fkng demagoguery.

Let's make it to 250 with Constitution as-is.

Kudos @andycraig.bsky.social
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We fought for our independence.

We fought to end slavery.

We fought against the rise of fascism in Europe.

We fought for civil rights.

I refuse to believe we have lost the will to fight for what is right and just.
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I didn't know Josh Clover well, but we did get to do a panel together a couple years back. He said sth then that stuck with me, which is that we should resist analogies with the past to understand the present b/c we need to be open to what's radically new about the now...
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Didn't a gang of these escape the National Zoo and chillax in Rock Creek Park a few years ago?
Not a blind assault.
An intentional, strategic, researched assault.
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It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service

Just incredible grift
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.

The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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No American can afford to ignore the systematic erosion of what it means to be American.

We are way past political and ideological disagreements.

What’s at stake is our adherence to the Constitution and rule of law. What safeguards all of our rights.

Without it, we cease to be America.
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Roses are red
Daisies are plain
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People learn nothing.
Arendt wrote so clearly about the increasing targetting of people, starting with non-nationals, then dual nationals, then a succession of undesirable nationals. Nothing will protect you. Fascism requires an ever larger circle of enemies to blame for its own failings.
File under Finding Out
They are obviously slow learners
"Theyyyrree baaaack..

To hell with them again.
Popular in Germany
After world war 1

Fertile ground
for bad ideas

Probably not merely racist coincidences

nazis took notes

On federal & social segregation

From President
Woodrow Wilson

& perhaps
aggrandised saluting

From DW Griffith

& pro-nazi political movement of that era?

america first
a working semiotic hypothesis:

nazis got their
stiffarm salute

Not from romans

but from americans

By way of

"Birth of a Nation"

kkk agitprop film

Still taught as 'classic'
for techniques

Scene:

klank-ass on horse
&
a stiffarmsalute

Seen globally
In 1913

Decades before
nazis existed
While I personally don't characterize the entirety of american history as evil/nazi

(for me that erases significant, formative & ongoing nonvictim contributions of unwhite americans to said history)

I was also dismayed

learning about
the extent to which
nazis found
inspiration & sympathy here. 🤬
It was a little bit frightening....

HUOAUH!!!
He spelt measles wrongfully.
Who's got short shorts?
Nostalgia for complete sentnces...
Oh, how I miss President Obama and competent government. 🇺🇸
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Goodnight everyone
Jupiter in infrared
Corruption is a helluva drug