Alexander Reid Ross
@areidross.bsky.social
Charité envers les autres; Dignité envers soi-même; Sincérité devant Dieu.
- George Sand
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Steve Bannon and Elon Musk Are Battling for the Soul of Trumpism
A growing rift within the MAGA coalition between populists and techno-oligarchs may determine the future of the Republican Party
newlinesmag.com
My latest is on the raging conflict between the techno-oligarchy, Traditionalists, and center right, including some broader historical and cultural analysis.
newlinesmag.com/argument/ste...
newlinesmag.com/argument/ste...
ppl don't work as hard when they feel like they can't win, and to try to compensate for the continuing desperation, they take huge risks hoping for a lotto-type win. partly it's a hope issue, but it's also about long-term failure to make effective progressive reforms.
www.ft.com/content/c17a...
www.ft.com/content/c17a...
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism
Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
ppl don't work as hard when they feel like they can't win, and to try to compensate for the continuing desperation, they take huge risks hoping for a lotto-type win. partly it's a hope issue, but it's also about long-term failure to make effective progressive reforms.
www.ft.com/content/c17a...
www.ft.com/content/c17a...
I wrote a review of the digital archive, wheremonstersareborn.com, which presents a geography of fascist street propaganda in Italy (by @brianjgriffith.bsky.social and @amycking.bsky.social)
online.ucpress.edu/tph/article-...
online.ucpress.edu/tph/article-...
Where Monsters Are Born: Documenting a Fascist Revival in the Streets of Rome, 2018-2019. Brian J. Griffith and Amy King, Co-editors
“The old world is dying. The new one is slow to appear. And in this interregnum, monsters are born.” That is an English translation of a quotation by Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci that inspired the ...
online.ucpress.edu
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I wrote a review of the digital archive, wheremonstersareborn.com, which presents a geography of fascist street propaganda in Italy (by @brianjgriffith.bsky.social and @amycking.bsky.social)
online.ucpress.edu/tph/article-...
online.ucpress.edu/tph/article-...
putting trump tweets on the tl is the new rick rolling
November 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
putting trump tweets on the tl is the new rick rolling
the problem with surrealism and any art movement is ppl start thinking it's about the movement, itself. the movement is a spontaneous "basin of attraction" for the liberatory desires in opposition to contemporaneous manifestations of power/authority. its significance exceeds itself.
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
the problem with surrealism and any art movement is ppl start thinking it's about the movement, itself. the movement is a spontaneous "basin of attraction" for the liberatory desires in opposition to contemporaneous manifestations of power/authority. its significance exceeds itself.
he was also saying that Russian victory is inevitable, which is totally denied by, for instance, the institute for the study of war
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
he was also saying that Russian victory is inevitable, which is totally denied by, for instance, the institute for the study of war
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
extremely puritan colonizer voice: "stop doing human sacrifice so we can hunt witches"
native person: we don't do human sacrifice here
puritan colonizer: "ah, well, nevertheless..."
native person: we don't do human sacrifice here
puritan colonizer: "ah, well, nevertheless..."
November 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
extremely puritan colonizer voice: "stop doing human sacrifice so we can hunt witches"
native person: we don't do human sacrifice here
puritan colonizer: "ah, well, nevertheless..."
native person: we don't do human sacrifice here
puritan colonizer: "ah, well, nevertheless..."
isn't Celtic Druids doing human sacrifice more substantiated in the archeological evidence (although still highly debatable) than the ppl native to what's now the United States?
Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
isn't Celtic Druids doing human sacrifice more substantiated in the archeological evidence (although still highly debatable) than the ppl native to what's now the United States?
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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i've literally seen this happen IRL
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
i've literally seen this happen IRL
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“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community." www.science.org/content/arti...
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For today, a #TextileTuesday embroidery thread 🧵🪡
Mary Linwood (1755–1845) was an English textile artist who exhibited her embroidery in Leicester and London.
In 1790, she received a medal from the Society of Arts.
The Mary Linwood Comprehensive School was named in her honour.
Here, an embroidery (!) self-portrait, c. 1785.
And Tigress, c. 1798.
In 1790, she received a medal from the Society of Arts.
The Mary Linwood Comprehensive School was named in her honour.
Here, an embroidery (!) self-portrait, c. 1785.
And Tigress, c. 1798.
October 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
For today, a #TextileTuesday embroidery thread 🧵🪡
insane no-call at the end of an incredible half by the blazers
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 AM
insane no-call at the end of an incredible half by the blazers
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
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this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
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Now that my wife's green card arrived in the mail today I finally feel safe to say how absolutely horrendous it was that we had to discuss what to do in this exact scenario when we went into USCIS for an interview.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
Gut wrenching: “I had to take our baby from my crying wife’s arms,” Mr. Paul, 33, said, recalling the moment that agents said they were arresting his wife, Katie.
Ms. Paul was sent to an immigration detention center with hundreds of other people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown.”
Ms. Paul was sent to an immigration detention center with hundreds of other people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown.”
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Now that my wife's green card arrived in the mail today I finally feel safe to say how absolutely horrendous it was that we had to discuss what to do in this exact scenario when we went into USCIS for an interview.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
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This is nuts!
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is nuts!
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
Why is WAPO writing up anyone’s speculation about who the suspect might be?
I get that Laura’s statements and actions are at times newsworthy given her influence on Trump, but no one’s speculation — outside of a government official’s — should be written up this way.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
if ur in the market for binge-worthy holiday series and u like Shakespeare and are interested in the high Middle Ages, the "Hollow Crown" series is rlly rlly good. can't believe I'm just finding out about it, but a real game changer imo.
November 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
if ur in the market for binge-worthy holiday series and u like Shakespeare and are interested in the high Middle Ages, the "Hollow Crown" series is rlly rlly good. can't believe I'm just finding out about it, but a real game changer imo.
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Fears of post-wildfire groundwater well contamination in New Mexico www.taosnews.com/news/environ...
Fears ratchet up over Mora County well contamination
The bottled water at the Las Vegas Walmart is a better deal than the water in Mora. The superstore is 36 miles away from Helen and Julian Olivas’ home in
www.taosnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Fears of post-wildfire groundwater well contamination in New Mexico www.taosnews.com/news/environ...
the Mazzini freaks have entered the chat
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
the Mazzini freaks have entered the chat
Good post here... AI in place of rigor separates truth from method
I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Good post here... AI in place of rigor separates truth from method
they've made so much noise around stifling the legal position of refusing unconstitutional orders that you have to start suspecting that they'll be issuing unconstitutional orders... but it also points directly to their theory of sovereignty—it belongs to the Leader and not the people.
FBI reportedly seeks to interview Democrats involved in video to troops as senator calls out Trump admin ‘intimidation’
Pentagon said it was investigating AZ senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in video in which lawmakers told military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’
Pentagon said it was investigating AZ senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in video in which lawmakers told military members to ‘refuse illegal orders’
FBI reportedly seeks to interview Democrats involved in video to troops as senator calls out Trump administration ‘intimidation’ - live
Pentagon said it was investigating Arizona senator Mark Kelly for violating military law by appearing in the video, in which lawmakers told members of the military to ‘refuse illegal orders’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
they've made so much noise around stifling the legal position of refusing unconstitutional orders that you have to start suspecting that they'll be issuing unconstitutional orders... but it also points directly to their theory of sovereignty—it belongs to the Leader and not the people.
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Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the South’s resistance to the freeing of their labor force and the lengths to which it would go to tie workers to a place under white control.
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Great thread and a good historic lesson on how vital the freedom of movement is, which highlights how much concern we should have with a national surveillance system that flags “suspicious” travel patterns.
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What time do you get in?
Officially moving to Chicago tomorrow. I assume JB Pritzker will be waiting for me at the airport
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What time do you get in?