Eric L-M Shuman
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Historian and ecologist; experiential learning. Director, Barzai Observatory. Former star trucker and bartender. Masters (Ancient Mediterranean). 🎲🌌🏺♻️🪔🌱🖖🦬
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Eric L-M Shuman
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· Nov 1
VFP Actually I Don’t Actually Give A Fuck What People Buy With Their Food Stamps (Demilitarized)
(“Money implies poverty.” Iain M Banks)
(“Money implies poverty.” Iain M Banks)
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Seriously, people need to get a grip
Folks you really gotta spend some time doing actual organizing because it is the best way to come to a very rapid understanding that it is a big mistake to be hyper-focused on the activities of one person, whether they are good or bad
February 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Seriously, people need to get a grip
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do you all have a moment to discuss the Good News of seitan
February 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
do you all have a moment to discuss the Good News of seitan
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Really glad i wrote the anti-dystopia essay before all this because I don’t think I could have taken myself seriously enough to do it now but it only feels more essential.
Dystopia limits our imaginations. Fantasy is not a retreat from reality. It is a rehearsal for a different one.
Dystopia limits our imaginations. Fantasy is not a retreat from reality. It is a rehearsal for a different one.
February 1, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Really glad i wrote the anti-dystopia essay before all this because I don’t think I could have taken myself seriously enough to do it now but it only feels more essential.
Dystopia limits our imaginations. Fantasy is not a retreat from reality. It is a rehearsal for a different one.
Dystopia limits our imaginations. Fantasy is not a retreat from reality. It is a rehearsal for a different one.
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i think this is exactly right. fascism is the Death Drive as ideology. it's why the catastrophic end of the Nazi Party does not deter people from worshipping Nazis. that the Nazis destroyed Germany along with the rest of Europe is part of the appeal.
January 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM
i think this is exactly right. fascism is the Death Drive as ideology. it's why the catastrophic end of the Nazi Party does not deter people from worshipping Nazis. that the Nazis destroyed Germany along with the rest of Europe is part of the appeal.
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Now this is a movie review www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
![The UK's Independent gives the film one star out of five, saying: "[The] First Lady is a preening, scowling void of pure nothingness in this ghastly bit of propaganda ... Hitting cinemas as the streets of America remain filled with the angry and grieving - with the country on the verge of an irreparable schism - the vulgar, gilded lifestyle of the Trumps makes them look like Marie Antoinette skulking in her cake-filled chateau, or Hermann Göring's staring up at his looted Monet."
The publication continued: "The "film" is part propaganda, sure, and part sop to Big Tech companies who require constant regulatory approval for financial manoeuvrings. Even then, it is bad. It will exist as a striking artefact - like The Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will - of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tu4d43ehkpc6mg2tlsyepptn/bafkreihekdzwo5ahnlli7chkshunctsvxkrm6npngzw7ehvjmb6mzomyeu@jpeg)
January 30, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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The bulk of the national discourse is focused on preventing white people from getting caught in the crosshairs of ICE’s violence.
And the reason that feels so crazymaking in Minnesota is because we were organizing before Renee Good’s murder to protect people of color targeted by ICE.
And the reason that feels so crazymaking in Minnesota is because we were organizing before Renee Good’s murder to protect people of color targeted by ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 4:11 AM
The bulk of the national discourse is focused on preventing white people from getting caught in the crosshairs of ICE’s violence.
And the reason that feels so crazymaking in Minnesota is because we were organizing before Renee Good’s murder to protect people of color targeted by ICE.
And the reason that feels so crazymaking in Minnesota is because we were organizing before Renee Good’s murder to protect people of color targeted by ICE.
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America's population density in 1800
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
America's population density in 1800
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We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
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This is unconscionable. Evil.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 5:18 AM
This is unconscionable. Evil.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president.
So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
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BREAKING: 1 person is in critical condition after being shot by Border Patrol in Arizona.
The individual, who has not been identified, was shot in southern Pima County near milepost 15 of West Arivaca Road at around 7:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Santa Rita Fire District.
The individual, who has not been identified, was shot in southern Pima County near milepost 15 of West Arivaca Road at around 7:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Santa Rita Fire District.
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
BREAKING: 1 person is in critical condition after being shot by Border Patrol in Arizona.
The individual, who has not been identified, was shot in southern Pima County near milepost 15 of West Arivaca Road at around 7:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Santa Rita Fire District.
The individual, who has not been identified, was shot in southern Pima County near milepost 15 of West Arivaca Road at around 7:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Santa Rita Fire District.
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Those in power have tried to convince us that resistance would be too tiring.
But let Minnesotans teach you that it’s actually energizing to be a part of a movement to change society for the better.
If you’re tired, get involved. You’ll be surprised by how quickly you start to feel better.
But let Minnesotans teach you that it’s actually energizing to be a part of a movement to change society for the better.
If you’re tired, get involved. You’ll be surprised by how quickly you start to feel better.
January 27, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Those in power have tried to convince us that resistance would be too tiring.
But let Minnesotans teach you that it’s actually energizing to be a part of a movement to change society for the better.
If you’re tired, get involved. You’ll be surprised by how quickly you start to feel better.
But let Minnesotans teach you that it’s actually energizing to be a part of a movement to change society for the better.
If you’re tired, get involved. You’ll be surprised by how quickly you start to feel better.
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I'm just going to keep saying this until I die:
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 AM
I'm just going to keep saying this until I die:
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
In a white supremacist patriarchy, you have value only insofar as you serve the white supremacist patriarchy.
Kyle Rittenhouse & Ashli Babbitt did. Renee Good & Alex Pretti didn't. On Jan 6, the insurrectionists did. The cops didn't.
Rinse, repeat.
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As I explained earlier this month, we're too literal abt what amounts to military occupation. The ICE/CPB operations in Blue cities are the kinds of garrisoning of civilian towns that the founding documents opposed. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...
Don’t Be So Literal About What Counts as a Military Occupation
I want to return to a topic I’ve alluded to in several...
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January 25, 2026 at 1:35 AM
As I explained earlier this month, we're too literal abt what amounts to military occupation. The ICE/CPB operations in Blue cities are the kinds of garrisoning of civilian towns that the founding documents opposed. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...
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They are trophy hunting. That’s what this is.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 AM
They are trophy hunting. That’s what this is.
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People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
January 24, 2026 at 8:17 PM
People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.
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He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
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If only you were in a position of power to exercise some kind of leverage against the administration to make this happen.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 8:52 PM
If only you were in a position of power to exercise some kind of leverage against the administration to make this happen.
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There's a reason it is primarily white men pearl clutching in my mentions about American ideals.
January 22, 2026 at 2:15 PM
There's a reason it is primarily white men pearl clutching in my mentions about American ideals.