David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
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David Kaib
@davidkaib.bsky.social
· Jul 12
For what it's worth, if you are a socialist or interested in socialism, it is *my job* to educate you, so ask away.
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The ideal situation for the managerial class is that you little piggies will just eat your slop and like it, and avoiding thinking of its contents, whether its nutritious, or if it has any resemblance to actual food.
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The ideal situation for the managerial class is that you little piggies will just eat your slop and like it, and avoiding thinking of its contents, whether its nutritious, or if it has any resemblance to actual food.
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It's also worth noting that romanticizing the rule of law means adopting a wholly false perspective around what the law is, who it targets, who it privileges, and how it functions—or I suppose it could just be an embrace of that hierarchy, which is also... a problem.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It's also worth noting that romanticizing the rule of law means adopting a wholly false perspective around what the law is, who it targets, who it privileges, and how it functions—or I suppose it could just be an embrace of that hierarchy, which is also... a problem.
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Whatever comes next, we have already committed acts of war against Venezuela. Blockading their airspace is an act of war.
November 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Whatever comes next, we have already committed acts of war against Venezuela. Blockading their airspace is an act of war.
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I read up on the aftermath of Vichy France, in part, to better understand how a country attempts to hold collaborators accountable
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I read up on the aftermath of Vichy France, in part, to better understand how a country attempts to hold collaborators accountable
Are people from Venezuela coming to the U.S. an invasion? Absolutely not. Is the Trump Admin preparing for an actual invasion of Venezuela? They sure are.
November 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Are people from Venezuela coming to the U.S. an invasion? Absolutely not. Is the Trump Admin preparing for an actual invasion of Venezuela? They sure are.
The challenge remains how to build a political force that is ready to fight for this.
‘Medicare for All’ still big. “In a survey of 1,207 likely voters [from] Nov. 14–17, 2025, ...65% of voters [supported] a Medicare for All system, described as a ‘national health insurance program... that would cover [everyone] & replace... private health insurance...’" jacobin.com/2025/11/medi...
Medicare for All Disappeared. Its Popularity Didn’t.
The demand for Medicare for All went from the center of the discourse to political exile in record time. But the policy's popularity never faded. A new poll finds strong majority support for the neglected idea among Americans across the political spectrum.
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/medicare-for-all-popularity-polling\
November 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The challenge remains how to build a political force that is ready to fight for this.
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Wonder what the median U trustee would say if asked to list their fiduciary duties and the interests they are to protect, as many as they can think of
Many leaders of institutions will plainly state (argue, whine) that it is their job to protect the institution from financial threat (lawsuits, loss of funding), especially those they claim pose "existential risk" to the institution.
But ask them to define their non-financial fiduciary duties:
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But ask them to define their non-financial fiduciary duties:
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November 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Wonder what the median U trustee would say if asked to list their fiduciary duties and the interests they are to protect, as many as they can think of
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now do uni admin
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
now do uni admin
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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Yesterday was powerful gathering against Apple exploitation and complicity in genocides in Congo & Palestine
I was arrested & facing bogus charges
Vancouver increased its police budget by 40% (!) over past three yrs. Effects are felt daily by targeted communities plus ⬆️ criminalization of dissent
I was arrested & facing bogus charges
Vancouver increased its police budget by 40% (!) over past three yrs. Effects are felt daily by targeted communities plus ⬆️ criminalization of dissent
My friend @harshawalia.bsky.social was arrested and charged, and another protester was brutalized today in Vancouver at a protest targeting Apple for profiting from death and exploitation in its supply chain. The protesters also called out Apple's support of Friends of the IDF.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yesterday was powerful gathering against Apple exploitation and complicity in genocides in Congo & Palestine
I was arrested & facing bogus charges
Vancouver increased its police budget by 40% (!) over past three yrs. Effects are felt daily by targeted communities plus ⬆️ criminalization of dissent
I was arrested & facing bogus charges
Vancouver increased its police budget by 40% (!) over past three yrs. Effects are felt daily by targeted communities plus ⬆️ criminalization of dissent
Solidarity is about finding elements of similarity within difference. It is neither about sameness nor separateness.
November 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Solidarity is about finding elements of similarity within difference. It is neither about sameness nor separateness.
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I feel like the fractures we are seeing in the MAGA coalition have some people hoping the status quo will simply make a roaring comeback, and judicial consequences will simply engulf all of the bad guys. There's really no precedent that supports that expectation.
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I feel like the fractures we are seeing in the MAGA coalition have some people hoping the status quo will simply make a roaring comeback, and judicial consequences will simply engulf all of the bad guys. There's really no precedent that supports that expectation.
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All faculty, staff, and students at any US institution of higher ed should be organizing in advance. Campus admins, boards of trustees, and all others in positions of power need to articulate and defend their organized resistance to any future Trump admin demands *before* such demands are made.
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
All faculty, staff, and students at any US institution of higher ed should be organizing in advance. Campus admins, boards of trustees, and all others in positions of power need to articulate and defend their organized resistance to any future Trump admin demands *before* such demands are made.
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He’s at 60% disproval lol
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
He’s at 60% disproval lol
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We can't convince universities to stop hiring Gordon Gee, so I don't know how we push for there to be any consequences for betraying the country for a few research grants. But it feels like figuring that out will be necessary.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We can't convince universities to stop hiring Gordon Gee, so I don't know how we push for there to be any consequences for betraying the country for a few research grants. But it feels like figuring that out will be necessary.
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Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
November 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Killing is bad, and to that end I'd like to call attention to the dozens killed in small boats in the southern Caribbean by the Trump Administration and the estimated 600,000 who've died of preventable disease and starvation thanks to the administration's destruction of USAID.
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Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.
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hmmm it's starting to seem like bad precedent to normalize presidents being able to zap whoever they say is a terrorist anywhere in the world
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
hmmm it's starting to seem like bad precedent to normalize presidents being able to zap whoever they say is a terrorist anywhere in the world
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The virulent agendas – violent white nationalism, misogyny, attacks on reporters, trans people, etc., war agendas – are key elements of fascist tactics and strategies. They may serve to "distract" from the Epstein files nightmare, but they are not mere distractions; they never were.
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The virulent agendas – violent white nationalism, misogyny, attacks on reporters, trans people, etc., war agendas – are key elements of fascist tactics and strategies. They may serve to "distract" from the Epstein files nightmare, but they are not mere distractions; they never were.
Who is organizing to make ensure that this happens? It will not happen if they aren’t pushed.
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Who is organizing to make ensure that this happens? It will not happen if they aren’t pushed.
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A lot of the focus is on Hegseth but every person in the chain of command decided they were going to kill those guys.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A lot of the focus is on Hegseth but every person in the chain of command decided they were going to kill those guys.
It would great if the people who made the thing about not following illegal orders noted the murders in the Caribbean were illegal.
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It would great if the people who made the thing about not following illegal orders noted the murders in the Caribbean were illegal.
There are still many people in positions of power who are actively capitulating to him!
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
There are still many people in positions of power who are actively capitulating to him!
All of the alleged internal and external threats the admin is conjuring are transparent bullshit. They should be treated as such.
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
All of the alleged internal and external threats the admin is conjuring are transparent bullshit. They should be treated as such.
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see, that’s the thing about going hard right on immigration. no one will even notice when immigration rates fall because it’s actually about white supremacy. pandering to this hatred only drags you down with it
Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80% from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.
Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80 percent from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
see, that’s the thing about going hard right on immigration. no one will even notice when immigration rates fall because it’s actually about white supremacy. pandering to this hatred only drags you down with it