Nathan Goldwag
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social
In every time, in every place, the deeds of man remain the same. (He/Him).
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Nathan Goldwag
@goldwagnathan.bsky.social
· Nov 10
They Cannot Conquer For Ever
American Indian Movement flag, Wounded Knee, 1988 (Source) I have not talked much about the election on here this year because I had very little of interest to say. I was hoping Harris would win. I…
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You are not obliged to let your moral compass spin with the election results. You have a right to hold unpopular opinions. You have a right to your own damn principles.
Remember that. Please.
Remember that. Please.
Republicans will respond to this by threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in the army and the navy and the marines and the royal dragoons and accusing everyone else of being spies and traitors and cowards, which is how they have responded to every single other fucking inconvenience.
CBS is reporting the suspect ID-ed as 29 year old Afghan national who entered US in 2021.
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
The path of likely demagoguery seems obvious from here.
www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
2 National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., suspect in custody, officials say
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot a few blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C., and a suspect is in custody, officials say.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Republicans will respond to this by threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act and send in the army and the navy and the marines and the royal dragoons and accusing everyone else of being spies and traitors and cowards, which is how they have responded to every single other fucking inconvenience.
FUCK YEAH
“One must imagine the Federation Diplomatic Corps happy.” – Verna Parnell
CHAPTER 22: FANTASISTS AND REALISTS - Is available now.
CHAPTER 22: FANTASISTS AND REALISTS - Is available now.
Chapter Twenty Two
"90% of conversations with a Federation Ambassador will leave you wondering if T'Kuvma had the right idea." - Lorna McClaren
"'The Premier says war with the Federation will end in immediate, total vi...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
FUCK YEAH
There is some *extraordinarily good* near-future espionage fiction happening in this thread.
They called them Near Abroad Direct Action Operations, NADA Ops. The "joke" in the CalSec cafeterias, which made its way out later in the hearings was that "What does the operator say when asked if there are civilians in the area? Nada...oops!". Even decades later, Arizona didn't find it funny.
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There is some *extraordinarily good* near-future espionage fiction happening in this thread.
I don't know what to call it, but there is a very common and annoying social media phenomenon where people demand validation for mildly antisocial behaviour, instead of just feeling mildly guilty about it like a normal person.
These are pretty naked -- and therefore instructive -- examples of the sorts of defenses that people offer to try and get off the hook
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I don't know what to call it, but there is a very common and annoying social media phenomenon where people demand validation for mildly antisocial behaviour, instead of just feeling mildly guilty about it like a normal person.
Big mood.
someone please give me a job with actual hours of paid work before I do something stupid like join a cult or run for elected office
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Big mood.
Liberal Currents is one of the most relevant publications in circulation today; actively staking out and defining the ideological stakes of the 21st century like nobody else. I'm honored to be a contributor, and can't think of anybody more deserving of your support.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Liberal Currents is one of the most relevant publications in circulation today; actively staking out and defining the ideological stakes of the 21st century like nobody else. I'm honored to be a contributor, and can't think of anybody more deserving of your support.
Ah, but have you considered that events have their own mysterious inner logic? Checkmate, liberal.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Ah, but have you considered that events have their own mysterious inner logic? Checkmate, liberal.
Complaints about Buddhist monks being just thugs and bandits are a pretty persistent theme in 16th century Japanese writing, to the point where you see a lot of admiration for the Jesuits specifically for being actually pious and ascetic.
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Complaints about Buddhist monks being just thugs and bandits are a pretty persistent theme in 16th century Japanese writing, to the point where you see a lot of admiration for the Jesuits specifically for being actually pious and ascetic.
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On Tuesday the 25th at the Washington Ethical Society, I'll be presenting the film A Face in the Crowd for WES Film Club at 630 PM.
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
On Tuesday the 25th at the Washington Ethical Society, I'll be presenting the film A Face in the Crowd for WES Film Club at 630 PM.
Riom Trials, babey.
this is obviously intended to chill dissent but i think it's going to backfire on them. what the lawmakers said was just directly true. and trying to get them for it is just going to raise their profile and the salience of what they said!
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Riom Trials, babey.
ICYMI: One of the most interesting things about sci-fi is that ideas like a space elevator or an O'Neil cylinder can "exist" as discrete, almost Platonic concepts without ever taking on physical manifestation.
The folks at Heat Death very kindly gave me space to talk about the implications of that.
The folks at Heat Death very kindly gave me space to talk about the implications of that.
The Fatal Allure of Yesterday's Tomorrows
On the dangers of seeing science fiction as a template for the future.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ICYMI: One of the most interesting things about sci-fi is that ideas like a space elevator or an O'Neil cylinder can "exist" as discrete, almost Platonic concepts without ever taking on physical manifestation.
The folks at Heat Death very kindly gave me space to talk about the implications of that.
The folks at Heat Death very kindly gave me space to talk about the implications of that.
Somebody please ask the President of the United States about this, I honestly want to know what he'd say.
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Somebody please ask the President of the United States about this, I honestly want to know what he'd say.
There used to be a sort of universalized hypocrisy, where everybody assumed that somebody else cared about good and evil and right and wrong, and so at least tried to pretend they did too, and the whole system slouched onward more-or-less functionally. Don't know how you restore that now.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
There used to be a sort of universalized hypocrisy, where everybody assumed that somebody else cared about good and evil and right and wrong, and so at least tried to pretend they did too, and the whole system slouched onward more-or-less functionally. Don't know how you restore that now.
Bonus #MapMonday, this one is based off of a short story I read years ago where there was a nuclear war in the 1980s and the Non-Aligned Movement ended up as the world's dominant powers. Unfortunately, cannot remember the title or the author, but it was pretty good I think!
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Bonus #MapMonday, this one is based off of a short story I read years ago where there was a nuclear war in the 1980s and the Non-Aligned Movement ended up as the world's dominant powers. Unfortunately, cannot remember the title or the author, but it was pretty good I think!
We are just going to keep smashing apart the foundations of the modern world until we feel like we imagined we would have felt in 1950 again, and we don't care how many people we kill or how much value we destroy to do it.
Trevor Phillips proposes banning "remittances" (ie: imposing currency/exchange controls on international cash transfers by foreign nationals from Britain). He says this would disincentivise immigration, in a Times piece saying the Home Secretary needs to go [much] further
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We are just going to keep smashing apart the foundations of the modern world until we feel like we imagined we would have felt in 1950 again, and we don't care how many people we kill or how much value we destroy to do it.
This is correct.
probably my most controversial star wars opinion is that return of the jedi is an incredible move. i almost ranked it higher than empire
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is correct.
ICYMI: I review @katebeaton.bsky.social's extraordinary graphic novel memoir about her time working in the Alberta oil sands.
BOOK REVIEW: Ducks
TITLE: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands AUTHOR: Kate Beaton PUBLISHER: Drawn and Quarterly DATE: 2022 I don’t usually review graphic novels on here, and I’m pretty sure I’ve neve…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
ICYMI: I review @katebeaton.bsky.social's extraordinary graphic novel memoir about her time working in the Alberta oil sands.
HBO Max keeps serving me Spanish-language adds for LANDMAN for some reason.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
HBO Max keeps serving me Spanish-language adds for LANDMAN for some reason.
Happy #MapMonday! Have a Meiji Iran. 😊
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Happy #MapMonday! Have a Meiji Iran. 😊
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To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
This show is great, every episode is like "I am 73 years old and dependent on a CPAP machine. I moved to the middle of Blood Bear Death Ravine, seven thousand miles from the nearest generator. I am morally opposed to hunting and farming, and my budget is $16.34. Please send help." 10/10, no notes.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This show is great, every episode is like "I am 73 years old and dependent on a CPAP machine. I moved to the middle of Blood Bear Death Ravine, seven thousand miles from the nearest generator. I am morally opposed to hunting and farming, and my budget is $16.34. Please send help." 10/10, no notes.
CAP. ANTILLES: "And so I present my plan, for an elite fighter squadron that also does covert ops and serves as the face of New Republic public relations."
MON MOTHMA: "But Wedge, that's stupid."
ADM. ACKBAR: "Why would we want that?"
CAP. ANTILLES: "Oh God, you're right, what was I thinking."
MON MOTHMA: "But Wedge, that's stupid."
ADM. ACKBAR: "Why would we want that?"
CAP. ANTILLES: "Oh God, you're right, what was I thinking."
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
CAP. ANTILLES: "And so I present my plan, for an elite fighter squadron that also does covert ops and serves as the face of New Republic public relations."
MON MOTHMA: "But Wedge, that's stupid."
ADM. ACKBAR: "Why would we want that?"
CAP. ANTILLES: "Oh God, you're right, what was I thinking."
MON MOTHMA: "But Wedge, that's stupid."
ADM. ACKBAR: "Why would we want that?"
CAP. ANTILLES: "Oh God, you're right, what was I thinking."
I don't know what even the point of arguing with these people is anymore, but the idea that "the crime gene" had been weeded out by 19th-20th century Europe is something you have to be a genuine imbecile to believe.
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I don't know what even the point of arguing with these people is anymore, but the idea that "the crime gene" had been weeded out by 19th-20th century Europe is something you have to be a genuine imbecile to believe.