Alex Dueben
@alexdueben.bsky.social
Writer. Historian. Etc.
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A must read from @anandwrites.bsky.social. This line —
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
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November 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A must read from @anandwrites.bsky.social. This line —
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (@mbsycamore.bsky.social) discusses “Terry Dactyl,” her latest novel about a trans woman coming of age in the club world, the art world, and the AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics. (@alexdueben.bsky.social)
The Queer Club Culture Novel We Didn’t Know We Needed - Electric Literature
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s “Terry Dactyl” is an epic of radiant queerness amidst the AIDS crisis and COVID-19 pandemic
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November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (@mbsycamore.bsky.social) discusses “Terry Dactyl,” her latest novel about a trans woman coming of age in the club world, the art world, and the AIDS and Covid-19 pandemics. (@alexdueben.bsky.social)
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Narrator: He was not all for exposing the bad guys who did ad things.
Jim Jordan: "We're all for protecting innocent victims, we're all for exposing the bad guys who did bad guys who did bad things, but ... "
November 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Narrator: He was not all for exposing the bad guys who did ad things.
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨 We’re hearing that Senate Democrats are on the verge of caving to Trump in another “Schumer Surrender.”
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
That means your Democratic senators need to hear from you right now.
Call: indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The AFL-CIO should start throwing some money towards labor journalism. If it was done right (i.e. with them accepting that journalists must have full editorial control over what’s published, whether or not union leaders like what they have to say) it could really have such a hugely positive impact
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Imagine if even 1/4 of the money spent on Democratic campaign consultants and advertising was just given directly to local news upstarts around the country…………
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Imagine if even 1/4 of the money spent on Democratic campaign consultants and advertising was just given directly to local news upstarts around the country…………
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Patricia McKillip was one of science fiction and fantasy's most elegant storytellers; @alexdueben.bsky.social pays tribute to her brilliance and the sense of wonder and magic that draws readers back to her work again and again
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Revisiting Patricia McKillip's Timely, Timeless Fantasy - Reactor
A short tribute to the work of one of SFF's greatest writers and storytellers
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November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Patricia McKillip was one of science fiction and fantasy's most elegant storytellers; @alexdueben.bsky.social pays tribute to her brilliance and the sense of wonder and magic that draws readers back to her work again and again
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The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
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Mattie Lubchanky’s graphic novel “Simplicity,” is a weird, dreamy tale of monsters, orgies, oligarchs, and the impulse to separate from society. (@alexdueben.bsky.social)
A Graphic Novel That Exposes the Failures of the American Experiment - Electric Literature
In "Simplicity," Mattie Lubchansky writes about monsters, a separatist commune, and nightmarish oligarchs
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October 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Mattie Lubchanky’s graphic novel “Simplicity,” is a weird, dreamy tale of monsters, orgies, oligarchs, and the impulse to separate from society. (@alexdueben.bsky.social)
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I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
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“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.”
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)
“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”
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October 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.”
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)
Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)
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I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.
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The existence of even one Catholic convert dismantles the central lie of religion, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.
See I can make bullshit, nonsense arguments too, Heritage Foundation.
See I can make bullshit, nonsense arguments too, Heritage Foundation.
“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”
Same shit different era.
Same shit different era.
October 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The existence of even one Catholic convert dismantles the central lie of religion, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.
See I can make bullshit, nonsense arguments too, Heritage Foundation.
See I can make bullshit, nonsense arguments too, Heritage Foundation.
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The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.
October 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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Want my anti-ICE posters? I'm selling them at cost in my shop www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/icepr...
25-pack of Risographed Fuck ICE posters — Molly Crabapple
Express your feelings towards our American Gestapo with these striking posters, risographed by Molly Crabapple at her beloved Robert Blackburn Studios. These posters are NOT archival. They are printe...
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October 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Want my anti-ICE posters? I'm selling them at cost in my shop www.mollycrabapple.com/shop/p/icepr...
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An arrest of a person due entirely to the person having dark skin color is now known across the country as a "Kavanaugh stop," based on Justice Kavanaugh's justification of the practice. slate.com/news-and-pol...
There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.
These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.
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October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
An arrest of a person due entirely to the person having dark skin color is now known across the country as a "Kavanaugh stop," based on Justice Kavanaugh's justification of the practice. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."
FCC moves to end discounts for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus connectivity
The Federal Communications Commission voted to end discounts for library and school Wi-Fi hotspot lending programs on Tuesday, drawing criticism from lawmakers and librarians who say the move will mak...
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October 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Trump's FCC yesterday voted to kill a program that provided free Wi-Fi to rural school kids at no cost to taxpayers, falsely claiming the program was "illegal" and was being used to "censor Conservative ideology."
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Oh but when I set up a business that breaks into your house unless you specifically opt out I’m a criminal
Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.
OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.
on.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Oh but when I set up a business that breaks into your house unless you specifically opt out I’m a criminal
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Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"
GOP: We control all branches of government.
GOP: We won't even meet with Democrats, they're so irrelevant
Also GOP: This shutdown is all Democrats fault
GOP: We won't even meet with Democrats, they're so irrelevant
Also GOP: This shutdown is all Democrats fault
Trump: "They want to have transgender for everybody. These people are crazy -- the Democrats. So if it has to shut down, it'll have to shut down. But they're the ones that are shutting down the government."
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
GOP: We control all branches of government.
GOP: We won't even meet with Democrats, they're so irrelevant
Also GOP: This shutdown is all Democrats fault
GOP: We won't even meet with Democrats, they're so irrelevant
Also GOP: This shutdown is all Democrats fault
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Diane DiMassa event in Hartford, CT at Real Art Ways TOMORROW (9/25; 6:30pm) speaking with @alexdueben.bsky.social about Hothead Paisan.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Diane DiMassa event in Hartford, CT at Real Art Ways TOMORROW (9/25; 6:30pm) speaking with @alexdueben.bsky.social about Hothead Paisan.
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