Asim Ali
@asimali.bsky.social
American studies prof. Erstwhile economist. Sometime musician. Habitat builder. Pro-bunny. Earthling. Trying to make more darkness. Ⓥ He/him
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
This is a huge room, and there's not a single couch in sight.
JD Vance: "I serve under Donald Trump, who is very healthy. If I served under Joe Biden, I'd probably be worried every minute of every day that he was gonna croak and that I'd have to become president."
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This is a huge room, and there's not a single couch in sight.
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Burn down all their houses.
"What the obsequious emails to Epstein seem to illustrate is that many people with influence were willing to overlook his crimes, horrific behavior, and witless observations as long as there was something in it for them."
Importance: High
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Burn down all their houses.
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“The UN and the World Economic Forum have each declared that Climate Change and disinformation are the greatest threats to Humanity. To truly make this COP the COP of Truth, we need firmly established guardrails against mis and disinformation,” said UCS’s Kate Cell from #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
“The UN and the World Economic Forum have each declared that Climate Change and disinformation are the greatest threats to Humanity. To truly make this COP the COP of Truth, we need firmly established guardrails against mis and disinformation,” said UCS’s Kate Cell from #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
"What the obsequious emails to Epstein seem to illustrate is that many people with influence were willing to overlook his crimes, horrific behavior, and witless observations as long as there was something in it for them."
Importance: High
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
When QAnon Meets Veep
The dumb, abhorrent truth at the heart of the Epstein scandal
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
"What the obsequious emails to Epstein seem to illustrate is that many people with influence were willing to overlook his crimes, horrific behavior, and witless observations as long as there was something in it for them."
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Importance: High
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
When QAnon Meets Veep
The dumb, abhorrent truth at the heart of the Epstein scandal
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Importance: High
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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i wonder if haidt will revise his thesis about the excesses of left wing universities or if he just chuckles while sitting on a mountain of cash
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
i wonder if haidt will revise his thesis about the excesses of left wing universities or if he just chuckles while sitting on a mountain of cash
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Fun fact: "Vance invested money in AcreTrader, an app that sells shares of real estate investment trusts. While this process does not sell U.S. land directly to foreigners, it does allow foreigners to invest in companies that own American farmland." www.snopes.com/news/2024/10...
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Fun fact: "Vance invested money in AcreTrader, an app that sells shares of real estate investment trusts. While this process does not sell U.S. land directly to foreigners, it does allow foreigners to invest in companies that own American farmland." www.snopes.com/news/2024/10...
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Our reaction to the UK government strategy announced yesterday for 'Replacing animals in science'.
The only acceptable future for science is one that doesn’t involve the exploitation of animals.
#EndAnimalTesting #AnimalAid #HumanRelevantScience #UKGovernment #AnimalWelfare
The only acceptable future for science is one that doesn’t involve the exploitation of animals.
#EndAnimalTesting #AnimalAid #HumanRelevantScience #UKGovernment #AnimalWelfare
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Our reaction to the UK government strategy announced yesterday for 'Replacing animals in science'.
The only acceptable future for science is one that doesn’t involve the exploitation of animals.
#EndAnimalTesting #AnimalAid #HumanRelevantScience #UKGovernment #AnimalWelfare
The only acceptable future for science is one that doesn’t involve the exploitation of animals.
#EndAnimalTesting #AnimalAid #HumanRelevantScience #UKGovernment #AnimalWelfare
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Look, I know we’re all rightfully pissed about the current Epstein stuff, but you should really set aside some time and read this piece. There’s a reason “mitigating the effects of climate change” is one of my key policy positions.
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Look, I know we’re all rightfully pissed about the current Epstein stuff, but you should really set aside some time and read this piece. There’s a reason “mitigating the effects of climate change” is one of my key policy positions.
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Please spread the word about this exciting #LongCovid trial that they’ve made super easy to participate in from home! The faster they get enough participants, the faster they can release results
There are LoCITT-T participants across 46 states & DC!
We currently do not have participants from:
North Dakota
South Dakota
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
Can you spread the word to anyone with LC there (or in any other, more generally underrepresented community):
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
We currently do not have participants from:
North Dakota
South Dakota
Mississippi
Puerto Rico
Can you spread the word to anyone with LC there (or in any other, more generally underrepresented community):
longcovid.scripps.edu/locitt-t/?ut...
LoCITT-T - Long COVID Treatment Trial
The Long COVID Treatment Trial-Tirzepatide (LoCITT-T) is investigating the efficacy of repurposing this drug to treat Long COVID.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Please spread the word about this exciting #LongCovid trial that they’ve made super easy to participate in from home! The faster they get enough participants, the faster they can release results
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BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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He ripped away food from starving children for this
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
Trump’s Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
Changing signage and stationary alone for the Department of Defense would cost at least a billion dollars.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
He ripped away food from starving children for this
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As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
BREAKING: (Gift) New Epstein emails reveal that Epstein claimed he had kompromat on President Trump. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
New Epstein emails claim Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim
Democrats on the House Oversight say the emails provide evidence of a cover-up by the White House
www.miamiherald.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As I sometimes like to mention, s the only reason you know who Jeffrey Epstein is (that is, if you weren't one of his friends/clients/beneficiaries) is because Ms Brown, below, broke the story of his sweetheart deal to get out of the 2008 trafficking charges.
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People getting mad at, say, Hmong refugee neighbors, without asking what possessed thousands of them to leave their villages in Laos and move to Minnesota.
Most Americans have little idea what the US has done all over the world. Except for D-Day and the Marshall Plan.
Most Americans have little idea what the US has done all over the world. Except for D-Day and the Marshall Plan.
this is exactly what it has felt like for a long time to try to teach about US imperialism. students just like cannot believe that the CIA has overturned the government in almost every country in Latin America, even though that's not a controversial fact at all.
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
People getting mad at, say, Hmong refugee neighbors, without asking what possessed thousands of them to leave their villages in Laos and move to Minnesota.
Most Americans have little idea what the US has done all over the world. Except for D-Day and the Marshall Plan.
Most Americans have little idea what the US has done all over the world. Except for D-Day and the Marshall Plan.
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It is an ironclad law of climate comms that we must absolutely in every case focus on the economics of these actions, only incidentally mention the mass human casualties, and never, ever the natural world.
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It is an ironclad law of climate comms that we must absolutely in every case focus on the economics of these actions, only incidentally mention the mass human casualties, and never, ever the natural world.
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seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
Periodic reminder that your government hates you and wants you to have the barest minimum healthcare necessary for you to work yourself to death.
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Periodic reminder that your government hates you and wants you to have the barest minimum healthcare necessary for you to work yourself to death.
I'm reminded of the 1988 ST:TNG episode "Arsenal of Freedom," in which the Enterprise visits the planet Minos, which was once full of weapons merchants but they're all dead now because their "intelligent" weapons killed them all.
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I'm reminded of the 1988 ST:TNG episode "Arsenal of Freedom," in which the Enterprise visits the planet Minos, which was once full of weapons merchants but they're all dead now because their "intelligent" weapons killed them all.
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Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire
Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, satellite images show.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in one month of "ceasefire." Gardens, homes, entire neighborhoods turned to dust www.bbc.com/news/article...
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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⚪️ “They Want to Terrify Palestinians — Then Steal Their Land”
Diana Buttu tells Drop Site the surge in settler attacks is part of a coordinated state-backed effort to seize Palestinian land. “They start going after the farmlands… then set up these outposts backed by the Israeli army. And after...
Diana Buttu tells Drop Site the surge in settler attacks is part of a coordinated state-backed effort to seize Palestinian land. “They start going after the farmlands… then set up these outposts backed by the Israeli army. And after...
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
⚪️ “They Want to Terrify Palestinians — Then Steal Their Land”
Diana Buttu tells Drop Site the surge in settler attacks is part of a coordinated state-backed effort to seize Palestinian land. “They start going after the farmlands… then set up these outposts backed by the Israeli army. And after...
Diana Buttu tells Drop Site the surge in settler attacks is part of a coordinated state-backed effort to seize Palestinian land. “They start going after the farmlands… then set up these outposts backed by the Israeli army. And after...