alex williams
@atwilliams.bsky.social
macroeconomist and computer user at http://www.common-wealth.org, editor at www.continuousvariation.com, fellow at stanford, partisan of the republic of letters
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alex williams
@atwilliams.bsky.social
· Aug 22
"because only that exists which can be posted, bodies themselves fell under the regime of the symbolic" - literal Kittler
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I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
John Fetterman Has Too Much Gender
![Instagram caption from NPR of their interview with John Fetterman
In his new book, "Unfettered," Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) criticized his party for losing the support of working class men, writing that President Trump appealed to them more because "he wasn't afraid to comment on things the left told us we were no longer allowed to have commonsense opinions on."
Fetterman also writes, “if men are forced to choose between picking their party or keeping their balls, most men are going to choose their balls.”
“I think there's been a disconnection,” he told "All Things Considered" host Scott Detrow. “It's just this idea and just being perceived as more anti-man […] And it's just a lot different kinds of energy that comes out from.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5fkaj7zmtrdz6o4az3vvlxbf/bafkreiadfrhld7ftk53pgpl2aaafm74uz2qivzeudf3nkmykvcx643fl7i@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
John Fetterman Has Too Much Gender
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Seems clear that Pulte 1) broke the law while going on fishing expeditions for baseless mortgage fraud claims 2) immediately removed everyone who tried to investigate that wrong-doing.
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed probe report to U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seems clear that Pulte 1) broke the law while going on fishing expeditions for baseless mortgage fraud claims 2) immediately removed everyone who tried to investigate that wrong-doing.
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I’m sorry but this whole Noah Smith Heathrow situation is so fucking funny. Centrist thought leader with PhD from University of Michigan struggles to navigate basic airport transfer, blames it on the relative economic decline of Western Europe
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m sorry but this whole Noah Smith Heathrow situation is so fucking funny. Centrist thought leader with PhD from University of Michigan struggles to navigate basic airport transfer, blames it on the relative economic decline of Western Europe
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it has become impossible for me to stop listening to this nap eyes cover of a tragically hip classic, this is what it's like man:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCeL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCeL...
My Music at Work
YouTube video by Nap Eyes - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
it has become impossible for me to stop listening to this nap eyes cover of a tragically hip classic, this is what it's like man:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCeL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCeL...
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Public options for essentials, strategic price interventions, investment in housing and childcare — this is antifascist economics. It tackles the material conditions that make authoritarianism appealing.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Public options for essentials, strategic price interventions, investment in housing and childcare — this is antifascist economics. It tackles the material conditions that make authoritarianism appealing.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
this is going to help approximately nobody, but Mutable Instruments' Marbles module is a pretty good first pass way of thinking about what you are engaging when you are in a text box connected to a language model
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
this is going to help approximately nobody, but Mutable Instruments' Marbles module is a pretty good first pass way of thinking about what you are engaging when you are in a text box connected to a language model
me finally buying a replacement tascam 488 when i finally get back to living in upstate new york, where the last one died
We need to bring back tape hiss. we need to bring back no high end when you hit the Dolby button. We need to bring back audible punches. We need to bring back sounding like shit.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
me finally buying a replacement tascam 488 when i finally get back to living in upstate new york, where the last one died
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"What's the point of standards?" is the question our era is destined to answer. Thoroughly.
From Dear Leader all the way down to beat cops and schoolteachers; from internet-poisoned billionaires' Very Online pet hack journos, down to rando shitpoasters.
From Dear Leader all the way down to beat cops and schoolteachers; from internet-poisoned billionaires' Very Online pet hack journos, down to rando shitpoasters.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"What's the point of standards?" is the question our era is destined to answer. Thoroughly.
From Dear Leader all the way down to beat cops and schoolteachers; from internet-poisoned billionaires' Very Online pet hack journos, down to rando shitpoasters.
From Dear Leader all the way down to beat cops and schoolteachers; from internet-poisoned billionaires' Very Online pet hack journos, down to rando shitpoasters.
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Citation is how we knit the world.
Was listening to the new ep of the Allusionist this morning, and Helen was interviewing So Mayer who promptly name-checked @carriem.co.uk because the Internet is a tiny tiny village
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Citation is how we knit the world.
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I have a new article out about US-China bloc formation, climate change, and war
🚨 NEW: Read @tobitac.bsky.social “Cold War on a Warming World” for sharp analysis of China’s economic development, its clean energy dominance and why Washington’s foreign policy response is a threat to global decarbonisation.
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transitionsecurity.org/cold-war-war...
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transitionsecurity.org/cold-war-war...
Cold War on a Warming World
The US foreign policy response to China's economic development is a threat to the global climate transition.
transitionsecurity.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have a new article out about US-China bloc formation, climate change, and war
this fucking rules lmao. career blogger cannot exist in normal world, freaks out in blog world about it
'Elon kan reed buks' and 'Noah can't read signs' are the two things giving me life this week onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
this fucking rules lmao. career blogger cannot exist in normal world, freaks out in blog world about it
i feel like someone should write out what the deneen/vermeule/neofeudalist etc economy would look like. what if you cut the labor force by 40%, what if you got rid of science and healthcare, what would those numbers actually look like
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
i feel like someone should write out what the deneen/vermeule/neofeudalist etc economy would look like. what if you cut the labor force by 40%, what if you got rid of science and healthcare, what would those numbers actually look like
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Stephen Miller’s theory of the case in action
Withering labor supply starting to show up in NFIB:
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Stephen Miller’s theory of the case in action
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“Anyone who helps me try to steal an election gets a pardon” is perhaps the most corrupt thing to happen in American history.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Anyone who helps me try to steal an election gets a pardon” is perhaps the most corrupt thing to happen in American history.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
That “conservatives” have simply accepted this as the price of admission is the greatest moral and intellectual humiliation.
some times ya just gotta laugh
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
some times ya just gotta laugh
lmfao
TRUMP: US TO LAUNCH NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM WITHIN 2–3 WEEKS
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
lmfao
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I don't know, but I believe we are living through the biggest money laundering operation in history.
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I don't know, but I believe we are living through the biggest money laundering operation in history.
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I find Phil Rocco's theory that the coalitional nature of the Dem. party has left it unprepared to confront an anti-constitutional one persuasive. I'd be very interested to hear from people across the pond whether the same dynamics hold there.
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I find Phil Rocco's theory that the coalitional nature of the Dem. party has left it unprepared to confront an anti-constitutional one persuasive. I'd be very interested to hear from people across the pond whether the same dynamics hold there.
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Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing."
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
Cybersecurity breach at Congressional Budget Office remains a live threat
Library of Congress employees were informed to take caution when emailing the office of the congressional scorekeeper.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing."
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.
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Never in my life can I recall an era where the Democrats could seize the anti-DC/drain the swamp mantle like they can coming up…
Honestly, I do think it’ll have to be a governor on the ticket in 2028 because earned or not, everyone in Congress will have loser energy vibes as an unavoidable side effect of being in the minority under Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Never in my life can I recall an era where the Democrats could seize the anti-DC/drain the swamp mantle like they can coming up…
"when they started posting so many friggin pictures of everything on the internet"
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"when they started posting so many friggin pictures of everything on the internet"
lmao, cmon man
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
lmao, cmon man