drew beck
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A defector from the culture wars / that shell-shock love away • 🇵🇸
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“The contemporary tendency ... is to base distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into the overfed mouths of the middle and upper classes until they gag with superfluity. If democracy is to have breadth of meaning it is necessary to adjust this inequity.” —MLK
Unfinished Revolution
Dr. King’s goal was full employment and universal health care.
www.bostonreview.net
January 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“The contemporary tendency ... is to base distribution on scarcity, which has vanished, and to compress our abundance into the overfed mouths of the middle and upper classes until they gag with superfluity. If democracy is to have breadth of meaning it is necessary to adjust this inequity.” —MLK
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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“Training” imagines cops as clueless actors who didn’t know any better, couldn’t because they weren’t sufficiently trained.
It has some resonance with the hapless husband who is both in charge of the home and basically ignorant, a little baby who must be coddled.
It has some resonance with the hapless husband who is both in charge of the home and basically ignorant, a little baby who must be coddled.
In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:
January 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
“Training” imagines cops as clueless actors who didn’t know any better, couldn’t because they weren’t sufficiently trained.
It has some resonance with the hapless husband who is both in charge of the home and basically ignorant, a little baby who must be coddled.
It has some resonance with the hapless husband who is both in charge of the home and basically ignorant, a little baby who must be coddled.
My most nuanced and therefore best not to share opinion is that pushing body cams or training COULD be used successfully by a party who actually wanted to fight for something.
January 17, 2026 at 8:54 PM
My most nuanced and therefore best not to share opinion is that pushing body cams or training COULD be used successfully by a party who actually wanted to fight for something.
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*It's possible to write even-goofier parodies of "Stanford-or-ketamine" rhetoric, but who would understand that this is supposed to be funny? At least a couple of thousand people, I guess
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 AM
*It's possible to write even-goofier parodies of "Stanford-or-ketamine" rhetoric, but who would understand that this is supposed to be funny? At least a couple of thousand people, I guess
Remember that he filmed a PR vid of him clearing homeless camps.
He is pro-fash.
He is pro-fash.
Gavin Newsom has never had a homeless, a working unhoused, or an affordable housing advocate on his podcast despite governing California.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
So yeah I think it’s weird that he’s entertained & platformed multiple fascists while grinning, nodding & relenting to their easily defeatable talking points.
January 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Remember that he filmed a PR vid of him clearing homeless camps.
He is pro-fash.
He is pro-fash.
WE MAY FREEZE BUT WE WILL NEVER GO NUMB
On my morning walk today I saw this one, which is one of my favs, on a power box. See many poster designs here: defend612.com/art/
January 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM
WE MAY FREEZE BUT WE WILL NEVER GO NUMB
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Great question!
It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.
The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.
It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.
The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.
January 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Great question!
It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.
The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.
It’s not just about whether or not the gyre is widening – its that the falcon cannot hear the Falconer. In today’s blood-dimmed world, it’s a game-changer that many don’t consider.
The kicker? A beast that is rough, slouching, and born.
Been in the sky too long
January 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Been in the sky too long
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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"defund the police" is where things ended up at, because every police reform victory ended up meaningless because cops could and did ignore them, and that was possible because they could and did threaten local government officials who would have to actually enforce those reforms.
January 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"defund the police" is where things ended up at, because every police reform victory ended up meaningless because cops could and did ignore them, and that was possible because they could and did threaten local government officials who would have to actually enforce those reforms.
80% of political journalism now is just reporting on others’ punditry. A key factor in the acceptance of fascism. Idk how people like @annalissroy.bsky.social can feel good about their life’s work 🤷
Very poor journalism from @washingtonpost.com’s @annalissroy.bsky.social, from your framing up. Why do you assume good faith from a politician who simultaneously says he can’t know what’s in the video but accepts fully Trump’s visibly false claim of what’s in the video?
January 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
80% of political journalism now is just reporting on others’ punditry. A key factor in the acceptance of fascism. Idk how people like @annalissroy.bsky.social can feel good about their life’s work 🤷
“Don’t analyze me” is a core value of privilege.
The people who mock gender studies are perversely the most compelling case for studying it
Wifi was down at the WH today so I didn’t get to post this, which, once again people: everything is gender.
January 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
“Don’t analyze me” is a core value of privilege.
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*StanfordOrKetamine has set me and my formerly-human open-source friends on fire"
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
*StanfordOrKetamine has set me and my formerly-human open-source friends on fire"
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When I talk about the NYT as a chronicle of power without any true moral center, this is the kind of shit I mean
This bizarre and dangerous claim violates literally every section of our Constitution, which was built by geniuses explicitly to limit individual power.
Those entrusted with enforcing our Constitution have a duty to every Conservative and Liberal American. A duty to act. Now.
Those entrusted with enforcing our Constitution have a duty to every Conservative and Liberal American. A duty to act. Now.
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
When I talk about the NYT as a chronicle of power without any true moral center, this is the kind of shit I mean
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If you've never been conservative, it's maybe hard to imagine but the combination of pretending you're a downtrodden freedom fighter while knowing full well you can do whatever the fuck you want with absolute impunity is really intoxicating. Honestly one of the best feelings in the world.
January 9, 2026 at 3:55 PM
If you've never been conservative, it's maybe hard to imagine but the combination of pretending you're a downtrodden freedom fighter while knowing full well you can do whatever the fuck you want with absolute impunity is really intoxicating. Honestly one of the best feelings in the world.
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I think of this a lot. Mostly because my favorite thing to say is that knowing who to be mad at is praxis. But it's also difficult for people to know currently because there's no identifiable leadership on the Lefts to clearly articulate this. The fascists constantly tell people who to be mad at.
And try not to take your frustration and feelings of powerlessness out on each other.
January 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I think of this a lot. Mostly because my favorite thing to say is that knowing who to be mad at is praxis. But it's also difficult for people to know currently because there's no identifiable leadership on the Lefts to clearly articulate this. The fascists constantly tell people who to be mad at.
![Screen shot from the show Andor. Someone says to Mon Mothma “They [meaning the Empire] don’t even bother to lie badly anymore.” Mon replies “I suppose that’s the final humiliation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/bafkreibrxbmhwrnkwo2ztnczubpnzpup3uf6dpyhs7mk2uxpeoeynhjo2q@jpeg)
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Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
December 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.
Speechwriters having fun for sure but I’d like to see this stuff a lil less wordy and a lil more punchy. I mean, I like this phrasing but it takes its time hitting the mark.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 3, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Speechwriters having fun for sure but I’d like to see this stuff a lil less wordy and a lil more punchy. I mean, I like this phrasing but it takes its time hitting the mark.
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
I think he ran for mayor just so he could eat at every great restaurant in the city and expense it.
best way to end day 2: chicken roast and aloo bhortha from boishakhi
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I think he ran for mayor just so he could eat at every great restaurant in the city and expense it.
IMO also a lot of boomers (women and men) have already made their peace with certain levels of abuse and harassment and consider it acceptable and even a necessary part of living with men. Vitriol when challenged is the defensive part showing up: how dare you hold me to my values!
Most of the derangement about Mamdani is for the obvious reasons but part of it is also that a surprising amount of people were committed to the Cuomo rehabilitation project because they hated the idea that anything could have consequences for men of the right class.
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
IMO also a lot of boomers (women and men) have already made their peace with certain levels of abuse and harassment and consider it acceptable and even a necessary part of living with men. Vitriol when challenged is the defensive part showing up: how dare you hold me to my values!