KM Gallagher
@kmgallagher25.bsky.social
USA/UK/Germany. A doctor, but the bookish kind, not the medical kind.
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
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cannot imagine how it would feel, reading all those cheery friendly emails to Epstein from famous people after his conviction, if you are yourself a survivor of sexual abuse. On the case for moral leadership, not just an inquiry (tho hell yeah an inquiry too) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How much did the Epstein poison infect Britain? Starmer had better find out, and fast | Gaby Hinsliff
Serious questions need to be asked about Mandelson, Andrew and what the PM knew when. The credibility of UK politics is on the line, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
cannot imagine how it would feel, reading all those cheery friendly emails to Epstein from famous people after his conviction, if you are yourself a survivor of sexual abuse. On the case for moral leadership, not just an inquiry (tho hell yeah an inquiry too) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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hindsight is 20/20 but maybe selecting university presidents on their willingness to debase themselves for private donor money is related to the current difficulties in defending academia from fascism
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
hindsight is 20/20 but maybe selecting university presidents on their willingness to debase themselves for private donor money is related to the current difficulties in defending academia from fascism
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„Es ist überraschend, dass gerade Parteien nicht erkennen, wie sehr unsere Demokratie darauf aufbaut, dass Menschen Zeit haben, sich einzubringen: in der Nachbarschaftshilfe, im Sportverein, in der politischen Arbeit gegen rechts.“ taz.de/Autorin-Tere...
Autorin Teresa Bücker zu Teilzeitstreit: „40 Stunden sind zu viel“
Das Recht auf Teilzeit abzuschaffen, wäre ein Angriff auf die Gleichstellung, sagt die Buchautorin. Sie fordert ein neues Verständnis von Vollzeit.
taz.de
January 27, 2026 at 7:27 AM
„Es ist überraschend, dass gerade Parteien nicht erkennen, wie sehr unsere Demokratie darauf aufbaut, dass Menschen Zeit haben, sich einzubringen: in der Nachbarschaftshilfe, im Sportverein, in der politischen Arbeit gegen rechts.“ taz.de/Autorin-Tere...
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part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 12:14 AM
part of this is like, conservatives projecting; part of this is conservatives unable to imagine politics without money; and part of this is dudes who are so out of touch with feminized labor that they think children's birthday parties exist as a spontaneous act of parthogenesis
One thing a lot of Americans don't know: Nazi concentration camps were not initially extermination camps. They grew increasingly deadly over time. ICE facilities are inhumane. We are now seeing deaths. In German they say "Wehret den Anfängen", resist the beginnings. That is where we are now.
wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
January 25, 2026 at 10:48 AM
One thing a lot of Americans don't know: Nazi concentration camps were not initially extermination camps. They grew increasingly deadly over time. ICE facilities are inhumane. We are now seeing deaths. In German they say "Wehret den Anfängen", resist the beginnings. That is where we are now.
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Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Worse than Kent State, really than any episode I can think of probably dating back to Reconstruc & earlier b/c
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
1. continuing, not 1 off.
2. organized, not individual ofcrs losing it
3. literally at hand of federal government, which is
4. immediately lying & circling the wagons to prevent inves.
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If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
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“The federal government is no longer bound by law. If agents of the state may kill people in public without being investigated; if they have—again, per VP Vance—“absolute immunity” from prosecution then we are living in an authoritarian regime.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.
open.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
“The federal government is no longer bound by law. If agents of the state may kill people in public without being investigated; if they have—again, per VP Vance—“absolute immunity” from prosecution then we are living in an authoritarian regime.”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
January 25, 2026 at 2:56 AM
“Freedom is not free. We have to work at it. Nurture it. Protect it. Even sacrifice for it.”
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Your call whether to watch. What I saw: Victim directs traffic. ICE rushes him & two women, violently knocking a woman down. Victim tries to shield her, *hands in air,* gets blasted with spray. As he tries to help her up, ICE pulls him off. One agent *holsters* a weapon right before another shoots.
UPDATE: @dropsitenews.com has obtained the very graphic video from the lady in the pink coat, which shows ICE executing yet another person in broad daylight:
January 24, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Your call whether to watch. What I saw: Victim directs traffic. ICE rushes him & two women, violently knocking a woman down. Victim tries to shield her, *hands in air,* gets blasted with spray. As he tries to help her up, ICE pulls him off. One agent *holsters* a weapon right before another shoots.
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I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.
People like to joke about Woke Bill Kristol but it has nothing to do with being woke or not, it is just sane
To repeat: Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
People like to joke about Woke Bill Kristol but it has nothing to do with being woke or not, it is just sane
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I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
January 24, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity
"Most European countries have had a rise in sick leave after the pandemic. This also applies to Norway, according to another study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health."
Kann einer den Artikel an Friedrich Merz schicken?
www.sciencenorway.no/covid19-long...
Kann einer den Artikel an Friedrich Merz schicken?
www.sciencenorway.no/covid19-long...
Researchers: Not testing for Covid-19 is creating problems
People have become sicker after the pandemic, but without Covid-19 testing it's difficult to understand why.
www.sciencenorway.no
January 24, 2026 at 11:55 AM
"Most European countries have had a rise in sick leave after the pandemic. This also applies to Norway, according to another study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health."
Kann einer den Artikel an Friedrich Merz schicken?
www.sciencenorway.no/covid19-long...
Kann einer den Artikel an Friedrich Merz schicken?
www.sciencenorway.no/covid19-long...
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It's currently -10° in Minneapolis and they still got thousands of people to march and protest outside.
They picked the wrong city.
They picked the wrong city.
They are never, ever going to win in Minnesota.
January 23, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It's currently -10° in Minneapolis and they still got thousands of people to march and protest outside.
They picked the wrong city.
They picked the wrong city.
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"I'm not letting you go to my 12-year-old birthday party, the one you said you weren't going to because your mean mom said to avoid me. SO THERE!!! Jokes on you, loser!!! Uninvited!!!!"
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 AM
"I'm not letting you go to my 12-year-old birthday party, the one you said you weren't going to because your mean mom said to avoid me. SO THERE!!! Jokes on you, loser!!! Uninvited!!!!"
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Normal people, is who
"Who wouldn't want a humanoid robot to watch over your kids?" asks Elon Musk at Davos
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Normal people, is who
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Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Nasra Ahmed, a 23-year-old US citizen, was arrested and detained by ICE. She was held for TWO DAYS.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
ICE agents handcuffed her, called her a racial slur, and she was knocked to the ground so hard she got a concussion.
This cannot continue happening. ICE needs to leave.
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I think it would be quite nice for me to be able to wake up in the morning and think about my plans for the day, and more broadly about my own little life, instead of immediately having to ponder the overnight actions of The Guy Over There
January 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM
I think it would be quite nice for me to be able to wake up in the morning and think about my plans for the day, and more broadly about my own little life, instead of immediately having to ponder the overnight actions of The Guy Over There
Idk, the Right have been pretty successful with nostalgia as their main strategy
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Idk, the Right have been pretty successful with nostalgia as their main strategy
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Ich glaube, das muss ich wirklich sehr einfach erklären. Sonst wird es nicht verstanden: Die Abschaffung der telefonischen AU würde keinen einzigen Krankheitstag verhindern. Aber die Versorgung von Pat., die sowieso schon Schwierigkeiten haben, einen Termin zu bekommen. 🧵
www.rnd.de/politik/merz...
www.rnd.de/politik/merz...
„Wirklich notwendig?“ Merz kritisiert hohen Krankenstand in Deutschland
In der kalten Jahreszeit gehört es fast dazu, dass es überall hustet und niest. Viele lassen sich auch krankschreiben. Der Kanzler sieht hier ein generelles Problem.
www.rnd.de
January 17, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Ich glaube, das muss ich wirklich sehr einfach erklären. Sonst wird es nicht verstanden: Die Abschaffung der telefonischen AU würde keinen einzigen Krankheitstag verhindern. Aber die Versorgung von Pat., die sowieso schon Schwierigkeiten haben, einen Termin zu bekommen. 🧵
www.rnd.de/politik/merz...
www.rnd.de/politik/merz...