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The resurgence of right-wing populism has set the table for the far right’s renewed fortunes.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Thomas Mann and the Temptations of Fascism
The resurgence of right-wing populism has set the table for the far right’s renewed fortunes. Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
jacobin.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM
The resurgence of right-wing populism has set the table for the far right’s renewed fortunes.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Published in 1947, Thomas Mann’s Doctor Faustus offers a guide to the mythmaking and rejection of reason that continues to animate authoritarian politics today.
Hudson River today.
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Hudson River today.
There being a measles outbreak at an ICE facility in Texas feels like the most fiercely American headline of the day.
February 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
There being a measles outbreak at an ICE facility in Texas feels like the most fiercely American headline of the day.
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The Cure finally won a Grammy!!
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
The Cure finally won a Grammy!!
We’re going to have to rip down a lot of tacky faux gold bullshit in a few years, aren’t we?
Trump says Kennedy Center renovation won’t be a full tear-down
Trump says Kennedy Center renovation won’t be a full tear-down
The president said the project, which could cost $200 million, will keep the steel and some marble of the existing building.
dlvr.it
February 3, 2026 at 12:32 AM
We’re going to have to rip down a lot of tacky faux gold bullshit in a few years, aren’t we?
Took a little walk this morning (-8 with windchill).
January 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Took a little walk this morning (-8 with windchill).
Hot Toddy season.
January 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Hot Toddy season.
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So...... this seems real bad.
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
FBI executing sealed search warrant at Fulton County election facility
Federal agents carried out a law enforcement action Wednesday at a Fulton County election facility located in Fairburn.
www.fox5atlanta.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
So...... this seems real bad.
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
The FBI executed a sealed search warrant today on a key Atlanta area election office - and wouldn't say what that warrant was for.
"A source told FOX the FBI was there to take custody of Fulton County election ballots from 2020."
www.fox5atlanta.com/news/fbi-exe...
Any one else feeling alarmed about that private jet of lawyers that just crashed at takeoff in Texas?
Granted, it’s far too early for the facts to be known, but that seems to be a story worth following.
Granted, it’s far too early for the facts to be known, but that seems to be a story worth following.
January 27, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Any one else feeling alarmed about that private jet of lawyers that just crashed at takeoff in Texas?
Granted, it’s far too early for the facts to be known, but that seems to be a story worth following.
Granted, it’s far too early for the facts to be known, but that seems to be a story worth following.
Walked to work this morning and there was just a few flurries in the air, how’s everyone preparing for the storm that’s coming?
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Walked to work this morning and there was just a few flurries in the air, how’s everyone preparing for the storm that’s coming?
Central Park Lake, Schenectady, NY.
January 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Central Park Lake, Schenectady, NY.
Kinda have to disagree, there has never been a time a dictator was “needed”. I’m guessing he doesn’t know how it usually goes for dictators. Get that bunker ready.
January 21, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Kinda have to disagree, there has never been a time a dictator was “needed”. I’m guessing he doesn’t know how it usually goes for dictators. Get that bunker ready.
Man, is everything hella bleak right now. Taking the to enjoy simple pleasures, and the company of my neighbors.
January 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Man, is everything hella bleak right now. Taking the to enjoy simple pleasures, and the company of my neighbors.
Everything this admin puts out is a goddamn lie. We know it’s a goddamn lie. They know we know it’s a goddamn lie.
My apologies to Solzhenitsyn
My apologies to Solzhenitsyn
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Everything this admin puts out is a goddamn lie. We know it’s a goddamn lie. They know we know it’s a goddamn lie.
My apologies to Solzhenitsyn
My apologies to Solzhenitsyn
Why is ICE arresting some dude in a giraffe suit? The fascist goons are out of control.
January 13, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Why is ICE arresting some dude in a giraffe suit? The fascist goons are out of control.
Un-fickin’-real, ICE goons shot some lady in the face. #abolishice
January 7, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Un-fickin’-real, ICE goons shot some lady in the face. #abolishice
Barbie car, NYS Museum.
January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Barbie car, NYS Museum.
I think they just don’t care, and see war as a pretext to use emergency powers to crush domestic dissent.
its really alarming how this admin has made 0 effort to get buy in and public support for its action against Venezuela
I don't think its because they think they're dictators who don't need the public for war, I think they're so cooked in their own bubble they think everyone already supports it
I don't think its because they think they're dictators who don't need the public for war, I think they're so cooked in their own bubble they think everyone already supports it
January 3, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I think they just don’t care, and see war as a pretext to use emergency powers to crush domestic dissent.
If you’re like me you’ve probably been around activist spaces, got burned out, watched movements burn out.
Well, go time is now. Whatever organizing is going on in your community, it’s time.
Well, go time is now. Whatever organizing is going on in your community, it’s time.
January 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If you’re like me you’ve probably been around activist spaces, got burned out, watched movements burn out.
Well, go time is now. Whatever organizing is going on in your community, it’s time.
Well, go time is now. Whatever organizing is going on in your community, it’s time.
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Everything we accepted being done in places like Palestine will be done again and again elsewhere until we stop accepting it anywhere.
We can't carve out exceptions where human rights don't apply and expect human rights to still apply everywhere else.
We can't carve out exceptions where human rights don't apply and expect human rights to still apply everywhere else.
January 3, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Everything we accepted being done in places like Palestine will be done again and again elsewhere until we stop accepting it anywhere.
We can't carve out exceptions where human rights don't apply and expect human rights to still apply everywhere else.
We can't carve out exceptions where human rights don't apply and expect human rights to still apply everywhere else.
It’s bigly inspiring great confidence in how this will go down that the addled fuckwit can’t get through the press conference without a little nap.
January 3, 2026 at 8:19 PM
It’s bigly inspiring great confidence in how this will go down that the addled fuckwit can’t get through the press conference without a little nap.
Ah yes, the magic of the winter season.
December 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Ah yes, the magic of the winter season.
Cohoes Falls today.
December 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Cohoes Falls today.
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So, Stefanik just suspended her run for governor of NY and won't seek reelection to her seat in the House.
If the current level of schadenfreude I'm experiencing lasts longer than four hours a TV commercial said I should contact a doctor.
If the current level of schadenfreude I'm experiencing lasts longer than four hours a TV commercial said I should contact a doctor.
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
So, Stefanik just suspended her run for governor of NY and won't seek reelection to her seat in the House.
If the current level of schadenfreude I'm experiencing lasts longer than four hours a TV commercial said I should contact a doctor.
If the current level of schadenfreude I'm experiencing lasts longer than four hours a TV commercial said I should contact a doctor.
I don’t know what’s going come out tomorrow, but reading (today, NY Times) that he was in a years-long competition too out sleaze America’s most notorious pedophile seems quite enough for me to draw a conclusion.
December 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I don’t know what’s going come out tomorrow, but reading (today, NY Times) that he was in a years-long competition too out sleaze America’s most notorious pedophile seems quite enough for me to draw a conclusion.