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📚History. Philosophy. Political economy. Occasional sci-fi.
🌹Trying to show solidarity and keep an open mind. A veces posteo en español también.
📚History. Philosophy. Political economy. Occasional sci-fi.
🌹Trying to show solidarity and keep an open mind. A veces posteo en español también.
I hope city council drops the hammer on these fuckers.
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I hope city council drops the hammer on these fuckers.
Zimmerman is quickly becoming my least favorite cc.
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Zimmerman is quickly becoming my least favorite cc.
The majority of people who scream about immigration also want to treat women like baby factories, so there's no contradiction as they see it.
December 2, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The majority of people who scream about immigration also want to treat women like baby factories, so there's no contradiction as they see it.
Overhead shinner by Romero earns a point! Just put pucks and net and you never know!
December 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Overhead shinner by Romero earns a point! Just put pucks and net and you never know!
Gotta get pucks on net
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Gotta get pucks on net
This isn't to ignore the massive progress that Denmark has made, but it is important to know the drawbacks of their particular path. Biomass is absolutely not a long-term, global solution, even if it is less harmful than fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This isn't to ignore the massive progress that Denmark has made, but it is important to know the drawbacks of their particular path. Biomass is absolutely not a long-term, global solution, even if it is less harmful than fossil fuels.
The trees planted in their place are usually all the same age and same species. This means the forests supplying biomass are managed like monocultural crops. They have low biodiversity and are very different from how non-managed forests grow, since they are not allowed to mature.
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The trees planted in their place are usually all the same age and same species. This means the forests supplying biomass are managed like monocultural crops. They have low biodiversity and are very different from how non-managed forests grow, since they are not allowed to mature.
The argument is that the trees sequestered carbon as they were growing and we can immediately plant more, so there are no net emissions or green house gases. This is disputed, especially when we take into account the emissions from shipping the trees (sometimes across the Atlantic Ocean).
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The argument is that the trees sequestered carbon as they were growing and we can immediately plant more, so there are no net emissions or green house gases. This is disputed, especially when we take into account the emissions from shipping the trees (sometimes across the Atlantic Ocean).
It is highly debatable whether biomass should be considered a clean method of generating electricity. It results in green house gas emissions and has a negative impact on local air quality.
December 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It is highly debatable whether biomass should be considered a clean method of generating electricity. It results in green house gas emissions and has a negative impact on local air quality.
I would like to read more on this topic, even if it opens old wounds surrounding recent political campaigns. If anything it convinced me I absolutely must read DuBois.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I would like to read more on this topic, even if it opens old wounds surrounding recent political campaigns. If anything it convinced me I absolutely must read DuBois.
The book doesn't spend enough time on the key concepts. I wanted a nuts and bolts deconstruction of the topic and got some personal histories and niche arguments. That doesn't mean it was bad, just not what I was expecting.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The book doesn't spend enough time on the key concepts. I wanted a nuts and bolts deconstruction of the topic and got some personal histories and niche arguments. That doesn't mean it was bad, just not what I was expecting.
He briefly mentions the argument of Michael Lebowitz that keeping workers divided is a key task of capital. Unfortunately the essay isn't long enough to give this the treatment it deserves. And he does not mention racially homogeneous capitalist societies and what that might mean for his argument.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
He briefly mentions the argument of Michael Lebowitz that keeping workers divided is a key task of capital. Unfortunately the essay isn't long enough to give this the treatment it deserves. And he does not mention racially homogeneous capitalist societies and what that might mean for his argument.
His essay on the history of "race management" failed to convince me of his overall argument. Roediger wants to show that managerial strategies based on supposed racial differences in disposition of workers are not only compatible with capitalism, but constitutive of the logic of capital itself.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
His essay on the history of "race management" failed to convince me of his overall argument. Roediger wants to show that managerial strategies based on supposed racial differences in disposition of workers are not only compatible with capitalism, but constitutive of the logic of capital itself.
Roediger points out that critics who argue for prioritizing class over race mistakenly assume that recent years have had a focus on race already. He considers the past decades to be an era of retreat from both race and class (elite efforts to co-opt the language of racial justice notwithstanding).
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Roediger points out that critics who argue for prioritizing class over race mistakenly assume that recent years have had a focus on race already. He considers the past decades to be an era of retreat from both race and class (elite efforts to co-opt the language of racial justice notwithstanding).
I went into this book bracing for difficult discussions. But the book really didn't dig very deeply into recent debates. Other than the introduction and the first essay, the focus was elsewhere. I was pleased with the lack of vitriol, but disappointed that the book didn't challenge me more.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I went into this book bracing for difficult discussions. But the book really didn't dig very deeply into recent debates. Other than the introduction and the first essay, the focus was elsewhere. I was pleased with the lack of vitriol, but disappointed that the book didn't challenge me more.
Few people are better positioned to answer this than David Roediger, one of the most important voices in the study of whiteness and its relationship to the labor movement. This book contains six essays (very) loosely grouped around the concepts of race and class and how we write about them.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Few people are better positioned to answer this than David Roediger, one of the most important voices in the study of whiteness and its relationship to the labor movement. This book contains six essays (very) loosely grouped around the concepts of race and class and how we write about them.
of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." What are we to make of the gap between these two black geniuses?
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." What are we to make of the gap between these two black geniuses?
This book wasn't exactly what I was expecting in both bad and good ways. I would like to read more on this topic, even if it opens old wounds surrounding recent political campaigns. If anything it convinced me I absolutely must read DuBois.
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This book wasn't exactly what I was expecting in both bad and good ways. I would like to read more on this topic, even if it opens old wounds surrounding recent political campaigns. If anything it convinced me I absolutely must read DuBois.
The book spends too little time actually getting into the nuts and bolts of race and class, instead dedicating most of its pages to relatively niche arguments and personal histories. Where it does address the key concepts it is insufficient to break down any ideological barriers.
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The book spends too little time actually getting into the nuts and bolts of race and class, instead dedicating most of its pages to relatively niche arguments and personal histories. Where it does address the key concepts it is insufficient to break down any ideological barriers.
He briefly mentions the argument of Michael Lebowitz that dividing workers is a key element of capital. Unfortunately the essay isn't long enough to give this the treatment it deserves. And he does not mention racially homogeneous capitalist societies and what that might mean for his argument.
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
He briefly mentions the argument of Michael Lebowitz that dividing workers is a key element of capital. Unfortunately the essay isn't long enough to give this the treatment it deserves. And he does not mention racially homogeneous capitalist societies and what that might mean for his argument.
His essay on the history of "race management" failed to convince me of his overall argument. Roediger wants to show that managerial strategies based on supposed racial differences in disposition of workers are not only compatible with capitalism, but constitutive of the logic of capital itself.
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
His essay on the history of "race management" failed to convince me of his overall argument. Roediger wants to show that managerial strategies based on supposed racial differences in disposition of workers are not only compatible with capitalism, but constitutive of the logic of capital itself.