Numero Zero
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“Shards of time/hours of glass/watch your step/to make it past” -Blacky Ranchette
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Anyone following Carlson closely would know he basically shares all of Fuentes’s positions but has been adept at coding them.
This was particularly revealed during Kanye-gate, when his team purposefully edited out the overt antisemitism and kept the coded version.
This was particularly revealed during Kanye-gate, when his team purposefully edited out the overt antisemitism and kept the coded version.
There isn’t really a gap between Fuentes and MAGA. It’s like the Klan and the White Citizen’s Councils. They are part of the same white supremacist movement and largely disagree over tactics.
The gap between the white-supremacist influencer Nick Fuentes and the rest of the right is narrower than it has ever been, @alibreland.bsky.social argues.
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Anyone following Carlson closely would know he basically shares all of Fuentes’s positions but has been adept at coding them.
This was particularly revealed during Kanye-gate, when his team purposefully edited out the overt antisemitism and kept the coded version.
This was particularly revealed during Kanye-gate, when his team purposefully edited out the overt antisemitism and kept the coded version.
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I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
on tucker carlson, nick fuentes, the heritage foundation, and all that
If you had asked me in 2016 whether I thought I’d write a blog about the Heritage Foundation defending a former Fox News host after he hosted a friendly conversation with one of the country’s leading ...
postsfromunderground.ghost.io
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
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donning the armor of god to face the forces of hell
October 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
donning the armor of god to face the forces of hell
“You fools! you flock of fools, under this captain of fools, in this ship of fools!”
-Melville, The Confidence-Man
-Melville, The Confidence-Man
September 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“You fools! you flock of fools, under this captain of fools, in this ship of fools!”
-Melville, The Confidence-Man
-Melville, The Confidence-Man
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there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
September 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men
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Removing information about slavery at Harper’s Ferry is like removing information about hydroelectric power at the Hoover Dam. “John Brown went to Harper’s Ferry because he was so infected by the woke mind virus that he had a pathological hatred of states rights.”
September 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Removing information about slavery at Harper’s Ferry is like removing information about hydroelectric power at the Hoover Dam. “John Brown went to Harper’s Ferry because he was so infected by the woke mind virus that he had a pathological hatred of states rights.”
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I do think a major parallel we're seeing to the politics of the 1850s is that for the entire early republic northern members of Congress were punished by their voters for belligerence, southern members were punished for *not* being belligerent. Until, northern attitudes changed
i mean its a bit more complicated than that because the 1850s were also when members of congress were pulling knives and guns on each other, stalking people to beat them up, and were so narsty they just spat their chew on the carpet instead of using the spitoons that were literally everywhere
It's sort of fascinating that American culture has downgraded significantly since Lincoln-Douglas in terms of intellectual debate.
September 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I do think a major parallel we're seeing to the politics of the 1850s is that for the entire early republic northern members of Congress were punished by their voters for belligerence, southern members were punished for *not* being belligerent. Until, northern attitudes changed
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I would argue that no Melville text, & possibly no 19C text, is more relevant for 2025 than his The Confidence Man: His Masquerade (1857):
humorinamerica.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/m...
humorinamerica.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/m...
Melville’s Confidence Man
Ben Railton Editor’s Note: One of the best parts of running this blog has been finding new blogs. One of my favorite is Ben Railton’s “American Studier: A central online resourc…
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August 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I would argue that no Melville text, & possibly no 19C text, is more relevant for 2025 than his The Confidence Man: His Masquerade (1857):
humorinamerica.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/m...
humorinamerica.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/m...
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[whispers provocatively] the 1850 fugitive slave act is the model: reactionaries have the right to extend their authority across state lines, and their opponents have to actively assist them
June 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
[whispers provocatively] the 1850 fugitive slave act is the model: reactionaries have the right to extend their authority across state lines, and their opponents have to actively assist them
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Another point: Many know the Dred Scott decision but aren't as familiar with the aftermath and how states, courts, and politicians responded. 5 examples:
1) Many Northern/Midwest states just ignored the decision.
2) Maine’s high court said Black Americans could vote in state/federal elections. /1
1) Many Northern/Midwest states just ignored the decision.
2) Maine’s high court said Black Americans could vote in state/federal elections. /1
I need people to understand the Supreme Court is not the be-all and end-all of everything, even legal things. Abolitionist lawyers went into court and won freedom suits under the Fugitive Slave Act, after the Court upheld its constitutionality. They helped build a movement that dismantled the FSA.
June 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Another point: Many know the Dred Scott decision but aren't as familiar with the aftermath and how states, courts, and politicians responded. 5 examples:
1) Many Northern/Midwest states just ignored the decision.
2) Maine’s high court said Black Americans could vote in state/federal elections. /1
1) Many Northern/Midwest states just ignored the decision.
2) Maine’s high court said Black Americans could vote in state/federal elections. /1
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it has taken me a minute to finish, but if you’re a 19th century american history/legal theory nerd you will love this book yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
The Interbellum Constitution
A synthesis of legal, political, and social history to show how the post-founding generations were forced to rethink and substantially revise the U.S. consti...
yalebooks.yale.edu
May 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it has taken me a minute to finish, but if you’re a 19th century american history/legal theory nerd you will love this book yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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For those who are more visual/listening than reading - Complex Mag had a cool panel about the #MetGala2025 theme this year that's an incredible with how they break down Black Dandyism! #fashionsky
Black Dandy Explained: Met Gala 2025's Bold Theme | PLEASE EXPLAIN
YouTube video by Complex
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May 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
For those who are more visual/listening than reading - Complex Mag had a cool panel about the #MetGala2025 theme this year that's an incredible with how they break down Black Dandyism! #fashionsky
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Diogenes Throwing away his Bowl https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/249314
May 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Diogenes Throwing away his Bowl https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/249314
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this shit matters and we're going to have to do it relentlessly in the coming years. you don't need to start with mass protests. you need to start with *dramaturgically arresting confrontations.*
www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...
www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...
Roadmap to American Reconstruction
A roadmap for retaking power and laying the foundations for American Reconstruction.
www.liberalcurrents.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
this shit matters and we're going to have to do it relentlessly in the coming years. you don't need to start with mass protests. you need to start with *dramaturgically arresting confrontations.*
www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...
www.liberalcurrents.com/roadmap-to-a...
Margaret Fuller on What Makes a Great Leader: Timeless Wisdom from the Founding Mother of American Feminism www.themarginalian.org/2018/11/05/m...
Margaret Fuller on What Makes a Great Leader: Timeless Wisdom from the Founding Mother of American Feminism
In praise of the leader “to whom this world is no mere spectacle or fleeting shadow, but a great, solemn game, to be played with good heed, for its stakes are of eternal value, yet who, if hi…
www.themarginalian.org
May 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Margaret Fuller on What Makes a Great Leader: Timeless Wisdom from the Founding Mother of American Feminism www.themarginalian.org/2018/11/05/m...
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Honestly once you learn to read the world through Moby-Dick, it takes over your brain
I get why my grandpa wrote a whole book about it while he was incarcerated
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I get why my grandpa wrote a whole book about it while he was incarcerated
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Mariners, Renegades and Castaways
A new edition of a major work of literary and cultural criticism restores C. L. R. James’s reflections about Moby Dick and political persecution. Political theorist and cultural critic, novelist, a...
press.uchicago.edu
November 24, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Honestly once you learn to read the world through Moby-Dick, it takes over your brain
I get why my grandpa wrote a whole book about it while he was incarcerated
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I get why my grandpa wrote a whole book about it while he was incarcerated
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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american thinking specifically bears the imprint of one flavor of calvinism or another
November 21, 2023 at 3:45 PM
american thinking specifically bears the imprint of one flavor of calvinism or another
American Jeremiads are good, actually
May 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
American Jeremiads are good, actually
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I’d thought I’d known C.L.R. James’s work pretty well — but now I find he also wrote about Herman Melville?! This goes right to the top of the pile.
April 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I’d thought I’d known C.L.R. James’s work pretty well — but now I find he also wrote about Herman Melville?! This goes right to the top of the pile.
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The cultural/theoretical/activist project of Critique, of Problematizing, or whatever you call it has just been a massive fucking failure across the board on bringing about anything positive in the last few decades. Congrats, no one trusts The Man anymore, they trust either lunatics or no one at all
April 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The cultural/theoretical/activist project of Critique, of Problematizing, or whatever you call it has just been a massive fucking failure across the board on bringing about anything positive in the last few decades. Congrats, no one trusts The Man anymore, they trust either lunatics or no one at all
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new @wired.com guide, especially as crossing into the US gets more dangerous for your digital privacy.
steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
www.wired.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
new @wired.com guide, especially as crossing into the US gets more dangerous for your digital privacy.
steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
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Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.