We just need to have more faith in the system. It's worked so well so far.

Really existing liberalism, the bulwark fantasy, and the enabling of reactionary, far right politics1 Click on the article title to read more.

Oh sorry, I assume it's ideal liberalism that is a bulwark, not that pesky really existing kind that keeps being... well... illiberal

Anyway, if you want to read more about my thoughts on this:

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"Liberalism as a bulwark against fascism"

Will I get in trouble for this.

"“Gender critical” is an inaccurate term for a movement which is anything but ‘critical,’ in the academic sense, in its approach. “Gender criticality” is marked, in fact, by a profound lack of intellectual inquiry."

we cannot live this way.

"Google’s AI Overviews are peddling misinformation on a scale that may be unprecedented in human history."

I would be more cautious before making a causal claim about the effectiveness of a threat to commit genocide. Seems like the stakes are high enough.

Sam Altman Says It'll Take Another Year Before ChatGPT Can Start a Timer An $852 billion company, ladies and gentlemen.

Putting aside Sam Altman just continuing to emit huge lies constantly, this is an amazing example of what I mean when I talk about how GenAI is replacing *extremely low energy* digital tasks with *WAY WAY HIGHER ENERGY* replacements that *do not even work*

Why TF is anyone using ChatGPT as a timer!

Very strange feeling this morning between the relief at not seeing what could have been and the dread of thinking that there is no real appetite to stop the rise of fascism from those who could do so most easily

I am just utterly depressed by this widespread complicity

Reform UK accused of risking economy with visa threat over reparations Populist party says it would bar citizens of countries demanding compensation over transatlantic slave trade

As if this would be OK if there were no risk to the economy.

Hard to expect any better sadly...

Israel violated the previous ceasefire over 15,000 times in 13 months so we should expect them to violate this one, what, 500 times in 2 weeks?

Aaron Swartz was hounded and persecuted by overzealous prosecutors for a mass JSTOR download until he committed suicide.

Sam Altman says that he deserves to violate copyright law in perpetuity because otherwise he can't make a fortune from a large language model.

We are in the wrong timeline.

“We have normalised genocide” @thunberggreta.bsky.social .

Besides, Mossad’s intelligence indicated that street protests inside Iran would begin again and — with the impetus of the Israeli spy agency helping to foment riots and rebellion — an intense bombing campaign could foster the conditions for the Iranian opposition to overthrow the regime. The Israelis also raised the prospect of Iranian Kurdish fighters crossing the border from Iraq to open a ground front in the northwest, further stretching the regime’s forces and accelerating its collapse.

The NYT straight up reports that Mossad is responsible for fomenting protest in Iran.

Congratulations to all who have collaborated.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

White Supremacy is so strong that even on the edge of a nuclear cliff, leaders fail to act. War crimes and nuclear destruction are not enough of a threat. Everyone asking the question“what will it take?” now knows the answer— there is absolutely no price White Supremacy is unwilling to pay.

Can't tell you how many members of Congress who *at best* had nothing to say when I asked about the Minab girls school attack. There is a profanely cold detachment inside Capitol Hill, a mode completely unrecognizable to common human decency I wish I could properly convey to you.

They abstained I assume which is hardly better indeed...

UN resolution urges reparations for slavery’s ‘historical wrongs’ Applause erupted in the UN General Assembly Hall on Wednesday as Member States adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity.

I had missed it but a couple of weeks ago, the UN approved a resolution stating that slavery was "the gravest crime against humanity" and urging for meaningful reparations

Three countries voted against: the US, Israel and Argentina...

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The Telegraph Headline: Angela Epstein Zack Polanski may be glad the state of Israel exists one day If conditions for Jews in Britain become intolerable, there’s only one place on Earth that would unconditionally offer him refuge

If so, he fails to recognise a fundamental truth: anti-Semitism is never selective. Jew-haters don’t draw careful distinctions between us. History has shown, time and again, that those Jews who believed themselves sheltered – by politics, assimilation, or usefulness – often discovered such protection to be illusory. These are the crosshairs in which the delusional Polanski now finds himself. By presiding over a party which incubates anti-Semitism he is helping to create the very conditions from which he may need to take flight.

This 'gotcha' at @zackpolanski.bsky.social is quite revealing and shows the defeatism within liberal anti-antisemitism.

'The Antisemites will win and for that we need a plan B and that plan B requires the destruction of the Palestinian people'.

There is no safety in PlanBs, only in solidarity!

"Trying to 'engage' with fascism is like trying to have an intimate emotional relationship with a running chainsaw. The very act of framing fascism as a reasonable partner for dialogue is an act of propaganda that validates and normalizes fascism."

Good read on the utter failure of corporate media:

Spot on! Thanks for your writing as always!

On Trashing MPs Friday's Graun article from Hannah Spencer upset some people in politics. Reflecting on her first few weeks in the Commons, she suggests M...

"... their realities are far removed from most ordinary people's. Everyone knows MPs live a rarefied life, and it's farcical to pretend otherwise."

I'm prepping my lecture on hate groups today and lamenting that this topic has become so relevant.

I went to graduate school to study "colorblind racism," and that seems increasingly quaint when the DHS is posting Nazi memes, and Steven Miller oversees a vast network of concentration camps.

They must be part of that "new elite" him and his billionaire friends are talking about no doubt...

Imagine being anti racist, anti fascist, pro women and LGBTQ rights. So wild!

Shame our most infamous alumni didn't offer to meet our current PhD cohort. I'm sure they would have taught him a lot...

Goodwin tweet

The reason Starmer was kicked out of the Raven was because one of the managers was a COVID denialist

He left soon after but his legacy is still celebrated by the far right unsurprisingly

For all the reasons to dislike Starmer, this is not one and yet...

The Jerusalem Post: Opinion: It is time for Mamdani to stand in solidarity with Muslim leaders who eschew anti-semitic tropes such as "genocide" and "occupation," and are committed to a new and broader regional alignment in the Middle East.

Breaking news, everyone! The word 'Genocide' is now an anti-semitic trope.

"Trust the elite that has led us where we are and is still refusing to acknowledge how bad the situation is"

Look, I understand the status quo has served many people well but there's a little more at stake now...

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Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.