You do not, I repeat, DO NOT, need to help rehabilitate Tucker Carlson, MTG, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, Dave Smith, Glenn Greenwald, or any other crank grifter who helped promote American fascism.

What went wrong in Israel? A genocide scholar examines ‘what Zionism became’ In his new book, Omer Bartov tracks how a liberatory strand of Zionism transformed into an extremist ideology that he sees as responsible for genocide in Gaza

Israeli genocide scholar Omer Bartov will have his book on Zionism and genocide translated into 9-10 languages, but not Hebrew. He even offered to translate it himself, but not a single Israeli publisher would go near it. Not even the ‘leftwing’ ones.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Trump administration officials Pete Hegseth, Chavez-DeRemer, and Kash Patel

DUI Hires

The Myth of Libertarianism Tribe first, theory later

New essay: the tribe comes first, the philosophy comes second. Even for libertarians. Maybe especially for libertarians.

This big tech firm wants to reinstate the draft A look at Palantir’s bootlicking new manifesto.

I wrote about that Palantir tweet reason.com/2026/04/20/t...

Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.

"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.

I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).

So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Pie chart showing that 1 in 5 incarcerated people is locked up for a drug offense

This 4/20, we're thinking of the horrific impact that the U.S.'s war on drugs had on vulnerable communities.

Today, drug offenses still account for the incarceration of over 360,000 people, and drug convictions remain a defining feature of the federal prison system.

Why would so many Democratic voters be turning away from Israel rn, a nation openly run by trump loving far right psychos who keep saying you’re a bad person if you let them keep doing orgies of bombings on civilians, and who keep insisting the U.S. plunge itself into expensive regional bloodbaths…

Russell Charles Means, an Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, actor, musician and writer. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in December 1969 and helped organize notable events that attracted national and international media coverage.

Thinking about how different things could’ve been for modern libertarianism if Russell Means had won the 1988 LP presidential nomination over Ron Paul.

Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing New York's proposed 2026-2027 budget currently includes provisions that will require all 3D printers sold in the state to run print-blocking censorware—software that surveils every print for

A mandate adopted in New York becomes the national standard in practice. NYers should act now to defend user control and privacy. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

It was never going to stop at trans people and never will. Solidarity is the answer.

Non Serviam Podcast #75 - The Border Everywhere with Nathan Goodman of the Mercatus Center and Center for a Stateless Society

NSP #75 with economist and friend @nathanpgoodman.bsky.social is OUT NOW 🏴

We spoke about border militarization, ICE, liberalism, anarchism, & more!

🔗 pod.link/1499036871/e...

@lucystag.bsky.social @c4ssdotorg.bsky.social #anarchism #economics #immigration

No jury because defendant didn’t use the magic words | Short Circuit 424 YouTube video by Short Circuit

Our Latest Podcast: No jury because defendant didn’t use the magic words.

With Will Aronin & Andrew Ward!

youtu.be/QnVL4HlRpZo?...

To be clear, this is a joke.

It’s one of the reasons I prefer Bluesky as my main social media platform. It’s not perfect either, but the incentives for toxicity are much lower.

Like Twitter before it,
Threads rewards engagement > incentivizing controversial, hyperbolic, and incendiary takes > cultivating a toxic culture of outrage and bad-faith > perpetuating inauthentic and unhealthy social interaction across the board.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

All-or-Nothing 'Diplomacy' Always Fails The president isn’t interested in resolving disputes through diplomacy. He wants to dominate the other side and be seen doing it.

"As far as Trump is concerned, other governments must surrender to his demands and then he accepts their surrender. If they refuse, he punishes them." daniellarison.substack.com/p/all-or-not...

States trivially, and by a wide margin, fail to meet even the most lenient effective altruist-style criteria for what makes an organization worth giving money to.

Anti-hate poster has no home in Ohio classroom, says school district The poster, which included a rainbow flag, counts as 'instruction that includes sexuality content' according to the board.

An Ohio school district made a teacher take down a "Hate Has No Home Here" poster because they said it violated a state law against teaching about sexual orientation or gender identity without parental permission reason.com/2026/04/15/a...

The Nordic model doesn't work for one simple reason:

It doesn't trust sex workers. The premise of the Nordic model is that sex workers cannot be reliable narrators of their own lives.

It reinforces the idea that sex workers don't know what will keep them safe.

An absolutely terrible idea.

Olivia Reingold @Olivia_Reingold read it and weep legacy media!! click through for readers' notes https://x.com/Olivia_Reingold/status/2044143577035383187

Bari Weiss @bariweiss !!!!!! Quote The Free Press @TheFP · Apr 14 Happening now in Times Square! (vid of billboard) https://x.com/bariweiss/status/2044049373244411966

Lucy Biggers @LLBiggers Just over three years ago, we were fewer than 20 people, fully remote, and publishing just one article a day. Today, we reach millions of readers every week. This billboard is a symbol of that growth. It's a great day to be part of @TheFP ! https://x.com/LLBiggers/status/2044059132852846870

Maya Sulkin @SulkinMaya I can't explain how surreal it is to see a @TheFP billboard in Times Square is given this all started at a kitchen table.... https://x.com/SulkinMaya/status/2044056773879873566

When a fascist oligarch buys you a billboard

Share 5 criminally underrated artists you think others will genuinely like:
- Dan Spencer
- Doubt It!
- Jonezetta
- Keep Flying
- P.O.S

Trump's reaction to the Jesus flap compounds concerns about his mental acuity The president claims he was oblivious to the picture's blasphemous implications, which is troubling if true.

As is often the case with Trump, it is not clear whether he was lying or actually believed what he said—or which would be worse.

How do we reverse the global free speech recession?

On a new Tech Policy Podcast, @mchangama.bsky.social and @jkosseff.bsky.social discuss their fantastic new book, The Future of Free Speech.

techfreedom.simplecast.com/episodes/434...

The Trump administration has likely cut legal immigration more than illegal immigration, says Cato’s David Bier. The available data suggest that about 2.5 times as many legal entries are being stopped as illegal entries.

https://ow.ly/sv4950YJ9yo

LMFAO

Colin Young from HardLore podcast and hardcore bands Twitching Tongues, God’s Hate, etc.

“Anybody in punk and hardcore who can’t cut it, and crashes and burns into a right-wing grift is the biggest fucking loser on earth.”
- Colin Young