in any case this sort of commentary about other countries also feels a little strange when the main working definition of "socialism" in the country we inhabit is "the existence of public services"

is contemporary china socialist? was 15th century italy capitalist? the 16th century netherlands? there are certainly good reasons to consider the latter two in an analysis of capitalism, not least due to the development of the slave trade and imperial adventure, which brenner etc would stuff away

and contesting the grounds of AES, as well as the historical operation of capitalism, is actually extremely important for developing any useful perspective here. brenner style nitpicking about either may have led once to productive academic careers but ultimately mystifies the issues at hand

thats not really what his deal is but its also not really something you get much of in the academy anyway. if you want a construction and account of a parallel marxism thats historically grounded and developed based on the lessons of the 20th century im sorry but youll have to read sakai and banaji

i dont know why youre dismissing a priori the idea that cold warrior totals of "victims of communism" are exaggerated

something i think is interesting is the way so many of these types of shows conflate idol culture and self-directed "being in a band", which all circles the nexus of entrepreneurship as the valorization of the arts

DHS bigwig put on leave after ex-boyfriend accuses glitzy terror official of $40K sugar baby scheme A Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism official was placed on administrative leave Wednesday amid an internal probe of her having bilked a “sugar daddy” ex-boyfriend out of …

They're going after sugar babies but not Epstein clients. This is the regime in a nutshell. nypost.com/2026/04/22/u...

Child joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in 1942[1][10] after finding that at 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m),[11] she was too tall to enlist in the Women's Army Corps (WACs) or in the U.S. Navy's WAVES.[12] She began her OSS career as a typist at its headquarters in Washington, D.C., but, because of her education and experience, was soon given a position as a top-secret researcher working directly for the head of OSS, General William J. Donovan.[13][14][15] As a research assistant in the Secret Intelligence division, Child typed over 10,000 names on white note cards to keep track of officers. For a year, she worked at the OSS Emergency Sea Rescue Equipment Section (ESRES) in Washington, D.C. as a file clerk and then as an assistant to developers of a shark repellent needed to ensure that sharks would not explode ordnance targeting German U-boats.[1][10] When Child was asked to solve the problem of too many OSS underwater explosives being set off by curious sharks, "Child's solution was to experiment with cooking various concoctions as a shark repellent," which were sprinkled in the water near the explosives and repelled sharks.[16] Still in use today, the experimental shark repellent "marked Child's first foray into the world of cooking."[17]

i also learned all the rest of this

i learned today that julia child was 6'2"...she was just like me...

oh wow yeah i bet

lmao

This kind of antifeminism is a socialism of fools, wherein working class resentment at exploitative elites is diverted into anger at feminized phantasms, like “HR.”

Another salvo in this regime's genocidal ambitions against trans people. For reasons I've stated elsewhere, they can never succeed, but they certainly can inflict a lot of pain, damage, and suffering with such multifarious attacks.

i think both sources might frame it as something like a "market correction" in the social value of knowing stuff for extraction and coercion vs simply expressing the power to coerce and extract directly

honestly i think phil mirowskis writings on the development of reactionary neoliberalism (how do we get from people who want the "smartest" people to plan markets to trump and his predecessors like scalia and limbaugh etc) and adorno on the collapse of reason have both been helpful for me here

no bridesmaids november

for every bridesmaid you dont be, ill be two

The child was returned to the United States, and the parents now face federal kidnapping charges.

https://mrf.lu/Xh7h

wehh!!!!! shouldnt be allowed! get well soon!!

thats so true

how tf am i unblocked??

CDC won’t publish report showing covid shots cut likelihood of hospital visits The report, which had cleared the agency’s scientific-review process, had been delayed. It now won’t be published at all, people familiar with the decision told The Post.

SCOOP: Two weeks ago, the head of the CDC delayed publication of a report showing covid vaccine cut likelihood of ER visits and hospitalizations by half. Now that report is no longer allowed to be published in CDC’s flagship scientific journal. My latest. 1/2
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

🙏

also damn are those cicada earrings?

love that bolo tie

Who do we know on speed dial for actions against ICE in the Bay Area?

😔

this is also how they talk about software and ai risk

consider: lu bu profen

Did you know: the Catholic Church is exempt from state and local unemployment tax and therefore employees cannot collect unemployment if laid off