Yeah... that's what a bourgeois democracy does. Bourgeois democracies have never been about the masses, the indigenous, the workers, etc. having rights. Capitalist democracies are about capitalists having rights. Israel is a democracy, and in the exact same sense that the USA is one.

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3d ago

'Historian' Simon Sebag Montefiore tells us Israel is a democracy. Israel denies millions of people under its control their basic civic rights. It isn't a democracy. Its an apartheid state.

Gloria Steinem died with an estimated networth of $20 million, after serving as a CIA agent to stymie the feminists from becoming too radical. She died with "fewer rights" (rich people have no limits) because she hated socialism and feminist radicalness. She can join her friend Kissinger in hell.

Julie S. Lalonde@julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d ago

Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.

Still fuckin pissed off at the Odyssey discourse. Updated my rant on the subject a little bit. marxistleninisthistorian.substack.com/p/odyssey-di...

ODYSSEY DISCOURSE IS HORSESHIT: EXPLOITING THE GREEKS AND INDICTING THE CLASSICS

[Polemical screed incoming: travelers be warned]

marxistleninisthistorian.substack.com

Gloria Steinem was a CIA asset who was tasked with subverting the feminist movement away from class-based analysis.

But Allie, “she’s an icon! A trailblazer, even!” She did sooooo much for women* *White women specifically because to hell with the rest, I guess.

Gods, libs and progressives who lick Gloria Steinem's boots are going to drive me up the walls for the next week aren't they?

FINALLY: If anyone gets a response from a publisher that is something along the lines of "yeah, we just asserted ownership for all titles that had our name listed as publisher regardless of reversion status" PLEASE send that information to me or @victoriastrauss.com.

A confession: I have never actually seen the Bionicle movie

A reminder her death was completely preventable, and was the result of how capitalism doesn't give a shit about who lives and dies. The Challenger explosion was the result of a government not caring about the warnings of engineers who wanted to postpone the flight due to the cold. It was murder.

Captain Mark Kelly@captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 3d ago

Before losing her life in 1986 aboard Space Shuttle Challenger, Christa McAuliffe was set to be the first teacher in space with plans to teach a lesson to kids around the world from orbit. Today is her birthday, and even now, her courage and dedication to education continues to inspire.

My favorite thing here is that table clearly shows a rise among Democrats thinking this as well. In case, you know, you thought Democrats are okay, they are also just becoming increasingly conservative and reactionary... almost like they are bought and paid for shills of the corporate class.

YouGov America@today.yougov.com · 4d ago

NEW Economist/YouGov Aug 28-31: Canada 38% of Republicans view Canada as unfriendly or an enemy of the U.S., by far the highest level in the past decade yougov.com/en-us/articl...

And the contradiction between old forms of capitalism and new forms reveals itself. Get ready for the publishing industry to become a hellscape like never before.

Kashmir Hill@kashhill.bsky.social · 3d ago

"The Justice Department told a Manhattan federal court that it was in the national interest for the judge to find that OpenAI did not violate copyright law when it used articles by The New York Times and other publishers to develop artificial intelligence systems." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/t...

goy says jew a danger to israel

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 3d ago

Haley Stevens ends her brief honeymoon phase of unity with the left flank by saying that Bernie Sanders is affiliated with jihadism

My debut adult novel Seed of the Black Oak comes out tomorrow and I am so nervous you guys, I have craaazy jitters. Anyways please buy my book and tell me (and other people) if you like it 🥺

No undergrad should be using an LLM and it's absurdly irresponsible to suggest otherwise.

Opinion: Universities should be required to provide permanent (digital and physical) library and archive access to their alumni.

The starting pay for the President of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor is $350,000-400,000. This should be illegal. Like, criminally illegal, as in administrators and presidents should be locked up and not see sunlight ever again. People starve to death while these shills rake in endless cash.

If you are an academic, you should be signing this. If you won't sign it... I have some serious questions about why you think the Nazi Nathan Cofnas shouldn't have been fired...

Pieter T. L. Beck@ptrbck.bsky.social · 2w ago

We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...

This is why incrementalism is, btw, always a concession to the ruling class. It always ends with the communists and incrementalists both side by side at the gallows.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · last wk.

When they remove the Commies, they’ll look for new Commies. They’ll look for people who would like to solve problems more slowly, more incrementally. They’ll look for people who disagree with the regime in any way. They’ll look for the rest of us.

Today’s museum highlight: an abstract portrayal of the deity from the temple of Risafum in Qataban (modern Yemen) 𐩣𐩲𐩣𐩧𐩽 𐩠𐩥𐩰𐩱𐩡𐩽 𐩣𐩧𐩬 𐩨𐩧𐩮𐩰𐩬 “Memorial of Hawfel of (the clan of) Marran, at Risafum”

I love watching imperialists eat each other up.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2w ago

Canada to hit US with retaliatory tariffs as trade war escalates https://aje.news/6q1z5l

It amazes me how every day we see with our very eyes proof Marx was correct, and academics still manage to find creative ways to be like, "Yeah but if we examine this through an abstract theoretical lens that has nothing to do with reality then actually you can see he was abstractly wrong."

Marx👏 was👏right👏

Jess Piper@piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2w ago

There it is. While you struggle to afford groceries, or find any that are edible, and pay thousands more every year in gas, rent, utilities, childcare, and healthcare, they are laughing all the way to the bank. 

People like Cofnas are why I simply do not believe in rehabilitation. Even if he could be in theory, I genuinely believe some people don't deserve that opportunity and it isn't on us or the rest of society to give it to them. Let him rot in a 6x6 cell alone for the rest of his pathetic life.

Jon Phillips@jowiph.bsky.social · 2w ago

WSJ giving Cofnas a platform to insist that he's just a brave truth teller but also a small bean birthday boy. People should lose their jobs over this.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s pardons have cost crime victims a staggering $1.7 billion in restitution while wiping away penalties for wealthy fraudsters and political allies, according to a new congressional review. The full findings are damning:

EXCLUSIVE: Committee Review Finds Trump Pardons Have Cost Crime Victims $1.7 Billion and Enriched Trump Allies

A Scathing Report from House Judiciary Committee Finds Cost of Trump Pardons Continues to Soar

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*clears throat loudly* It is forbidden to benefit from one about whom it is assumed that all that they have is from stolen property. (Sefer HaChinukh 229:4)

A Jewish Case for AI work exemptions

or: why should CHICAGO POPE have all the fun

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Well if that's the case it is forbidden to participate in capitalism, since quite literally *all* of capitalism is built on stolen labor, thus, all commodity production is theft. I'm just saying we communists are ready for the renewed interest in helping overthrow capitalism.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 2w ago

*clears throat loudly* It is forbidden to benefit from one about whom it is assumed that all that they have is from stolen property. (Sefer HaChinukh 229:4)

The question post-1945 of course was: "How best do I help exonerate my unrepentant, virulently Nazi ex-boyfriend Martin Heidegger, and help get his Nazi propaganda books published in the USA?" Not surprising for a woman whose letters are just casually and profoundly filled with racism though.

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 2w ago

“For me the question was somehow: Either I study philosophy or I drown myself.” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I always forget how damn good Feuerbach's "Essence of Christianity" is until I reread it.

Can we quit the shit? Y'all have been saying "Trump's health is in freefall, he'll die soon!" for like a decade. I'm sure you'll be right this time...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Trump's face is drooping dramatically and check out his discolored right hand