there is a strain of lefty discourse where you can’t come to any unflattering conclusions about the populace—those must be explained away by how they are being acted upon by capital—but I think you’ll understand things better if you understand capital can also exploit weaknesses it didn’t create
That was a fun detail of Sperber’s Marx biography, that he lived just long enough to meet some marxists and found the experience annoying bsky.app/profile/saba...
❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆@sababausa.bsky.social · 5mo agoI'm very fascinated with how mythologized human beings stand up next to their own iconography I like how in the final couple years of his life Marx was beginning to confront being a political icon, and both noticed that it had little to do with his own ideas, and found it very annoying
![Guesde's followers was its first sustained and positive use [of the term "Marxist"]. Marx was not happy having his name associated with this group of supposed supporters, and told Paul Lafargue, according to Engels's reminiscence, "what is certain is that I myself am not a Marxist." Marx also told Engels that the doctrinaire "Marxists" and "anti-Marxists" alike in France were ruining his stay there while visiting his family in the fall of 1882. Both men saw differences among French socialists as primarily a product of idiosyncrasy, personal vanity, and obscure and unnecessary doctrinal disagreements. Meeting with these socialists in person during visits to his family in 1881 and 1882, Marx encouraged them to put aside such differences. The London exiles treated disagreements among German](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiasexh6v2g4dd3ho33ta5vb4mrmhqfw2vu52zeigmrrh25xgoxwlu)
Wow. Reading this it’s easy to see how Mamdani turned out the way he did. His father’s story is incredible. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmood...
Mahmood Mamdani - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
This post is a treasure. Connects the surreality of this moment to the absurdity of this moment.
Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · 5d agoThe SpaceX prospectus may be remembered as the definitive SciFi text of the 2020s: "not about imaginative expansion beyond the constraints of present society, as many defenders of the genre have long argued; it is, rather, another means of enforcing limits on what’s possible."
Advice for anyone traveling in Ireland with a US credit card. When you get the option to be charged in euros or dollars always choose euros. The exchange rate you get will always be much better. There’s about a 5% fee for doing it at the till.
when my child misbehaves i make him go stare at the old Hardee’s fry statue
Oh, you'd like a thorough, scientific debunking of this terrible WSJ piece about alleged rises in allegedly destructive estrangement from parents? HOLD MY FREAKIN' BEER.
The Number the Journal Doesn't Substantiate: A Response to the Wall Street Journal on Therapy and Estrangement — Chad M. Topaz
The Journal says a survey of some 7,000 estranged parents found a third who believed their child's therapist had influenced the cutoff. The nearest public survey can't be reconciled with that number, ...
chadtopaz.com
Meggie Z@nutmeggles.bsky.social · last wk.Another classic case of “sucks to suck”.
Affordable Midlife Crisis Options for Millennials www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/aff...
Affordable Midlife Crisis Options for Millennials
“Rather than leaving your spouse for a younger version, you find an older, more financially stable one with excellent health insurance. At the dinner parties...
mcsweeneys.net
Talk about burying the lede. There was a little more to it than an expired visa.
ICE deports former Colts linebacker Daniel Adongo over expired visa
It’s unclear whether ICE returned Adongo to his home country or sent him elsewhere.
nytimes.com
“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa
Didn’t know that Ben Affleck’s mom was one of the original Freedom Riders. RIP.
Chris Affleck, Mother of Oscar Winners Ben and Casey Affleck, Dies at 83
A schoolteacher, she was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and died June 2, her family announced.
hollywoodreporter.com
There's a reason Elon Musk rarely does interviews with real news outlets.
Elon Musk Melts Down Over Perfectly Normal Questions in Wild New Interview
"Maybe some people do loathe me. And that's probably true. I don't care," said Musk.
gizmodo.com
LOL defector.com/liv-golf-cir...
LIV Golf Circling The Toilet From Whence It Sprung | Defector
LIV Golf’s honchos, the poor suckers, are still out there scrambling around, looking for investors to keep their dipshit tour afloat after the Saudi Public Investment Fund suddenly booted them into th...
defector.com
Massachusetts Senate passes amendment to ban Bitcoin ATMs | Click on the image to read the full story
Massachusetts Senate passes amendment to ban Bitcoin ATMs
Massachusetts residents have lost millions to Bitcoin ATM scams
wcvb.com
Lets go for another 15 defector.com/the-red-soxs...
The Red Sox's Streak Is Over, But The Children Have Feasted | Defector
There’s a Massachusetts–based restaurant chain that offers a free kids meal—kid must be present, limit two per party—the day after a Boston Red Sox win. When the team was scuffling at the bottom of th...
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Incredible article about the people left behind when a family member is executed for a terrible crime. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The children who loved a killer
The Carr family took in Steven Judy, hoping to ‘save’ a troubled teen. They didn’t know he would become one of the most hated men in America
theguardian.com
This is a greaf report exposing the “shocking” truth that bitcoin atms are used mainly by elderly people getting scammed. One company quoted here has a 25% fee for every transaction and another went bankrupt when they introduced measures to reduce fraud. apps.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/stor...
Bitcoin ATM scams are invading Mass. and we're not doing enough about it
Crypto machines have become one of the favorite tools used by scammers to move cash into the often-untraceable digital realm, beyond the reach of law enforcement.
apps.bostonglobe.com
Getting my buccal fat removed so that I can have it put back in again
Cool video about the origins of some highly sampled sounds.
the most sampled sounds in music (instrumental)
YouTube video by Synthou
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Talk about hiding in plain site. I’d love to know how they eventually caught up with him. arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
On the run for 20 years, most-wanted fugitive caught hiding as a biotech exec
Ronald Fischer, aka Richard Graydon, was arrested in New York last week.
arstechnica.com
When you've defeated the cone they put you in the Hannibal Lector
Went to my first Boston Legacy game in Pawtucket. There was a great atmosphere, really nice stadium and everyone seemed to be having lots of fun. Unfortunately lost 2-1 but they deserved to draw at least. More fun to watch than the WC final today. Me and the girls will definitely be back. #NWSL
Today across the world , Nelson Mandela is a hero exalted as a legend. But to the people of South Africa who he liberated, he was Madiba, a leader who fought against the tides for justice. To honor Madiba’s legacy is to fight injustice before history rewrites itself. youtu.be/I39uc0PRhCY
Madiba's Legacy
YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office
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Another win: For just the 15th time in club history #RedSox have won 11 consecutive games. First time since September 15-25, 2016 (11 games). BOS has not won 12 in a row since June 16-29, 2006. A chance at that milestone tomorrow.