Justin

@jscasey.bsky.social

Swarthmore VAP | Georgetown PhD | International Relations, Propaganda and Subversion, Ideology and the Far Right, Power Politics | retro games | 1st gen, working class, celiac

Fox: Why are you here this morning? Trump rally attendee: Well, in the late 70s, I was a little too young to go to South America for the Jonestown Massacre. But this is as close as I'll ever get, so that's why I'm here. There's nothing like seeing a cult right up front.

Nothing can be done without accountability. Nothing. There were no consequences for the war on terror’s transgressions and look where that got us. There were no real consequences for an armed attempted overthrow of the government and look where that got us.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Kamala Harris: I think that going in the direction of impeachment is not a good idea. I was in the Senate for the last go-round, and the votes aren’t there. I think after the election, we all have to just also agree that our attitude has to be to get stuff done…

IT'S HERE. DISARMED: How the U.S. Gave Up the Fight Against Falsehoods. 5 episodes before Election Day. Interviews with former USG officials who defended our information environment—and got smeared for it. What we've lost. How to rebuild. And a kickass theme song. Watch at thewayfinder.net

We're two years into Trump 2.0 and virtually every instrument at the disposal of the United States has been repurposed against human rights, democracy, and international law. The "Arsenal Freedom" is now the (depleted) "Arsenal of Fascism."

It's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.

X post from AI industry insider Alvin Sng :

My wife: Can you read our baby a book?
Me: I can just play an audiobook from my phone.
My wife: But then it won't be in your voice.
Me: I can train a voice model.
Parenting hits different when you work in Al.

Saying he'd be cool with Iran nuking my home city is pretty bad but not quite as bad as when Hillary said some trump supporters were deplorable so I can see why the media turned the latter into a major scandal and not the former

Post nicht verfügbar.