…maybe this is…hidden…by the constant profusion of shite I festoon about this joint like profligate means abstemious…but…like…there must be…four or five times as many things that could have served to nod in the direction of other stuff I wouldn’t say it was a great idea to pay any less attention to than the long-looking short list of just about exclusively things I hadn’t seen in that specific incarnation before this morning…since last time I ended up failing to find a spot for any of the things of a similar nature I’d made my way through casting an eye over before it was tuesday…& that’d be the equivalent of a slow news environment compared to how much I didn’t put in the DOT on sunday
…&…like…just about any one example of a thing I didn’t do the thing about even in passing would still be a thing I’m making no boasts about when I say I could go off about it for longer than I ran to on the post today…on its own…like…this is a clip where he talks about a thing he talked about while giving a talk that wasn’t part of the talk he’d prepared
…&…it has a bit at the end where he picks a favourite bit of the 18th installment of this
…& mentions that people know the part that comes right after…which would be
The tradition of all past generations weighs like an alp upon the brain of the living.
…although…maybe more prople know the part that comes before the part that he reads out…with the bit that has it that
Hegel says somewhere that that great historic facts and personages recur twice. He forgot to add: “Once as tragedy, and again as farce.” [Insert roles transubstantiated to contemporary names of equivalent standing here because that’s what the original does] The identical caricature marks also the conditions under which the second edition of the eighteenth Brumaire is issued.
…so…I do sincerely regret the part where I do go on about shit this way on account of how it probably harms the chances of people feeling like that kind of thinking or talking or reading or whatever could possibly be good for you…but…if I hadn’t tried to clip out the casting from that last quote then this would be something you’d tapered into rather than hitting like a wall’o’text?
At the very time when men appear engaged in revolutionizing things and themselves, in bringing about what never was before, at such very epochs of revolutionary crisis do they anxiously conjure up into their service the spirits of the past, assume their names, their battle cries, their costumes to enact a new historic scene in such time-honored disguise and with such borrowed language Thus did Luther masquerade as the Apostle Paul; thus did the revolution of 1789-1814 drape itself alternately as Roman Republic and as Roman Empire; nor did the revolution of 1818 know what better to do than to parody at one time the year 1789, at another the revolutionary traditions of 1793-95. Thus does the beginner, who has acquired a new language, keep on translating it back into his own mother tongue; only then has he grasped the spirit of the new language and is able freely to express himself therewith when he moves in it without recollections of the old, and has forgotten in its use his own hereditary tongue. When these historic configurations of the dead past are closely observed a striking difference is forthwith noticeable. Camille Desmoulins, Danton, Robespierre, St. Juste, Napoleon, the heroes as well as the parties and the masses of the old French revolution, achieved in Roman costumes and with Roman phrases the task of their time: the emancipation and the establishment of modern bourgeois society. One set knocked to pieces the old feudal groundwork and mowed down the feudal heads that had grown upon it; Napoleon brought about, within France, the conditions under which alone free competition could develop, the partitioned lands be exploited, the nation’s unshackled powers of industrial production be utilized; while, beyond the French frontier, he swept away everywhere the establishments of feudality, so far as requisite, to furnish the bourgeois social system of France with fit surroundings of the European continent, and such as were in keeping with the times. Once the new social establishment was set on foot, the antediluvian giants vanished, and, along with them, the resuscitated Roman world—the Brutuses, Gracchi, Publicolas, the Tribunes, the Senators, and Caesar himself. In its sober reality, bourgeois society had produced its own true interpretation in the Says, Cousins, Royer-Collards, Benjamin Constants and Guizots; its real generals sat behind the office desks; and the mutton-head of Louis XVIII was its political lead. Wholly absorbed in the production of wealth and in the peaceful fight of competition, this society could no longer understand that the ghosts of the days of Rome had watched over its cradle. And yet, lacking in heroism as bourgeois society is, it nevertheless had stood in need of heroism, of self-sacrifice, of terror, of civil war, and of bloody battle fields to bring it into the world. Its gladiators found in the stern classic traditions of the Roman republic the ideals and the form, the self-deceptions, that they needed in order to conceal from themselves the narrow bourgeois substance of their own struggles, and to keep their passion up to the height of a great historic tragedy. Thus, at another stage of development a century before, did Cromwell and the English people draw from the Old Testament the language, passions and illusions for their own bourgeois revolution. When the real goal was reached, when the remodeling of English society was accomplished, Locke supplanted Habakuk. Accordingly, the reviving of the dead in those revolutions served the purpose of glorifying the new struggles, not of parodying the old; it served the purpose of exaggerating to the imagination the given task, not to recoil before its practical solution; it served the purpose of rekindling the revolutionary spirit, not to trot out its ghost.
…could have picked a different video
…lots of those
…even more if you go for the shorter ones
…&…this?
This has become a regular thing. Trump's account posts as if he's dysregulating into delirium all night, and we get no reporting on what this even looks like inside the White House. Unchecked madness and propaganda at levels history won't even be able to process.
…that we’re all fucking drowning in a zone that was saturated *before* they made flooding it their prime directive…is not news…that any of us spends any of our time feeling like we have our heads above the waterline & below the parapet is…not nothing…by such a long way it could go from tehran to minneapolis & back again & maybe still have far to go before it rests…but…that doesn’t mean this isn’t what it looks like
Okay so I was actually at this encounter, filmed the aftermath, and am briefly visible in this video, and I would point out that what he does here is briefly kick a car twice. ICE beats him up, shoots pepper balls into the crowd, and launches tear gas at everyone else before leaving.
Yes – until you see it firsthand, it’s hard to understand how upsetting and enraging it is to see these guys operate in your community. They are dressed for war, they beat civilians up, they openly antagonize neighbors, they’re masked, they carry people away. Everyone is livid at every scene.
…I…really do mean the part about being able to see about as well as if you had literally rather than figuratively got your head all the way up your own arse
REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us…
A federal judge, in a published order, so very much on the record:“ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.”
Wow, the White House is so shaken by the turn in the public mood that they thought Chuck Schumer might actually rise up and "seize this moment" to get meaningful concessions.That's how panicked they are. They thought Chuck Schumer would do something.
…if your job…that you claim to be doing the way you claim the paycheck is yours…is listed under the heading of “Public Office” or “Public Service”…& do go ahead & check that last column…maybe do ctrl+f…because…if the people that sign your checks get the checks that supply the balance for those draw on the public purse…with some very particular exceptions…the point is that you are the face of the state that doesn’t get to be faceless…when you took the gig…you doxxed yourself…& saying these people should be made to show their faces while they break with the law in an ironically bold-faced fashion…with their names on display & some equivalent of the “how’s my driving?” number…as a…baseline…is not synonymous with suggesting anyone wants to go round their house & treat them & theirs the way they take money to do for a living…it merely acknowledges that that would be very, very easy to imagine a very, very sizeable number of highly motivated people might want to if they were honest with themselves…&…we should probably acknowledge that…because the people doing this stuff…know what that really looks like from that side of it…& they are very much specifically seeing that as the certain fate all this is supposed to save them from
…& the solution to that…just…isn’t…”let ’em wear the masks, we couldn’t do that when we wanted them to so maybe we can make it sound like a good thing if you let us keep holding the lines that took us here”…but…also…maybe don’t expect the people who have been career do-ers of that to be where you find what it takes or who has that for you?
I don't know enough about the logistics or consequences of a taxpayers' strike but I get closer and closer every day
i really fucking hate the “roll the dice, see what happens” approach to workforce management that musk made very famous and so many other companies have adopted, it’s just grossly unprofessional, even if companies have been trending this way for some time
as long as DC is locked under 5 inches of ice and it remains impossible to get anywhere, I feel strongly that snow day rules should apply and I should not have to do anything except drink hot chocolate
ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents – or stay away if they are at risk
I'm starting to think the Trumpist mastery of propaganda is failing them. The DHS agents posing this way makes it look like they're ashamed of themselves.
When law professors move away from academic writing and into one-sided historical advocacy to alter the rules we all must live under, my patience is less than zero. And you now own the merits of the outcomes you’re supporting.
for the most part i think there's just honestly way too much focus on what's going on with the cbs evening news BUT also i've been laughing at this headline for 2 min
Honestly I think if the Dems could somehow win a mask ban for federal agents, I think it would be a huge start. The impunity these dipshits feel being masked up is palpable.
Joy Berggren used social media to call Minneapolis protestors un-American, said their speech should be limited, and called for them to be shot.
If Free Speech Culture means anything, it means this: nobody should call Joy out or criticize her because that would be cancel culture.
…un…frigging…real?
We should pay more attention to what people are saying behind the scenes, and Frumpy’s earshot. Especially when they deny it to avoid his demented wrath.
DUCKWORTH: If it's true that we are not at war with Venezuela, will you advise the president to rescind his invocation of the wartime Alien Enemies Act?RUBIO: That was a mechanism to remove people from our country that present great dangerD: It's a wartime act. Are we currently at war?R: No
…sincerely…how…in the actual fucking name of quite literally all that is holy…or sacred…to…anyone…do these people not have objectively better shit to be spending the only time any of us fucking get our uncertain supply of doing than…this?
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
…whatever thicker-than-water substance they chug or soil this shit germinates in…every place should be barren fucking ground for this shit…be an A/V dictator…go full stalin on your solar set-up…become a fucking hop-hitler for all I give a fuck…if you need somewhere to put your whole my-way-or-the-highway-or-we-all-fucking-wreck…pick a fucking hobby & get out of the hobby horse business
…people who know you might still think death would be a sweet release from your company…but…you probably wouldn’t…you know…ACTUALLY BE FUCKING KILLING PEOPLE BETTER THAN YOU’LL EVER BE
…oh…&…in case I never make it as far as making with the tunes on the other one like there’s such a thing as normal service to be resumed…hopefully for more than just pandering to me & farscy…this one ought to let you click play in about…another six hours or so?
…&…while we’re waiting…it’s not bruce…but…maybe b’s are a good start…bb’s even…in the right context?
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oh nice new ren! it was in my algorythm the other day as going to premier soon….and then i kinda forgot about it..so cheers mate!
wasnt expecting it to be mostly acapella/beatbox style tho… worked very well imo
also…if sen. curtis isnt just straight up brown nosing…then..hes probably stupid…. well he might be stupid and brown nosing
like the gallup poll says…. respected is not the word i’d use…
…those things are more sycophantic than the russian ones at this point…someone was kissing his ass about the incredible health plan he should get credit for that…doesn’t exist…like…at all?
…we’re well off the charts for regular crazy & somewhere in the part of the map that just says “here be dragons”…but…yeah…both seems a possibility
…&…you’re more than welcome on the ren
…if you read his posts on youtube…which I probably don’t most of the time…he seems to have been trying to put a bunch of his proceeds into some places that provide various mental health/support things & stuff like hyperbaric chamber treatments that have helped him…at fairly minimal costs…so…just all around seems to be a good lad, that one
…not really connected but also saw a post-not-video one of josh johnson’s where he laid out that his efforts to stop people from ending up paying inflated prices to go to his shows the best system he’s managed is to get people to sign up to get emailed directly about wanting tickets
…the guy gives away more material than most stage comics for literally free & still seems to genuinely try to put a ceiling on how much it costs people to see that live the first time he does it…I dunno…similar vibe…sort of…to me?
yeah..ren seems to be good people..little more on the religious side than i like… but thats a me problem.. not a him problem
josh johnson i will take your assessment for as i think ive only seen 1 or 2 of his videos..and really havent been paying much attention to him beyond that
nothing personal like..i just dont watch a lot of stand up…even when you drop the videos…
…fair enough…they aren’t short…but…generally he’ll tell some funny stories & be all relatable…& then he’ll flip to some aspect of the news…& then splice them…&…if you had the time…you’d probably like ’em…that one this week taped in london so…maybe make an exception sometime you have most of an hour to spare or whatever it runs to?
oh nice new ren! it was in my algorythm the other day as going to premier soon….and then i kinda forgot about it..so cheers mate!
wasnt expecting it to be mostly acapella/beatbox style tho… worked very well imo
also…if sen. curtis isnt just straight up brown nosing…then..hes probably stupid…. well he might be stupid and brown nosing
like the gallup poll says…. respected is not the word i’d use…
…those things are more sycophantic than the russian ones at this point…someone was kissing his ass about the incredible health plan he should get credit for that…doesn’t exist…like…at all?
…we’re well off the charts for regular crazy & somewhere in the part of the map that just says “here be dragons”…but…yeah…both seems a possibility
…&…you’re more than welcome on the ren
…if you read his posts on youtube…which I probably don’t most of the time…he seems to have been trying to put a bunch of his proceeds into some places that provide various mental health/support things & stuff like hyperbaric chamber treatments that have helped him…at fairly minimal costs…so…just all around seems to be a good lad, that one
…not really connected but also saw a post-not-video one of josh johnson’s where he laid out that his efforts to stop people from ending up paying inflated prices to go to his shows the best system he’s managed is to get people to sign up to get emailed directly about wanting tickets
…the guy gives away more material than most stage comics for literally free & still seems to genuinely try to put a ceiling on how much it costs people to see that live the first time he does it…I dunno…similar vibe…sort of…to me?
yeah..ren seems to be good people..little more on the religious side than i like… but thats a me problem.. not a him problem
josh johnson i will take your assessment for as i think ive only seen 1 or 2 of his videos..and really havent been paying much attention to him beyond that
nothing personal like..i just dont watch a lot of stand up…even when you drop the videos…
…fair enough…they aren’t short…but…generally he’ll tell some funny stories & be all relatable…& then he’ll flip to some aspect of the news…& then splice them…&…if you had the time…you’d probably like ’em…that one this week taped in london so…maybe make an exception sometime you have most of an hour to spare or whatever it runs to?
ill see if i can find the time..well..thats not entirely accurate…i have the time…im just always doing 14 other things with it…
ill see if i can make it work with my weekend wake up coffee time…as…im usually just watching whatever in that time…