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Unionize AI • Is a strike less realistic than building a doomsday machine on purpose?
Unionize AI
Is a strike less realistic than building a doomsday machine on purpose?
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September 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Unionize AI • Is a strike less realistic than building a doomsday machine on purpose?
You Have to Call Bigots What They Are • Stop treating trans people’s rights as a legitimate issue to debate.
You Have to Call Bigots What They Are
Stop treating trans people’s rights as a legitimate issue to debate.
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September 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
You Have to Call Bigots What They Are • Stop treating trans people’s rights as a legitimate issue to debate.
Capital Is Organizing the World to Its Advantage and Everything Else Is a Sideshow • Capitalism or humanity, but not both.
Capital Is Organizing the World to Its Advantage and Everything Else Is a Sideshow
Capitalism or humanity, but not both.
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September 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Capital Is Organizing the World to Its Advantage and Everything Else Is a Sideshow • Capitalism or humanity, but not both.
Angie Nixon Wants to Expand the Court, End the Filibuster, and Put ICE in Jail • The Florida Democratic Senate candidate is very relaxed about being called a socialist.
Angie Nixon Wants to Expand the Court, End the Filibuster, and Put ICE in Jail
The Florida Democratic Senate candidate is very relaxed about being called a socialist.
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September 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Angie Nixon Wants to Expand the Court, End the Filibuster, and Put ICE in Jail • The Florida Democratic Senate candidate is very relaxed about being called a socialist.
You Can Ignore the Bad Pundits • One easy trick to make yourself smarter.
You Can Ignore the Bad Pundits
One easy trick to make yourself smarter.
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August 30, 2026 at 1:32 PM
You Can Ignore the Bad Pundits • One easy trick to make yourself smarter.
Never Apologize For Being a Class Traitor • All rich kids should be socialists.
Never Apologize For Being a Class Traitor
All rich kids should be socialists.
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August 23, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Never Apologize For Being a Class Traitor • All rich kids should be socialists.
Yes Obviously the Senate Should Be Abolished • Political pundits acting shocked by this are snide pricks.
Yes Obviously the Senate Should Be Abolished
Political pundits acting shocked by this are snide pricks.
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August 20, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Yes Obviously the Senate Should Be Abolished • Political pundits acting shocked by this are snide pricks.
Labor, Creators, and What's Next: Speaking With Katie Gatti Tassin and rayne fisher-quann • A conversation about Substack as work.
Labor, Creators, and What's Next: Speaking With Katie Gatti Tassin and rayne fisher-quann
A conversation about Substack as work.
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August 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Labor, Creators, and What's Next: Speaking With Katie Gatti Tassin and rayne fisher-quann • A conversation about Substack as work.
Corporate Power Approaches Escape Velocity • A failed Tesla strike in Sweden is a flashing warning light.
Corporate Power Approaches Escape Velocity
A failed Tesla strike in Sweden is a flashing warning light.
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August 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Corporate Power Approaches Escape Velocity • A failed Tesla strike in Sweden is a flashing warning light.
Oliver Larkin Wants to End the "Reflexive Moderation" of Florida Democrats • The DSA's Congressional candidate in South Florida says his state is ready for the revolution.
Oliver Larkin Wants to End the "Reflexive Moderation" of Florida Democrats
The DSA's Congressional candidate in South Florida says his state is ready for the revolution.
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August 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Oliver Larkin Wants to End the "Reflexive Moderation" of Florida Democrats • The DSA's Congressional candidate in South Florida says his state is ready for the revolution.
Against Self-Fulfilling Prophecy • The prize for asking for less is less.
Against Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The prize for asking for less is less.
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August 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Against Self-Fulfilling Prophecy • The prize for asking for less is less.
AOC Must Run For President • History is calling. Sorry!
AOC Must Run For President
History is calling. Sorry!
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July 30, 2026 at 4:32 PM
AOC Must Run For President • History is calling. Sorry!
Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math • Pay no attention to the externalities behind the curtain.
Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math
Pay no attention to the externalities behind the curtain.
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July 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Enshittification Relies on Broken Economic Math • Pay no attention to the externalities behind the curtain.
"I Don’t Know How You Can Look at Minneapolis and Say They Are Better for Choosing Reform Over Revolution" • A conversation with Justin Ellis about "The Cruelty of Nice Folks"
"I Don’t Know How You Can Look at Minneapolis and Say They Are Better for Choosing Reform Over Revolution"
A conversation with Justin Ellis about "The Cruelty of Nice Folks"
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July 26, 2026 at 4:32 PM
"I Don’t Know How You Can Look at Minneapolis and Say They Are Better for Choosing Reform Over Revolution" • A conversation with Justin Ellis about "The Cruelty of Nice Folks"
What Polls Do and Don't Tell You • Does the public oppose its own interests? Really?
What Polls Do and Don't Tell You
Does the public oppose its own interests? Really?
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July 23, 2026 at 4:37 PM
What Polls Do and Don't Tell You • Does the public oppose its own interests? Really?
Union Density Is the Cause of and Solution to Our Problems • What it means to take that seriously.
Union Density Is the Cause of and Solution to Our Problems
What it means to take that seriously.
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July 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Union Density Is the Cause of and Solution to Our Problems • What it means to take that seriously.
Don't Take Advice From Your Enemies • The most useless genre on earth.
Don't Take Advice From Your Enemies
The most useless genre on earth.
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July 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Don't Take Advice From Your Enemies • The most useless genre on earth.
We Already Have Everything We Need to Regulate AI • Three simple tools. No crystal ball necessary.
We Already Have Everything We Need to Regulate AI
Three simple tools. No crystal ball necessary.
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July 8, 2026 at 4:37 PM
We Already Have Everything We Need to Regulate AI • Three simple tools. No crystal ball necessary.
You Can't Solve Half a Problem • The moderate's delusion.
You Can't Solve Half a Problem
The moderate's delusion.
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July 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
You Can't Solve Half a Problem • The moderate's delusion.
Bad Fascist Party • At the Great American State Fair, a celebration of death.
Bad Fascist Party
At the Great American State Fair, a celebration of death.
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June 26, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Bad Fascist Party • At the Great American State Fair, a celebration of death.
Embrace Left Wing Machine Politics • Time to get excited about the DSA electoral era.
Embrace Left Wing Machine Politics
Time to get excited about the DSA electoral era.
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June 19, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Embrace Left Wing Machine Politics • Time to get excited about the DSA electoral era.
Minneapolis Is The Way • Why fascists hate the labor movement.
Minneapolis Is The Way
Why fascists hate the labor movement.
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June 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Minneapolis Is The Way • Why fascists hate the labor movement.
Brutal Oppression and Beautiful Humanity Exist In Every Grocery Store • An interview with Ann Larson about "Cleanup on Aisle Five"
Brutal Oppression and Beautiful Humanity Exist In Every Grocery Store
An interview with Ann Larson about "Cleanup on Aisle Five"
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June 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Brutal Oppression and Beautiful Humanity Exist In Every Grocery Store • An interview with Ann Larson about "Cleanup on Aisle Five"
An AI-Funded Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Dangerous • Some constructive thoughts on Bernie's proposal.
An AI-Funded Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Dangerous
Some constructive thoughts on Bernie's proposal.
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June 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
An AI-Funded Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Dangerous • Some constructive thoughts on Bernie's proposal.
Less Than $20 an Hour, After 23 Years on the Job • Speaking to the workers who take care of Brooklyn's neediest people.
Less Than $20 an Hour, After 23 Years on the Job
Speaking to the workers who take care of Brooklyn's neediest people.
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June 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Less Than $20 an Hour, After 23 Years on the Job • Speaking to the workers who take care of Brooklyn's neediest people.