@hyperpathy.bsky.social
PNW native, relocated to somewhere even darker and rainier. For some reason. Mostly lurking and politics reposts.
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New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
www.thehandbasket.co
September 16, 2026 at 11:26 PM
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
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“Judge Schiltz said he needed to check his phones constantly. “The cost of me enjoying a movie could be somebody waking up in New Mexico the next day when they shouldn’t have,” he recalled.”
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns
In a rare interview, Patrick Schiltz, who served as the federal court’s chief judge last winter, called the administration’s actions “a grave threat to the rule of law.”
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:30 AM
“Judge Schiltz said he needed to check his phones constantly. “The cost of me enjoying a movie could be somebody waking up in New Mexico the next day when they shouldn’t have,” he recalled.”
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
Trump’s Minnesota Surge Threatened Democracy, Judge Warns www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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Dass Vergleiche zu 1933 so nicht passen, sieht man ja schon daran, dass die NSDAP damals nicht 43,8 Prozent erreicht hat wie die AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt, sondern 43,9.
September 13, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Dass Vergleiche zu 1933 so nicht passen, sieht man ja schon daran, dass die NSDAP damals nicht 43,8 Prozent erreicht hat wie die AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt, sondern 43,9.
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Talk of UBI must go with talk of nationalizing industry, otherwise we are all ultimately going to be living in a company town and forced to buy everything at the company store... and can't quit or go on strike
(can this be why oligarchs like the idea so much)
(can this be why oligarchs like the idea so much)
September 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Talk of UBI must go with talk of nationalizing industry, otherwise we are all ultimately going to be living in a company town and forced to buy everything at the company store... and can't quit or go on strike
(can this be why oligarchs like the idea so much)
(can this be why oligarchs like the idea so much)
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Because it’s not run by young people who actually care about the environment but by anti semites and nativists who are obsessed with conspiracies about how certain people are unnatural, disrespect the earth with their garbage at fenced and militarized borders, are inferior so shouldn’t breed etc.
Why is the Green Party in America just a non-stop pile of shit?
September 13, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Because it’s not run by young people who actually care about the environment but by anti semites and nativists who are obsessed with conspiracies about how certain people are unnatural, disrespect the earth with their garbage at fenced and militarized borders, are inferior so shouldn’t breed etc.
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SD står för hälften av Riks finansiering: 8 miljoner kronor senaste räkenskapsåret
SD-kopplade Riks skickade NMR-kopplad högerextremist på C:s partiledare. Antar den bilden summerar valrörelsen rätt bra.
September 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM
SD står för hälften av Riks finansiering: 8 miljoner kronor senaste räkenskapsåret
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Sveriges statsminister upprepar det bisarra påståendet att den arbetslöshet som inte är konjunkturell beror på att utlandsfödda inte kan svenska och borde lära sig. Han säger också att ”de flesta vet” att det är så. En halv miljon människor i Sverige är arbetslösa. Detta är helt jävla ovärdigt.
September 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Sveriges statsminister upprepar det bisarra påståendet att den arbetslöshet som inte är konjunkturell beror på att utlandsfödda inte kan svenska och borde lära sig. Han säger också att ”de flesta vet” att det är så. En halv miljon människor i Sverige är arbetslösa. Detta är helt jävla ovärdigt.
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If the right-wing coalition wins, this means members of a party founded by literal Nazis will for the first time join the Swedish Government and seize control of an estimated 10-12 Gov't ministries and the associated agencies.
September 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
If the right-wing coalition wins, this means members of a party founded by literal Nazis will for the first time join the Swedish Government and seize control of an estimated 10-12 Gov't ministries and the associated agencies.
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My latest piece for The Guardian:
In Sweden, previously unthinkable far-right ideas are now comfortably embedded in the mainstream. The past four years were characterised by an astonishing acceptance of ethnonationalist views, xenophobic rhetoric and authoritarian policies often targeting children.
In Sweden, previously unthinkable far-right ideas are now comfortably embedded in the mainstream. The past four years were characterised by an astonishing acceptance of ethnonationalist views, xenophobic rhetoric and authoritarian policies often targeting children.
How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin
In 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2026 at 8:29 AM
My latest piece for The Guardian:
In Sweden, previously unthinkable far-right ideas are now comfortably embedded in the mainstream. The past four years were characterised by an astonishing acceptance of ethnonationalist views, xenophobic rhetoric and authoritarian policies often targeting children.
In Sweden, previously unthinkable far-right ideas are now comfortably embedded in the mainstream. The past four years were characterised by an astonishing acceptance of ethnonationalist views, xenophobic rhetoric and authoritarian policies often targeting children.
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Over the last five years I've been very discouraged at the way politicians in Sweden have insinuated that those of us who have become citizens in the last ten years are a threat or illegitimate.
My latest piece for The Guardian:
In Sweden, previously unthinkable far-right ideas are now comfortably embedded in the mainstream. The past four years were characterised by an astonishing acceptance of ethnonationalist views, xenophobic rhetoric and authoritarian policies often targeting children.
In Sweden, previously unthinkable far-right ideas are now comfortably embedded in the mainstream. The past four years were characterised by an astonishing acceptance of ethnonationalist views, xenophobic rhetoric and authoritarian policies often targeting children.
How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin
In 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Over the last five years I've been very discouraged at the way politicians in Sweden have insinuated that those of us who have become citizens in the last ten years are a threat or illegitimate.
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Democracy and civil society depend on taxing billionaires so ruthlessly they lose their obscene, outsized political power.
As billionaires ruthlessly destroy life milestone after life milestone, they literally make it impossible to afford anchors for one's memories.
Generations successively simply not experiencing anchors in their life which previous generations took for granted.
Generations successively simply not experiencing anchors in their life which previous generations took for granted.
September 13, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Democracy and civil society depend on taxing billionaires so ruthlessly they lose their obscene, outsized political power.
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It’s a murderous hate rally, which mainstream media not only has no problem with, they won’t even report on it.
This is stochastic terrorism. Ted Cruz is an extremist encouraging violence.
September 12, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It’s a murderous hate rally, which mainstream media not only has no problem with, they won’t even report on it.
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Future historians will pinpoint the 8 years of GWB as the inflection point for an acceleration of US decline. I really believe this and so many people just don't get it.
September 12, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Future historians will pinpoint the 8 years of GWB as the inflection point for an acceleration of US decline. I really believe this and so many people just don't get it.
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Read it slow: he told a crowd he doesn't care if they're registered, just go cheat like the other side does. That's not a gaffe, it's an instruction, on camera, with his own name attached. Every Republican in that arena who cheered instead of walking out owns this too. Fuck you.
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
September 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Read it slow: he told a crowd he doesn't care if they're registered, just go cheat like the other side does. That's not a gaffe, it's an instruction, on camera, with his own name attached. Every Republican in that arena who cheered instead of walking out owns this too. Fuck you.
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Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party.
Seems like it should be a story?
Seems like it should be a story?
Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."
September 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party.
Seems like it should be a story?
Seems like it should be a story?
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trying to make new friends as an adult
September 12, 2026 at 3:43 AM
trying to make new friends as an adult
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I don’t remember whose insight this is, but it blew my mind when I first read that to understand American history you have to get that race law was designed to increase the number of enslavable people (one-drop rule) and decrease the number of claimants to indigenous land (blood quantum)
September 8, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I don’t remember whose insight this is, but it blew my mind when I first read that to understand American history you have to get that race law was designed to increase the number of enslavable people (one-drop rule) and decrease the number of claimants to indigenous land (blood quantum)
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Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
www.nature.com
September 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Wouldn't it be weird if the racist billionaire who bankrolled and took credit for the neo-Nazi victory in Germany was somehow involved in American politics too?
Can you even imagine?
I bet the media would have a field day asking politicians who aligned with him and took his money for statements!
Can you even imagine?
I bet the media would have a field day asking politicians who aligned with him and took his money for statements!
September 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Wouldn't it be weird if the racist billionaire who bankrolled and took credit for the neo-Nazi victory in Germany was somehow involved in American politics too?
Can you even imagine?
I bet the media would have a field day asking politicians who aligned with him and took his money for statements!
Can you even imagine?
I bet the media would have a field day asking politicians who aligned with him and took his money for statements!
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Possibly the most American news of all time
Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
local12.com
September 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Possibly the most American news of all time
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In a new pre-print, researchers identified a policy they estimate could save 114K lives + $1 Trillion per year: Medicare for All
📉 Saves administrative costs (+ time)
🩺 Improves access to care
💊 Reduces cost of meds
🌾 + Keeps rural & children’s hospitals open
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
📉 Saves administrative costs (+ time)
🩺 Improves access to care
💊 Reduces cost of meds
🌾 + Keeps rural & children’s hospitals open
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
September 6, 2026 at 11:35 PM
In a new pre-print, researchers identified a policy they estimate could save 114K lives + $1 Trillion per year: Medicare for All
📉 Saves administrative costs (+ time)
🩺 Improves access to care
💊 Reduces cost of meds
🌾 + Keeps rural & children’s hospitals open
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
📉 Saves administrative costs (+ time)
🩺 Improves access to care
💊 Reduces cost of meds
🌾 + Keeps rural & children’s hospitals open
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
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ICYMI: I talked with Mohamed Barry, a longtime resident of Indiana, about what it was like to be taken from his family and expelled to a country he’s never been to on a hellish, 26-hour flight. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
September 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
ICYMI: I talked with Mohamed Barry, a longtime resident of Indiana, about what it was like to be taken from his family and expelled to a country he’s never been to on a hellish, 26-hour flight. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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the big AI danger is not companies suddenly inventing skynet - that's marketing rubbish, musk promising mars colonies by 2030 type stuff. the danger is companies claiming to have invented skynet and then putting what they actually have, a chatbot, in charge of stuff that's important
September 4, 2026 at 1:19 PM
the big AI danger is not companies suddenly inventing skynet - that's marketing rubbish, musk promising mars colonies by 2030 type stuff. the danger is companies claiming to have invented skynet and then putting what they actually have, a chatbot, in charge of stuff that's important
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The President of the United States has been bragging to the media and other audiences about the fact that he knows how to spell the word "dumb." He's been doing it for MONTHS now.
That isn't even a joke, it's an accurate description of what's happening in the White House!
That isn't even a joke, it's an accurate description of what's happening in the White House!
September 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
The President of the United States has been bragging to the media and other audiences about the fact that he knows how to spell the word "dumb." He's been doing it for MONTHS now.
That isn't even a joke, it's an accurate description of what's happening in the White House!
That isn't even a joke, it's an accurate description of what's happening in the White House!