@locfry.bsky.social
Democratic socialist/Marxist-Humanist with anti-absoulutist views. has no patience for Tankies/Neo-Stalinists nor fascists. Campism sucks. Am an internationalist. 🇺🇦🇵🇸+plus other flags of oppressed groups around the world that have no emojis or whatever.
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I say this as someone who is daily grappling with the social and psychological damage that Hindutva is wreaking on India under Modi, I dont think we can ignore the millions who voted for these men as not "of" these countries.
They are.
The US is all of those things. As is India.
They are.
The US is all of those things. As is India.
July 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I say this as someone who is daily grappling with the social and psychological damage that Hindutva is wreaking on India under Modi, I dont think we can ignore the millions who voted for these men as not "of" these countries.
They are.
The US is all of those things. As is India.
They are.
The US is all of those things. As is India.
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The Trump II backlash against immigration is similarly a reaction to forces set in motion by the long 19th century, in this case the global out-migration from Europe which has become an in-migration from the parts of the world Europe and America colonized.
Every accusation is an admission of guilt.
Every accusation is an admission of guilt.
July 4, 2026 at 10:23 AM
The Trump II backlash against immigration is similarly a reaction to forces set in motion by the long 19th century, in this case the global out-migration from Europe which has become an in-migration from the parts of the world Europe and America colonized.
Every accusation is an admission of guilt.
Every accusation is an admission of guilt.
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If you're looking for a long read this weekend, we've just published an investigation into the detention network in Xinjiang, which we discovered has the largest detention capacity in the world relative to its population.
How China is breaking apart a people and its culture ft.trib.al/1cvmuMI
How China is breaking apart a people and its culture
The campaign of repression against the Uyghurs has entered a new phase
ft.trib.al
May 30, 2026 at 12:13 PM
If you're looking for a long read this weekend, we've just published an investigation into the detention network in Xinjiang, which we discovered has the largest detention capacity in the world relative to its population.
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Insanity
April 25, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Insanity
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NEW EVIDENCE: Former Xinjiang police officer (2014–2023) confirms that detentions and forced labor continue today.
From 2023, officials detained Uyghurs who avoided forced labor or allegedly disobeyed state orders.
Thread below:
foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/c...
From 2023, officials detained Uyghurs who avoided forced labor or allegedly disobeyed state orders.
Thread below:
foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/c...
Xinjiang’s Repression of Uyghurs Has Evolved, Not Ended
A rare insider testimony reveals how China tries to hide state violence in Xinjiang
foreignpolicy.com
April 16, 2026 at 3:06 PM
NEW EVIDENCE: Former Xinjiang police officer (2014–2023) confirms that detentions and forced labor continue today.
From 2023, officials detained Uyghurs who avoided forced labor or allegedly disobeyed state orders.
Thread below:
foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/c...
From 2023, officials detained Uyghurs who avoided forced labor or allegedly disobeyed state orders.
Thread below:
foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/16/c...
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Iranian drones are blowing up in Ukrainian cities every night. They have been for years.
April 8, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Iranian drones are blowing up in Ukrainian cities every night. They have been for years.
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China is a Better Partner does not automatically follow from We are No Good and Very Bad Now, despite the claims of Mark Carney & a lot of other folks etc. etc.
Again, in a moment where everyone thinks countries are going to shift to credible int'l cooperation with 🇨🇳 instead of us, I'll note that everything everyone is <rightly> worried about in 🇺🇸 (aging personalist authoritarians, corruption, debt, repression, concentration camps, etc.) is far worse in 🇨🇳:
Xi Jinping has, in effect, hollowed out his entire military leadership. A former CIA analyst calls his latest moves “the most stunning development in Chinese politics since the early days of Xi’s rise to power”
April 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
China is a Better Partner does not automatically follow from We are No Good and Very Bad Now, despite the claims of Mark Carney & a lot of other folks etc. etc.
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Gentlemen, we must not allow a Stabbing Ourselves Gap.
April 6, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Gentlemen, we must not allow a Stabbing Ourselves Gap.
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OG Woke
Eleanor Roosevelt’s gun permit (which she got it around the time the klan put a $25k bounty on her head). What a vibe
April 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
OG Woke
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this isn’t the “far right” but a european conference of well-known nazis. pro-putin indeed.
“online grooming of deranged loners” is a line i will use in future
“online grooming of deranged loners” is a line i will use in future
Vladimir Putin’s intelligence service continues to use the European far right for both propaganda and terrorism.
Some of the most pro-Moscow fascists from across the continent gathered last month at a luxury hotel in Rome.
Read more here:
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/04/robe...
Some of the most pro-Moscow fascists from across the continent gathered last month at a luxury hotel in Rome.
Read more here:
searchlightmagazine.com/2026/04/robe...
Roberto Fiore's pro-Putin roadshow rolls across Europe | Searchlight
Roberto Fiore speaks in Rome at his latest pro-Moscow “international conference” Vladimir Putin’s intelligence service continues to use the European far rig ...
searchlightmagazine.com
April 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM
this isn’t the “far right” but a european conference of well-known nazis. pro-putin indeed.
“online grooming of deranged loners” is a line i will use in future
“online grooming of deranged loners” is a line i will use in future
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He's lying. They hate us because they think we're run by Jews
The president of Iran has written a letter to the citizens of the United States.
It’s not a crazy ranting speech intended to bully us, like we get from our own government. It comes across as a very honest appeal to rethink our actions.
thoughtportal.org/2026/04/02/f...
It’s not a crazy ranting speech intended to bully us, like we get from our own government. It comes across as a very honest appeal to rethink our actions.
thoughtportal.org/2026/04/02/f...
Full text of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s letter to Americans – Thought Portal
thoughtportal.org
April 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
He's lying. They hate us because they think we're run by Jews
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An appropriate response for any Jew to this is fury
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum under the Trump administration has deleted its teaching materials about links between Nazi racism and the Jim Crow laws: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
‘Proactively fall in line:’ Holocaust Memorial Museum quietly changed content after Trump returned to office
Two former employees said they believed the museum was altering its content preemptively to avoid unwanted negative attention from the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
April 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
An appropriate response for any Jew to this is fury
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It's not to say that US citizens as a collective should be blamed, or are blameless, but that the US system has developed to a point where checks & balances no longer exist
Which is why people (not just in the US) must push to create a mechanism for material change, not a return to the status quo
Which is why people (not just in the US) must push to create a mechanism for material change, not a return to the status quo
April 5, 2026 at 8:50 PM
It's not to say that US citizens as a collective should be blamed, or are blameless, but that the US system has developed to a point where checks & balances no longer exist
Which is why people (not just in the US) must push to create a mechanism for material change, not a return to the status quo
Which is why people (not just in the US) must push to create a mechanism for material change, not a return to the status quo
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Unironically, one of the biggest threats to what remains of American hegemony at the moment is that we are fundamentally contemptible at the moment. We’ve been feared, hated, hypocritical, etc. before, but I don’t think we’ve ever been as disgustingly pathetic as we are now.
April 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Unironically, one of the biggest threats to what remains of American hegemony at the moment is that we are fundamentally contemptible at the moment. We’ve been feared, hated, hypocritical, etc. before, but I don’t think we’ve ever been as disgustingly pathetic as we are now.
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I’ll be fascinated to read the CIA reports on this when the archives are declassified because you know they’re having to delicately dance around the fact the propaganda against our pedo drunk bigot government is effective because the accusations of it being a pedo drunk bigot government are correct.
April 4, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I’ll be fascinated to read the CIA reports on this when the archives are declassified because you know they’re having to delicately dance around the fact the propaganda against our pedo drunk bigot government is effective because the accusations of it being a pedo drunk bigot government are correct.
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To OP: Unironically *read theory*: Marx absolutely thought capitalism was an improvement over feudalism, among other reasons because capitalism is a necessary precondition for socialism.
April 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
To OP: Unironically *read theory*: Marx absolutely thought capitalism was an improvement over feudalism, among other reasons because capitalism is a necessary precondition for socialism.
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Yes, capitalism was a advancement over feudalism.
April 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Yes, capitalism was a advancement over feudalism.
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America not being a signatory to a number of treaties does not mean that international law does not exist. The US is conducting clear war crimes, and boasting about it. They should be treated as a pariah state. They definitely shouldn't be getting a Royal visit.
April 3, 2026 at 8:04 AM
America not being a signatory to a number of treaties does not mean that international law does not exist. The US is conducting clear war crimes, and boasting about it. They should be treated as a pariah state. They definitely shouldn't be getting a Royal visit.
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Way too many people think the answer to humoring bad people is "well you should humor *all* the bad people to be fair then 😏" when the actual answer is "stop it. stop doing that."
My honest view is that people should not go on either Hasan Piker’s stream or Bill Maher’s show. I think they are both very bad.
I have never liked Maher, who is deeply Islamophobic and has a childish, sneering attitude toward all religion. Bill Maher sucks.
I have never liked Maher, who is deeply Islamophobic and has a childish, sneering attitude toward all religion. Bill Maher sucks.
March 29, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Way too many people think the answer to humoring bad people is "well you should humor *all* the bad people to be fair then 😏" when the actual answer is "stop it. stop doing that."
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Movies generally look worse but sound better than they did 25 years ago
What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?
March 29, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Movies generally look worse but sound better than they did 25 years ago
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look, things suck, everybody is allowed to feel hopeless once in a while, but I do think you have some responsibility to limit the contagion caused by offgas from your personal slough of despond
March 24, 2026 at 12:37 AM
look, things suck, everybody is allowed to feel hopeless once in a while, but I do think you have some responsibility to limit the contagion caused by offgas from your personal slough of despond
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I think the actual key here is that the people celebrating Tucker Carlson don't want someone on the left to say Israel doesn't have a right to exist they want a Nazi to say it so they can launder their own antisemitism through him
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
coates also did it without carlson's barely contained cauldron of antisemitism roiling underneath it
March 23, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I think the actual key here is that the people celebrating Tucker Carlson don't want someone on the left to say Israel doesn't have a right to exist they want a Nazi to say it so they can launder their own antisemitism through him
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed