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Steppe warlords actually did understand trade and its importance.
Chinggis Khan quite deliberately sought to protect trade routes across his empire and his successors did the same until it fragmented.
His war with Khwarazm was actually motivated by their refusal to allow trade.
Chinggis Khan quite deliberately sought to protect trade routes across his empire and his successors did the same until it fragmented.
His war with Khwarazm was actually motivated by their refusal to allow trade.
it is genuinely fascinating to see a man who is simply blind to everything other than exploitation and brutality. he has Steppe Warlord Brain
It's genuinely fascinating that the US president keeps announcing that he just flat out doesn't know what trade is, he legit doesn't appreciate the concept of exchange and instead views economic activity through the lens of a dragon attempting to maximise its gold hoard to sit upon.
September 17, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Steppe warlords actually did understand trade and its importance.
Chinggis Khan quite deliberately sought to protect trade routes across his empire and his successors did the same until it fragmented.
His war with Khwarazm was actually motivated by their refusal to allow trade.
Chinggis Khan quite deliberately sought to protect trade routes across his empire and his successors did the same until it fragmented.
His war with Khwarazm was actually motivated by their refusal to allow trade.
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This all most recently came together over the weekend, and they got Dario Amodei and Sam Altman and Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis all onto the same page to say they wanted to WAIVE ANTI-TRUST LAWS so that they could "pace", or slow down, research.
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
This all most recently came together over the weekend, and they got Dario Amodei and Sam Altman and Elon Musk and Demis Hassabis all onto the same page to say they wanted to WAIVE ANTI-TRUST LAWS so that they could "pace", or slow down, research.
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I'm back, I missed you all.
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I'm back, I missed you all.
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
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Straight up confessing to war crimes now.
Trump on Venezuela: "We got 65 billion barrels of oil. We got it for what? An attack. We got it for an attack."
September 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Straight up confessing to war crimes now.
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Now you've got Blue No Matter Who numpties yelling about how the time to criticize Democrats was before the primary.
What if the Democrat flip flops on trans rights after the primary? What then?
Politicians are not your friends. They work for you. We don't work for them.
Fuck.
What if the Democrat flip flops on trans rights after the primary? What then?
Politicians are not your friends. They work for you. We don't work for them.
Fuck.
Shoresy: So Dumb
ALT: Shoresy: So Dumb
static.klipy.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Now you've got Blue No Matter Who numpties yelling about how the time to criticize Democrats was before the primary.
What if the Democrat flip flops on trans rights after the primary? What then?
Politicians are not your friends. They work for you. We don't work for them.
Fuck.
What if the Democrat flip flops on trans rights after the primary? What then?
Politicians are not your friends. They work for you. We don't work for them.
Fuck.
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Imagine if you spent a quarter of the time yelling at the politicians who are allowing themselves to be radicalized into transphobia as you do yelling at trans people online.
with talarico, specifically, he KNOWS what the pro-trans stance is because HE HELD IT BEFORE THE PRIMARY.
fucking hell
with talarico, specifically, he KNOWS what the pro-trans stance is because HE HELD IT BEFORE THE PRIMARY.
fucking hell
September 16, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Imagine if you spent a quarter of the time yelling at the politicians who are allowing themselves to be radicalized into transphobia as you do yelling at trans people online.
with talarico, specifically, he KNOWS what the pro-trans stance is because HE HELD IT BEFORE THE PRIMARY.
fucking hell
with talarico, specifically, he KNOWS what the pro-trans stance is because HE HELD IT BEFORE THE PRIMARY.
fucking hell
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Kamala Harris to begin campaigning in Michigan for Abdul El-Sayed next week, with both of them co-hosting a roundtable about "maternal and infant mortality disparities in the Black community".
Kamala Harris to join Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan next week
Harris will join the Senate nominee in Michigan for a roundtable on Black maternal health.
www.politico.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Kamala Harris to begin campaigning in Michigan for Abdul El-Sayed next week, with both of them co-hosting a roundtable about "maternal and infant mortality disparities in the Black community".
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I invite everyone to read Bernard Lewis' reasoning for his denial of the Armenian Genocide. In essence he says 1) It isn't the Holocaust, therefore it isn't genocide. 2) The Turks had a nominal military objective, therefore it isn't genocide. And 3) Not enough died, therefore it isn't genocide.
There Was No Genocide: Interview with Professor Bernard Lewis - Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA)
By Dalia Karpel (Haaretz daily (Weekend Issue), Jerusalem January 23, [...]
www.ataa.org
September 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I invite everyone to read Bernard Lewis' reasoning for his denial of the Armenian Genocide. In essence he says 1) It isn't the Holocaust, therefore it isn't genocide. 2) The Turks had a nominal military objective, therefore it isn't genocide. And 3) Not enough died, therefore it isn't genocide.
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The 1948 Genocide Convention does not require one person being killed. Read the Convention.
September 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The 1948 Genocide Convention does not require one person being killed. Read the Convention.
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For posterity, I think it's bad to do genocide denial using an elementary level fascist talking point
September 16, 2026 at 7:34 PM
For posterity, I think it's bad to do genocide denial using an elementary level fascist talking point
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"The population didn't go down enough" is the textbook apologia used by those who deny the Armenian Genocide, Bosnian Genocide, the Yazidi Genocide, the attempt by Sri Lanka to exterminate Tamil identity, oh and also the Chinese state campaign to Sinicize the Uyghurs.
September 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
"The population didn't go down enough" is the textbook apologia used by those who deny the Armenian Genocide, Bosnian Genocide, the Yazidi Genocide, the attempt by Sri Lanka to exterminate Tamil identity, oh and also the Chinese state campaign to Sinicize the Uyghurs.
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“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
www.motherjones.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:37 PM
“The worst place ever I’ve been in my life," Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker, told me over the phone from Guantanamo Bay last week.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
Sakariye is one of 7 or 8 Somalis who are being held at Gitmo. They say guards tell them the order to keep Somalis at the facility comes from DC.
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This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
September 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
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Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
September 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Macklemore just announced he’s donating the $1 million he made from Sheeran’s tour to 6 organizations to support Palestinians and he’s asking Robert Kraft to match it. This is just the first part announcing it.
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Lmao zionists on Threads leaving their ChatGPT response headers in their slop revealing they asked it to make them sound like Andrew Tate, scum attracts scum
September 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Lmao zionists on Threads leaving their ChatGPT response headers in their slop revealing they asked it to make them sound like Andrew Tate, scum attracts scum
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a simply *classic* Kaleckian moment, with some tech-specific wrinkles www.wired.com/story/agains...
Why the Postpandemic Tech Bust Sent Billionaires to Trump
Following mass layoffs in 2022 and 2023, many tech workers turned against their employers. When liberal politicians also rallied against Silicon Valley, their backers turned to Donald Trump.
www.wired.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM
a simply *classic* Kaleckian moment, with some tech-specific wrinkles www.wired.com/story/agains...
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"why does the left distrust AI" certainly has plenty to do with the technology itself but at its core I think it is about the fact that everyone building it is a wannabe fascist oligarch and nobody trusts them on a god damn thing
way to go, you fucking morons. I hope you're happy with how things are going
September 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
"why does the left distrust AI" certainly has plenty to do with the technology itself but at its core I think it is about the fact that everyone building it is a wannabe fascist oligarch and nobody trusts them on a god damn thing
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This, absolutely sincerely. Most of these guys are doing high crimes and misdemeanors. A bunch of them are involved in waging an illegal, unauthorized war.
Congress' investigatory powers are at their *peak* in an impeachment context.
So impeach, impeach, impeach.
Congress' investigatory powers are at their *peak* in an impeachment context.
So impeach, impeach, impeach.
September 16, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This, absolutely sincerely. Most of these guys are doing high crimes and misdemeanors. A bunch of them are involved in waging an illegal, unauthorized war.
Congress' investigatory powers are at their *peak* in an impeachment context.
So impeach, impeach, impeach.
Congress' investigatory powers are at their *peak* in an impeachment context.
So impeach, impeach, impeach.
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Police discipline is I think the sharpest and best wedge issue on policing that we have. People don't like bad cops. If we're going to push on something, this has gotta be it.
September 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Police discipline is I think the sharpest and best wedge issue on policing that we have. People don't like bad cops. If we're going to push on something, this has gotta be it.
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Listen I think Zohran has gotta consider firing Tisch over stuff like this.
Despite the mayor's big announcement yesterday, I'm not sure New York can achieve Vision Zero when the police commissioner allows sidewalk parking and won't punish cops who brutalize citizens for trying to get them to stop.
NYPD Commissioner Tisch Declined To Punish Cops Who Used Force So Other Cops Could Park Illegally - Streetsblog New York City
The top cop's decision came even though the NYPD's patrol guide prohibits both excessive force and bars officers from parking on the sidewalk.
nyc.streetsblog.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Listen I think Zohran has gotta consider firing Tisch over stuff like this.
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“And when one of them told an ICE agent that he was a US citizen, one of them allegedly said, ‘I don’t care, your parents can’t help you now.’”
Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.
Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.
September 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
“And when one of them told an ICE agent that he was a US citizen, one of them allegedly said, ‘I don’t care, your parents can’t help you now.’”
Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.
Susan Collins stole our tax dollars to fund this terrorism across our communities.
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Arienne Childrey, an Ohio LGBTQ+ rights leader and trans candidate, speaks out about being stonewalled by the Ohio Democratic Party for confronting Dem. Governor Candidate Amy Acton's anti-trans comments.
People tell us to "just speak with the candidates."
This shows why that doesn't always work.
People tell us to "just speak with the candidates."
This shows why that doesn't always work.
Ally is a Verb
The True Story of the Ohio Democratic Establishment’s Demand for Silence, the Fight to Be Heard, and Why True Solidarity Cannot Coexist with Political Triangulation.
ari4ohio.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Arienne Childrey, an Ohio LGBTQ+ rights leader and trans candidate, speaks out about being stonewalled by the Ohio Democratic Party for confronting Dem. Governor Candidate Amy Acton's anti-trans comments.
People tell us to "just speak with the candidates."
This shows why that doesn't always work.
People tell us to "just speak with the candidates."
This shows why that doesn't always work.
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I am going to become the Joker
George W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
George W. Bush’s new book of paintings of political prisoners will be out in March
www.chicagotribune.com
September 16, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I am going to become the Joker
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I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
September 16, 2026 at 6:54 AM
I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I know people know that the AfD is extremist but idk how widely known it is that a key party platform is the constitutional redefinition of German citizenship and then the deportation of millions to tens of millions of non-ethnic former citizens
September 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I know people know that the AfD is extremist but idk how widely known it is that a key party platform is the constitutional redefinition of German citizenship and then the deportation of millions to tens of millions of non-ethnic former citizens