FYI, Flat Earthers:
From my middle school science class: Once an object becomes massive enough, gravity pulls material equally toward its center, naturally forming a sphere (or a slightly flattened sphere from rotation).
If Earth were the only flat world in an otherwise spherical universe, why?
From my middle school science class: Once an object becomes massive enough, gravity pulls material equally toward its center, naturally forming a sphere (or a slightly flattened sphere from rotation).
If Earth were the only flat world in an otherwise spherical universe, why?
July 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
FYI, Flat Earthers:
From my middle school science class: Once an object becomes massive enough, gravity pulls material equally toward its center, naturally forming a sphere (or a slightly flattened sphere from rotation).
If Earth were the only flat world in an otherwise spherical universe, why?
From my middle school science class: Once an object becomes massive enough, gravity pulls material equally toward its center, naturally forming a sphere (or a slightly flattened sphere from rotation).
If Earth were the only flat world in an otherwise spherical universe, why?
“Politics” was not “invented”
Politics as in the state, parties, arose from irreconcilable class antagonisms.
It emerges as a sphere necessarily from violent class exploitation and the need of ruling classes to maintain dominance via violence and bodies of armed men. It organizes violence.
Politics as in the state, parties, arose from irreconcilable class antagonisms.
It emerges as a sphere necessarily from violent class exploitation and the need of ruling classes to maintain dominance via violence and bodies of armed men. It organizes violence.
Politics was invented to prevent violence. When violence enters politics, politics fails
April 26, 2026 at 2:30 AM
“Politics” was not “invented”
Politics as in the state, parties, arose from irreconcilable class antagonisms.
It emerges as a sphere necessarily from violent class exploitation and the need of ruling classes to maintain dominance via violence and bodies of armed men. It organizes violence.
Politics as in the state, parties, arose from irreconcilable class antagonisms.
It emerges as a sphere necessarily from violent class exploitation and the need of ruling classes to maintain dominance via violence and bodies of armed men. It organizes violence.
or just a dress sphere-ass system that let you hotswap between class loadouts. that would be fun too
September 28, 2026 at 3:51 AM
or just a dress sphere-ass system that let you hotswap between class loadouts. that would be fun too
Capitalists, Fascists and their agents and enablers have captured the US political sphere and there is no easy solution, no solution without class struggle that gets us out of this mess
February 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Capitalists, Fascists and their agents and enablers have captured the US political sphere and there is no easy solution, no solution without class struggle that gets us out of this mess
More than the political sphere. They have captured the media surveillance and everything else. Continue to ignore class struggle at your own doom. Or get with the program
February 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
More than the political sphere. They have captured the media surveillance and everything else. Continue to ignore class struggle at your own doom. Or get with the program
Aug. 21, 1926: Scenes from the immigrant receiving center at Ellis Island. A class for English learners; a matron helps girls to make their own clothes; two new arrivals, a Syrian Jew and a Russian.
August 21, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Aug. 21, 1926: Scenes from the immigrant receiving center at Ellis Island. A class for English learners; a matron helps girls to make their own clothes; two new arrivals, a Syrian Jew and a Russian.
When Charles said he needed some reference material for geometry class, I just had to lend a… sphere.
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April 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM
When Charles said he needed some reference material for geometry class, I just had to lend a… sphere.
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There's two twin problems where the SF/tech social sphere is genuinely infested with dark enlightenment bullshit and general Nazi crackpottery, and meanwhile the DC/NY chattering class is simply stuck hotboxing their own stupidity and contrarianism
Most Americans dramatically underestimate how much racism (and sexism) is present among elites in politics, policy, and journalism.
April 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
There's two twin problems where the SF/tech social sphere is genuinely infested with dark enlightenment bullshit and general Nazi crackpottery, and meanwhile the DC/NY chattering class is simply stuck hotboxing their own stupidity and contrarianism
We always see men’s refusal to change their private sphere rolls as personal failings by individual men—deadbeat dads, good for nothing lazy men, freeloaders off of women’s caretaking labor. But what if what those men actually demonstrating is a kind of gendered class solidarity?
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We always see men’s refusal to change their private sphere rolls as personal failings by individual men—deadbeat dads, good for nothing lazy men, freeloaders off of women’s caretaking labor. But what if what those men actually demonstrating is a kind of gendered class solidarity?
Republicans don’t want more “parents” at home. They want women at home, out of the public sphere, economically dependent on men for their whole lives— permanently relegated to second class citizens.
Fixed it for you, NYT.
Fixed it for you, NYT.
May 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Republicans don’t want more “parents” at home. They want women at home, out of the public sphere, economically dependent on men for their whole lives— permanently relegated to second class citizens.
Fixed it for you, NYT.
Fixed it for you, NYT.
I think this is true - but nobody should ever discount the quiet but ever present radicalism of an unapologetically sexual working class woman who wasn't going to tone down a damn thing in any sphere of her life but turn it all up to 11. It might have been a "joke" but it was deadly serious.
Genuinely grateful Dolly lived to know she was not just universally beloved but truly respected. She always had popularity and in some circles admiration but when I first became aware of her as a kid in the 70s and 80s it was primarily as a figure of fun. To be clear…
August 25, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I think this is true - but nobody should ever discount the quiet but ever present radicalism of an unapologetically sexual working class woman who wasn't going to tone down a damn thing in any sphere of her life but turn it all up to 11. It might have been a "joke" but it was deadly serious.
"The only reason for a Trump-class 'battleship' to exist is if America is abandoning its role as a great power enforcing the global order and instead retreating to bully its own sphere of influence through gunboat diplomacy."
Trump-Class Battleships Are the Navy’s Trump Ballroom
Trump Steaks. Trump University. Trump Coins. Why not? Let’s do this and be legends.
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December 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"The only reason for a Trump-class 'battleship' to exist is if America is abandoning its role as a great power enforcing the global order and instead retreating to bully its own sphere of influence through gunboat diplomacy."
What does have an almost unlimited clout is class, and particularly the class solidarity of the commentariat (who were purged of trans voices in the last decade and a half) and the political sphere (who have never had significant trans voices in the first place) along with capitalist funders.
March 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What does have an almost unlimited clout is class, and particularly the class solidarity of the commentariat (who were purged of trans voices in the last decade and a half) and the political sphere (who have never had significant trans voices in the first place) along with capitalist funders.
It really is remarkable that the American empire is collapsing by the day, countries in our sphere of influence running away at full speed, and our pundit class is focused on whether anti-sexual harassment campaigns went too far. It's just pure unadulterated decadence.
August 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
It really is remarkable that the American empire is collapsing by the day, countries in our sphere of influence running away at full speed, and our pundit class is focused on whether anti-sexual harassment campaigns went too far. It's just pure unadulterated decadence.
In terms of political representation, workers critique forms of political inequality and political exclusion: Politicians, as part of the upper class, only serve the upper class; and politics is a self-referential sphere closed to non-experts.
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In terms of political representation, workers critique forms of political inequality and political exclusion: Politicians, as part of the upper class, only serve the upper class; and politics is a self-referential sphere closed to non-experts.
There's definitely a class of poster that lives entirely within the silvered sphere of their own brain and spends a lot of time attacking the reflections
a lot of social media discourse makes more sense when you realize that a lot of people Online don't think that other people are real
November 17, 2023 at 3:11 PM
There's definitely a class of poster that lives entirely within the silvered sphere of their own brain and spends a lot of time attacking the reflections
our ruling class has been blacklisting musicians for a century—the cultural sphere is one of the most contested terrains in the class war
September 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
our ruling class has been blacklisting musicians for a century—the cultural sphere is one of the most contested terrains in the class war
I don’t want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need.
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I don’t want a lot for Christmas. There is just one thing I need.
My grandfather was a baker. Late in life he went to college. These are from his astronomy class notes, 1962.
June 21, 2026 at 4:22 PM
My grandfather was a baker. Late in life he went to college. These are from his astronomy class notes, 1962.
I swear to god every nation's ruling class within the US/Israel sphere of influence is living in complete delusion
What the fuck did the Saudis think would happen if the US attacked Iran?
What the fuck did the Saudis think would happen if the US attacked Iran?
March 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I swear to god every nation's ruling class within the US/Israel sphere of influence is living in complete delusion
What the fuck did the Saudis think would happen if the US attacked Iran?
What the fuck did the Saudis think would happen if the US attacked Iran?
The EPSTEIN CLASS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL!
HUGE tax breaks for the EPSTEIN CLASS!
DOMINATION of mass media, making distribution of propaganda much easier!
The EPSTEIN CLASS OWNS the majority of the media, giving them control over the "information sphere"!
#usdemocracy
HUGE tax breaks for the EPSTEIN CLASS!
DOMINATION of mass media, making distribution of propaganda much easier!
The EPSTEIN CLASS OWNS the majority of the media, giving them control over the "information sphere"!
#usdemocracy
April 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The EPSTEIN CLASS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL!
HUGE tax breaks for the EPSTEIN CLASS!
DOMINATION of mass media, making distribution of propaganda much easier!
The EPSTEIN CLASS OWNS the majority of the media, giving them control over the "information sphere"!
#usdemocracy
HUGE tax breaks for the EPSTEIN CLASS!
DOMINATION of mass media, making distribution of propaganda much easier!
The EPSTEIN CLASS OWNS the majority of the media, giving them control over the "information sphere"!
#usdemocracy
Guy who thinks banning under-16s from social media is a good idea "because it's great for our political class to start getting into the habit of aggressively regulating social media and the wider online sphere" voice:
June 15, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Guy who thinks banning under-16s from social media is a good idea "because it's great for our political class to start getting into the habit of aggressively regulating social media and the wider online sphere" voice:
Sense and Sensibility is in fact about the class anxiety of a family who is about to slip out of the sphere of economic status where there is always someone available to help you out of your dress.
June 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Sense and Sensibility is in fact about the class anxiety of a family who is about to slip out of the sphere of economic status where there is always someone available to help you out of your dress.