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John Carl Baker

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nuclear weapons, foreign policy, antiquity, cocktails Words: Nation, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, NK News, US Institute of Peace, New Republic, elsewhere seniores tollunt omnia

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Vaguely!

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This line is so silly - relative change is what matters here bsky.app/profile/john...

John Carl Baker

Part of the ruling class saw recent labor organizing and the Biden admin's modest regulatory measures and decided to go with fascism. It's absurd of course but it does show you that *relative* change (or its possibility) is what matters here - not the existence of an actual revolutionary threat.

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*doing this for my own reading habits* be sure to check out Procopius!

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Classic right-wing behavior

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Of course

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My partner paid to have our yard treated throughout the summer and I am never going back - modernity ftw

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one of the biggest political developments of Trump II

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would read

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yes

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If that keeps up it really will mark a sea change

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Always a huge "reality delay" in DC - I guess post-Hanoi developments finally showed holdouts the foolishness of sticking with denuclearization first. Annoying - because many of us were advocating for this sort of approach during (and even before) the last diplomatic opening.

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Too much Mearsheimer today

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Critic in the 1970s: these intentionally dystopian works draw attention to the potential downsides of a media-saturated world Critic in the 2020s: where did all this fascism come from

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Huge contradictions between realism and nationalism - and yet, intimately linked!

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Policing the Parking Crisis

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Seems relevant here bsky.app/profile/dmgr...

Dan Greene

FIU had a search for a law school dean, 20 candidates. President and Provost (themselves with no academic experience besides a weak paper she published on the job) declare it a failed search and hire their buddy, a Trump lawyer, who didn't make the top 20, and was just sanctioned by a federal judge

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For context, Petersen’s primary loss in June 2023 was a big deal and highly symbolic of the changing nature of local politics - about a year later, he debuted this new paper www.ffxnow.com/2023/06/21/f...

Fairfax County Democrats oust two established senators, as incumbents prevail in local races | FFXnowPrevious Image 1/4 Next Image Fairfax County's General Assembly delegation will look drastically different next year after a pivotal Democratic primary yesterday (Tuesday) that also bolstered incumben...www.ffxnow.com
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This op-ed is fairly representative of the paper’s pro-NIMBY editorial line.

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