David

hot off the presses

I think the Soviets get a pass in the Pacific theater considering they repelled the largest land invasion in human history and sustained 4 million military casualties and 10+ million civilian deaths

Great reminder that many academics prefer to handwring about anti-imperialists than do anything to oppose imperialism

I Hate New Year's Day - Viewpoint Magazine That's why I hate New Year's. I want every morning to be a new year's for me. Every day I want to reckon with myself, and every day I want to renew myself. No day set aside for rest. I choose my pause...

viewpointmag.com/2015/01/01/i...

AI Data Center Development in Frackland By Way of a Brief History of Failed Attempts to Regionalize the Natural Gas Commodity Chain

phases.substack.com/p/ai-data-ce... some head-clearing on our dismal situation in Appalachia

getting invited to a wedding via a signal message is so funny

He does not “come out” of that movement. He was supported by that movement, which now finds itself in an uncomfortable situation as junior partner. Seems like an important distinction

No one can ever take this (a very kind holiday letter from the employees at a hardware store in Raleigh) from me

damn wonder what else that president got up and what other economic metrics and realities shifted during his term

YouTube video by Charles Mingus - Topic Original Faubus Fables (Remastered)

The live recording of Fables of Faubus (with lyrics!) goes so hard youtu.be/02bkuS9VaSY?...

A new essay by Phil Neel laying out the various levels and forms of revolutionary organization, the function limits of "sigils" and tactical leadership, and the two kinds of "invariance" in communist struggle.

illwill.com/theory-of-th...

When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...

In Georgia, a mom facing eviction reached out to DFCS for help. They offered her nothing. Soon the agency took her kids away because of "inadequate housing."

The state then paid *$6,200 a month* to house her kids in foster care.

One of the most important and infuriating stories I read this year:

Join a tenant union!

We had great discussion & participated in democratically shaping our union last Sunday at our General Meeting! So nice to see both new & familiar faces. Looking forward to continuing to fight for tenants' rights in 2025!

Send your landlord packing! TTU Shirts are here! A gray T-Shirt with the TTU red triangle logo printed on the chest sits atop a stack of eviction notices addressed to the landlords of the Triangle, emblazoned with the TTU logo.

TTU MEMBERS: If you pre-ordered a shirt, good news! They are finally here! Come grab one at our next general meeting, or message us about picking one up!

These shirts are super comfy and are the perfect addition to your canvass/court watch/protest/daily fit! (Plus...they're union-printed)

Breaking: Amazon warehouse workers at DBK4 in Queens, New York, join the strike.

alright yeah let's start using this