Vilhelm Lindolm

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Cover of The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton. It shows a woman giving a fascist salute.

What Is Fascism? The moment has come to give fascism a usable short handle, even though we know that it encompasses its subject no better than a snapshot encompasses a person. Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with community decline, humiliation, or victimhood and by compensatory cults of unity, energy, and purity, in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion.

2) For the same class we read Ch. 8 of Robert Paxton's classic The Anatomy of Fascism. I used his definition of fascism in my book Antifa.

I love his argument that a definition of fascism "encompasses its subject no better than a snapshot encompasses a person."

Wish I could say I missed it bc a crushing headache, but I missed it because I played persona 5 despite a crushing headache, which then turned into a debilitating headache, so I got my just award I guess...

The currency of my attention is volatile and precise.

Oh no. Now I have Expectations.

I haven't watched a music video in forever, and don't even know Sabrina Carpenter (but now yt is telling me she did an NPR tiny desk concert!), but watched this one based on your post. What a ride!

Magic: The Gathering Lore - YouTube

I enjoyed this series, even if it doesn't do the whole history up to current times. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I told you we’d be back

Aw, man, I need to subscribe or whatever to nebula for a month for this now, don't I? Your video essays are always a treat, and I'm sad the new stuff doesn't come to YouTube. Except that excellent Yoko Ono video.

HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him?

KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

Awesome work!

Commander players love letting others pilot their darling brews, and bring like six decks. If you just look at a table, you'll have three people offering a deck before you even say a word.

But also, what is constructed? Limited all the way!

Doubling exhaust triggers with the 0/4 defender is pretty fun when you have Loot. Deal 6, draw 6 etc. is pretty fun. Oh, and my son opened a Chrome Mox, so that was cool!

@shivambhatt.bsky.social Watching the #LRR PPR right now, and man, love your energy. Seeing the songs in the card titles and singing them out is the way to go.

Here's a non-riddle for you: what is more fun than getting flat tires on both bike wheels on the same day?

Answer: immediately getting a flat tire a he again on the way from the shop to work!

Ah, sometimes the universe is just killing me with these !FUN! turns of events.

Seriously 2025, ease up!

Covering yourself with oil for a deck tech bit? It's vehicle season after all!

#outofcontext but here's something ChatGPT produced today, as part of a chat around how reality feels these days:

"We control the horizontal. We control the vertical. We are the algorithm, and you... are the dataset."

I did mean to sign up for the dystopian future LARP but here we are...

Early morning gaming / vid watching with headphones? Or go out into a strangely still world where nothing moves except cats...

The wonderful Think Fast, Talk Smart delivered again on my bike ride to work. Episode 174 on meaningful gatherings was a great share to my students who have just been divided into teams, and need to start setting communication channels and meeting schedules.

Kinda just found this to be a bit more happening than Mastodon was after some public newsbroadcaster somewhere Bluesky was the new old twitter.

The Cherry Coke$ Artist · 6.5K monthly listeners.

Didn't know I needed some Japanese Folk Punk/Celtic Rock in my life, until I came across The Cherry Coke$ on a CalebD stream. open.spotify.com/artist/6GWci... #musicrecommendations

5-color no vehicles deck incoming?

Guaranteed tip for making vacuuming fun:
Vacuum a few years with a slightly busted nozzle without wheels, then replace it with a new nozzle!

Got my bike back from service and I feel like a human again. I wish people could get so much life back as my trusty steed did with just exchanging a few bits and getting a bit of oil and polish...

Choir starting up again this week. It's supposed to be super healthy for mind, body and soul.

Term starting today, although I don't have teaching until Wednesday. Need to "just" do emails, some exam grading, moodle-prep and planning.

Badminton and mobility/posture exercise after work.

Board games, sauna and karaoke lined up for today. I'm getting too old for this...

Fridays are for wracking your brain, trying to figure out how to best relax and have fun.

YouTube video by Humano Studios 70's Synthpop, Disco, International Dance [Vinyl Studio Session] La Mala Noche

Human Studio's vinyl studio sessions has been my best find in 2025 so far. youtu.be/cGtLXdFT41o?... #musicrecommendation

I only trust Belgians to do weird-colored beers.