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Raymond Craib

@raycraib.bsky.social

Historian at Cornell. Latest: Adventure Capitalism: A history of libertarian exit from the era of decolonization to the digital age (PM Press 2022). Ipswich Town FC.

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Brilliant book of amazing photos of the damage caused by mining and other extractive sites in Chile and Latin America

By photographer Nicole Kramm www.instagram.com/nicole_kramm/

We worked together on an investigation into Anglo American and pollution in Chile www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

10.10.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

09.10.2025 00:43 β€” πŸ‘ 8084    πŸ” 3081    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 85

They’re liarsβ€”and bad at lying.

These photos of β€œwar-ravaged Portland” are from other countries.

Not Portland.

If it weren’t so dangerous, it would be laughable.

07.10.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 302    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

Welcome to β€œthe Middle Ages of the Future.” Check this out: @europeanpowell.bsky.social @gleemie.bsky.social @astra.bsky.social
@gilduran.com

05.10.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reboot 2024: Project 2025, Peter Thiel and right-wing SF A vision of our future politics?

β€œSan Francisco's right-wing tech community and the Heritage Foundation (the organization behind Project 2025) are joining forces to produce a conference on remaking American government.” By @gilduran.com, 9/4/24 … 1/ www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-proje...

05.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 7
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Trump authorizes National Guard in Chicago as ICE, protesters clash A woman was shot, sparking protests Saturday. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warned that 300 National Guard troops are being activated against his wishes.

Nazis, Jews "Clash" on Night of the Long Knives
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

05.10.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thinking it would make a good blurb for the second edition of AC!!

02.10.2025 22:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And Tyler Cowen accused me of being a β€˜defective thinkerβ€™β€¦πŸ™„

02.10.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Dude seated back left with his head in his hands sums it up

30.09.2025 21:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pritzker: "People of Illinois, we need your help. Get our your cell phones, record and narrate what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know that this is happening and that we won't stand for it."

29.09.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 33627    πŸ” 11017    πŸ’¬ 553    πŸ“Œ 509

Chardonnay? What is this? 1980?

29.09.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

29.09.2025 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 22197    πŸ” 5664    πŸ’¬ 1367    πŸ“Œ 2124

The governments of four authoritarian states…

29.09.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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so this is what counts as an intellectual for the modern right, huh

25.09.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3173    πŸ” 307    πŸ’¬ 296    πŸ“Œ 322
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#mustread #California #technolibertarian
Total respect for Paulina Borsook, read her 1996 essay back in 2012 and will continue to consider her contribution essential to understand the political evolution of America Inc., #BigTech and the rise of the broligarchy.

www.motherjones.com/politics/199...

24.09.2025 22:20 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I love Wired, but this is some weak ass tea. It's far too late for this mealy-mouth head-scratching from editor emeritus Rip Van Winkle.

The cyberlibertarian to cyber-fascist trajectory is well understood at this point.

22.09.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

antifa gets funding? who knew….

18.09.2025 02:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a nice conversation with Cory Doctorow at Ithaca’s Autumn Leaves bookstore. He rocked a packed house.

15.09.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Watch Keynote: The Enshittification of Everything | eCornell Be Informed. Be Inspired. Experience the Best of Cornell, Live and On Demand.

Great presentation and Q&A from Cory Doctorow on the increasing enshittification of everything and the policy that got us here, along with what to do about it. ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/vie...

13.09.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE claimed the father tried to hit them with his car or that he "dragged" one of the agents. Then bystander video was released showing this was completely false.

ICE executed a man on the street in broad daylight.

14.09.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4641    πŸ” 2188    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 38

Join us

13.09.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Next Monday & Tuesday, Sept. 15 & 16, I’ll give two talks in Baltimore, one at the Bird in Hand bookstore about *Freedom Ship*, the other at Johns Hopkins University about β€œHow to Write (Maritime) History from Below.”

sites.krieger.jhu.edu/tidewater/ev...

sites.krieger.jhu.edu/tidewater/ev...

08.09.2025 11:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, they say these troops are there to make the people of the city feel safe

07.09.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1500    πŸ” 668    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 32

exactly. and his comments about transmission are a diversion. it’s about severity once infected rather than transmission…..

07.09.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@alltoosuman.bsky.social
This is why we go to the bar.

02.09.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This morning (9/1) at 8 AM feds pulled over a couple at 18th & Park NW. They smashed the window, dragged the husband out & arrested him. When a community member stopped to record they were grabbed & threatened w/ pepper spray by this piece of shit. @mayorbowser.bsky.social do you welcome this too?

01.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 760    πŸ” 361    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 50

Despicable and criminal.

31.08.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Palantir just took over the CDC.
The head of the UK branch of Palantir UK is Louis Mosley, grandson of renowned British fascist Oswald Mosley.
Palantir has 24 contracts with key UK public institutions; the NHS, Ministry of Defence, the police force, the Cabinet Office, and the DLUHC.

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