Nick

Running a low-latency platform for instant comms capable of carrying millions of concurrent audio/video calls requires a pre-built, planet-spanning network of compute, storage and edge presence that requires constant maintenance, significant electricity and persistent attention and monitoring. 4/

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

It's like they're trying to turn her into a 21st century Lenin by the time she's middle aged. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

utah police wisely choosing not to show the bullet casing that says ‘if you read this you are gay’ bc they know it would instantly turn the country gay

its funny to be ruled by internet-brained idiots like this, when anyone with a passing familiarity of this internet political moment knew instinctively this was going to be an incoherent brain rotted gamer white boy who sees politics and violence as entertainment

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...

Nuova pubblicazione Porfido Edizioni:

| LA FORESTA & LA FABBRICA |
Contributi ad una fantascienza del comunismo

[2025, 128p.]

Phil A. Neel & Nick Chavez @dfmanufracture.bsky.social

via @endnotesjournal.bsky.social

porfidotorino.it/2025/02/01/l...

Marx haters be like "Marx was very wrong because [something that Kautsky or Stalin said], it's obvious that actually [something Marx said extensively]"

"new cultures" dawg you're literally home! Don't deny your origins! You can't ever run away.

now published:
The Socialization Debate
Revolutionary Confusion after the German Revolution of 1918
Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal
Volume 46, Issue 1, 2025, Pages 93-122
doi.org/10.5840/gfpj...

Wonder if any Chinese person has heard a Doechii song and gone "who is this rapper?" and when someone tells them they mishear it as 豆豉 (dòuchǐ), leaving them very impressed that the song was made by fermented soybeans

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"In a sense, Mae Sot is an extension of that little sandbank, where the concept of 'nationality' is unsettled. It’s on the Thai side of the border, but it feels more like a Burmese city."

-Wu Qin, in her dispatch on the Myanmar Civil War featured in Heatwave Issue 1

Maybe a closer look reveals that the cyclical and the secular are part of the same dysfunction. The crisis portended by new Gaga was always just underneath the surface.

I cannot stress enough how clever and fun this essay is

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Two of our friends from Wollongong share their thoughts and experiences from the blockade of Bisalloy Steel. Through a clever set of tactics, picketers have disrupted over 100 operation hours at this veritable merchant of death supplying the IDF.

Lol, pretty much. From BBC—

Great piece by Chicago ILC member @jamiemerchant.bsky.social about Trump's tariffs and class war. Give it a read!

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Fantastic essay on the communist lessons imparted by the noble beaver

Be the change you wish to see in the world

Imagine you're in China 6000 years ago literally drinking beer all day to stay hydrated, and some fucking dweeb is like "everyone I invented tea, it's safe to drink AND has no alcohol in it!" and you all have to pretend to be stoked about it to not hurt the dweeb's feelings

Absolutely stacked for a premier issue

Was texting a smart friend of mine. Tried to tell him "I want to pick your brain" but it was autocorrected to "I want to lick your brain." While this was funny, it's crazy how many software functions (like autocorrect apparently) are turning into useless garbage.

Climate change, state failure, and class self-organization in the wake of Valencia's record-breaking floods. Read Class and Disaster in Valencia by @proledotinfo.bsky.social on our site now.

The chemical industry as an under-appreciated aspect of the Industrial Revolution. If you want to understand “flows,” you need to understand chemicals.

S. Darby walks us through the opening salvos of Trump's blitzkrieg to remind us exactly what the terrain of struggle for us will be, and more importantly what it should not be - heatwavemag.info/blog/blitzkr...

Astronomers claim strongest evidence yet of extraterrestrial life Distant planet is covered with an ocean that may be teeming with microbial activity

Astronomers claim strongest evidence yet of extraterrestrial life

https://www.ft.com/content/01423933-0ce3-4c07-a66c-06f383201ade

new communist magazine ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

This is 100% something to keep an eye on