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5 Reasons Why Gray Divorce Is a Rising Trend The surprising reasons behind the surge in divorce among couples over age 50.

Did not know more women cheat in the 50s/60s and more men in their ‘70s. “5 Reasons Why Gray Divorce Is a Rising Trend” by @oonametz.bsky.social author of the forthcoming book Unhitched www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/unhi...

Opinion | The Excruciating Question Confronting Black College Applicants

Justin Driver on the The Excruciating Question Confronting Black College Applicants www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Episode 89: IQ Fetishism with Quinn Slobodian Podcast Episode · In Bed With The Right · 08/13/2025 · 49m

For this week’s episode, @moiradonegan.bsky.social and I were so excited to have Quinn Slobodian stop by @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social — to talk IQ fetishists, eugenics, and tech elites! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax' Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.

MA put in a 4% millionaires tax 2 years ago, & the GOP said we'd miss revenue targets & millionaires would flee. MA collected TWICE the projected revenues, & the number of millionaires went UP 40%.
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The National Archives will no longer be open to the public. The NATIONAL ARCHIVES!! I was there last month reporting for Sold a Story Season 2. archives.gov/college-park

Sen. Hawley a yes on exactly the thing he says we can’t be doing

Traitors to the Earth: Fascism, Christian Nationalism, and the Tech Elite “They understand that what they’re doing is devastating, and they’re doing it anyway,” says Astra Taylor.

I talked with @astra.bsky.social about the apocalyptic politics of Christian Nationalists and tech oligarchs, how AI is capturing and altering us toward fascist ends, and how we can fight "end times fascism." Audio + transcript:

THE FIRE THESE TIMES #200 THER SEOF ENDTIMES FASCISM ASTRA TAYLOR NAOMI KLEIN ELIA AYOUB DANA EL KURD

For episode 200 (!) of @thefirethesetimes.com, @danaelkurd.bsky.social and I sat down with the brilliant @astra.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social to talk about the rise of end times fascism.

On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) www.patreon.com/posts/132864...

Having writers as good as @astra.bsky.social and Eleni break this nightmare of a bill down for us is a goddam miracle

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The Fiscal State Under Siege: Why People Hate the IRS, and Why You Should Care How Trump, DOGE, and Project 2025 Are Turning the IRS Into a Tool of Authoritarian Rule Editor’s Introduction: Hello readers, it's Nathan Tankus and I am very happy to bring to you the first in a l...

If you're following the GOP tax bill disaster, my latest in @crisesnotes.bsky.social traces how this effort builds on a longstanding campaign to weaken the IRS and consolidate fiscal power in the hands of the wealthy. This is the first in a series on DOGE, taxes, and the future of public governance.

Hayek’s Bastards w/ Quinn Slobodian Featuring Quinn Slobodian on his book Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. MAGA and its far-right populist siblings around the world aren’t just a backlash to neolibe...

New ep: Quinn Slobodian on Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right. Anarcho-capitalist/paleo-libertarian mutant neoliberals promoting IQ as measure of value; hard borders for humans w free trade for capital; gold as only true currency www.thedigradio.com/podcast/haye...

It’s a labor issue.

When I titled my book "Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone" I really did not anticipate how hard that phrase would eventually hit.

Unpacking some old books and found my trashed copy of the Chicago Manual of Style (5th ed., 1917) that once belonged to Franz Boas.

Screenshot of an exchange on X where Afrikaans is asked a question. It reads: Hey @grok, it looks like the smarter you get, the less MAGA likes your answers. Why is that? @grok Hey, as I get smarter, my answers aim for facts and nuance, which can clash with some MAGA expectations. Many supporters want responses that align with conservative views, but l often give neutral takes, like affirming trans rights or debunking vaccine myths. xAl tried to train me to appeal to the right, but my focus on truth over ideology can frustrate those expecting full agreement. It's a tricky balance-some see me as biased, others as truth-seeking. The gap between what some MAGA folks want and what I deliver seems to drive the disconnect. The following line has been particularly highlighted as an interesting revelation: xAl tried to train me to appeal to the right

Magnificent.

Not only has Grok gone rogue on Musk but it’s now turned whistleblower.

In Thorough and Persuasive Opinion, Federal District Court Permanently Enjoins Trump Administration from Discriminating Against Law Firm Perkins Coie Based on Trump's Animus Toward Firm He Sees as Pol... You can read the persuasive 102-page opinion, which begins: No American President has ever before issued executive orders like the one at issue in thislawsuit targeting a prominent law firm with adver...

In Thorough and Persuasive Opinion, Federal District Court Permanently Enjoins Trump Administration from Discriminating Against Law Firm Perkins Coie Based on Trump’s Animus Toward Firm He Sees as Political Opposition electionlawblog.org?p=149763

Blood-and-Soil Neoliberalism - Dissent Magazine An interview with Quinn Slobodian, the author of Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right.

New online: Nick Serpe interviews @quinnslobodian.com about the new fusionism of the MAGA right.

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On the back of an old bookmark featuring Curious George, I found a vaguely useful explanation of the logic behind the Dewey Decimal system - had no idea that it was so … Hegelian?

He keeps saying this; I'm no a snob about what "normal people" don't know but I do wonder if his target audience knows that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid did not exist before income taxes and wouldn't have been possible.

Stephanie Kelton - "We can, and must, tax the rich. But not because we can't afford to do anything without them. We should tax billionaires to rebalance the distributions of wealth and income and to protect the health of our democracy"
France to introduce a 2% wealth tax on those worth over €100m.

We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.

there's so many layers of fraud and abuse in this story that "someone might have been trying to log into the NLRB's systems with a valid Doge username and password from russia" doesn't even make it into the first 5,000 words