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Jamie Merchant

@jamiemerchant.bsky.social

Rock over London, rock on Chicago WRITING check out my book: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/endgame MUSIC youtube channel: https://youtube.com/@pathtopraxis?si=rzkAYWMS37_zkvpi bandcamp page (originals): https://jamiemerchant.bandcamp.com/

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Tempting Time (Animals as Leaders)
YouTube video by Jamie Merchant Tempting Time (Animals as Leaders)

youtube.com/watch?v=eQoPrdqJ3pE&feature=youtu.be

09.03.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AaL was the first post-Covid show I went to, couldn't have done any better

09.03.2026 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reports on the other site that Hans-Georg Backhaus died. RIP king.

08.03.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

there is a macroeconomic reason novels are not written in the third person anymore and it is not good

www.versobooks.com/products/303...

08.03.2026 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7
side by side pictures of Glenn Beck, Richard Branson, and Steven Bannon below a headline that says Pro-human AI declaration brings together unlikely group calling for trustworthy tech
An eclectic group including Steve Bannon, Glenn Beck, Richard Branson, Ralph Nader, Susan Rice and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu signed the letter.

side by side pictures of Glenn Beck, Richard Branson, and Steven Bannon below a headline that says Pro-human AI declaration brings together unlikely group calling for trustworthy tech An eclectic group including Steve Bannon, Glenn Beck, Richard Branson, Ralph Nader, Susan Rice and Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu signed the letter.

They look like differently irradiated versions of the same guy

04.03.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
Montana senator taking a abt how our meth is better

Montana senator taking a abt how our meth is better

Yearning for the halcyon days of Walter White's baby blue

07.03.2026 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gulf states could review overseas investments to ease financial strains caused by Iran war Three leading Middle East economies consider options as US-Israeli campaign against Tehran continues

this did not take long www.ft.com/content/ab7d...

07.03.2026 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It's the middle of the night in Chicago. Reporters and electeds are trying to figure out why a US citizen was detained by CBP, why her phone was inside an ICE detention center tonight, and where she is now.

Also unclear what happened to the other five people she was detained with at O'Hare airport.

07.03.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2624    πŸ” 1040    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 26

FYIβ€”we've watched Dodge County jail transport officers at Broadview before, this is a known connection point for ICE detainees:

07.03.2026 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 326    πŸ” 154    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

the cheapest and most abundant and utile political resource for the american ruling class is muslim life. this has been true my entire life. you can never go wrong slaughtering muslims

06.03.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2049    πŸ” 391    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 9
9 people in front of a Starbucks store show off their union vote papers and celebrate.

9 people in front of a Starbucks store show off their union vote papers and celebrate.

FACT: Starbucks has spent unfathomable amounts on union-busting their own workers.

ANOTHER FACT: Baristas are cutting through the corporate BS and continuing to WIN!

Congratulations to workers at Colorado's 14th & Tomichi store - they just won their union!!! ✊πŸ”₯

06.03.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Every single person in the entire chain of command that massacred the schoolgirls in Minab, and that is currently carpet bombing Iranian civilians, needs to be tried and jailed in The Hague. Sick, depraved monsters drunk on imperial hubris.

06.03.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2443    πŸ” 597    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 16

Phil Collins slowed and reverb youtube videos are the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

06.03.2026 05:53 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BlackRock limits redemptions at private credit fund as outflows swell Decision taken after withdrawal requests at flagship HPS Corporate Lending Fund surged to 9.3% of net asset value

looking dicey! imagine something on the scale of 2008 but with these sub-mental freaks running the show rn

www.ft.com/content/2336...

06.03.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

disco is so good

06.03.2026 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i will never forgive this administration for enabling guys being named markwayne

06.03.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1238    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 3
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Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...

"If Trump’s intention was to remove Khamenei from the political landscape, he may instead have fixed him in it, recast in the eyes of his devotees as a figure of sacrifice rather than failure."

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

04.03.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is the era to take detailed notes on who the Business Idiots are. Every single person who bought into this at this scale has outed themselves as an untrustworthy individual with questionable taste

www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...

04.03.2026 04:04 β€” πŸ‘ 584    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

They're calling it SuperBenghazi.

03.03.2026 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5171    πŸ” 1033    πŸ’¬ 152    πŸ“Œ 29

banger

"Oligarchy cannot survive the tendency of the declining rate of profit in capitalism without pouring resources into the permanent war economy. And the permanent war economy requires a permanent war footing."

02.03.2026 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Five Uncomfortable Truths About War with Iran Alongside many others, I predicted the US would bomb Iran again, unleashing hell from the skies, and yet I’m finding it hard to process.

"The root source of imperial decline is a crisis of capitalism that gets managed through zero-sum patches, improvisational fixes that sacrifice others…and that aim at sustaining oligarchy."

www.un-diplomatic.com/p/five-uncom...

02.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

28.02.2026 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10276    πŸ” 2808    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 136

so clearly cuba is next. there is not a shred of constraint felt by or to be imposed on these guys. hitler speed run really

28.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1023    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2
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Via @osinttechnical.bsky.social on X "Footage of an Iranian ballistic missile slamming into the headquarters of the US Navy's 5th Fleet at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain earlier today."
x.com/Osinttechnic...

28.02.2026 09:39 β€” πŸ‘ 754    πŸ” 426    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 76
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U.S. and Israel strike Iran in operation 'Epic Fury.' Trump calls for regime overthrow Israel and the U.S. have launched strikes against Iran, with explosions reported in Tehran and air raid sirens sounding across Israel.

everything they do is maximally and precisely calculated to be as embarrassing as possible, even the supposed shows of strength

www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...

28.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sadder aspect of QAnon is that to various degrees and through their own prisms, many of those folks understand that *something* is wrong and that many of the individuals at the top of our social order are criminal scum. They just broadly lack media literacy and, to an extent, class consciousness.

25.02.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Full English w/ Libby Watson // Quorators Full Episode
YouTube video by Quorators Full English w/ Libby Watson // Quorators Full Episode

NEW QUORATORS w/ LIBBY WATSON!

β†’ What is a full blown snog means?

β†’ Why do we teach children to admire criminals such as Robin Hood?

β†’ If bin men must collect the bins early at 6:30 am, why do they have to shout?

AND MUCH MORE! GO WATCH: youtu.be/7eN1IJS37Ms

23.02.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

like the proletariat, the task of posting is to abolish itself

24.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what?

24.02.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 233    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 0

exactly, that’s it’s true historical purpose

23.02.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0