25 Jan 26

I lived through the homophobia of the 70s through 00s and “eww it’s unnatural” was as common and tedious a refrain then as it is now against our trans friends.

Whenever I hear people talk about “basic biology” or “nature” or “common sense” in order to bind the outgroup, this comes to mind.

a doctrine at war with nature

That is what it sounds like.

I know, I know—comparing struggles is gauche but when the rhetoric is a xeroxed mad lib that sounds as wrong now as it did then, I can’t help it. I’m not equating the magnitude of the oppression or denying that the African diaspora holds an exceptional place in American history through our modern day. (Not trying to be like that dumb novel that was like “catholics were the real Holocaust victims”.) The comparison to this unambiguously wrongheaded historical text is a tasteless one but brings with it the comfort that in future hindsight, this might be how all those “it’s just common sense, it’s just basic biology” boot stompers are gonna sound.

by 2097 10 days ago

14 Jan 26

Ja jo men vi måste också bromsa ökningen så mkt som möjligt även när den är över. Blir så trött på collapsology när foten fortfarande är på gaspedalen. Som komplement till att försöka stoppa? Ja absolut. Men som “lösning” är det skrämmande optimistiskt. Påminner mig om den där gamla “Tryggare kan ingen vara”–serien där dom försöker skydda sig mot nukes med en lutad dörr.

by 2097 21 days ago

12 Nov 25

Last week the Department of War finally killed the last vestiges of Robert McNamara’s 1962 Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS).  The DoW has pivoted from optimizing cost and performance to delivering advanced weapons at speed. Taking decades to deliver weapons is no longer an option. The DoW has joined the 21st century and adopted…

by tmfnk 2 months ago

23 Sep 25

“語源(略)日露戦争のころ、講談などで日本軍優勢の戦況を(略)「乱射乱撃雨あられ」(略)が流行った(略)それが世間に広まって、韻が同じ“ シャレが古風な言葉だとは思ったが日露戦争の頃の言葉なのか

by hoagecko 4 months ago

21 Sep 25

未成年の死の何が自己責任だというのか。子供を社会が殺した現実から目を背けるべきではない

by hoagecko 4 months ago

20 Sep 25

400名超の音楽家・レーベルによるイスラエルに対する文化的ボイコットの呼びかけ

by hoagecko 4 months ago



19 Sep 25

記事中の“This would be exactly the wrong time for the U.S. to take the foot off the gas pedal,”のコメントの通り、トランプの時機というものへの浅慮を感じた

by hoagecko 4 months ago

“米紙ワシントン・ポスト” 元記事 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/18/trump-taiwan-arms-sales-military-aid/

by hoagecko 4 months ago

ゴールディングの『蝿の王』(1954)からデスゲーム系小説の始祖について解説するポスト

by hoagecko 4 months ago

17 Sep 25

“彼らは苦しんで(略)と強調。ガザでの作戦を続ける政府とは明確な区別が必要” これは私も思った。この無差別なボイコットは「坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い」状態になっている

by hoagecko 4 months ago

“当面、見送る” 「当面」ということはこれは次の首相も見送るということになるのか。最悪。/参政党が米帝の要請に従ったこの恥を「なめるな」と糾弾できるか見もの

by hoagecko 4 months ago

14 Sep 25

“彼らは戦争を終わらせないために、すべての停戦の試みを妨害してきた」とし、彼らを排除すれば、人質解放と戦争終結の最大の障害が取り除かれるだろう」”

by hoagecko 4 months ago