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Grave-digger of the empires, historian of the democracy of the 8 billion. Writes Uplink (https://www.patreon.com/uplinkmagazine) posts videos (https://www.youtube.com/@tubeslorg/videos), archive at (https://dennisredmond.weebly.com).
Fun things I've learned while writing a world history of 1945-1973: 1. The US decline didn't begin in the late 1970s, but in the early 1960s. 2. The investment-led model of accumulation (today 40% of the planet) was co-invented by Japan and Sweden.
Excellent lecture from Timothy Snyder on Ukrainian history as a crucial template of world history.
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As a US citizen, I can confirm that the GOP is now the party of PPP -- protectionism, pedophilia and plutocracy. We're going to *annihilate* them in the 2026 midterm elections.
No, Failon Husk cannot be credited for Tesla. Its success was solely due to JB Straubel, the battery genius who left to start Redwood, a very successful recycling startup.
Trumpist death squads are openly murdering US citizens. It's time for every single US citizen to go into the streets in every neighborhood, every town, every city, and every state. Be brave like Ukraine! #AbolishICE
Yep. His book on Axis Germany was good, but everything else is just 1980s Atlanticism way past its expiration date, leavened with heaping doses of 2005-circa China-envy.
Charlie Stross has won today's internet. The other obvious portmanteau, "spamocalypse", lacks the same ring in English. "Spamularity", on the other hand, perfectly captures the yawning void at the heart of plutofascism: digital malfeasance which conceals real world crime.
From Minneapolis to Kyiv, the light of democracy will overcome the darkness of despotism. #SlavaUkraïni #AbolishICE
Uplink 070 is here. Three plutofascisms are waging war on the planet, and all democratic and sovereign polities are now part of the resistance. Free to view at:
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When not stealing trillions of dollars from US citizens and committing war crimes overseas, Trumpism is now openly murdering US citizens.
In 2025, Trumpism declared literal, not metaphorical, war on the world's democracies. In 2026, a united front of democracies will fight back. More on this in the next issue of Uplink, out in just a few days.
Videogames can change the course of history for the worse (e.g. Nvidia's LLM bubble) but they can also change it for the better: Max Payne is finally sworn into office. Onwards to Aesir! #MayorMamdani
No worries. Collecting reparations will be tough, given that Muscovy is a burnt-out wreck of a failed empire and headed for complete implosion. But Ukraine will win back every centimeter of its territory and be in the EU by 2030.
Trumpism has declared war on the European Union. It's time for a united front of the world's democracies against the three plutofascisms of Putinism, Xiism and Trumpism. (More on these plutofascisms in the next Uplink, due January 10).
Add Xi Xinping to the list. All three are agents of the purest trail of geopolitical self-destruction since their four closest predecessors -- the four dictators who (mis)led the three Axis empires and the Soviet empire into co-starting World War 2.
Disgusting. Muscovy is an empire of terrorism and its flag stands for mass murder. It's time for a wholesale boycott of the IOC. #SlavaUkraïni
Translation: Trumpism will betray and sell you into Muscovite slavery the same way the Trumpists plan to betray and sell 450 million citizens of the EU into slavery.
Mad respect for the people of Ukraine. They outlasted the Romanov empire in 1917, defeated Hitler in 1945, survived Stalin in 1953, dynamited the Soviet empire in 1991, took down Muscovy's pet oligarch in 2014, and are now in the process of defeating Putinism *and* Trumpism. #SlavaUkraïni
All democratic governments, all public institutions, all journalists, and all citizens should move to Bluesky. Not now, yesterday.
Trumpism has declared war on the world's 34 remaining core (i.e. self-financing and fully industrialized) polities. In response, the 34 core polities must build a United Federation of the world's democracies -- more on this in the next Uplink, due December 10.
Yep. My own take on Ukania's suicide, written back in 2020: "...Brexit is the Anglo-fascism of Little Englanders, a provincial revanchism which masquerades as national salvation while accelerating Britain’s decline." Full text is here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/86h4l...
Canada has become the 20th member of the EU's anti-despotism fund, a geopolitical shift as significant as Portugal's exit from the Hapsburg hegemon in 1640.
Ponder this geopolitical riddle: every single Far Right movement in the EU has screamed for decades about an invasion by a murderous foreign horde. But they are deathly silent about the *real* murderous horde murdering Europeans since 2014: the Muscovites bombing Ukraine every single day.
The only deal on offer is Muscovy's total military defeat, economic bankruptcy and geopolitical dissolution. Glory to Ukraine, glory to the heroes, and onwards to the democracy of the 8 billion! #SlavaUkraïni
Folks often ask me why I study and write obsessively about videogames. The long answer is the dissertation I wrote back in 2012. The short answer: Zohran Mamdani is when Max Payne runs for mayor.
Apparently, Sarah Kendzior's Bluesky account has been suspended for no reason whatsoever. She is one of the best and most insightful critics of the US plutocracy around. This really needs to be fixed, pronto.
Plutofascism has decided to starve 42 million US citizens to death. It's time for the "No Kings" protests to become the "Food for All" uprising.
Every democratic society on the planet needs to move their political messaging and journalism away from Failon Husk's hellsite and onto Bluesky. Billionaires should not control our newsfeeds.
Pettis' thread is worth reading in full, but for context, the US net international investment position has reached minus 86% of its GDP (Federal Reserve data).
Every democracy on the planet needs to cut all remaining ties with Muscovy's vile death cult. No trade, no investment, no athletes, no tourism. #SlavaUkraïni