⬆️ @mattsheffield #WorthReading

"we are heading toward a clash of civilizations. Not Huntington’s clash between cultures, but something more fundamental. A clash between incompatible visions of how humans should organize themselves—whether ordinary people possess the capacity to govern their own lives.

And the die is already cast.

…not policy disagreements [but] incompatible visions of what kind of civilization we should be."

#Citizens or subjects ➡️ #FrenchRevolution

https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-coming-clash-of-civilizations

The Coming Clash of Civilizations

From the Wilderness of a Recovering Technocrat

Notes From The Circus
#worthreading
"Easter hope! US courts and universities fight back
A beginning… in measured, muscular English prose" #HistoryofthePresent #TimothyGartonAsh #Freespeech #DonaldTrump
https://timothygartonash.substack.com/p/easter-hope-us-courts-and-universities
Easter hope! US courts and universities fight back

A beginning… in measured, muscular English prose

History of the Present
The Lovelace Effect – AI generated texts should lead us to re-value creativity in academic writing - Impact of Social Sciences

Simone Natale and Leah Henrickson, introduce the concept of the ‘Lovelace Effect’, to explain how creativity is attributed to AI generated texts and images.

Impact of Social Sciences - Maximizing the impact of academic research
State Terror

A brief guide for Americans

Thinking about...
#Worthreading from #TimothyGartonAsh
Should democracies ban populist frontrunners?
#MarinelePen in #France. #CălinGeorgescu in #Romania. How upholding liberal democracy can also endanger liberal democracy. #HistoryofthePresent
https://timothygartonash.substack.com/p/should-democracies-ban-populist-frontrunners
Should democracies ban populist frontrunners?

Marine le Pen in France. Călin Georgescu in Romania. How upholding liberal democracy can also endanger liberal democracy.

History of the Present

⬆️ @Daojoan

>> This is where it cracks

#Amen #WorthReading

>> The economic damage is real and vast… Debt-soaked countries face even more uncertainty as investor confidence tanks. The global supply chain, already battered, begins to seize.

>> The myth was that… #Trump, #Orban, #Meloni, #Milei, #Modi—pick your avatar—would together redraw the map… But Trump doesn't share. He demands fealty. There is no Trump Doctrine that makes space for others. There is only Trump.

https://www.theindex.media/trumps-trade-war-just-nuked-his-international-fan-club/

Trump’s Trade War Just Nuked His International Fan Club

Trump’s global imitators are turning on him as his economic war exposes the core lie of international Trumpism: it was never about shared strength—only submission.

The Index.
I remember 1989

There is a lot going on, way too much for me to process. There are many similarities with the 30s, but I did not live in that period. What I did experience was 1989. At the time, it was pretty clea…

Thias の blog
America the Horrible

Our response? Incredulity. Disgust. Anger. Determination.

History of the Present
All the New Fantasy Books Arriving in March 2025 - Reactor

March's new fantasy releases visit Castellane, Boston, Tiankawi… and both Oz AND Osreth!

Reactor

⬆️ @Tattered

>> #Freedom that is rewriting school textbooks to erase ideas incompatible with Hindutva? As soon as you accept a few million deaths for a better world, you have become a monster.

You have pivoted away from whether accepting a #TwoStateSolution proposed by #UN for #BritishIndia as well as for #BritishMandate in #Palestine was better for all.

#Hindutva is a different monster.

#EcstasyAndAmnesia is #worthReading if you haven't read it already ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/112441485737099304

@badrihippo