Submitted to a special reflective issue on the ethics of researching illiberalism:

“I was gonna fight fascism …”: the need for a critical approach to illiberalism

Particularly excited about this one as it builds on a wider project that is starting to take shape!

Rubiales is a great symbol for our reactionary times

Just a white man in position of power self-righteously reacting against being told he cannot do as he pleases with other people's lives and bodies, and institutions watching him powerlessly hoping he'll do "the right thing"

Reactionaries are never "libertarians"

They want the freedom to say/do whatever awful things they want, regardless of the cost to others, but they certainly don't want the same to be afforded to the communities they want to oppress and/or destroy

Don't fall for their trick

Either Musk's algorithm is utterly terrible at knowing my interests of it's there to push far right grifters

My guess is both

If you don't know Ngô, this should help:

https://emilygorcenski.com/post/andy-ngo-and-the-atomwaffen-kill-list/

This is a must read article from @NewYorker

The mix of reactionary politics and the power Musk has accrued following the destruction of key public services is really frightening

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule