Can Any Nation So Conceived Long Endure?
thundersnap 0.01: an undo button for everything
Happy July 4th! For those of us around the world contemplating independence, it's a good day to think about how we came to rely on expensiv...
The demise of the nation state
The long read: After decades of globalisation, our political system has become obsolete – and spasms of resurgent nationalism are a sign of its irreversible decline
No Country for Mothers
The culture wars have divided us — this is how we come back together.
First Nations and Treaty - Platform | The Australian Greens
In Victoria, we’re so fortunate to live in a place with the longest continuous culture in the world.
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Even if you don’t think it’s likely, it’s always best to be prepared.
Today We Must Finally Remember What The 9/11 Commemorations Ignore
Righteous victimhood fueled the War on Terror. 25 years later, we also have to remember all of those slain under its banner
25th Anniversary
But Stand.earth was not built for nostalgia—we were built for this moment.
Party Under Country: Dissecting the Democratic Malaise
The party continues to operate in an overcredentialied fever dream in the face of an America becoming ever more red in tooth and claw
Imagined communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism
What makes people love and die for nations, as well as …
Democracy, Sovereignty, and the Throne Speech That Wasn’t
We have to go back to go forward. Our power to do that is shrinking.
Weirding Diary: 7
The lament that the United States is turning into a third-world country is at once too pessimistic and too optimistic. What is actually happening is that a…
Half the year's gone and still no sign of the Great Meme Reset of 2026.
NaPoWriMo
Well, we did it again, everybody! Another April — and another National/Global Poetry Writing Month — have come and gone.
Pluralistic: Making sense of Trump’s unscheduled sudden midair disassembly of the American empire (16 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
For generations, the American empire was the most powerful force on earth, and so we tended to assume that it was the most durable force on earth – surely anything so powerful must also be eternal?