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Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield

@patblanchfield.bsky.social

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US culture, violence, politics, psychoanalysis | associate faculty @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social | fellow @rooseveltinstitute.org | co-host @unhappinesspod.bsky.social podcast | columnist @nplusonemag.com ~ 2 niche 2 live 2 on brand 2 die ~

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@jesspish.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:32 PMReposted by @patblanchfield.bsky.social

This is a terror campaign against tribal sovereignty.
www.propublica.org/article/toho...

@unhappinesspod.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:17 PMReposted by @patblanchfield.bsky.social

between conferences this weekend, so we're unlocking Narcissism #2: we go back to ancient Greece and Rome, explore versions of the story of Narcissus and his doomed encounter with Echo, and talk desire, frustration, family transgression, and more!
ordinaryunhappiness.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:13 PM

❤️ I've got stuff coming via Nation and n+1 anon! also: roosevelt whitepapers!!!!

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:12 PM

🙏❤️

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:33 PM

an ouroboric nightmare of gun violence, borderless and lawless militarism, compound trauma, and imperial blowback? there has to be a better way - we simply have to do it all, harder!

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:24 PM

Uwe Boll more like

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:23 PM

you could say a lot about this: IE, this is what states do when every term in "legitimate monopoly on violence" is a joke; it will guarantees more of the same, from all corners, sooner rather than later, and that's part of the plan; its classic Death Drive Double Down, etc but also: its fucking evil

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:17 PM

we're really committed to the bit, I guess

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:15 PM

a squad of soldiers shooting a soldier in a wheelchair, paralyzed because he got shot mid-rampage carrying out a mass shooting on a military base thats now had two, live-streamed, not DIY and swiftly censored the way mass shooters sometimes do it, but by the state and celebrated as a spectacle

@melikhovo.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:56 PMReposted by @patblanchfield.bsky.social

"The simple truth is that America is founded upon bloodshed, and that as a people, our business has always been killing each other and ourselves." (A dark insight from Patrick 10 yrs ago that now could plausibly be a statement of patriotic intent from Pete Hegseth...)

@melikhovo.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:56 PMReposted by @patblanchfield.bsky.social

For some reason I keep thinking of @patblanchfield.bsky.social's various insights about the U.S. and the death drive. For instance, from 2016: themarginaliareview.com/freud-americ...

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:56 PM

you can also shake and bake it on the road!!!

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:55 PM

lol

@orangedoorhinge.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:52 PMReposted by @patblanchfield.bsky.social

I got a great deal on this house because they used to manufacture Legitimacy here and it seeped into the walls.

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:44 AM

nobody is talking about this but if you have the will, adequate ventilation, and access to a variety of household cleaners and OTC pharmaceuticals you can actually manufacture Legitimacy pretty much anywhere

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:29 AM

waking the elder gods and the shambling monsters responsible for dyatlov pass incident with a throbbing uts uts uts uts

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:28 AM

wild how that story has literally 100% disappeared from the internet

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:27 AM

I agree with Brad Pitt, Atlas Shrugged should be a six hour movie, and he should right get on that as soon as he Quentin Tarantino finally complete their quest to find Hitler's pistol

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:32 AM

old enough to remember "Legend. I can't decide who I like more, Lula or Bolsonaro. Seriously, they both seem like great guys who have far-different views but truly love their country. Hope the future is bright for Brazil."

@patblanchfield.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 10:37 PM

LIFE IS ... LIFE

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