South África
South África
South África

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres, the country has a population of over 63 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. .. more

Physics 17%
Political science 17%

Military should not be deployed against US residents. Full stop. Period. No more discussion. OBVIOUSLY.

Why is this so hard?
August 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The White House is mobilizing red state military forces to occupy a Democratic stronghold and let me tell you: No one has ever pretended something isn't happening harder than Democratic leaders are pretending this isn't happening right now.
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — South Carolina, Ohio also sending National Guard troops to DC in further escalation of federal intervention in Dem city.
August 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM

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Might also help deter some of these abuses in at least some cases.

Lots of folks are acting like history ended and that we'll have Trumpist rule forever. But history doesn't work that way and it's long past time to remind folks.
August 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A great read on UChicago, arguing we’re seeing the result of decades of mismanagement: “The university’s trustees and leaders view it preeminently as a tax-free technology incubator, and its debt load is so great that it is abandoning ideals it once held dear in order to sustain that goal.”
The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump
The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...
www.compactmag.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM

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I'm not saying there won't be other progressives. but pritzker has a big platform to fight trump right now; he's also broadly acceptable to mainstream Ds. he's someone who could really win, and progressives getting behind him could give him a real advantage...and put him in debt to progressives.
August 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM

so in other words a bunch of bullshit
August 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM

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self-parodic
Asked about Trump's deployment of military and other federal authorities to DC, Hakeem Jeffries touts the "strong letter" issued by the DC Attorney General.

 "I thought that was a strongly worded letter," Jeffries also said.
August 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Asked about Trump's deployment of military and other federal authorities to DC, Hakeem Jeffries touts the "strong letter" issued by the DC Attorney General.

 "I thought that was a strongly worded letter," Jeffries also said.
August 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The UCLA Faculty Association has filed a California Public Records Act request for the DOJ ransom letter sent to UCLA, after it was learned yesterday that the UC and the Regents and UCLA administration has no intention of sharing it with faculty.
August 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM

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Owning an apartment in nyc literally means you became a millionaire
August 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
teachers!

excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.

take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
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August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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August 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM

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Every person who said 'states rights' wanted Black people excluded from public life. Every person who thought it was reasonable sounding and did not know that was being fooled.

When they say "no trans athletes" they are setting the stage for no trans people everywhere. It's already playing out.
August 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM

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CUNY presidents had a presentation about this on Wednesday, and there will be more information shared soon, I talked a bit to the CN! director about it. Definitely something to amplify.
August 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
@cuny.edu is providing consultation with an attorney for all current students and employees who need help with immigration issues!

This is an amazing resource and other colleges should do the same. Good for CUNY for stepping up to the plate in this way.

cuny.edu/CIAP
CUNY Immigration Assistance Project (CIAP) – The City University of New York
25 Colleges. One University.
cuny.edu
August 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hakeem Jeffries says of Cuomo's attacks on Mamdani for living in a rent controlled apartment: "It's a legitimate issue that has been raised, and the [Mamdani] campaign is going to have to address it."
August 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Today's the day: submissions are now open for the inaugural Association of Law & Political Economy conference!
August 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM

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“I think my mum wants me to be in love, which I am. And I think she wants me to rest in a way that she’s never been able to her whole life.”

Michaela Coel covers British Vogue (click for more) tomandlorenzo.com/2025/08/i-ma...
I MAY DESTROY YOU Star Michaela Coel Is British VOGUE’s September Cover Star - Tom + Lorenzo
I MAY DESTROY YOU and CHEWING GUM Star Michaela Coel Covers the September Issue of British Vogue Magazine Photographed by Harley Wei.     On
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August 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
city dwellers: for a story, what’s your favorite part of living in a city?
August 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM

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My new article in @theconversation.com today explains what's going on at the vaccine court under RFK, Jr.'s HHS leadership.

Yes, it's alarming, but it's also complicated.
RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges
The 40-year-old ‘vaccine court’ relies on scientific evidence to determine whether a person experienced harm from a routine vaccination.
theconversation.com
August 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM

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Something about how they need to harshly criminalize the throwing of a sandwich at a fascist precisely because it's the kind of expressive act that goes past liberalism's expression as "communicate your ideas" into the articulation of a desire, warning, and even a threat
August 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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August 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM

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People often act as if bad faith is a mass disbelief problem, but it needs to be seen as an elite pathology, for which they need to be held accountable
August 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM

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I am so sick of living under the cruel and stupid thumb of that big hollow baby
August 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
there's "charitable interpretation" and there's "being a mark" and the inability or refusal to distinguish between the two is practically a credential in some circles
The adamant elite refusal to call bullshit is a big part of How We Got Here.

The prevailing cultural attitude for years is you must not, under any circumstances, treat anything as bad faith. You are obligated to find some reasonable idea and engage with that, even if you distort to get there.
August 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM