Adam Hosein
@adamhosein.bsky.social
Prof. of Philosophy and Director of PPE, Northeastern Uni Boston. Write on discrimination, immigration, and equality.
Microecon textbooks begin with people freely making rational choices to satisfy their preferences. But I’m struck how much expansion of global capitalism was in fact driven by trade in stimulants or addictive goods—tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, coffee. Surely someone has written about this?
October 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Microecon textbooks begin with people freely making rational choices to satisfy their preferences. But I’m struck how much expansion of global capitalism was in fact driven by trade in stimulants or addictive goods—tea, tobacco, sugar, opium, coffee. Surely someone has written about this?
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1. Fenway Health shamefully dropped trans youth to save LGB cisgender people—a calculation based on fear and willingness to become agents of this administration.
I issue my call for Fenway to return to its roots and care for those the government casts aside.
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I issue my call for Fenway to return to its roots and care for those the government casts aside.
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A Line Must Be Drawn: The Cowardice Of Historic LGBTQ+ Provider Fenway Health
Fenway Health must return to its roots and care for those the government casts aside.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
1. Fenway Health shamefully dropped trans youth to save LGB cisgender people—a calculation based on fear and willingness to become agents of this administration.
I issue my call for Fenway to return to its roots and care for those the government casts aside.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
I issue my call for Fenway to return to its roots and care for those the government casts aside.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Stand Up to Racism’s statement on the horrific antisemitic attack at a Manchester synagogue today
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Stand Up to Racism’s statement on the horrific antisemitic attack at a Manchester synagogue today
Lovely.
August 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Lovely.
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We took a close look at Split Ticket's WAR metric, which has become influential in Democratic circles for suggesting moderates significantly outperform progressives.
Our finding: The metric contains systematic biases that overstate the advantage of moderation. A corrected model shows no advantage.🧵
Our finding: The metric contains systematic biases that overstate the advantage of moderation. A corrected model shows no advantage.🧵
Do Moderates Do Better?
Uncovering Bias in Split Ticket’s WAR Scores
data4democracy.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We took a close look at Split Ticket's WAR metric, which has become influential in Democratic circles for suggesting moderates significantly outperform progressives.
Our finding: The metric contains systematic biases that overstate the advantage of moderation. A corrected model shows no advantage.🧵
Our finding: The metric contains systematic biases that overstate the advantage of moderation. A corrected model shows no advantage.🧵
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If claims fascism is sweeping the western world seem exaggerated, it's worth reflecting on how Microsoft came to disable the email account of the chief prosecutor at the UN since he issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, & why it's not really being reported anywhere...
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/b...
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/b...
British ICC chief prosecutor lost access to email and has bank accounts frozen after Trump sanctions on top court
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, British barrister Karim Khan, has lost access to his email and his bank accounts have been frozen since Donald Trump slapped sanctions on him in Fe...
www.lbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If claims fascism is sweeping the western world seem exaggerated, it's worth reflecting on how Microsoft came to disable the email account of the chief prosecutor at the UN since he issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, & why it's not really being reported anywhere...
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/b...
www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/b...
Hobbes actually makes this argument that an absolute ruler would have no interest in plundering his own country. Unfortunately Yarvin seems unaware of this or the fact that Locke and history have clearly refuted the argument.
If I'm reading this correctly, then Yarvin wants the role of führer to be awarded via a Wings of Voice-style competition www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
June 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hobbes actually makes this argument that an absolute ruler would have no interest in plundering his own country. Unfortunately Yarvin seems unaware of this or the fact that Locke and history have clearly refuted the argument.
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There are plenty of Hamas fighters who occasionally (not often) plant bombs and shoot at Israeli forces. There are cells that hold the hostages. Not much else is there. Hamas in Gaza is destroyed. The Israeli cabinet could have declared victory long ago.
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June 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
There are plenty of Hamas fighters who occasionally (not often) plant bombs and shoot at Israeli forces. There are cells that hold the hostages. Not much else is there. Hamas in Gaza is destroyed. The Israeli cabinet could have declared victory long ago.
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Obviously, since this is in the Economist (which: awesome), I can't say "why won't the media cover this?!"
But still not seeing it covered w same urgency as a crime spike.
And showing crime is falling IS an urgent issue, given that Trump wants to use fear of crime to justify "unleashing" police.
But still not seeing it covered w same urgency as a crime spike.
And showing crime is falling IS an urgent issue, given that Trump wants to use fear of crime to justify "unleashing" police.
The figures are wild. America may be on track this year for the lowest homicide rate since the 1960s, according to @jeffasher.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Obviously, since this is in the Economist (which: awesome), I can't say "why won't the media cover this?!"
But still not seeing it covered w same urgency as a crime spike.
And showing crime is falling IS an urgent issue, given that Trump wants to use fear of crime to justify "unleashing" police.
But still not seeing it covered w same urgency as a crime spike.
And showing crime is falling IS an urgent issue, given that Trump wants to use fear of crime to justify "unleashing" police.
1. UK immigration debate is bizarrely focussed on total numbers. Suppose someone did a poll on ‘How many books should there be in the local library?’ That obviously would be a useless question—which kinds of book are talking about? What needs are there? How much space is there? Similarly,
May 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
1. UK immigration debate is bizarrely focussed on total numbers. Suppose someone did a poll on ‘How many books should there be in the local library?’ That obviously would be a useless question—which kinds of book are talking about? What needs are there? How much space is there? Similarly,
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TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
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Given the local election results in the UK, a short #thread - based on much of our own research - on the vicious cycle of radical right support that we have seen in many countries.
1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration
1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration
May 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Given the local election results in the UK, a short #thread - based on much of our own research - on the vicious cycle of radical right support that we have seen in many countries.
1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration
1) When radical right parties (such as Reform) are electorally successful established parties move right on immigration
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🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.
April 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.
I don’t understand the politicos of this either—Labour will never manage to be to the right of Reform, so by spreading Reform’s narrative they are buying their own demise.
I have not seen such a blatant anti-immigrant statement based on falsehoods, pitting people against people, in some time. Statement made by Keir Starmer at today’s immigration summit.
April 1, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I don’t understand the politicos of this either—Labour will never manage to be to the right of Reform, so by spreading Reform’s narrative they are buying their own demise.
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I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
March 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
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This is a pathetically small number. The Democratic Party can’t even oppose the most blatant show of authoritarianism yet.
JUST IN | 14 of the 535 voting members of Congress, including Palestinian-American Rep. Rashida Tlaib, have signed a letter calling on the Trump administration to immediately release Mahmoud Khalil.
March 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is a pathetically small number. The Democratic Party can’t even oppose the most blatant show of authoritarianism yet.
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When you hear Trump & his supporters defend the detention of a Green Card holder by pretending to care about 1) antisemitism on campus, and 2) trespassing on college property, remember that Trump 1) hosted a Holocaust denier for dinner & 2) pardoned violent insurrectionists.
March 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
When you hear Trump & his supporters defend the detention of a Green Card holder by pretending to care about 1) antisemitism on campus, and 2) trespassing on college property, remember that Trump 1) hosted a Holocaust denier for dinner & 2) pardoned violent insurrectionists.
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Strong statement from ACLU on the detention of Mahmoud Khalil:
"The federal government is claiming the authority to deport people with deep ties to the US and revoke their green cards for advocating positions that the government opposes."
"The federal government is claiming the authority to deport people with deep ties to the US and revoke their green cards for advocating positions that the government opposes."
March 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Strong statement from ACLU on the detention of Mahmoud Khalil:
"The federal government is claiming the authority to deport people with deep ties to the US and revoke their green cards for advocating positions that the government opposes."
"The federal government is claiming the authority to deport people with deep ties to the US and revoke their green cards for advocating positions that the government opposes."
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The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
I don't disagree that the US university business model was/is fragile, but surely not for this reason?
There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.
There is no society in the history of humanity that has successfully built a good university system without massive govt subsidies. US had already pushed the idea very far.
March 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
A message we all need to keep hearing
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A message we all need to keep hearing
Whenever I talk to a committed anti-vaxxer for a while they always reveal some kind of weird blood and soil eugenics. ‘Nature must take its course’ they say, as if randomly surviving measles makes you one of God or Gaia’s special chosen people.
Our anscestors had a life expectancy of like 32, Ben.
How doctors like this get to keep practicing is beyond me.
How doctors like this get to keep practicing is beyond me.
![“Go get a green juice, or just drink some water with a pinch of sea salt and go sit outside and listen to a bird chirp,” Edwards said. “It sounds crazy, but it’s the basics. [highlight] It’s what our ancestors knew.” [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreiakre6kuqvesfyxip5d45sgmlwasmdh6bycscax53e3fudkplq6ru@jpeg)
March 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Whenever I talk to a committed anti-vaxxer for a while they always reveal some kind of weird blood and soil eugenics. ‘Nature must take its course’ they say, as if randomly surviving measles makes you one of God or Gaia’s special chosen people.
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NEW: @aoc.bsky.social writes a letter to AG Pam Bondi about Tom Homan's threats and bully tactics against public officials
March 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
NEW: @aoc.bsky.social writes a letter to AG Pam Bondi about Tom Homan's threats and bully tactics against public officials
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And that, my friends, is that.
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
And that, my friends, is that.
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NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand
CALIFORNIA: Rep. @JayObernolte (R) becomes the latest to hear from the people 🇺🇸 🔥
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGZ0d7B...
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February 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand