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@anancientwell.bsky.social
obsessed with politics, history, jazz
interested in too many things
perpetually stuck between liberals and leftists
“And so it goes.”
📍Tulsa, OK
interested in too many things
perpetually stuck between liberals and leftists
“And so it goes.”
📍Tulsa, OK
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@anancientwell.bsky.social
· Dec 5
“Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear and simple many things which are involved in haunting and harassing difficulties and obscurities now.” — Mark Twain
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"In 1911, Socialist Oscar Ameringer received 23 percent of the vote in a three-way race for mayor of Oklahoma City."
—from "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History" edited by Davis D. Joyce
—from "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History" edited by Davis D. Joyce
December 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
"In 1911, Socialist Oscar Ameringer received 23 percent of the vote in a three-way race for mayor of Oklahoma City."
—from "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History" edited by Davis D. Joyce
—from "'An Oklahoma I Had Never Seen Before': Alternative Views of Oklahoma History" edited by Davis D. Joyce
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Fomenting secession is what you do to enemies you’re in war with.
For friends in the U.S., this is about the same as if the EU decided to pull apart the United States by actively supporting every loon in California, Texas, and any other state with any interest of leaving the union. Both overtly and covertly.
It is what you do to enemies.
It is what you do to enemies.
Apparently it can always get worse. The full version of the new U.S. National Security Strategy, aptly named “NSC-1488” by the wags, calls for actively pulling Poland, Austria, Hungary and Italy from the #EU. And supporting far right.
US sides with Putin.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...
US sides with Putin.
notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Fomenting secession is what you do to enemies you’re in war with.
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Arin Dube has developed, along with co-authors, a body of work since the beginning of this century that has changed the conventional wisdom in econ about minimum wages.
This book will be accessible to a broad readership.
And I can't wait to see more from Dube and other empirical labor economists.
This book will be accessible to a broad readership.
And I can't wait to see more from Dube and other empirical labor economists.
Why did that happen, what does it tell us, and what can we do next?
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
That’s what my forthcoming book, The Wage Standard, is about: how rules, norms, and power in the labor market shape who shares in growth. Coming out March 31. Pre-order here:
www.thewagestandard.com
The Wage Standard by Arindrajit Dube: 9780593471418 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“The go-to guy on minimum wage” (Nobel Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Paul Krugman) tackles one of the thorniest social issues of our times—income inequality—from...
www.thewagestandard.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Arin Dube has developed, along with co-authors, a body of work since the beginning of this century that has changed the conventional wisdom in econ about minimum wages.
This book will be accessible to a broad readership.
And I can't wait to see more from Dube and other empirical labor economists.
This book will be accessible to a broad readership.
And I can't wait to see more from Dube and other empirical labor economists.
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There does not exist a hot dog suit big enough nor a face eating leopard ferocious enough to serve as an adequate metaphor for Chris Rufo complaining about right wing media becoming conspiracy addled click bait
Chris Rufo literally was a core figure in boosting a lie that Haitian immigrants in an Ohio town ate pets. He offered a bounty for “information” after the lie was repeatedly debunked.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
Spare us the navel-gazing nonsense.
December 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
There does not exist a hot dog suit big enough nor a face eating leopard ferocious enough to serve as an adequate metaphor for Chris Rufo complaining about right wing media becoming conspiracy addled click bait
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a year ago i texted my brother to tell him i was going to go report on the protest of the martial law declaration even though the press had been technically put under the control of the military. he was, for some reason, concerned
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
a year ago i texted my brother to tell him i was going to go report on the protest of the martial law declaration even though the press had been technically put under the control of the military. he was, for some reason, concerned
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"there's a new serif in town"
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"there's a new serif in town"
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Fairly remarkable article here: ICE's acting director is publicly demanding that a parish in Massachusetts remove its nativity scene because it offends the administration.
www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...
www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...
ICE director demands Mass. church remove ‘ICE was here’ nativity scene
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons is calling for the removal of a nativity scene at a Catholic church in Mass. that protests U.S. immigration policies.
www.masslive.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Fairly remarkable article here: ICE's acting director is publicly demanding that a parish in Massachusetts remove its nativity scene because it offends the administration.
www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...
www.masslive.com/news/2025/12...
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It’s also plainly absurd that someone just happened to discover the true meaning of the common law that just evaded everyone else for 800 years in a few weeks of work. I don’t even know what to do with that.
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s also plainly absurd that someone just happened to discover the true meaning of the common law that just evaded everyone else for 800 years in a few weeks of work. I don’t even know what to do with that.
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another evidence of the special "supercitizen" status accorded cops, that while ordinary civvies can only grumble "my job should pay for my fricking commute time" (which is arguably correct), police just go ahead & take that perk for themselves as if by right
I wonder how many of the cars parked around NYPD precincts (both department and personal vehicles) are really being used for police work, and how many are just sort of littered about for very occasional use in these various petty grifts nypost.com/2025/12/06/u...
December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
another evidence of the special "supercitizen" status accorded cops, that while ordinary civvies can only grumble "my job should pay for my fricking commute time" (which is arguably correct), police just go ahead & take that perk for themselves as if by right
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End the interview.
Don’t have them on in the first place.
Don’t print lies in the newspaper.
It’s 2025. This isn’t hard.
Don’t have them on in the first place.
Don’t print lies in the newspaper.
It’s 2025. This isn’t hard.
Please read this thread.
The ‘I’m not familiar…’ line should not be accepted. It’s a lie. As Kevin suggests, cut them off.
The ‘I’m not familiar…’ line should not be accepted. It’s a lie. As Kevin suggests, cut them off.
In this segment, Senator Schmitt insists he knows nothing about a major scandal, goes on an extended rant filled with lies and smears, insults Stephanopolous and his show directly, and is generally a preening asshole.
Yet I’m sure they’ll welcome him back for more.
Yet I’m sure they’ll welcome him back for more.
December 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
End the interview.
Don’t have them on in the first place.
Don’t print lies in the newspaper.
It’s 2025. This isn’t hard.
Don’t have them on in the first place.
Don’t print lies in the newspaper.
It’s 2025. This isn’t hard.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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In Massachusetts and across the country, the Trump admin is turning the pursuit of the American Dream into an American Nightmare. This is wrong, this is immoral, and this is exactly why we must continue to fight back against Trump’s racist anti-immigrant agenda.
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In Massachusetts and across the country, the Trump admin is turning the pursuit of the American Dream into an American Nightmare. This is wrong, this is immoral, and this is exactly why we must continue to fight back against Trump’s racist anti-immigrant agenda.
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I hate that he understands Posting
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I hate that he understands Posting
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Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
December 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Dude. Yes. Alito and Thomas are of course the standout examples, but all of the Republican justices have tells in their writing and their questioning indicating that they are, to varying degrees, marinating their brains in dumb bitch juice
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Yup. The only way to understand them is they've been pickled in Fox News.
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Yup. The only way to understand them is they've been pickled in Fox News.
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i'd pay $1,000 to any journalist to get barrett on record trying to explain, precisely, why the 14th amendment is "possibly illegitimate".
One more time: this is how Barrett described the 14th Amendment in a 2016 law journal article
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
i'd pay $1,000 to any journalist to get barrett on record trying to explain, precisely, why the 14th amendment is "possibly illegitimate".
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They are looting the treasury to line their own pockets and there needs to be concrete consequences for corruption this flagrant. Lawyers should be coming up with theories for how to prosecute this *right now*.
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
They are looting the treasury to line their own pockets and there needs to be concrete consequences for corruption this flagrant. Lawyers should be coming up with theories for how to prosecute this *right now*.
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first time I've been sad bsky doesn't have an algorithm because how did it take a month for this to show up on my timeline
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
first time I've been sad bsky doesn't have an algorithm because how did it take a month for this to show up on my timeline
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Oof. This is the sort of misleading claims Trumpian conspiracy theorists used to foment questions about 2020, or discredit results in WI or MI by talking of "statistically unlikely" odds of Milwaukee or Detroit counts. (Built on a false claim of that 99% means "99% of precincts," which it doesn't.)
BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
open.substack.com/pub/narativ/...
BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
They’re questioning how 31,000 additional votes appeared with 99.4% votes counted - and that's not all.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Oof. This is the sort of misleading claims Trumpian conspiracy theorists used to foment questions about 2020, or discredit results in WI or MI by talking of "statistically unlikely" odds of Milwaukee or Detroit counts. (Built on a false claim of that 99% means "99% of precincts," which it doesn't.)
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Again, we can't say it out loud just yet. But this Supreme Court majority is illegitimate.
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Again, we can't say it out loud just yet. But this Supreme Court majority is illegitimate.
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Whelp, the first shot has been successfully fired.
Time for Dems to fully gerrymander Blue states.
Time for Dems to fully gerrymander Blue states.
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Whelp, the first shot has been successfully fired.
Time for Dems to fully gerrymander Blue states.
Time for Dems to fully gerrymander Blue states.
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They don’t even care about looking impartial or as if they’ve fairly applied the law. Conservative justices are repudiating the very logic they’ve used to reject racial gerrymandering.
Clownishly villainous.
Clownishly villainous.
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
They don’t even care about looking impartial or as if they’ve fairly applied the law. Conservative justices are repudiating the very logic they’ve used to reject racial gerrymandering.
Clownishly villainous.
Clownishly villainous.
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Someone once succinctly summed up the common problem with a GOP legislator’s policy proposals - “he just doesn’t understand some people don’t have any f****ing money!”
But Hawley’s proposal has the same basic flaw as Cassidy’s “HSAs for All!” Idea: They assume that most people have several thousand dollars in cash lying around which can be put into a savings account (or paid up front) in order to get savings/tax benefits later on.
December 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Someone once succinctly summed up the common problem with a GOP legislator’s policy proposals - “he just doesn’t understand some people don’t have any f****ing money!”
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this is a blasphemy.
Heard the same; this is what I mean by inches from the finish line; scheduled for the final citizenship oath ceremony and now suddenly that date is cancelled and people don't know what will happen next.
Our office has clients caught up in this. Hearing from colleagues nationwide about people having their naturalization oath ceremonies canceled. Some of the affected people aren't even subject to the travel ban due to other acquired citizenship, but they are still being caught up.
December 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
this is a blasphemy.