Asim Ali
@asimali.bsky.social
American studies prof. Erstwhile economist. Sometime musician. Habitat builder. Pro-bunny. Earthling. Trying to make more darkness. Ⓥ He/him
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My theory is that tech bros hate humanities because they've all tried once to impress a girl studding English Lit by talking about a book and they were all laughed at for their complete misreading of the text.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My theory is that tech bros hate humanities because they've all tried once to impress a girl studding English Lit by talking about a book and they were all laughed at for their complete misreading of the text.
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Good to see my old alma mater doing the right thing.
UC Berkeley
25.11.10 ~5:30pm
25.11.10 ~5:30pm
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Good to see my old alma mater doing the right thing.
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This guy would always set off the alarm:
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This guy would always set off the alarm:
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This article explains how Musk’s ridiculous pay is tied to achieving various benchmarks for Tesla.
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
Tesla says shareholders approve Musk's $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor
Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk's historic pay package at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Austin, Texas.
www.cnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This article explains how Musk’s ridiculous pay is tied to achieving various benchmarks for Tesla.
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
So even more so than before, Musk’s money is tied to Tesla.
If Tesla does badly, Musk is hurt.
You know what to do, world.
The shareholders brought this on themselves. #TeslaTakedown
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The piece is excellent, but I want to highlight a valuable thought early in it: Literature does not change people. Life events change people. Trauma changes people. Catharsis changes people. Literature provides new mindsets to shape those changes, and outlets through which to choose how to change.
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The piece is excellent, but I want to highlight a valuable thought early in it: Literature does not change people. Life events change people. Trauma changes people. Catharsis changes people. Literature provides new mindsets to shape those changes, and outlets through which to choose how to change.
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This captures so well the feeling of trying to do scholarly work right now, to maintain and communicate the joy of it publicly. It feels embarrassing to care so much about the thing itself when all people will do is sort it into two bins, for and against.
November 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This captures so well the feeling of trying to do scholarly work right now, to maintain and communicate the joy of it publicly. It feels embarrassing to care so much about the thing itself when all people will do is sort it into two bins, for and against.
And this is why the humanities are under attack:
"I tell my students that when they rely on a machine to do their thinking for them, they miss the opportunity to develop an autonomous self, one capable of independent judgment."
wolfbrown.com/newsletters/...
"I tell my students that when they rely on a machine to do their thinking for them, they miss the opportunity to develop an autonomous self, one capable of independent judgment."
wolfbrown.com/newsletters/...
AI and the Defense of the Humanities - WolfBrown
When I graduated from Harvard and started working, I found myself reflecting on what my education had truly prepared me to do. My most valuable lessons didn’t come from technical training, but from th...
wolfbrown.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
And this is why the humanities are under attack:
"I tell my students that when they rely on a machine to do their thinking for them, they miss the opportunity to develop an autonomous self, one capable of independent judgment."
wolfbrown.com/newsletters/...
"I tell my students that when they rely on a machine to do their thinking for them, they miss the opportunity to develop an autonomous self, one capable of independent judgment."
wolfbrown.com/newsletters/...
Yup, I do this all the time.
"It’s the rattle of a person going on and professorially on, quite as if the substance of a discipline, or its intellectual trajectory, or even just the nourishing joy of sustained and serious study, mattered at all to the person he was talking to...."
"It’s the rattle of a person going on and professorially on, quite as if the substance of a discipline, or its intellectual trajectory, or even just the nourishing joy of sustained and serious study, mattered at all to the person he was talking to...."
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Yup, I do this all the time.
"It’s the rattle of a person going on and professorially on, quite as if the substance of a discipline, or its intellectual trajectory, or even just the nourishing joy of sustained and serious study, mattered at all to the person he was talking to...."
"It’s the rattle of a person going on and professorially on, quite as if the substance of a discipline, or its intellectual trajectory, or even just the nourishing joy of sustained and serious study, mattered at all to the person he was talking to...."
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Men like this can't imagine a world where their wealth won't automatically buy them access, influence, and power.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Men like this can't imagine a world where their wealth won't automatically buy them access, influence, and power.
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"Israeli settlers were filmed torturing lambs...in the West Bank. Gouged their eyes out. Smashed them with cinder blocks. Beat them to death in front of their mothers. Lambs."
The same settlers are terrorizing the Palestinians and stealing their land.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tortu...
The same settlers are terrorizing the Palestinians and stealing their land.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tortu...
They Tortured Lambs In The West Bank
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"Israeli settlers were filmed torturing lambs...in the West Bank. Gouged their eyes out. Smashed them with cinder blocks. Beat them to death in front of their mothers. Lambs."
The same settlers are terrorizing the Palestinians and stealing their land.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tortu...
The same settlers are terrorizing the Palestinians and stealing their land.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tortu...
For some reason I've been thinking about that time Trump lied about Muslims and then when a reporter called him on it, mocked the reporter's disability.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...
New York Times slams 'outrageous' Donald Trump for mocking reporter's disability
Republican front-runner twisted his arms in apparent imitation of Serge Kovaleski’s arthrogryposis as he reiterated controversial 9/11 claims
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
For some reason I've been thinking about that time Trump lied about Muslims and then when a reporter called him on it, mocked the reporter's disability.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015...
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
"They're gonna have everything free there for 'em."
I find it interesting that the word "free" has become a conservative dog whistle.
I find it interesting that the word "free" has become a conservative dog whistle.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"They're gonna have everything free there for 'em."
I find it interesting that the word "free" has become a conservative dog whistle.
I find it interesting that the word "free" has become a conservative dog whistle.
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Everything is fine, nothing to worry about. Relax. You’re over reacting.
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Everything is fine, nothing to worry about. Relax. You’re over reacting.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker “if she wins” I am definitely going to prison.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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This is the hype video the White House posted when they arrested Sandwich Guy, who was found not guilty today.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This is the hype video the White House posted when they arrested Sandwich Guy, who was found not guilty today.
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When you become disabled there’s a few things you notice right away:
Ableism is everywhere.
People will abandon you. Even those you were certain would stick by you.
Just because something is illegal or against human rights code doesn’t mean it’s not happening ALL the time
Ableism is everywhere.
People will abandon you. Even those you were certain would stick by you.
Just because something is illegal or against human rights code doesn’t mean it’s not happening ALL the time
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 AM
When you become disabled there’s a few things you notice right away:
Ableism is everywhere.
People will abandon you. Even those you were certain would stick by you.
Just because something is illegal or against human rights code doesn’t mean it’s not happening ALL the time
Ableism is everywhere.
People will abandon you. Even those you were certain would stick by you.
Just because something is illegal or against human rights code doesn’t mean it’s not happening ALL the time
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🟢 In June, ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt attacked Mamdani for refusing to meet with the “right Jews,” saying, “He doesn’t get to pick and choose which Jewish people he talks to. He needs to come to us.” Today he announced that the ADL is “launching a comprehensive citywide initiative to track...
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
🟢 In June, ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt attacked Mamdani for refusing to meet with the “right Jews,” saying, “He doesn’t get to pick and choose which Jewish people he talks to. He needs to come to us.” Today he announced that the ADL is “launching a comprehensive citywide initiative to track...
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BREAKING: The AI techno-fascist fantasy… and I’m here for it. Let it die on the vine, smothered by its own narcissistic, messianic ambition…
Humans for humanity!
Humans for humanity!
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
BREAKING: The AI techno-fascist fantasy… and I’m here for it. Let it die on the vine, smothered by its own narcissistic, messianic ambition…
Humans for humanity!
Humans for humanity!
"AB 715 empowers anyone to anonymously file a complaint claiming that classroom content and instructional materials are critical of Israel and are thus antisemitic. The new law provides for the appointment of an 'Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator' to review the curriculum..."
Beginning January 1, 2026, teachers in California classrooms will be looking over their shoulders to avoid running afoul of a frightening new “antisemitism” law, which polices what teachers can and can't teach about Israel and Palestine.
Lawsuit Charges That California Law Illegally Muzzles Students and Teachers on Palestine
The new law conflates criticism of Zionism with antisemitism and punishes educators for teaching truthful information.
truthout.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"AB 715 empowers anyone to anonymously file a complaint claiming that classroom content and instructional materials are critical of Israel and are thus antisemitic. The new law provides for the appointment of an 'Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator' to review the curriculum..."