Brendan Cantwell
@cantb.bsky.social
Views and speech are mine alone. Might delete.
I like cultural traditions like every four years pretending to understand curling
February 15, 2026 at 1:35 AM
I like cultural traditions like every four years pretending to understand curling
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Once again, it has to be pointed out that the kind of neighborhoods Republicans claim they want are actually the neighborhoods ICE is targeting in blue cities.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Once again, it has to be pointed out that the kind of neighborhoods Republicans claim they want are actually the neighborhoods ICE is targeting in blue cities.
Want a wholesome small-c conservative vision for children and families? Here it is.
February 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Want a wholesome small-c conservative vision for children and families? Here it is.
> MSU is not on the list (DOD, I’m right here)
> My alma matter Fordham is!
> Vanderbilt is forbidden lol!
> My alma matter Fordham is!
> Vanderbilt is forbidden lol!
The US DOD has just blacklisted military personnel from taking courses at most of America's top universities and specialist tech and medicine schools, including Harvard, Yale, MIT and Johns Hopkins. Somehow I don't see the PLA making this kind of unforced error.
February 14, 2026 at 6:24 PM
> MSU is not on the list (DOD, I’m right here)
> My alma matter Fordham is!
> Vanderbilt is forbidden lol!
> My alma matter Fordham is!
> Vanderbilt is forbidden lol!
If you read The Economist during the Biden administration you would know that neoliberals disapproved of the IRA and CHIPS acts which they saw as populist, protectionist industrial policy. The sort of thing Steve Bannon says he wants (sans the energy transition)
February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
If you read The Economist during the Biden administration you would know that neoliberals disapproved of the IRA and CHIPS acts which they saw as populist, protectionist industrial policy. The sort of thing Steve Bannon says he wants (sans the energy transition)
Steven Miller and Chris Rufo will FOIA will your chat.
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access
Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.
www.axios.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Steven Miller and Chris Rufo will FOIA will your chat.
More Costco, no ICE
I'm working on a guide for community opposition. There's going to be so many ways to make this impossible to materialize if people are willing to put in the work. Local community efforts dealing with zoning, building codes, etc will be vital. We must stop this
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ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
More Costco, no ICE
Go work with Mia!
Hey #HigherEdSky I'm hiring! I'm looking to hire a Reverse Transfer Project Coordinator, a part-time contractor position to oversee the deployment of the National Student Clearinghouse's reverse transfer tool at my universities.
If you understood those words, see here: www.masu.org/sites/defaul...
If you understood those words, see here: www.masu.org/sites/defaul...
www.masu.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Go work with Mia!
Tired of paying staff to convince vulnerable adult learns to hand their Pell benefits over to you? Replace them with AI!
February 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Tired of paying staff to convince vulnerable adult learns to hand their Pell benefits over to you? Replace them with AI!
Any old store bought sliced bread, good quality peanut butter (no sugar or oil), banana slices, a sprinkle flaky sea salt. Enjoy.
February 13, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Any old store bought sliced bread, good quality peanut butter (no sugar or oil), banana slices, a sprinkle flaky sea salt. Enjoy.
I keep forgetting that Habermas is still alive
"Any assessment of Habermas’s legacy is going to be complex. To some, Habermas is the greatest philosopher of our time. (. . .)For others, Habermas is the court philosopher of the German center-left SPD, or perhaps at most the EU." www.liberalcurrents.com/also-a-revie...
Also a Review of Habermas
Is Habermas a titan of recent philosophy or a stodgy academic lacking a burning political vision?
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I keep forgetting that Habermas is still alive
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Not only did they murder hundreds of thousands of people. They also stole the money.
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Not only did they murder hundreds of thousands of people. They also stole the money.
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The year is 2015. China is getting richer and more powerful every year, but America has three trump cards: universitities, biomedical research, and immigration.
February 13, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The year is 2015. China is getting richer and more powerful every year, but America has three trump cards: universitities, biomedical research, and immigration.
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To have a reasonable conversation about "AI" in which people are not just dunking or repeating truisms or (best case) muddying the waters, one must do two things:
1. Disentangle the signifier "AI" from actual material technologies.
2. *Entangle* actual material technologies w/ a sociology of use.
1. Disentangle the signifier "AI" from actual material technologies.
2. *Entangle* actual material technologies w/ a sociology of use.
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
To have a reasonable conversation about "AI" in which people are not just dunking or repeating truisms or (best case) muddying the waters, one must do two things:
1. Disentangle the signifier "AI" from actual material technologies.
2. *Entangle* actual material technologies w/ a sociology of use.
1. Disentangle the signifier "AI" from actual material technologies.
2. *Entangle* actual material technologies w/ a sociology of use.
A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education 🎁 🔗
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education 🎁 🔗
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Team Relay Doubles Luge is Olympic madlibs.
February 12, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Team Relay Doubles Luge is Olympic madlibs.
I don’t mean to bash this guy’s record in particular. My point is that when your whole critique of higher education is that it’s selecting on cultural and political preferences, you probably should not be clearly yourself selecting on cultural and political preferences.
Is this a normal record for someone for someone hired for meritocracy?
February 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I don’t mean to bash this guy’s record in particular. My point is that when your whole critique of higher education is that it’s selecting on cultural and political preferences, you probably should not be clearly yourself selecting on cultural and political preferences.
Is this a normal record for someone for someone hired for meritocracy?
February 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Is this a normal record for someone for someone hired for meritocracy?
It’s kind of amazing any of us are still alive.
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 4:07 AM
It’s kind of amazing any of us are still alive.
From Stanford to Gallup, nearly every organization that produces good information about anything of importance is in one way or another beholden to federal contracts. They are also deeply connected to elite political and economic networks thorough interlocking directorates and affiliations.
February 11, 2026 at 9:16 PM
From Stanford to Gallup, nearly every organization that produces good information about anything of importance is in one way or another beholden to federal contracts. They are also deeply connected to elite political and economic networks thorough interlocking directorates and affiliations.
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this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
this is a level of complicity that had not occurred to me
Is Steven Miller getting his war with Mexico?
February 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Is Steven Miller getting his war with Mexico?
Who would want to be a department chair under these conditions?
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
February 11, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Who would want to be a department chair under these conditions?
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Do podcast companies pay attention to how often you listen to shows and up the density of adds for the ones you listen to often?
February 11, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Do podcast companies pay attention to how often you listen to shows and up the density of adds for the ones you listen to often?
Stanford is doing this because it wants to
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Stanford is doing this because it wants to