Citizen of Somewhere Else
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this one's personal: governance wonk; rural regional public prof; sf/fantasy/comics/anime nerd; golf otaku; ex-pitcher/point guard/union goon (still HELU/CAHE); newly empty nester; mostly harmless Hawthornist; “radical, hate-mongering hater”
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Here’s the permalink to the joint open letter to @governor.ny.gov on her State Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget from current and former CUNY and SUNY governance leaders. (We’ve been doing some behind-the-scenes clean-up on the PDF itself.)
hdl.handle.net/1951/88628
hdl.handle.net/1951/88628
Open Letter to Governor Hochul on the State Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget (12_17_2025)
An open letter to Governor Hochul regarding the Executive Budget for the 2027 state fiscal year from current and former SUNY and CUNY shared governance leaders.
hdl.handle.net
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Welcome to the Public Domain, ARCTIC ANTICS (1930) ❄️
🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻❄️
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🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻❄️
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
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January 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Welcome to the Public Domain, ARCTIC ANTICS (1930) ❄️
🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻❄️
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain
🐧 Another 10 Silly Symphony shorts join the public domain. No rattling bones like last year's THE SKELETON DANCE, but we do get up to some Arctic Antics 🐻❄️
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain
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Happy New Years! The January 2026 edition of our Beacon newsletter is all about the 250th anniversary of the release of Common Sense. View the newsletter in full here: thomaspaine.org/newsletters
December 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy New Years! The January 2026 edition of our Beacon newsletter is all about the 250th anniversary of the release of Common Sense. View the newsletter in full here: thomaspaine.org/newsletters
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Scholars who do historical research, eat your Wheaties (or whatever else fuels you). In the year of the nation's 250th birthday, there will be all sorts of nonsense that we will counter-program with actual history.
a bowl of cereal with milk being poured into it and the words `` got wheaties '' written on the bottom .
Alt: a bowl of cereal with milk being poured into it and the words `` got wheaties '' written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Scholars who do historical research, eat your Wheaties (or whatever else fuels you). In the year of the nation's 250th birthday, there will be all sorts of nonsense that we will counter-program with actual history.
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Trump and Stephen Miller are actually failing in crucial ways. Deportations are lagging behind their goals, courts are mostly functioning, and their fascist, ethnonationalist cruelties have unleashed a countermobilization of unexpected scope and power.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
December 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Trump and Stephen Miller are actually failing in crucial ways. Deportations are lagging behind their goals, courts are mostly functioning, and their fascist, ethnonationalist cruelties have unleashed a countermobilization of unexpected scope and power.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2046...
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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In 2026, we are taking back our science. You don’t have to love all our tactics, but please trust me when I say @standupforscience.bsky.social is on the right side of history and we will remain so.
The original call out remains: GET IN, DORKS!
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
The original call out remains: GET IN, DORKS!
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
In 2026, we are taking back our science. You don’t have to love all our tactics, but please trust me when I say @standupforscience.bsky.social is on the right side of history and we will remain so.
The original call out remains: GET IN, DORKS!
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
The original call out remains: GET IN, DORKS!
open.substack.com/pub/sciencef...
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NEW: Four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025.
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
Closing out the year at Law Dork:
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
Closing out the year at Law Dork:
The four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
www.lawdork.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NEW: Four key lessons that we can and must take out of 2025.
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
Closing out the year at Law Dork:
It was a long and difficult year as President Donald Trump and his administration sought to push America into authoritarianism. But, they are losing — and we can get through this.
Closing out the year at Law Dork:
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Thomas Paine began 1776 with _Common Sense_ and the call to reject monarchy, and ended with _The American Crisis_, warning that "these are the times that try men's souls."
Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/
Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/
January 1, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Thomas Paine began 1776 with _Common Sense_ and the call to reject monarchy, and ended with _The American Crisis_, warning that "these are the times that try men's souls."
Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/
Like many in my field, I've spent the last dozen years preparing for 2026, sure that the fullest histories serve us best. 1/
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just want to remind folks that pushback and public outrage stopped them from closing the CDC library. i bet pushback will stop them here, too
“The Trump administration is closing NASA’s largest research library on Friday, a facility that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.”
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
just want to remind folks that pushback and public outrage stopped them from closing the CDC library. i bet pushback will stop them here, too
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I just bought this sticker!
January 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
I just bought this sticker!
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On January 1, 1804, revolutionaries established the independent country of Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery. As we begin a year engulfed by the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s worth reading the Haitian Declaration of Independence in full. 🇭🇹
January 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
On January 1, 1804, revolutionaries established the independent country of Haiti, the first nation to permanently ban slavery. As we begin a year engulfed by the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, it’s worth reading the Haitian Declaration of Independence in full. 🇭🇹
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Top 10 Liberal Currents essays of 2025, by unique visitors:
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory, by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com. "There are not this many pedophiles in every political party. Both sides are not the same." www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory, by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com. "There are not this many pedophiles in every political party. Both sides are not the same." www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Top 10 Liberal Currents essays of 2025, by unique visitors:
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory, by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com. "There are not this many pedophiles in every political party. Both sides are not the same." www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory, by @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com. "There are not this many pedophiles in every political party. Both sides are not the same." www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-t...
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE PICNIC (1930) 🐕
🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
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🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE PICNIC (1930) 🐕
🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
🐾 Little Rover barked onto the scene as Minnie’s dog in THE PICNIC (1930). He’d get a new name (Pluto) & a new owner, Mickey Mouse, the following year.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
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💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Welcome to the Public Domain, THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1930) 🚂
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
💪 Choo Choo Choo! We all learned about perseverance & trying from this iconic train. She thought she could, and she did 🥹
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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January 1, 1863: A New Birth of Freedom
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January 1, 1863: A New Birth of Freedom
On January 1, 1863 Boston’s abolitionist community gathered on a cold, cloudy, and gloomy day in anticipation of the news that Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
open.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
January 1, 1863: A New Birth of Freedom
open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
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Sinatra is starting 2026 off for all of us… and #TheHouseILiveIn is going to be my anthem for the year. #OlBlueEyes #NazisGTFOH
Also Sinatra is fun to write about because he had so many nicknames. I'm like "Join me in listening to the Chairman" & "as Old Blue Eyes says," while emphasizing the antiracism of "his" message (written by leftist Jews) in The House I Live In.
Anyway, I have momentum... so #AmWriting my talk now!
Anyway, I have momentum... so #AmWriting my talk now!
January 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Sinatra is starting 2026 off for all of us… and #TheHouseILiveIn is going to be my anthem for the year. #OlBlueEyes #NazisGTFOH
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Welcome to the public domain, DIZZY DISHES (1930), the first appearance of Betty Boop! ⭐️
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January 1, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Welcome to the public domain, DIZZY DISHES (1930), the first appearance of Betty Boop! ⭐️
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#PublicDomainDay
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#PublicDomainDay
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Welcome to the public domain, THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK (1930), the first appearance of Nancy Drew 🔎🕰️
👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
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👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Welcome to the public domain, THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK (1930), the first appearance of Nancy Drew 🔎🕰️
👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
👧 It’s no mystery why people are excited — the first four Nancy Drew Mystery Stories are now in the public domain!
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #CopyrightFree
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Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Illustrations from Japanese fireworks catalogues (ca. 1880s) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/japanese-fireworks-catalogues #newyearseve #fireworks
Happy New Year!!!!
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Happy New Year!!!!
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MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
December 31, 2025 at 12:51 PM
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
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As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
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In the upside-down world we live in, a critic of genocide is sanctioned by a university for speaking the truth about universities when in fact it should be the university that faces sanction for such a heinous form of complicity.
December 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In the upside-down world we live in, a critic of genocide is sanctioned by a university for speaking the truth about universities when in fact it should be the university that faces sanction for such a heinous form of complicity.
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Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social