Eric Aspengren
@ericaspen.bsky.social
Political strategist and data analyst. Organizer at heart.
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Explosion of middle managers ‘ruining university life’
#Highered #edchat #AcademicSky #business
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/explosi...
#Highered #edchat #AcademicSky #business
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/explosi...
Explosion of middle managers ‘ruining university life’
The gulf is growing between self-perpetuating middle management and the people who ‘produce the value’, Australian symposium hears
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Explosion of middle managers ‘ruining university life’
#Highered #edchat #AcademicSky #business
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/explosi...
#Highered #edchat #AcademicSky #business
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/explosi...
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lol 2/3 pollsters finding voters now think Biden did better as president are from pro-Trump house organs, Mark Penn's "harris poll" and raz
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
lol 2/3 pollsters finding voters now think Biden did better as president are from pro-Trump house organs, Mark Penn's "harris poll" and raz
That's, well, that's Unamerican.
this is an abomination
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM
That's, well, that's Unamerican.
"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity."
Guy DeBord
Guy DeBord
February 10, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"Spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity."
Guy DeBord
Guy DeBord
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oh a self-growing city on the moon you say.
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
oh a self-growing city on the moon you say.
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Draymond Green has figured out this thing where he gets a cheap technical early for yelling at a ref so he is then allowed to commit four or five flagrant fouls that the refs simply don't call because they don't want to deal with kicking him out. This is only sort of a skeet about Donald Trump.
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Draymond Green has figured out this thing where he gets a cheap technical early for yelling at a ref so he is then allowed to commit four or five flagrant fouls that the refs simply don't call because they don't want to deal with kicking him out. This is only sort of a skeet about Donald Trump.
I think I should go to law school and specialize in AI lawsuits.
February 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I think I should go to law school and specialize in AI lawsuits.
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A lawless administration putting the entire federal legal system under incredible strain www.fox9.com/news/federal...
February 3, 2026 at 10:26 PM
A lawless administration putting the entire federal legal system under incredible strain www.fox9.com/news/federal...
That oughta help the affordability message.
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
That oughta help the affordability message.
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Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
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Folks really need to refer to this chart more and remember just what party controlled one during any particular congressional term, especially in context of who was in the WH at said points in time too.
Divided government in the United States - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Folks really need to refer to this chart more and remember just what party controlled one during any particular congressional term, especially in context of who was in the WH at said points in time too.
Apropos of nothing in particular
Railway Mania - Wikipedia
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January 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular
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Current midlife crises not doing it anymore. Might become a 3D printer guy.
January 29, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Current midlife crises not doing it anymore. Might become a 3D printer guy.
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Media: Trump is softening his tone
[24 hours later]
Trump: Ilhan Omar faked that attack
[24 hours later]
Trump: Ilhan Omar faked that attack
January 29, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Media: Trump is softening his tone
[24 hours later]
Trump: Ilhan Omar faked that attack
[24 hours later]
Trump: Ilhan Omar faked that attack
And people wonder why I complain about the news media.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed his secret breakfast indulgence to CBS News' Kelly O'Grady — and he made her promise not to tell Human and Health Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
January 29, 2026 at 2:37 PM
And people wonder why I complain about the news media.
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This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
The administration is insisting that its masked goons are so emotionally stunted that words can launch them into a murderous rage.
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
"Our professionals are just ordinary people so ordinary people better act professionally around them, or else."
January 29, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This is sort of a throughline in cases of excessive force used by law enforcement. The civilian is supposed to perfectly adhere to some unwritten code of conduct; the armed professional supposedly trained for such situations is only human & must be given lattitude if they succumb to fear and rage.
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This kind of intellectual firepower is usually only found at unaccredited colleges in Austin
The new CBS contributors:
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This kind of intellectual firepower is usually only found at unaccredited colleges in Austin
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there been a bunch of fascism articles recently whose argument goes:
1. the annoying alarmist dipshits said a bunch of stupid stuff
2. yet somehow, what they predicted ended up happening
3. waffle around vaguely for a bit, without ever reconciling 1 & 2
1. the annoying alarmist dipshits said a bunch of stupid stuff
2. yet somehow, what they predicted ended up happening
3. waffle around vaguely for a bit, without ever reconciling 1 & 2
January 26, 2026 at 11:12 AM
there been a bunch of fascism articles recently whose argument goes:
1. the annoying alarmist dipshits said a bunch of stupid stuff
2. yet somehow, what they predicted ended up happening
3. waffle around vaguely for a bit, without ever reconciling 1 & 2
1. the annoying alarmist dipshits said a bunch of stupid stuff
2. yet somehow, what they predicted ended up happening
3. waffle around vaguely for a bit, without ever reconciling 1 & 2
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
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A lesson from the history of protests and revolutions that is obvious to scholars but seemingly impossible for authoritatians to grasp: responding to largely peaceful protests with disproportionate violence is likely to mobilize many more protesters and rally more people to the cause.
January 24, 2026 at 1:35 PM
A lesson from the history of protests and revolutions that is obvious to scholars but seemingly impossible for authoritatians to grasp: responding to largely peaceful protests with disproportionate violence is likely to mobilize many more protesters and rally more people to the cause.
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A lot of ppl on this site owe Conor Lamb an apology.
January 25, 2026 at 12:11 AM
A lot of ppl on this site owe Conor Lamb an apology.
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I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street
Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.
January 24, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street