Geoff Bowden
@geoffbowden.bsky.social
Political theorist. Builder. Caregiver. Savannah, GA. Advocate of peace. 🕊️🕊️ writing a book about Puritan political theology.
Would explain how deep Trump is in with the Russians.
If true, this could explain a lot: Epstein’s mysterious money; the wire transactions to former Soviet states; Trump’s submissiveness around Putin.
Epstein's sex empire was 'KGB honeytrap'
The release of more than three million new documents relating to the late sex offender gives credence to claims made by senior security officials: that Epstein was working on behalf of Moscow.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Would explain how deep Trump is in with the Russians.
Reposted by Geoff Bowden
Reposted by Geoff Bowden
Important education message: "independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it."
A few profit and the most vulnerable pay
www.economist.com/united-state...
A few profit and the most vulnerable pay
www.economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
www.economist.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Important education message: "independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it."
A few profit and the most vulnerable pay
www.economist.com/united-state...
A few profit and the most vulnerable pay
www.economist.com/united-state...
Hopefully in the near term this translates into more GOP defections from Trump on key issues. If we had an opposition party to push that, that would be great.
Blue wave watch: Democrat flips Trump +17 Texas Senate seat in 32-point swing
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/blue-wave-...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/blue-wave-...
February 1, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Hopefully in the near term this translates into more GOP defections from Trump on key issues. If we had an opposition party to push that, that would be great.
Had to turn the fireplace on this morning. Happens about once every couple years.
February 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Had to turn the fireplace on this morning. Happens about once every couple years.
This is a part of the perpetual tension of free societies that we seem to have forgotten. We have to constantly mind it. We can’t get rid of this tension. This is actually what I am working on in the historical contribution of puritans to liberal societies.
Yes, regimes allowing for organized internal dissent & the peaceful movement into & out of power by different social formations are better than those that don't, in many ways. But when groups organize themselves to destroy that system of power circulation, democracy should protect itself from them.
January 31, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This is a part of the perpetual tension of free societies that we seem to have forgotten. We have to constantly mind it. We can’t get rid of this tension. This is actually what I am working on in the historical contribution of puritans to liberal societies.
Reposted by Geoff Bowden
A low hanging fruit idea for Democrats: champion creating a new federal law enforcement agency dedicated to stopping child sex abuse. Call it the Terminate Rape of Underage Minors Protection act or TRUMP act
January 31, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A low hanging fruit idea for Democrats: champion creating a new federal law enforcement agency dedicated to stopping child sex abuse. Call it the Terminate Rape of Underage Minors Protection act or TRUMP act
Expecting accumulating snow tomorrow in Savannah GA. Everything is just off in the universe.
January 31, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Expecting accumulating snow tomorrow in Savannah GA. Everything is just off in the universe.
Reposted by Geoff Bowden
When will Trump resign?
January 31, 2026 at 2:23 AM
When will Trump resign?
Took 23 years, but according to my youngest son, I am no longer a half professor. Full Professor!
January 30, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Took 23 years, but according to my youngest son, I am no longer a half professor. Full Professor!
My goal of having my very old cell phone last through the second Trump administration is in danger. Hoping it is just a cosmic glitch, but things are not looking good.
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
My goal of having my very old cell phone last through the second Trump administration is in danger. Hoping it is just a cosmic glitch, but things are not looking good.
Lord have mercy
A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP
January 30, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Lord have mercy
Next he will demand that religion be disestablished.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Next he will demand that religion be disestablished.
The first thing we are going to have to do with all the money we just take from these horrible people when they go to jail is make reparations payments to their victims.
ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Sign the Petition
Demand the Release of Rodney Taylor from ICE Detention
www.change.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
The first thing we are going to have to do with all the money we just take from these horrible people when they go to jail is make reparations payments to their victims.
I don’t understand why the big schools do this.
Yale is launching a new Presidential Senior Fellowship to expand access to the transformative work of universities. As part of this program, author and columnist David Brooks will join the Jackson School of Global Affairs starting February 1.
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
Read more in Yale News: bit.ly/49QpJoY
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I don’t understand why the big schools do this.
After teaching this all week, I can't help but think that way too many people thinking the branches of government were "co-equal" really led to the Art I abdication of responsibility of regulating the executive & judiciary. "Co-equal" implies they can ignore each other & things will be fine.
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 AM
After teaching this all week, I can't help but think that way too many people thinking the branches of government were "co-equal" really led to the Art I abdication of responsibility of regulating the executive & judiciary. "Co-equal" implies they can ignore each other & things will be fine.
Started reading East of Eden with a group of friends, and had our first meeting tonight. Nice to get away from everything for an hour and just talk about great literature.
January 29, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Started reading East of Eden with a group of friends, and had our first meeting tonight. Nice to get away from everything for an hour and just talk about great literature.
Is the dramatic escalation of ICE activity really designed to get access to state voter rolls so Trump can "prove" that the 2020 election was "rigged"?
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Is the dramatic escalation of ICE activity really designed to get access to state voter rolls so Trump can "prove" that the 2020 election was "rigged"?
Does Katie Miller have a job? Or just a cell phone?
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Does Katie Miller have a job? Or just a cell phone?
I've haven't thought about being bombed by Denmark all week so far. I guess it is true that the mind can only process so much chaos at one time.
January 28, 2026 at 1:05 AM
I've haven't thought about being bombed by Denmark all week so far. I guess it is true that the mind can only process so much chaos at one time.
This is dynamic movement though. Needing an affordable place to live is nonpartisan, so don't assume that this means the red states will be more red.
#NEW: 2030 Apportionment Forecast based on 2025 Census Bureau Population Estimates (January 27, 2026).
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
Forecast prepared by Dr. Jonathan Cervas (CMIST) at Carnegie Mellon University
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 AM
This is dynamic movement though. Needing an affordable place to live is nonpartisan, so don't assume that this means the red states will be more red.
I love that there is a sociologist on here who regularly posts videos of her perfect squat form who can also command responses from US senators on pressing issues of constitutional rights.
January 27, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I love that there is a sociologist on here who regularly posts videos of her perfect squat form who can also command responses from US senators on pressing issues of constitutional rights.
Yes please.
Rep. Jamie Raskin says a nationwide general strike may be needed to stop Trump’s authoritarian crackdown, praising Minnesotans’ mass demonstrations and general strike as “the direction we may need to go” nationally.
Raskin Says Nationwide General Strike May Be Needed to Stop Trump
“I think the people of Minnesota have shown us…the direction we may need to go,” the Maryland Democrat said.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Yes please.
This semester I’ve been having a meditation/quiet period after teaching and a light lunch. About an hour. Has made for a lot less stress and a much more productive afternoon.
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This semester I’ve been having a meditation/quiet period after teaching and a light lunch. About an hour. Has made for a lot less stress and a much more productive afternoon.
I’m sure all of these external factors make things worse for them, but being a bad person and doing bad things is what’s really bad for the human soul.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Morale plummeting among ICE agents over long hours, quotas and public hatred: reports
While immigration officers support the Trump administration’s goal of deporting undocumented migrants, many of them have grown ‘disillusioned’ with leadership’s tactics, according to reports
www.the-independent.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I’m sure all of these external factors make things worse for them, but being a bad person and doing bad things is what’s really bad for the human soul.
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...