Haley Ragsdale, PhD
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Biological anthropologist studying the evolution of human development, pregnancy, life history, & maternal health.
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What a great think piece on the conservative obsession with suffering and conflict — especially in light of the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” logic behind the new tariffs.
What a great think piece on the conservative obsession with suffering and conflict — especially in light of the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” logic behind the new tariffs.
I wrote about tariffs and the longstanding conservative desire for conflict and strife, even when it doesn't seem to make any sense.
Trump's Tariffs and the Conservative Death Drive
The tariffs reveal a crucial element of right-wing psychology
stringinamaze.net
April 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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What a great think piece on the conservative obsession with suffering and conflict — especially in light of the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” logic behind the new tariffs.
What a great think piece on the conservative obsession with suffering and conflict — especially in light of the “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” logic behind the new tariffs.
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NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international student visas at University of California, Stanford
Amid a national sweep over student visas that has hit colleges across the U.S., the Trump administration on Friday canceled more than a dozen international student visas at the University of Californi...
www.latimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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the present shortcoming is not that people protesting are cringe it's that there isn't presently a mass commitment to the kind of action that would force regime change.
that isn't a criticism, just an observation. these things take time. and with time all things are possible.
that isn't a criticism, just an observation. these things take time. and with time all things are possible.
April 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
the present shortcoming is not that people protesting are cringe it's that there isn't presently a mass commitment to the kind of action that would force regime change.
that isn't a criticism, just an observation. these things take time. and with time all things are possible.
that isn't a criticism, just an observation. these things take time. and with time all things are possible.
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New horrific footage shows that Israel lied through its teeth about its massacre of paramedics and rescue workers.
But still Western media outlets will keep treating Israeli lies as credible.
Accessories to genocide 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-lie...
But still Western media outlets will keep treating Israeli lies as credible.
Accessories to genocide 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-lie...
April 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
New horrific footage shows that Israel lied through its teeth about its massacre of paramedics and rescue workers.
But still Western media outlets will keep treating Israeli lies as credible.
Accessories to genocide 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-lie...
But still Western media outlets will keep treating Israeli lies as credible.
Accessories to genocide 👇
www.owenjones.news/p/israel-lie...
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When you realize you aren't alone and lots of people are mad, it makes it easier to speak up! Also sometimes you get new ideas.
The importance of these protests isn’t necessarily that they are sending a message to the “people in power.”
It’s sending a message to other people that WE have the power.
It’s sending a message to other people that WE have the power.
Big turnouts for today's #HandsOff! protests nationwide, including in smaller towns and cities — here's Portland, Maine
We have the momentum
We have the momentum
April 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When you realize you aren't alone and lots of people are mad, it makes it easier to speak up! Also sometimes you get new ideas.
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discussing the reality of Trump is hard because despite everything that has happened, if you talk about the reality of what geopolitical order and American politics look like, no one actually believes it
National Review is still rationalizing Trump as a heterodox but still normal Republican
The money side of this is huge to me. There is a MASSIVE amount of cash to be made in the MAGA grift market, and a whole lot of conservative political commentators have chosen that money stream over their principles. I appreciate those that haven't.
April 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
discussing the reality of Trump is hard because despite everything that has happened, if you talk about the reality of what geopolitical order and American politics look like, no one actually believes it
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www.nature.com/naturecareer... UBC LSI Job!!
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April 4, 2025 at 4:03 AM
www.nature.com/naturecareer... UBC LSI Job!!
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In a move that *should* be precedent-setting for other scholarly organizations, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) announces that this year’s conference will be held concurrently at sites in the US and Canada and online due to the dangerous US political climate.
April 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
In a move that *should* be precedent-setting for other scholarly organizations, the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) announces that this year’s conference will be held concurrently at sites in the US and Canada and online due to the dangerous US political climate.
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Regular, non-expert people can maybe be forgiven for thinking we'd get a redux of the first administration. But nobody who fancies themselves a thought leader should have expected that. This was a consistent theme during the election: no guardrails this time.
Only hitting their wallets--and destroying the economy--causes them to break.
April 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Regular, non-expert people can maybe be forgiven for thinking we'd get a redux of the first administration. But nobody who fancies themselves a thought leader should have expected that. This was a consistent theme during the election: no guardrails this time.
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Other fact-based ways to frame these attacks are:
a) part of an ongoing GOP war against higher ed because they view it as a hostile institution
b) an authoritarian breaking any venues of dissent.
Going with the Trump framing is a choice to support the war and give credence to the authoritarian.
a) part of an ongoing GOP war against higher ed because they view it as a hostile institution
b) an authoritarian breaking any venues of dissent.
Going with the Trump framing is a choice to support the war and give credence to the authoritarian.
Every lede like this is a fundamental journalistic failure.
(There is no "relentless antisemitism on campus" and you don't need to give the administration's propaganda priority). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
(There is no "relentless antisemitism on campus" and you don't need to give the administration's propaganda priority). www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
April 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Other fact-based ways to frame these attacks are:
a) part of an ongoing GOP war against higher ed because they view it as a hostile institution
b) an authoritarian breaking any venues of dissent.
Going with the Trump framing is a choice to support the war and give credence to the authoritarian.
a) part of an ongoing GOP war against higher ed because they view it as a hostile institution
b) an authoritarian breaking any venues of dissent.
Going with the Trump framing is a choice to support the war and give credence to the authoritarian.
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wokeness was keeping the economy afloat. wokeness kept planes in the air. wokeness kept us all safe
Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
April 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
wokeness was keeping the economy afloat. wokeness kept planes in the air. wokeness kept us all safe
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True.
Also true that a lot of Americans burned things the last five years. Our militarized police attacked them and I believe there are credible accounts of assassinations.
Also true that a lot of Americans burned things the last five years. Our militarized police attacked them and I believe there are credible accounts of assassinations.
From my time in Paris, I know that in France people would have burned a lot of stuff by now.
April 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
True.
Also true that a lot of Americans burned things the last five years. Our militarized police attacked them and I believe there are credible accounts of assassinations.
Also true that a lot of Americans burned things the last five years. Our militarized police attacked them and I believe there are credible accounts of assassinations.
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Excellent critique of childhood development interventions: "The privileged of Global North & South can find solace in the idea they have little responsibility for inequality. If bad childcare & poor brain development are major contributing factors to poverty, then it's parents’ job to overcome it"
The problem with parenting interventions in the Global South | Aeon Essays
Early childhood development interventions in the Global South is a huge industry built on highly questionable assumptions
aeon.co
March 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Excellent critique of childhood development interventions: "The privileged of Global North & South can find solace in the idea they have little responsibility for inequality. If bad childcare & poor brain development are major contributing factors to poverty, then it's parents’ job to overcome it"
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this is a good post and "decadence" is a good way to think about a lot of things. true decadence is, eg, thinking you could let an insurrection go unpunished and the country would just keep chugging along nbd
April 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
this is a good post and "decadence" is a good way to think about a lot of things. true decadence is, eg, thinking you could let an insurrection go unpunished and the country would just keep chugging along nbd
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I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
April 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm 18. The economy enters a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican president is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 29. There is once-in-a-century pandemic that leads to a once-in-century-recession. A Republican is responsible.
I'm 35. Tarriffs trigger a once-in-a-century recession. A Republican is responsible.
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Don't know about other cities but in Seattle, this is the first winter since 2020 that fewer people have died of COVID than the flu (it's been a really nasty flu season!)
kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/...
kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/...
March 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Don't know about other cities but in Seattle, this is the first winter since 2020 that fewer people have died of COVID than the flu (it's been a really nasty flu season!)
kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/...
kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/...
resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/living-wit...
Highly recommend this essay and the 1964 Hannah Arendt lecture it references, "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship"
Highly recommend this essay and the 1964 Hannah Arendt lecture it references, "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship"
Living With a Murderer
On personal responsibility under the second Trump administration
resnikoff.beehiiv.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
resnikoff.beehiiv.com/p/living-wit...
Highly recommend this essay and the 1964 Hannah Arendt lecture it references, "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship"
Highly recommend this essay and the 1964 Hannah Arendt lecture it references, "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship"
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Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
March 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Started/Going. Two infants died of pertussis in Louisiana, where last month the state’s surgeon general banned health department staff from encouraging vaccination.
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When traveling, or otherwise expecting potential encounters with law enforcement:
Locking your phone with a long, strong pin code, turning off biometrics like Face ID is a strong contender for the one change the average person can make to vastly improve their personal digital security situation.
Locking your phone with a long, strong pin code, turning off biometrics like Face ID is a strong contender for the one change the average person can make to vastly improve their personal digital security situation.
Especially now that people are getting grabbed on the street and their stuff rifled through at the border:
Please, if you post or share digital security guides and lists, pick ONE thing to highlight to your intended audience, the “if you do nothing else do this” item. Maximum 3, if you must.
Please, if you post or share digital security guides and lists, pick ONE thing to highlight to your intended audience, the “if you do nothing else do this” item. Maximum 3, if you must.
March 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When traveling, or otherwise expecting potential encounters with law enforcement:
Locking your phone with a long, strong pin code, turning off biometrics like Face ID is a strong contender for the one change the average person can make to vastly improve their personal digital security situation.
Locking your phone with a long, strong pin code, turning off biometrics like Face ID is a strong contender for the one change the average person can make to vastly improve their personal digital security situation.
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imagine having enough money to where you could part with and donate this much money to sway the entire political ecosystem. pure evil
March 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
imagine having enough money to where you could part with and donate this much money to sway the entire political ecosystem. pure evil