@hemphalump.bsky.social
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The gap between what the right thinks happens on college campuses and what actually happens is absurd. I had some great students and some awful ones; we talked about some difficult topics, from sexual violence to capitalism to exploitation; it was fine. Nobody lost their shit, because we're adults.
September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The gap between what the right thinks happens on college campuses and what actually happens is absurd. I had some great students and some awful ones; we talked about some difficult topics, from sexual violence to capitalism to exploitation; it was fine. Nobody lost their shit, because we're adults.
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This is what infuriates me with the Right's attacks on higher ed: they are profoundly anti-student. They hold young people in contempt. They assume students mindlessly swallow anything they're told, that they cannot think for themselves. They couldn't be more wrong about what we and our students do.
The gap between what the right thinks happens on college campuses and what actually happens is absurd. I had some great students and some awful ones; we talked about some difficult topics, from sexual violence to capitalism to exploitation; it was fine. Nobody lost their shit, because we're adults.
September 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is what infuriates me with the Right's attacks on higher ed: they are profoundly anti-student. They hold young people in contempt. They assume students mindlessly swallow anything they're told, that they cannot think for themselves. They couldn't be more wrong about what we and our students do.
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
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10 months ago, a company across the world put my neighbor's access to medical care at risk, giving us 2wks notice that software behind our 40 electric car chargers would be shut down.
This is the story of how my neighborhood broke free from this potential disaster.
natematias.com/portfolio/20...
This is the story of how my neighborhood broke free from this potential disaster.
natematias.com/portfolio/20...
Escaping the chains of tethered products: the Juice Rescue project
How could a group of executives halfway across the world, with a single email, disrupt my community’s mobility, and what could we do about it?
natematias.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
10 months ago, a company across the world put my neighbor's access to medical care at risk, giving us 2wks notice that software behind our 40 electric car chargers would be shut down.
This is the story of how my neighborhood broke free from this potential disaster.
natematias.com/portfolio/20...
This is the story of how my neighborhood broke free from this potential disaster.
natematias.com/portfolio/20...
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Literally making up a guy to get mad at
July 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Literally making up a guy to get mad at
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This is no exaggeration- the bill genuinely bans all expression between 10pm and 8am, & also bans university employees from restricting speech, meaning… that nobody is allowed to enforce the no-speech rule? Fascist & incoherent, designed to be a rationalization of cracking down on left wing speech
July 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is no exaggeration- the bill genuinely bans all expression between 10pm and 8am, & also bans university employees from restricting speech, meaning… that nobody is allowed to enforce the no-speech rule? Fascist & incoherent, designed to be a rationalization of cracking down on left wing speech
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The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The saga of the NYT's anti-Mamdani story taken from notorious white supremacist Jordan Lasker (they call him an "academic") gets even more amazing: Lasker's only impactful paper, which claimed white people are smarter, is infamous: it misused data so badly it got his tenured co-author fired. 2/
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EYE DIVINE CYBERMANCY SEQUEL
EYE DIVINE CYBERMANCY SEQUEL
EYE DIVINE CYBERMANCY SEQUEL
June 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
EYE DIVINE CYBERMANCY SEQUEL
EYE DIVINE CYBERMANCY SEQUEL
EYE DIVINE CYBERMANCY SEQUEL
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NEW: Where are the people the Trump administration has deported?
The Trump administration's aggressive immigration deportation efforts often have been carried out illegally. What has happened to the people at the center of the cases?
Today, at Law Dork:
The Trump administration's aggressive immigration deportation efforts often have been carried out illegally. What has happened to the people at the center of the cases?
Today, at Law Dork:
Where are the people the Trump administration has deported?
The Trump administration's aggressive immigration deportation efforts often have been carried out illegally. What has happened to the people at the center of these cases?
www.lawdork.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
NEW: Where are the people the Trump administration has deported?
The Trump administration's aggressive immigration deportation efforts often have been carried out illegally. What has happened to the people at the center of the cases?
Today, at Law Dork:
The Trump administration's aggressive immigration deportation efforts often have been carried out illegally. What has happened to the people at the center of the cases?
Today, at Law Dork:
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GUY WHO, IF PRESSED, TURNS OUT IS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO YOUR CAUSE: are you sure *those* tactics help your cause
June 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
GUY WHO, IF PRESSED, TURNS OUT IS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO YOUR CAUSE: are you sure *those* tactics help your cause
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In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
January 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
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drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
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Spoke with an attorney who was harassed by law enforcement after providing pro bono help to immigrants. Wouldn't ID themselves or the agency.
My guess is he isn't the only one. If you've experienced similar harassment or know someone who has, please feel free to reach out.
Signal: @radleybalko.52
My guess is he isn't the only one. If you've experienced similar harassment or know someone who has, please feel free to reach out.
Signal: @radleybalko.52
March 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Spoke with an attorney who was harassed by law enforcement after providing pro bono help to immigrants. Wouldn't ID themselves or the agency.
My guess is he isn't the only one. If you've experienced similar harassment or know someone who has, please feel free to reach out.
Signal: @radleybalko.52
My guess is he isn't the only one. If you've experienced similar harassment or know someone who has, please feel free to reach out.
Signal: @radleybalko.52
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Bloomberg says that Trump will immediately declare a national energy emergency. We all know why — it will be about gutting environmental protection. But still worth noting that US energy is actually doing fine, with production > consumption and exports > imports 1/
January 20, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Bloomberg says that Trump will immediately declare a national energy emergency. We all know why — it will be about gutting environmental protection. But still worth noting that US energy is actually doing fine, with production > consumption and exports > imports 1/
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The PC is Dead: It's Time To Make Computing Personal Again
My new essay on how we lost control of personal computing to Internet surveillance, DRM, and extractive business models—and how we can launch the era of Personal Computer 2.0
www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/ar...
My new essay on how we lost control of personal computing to Internet surveillance, DRM, and extractive business models—and how we can launch the era of Personal Computer 2.0
www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/ar...
January 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The PC is Dead: It's Time To Make Computing Personal Again
My new essay on how we lost control of personal computing to Internet surveillance, DRM, and extractive business models—and how we can launch the era of Personal Computer 2.0
www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/ar...
My new essay on how we lost control of personal computing to Internet surveillance, DRM, and extractive business models—and how we can launch the era of Personal Computer 2.0
www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/ar...
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I hope this isn't true! Birthright citizenship is fantastic. It's an engine for assimilation and has kept the US from having a permanent migrant underclass (like some European countries have). It ensures that all who are born here can participate fully, and better brings us together as a society.
I'm worried that the left/libertarian side has rested on "precedent" and is now completely unable to make a compelling argument FOR birthright citizenship. Like it will literally just sound like they're defending a loophole since they've already ceded 99% of the issue to restrictionists
November 18, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I hope this isn't true! Birthright citizenship is fantastic. It's an engine for assimilation and has kept the US from having a permanent migrant underclass (like some European countries have). It ensures that all who are born here can participate fully, and better brings us together as a society.
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Trump adviser Stephen Miller has vowed to "turbocharge" the process of denaturalization, which revokes previously granted citizenship. What is that likely to mean in practice? [Steven Lubet, The Hill] thehill.com/opinion/immi...
The Trump administration’s next target: naturalized US citizens
Even “documented” immigrants will not be safe, because Miller has declared that he will pursue the seldom-used process of “denaturalization” to go after people who have been citizens for years or d…
thehill.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Trump adviser Stephen Miller has vowed to "turbocharge" the process of denaturalization, which revokes previously granted citizenship. What is that likely to mean in practice? [Steven Lubet, The Hill] thehill.com/opinion/immi...
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I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
November 17, 2024 at 6:19 PM
I would like to speak up today for the trans community.
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
You see, I know a bit of what it’s like to be politically scapegoated. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, suddenly anyone in America who had any amount of Japanese ancestry became suspect. Politicians preyed upon ignorance and fear. /1
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RFK’s elevation is going to be such a disaster for the autism community. Divisive. Fraudulent. Abusive. Ignorant. Dehumanizing.
I’d like you, right now, to read this by @juststimming.bsky.social and me. /1
I’d like you, right now, to read this by @juststimming.bsky.social and me. /1
Dividing Up the Autism Spectrum Will Not End the Way You Think
www.thenation.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:02 PM
RFK’s elevation is going to be such a disaster for the autism community. Divisive. Fraudulent. Abusive. Ignorant. Dehumanizing.
I’d like you, right now, to read this by @juststimming.bsky.social and me. /1
I’d like you, right now, to read this by @juststimming.bsky.social and me. /1
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Let's continue with #Vossische1933f - to whit: pretend that you are a (not too poor, comparatively liberal) German in January 1933. You buy the morning edition of your go-to newspaper, the Vossische Zeitung, published in Berlin. (It also has an evening edition.) [Enclosed is the modern link.] 1/
DFG-Viewer
dfg-viewer.de
November 16, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Let's continue with #Vossische1933f - to whit: pretend that you are a (not too poor, comparatively liberal) German in January 1933. You buy the morning edition of your go-to newspaper, the Vossische Zeitung, published in Berlin. (It also has an evening edition.) [Enclosed is the modern link.] 1/
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Hello Bluesky. I’m back. The next several years are going to take a mass mobilization to save all of creation. And we can build it—together.
November 8, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Hello Bluesky. I’m back. The next several years are going to take a mass mobilization to save all of creation. And we can build it—together.
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There are a lot of stories that should have gotten loud traction in the election, but this recent one was pushed by CATO.
www.cato.org/blog/trump-r...
www.cato.org/blog/trump-r...
November 7, 2024 at 4:52 PM
There are a lot of stories that should have gotten loud traction in the election, but this recent one was pushed by CATO.
www.cato.org/blog/trump-r...
www.cato.org/blog/trump-r...
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Holy shit. I’m tapped into Cato’s network and somehow missed this.
Can’t say what effect more coverage would have had, given that truth doesn’t seem to matter.
But it’s stunning. Trump did precisely what he accused Biden of doing. He released dangerous people for a political advantage.
Can’t say what effect more coverage would have had, given that truth doesn’t seem to matter.
But it’s stunning. Trump did precisely what he accused Biden of doing. He released dangerous people for a political advantage.
There are a lot of stories that should have gotten loud traction in the election, but this recent one was pushed by CATO.
www.cato.org/blog/trump-r...
www.cato.org/blog/trump-r...
November 7, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Holy shit. I’m tapped into Cato’s network and somehow missed this.
Can’t say what effect more coverage would have had, given that truth doesn’t seem to matter.
But it’s stunning. Trump did precisely what he accused Biden of doing. He released dangerous people for a political advantage.
Can’t say what effect more coverage would have had, given that truth doesn’t seem to matter.
But it’s stunning. Trump did precisely what he accused Biden of doing. He released dangerous people for a political advantage.
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Dems going after trans people this week should be ashamed of themselves.
A response to Reps. Moulton, Rep. Suozzi, and Yglesias. www.lawdork.com/p/dems-post-...
A response to Reps. Moulton, Rep. Suozzi, and Yglesias. www.lawdork.com/p/dems-post-...
Dems going after trans people this week should be ashamed of themselves
Be skeptical of those proposing instant solutions — especially when they involve making vulnerable people even more vulnerable.
www.lawdork.com
November 8, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Dems going after trans people this week should be ashamed of themselves.
A response to Reps. Moulton, Rep. Suozzi, and Yglesias. www.lawdork.com/p/dems-post-...
A response to Reps. Moulton, Rep. Suozzi, and Yglesias. www.lawdork.com/p/dems-post-...
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When people say "safe," they really mean "I don't want to see homeless people."
Just a heads-up, you're going to see a lot of credentialed liberals on here telling you that if you want to beat Trump, you have to agree with him that cities are hellholes of "chaos" that must be made "livable."
Trying to slipstream with fascism is no way to beat fascism.
Trying to slipstream with fascism is no way to beat fascism.
November 7, 2024 at 8:37 PM
When people say "safe," they really mean "I don't want to see homeless people."