Henry Snow
@henrysnow.bsky.social
Labor + naval historian | they/them | political economy, maritime work, ships and shipbuilders | CONTROL SCIENCE out with Verso 5/26/26 | currently an adjunct at UConn
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“Whatever its value as social history, We the People is highly misleading as legal history and jeopardizes today’s urgent project of preserving our republic and protecting its surviving strands of democracy.” —@tribelaw.bsky.social
Is the Constitution ‘Dead, Dead, Dead’? | Laurence H. Tribe
The difficulty of amending the Constitution does not mean that it is a flawed and outdated relic of a distant past.
www.nybooks.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 PM
“Whatever its value as social history, We the People is highly misleading as legal history and jeopardizes today’s urgent project of preserving our republic and protecting its surviving strands of democracy.” —@tribelaw.bsky.social
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We need something akin to the FDA for tech.
the strongest AI critique is that the tech is widely used and fairly powerful, and therefore a democratic public should own and/or control the means of building and deploying it
if your position is that the tech is worthless, will go away on its own, is inherently bad, etc etc, you are going to die on that hill. there are absolutely bad actors in the space and you are passing over the bad actors to stake a losing position about the code
January 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
We need something akin to the FDA for tech.
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"Anti Imperialism is a commitment to confronting empire" is an incredible thing to say after basically proposing that Britain's reaction to American and Russian expansionism should be to do nothing
The answer is “no”.
Every pound spent on bombs & tanks is money stolen from schools & hospitals.
Anti-imperialism isn’t vibes, it’s a commitment to confronting empire.
If you recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine we should leave immediately, join Your Party: in.yourparty.uk/users/sign_up
Every pound spent on bombs & tanks is money stolen from schools & hospitals.
Anti-imperialism isn’t vibes, it’s a commitment to confronting empire.
If you recognise NATO as an imperialist war machine we should leave immediately, join Your Party: in.yourparty.uk/users/sign_up
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"Anti Imperialism is a commitment to confronting empire" is an incredible thing to say after basically proposing that Britain's reaction to American and Russian expansionism should be to do nothing
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Matt Goodwin? The columnist for the magazine available only in departure lounges for private jets?
January 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Matt Goodwin? The columnist for the magazine available only in departure lounges for private jets?
the news that a UK academic who studied the far right is now a far right parliamentary candidate has inspired me to try to become one of my own research subjects. taking offers for positions as First Lord of the Admiralty, Resident Commissioner of His Majesty's Royal Dockyard, and/or barrel-maker
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
the news that a UK academic who studied the far right is now a far right parliamentary candidate has inspired me to try to become one of my own research subjects. taking offers for positions as First Lord of the Admiralty, Resident Commissioner of His Majesty's Royal Dockyard, and/or barrel-maker
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standing offer because the 250th commemoration year will be rough with this administration: if you want someone to come talk to your class, DSA chapter, local library, etc. about radical workers in the American Revolution and their resistance to suspiciously ICE-like press gangs, I'm very happy to
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 AM
standing offer because the 250th commemoration year will be rough with this administration: if you want someone to come talk to your class, DSA chapter, local library, etc. about radical workers in the American Revolution and their resistance to suspiciously ICE-like press gangs, I'm very happy to
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Interesting paper on the new causal macroeconomics: researchers randomly give different people different pieces of economic information to shift their expectations, then track how those treatments affect behavior (e.g. household spending, firms’ pricing, hiring, and investment).
January 27, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Interesting paper on the new causal macroeconomics: researchers randomly give different people different pieces of economic information to shift their expectations, then track how those treatments affect behavior (e.g. household spending, firms’ pricing, hiring, and investment).
standing offer because the 250th commemoration year will be rough with this administration: if you want someone to come talk to your class, DSA chapter, local library, etc. about radical workers in the American Revolution and their resistance to suspiciously ICE-like press gangs, I'm very happy to
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 AM
standing offer because the 250th commemoration year will be rough with this administration: if you want someone to come talk to your class, DSA chapter, local library, etc. about radical workers in the American Revolution and their resistance to suspiciously ICE-like press gangs, I'm very happy to
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Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
January 24, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.
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ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
have a big 4000 word feature out in Commonweal magazine next month on the evolving relationship between 20th-21st century neoliberal thought, conservatism, and Christianity
January 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
have a big 4000 word feature out in Commonweal magazine next month on the evolving relationship between 20th-21st century neoliberal thought, conservatism, and Christianity
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Today I am thinking of Rev. Jonathan Myrick Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian who was shot and killed protecting a 17-year old Black girl from a shotgun blast in Alabama. I took this photo of an icon of him at an Episcopal retreat I went on last year. The deputy sheriff who murdered him was acquitted
January 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Today I am thinking of Rev. Jonathan Myrick Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian who was shot and killed protecting a 17-year old Black girl from a shotgun blast in Alabama. I took this photo of an icon of him at an Episcopal retreat I went on last year. The deputy sheriff who murdered him was acquitted
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Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
January 24, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
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A bit more provocatively formulated: while German historians challenged the „Sonderweg“ thesis, others expanded to the whole of Europe and the US. Misunderstanding Césaire, they think „European civilisation is indefensible“ means it is irredeemable.
January 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
A bit more provocatively formulated: while German historians challenged the „Sonderweg“ thesis, others expanded to the whole of Europe and the US. Misunderstanding Césaire, they think „European civilisation is indefensible“ means it is irredeemable.
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Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
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There's a lot of buzz about Christian revival among young adults in the UK & US. Perceptions of revival are fueled by results from opt-in online surveys. However, these surveys may be misleading. Surveys from random samples of the population don't show any clear evidence of revival.
My new post:
My new post:
Has there been a Christian revival among young adults in the U.K.? Recent surveys may be misleading
Despite the widely recognized decline of Christianity in the U.K., there have been persistent rumblings of a Christian resurgence.
www.pewresearch.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:37 PM
There's a lot of buzz about Christian revival among young adults in the UK & US. Perceptions of revival are fueled by results from opt-in online surveys. However, these surveys may be misleading. Surveys from random samples of the population don't show any clear evidence of revival.
My new post:
My new post:
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A Zoom talk by Callum Easton on the 1797 fleet mutinies at the Royal Navy.
Tuesday 27 Jan. 5.15-6.30pm
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
#MaritimeHistory
Tuesday 27 Jan. 5.15-6.30pm
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
#MaritimeHistory
A matter of 'good usage': towards a new interpretation of the 1797 fleet mutinies at Spithead and the Nore
Join us for a free online talk about the largest mutinies in the history of the Royal Navy
www.rmg.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:09 PM
A Zoom talk by Callum Easton on the 1797 fleet mutinies at the Royal Navy.
Tuesday 27 Jan. 5.15-6.30pm
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
#MaritimeHistory
Tuesday 27 Jan. 5.15-6.30pm
www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
#MaritimeHistory
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We’re out here every day. Watching over our streets. Making sure our kids get to school safely. Delivering groceries to our neighbors. We’re doing everything we can to protect one another.
But it’s not enough. On Friday Jan 23, we shut MN down. No work. No school. No shopping. ICE out of MN now.
But it’s not enough. On Friday Jan 23, we shut MN down. No work. No school. No shopping. ICE out of MN now.
January 22, 2026 at 6:57 PM
We’re out here every day. Watching over our streets. Making sure our kids get to school safely. Delivering groceries to our neighbors. We’re doing everything we can to protect one another.
But it’s not enough. On Friday Jan 23, we shut MN down. No work. No school. No shopping. ICE out of MN now.
But it’s not enough. On Friday Jan 23, we shut MN down. No work. No school. No shopping. ICE out of MN now.
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We will bring the King's soldiers back to London for a fair trial because you can't trust those wily colonists
JD Vance: "I didn't say that officers who engaged in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity. That's absurd. What I did say is that when federal law enforcement officers violate the law that's typically something federal officials would look into. We don't want these guys to have kangaroo courts."
January 22, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We will bring the King's soldiers back to London for a fair trial because you can't trust those wily colonists
qatar's involvement here seems significant, though I'm not sure what it means
Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture
Exclusive: sources say powerful figures in the regime secretly pledged US and Qatari officials they would welcome Maduro’s departure
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:36 PM
qatar's involvement here seems significant, though I'm not sure what it means
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the answer to the question in the headline is no
Democrats need to embrace reform-minded education policies and pivot away from race and gender issues, the former Chicago mayor says.
Can Rahm Emanuel fix schools and the Democratic Party in one fell swoop?
Democrats need to embrace reform-minded education policies and pivot away from race and gender issues, the former Chicago mayor says.
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 3:55 PM
the answer to the question in the headline is no
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Political economy mates: can you suggest book reading on the political economy of Britain in the late 1980s to mid/end 1990s? Contemporary texts, or things written after, both are good. Thanks!
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Political economy mates: can you suggest book reading on the political economy of Britain in the late 1980s to mid/end 1990s? Contemporary texts, or things written after, both are good. Thanks!
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This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
This is insane not just the explicit "go break the 4A" substance but how they knew how bad it was, acting in guilty paranoia to cover it up and suppress the written evidence.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
This isn't how running a government agency works. This is what a criminal conspiracy looks like, because that's what it is.
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hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
Donate to Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment, organized by Gene Park
Hi, my name is Gene Park. I’m a games critic at The Washington Post, and I’… Gene Park needs your support for Support Gene Park's Cancer Surgery and Treatment
www.gofundme.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:44 AM
hey guys, just to confirm this is my fundraiser. i didn't want to ask for help, but i do need it.
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
my cancer is back. i am going through a lobectomy next week, the same surgery Walter White undergoes. i can't express how grateful i am. thank you so much everyone.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ge...
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.