John Jackson
@jpj.bsky.social
Historian of scientific racism. Here's how to find all my stuff: https://www.johnpjacksonjr.com/
When I visited the Linus Pauling papers at Oregon State I got to hold both of his Nobel prizes. That didn't mean I won the damn things.
January 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
When I visited the Linus Pauling papers at Oregon State I got to hold both of his Nobel prizes. That didn't mean I won the damn things.
Anyone who thinks UATX was not a right-wing project from the very start is naive. The evidence the author trots for the "diversity" of thought at the beginning sounds like the line from the Blues Brothers: "We like both kinds of music, country AND western!"
this is a rollicking great read
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
it's a story of a bunch of tenured idealists who believed that they were building a university dedicated to free speech and free inquiry, but then lost control of their project to... the right-wing megadonors who funded the university
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
www.politico.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Anyone who thinks UATX was not a right-wing project from the very start is naive. The evidence the author trots for the "diversity" of thought at the beginning sounds like the line from the Blues Brothers: "We like both kinds of music, country AND western!"
@pmpress.bsky.social is offering a free book, VENEZUELA SPEAKS! www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
Venezuela Speaks!: Voices From The Grassroots (e-Book)
Interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela's social movements. These interviews offer a compelling oral history of Venezuela's democratic revolution.
www.pmpress.org
January 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
@pmpress.bsky.social is offering a free book, VENEZUELA SPEAKS! www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=...
ICE has almost no legal authority to arrest US citizens. www.snopes.com/news/2026/01...
Can ICE arrest US citizens? Explaining agents' legal authority
Questions surrounding ICE's arrest powers resurfaced after an agent fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026.
www.snopes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
ICE has almost no legal authority to arrest US citizens. www.snopes.com/news/2026/01...
Minnesota "Nice" vs. ICE. ICE is losing. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
A Minneapolis Teacher Wants the Whole Country in the Streets
Dan Troccoli, a public middle-school teacher, says everyone should start “emulating” Minneapolis’s resistance to ICE and the Trump regime.
www.thenation.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Minnesota "Nice" vs. ICE. ICE is losing. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Why aren't the good MAGA folks of Texas demanding ICE come to their towns to crack down on "illegals?" Why aren't they complaining about the blue states getting all of ICE's "protection?" Why aren't they complaining about Trump favoring Democrat-run cities with his policies?
January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Why aren't the good MAGA folks of Texas demanding ICE come to their towns to crack down on "illegals?" Why aren't they complaining about the blue states getting all of ICE's "protection?" Why aren't they complaining about Trump favoring Democrat-run cities with his policies?
Well, it is better than the spaceships I drew when I was 13, I'll say that. www.openculture.com/2026/01/disc...
Discover Michelangelo’s First Painting, Created When He Was Only 12 or 13 Years Old
Think back, if you will, to the works of art you created at age twelve or thirteen. For many, perhaps most of us, our output at that stage of adolescence amounted to directionless doodles, chaotic com...
www.openculture.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Well, it is better than the spaceships I drew when I was 13, I'll say that. www.openculture.com/2026/01/disc...
Apparently all it takes to be an ICE agent is a pulse and a desire to beat and kill people. digbysblog.net/2026/01/14/c...
digbysblog.net
January 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Apparently all it takes to be an ICE agent is a pulse and a desire to beat and kill people. digbysblog.net/2026/01/14/c...
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To any ICE agents reading this who are from down south—you have never experienced anything like this cold. Our European climate equivalent is literally Stalingrad. It will hurt to breathe. You will be outside in it. So will we, but we are used to it.
Next week is what will break you.
Next week is what will break you.
We've lead charmed weather lives so far in January.
Temperatures are +5F to +10F across MN so far this month. 🌡️
We're about to be reminded what persistent cold and occasional snow feels like. ❄️
MSP could bottom out -10 to -20 next Tue.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Temperatures are +5F to +10F across MN so far this month. 🌡️
We're about to be reminded what persistent cold and occasional snow feels like. ❄️
MSP could bottom out -10 to -20 next Tue.
#mnwx
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Arctic cold and snow return to Minnesota
A pattern change brings much colder temperatures with occasional snow Thursday into the upcoming weekend.
www.mprnews.org
January 13, 2026 at 10:19 PM
To any ICE agents reading this who are from down south—you have never experienced anything like this cold. Our European climate equivalent is literally Stalingrad. It will hurt to breathe. You will be outside in it. So will we, but we are used to it.
Next week is what will break you.
Next week is what will break you.
digbysblog.net/2026/01/13/g.... Bill and Hil tell MAGA to fuck off.
digbysblog.net
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
digbysblog.net/2026/01/13/g.... Bill and Hil tell MAGA to fuck off.
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
January 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Hannity has a Fox reporter in Minneapolis talk to a random protester walking through the city who goes on to spit bars for 2 minutes
"It is manifest that the U.S. threat to use force to seize Greenland is unlawful." www.justsecurity.org/128581/the-n...
The North Atlantic Treaty and a U.S. Attack on Denmark
Would NATO have to defend Denmark if the United States attempted to seize Greenland forcibly? An analysis of NATO Article 5 obligations.
www.justsecurity.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
"It is manifest that the U.S. threat to use force to seize Greenland is unlawful." www.justsecurity.org/128581/the-n...
He died having made a great many people stupider than they otherwise would have been. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90
Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific comm...
www.yahoo.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:18 AM
He died having made a great many people stupider than they otherwise would have been. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
@catsaintcroix.bsky.social has made a perfect piece of protest art.
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
@catsaintcroix.bsky.social has made a perfect piece of protest art.
JFC people! I leave the internet and country for a week and things go to shit!
January 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
JFC people! I leave the internet and country for a week and things go to shit!
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The life and legacy of historian and author Dr. John Hope Franklin www.kut.org/life-arts/20...
The life and legacy of historian and author Dr. John Hope Franklin
Dr. John Hope Franklin is the author of From Slavery to Freedom
www.kut.org
January 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The life and legacy of historian and author Dr. John Hope Franklin www.kut.org/life-arts/20...
What is the difference between the Queen Mary 2 and the State of Iowa? Not as much as you might first think! jpj.bearblog.dev/travel-diary...
Travel Diary: On the Good Ship Queen Mary 2, Part 2
For Iowa, wherever I may find her.
I wasn't born in Iowa, but I grew up there. I've lived in nine of theses United States, but still consider Iowa my...
jpj.bearblog.dev
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
What is the difference between the Queen Mary 2 and the State of Iowa? Not as much as you might first think! jpj.bearblog.dev/travel-diary...
Evolutionary psychology is nonsense: Exhibit 9401. www.prosocial.world/posts/whats-...
What’s True About the Evolution of Men’s Greater Average Height?
Why men are taller than women may have nothing to do with testosterone—or sexual selection.
www.prosocial.world
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Evolutionary psychology is nonsense: Exhibit 9401. www.prosocial.world/posts/whats-...
Like trump, Melon Husk's empire is built on a foundation of bullshit. mashable.com/article/elon...
Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
mashable.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Like trump, Melon Husk's empire is built on a foundation of bullshit. mashable.com/article/elon...
"What you’re seeing is incompetence — frankly, the same incompetence we’ve seen from day one on Trump’s efforts to corral the Epstein conspiracy theories which his followers thrive." www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/26/m...
Much of Todd Blanche's Perceived Cover-Up Is Actually Incompetence - emptywheel
I have no doubt that Todd Blanche's actions will one day amount primarily to a cover-up — such as when he is eventually cornered about his actions to silence Ghislaine Maxwell. But thus far, the chaos...
www.emptywheel.net
December 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"What you’re seeing is incompetence — frankly, the same incompetence we’ve seen from day one on Trump’s efforts to corral the Epstein conspiracy theories which his followers thrive." www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/26/m...
The Heritage Foundation is a sinking rat. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
December 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Heritage Foundation is a sinking rat. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
The DoD pisses away billions and billions but we "can't afford" healthcare for our citizen. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
Pentagon fails financial audit for 8th year in a row
DOD is the only one of the government’s 24 major agencies never to pass.
www.militarytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The DoD pisses away billions and billions but we "can't afford" healthcare for our citizen. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
A law with no enforcement mechanism and an enforcer who would willingly break it if it were there. Our America, folks! thehill.com/policy/natio...
thehill.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A law with no enforcement mechanism and an enforcer who would willingly break it if it were there. Our America, folks! thehill.com/policy/natio...
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM