R F Kennedy (not Jr.)
@kataplexis.bsky.social
Ancient Historian and Professor. First gen, public school, state college kid teaching at a SLAC. PhD OSU, BA UCSD. “Come on down here, third string. Let me show you how outclassed you are.” ~Full Metal Alchemist
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Space science and exploration, with Dr Sally Ride
Biblical and American Law
History of opera
A ton of Ancient Greek
History of opera
Statistics
Biblical and American Law
History of opera
A ton of Ancient Greek
History of opera
Statistics
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1) Epistemology
2) Euripides
3) History of Rock Music
4) Dead Sea Scrolls & Apocrypha
5) Twentieth Century US Political History with @rauchway.bsky.social
1) Epistemology
2) Euripides
3) History of Rock Music
4) Dead Sea Scrolls & Apocrypha
5) Twentieth Century US Political History with @rauchway.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Space science and exploration, with Dr Sally Ride
Biblical and American Law
History of opera
A ton of Ancient Greek
History of opera
Statistics
Biblical and American Law
History of opera
A ton of Ancient Greek
History of opera
Statistics
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January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
But, but...CENSORSHIP
Breaking News: Texas A&M ended its women’s studies program and changed hundreds of courses over race and gender to comply with new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms.
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Hundreds of Classes on Race and Gender
New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
But, but...CENSORSHIP
Ha ha. perfect.
Chris Rufo: "Unfortunately the Caucasian sub-races are failing Trump too. Members of the Alpine race have appeared at protests. The Dinaric race. The Irano-Afghan race -- don't get me started. Those East Baltics? Pfft. And for fuck's sake, what are the members of the Mediterranean race doing?!"
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Ha ha. perfect.
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Independent journalist Georgia Fort was also arrested by federal agents earlier for reporting on the church protest in Minneapolis. She was live streaming when agents arrived to take her into custody.
January 30, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
The charges against Don Lemon are ridiculous. He’s a target because he’s black, because he’s media, and because he’s a Trump critic, and because Trump and his minions cannot accept any dissent. It’s deeply pathetic, unamerican, and lawless.
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Ancient Women, Modern Crime: How Etruscan Women Were Trafficked Across the World art-crime.blogspot.com/2026/01/anci...
Ancient Women, Modern Crime: How Etruscan Women Were Trafficked Across the World
"A blog about art crimes, illicit trafficking, forgery, art theft and cultural heritage protection."
art-crime.blogspot.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Ancient Women, Modern Crime: How Etruscan Women Were Trafficked Across the World art-crime.blogspot.com/2026/01/anci...
Jobs I've gotten paid for:
department store gift wrapper (perfumes)
restaurant hostess/cashier
line cook
waitress/bartender
copy editor for pharmacy handbook
law firm archives
research assistant (epigraphy)
museum director (!)
teacher/professor
department store gift wrapper (perfumes)
restaurant hostess/cashier
line cook
waitress/bartender
copy editor for pharmacy handbook
law firm archives
research assistant (epigraphy)
museum director (!)
teacher/professor
PR writer for humanities, arts and religion, U of Chicago
Busboy at the Greenery, old Chicago downtown restaurant
Kelly Girl (temp secretary)
Production assistant for First Comics (Elric, Nexus, the Badger)
Production assistant, Hyde Park Herald
Busboy at the Greenery, old Chicago downtown restaurant
Kelly Girl (temp secretary)
Production assistant for First Comics (Elric, Nexus, the Badger)
Production assistant, Hyde Park Herald
Five jobs I’ve had:
- Customer service agent for (many) call centres
- Prep cook
- Tim Hortons counter attendant
- Hotel front desk agent
- Staffing clerk at a hospital
- Customer service agent for (many) call centres
- Prep cook
- Tim Hortons counter attendant
- Hotel front desk agent
- Staffing clerk at a hospital
January 30, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Jobs I've gotten paid for:
department store gift wrapper (perfumes)
restaurant hostess/cashier
line cook
waitress/bartender
copy editor for pharmacy handbook
law firm archives
research assistant (epigraphy)
museum director (!)
teacher/professor
department store gift wrapper (perfumes)
restaurant hostess/cashier
line cook
waitress/bartender
copy editor for pharmacy handbook
law firm archives
research assistant (epigraphy)
museum director (!)
teacher/professor
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Eight hours after Homan's press conference, my kids' school went into code yellow and were held inside past release time because of ICE vehicles in the area. Maybe they were just looking to abduct children in a more professional, targeted manner, though.
January 30, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Eight hours after Homan's press conference, my kids' school went into code yellow and were held inside past release time because of ICE vehicles in the area. Maybe they were just looking to abduct children in a more professional, targeted manner, though.
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Seems like a good video for his trial
January 29, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Seems like a good video for his trial
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The National Museum of Asian Art is returning three bronzes to the Indian government after extensive provenance research indicated that the objects were removed from their original sites illegally. https://wapo.st/4pY1tpr
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The National Museum of Asian Art is returning three bronzes to the Indian government after extensive provenance research indicated that the objects were removed from their original sites illegally. https://wapo.st/4pY1tpr
Every once in awhile Aristotle comes up with a banger: "In human life well pretty much a majority of deliberate wrongdoing comes through ambition and love of money." (Politics 1271a17-8). He's writing about the unaccountable council of elders (gerousia) in Sparta.
January 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Every once in awhile Aristotle comes up with a banger: "In human life well pretty much a majority of deliberate wrongdoing comes through ambition and love of money." (Politics 1271a17-8). He's writing about the unaccountable council of elders (gerousia) in Sparta.
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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JD Vance's strategy for succeeding Trump as head of the MAGA movement is predicated on retaining and exciting the support of violent Nazis all around the US. That's what makes his Holocaust commemoration so unique.
January 28, 2026 at 1:08 AM
JD Vance's strategy for succeeding Trump as head of the MAGA movement is predicated on retaining and exciting the support of violent Nazis all around the US. That's what makes his Holocaust commemoration so unique.
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(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM
(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
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"We are concerned about the clashes between protestors and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. But we believe that confrontations with police are sometimes necessary to effect change. Provided the change in question is something positive, like overturning the results of an election."
We Support Protesting Against Any Authoritarian Government Except Our Own
“President Trump called on Iranians on Tuesday to keep protesting against their government and warned that those responsible for killing demonstrat...
buff.ly
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"We are concerned about the clashes between protestors and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. But we believe that confrontations with police are sometimes necessary to effect change. Provided the change in question is something positive, like overturning the results of an election."
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told his officers that they have a duty to intervene if they see ICE committing crimes and will be fired if they don't. We need a lot more of this.
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
www.ms.now/news/minneap...
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After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.
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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Excellent by Adam Serwer.
I’d add: How many pseudo-deep commentators, typically MAGA-excusing, go on about liberalism’s lack of community, character, and moral virtue? Then MN features a truly striking demonstration of just these qualities by modern liberals. Reaction: crickets.
I’d add: How many pseudo-deep commentators, typically MAGA-excusing, go on about liberalism’s lack of community, character, and moral virtue? Then MN features a truly striking demonstration of just these qualities by modern liberals. Reaction: crickets.
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 28, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Excellent by Adam Serwer.
I’d add: How many pseudo-deep commentators, typically MAGA-excusing, go on about liberalism’s lack of community, character, and moral virtue? Then MN features a truly striking demonstration of just these qualities by modern liberals. Reaction: crickets.
I’d add: How many pseudo-deep commentators, typically MAGA-excusing, go on about liberalism’s lack of community, character, and moral virtue? Then MN features a truly striking demonstration of just these qualities by modern liberals. Reaction: crickets.
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If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
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Getting rid of Miller would be very good for the future of this country and the planet. Maybe all the planets.
Genuinely interesting. Kristi Noem is snitching that Stephen Miller is the one who made up the bullshit about Alex Pretti.
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
It would be genuinely useful if Congress can get her to admit that he has been dictating ALL OF THIS just like he dictated the murderboats.
www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...
January 27, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Getting rid of Miller would be very good for the future of this country and the planet. Maybe all the planets.
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Two officers fired their guns during the fatal encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend, according to an initial report to Congress from the Department of Homeland Security reviewed by CNN. https://cnn.it/3NAFiZd
January 27, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Two officers fired their guns during the fatal encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis over the weekend, according to an initial report to Congress from the Department of Homeland Security reviewed by CNN. https://cnn.it/3NAFiZd
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Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
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Every accusation is a confession. Of *course* Miller would claim that Pretti wanted to massacre agents: Slaughtering one’s political opponents (or at least making such slaughter a credible threat) is why Republicans amass guns at such an alarming rate.
SCOOP: Trump aide Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that slain Minn. protester wanted to "massacre" agents
Scoop: Trump aide Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that slain Minn. protester wanted to "massacre" agents
The episode illustrates the sheer power of Miller, Trump's close and longest-serving political adviser
trib.al
January 27, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Every accusation is a confession. Of *course* Miller would claim that Pretti wanted to massacre agents: Slaughtering one’s political opponents (or at least making such slaughter a credible threat) is why Republicans amass guns at such an alarming rate.