Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦
@michaelhendricks.bsky.social
Biologist, McGill University
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Love how Chatterton is like "yes Bruenig is right and Savage is wrong but this demonstrably false phenomenon feels true to me."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Love how Chatterton is like "yes Bruenig is right and Savage is wrong but this demonstrably false phenomenon feels true to me."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
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NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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This is what it took to shame Kristi Noem into letting an Irish green card holder who bouncing $80 in 2 checks 10 years ago free after 5 months in detention:
A veteran, Trump-voting spouse
9 US descendants
Letter signed by 18 Senators
30 character witnesses
www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-...
A veteran, Trump-voting spouse
9 US descendants
Letter signed by 18 Senators
30 character witnesses
www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-...
ICE Releases Grandma With Green Card After 5 Months in Time for Christmas
Donna Hughes Brown's case was highlighted during a hearing with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.
www.star-telegram.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is what it took to shame Kristi Noem into letting an Irish green card holder who bouncing $80 in 2 checks 10 years ago free after 5 months in detention:
A veteran, Trump-voting spouse
9 US descendants
Letter signed by 18 Senators
30 character witnesses
www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-...
A veteran, Trump-voting spouse
9 US descendants
Letter signed by 18 Senators
30 character witnesses
www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-...
Two simple changes to improve Montreal traffic and road safety:
1. Congestion pricing
2. Ban vehicles with >4 wheels from most city streets (with obvious exceptions). A lot of our traffic and safety problems arise from massive trucks blocking and limiting visibility on 1-2 lane streets.
1. Congestion pricing
2. Ban vehicles with >4 wheels from most city streets (with obvious exceptions). A lot of our traffic and safety problems arise from massive trucks blocking and limiting visibility on 1-2 lane streets.
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Two simple changes to improve Montreal traffic and road safety:
1. Congestion pricing
2. Ban vehicles with >4 wheels from most city streets (with obvious exceptions). A lot of our traffic and safety problems arise from massive trucks blocking and limiting visibility on 1-2 lane streets.
1. Congestion pricing
2. Ban vehicles with >4 wheels from most city streets (with obvious exceptions). A lot of our traffic and safety problems arise from massive trucks blocking and limiting visibility on 1-2 lane streets.
"...the whole affair neatly encapsulates the bizarre anti-free-speech free-speech discourse of the past decade, the purpose of which has been to justify restricting any speech that conservatives disapprove of while framing liberal censoriousness as equivalent to state censorship."
The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"...the whole affair neatly encapsulates the bizarre anti-free-speech free-speech discourse of the past decade, the purpose of which has been to justify restricting any speech that conservatives disapprove of while framing liberal censoriousness as equivalent to state censorship."
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The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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One of the most important books I've read this year, from
@adambecker.bsky.social.
It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"
But it's critical to realize that they are.
@adambecker.bsky.social.
It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"
But it's critical to realize that they are.
12. @adambecker.bsky.social is a science journalist and author of MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley’s Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity, a book that chronicles the stew of nonsense that informs and motivates many of tech’s leaders.
Adam Becker Takes Aim at Silicon Valley Nonsense | TechPolicy.Press
In a new book, the science journalist Adam Becker skewers the more outlandish ideas and motivations in the tech industry.
www.techpolicy.press
December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
One of the most important books I've read this year, from
@adambecker.bsky.social.
It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"
But it's critical to realize that they are.
@adambecker.bsky.social.
It's a devastating read at times—you'll find yourself shouting at the book "how can they be that goddamn crazy???!!!"
But it's critical to realize that they are.
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started / going
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
started / going
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Think the marriage of convenience between the Israeli right and the historically antisemitic global far-right has been bad for Diaspora Jews? Wait until you see the divorce.
Kelly said the Republican party, especially the youth, are changing their opinion about Israel
That there was a time when you weren't allowed to question Israel and she's sick of it
That she doesn't think Israel killed Kirk but she supports Candace Owens asking those questions
That there was a time when you weren't allowed to question Israel and she's sick of it
That she doesn't think Israel killed Kirk but she supports Candace Owens asking those questions
December 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Think the marriage of convenience between the Israeli right and the historically antisemitic global far-right has been bad for Diaspora Jews? Wait until you see the divorce.
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These are people who war against all human virtue, against dignity, against creativity, against humanity itself, wherever they find it and inside themselves most of all.
They'll tell you if you listen to them.
And if you won't listen, they'll force you to.
www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
They'll tell you if you listen to them.
And if you won't listen, they'll force you to.
www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
The Crime of Human Virtue
Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.
www.the-reframe.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
These are people who war against all human virtue, against dignity, against creativity, against humanity itself, wherever they find it and inside themselves most of all.
They'll tell you if you listen to them.
And if you won't listen, they'll force you to.
www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
They'll tell you if you listen to them.
And if you won't listen, they'll force you to.
www.the-reframe.com/the-crime-of...
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So fascists love brutality, not because it creates safety & security & plenty, but because it creates danger & uncertainty & lack.
Creating something of value is a threat to those who create nothing and deliver only theft.
But if you hold power despite creating nothing but pain, you dominate.
Creating something of value is a threat to those who create nothing and deliver only theft.
But if you hold power despite creating nothing but pain, you dominate.
December 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
So fascists love brutality, not because it creates safety & security & plenty, but because it creates danger & uncertainty & lack.
Creating something of value is a threat to those who create nothing and deliver only theft.
But if you hold power despite creating nothing but pain, you dominate.
Creating something of value is a threat to those who create nothing and deliver only theft.
But if you hold power despite creating nothing but pain, you dominate.
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I think this is why fascists love AI art, not because it is good, but because it is bad. Not because it is original, but because it is stolen.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I think this is why fascists love AI art, not because it is good, but because it is bad. Not because it is original, but because it is stolen.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
To make art as an expression of skill and craft and humanity reinforces humanity.
To push a button that steals art and call it your own is domination.
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A person who lives according to a truth you've told may have been compelled by the truth, not you.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
December 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A person who lives according to a truth you've told may have been compelled by the truth, not you.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
But to force a person to live according to your lie means you are the one who compelled them.
The more obvious the lie, the more obvious your domination.
So fascists prefer obvious lies.
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The lack of empirical evidence in the “anti-conservative bias in higher education” panic is really striking.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The lack of empirical evidence in the “anti-conservative bias in higher education” panic is really striking.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
We’ve had more than a decade of elite consternation about this so-called crisis based on a handful of anecdotes.
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Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
December 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers.
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
"These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources."
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But yes the short version is this is a right wing signifier implemented by corporate czars who sit on public university boards for LinkedIN clout making an administratively clunky decree by political fiat. they feel immune from public pressure because we don’t know how to apply any.
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
But yes the short version is this is a right wing signifier implemented by corporate czars who sit on public university boards for LinkedIN clout making an administratively clunky decree by political fiat. they feel immune from public pressure because we don’t know how to apply any.
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It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.
We know the students don’t read the syllabuses. So who will? Right-wing activists looking for excuses to hound profs.
December 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
It’s the entire point. There’s no plan to make this meaningful for students. No plan to use it administratively. Its design and implementation signals its only real intent. It’s best and easiest use case is for systematic harassment and to scare faculty into complying in advance.
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Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
When it's somewhere else, we tend to agree it's bad when governments pick who universities should hire and in what research areas. When it's here, we fall all over ourselves weeping tears of gratitude, chanting "excellence" in unison between sobs.
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
When it's somewhere else, we tend to agree it's bad when governments pick who universities should hire and in what research areas. When it's here, we fall all over ourselves weeping tears of gratitude, chanting "excellence" in unison between sobs.
Govt falls over itself to coddle forestry, mining, etc, which are no more economically valuable to Canada than international education, while underfunding universities and treating international students as a policy failure rather than one of the country’s most successful exports.
Incredible that an activity bringing $35–40B per year into Canada through tuition and living expenses and generating $7–8B tax revenue while also supplying Canada with an enormous pool of skilled talent is treated like gum on the government’s shoe.
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Govt falls over itself to coddle forestry, mining, etc, which are no more economically valuable to Canada than international education, while underfunding universities and treating international students as a policy failure rather than one of the country’s most successful exports.
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For decades we had a bipartisan and evidence-based consensus that relatively high rates of immigration was a good thing. Now destroyed. We are colossal idiots.
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
For decades we had a bipartisan and evidence-based consensus that relatively high rates of immigration was a good thing. Now destroyed. We are colossal idiots.
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I have ZERO problem with Canada clawing back the abused Temporary Foreign Worker program, by the way. Some of these cuts to temporary immigration were necessary. But we have completely shot ourselves in the foot by slamming the door so hard on international students. Absolutely foolish.
December 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I have ZERO problem with Canada clawing back the abused Temporary Foreign Worker program, by the way. Some of these cuts to temporary immigration were necessary. But we have completely shot ourselves in the foot by slamming the door so hard on international students. Absolutely foolish.