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The student gotchas might be the second most disruptive thing happening in higherEd. It’s the Heritage “debate me” model with the Turning Point edgelord leveling-up.
You know that OU student who was failed by her professor for getting all biblical in her paper? When you read the actual article she was assigned to respond to, it becomes pretty fucking clear that she didn't do the assignment. She didn't respond to it. She wrote her own bullshit.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The student gotchas might be the second most disruptive thing happening in higherEd. It’s the Heritage “debate me” model with the Turning Point edgelord leveling-up.
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They were still going to get some wins but it would have helped A LOT if we could have found the professional wherewithal to mock this.
This is why I've believed for decades that the ac response to this Turning Point type shit shld simply have addressed it on the merits (no evidence, no reasoning, no value) rather than entertaining their false premise of "intellectual diversity." Diversity doesn't mean incl what we know is wrong.
The student gotchas might be the second most disruptive thing happening in higherEd. It’s the Heritage “debate me” model with the Turning Point edgelord leveling-up.
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
They were still going to get some wins but it would have helped A LOT if we could have found the professional wherewithal to mock this.
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This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.
www.wweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It would be nice if @cnn.com acknowledged this story was broken last week by The Handbasket: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-emplo...
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is what you get when billionaires own the media. Support grassroots, independent media like Truthout if you can. truthout.org/donate/
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The more profane and blasphemous the shitheads running this country, the more they need to brandish their Christian bona fides via the sorts of activities @marisakabas.bsky.social documents here.
“There is a difference between being surrounded by a religion & having it foisted upon you. The efforts of the Trump administration are the latter, creating uncomfortable & unsafe working conditions for federal employees who either practice a religion that is not Christianity—or no religion at all.”
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The more profane and blasphemous the shitheads running this country, the more they need to brandish their Christian bona fides via the sorts of activities @marisakabas.bsky.social documents here.
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NEW — RFK Jr.’s HHS sent out a survey asking employees to report instances of anti-Christian bias during the Biden administration, and the Dept. of Labor announced its inaugural prayer service. These are just the latest instances of Trump’s extreme Christian creep within the federal government.
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
NEW — RFK Jr.’s HHS sent out a survey asking employees to report instances of anti-Christian bias during the Biden administration, and the Dept. of Labor announced its inaugural prayer service. These are just the latest instances of Trump’s extreme Christian creep within the federal government.
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since ryan disabled replies, i'll pose my question to him here: were you recording your conversations with olivia without her knowledge?
December 1, 2025 at 9:49 PM
since ryan disabled replies, i'll pose my question to him here: were you recording your conversations with olivia without her knowledge?
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they are doing it because they want to.
On Monday, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines over fears stemming from a July DOJ memo. The student journalists I spoke with yesterday told me that the decision was nonsensical and threatened their First Amendment rights.
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.alreporter.com/2025/12/03/u...
University of Alabama suspends two student magazines over DEI
The editors of the publications, which focus on women’s wellness and the Black student experience respectively, expressed shock at the decision.
www.alreporter.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
they are doing it because they want to.
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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Imagine if Senate and House Dems made a criminal referral to DOJ over Kushner’s corrupt involvement in these negotiations.
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Imagine if Senate and House Dems made a criminal referral to DOJ over Kushner’s corrupt involvement in these negotiations.
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No one would care about accommodations or most of the other problems, real or imagined, if top public university tuition was $5000/year. The public defunding & passing of costs onto families/students via tuition is at the root of the societal-wide panic about all things related to higher education.
As recently as the late 1980s, tuition at @uwmadison.bsky.social was <$1000/semester. In current dollars, that's about $2500/semester. There is one central reason for that: the . This was a choice. Other choices remain readily available.
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
No one would care about accommodations or most of the other problems, real or imagined, if top public university tuition was $5000/year. The public defunding & passing of costs onto families/students via tuition is at the root of the societal-wide panic about all things related to higher education.
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I’m so proud of Adrian and what he’s done with Project 1933, a project that has opened my eyes in ways that have challenged and surprised me. It’s been an honor to come along for the ride, and I’m so excited to see it in this next form.
So excited to finally get to share the news that PROJECT 1933 is going to be a book!!!
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m so proud of Adrian and what he’s done with Project 1933, a project that has opened my eyes in ways that have challenged and surprised me. It’s been an honor to come along for the ride, and I’m so excited to see it in this next form.
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Dictators around the world are celebrating today.
Trump just pardoned Henry Cuellar, the first member of Congress ever charged with acting as a foreign agent for a dictatorship, caught dead to rights working for Azerbaijan.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Trump just pardoned Henry Cuellar, the first member of Congress ever charged with acting as a foreign agent for a dictatorship, caught dead to rights working for Azerbaijan.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Trump pardons Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar
Cuellar and his wife were charged in 2024 with accepting $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Dictators around the world are celebrating today.
Trump just pardoned Henry Cuellar, the first member of Congress ever charged with acting as a foreign agent for a dictatorship, caught dead to rights working for Azerbaijan.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Trump just pardoned Henry Cuellar, the first member of Congress ever charged with acting as a foreign agent for a dictatorship, caught dead to rights working for Azerbaijan.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Winning makes soft liberals complacent. They think their job is done.
This is very good, obviously, but I hope it doesn't make people complacent and think they don't have to do anything anymore. This is far from over and might take a generation (or more) to fix.
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Winning makes soft liberals complacent. They think their job is done.
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How could anyone interview this person as if she is going to convey any actual information? All she does is lie. Any interview with her should just be: "You're a liar. Why do you lie all the time?"
BERMAN: The individual suspected of killing a National Guard members was granted asylum by the Trump administration. How did that happen?
McLAUGHLIN: We inherited from Biden ...
BERMAN: But what did you guys do?
McLAUGHLIN: But Biden ...
McLAUGHLIN: We inherited from Biden ...
BERMAN: But what did you guys do?
McLAUGHLIN: But Biden ...
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How could anyone interview this person as if she is going to convey any actual information? All she does is lie. Any interview with her should just be: "You're a liar. Why do you lie all the time?"
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There ain't a corrupt politician this man won't pardon.
His belief that powerful people should get away with crimes is not the kind of bipartisanship we need.
His belief that powerful people should get away with crimes is not the kind of bipartisanship we need.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
There ain't a corrupt politician this man won't pardon.
His belief that powerful people should get away with crimes is not the kind of bipartisanship we need.
His belief that powerful people should get away with crimes is not the kind of bipartisanship we need.
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very funny that hours after this was published trump issued another corrupt pardon
wrote about the problem of the pardon power (gift link)
Opinion | Guess Which Presidential Power Trump Likes the Most
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
very funny that hours after this was published trump issued another corrupt pardon
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Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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ICYMI yesterday's great decision by Judge Howell.
Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
ICYMI yesterday's great decision by Judge Howell.
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"All these arguments about child-rearing, women, and relationships aren’t really about families or children at all. They’re about controlling women. And choosing not to bear children—or being unable to—makes women less vulnerable to those who would like to have power over them."
Trump's denigration of women is part of the authoritarian playbook. Here's how to stop it.
TikTok video by degenerateartnews
www.tiktok.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"All these arguments about child-rearing, women, and relationships aren’t really about families or children at all. They’re about controlling women. And choosing not to bear children—or being unable to—makes women less vulnerable to those who would like to have power over them."
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.