Mike Parsons, PhD
@mmparsons.bsky.social
@Marist and @WakeComm alumnus. @OhioCOMS Ph.D.
Communication nerd.
#603Love
Communication nerd.
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The rhetoric has been about training students for the economy of tomorrow. Yet when employers always, *always*, year after year, say they want their workers trained in the skills that Humanities and Social Sciences teach, somehow that never turns into more investment in those programs.
From today's Chronicle of Higher Ed briefing. I am *never* an advocate of cutting programs. But I am curious to see if there will be the same type of "students aren't majoring in this, so let's cut the program" discourse around computer science as there always is for the arts and humanities.
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The rhetoric has been about training students for the economy of tomorrow. Yet when employers always, *always*, year after year, say they want their workers trained in the skills that Humanities and Social Sciences teach, somehow that never turns into more investment in those programs.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
Now I believe even less that @shaheen.senate.gov was hearing from constituents that they wanted her to "work together to address the problems that are facing this country."
Her daughter hates this deal. As she should. Her mother is destroying her own political legacy, and she wants none of it.
Her daughter hates this deal. As she should. Her mother is destroying her own political legacy, and she wants none of it.
Improving health care has been the cause of my life. It’s why I am running for congress. So I cannot support this deal when Speaker Johnson refuses to even allow a vote to extend health care tax credits. My statement:
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Now I believe even less that @shaheen.senate.gov was hearing from constituents that they wanted her to "work together to address the problems that are facing this country."
Her daughter hates this deal. As she should. Her mother is destroying her own political legacy, and she wants none of it.
Her daughter hates this deal. As she should. Her mother is destroying her own political legacy, and she wants none of it.
"Now that we've given up our only bargaining chip, we're looking forward to starting to bargain."
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"Now that we've given up our only bargaining chip, we're looking forward to starting to bargain."
This is the whole thing in a nutshell.
Dem leadership doesn't understand the rules of the fight they're in, doesn't understand why they're supposed to be fighting it, and doesn't see the consequences of walking off the field.
Losers, every one of them.
Dem leadership doesn't understand the rules of the fight they're in, doesn't understand why they're supposed to be fighting it, and doesn't see the consequences of walking off the field.
Losers, every one of them.
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is the whole thing in a nutshell.
Dem leadership doesn't understand the rules of the fight they're in, doesn't understand why they're supposed to be fighting it, and doesn't see the consequences of walking off the field.
Losers, every one of them.
Dem leadership doesn't understand the rules of the fight they're in, doesn't understand why they're supposed to be fighting it, and doesn't see the consequences of walking off the field.
Losers, every one of them.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is not what they actually say. This is what they used to say, in the long ago before times when Shaheen learned to do politics. There is no kumbaya median voter anymore. The question you get knocking doors is not "why can't you all just work together?" it's "why didn't / will you fight harder?
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
Shaheen has been such a disappointment for the last 10 months. Absolute capitulation, day after day.
What a way to end one of the most impressive political careers in New Hampshire history: Doing Trump's bidding every chance she gets.
What a way to end one of the most impressive political careers in New Hampshire history: Doing Trump's bidding every chance she gets.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.)
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Maggie Hassan (N.H.)
Sens. Jacky Rosen (Nev.),
Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), Mark Kelly (Ariz.),
Jon Ossoff (Ga.),
Gary Peters (Mich.) Dick Durbin (Ill.)
the Democrats who are are considered by R's as possible “yes” votes for the deal.
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
If you're represented by one of the squishier centrists, be sure to make a call. Now.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Shaheen has been such a disappointment for the last 10 months. Absolute capitulation, day after day.
What a way to end one of the most impressive political careers in New Hampshire history: Doing Trump's bidding every chance she gets.
What a way to end one of the most impressive political careers in New Hampshire history: Doing Trump's bidding every chance she gets.
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Hey, Trump is 25-in-a-row on emergency appeals. Awesome. Love this Supreme Court.
>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order...
Ok, didn't see that part coming.
>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order...
Ok, didn't see that part coming.
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments during the government shutdown.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Hey, Trump is 25-in-a-row on emergency appeals. Awesome. Love this Supreme Court.
>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order...
Ok, didn't see that part coming.
>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order...
Ok, didn't see that part coming.
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
Grand Theft Auto and Kidnapping, which I guarantee are both still illegal in California.
There will be a reckoning for this shit someday.
There will be a reckoning for this shit someday.
LA: “They took a US citizen father out and left a toddler in the backseat. Two heavily armed border patrol agents got in that car and drove the child and the vehicle away.”
What are we doing?
What are we doing?
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Grand Theft Auto and Kidnapping, which I guarantee are both still illegal in California.
There will be a reckoning for this shit someday.
There will be a reckoning for this shit someday.
A 13-point shift to the left would have resulted in 50-55 more Dem House Reps in 2024, and 6 more Democratic Senators (including wins in TX and FL), giving them the majority there, too.
Of course 2026 is an entirely different election, but these are pants-shitting results for the GOP.
Of course 2026 is an entirely different election, but these are pants-shitting results for the GOP.
“.. There were no counties or cities (as of writing) that moved right relative to four years ago. On average, they instead moved 13 points to the left.”
@pbump.com #Virginia
www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...
@pbump.com #Virginia
www.pbump.net/o/what-chang...
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A 13-point shift to the left would have resulted in 50-55 more Dem House Reps in 2024, and 6 more Democratic Senators (including wins in TX and FL), giving them the majority there, too.
Of course 2026 is an entirely different election, but these are pants-shitting results for the GOP.
Of course 2026 is an entirely different election, but these are pants-shitting results for the GOP.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Trump tries to build a fake wall of inevitability around everything he does.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
Today, voters - literally from sea to shining sea - broke through all that, and this is just the beginning.
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this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.
Apropos of nothing, Sports Illustrated used to run a little blurb every week entitled “this week’s sign that the apocalypse is upon us.”
What happens when you distill 2025 into a single social media post?
This.
This is what you get.
This.
This is what you get.
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Apropos of nothing, Sports Illustrated used to run a little blurb every week entitled “this week’s sign that the apocalypse is upon us.”
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Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.