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Modern Day Bartleby
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Former Clevelander, STL, SF now Tokyoite
He/Him/They/Them
#NowWithALT Creator
https://moderndaybartleby.wordpress.com/2024/08/16/nowwithalt/
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I fear that we slowly reach a point here where the narrative is that we are "geniuses" that need to receive money from the state to think and change the world. That sounds like Silicon Valley entitlement to me.
I teach, I research and I write because I like my job. That's why I want to keep one.
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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IAM, Nés sous la même étoile: "No one draws the same hand. The cradle lifts the veil [...]; Too bad, we weren’t born under the same star"

From France’s best-selling rap album of all times, and the opening lines of my PhD dissertation

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn_U...
🇺🇸🇬🇧: tinyurl.com/IAMtranslate
IAM - Nés sous la même étoile (Clip officiel) [HD]
YouTube video by IAM Officiel
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November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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OK, #socsky, I'm looking for songs about intergenerational mobility (up or down) or class reproduction.

E.g., Whiskeytown's Jacksonville Skyline ("I was born in an abundance of inherited sadness"). Or, in a lighter vein, Musgraves' "Merry Go-Round."

Examples notwithstanding, the genre is open.
November 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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You can always tell an athlete is in that Searching For Answers stage when you see evidence that they have been cupping.

Which is why I’m worried about Hoshoryu.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Anytime I mention this story theres a few dozen people who never heard about it, so for those unaware
Tesla engineer was concerned about known thermal runaway problems in the batteries, elon and his head of security concoted a mass shooter threat pretending to be him, leaked it to the press and got a bolo issued to tried to get him swatted, Elon then stiffed his head of security
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Who uses SNAP?

My friend, who works, raising 5 kids, husband bailed and won’t pay child support

My neighbor battling cancer and her life-saving meds are so expensive, she chooses between meds or food

My friend who’s a vet and struggles with mental health issues.

Not one of them chose this.
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate of epistemic irresponsibility
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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There has never been any question about this, it has been Johnson's stated position this whole time, and it's what House rules and precedents unambiguously require. Seating new members takes automatic priority over any other business. They've only been delaying by not doing any business at all.
BREAKING via Punchbowl

“Speaker Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) before the House votes on a government funding package, according to sources familiar with the planning.“
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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This story is bonkers

archive.is/csVPb
November 6, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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An ad by the “we summarize books so you don’t have to read them” company.
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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For My Friends, Everything …

Let the record show that President Donald Trump issued mass preemptive pardons to those involved in his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 elec...
Trump Completes Jan. 6 Autocoup With Mass Preemptive Pardons
For My Friends, Everything … Let the record show that President Donald...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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The CFPB was created. The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate it, despite the fact that Congress has passed no law enabling it to do so.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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OUT NOW: We’re joined by @peltzmadeline.bsky.social for a check-in on Erika Kirk and TPUSA, the right-wing media ecosystem that’s aimed at teen girls, and “tradwife” influencers.

Available wherever you get your podcasts!

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052: The Tradwife Influencers Who Want Your Daughters Young and Fertile feat. Madeline Peltz | Posting Through It
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November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage.

The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘Sold POTUS a bill of goods’: WH furious with Pulte over 50-year mortgage
The White House was blindsided by the idea and is now dealing with a furious backlash from conservative allies, business leaders and lawmakers.
www.politico.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate of white supremacists
U.S. President Donald Trump says that his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted. Those claims have been widely rejected.
https://to.pbs.org/4nPnWEf
How Trump's support for white South Africans led to a U.S. boycott of the G20 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump says his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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U.S. President Donald Trump says that his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted. Those claims have been widely rejected.
https://to.pbs.org/4nPnWEf
How Trump's support for white South Africans led to a U.S. boycott of the G20 summit
U.S. President Donald Trump says his government will boycott the Group of 20 summit this month in South Africa over his claims that a white minority group there is being violently persecuted.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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We followed a court order and worked quickly to make sure that nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites who rely on FoodShare, including about 270,000 kids, had food to eat.

Now, President Trump wants to yank that money away from hungry kids, families, and seniors in Wisconsin? Hell no.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The Profa Republican Party is an international crime syndicate
"Orbán counts on Trump going full Argentina to save him from election doom" www.politico.eu/article/hung...
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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"Orbán counts on Trump going full Argentina to save him from election doom" www.politico.eu/article/hung...
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM