@significantdot.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Yes, hopefully they have shown that they are absolutely worth funding with how they brought the country together to support them.
And serious respect to Canada - they've been superb this tournament, they took New Zealand to the cleaners and pushed England hard in the final. Let's hope they don't have to crowdfund their next campaign.
September 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes, hopefully they have shown that they are absolutely worth funding with how they brought the country together to support them.
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The "right" holds a near-monopoly on politically motivated murders in the United States. Here is a map compiled by the Anti-Defamation League, showing right-wing political murders from 2002 to now.
#ADL
#PoliticalViolence
#signalboost
#fascism
#ADL
#PoliticalViolence
#signalboost
#fascism
September 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The "right" holds a near-monopoly on politically motivated murders in the United States. Here is a map compiled by the Anti-Defamation League, showing right-wing political murders from 2002 to now.
#ADL
#PoliticalViolence
#signalboost
#fascism
#ADL
#PoliticalViolence
#signalboost
#fascism
Exactly David Brooks:
"The humanities, which teach us what goes on in the minds of other people, have become marginalized."
Such a good definition of humanities.
Also why it is essential to teach people to be good humans, not just preparing them for their careers.
"The humanities, which teach us what goes on in the minds of other people, have become marginalized."
Such a good definition of humanities.
Also why it is essential to teach people to be good humans, not just preparing them for their careers.
September 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Exactly David Brooks:
"The humanities, which teach us what goes on in the minds of other people, have become marginalized."
Such a good definition of humanities.
Also why it is essential to teach people to be good humans, not just preparing them for their careers.
"The humanities, which teach us what goes on in the minds of other people, have become marginalized."
Such a good definition of humanities.
Also why it is essential to teach people to be good humans, not just preparing them for their careers.
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don't underestimate how daunting this task will be, two centuries from now after the internet is gone, when all the data we unquestionably put in the cloud evaporated, the silicon-based electronic storage devices degraded or lost, Windows, Linux and Python languages dead and forgotten
in the 23rd century historians are going to need have their Routledge Handbook of 21st-Century Internet Memes, their Cambridge Companion to 4Chan, and their Oxford Guidebook to Computer Gaming Culture handy to make sense of the rise of American fascism and the fall of the United States
September 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
don't underestimate how daunting this task will be, two centuries from now after the internet is gone, when all the data we unquestionably put in the cloud evaporated, the silicon-based electronic storage devices degraded or lost, Windows, Linux and Python languages dead and forgotten
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Aaasnd flags ordered to half staff. Never did this for the Minnesota lawmakers.
September 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Aaasnd flags ordered to half staff. Never did this for the Minnesota lawmakers.
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I am biased because he was a great colleague at grad school but I do think @hamremar.bsky.social "Fascists of the World, Unite?" is a very important contribution to debates about fascism internationalism in history and politics today. Do check it out and order it in your libraries.
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I am biased because he was a great colleague at grad school but I do think @hamremar.bsky.social "Fascists of the World, Unite?" is a very important contribution to debates about fascism internationalism in history and politics today. Do check it out and order it in your libraries.
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“I’m sure the incipient authoritarian order will only smite my enemies and bring about all I desire with no bad side effects” is sadly a reoccurring popular delusion across many cultures and time periods.
September 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“I’m sure the incipient authoritarian order will only smite my enemies and bring about all I desire with no bad side effects” is sadly a reoccurring popular delusion across many cultures and time periods.
Just started this after listening to his interview on the new books network. Sounds fascinating.
#HistBookChat
#HistBookChat
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Just started this after listening to his interview on the new books network. Sounds fascinating.
#HistBookChat
#HistBookChat
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Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.
Floridians are taking pictures of themselves next to the sign for their new death camp
As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible
As I've said before, giving this concentration camp a cutesy name is reprehensible
July 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.
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This is one of the receipts to keep when everyone claims they didn’t know/didn’t mean it. Alligator Island is a concentration camp.
July 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is one of the receipts to keep when everyone claims they didn’t know/didn’t mean it. Alligator Island is a concentration camp.
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They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
June 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They have made the world living hell for no reason whatsoever. People will ask why this happened in a decade and there will be tremendous effort to make it more complicated than “they were evil, stupid, and bored”
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AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
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You will ask yourself—does anything matter? You will wonder if the protests mean anything, if resistance means anything.
It does. They do. I know how it feels, but don’t give up. It took a decade to oust Nazis. Many, many decades to end slavery. Resistance is long and difficult. But it is the way.
It does. They do. I know how it feels, but don’t give up. It took a decade to oust Nazis. Many, many decades to end slavery. Resistance is long and difficult. But it is the way.
June 22, 2025 at 3:47 AM
You will ask yourself—does anything matter? You will wonder if the protests mean anything, if resistance means anything.
It does. They do. I know how it feels, but don’t give up. It took a decade to oust Nazis. Many, many decades to end slavery. Resistance is long and difficult. But it is the way.
It does. They do. I know how it feels, but don’t give up. It took a decade to oust Nazis. Many, many decades to end slavery. Resistance is long and difficult. But it is the way.
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Five things to remember about war:
June 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Five things to remember about war:
An excellent idea
With the arrival of June comes the launch of #AHAReads, our fourth annual summer reading challenge! What are you reading? 🗃️
AHA Reads - AHA
In these chaotic times, we’re feeling the need to escape. And what better way is there to forget about the present than by diving into a good book about the past? So we invite you to participate in th...
www.historians.org
June 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
An excellent idea
Ahahahahha
The straightest thing you can do as a man is to think a lot about two other guys' balls.
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Ahahahahha
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If there were a confirmation hearing, the first question from a Democrat would be "What does the Librarian of Congress do?," which is why there won't be a confirmation hearing.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.
Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.
www.npr.org
May 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
If there were a confirmation hearing, the first question from a Democrat would be "What does the Librarian of Congress do?," which is why there won't be a confirmation hearing.
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Every few years someone becomes the latest first person ever to discover the Galveston Movement and writes about it with fresh astonishment.
The Galveston Mvt was NOT about finding a Jewish Promised Land in Texas. The opposite — it was about preventing one anywhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/b...
The Galveston Mvt was NOT about finding a Jewish Promised Land in Texas. The opposite — it was about preventing one anywhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/b...
A Jewish Promised Land in … Texas? Rachel Cockerell Had to Know More.
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Every few years someone becomes the latest first person ever to discover the Galveston Movement and writes about it with fresh astonishment.
The Galveston Mvt was NOT about finding a Jewish Promised Land in Texas. The opposite — it was about preventing one anywhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/b...
The Galveston Mvt was NOT about finding a Jewish Promised Land in Texas. The opposite — it was about preventing one anywhere.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/b...
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We, along with a powerful coalition of science, industry, and advocacy groups, released a joint letter today urging congressional leaders to push back against potential cuts to space science. Read the letter and join us in standing up for space science: www.planetary.org/press-releas...
Science, industry, and advocacy groups unite in opposition to deep…
A coalition of leading space industry organizations, scientific societies, and public advocacy groups are submitting a joint letter to Congress opposing…
www.planetary.org
April 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We, along with a powerful coalition of science, industry, and advocacy groups, released a joint letter today urging congressional leaders to push back against potential cuts to space science. Read the letter and join us in standing up for space science: www.planetary.org/press-releas...
Good thread
This Harvard comp sci prof laments Republicans’ declining public opinion of universities and blames it on professors who, unlike him, inject politics into their classes.
As evidence of politicization, he references Google, Coinbase, Bud Light—ie not academia—and one email from one law school TA.
As evidence of politicization, he references Google, Coinbase, Bud Light—ie not academia—and one email from one law school TA.
Opinion | I Teach Computer Science, and That Is All
Politics has no place at universities or in the classroom.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Good thread
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The US government says reading Toni Morrison or Maya Angelou is political.
In my terrorism class, I explain how “Great Replacement” is a false conspiracy theory that’s motivated multiple terrorist attacks. Now that America’s leaders push the theory too, teaching that is political.
Should I stop?
In my terrorism class, I explain how “Great Replacement” is a false conspiracy theory that’s motivated multiple terrorist attacks. Now that America’s leaders push the theory too, teaching that is political.
Should I stop?
May 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The US government says reading Toni Morrison or Maya Angelou is political.
In my terrorism class, I explain how “Great Replacement” is a false conspiracy theory that’s motivated multiple terrorist attacks. Now that America’s leaders push the theory too, teaching that is political.
Should I stop?
In my terrorism class, I explain how “Great Replacement” is a false conspiracy theory that’s motivated multiple terrorist attacks. Now that America’s leaders push the theory too, teaching that is political.
Should I stop?
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“Research that happens at one university doesn’t stay in those walls, it has a ripple effect.”
I would add that it’s not just science but the full research enterprise, more robust, and with broad advantages to civic health when we account for humanities and social sciences, too.
I would add that it’s not just science but the full research enterprise, more robust, and with broad advantages to civic health when we account for humanities and social sciences, too.
"If you look at a long period of time, a lot of our increase in living standards seems to be coming from public investment in scientific research."
The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
The devastating cuts to science funding aren't just academic, they threaten our livelihoods and wellbeing. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)
Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“Research that happens at one university doesn’t stay in those walls, it has a ripple effect.”
I would add that it’s not just science but the full research enterprise, more robust, and with broad advantages to civic health when we account for humanities and social sciences, too.
I would add that it’s not just science but the full research enterprise, more robust, and with broad advantages to civic health when we account for humanities and social sciences, too.
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"Waiting to be scooped up and processed"
Man what a cynical, empty perspective on marine resources.
Man what a cynical, empty perspective on marine resources.
April 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Waiting to be scooped up and processed"
Man what a cynical, empty perspective on marine resources.
Man what a cynical, empty perspective on marine resources.