@tknoll.bsky.social
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
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November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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MAMDANI, on Bill Ackman:
“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"
@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"
@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
MAMDANI, on Bill Ackman:
“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"
@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
“.. He's spending more money against me than I would even tax him!"
@casestudyqb.bsky.social #NYC
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The normies are radicalizing
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson asks if we are ready to crush authoritarianism
He is calling for a general strike and the crowd is going crazy
"Are you ready to take it to the courts and to the streets?"
"We will defend our democracy...we will tear down tyranny!"
He is calling for a general strike and the crowd is going crazy
"Are you ready to take it to the courts and to the streets?"
"We will defend our democracy...we will tear down tyranny!"
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The normies are radicalizing
The Trump Economy Is Here, and It’s So Much Worse Than Biden’s newrepublic.com/article/2018... via @newrepublic.com
The Trump Economy Is Here, and It’s So Much Worse Than Biden’s
Jobs are stagnating, prices are skyrocketing, and many states are already in recession. But the president and his investor-class cronies don’t care.
newrepublic.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Trump Economy Is Here, and It’s So Much Worse Than Biden’s newrepublic.com/article/2018... via @newrepublic.com
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Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”
Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious
October 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Imagine thinking domestic violence isn’t “really serious”
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What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
October 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.
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September 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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1/ Ok, a word to the good people of San Francisco. Guess what, on the renewables front we're both great and SUUUUUCK. As @billmckibben.bsky.social notes in this piece, SF is one of the hardest place to get through solar (and green appliance) permits. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
July 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
1/ Ok, a word to the good people of San Francisco. Guess what, on the renewables front we're both great and SUUUUUCK. As @billmckibben.bsky.social notes in this piece, SF is one of the hardest place to get through solar (and green appliance) permits. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
Israel Must Open Its Eyes www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
Opinion | Israel Must Open Its Eyes
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Israel Must Open Its Eyes www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world's first carbon-neutral state www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/va...
Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world's first carbon-neutral state
Italy agreed to a Vatican plan to turn a 430-hectare (1,000-acre) field north of Rome, once the source of controversy between the two, into a vast solar farm that the Holy See hopes will generate enou...
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August 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become the world's first carbon-neutral state www.ncronline.org/earthbeat/va...
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Democrats should fully embrace a big tent party, one that has a place for Cooper AND Mamdani. Democrats need both vs. corrupt oligarchy, No one expects a Mamdani to run in NC or Cooper in NYC so why attack a candidate who is suited to his jurisdiction?
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Democrats Catch a Break in North Carolina
Roy Cooper can flip the Senate seat
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July 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Democrats should fully embrace a big tent party, one that has a place for Cooper AND Mamdani. Democrats need both vs. corrupt oligarchy, No one expects a Mamdani to run in NC or Cooper in NYC so why attack a candidate who is suited to his jurisdiction?
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
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www.liberalcurrents.com/how-the-rest...
Hey! Check out my piece in @liberalcurrents.com today critiquing the movement for restraint in US foreign policy.
My argument is much less about the ideas of restrainers (which I agree with in many areas) and more about their institutional failings, esp the/
Hey! Check out my piece in @liberalcurrents.com today critiquing the movement for restraint in US foreign policy.
My argument is much less about the ideas of restrainers (which I agree with in many areas) and more about their institutional failings, esp the/
How The Restraint Movement Lost Its Way
The restraint movement's attachment to Trump has compromised its ability to offer a credible alternative to American foreign policy orthodoxy.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
www.liberalcurrents.com/how-the-rest...
Hey! Check out my piece in @liberalcurrents.com today critiquing the movement for restraint in US foreign policy.
My argument is much less about the ideas of restrainers (which I agree with in many areas) and more about their institutional failings, esp the/
Hey! Check out my piece in @liberalcurrents.com today critiquing the movement for restraint in US foreign policy.
My argument is much less about the ideas of restrainers (which I agree with in many areas) and more about their institutional failings, esp the/
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders? forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders? forward.com/opinion/7575...
How to solve a refugee crisis | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/ideas/how-to...
How to solve a refugee crisis
There are always some good people who try to help out when disaster strikes. Tents, blankets, medicine and food enable refugees to survive at a minimal level. But none of this solves the underlying qu...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
How to solve a refugee crisis | Princeton University Press press.princeton.edu/ideas/how-to...
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kind of Ordo amoris according to Vatican II (from Orm Rush’s 2019 book)
July 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
kind of Ordo amoris according to Vatican II (from Orm Rush’s 2019 book)
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🌞 Solar that never sleeps? It’s no longer a fantasy.
With today’s batteries, we can now deliver near-constant solar power, up to 97% of the time, at prices cheaper than coal or nuclear.
Here’s why that changes everything 🧵 1/9 👇
With today’s batteries, we can now deliver near-constant solar power, up to 97% of the time, at prices cheaper than coal or nuclear.
Here’s why that changes everything 🧵 1/9 👇
July 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
🌞 Solar that never sleeps? It’s no longer a fantasy.
With today’s batteries, we can now deliver near-constant solar power, up to 97% of the time, at prices cheaper than coal or nuclear.
Here’s why that changes everything 🧵 1/9 👇
With today’s batteries, we can now deliver near-constant solar power, up to 97% of the time, at prices cheaper than coal or nuclear.
Here’s why that changes everything 🧵 1/9 👇
Is natural law making a comeback? www.ncronline.org/opinion/natu...
Is natural law making a comeback?
How do we recover a shared sense of the moral order that is built into the universe? Michael Sean Winters says that dusting off the idea of a natural law might allow us to at least find a shared moral...
www.ncronline.org
July 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Is natural law making a comeback? www.ncronline.org/opinion/natu...
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So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
So grateful for the clear, unequivocal witness and voice of Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social who visited the horrifying detention camp in Florida. As he said, “I didn’t see any Russians who’ve overstayed their visas. Only Black & Latino men who look like me.” @maddow.msnbc.com
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Do you want a list of House seats I'm watching these next 18 months?
Of course you do! Here's a thread 🧵
Of course you do! Here's a thread 🧵
July 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Do you want a list of House seats I'm watching these next 18 months?
Of course you do! Here's a thread 🧵
Of course you do! Here's a thread 🧵