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i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
December 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
i am once again asking who the "leftist extremists in the faculty lounge" shaping democratic party priorities are, and what policies it is that they are instituting
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I am tired of white mediocrity constantly valorized and Brown men overlooked, overburdened, and over shouted
December 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I am tired of white mediocrity constantly valorized and Brown men overlooked, overburdened, and over shouted
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
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YES INDEED
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
YES INDEED
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Millions of lives annually, globally. (50%+ reduction in deaths, almost definitely)
People lose their minds about this but it would save literally thousands of lives.
December 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Millions of lives annually, globally. (50%+ reduction in deaths, almost definitely)
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this right here is why you should ALWAYS leave two massive strobe lamps fully set-up in your living room at all times
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
this right here is why you should ALWAYS leave two massive strobe lamps fully set-up in your living room at all times
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
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Brooklyn Brueghel, 2025
December 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Brooklyn Brueghel, 2025
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Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today, I spoke with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his wife, Jennifer. In April, when I met with him in El Salvador, Trump said he would never set foot in the U.S. again.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
This case has never been about one man alone; if the govt can violate the constitutional rights of one, all our rights are threatened.
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Is it political violence when students get killed after JD Vance and Trump call universities the enemy of the people? Or is that just "tragedy" while only the murder of far-right advocates of violence like Charlie Kirk qualifies for political recognition?
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
What Is Political Violence? - Boston Review
Pundits and politicians conceal the truth: it’s all around us, perpetrated by our political system itself.
www.bostonreview.net
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Is it political violence when students get killed after JD Vance and Trump call universities the enemy of the people? Or is that just "tragedy" while only the murder of far-right advocates of violence like Charlie Kirk qualifies for political recognition?
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
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Can you walk in public without the fear of masked secret police kidnapping you for not carrying a completely arbitrary quantity of legal documentation that proves your legitimacy as a citizen? Great question but the answer is still no.
December 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Can you walk in public without the fear of masked secret police kidnapping you for not carrying a completely arbitrary quantity of legal documentation that proves your legitimacy as a citizen? Great question but the answer is still no.
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In America, can you get cheap and easily accessible medical care? No.
Can you at least send your kid to a school between kindergarten through college without fear of them being murdered by a maligned lone wolf radicalized by fascist death cult internet culture? Also no.
Can you at least send your kid to a school between kindergarten through college without fear of them being murdered by a maligned lone wolf radicalized by fascist death cult internet culture? Also no.
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
In America, can you get cheap and easily accessible medical care? No.
Can you at least send your kid to a school between kindergarten through college without fear of them being murdered by a maligned lone wolf radicalized by fascist death cult internet culture? Also no.
Can you at least send your kid to a school between kindergarten through college without fear of them being murdered by a maligned lone wolf radicalized by fascist death cult internet culture? Also no.
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I’m thrilled that Dick Van Dyke made it to 100 years old, and I also find it hilarious that he’s apparently too old to play with LEGO. Him specifically.😆
December 14, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’m thrilled that Dick Van Dyke made it to 100 years old, and I also find it hilarious that he’s apparently too old to play with LEGO. Him specifically.😆
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notice how this happens at almost every high profile school shooting now.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
notice how this happens at almost every high profile school shooting now.
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If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If you're wondering what happened to Nate Silver, he was into the COVID lab leak theory and got negative feedback online, including from epidemiologists and virologists and (GASP!) posters, which added to his belief that The Woke are victimizing Nate Silver. It spiraled from there.
I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding.
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The same people who think we need to bring back real standards to academia also want to give all students a “suspend my professor” button if they don’t like how things are going
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The same people who think we need to bring back real standards to academia also want to give all students a “suspend my professor” button if they don’t like how things are going
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And she made what RFK Jr. is doing possible.
She is drenched with the blood of the innocent.
She is drenched with the blood of the innocent.
I think people are trying to apply cultural scripts that don't fit the facts. Nuzzi isn't a victim of RFK or Lizza. She was the agent of the wrongdoing at play here and faced basically zero consequences (a year off, a book deal, a Vanity Fair gig). This isn't an Unfairly Maligned Woman story.
December 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
And she made what RFK Jr. is doing possible.
She is drenched with the blood of the innocent.
She is drenched with the blood of the innocent.
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Going on an RFK stan's podcast to refute claims you're an RFK stan is wild
Nuzzi is straightforwardly lying here. Her book does not say a single word about RFK's career in public life. She has explicitly refused to discuss his record at HHS.
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Going on an RFK stan's podcast to refute claims you're an RFK stan is wild
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💯 Racists are fundamentally opposed to solidarity and better working conditions for all and therefore they're actively harmful to the pursuit of those goals.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
💯 Racists are fundamentally opposed to solidarity and better working conditions for all and therefore they're actively harmful to the pursuit of those goals.
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it's worth noting 1) that there's a longstanding tradition of trying to play solidarity against basic self-respect and 2) that the Combahee River Collective's coining of the term "identity politics" was directly in response to this
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
it's worth noting 1) that there's a longstanding tradition of trying to play solidarity against basic self-respect and 2) that the Combahee River Collective's coining of the term "identity politics" was directly in response to this
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ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
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America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...
December 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
America is a mafia state running a protection racket in the interest of the boss, not the people www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1... bsky.app/profile/john...