Alexis
@arosoff.bsky.social
I have a lot of opinions and reasons to have them. Also, I knit, read, and play trivia.
Long Island --> Pennsylvania.
Long Island --> Pennsylvania.
I’m not too old to dress like this, and neither are you.
(I’m also wearing a granny square cardigan on top, but I got caught in a downpour earlier, so like hell is the top half of me going on the public side of Al Gore’s internet)
(I’m also wearing a granny square cardigan on top, but I got caught in a downpour earlier, so like hell is the top half of me going on the public side of Al Gore’s internet)
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I’m not too old to dress like this, and neither are you.
(I’m also wearing a granny square cardigan on top, but I got caught in a downpour earlier, so like hell is the top half of me going on the public side of Al Gore’s internet)
(I’m also wearing a granny square cardigan on top, but I got caught in a downpour earlier, so like hell is the top half of me going on the public side of Al Gore’s internet)
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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Anti-vaccine sentiment is now a load-bearing plank in the Republican platform.
Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019—86% agree with them then and now.
Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined from 79% to 52%.
Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019—86% agree with them then and now.
Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined from 79% to 52%.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Anti-vaccine sentiment is now a load-bearing plank in the Republican platform.
Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019—86% agree with them then and now.
Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined from 79% to 52%.
Democrats haven’t budged on the need for school vaccine requirements since 2019—86% agree with them then and now.
Republicans have consumed so much disinformation that their support has declined from 79% to 52%.
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White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
Prominent Afrikaners refuse to be 'pawns,' and hit back at Trump's claims about South Africa
Prominent Afrikaners are pushing back after President Trump announced no U.S. officials will attend the G20 in Johannesburg, rejecting his claims of "white persecution" in South Africa as false and politically driven.
n.pr
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
White Afrikaners looking at Trump and saying “don’t associate us with this racist!”
That’s quite a legacy.
That’s quite a legacy.
I don’t support AIPAC and haven’t for over 20 years.
The yes votes are not about AIPAC money. This is turning into the new Soros.
The yes votes are not about AIPAC money. This is turning into the new Soros.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I don’t support AIPAC and haven’t for over 20 years.
The yes votes are not about AIPAC money. This is turning into the new Soros.
The yes votes are not about AIPAC money. This is turning into the new Soros.
Cranky reader: Rachel Cusk perennially gets raves from reviewers and I find her books utterly tedious.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Cranky reader: Rachel Cusk perennially gets raves from reviewers and I find her books utterly tedious.
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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Thursday night at the JCC in Manhattan, a rough cut of a new documentary about @standing-together.bsky.social otherisrael.eventive.org/schedule/68d...
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thursday night at the JCC in Manhattan, a rough cut of a new documentary about @standing-together.bsky.social otherisrael.eventive.org/schedule/68d...
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I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.
October 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I support everyone giving vast sums of money to Andrew Cuomo. It’s the “lighting a million quid on fire” art piece but this time performed by the worst people in the world.
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> "a September contingency plan, since deleted from the USDA’s website...said Congress intended 'that SNAP’s operations should continue' and that contingency funds 'are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs [mid-fiscal year]'"
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
Trump Administration Buries Legal Memo Suggesting It Could Pay November Food Benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the food program, says its hands are tied by the shutdown.
www.huffpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
> "a September contingency plan, since deleted from the USDA’s website...said Congress intended 'that SNAP’s operations should continue' and that contingency funds 'are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs [mid-fiscal year]'"
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
I predict that today’s Strands will baffle anyone under 40.
October 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
I predict that today’s Strands will baffle anyone under 40.
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there’s a subset of people who, if you point out something bad happening now, will basically reply “it was always like this and anyone who disagrees is just privileged.” it parades as savvy but nine times out of ten it’s just an ahistorical oversimplification.
"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't
there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly
and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
there’s a subset of people who, if you point out something bad happening now, will basically reply “it was always like this and anyone who disagrees is just privileged.” it parades as savvy but nine times out of ten it’s just an ahistorical oversimplification.
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"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't
there have been a lot of responses to this arguing that young Republicans were motivated by such feelings but didn't express them openly
and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
and I think a crucial lesson of the Trump era is that there is great value in people not expressing these things openly! that's a big and decisive change!
For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
October 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't
Bari Weiss as head of CBS News shows that now mediocre who’re women can also fail upward.
October 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Bari Weiss as head of CBS News shows that now mediocre who’re women can also fail upward.
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Watching prominent commenters followed by dozens of people I know say "it's over" because Jimmy Kimmel got suspended...like, they actually killed Medgar Evers, in defense of a fascist system that had been in place for decades. Imagine social media that day! Read history and have some self-respect.
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Watching prominent commenters followed by dozens of people I know say "it's over" because Jimmy Kimmel got suspended...like, they actually killed Medgar Evers, in defense of a fascist system that had been in place for decades. Imagine social media that day! Read history and have some self-respect.
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Pretty sure the FCC isn't supposed to care about what's popular but about what's legal?
Carr: "There's a much bigger shakeup that's underway right now. Ever since President Trump won the election, it's created a permission structure for markets -- including the media market -- to rationalize. If you look at the ratings for late night TV, they've been in an absolute nosedive for years."
September 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Pretty sure the FCC isn't supposed to care about what's popular but about what's legal?
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I want Kimmel back on the air and my friends to stay employed but this is a fucking shakedown
September 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I want Kimmel back on the air and my friends to stay employed but this is a fucking shakedown
To recap what happened:
- Kimmel insulted Trump.
- FCC commissioner threatened ABC.
- Nextstar pulled Kimmel.
- ABC yanked Kimmel.
- Nexstar and Tegna need FCC approval for giant merger.
- Merger should NOT happen because they would cover 80% of US population, against FCC rules.
- Kimmel insulted Trump.
- FCC commissioner threatened ABC.
- Nextstar pulled Kimmel.
- ABC yanked Kimmel.
- Nexstar and Tegna need FCC approval for giant merger.
- Merger should NOT happen because they would cover 80% of US population, against FCC rules.
September 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
To recap what happened:
- Kimmel insulted Trump.
- FCC commissioner threatened ABC.
- Nextstar pulled Kimmel.
- ABC yanked Kimmel.
- Nexstar and Tegna need FCC approval for giant merger.
- Merger should NOT happen because they would cover 80% of US population, against FCC rules.
- Kimmel insulted Trump.
- FCC commissioner threatened ABC.
- Nextstar pulled Kimmel.
- ABC yanked Kimmel.
- Nexstar and Tegna need FCC approval for giant merger.
- Merger should NOT happen because they would cover 80% of US population, against FCC rules.
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In the week since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Russia, Iran and China have spread thousands of false or incendiary claims about what happened to the conservative activist, in an effort to stoke political divisions or to portray the U.S. as a dysfunctional country.
Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division
State media and online trolls have seized on the assassination to score geopolitical points against the United States, according to a new report.
nyti.ms
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In the week since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Russia, Iran and China have spread thousands of false or incendiary claims about what happened to the conservative activist, in an effort to stoke political divisions or to portray the U.S. as a dysfunctional country.
I love when I get connections in reverse order.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I love when I get connections in reverse order.
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This is similar to the myth that health conspiracism is driven by dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system. Countries with the best healthcare systems in the world also have very large anti-vaxx movements! In both cases the problem is more closely related to information environments.
The myth that racism is primarily driven by economic conditions must die, especially on the left. It is a misdiagnosis and a kind of excuse
September 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This is similar to the myth that health conspiracism is driven by dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system. Countries with the best healthcare systems in the world also have very large anti-vaxx movements! In both cases the problem is more closely related to information environments.
Trump wants to take down the NYT. Now the NYT isn’t perfect, but I hope the times-obsessed punditocracy recognizes the danger this represents and that we stand up for it before it goes the route of CBS News and the Washington Post.
JUST IN: Trump launches a $15 billion lawsuit against the New York Times — naming reporters Peter Baker, Michael Schmidt, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner — because he doesn't like what they have written/reported about him. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Trump wants to take down the NYT. Now the NYT isn’t perfect, but I hope the times-obsessed punditocracy recognizes the danger this represents and that we stand up for it before it goes the route of CBS News and the Washington Post.
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When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
September 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
This is a good post. Many of the replies are horrendous.
Some people on the left think just repeating “Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism” frees them from the work of thinking critically about what is and is not antisemitic. And a whole lot of people on the right think being a strong Zionist functions as a “get out of antisemitism free card.”
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This is a good post. Many of the replies are horrendous.
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Some people on the left think just repeating “Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism” frees them from the work of thinking critically about what is and is not antisemitic. And a whole lot of people on the right think being a strong Zionist functions as a “get out of antisemitism free card.”
September 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Some people on the left think just repeating “Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism” frees them from the work of thinking critically about what is and is not antisemitic. And a whole lot of people on the right think being a strong Zionist functions as a “get out of antisemitism free card.”