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@athenasmall.bsky.social
Economist, lover of democracy, Assoc Prof @kse_ua
Host, Refounding Democracy
https://www.RefoundingDemocracy.com
Host, Refounding Democracy
https://www.RefoundingDemocracy.com
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it’s never a waste of time to cast a vote to fight fascism
February 23, 2024 at 3:26 AM
it’s never a waste of time to cast a vote to fight fascism
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In clinical trials of new treatments, when the treatment is clearly and obviously immediately effective it is sometimes considered unethical to continue to withhold it from the control group. Pretty sure we passed that milestone about a decade ago with basic income experiments.
Fresh basic income pilot results, this time from Arlington, Virginia where 200 people got $500 a month for 2 years. The findings:
Employment INCREASED by 16%, and their incomes from paid work INCREASED by 37%. The control group saw no such gains.
www.arlnow.com/2024/02/06/r...
Employment INCREASED by 16%, and their incomes from paid work INCREASED by 37%. The control group saw no such gains.
www.arlnow.com/2024/02/06/r...
February 7, 2024 at 4:09 PM
In clinical trials of new treatments, when the treatment is clearly and obviously immediately effective it is sometimes considered unethical to continue to withhold it from the control group. Pretty sure we passed that milestone about a decade ago with basic income experiments.
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Exactly right.
Biden set records for deportations and the right is still screaming that we have "open borders."
Stop trying to meet these psychos halfway.
Biden set records for deportations and the right is still screaming that we have "open borders."
Stop trying to meet these psychos halfway.
There is no amount of increasing border enforcement or deporting people that will ever make the American right wing believe the border is being properly handled by a democratic president. Any compromise on this is just a signal that they can demand more & keep the issue live. Immoral, bad politics.
February 5, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Exactly right.
Biden set records for deportations and the right is still screaming that we have "open borders."
Stop trying to meet these psychos halfway.
Biden set records for deportations and the right is still screaming that we have "open borders."
Stop trying to meet these psychos halfway.
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Gordon Parks was contracted by the US government to photograph these servicemen as part of multiple efforts to solidify war support. Southern segregationist senators flipped out that Black men might be considered war heroes and blocked Parks from going to Europe to photograph them in action.
Two Tuskegee Airmen pilots, Selfridge Field, Detroit, 1943. The first unit of Black fighter pilots to serve in the American Army’s Air Corps, as part of the 332nd Fighter Group.
Photo: Gordon Parks | © Gordon Parks Foundation
Photo: Gordon Parks | © Gordon Parks Foundation
January 29, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Gordon Parks was contracted by the US government to photograph these servicemen as part of multiple efforts to solidify war support. Southern segregationist senators flipped out that Black men might be considered war heroes and blocked Parks from going to Europe to photograph them in action.
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Can’t stop progress.
January 29, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Can’t stop progress.
"If half of my students are going to Wall Street, I’m a pretty shitty Marxist.”
“I turn on Fox News, and institutions like mine are being described as these factories of indoctrination,” says Penn education professor Jonathan Zimmerman. “Let me put it this way: If half of my students are going to Wall Street, I’m a pretty shitty Marxist.”
How Did Penn Get Here?
Liz Magill was the first Ivy League president felled by the turmoil over campus antisemitism. But our city’s most important institution hasn’t just been rocked by free-speech woes. It faces an eve...
www.phillymag.com
January 28, 2024 at 3:35 PM
"If half of my students are going to Wall Street, I’m a pretty shitty Marxist.”
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January 24, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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This is how you write a headline. 👇
January 24, 2024 at 12:20 PM
This is how you write a headline. 👇
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"Republicans are creepy religious weirdos who want to control your body and your life, and they'll kill you to do it."
Say it again and again.
Say it again and again.
Really cannot stress how much experiences like the horrific one described here are reshaping views in states with near-total abortion bans, including among white conservative evangelicals. I'm very curious as to whether & how this will affect voting patterns this fall.
I wrote for Newsweek about my experience miscarrying in Texas after Dobbs. Democratic erosion and authoritarianism aren’t abstractions happening elsewhere—my story & that of countless other women are reminders that they happen every day in Texas & in other states.
Polisky Gendersky Academicsky
Polisky Gendersky Academicsky
January 23, 2024 at 4:09 PM
"Republicans are creepy religious weirdos who want to control your body and your life, and they'll kill you to do it."
Say it again and again.
Say it again and again.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets a lower-court ruling stand siding with a transgender student challenging an anti-trans bathroom policy. The justices denied the school district’s request to hear an appeal. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
January 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court lets a lower-court ruling stand siding with a transgender student challenging an anti-trans bathroom policy. The justices denied the school district’s request to hear an appeal. More to come at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com
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RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.
July 11, 2023 at 12:00 AM
RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.
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Only quote I ever feel like sharing on MLK Day is this one
January 15, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Only quote I ever feel like sharing on MLK Day is this one
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An Israeli history teacher was arrested on treason charges, his home was ransacked by police, and he was held in solitary confinement for Facebook posts critical of Israel's military action and civilian deaths in Gaza.
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concer...
Meir Baruchin, who was fired and jailed for criticising the military, says that many who agree with him are afraid to go public
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2024 at 2:40 AM
An Israeli history teacher was arrested on treason charges, his home was ransacked by police, and he was held in solitary confinement for Facebook posts critical of Israel's military action and civilian deaths in Gaza.
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The U.S. is testing the next generation of drone defenses in rural Oklahoma and North Dakota www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
The flip side of the drone boom: Airports, stadiums and power plants need defending
Dozens of tech companies are working on systems to thwart possible drone attacks, including within the U.S., where civilian sites might potentially be targeted.
www.nbcnews.com
January 14, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The U.S. is testing the next generation of drone defenses in rural Oklahoma and North Dakota www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
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Congratulations are indeed in order!
January 13, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Congratulations are indeed in order!
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We've set up an account here. We need time to get acquainted with this platform and wait for a scheduling toolsto post regularly.
Our mission is to preserve the site and commemorate victims of the German Nazi concentration & extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
Our mission is to preserve the site and commemorate victims of the German Nazi concentration & extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
January 12, 2024 at 7:49 AM
We've set up an account here. We need time to get acquainted with this platform and wait for a scheduling toolsto post regularly.
Our mission is to preserve the site and commemorate victims of the German Nazi concentration & extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
Our mission is to preserve the site and commemorate victims of the German Nazi concentration & extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
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At some point we just need to acknowledge that nothing will satisfy other than the near-total resegregation of elite and governing institutions in the United States.
January 2, 2024 at 6:27 PM
At some point we just need to acknowledge that nothing will satisfy other than the near-total resegregation of elite and governing institutions in the United States.
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they have already started referring to individual people as “DEI hires” and the like so it is also pretty evident that “DEI” is becoming another stand in for a certain slur they won’t say in public
January 7, 2024 at 7:50 PM
they have already started referring to individual people as “DEI hires” and the like so it is also pretty evident that “DEI” is becoming another stand in for a certain slur they won’t say in public
"Any system built on a lie will eventually collapse."
Great piece by @juliusgoat.bsky.social.
armoxon.substack.com/p/the-finger...
Great piece by @juliusgoat.bsky.social.
armoxon.substack.com/p/the-finger...
The Finger-Taker's Son
Rules of engagement, and what it means to find "common ground" with supremacists.
armoxon.substack.com
January 11, 2024 at 1:23 PM
"Any system built on a lie will eventually collapse."
Great piece by @juliusgoat.bsky.social.
armoxon.substack.com/p/the-finger...
Great piece by @juliusgoat.bsky.social.
armoxon.substack.com/p/the-finger...
I grew up on these streets
January 10, 2024 at 8:47 PM
I grew up on these streets
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