Christian Paulsen
@christianspaulsen.bsky.social
Linguist, with a focus on morpho-phonology and Ancient Greek
"I'm so rich that politicians have to take my calls, but Mamdani just ghosts me!"
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"I'm so rich that politicians have to take my calls, but Mamdani just ghosts me!"
If the speaker of the house (or anyone in the succession) is ineligible to be president (for whatever reason), they are skipped and the next individual in the succession "moves up".
This has mainly applied to naturalized citizens in the cabinet, but applies in that "one weird trick" case, too.
This has mainly applied to naturalized citizens in the cabinet, but applies in that "one weird trick" case, too.
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
If the speaker of the house (or anyone in the succession) is ineligible to be president (for whatever reason), they are skipped and the next individual in the succession "moves up".
This has mainly applied to naturalized citizens in the cabinet, but applies in that "one weird trick" case, too.
This has mainly applied to naturalized citizens in the cabinet, but applies in that "one weird trick" case, too.
Reposted by Christian Paulsen
"HI kid! If you want to be Hitler 1936, remember Hitler 1945 is coming."
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"HI kid! If you want to be Hitler 1936, remember Hitler 1945 is coming."
Further, while many Americans focus on national politics, often the "something" to be done is at a state or even local level.
Are you upset at book bans? Show up to school board meetings.
Don't like gerrymandering? Go to your state capital.
Protests are important, but they cannot be the only action.
Are you upset at book bans? Show up to school board meetings.
Don't like gerrymandering? Go to your state capital.
Protests are important, but they cannot be the only action.
October 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Further, while many Americans focus on national politics, often the "something" to be done is at a state or even local level.
Are you upset at book bans? Show up to school board meetings.
Don't like gerrymandering? Go to your state capital.
Protests are important, but they cannot be the only action.
Are you upset at book bans? Show up to school board meetings.
Don't like gerrymandering? Go to your state capital.
Protests are important, but they cannot be the only action.
What is the lesson for #NoKings? The protests alone are not likely to achieve anything.
They do raise awareness and do show politicians where people stand, but without actionable policy proposals, it's simply a shout for "Do something!", but we also need to articulate what that "something" is.
They do raise awareness and do show politicians where people stand, but without actionable policy proposals, it's simply a shout for "Do something!", but we also need to articulate what that "something" is.
October 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
What is the lesson for #NoKings? The protests alone are not likely to achieve anything.
They do raise awareness and do show politicians where people stand, but without actionable policy proposals, it's simply a shout for "Do something!", but we also need to articulate what that "something" is.
They do raise awareness and do show politicians where people stand, but without actionable policy proposals, it's simply a shout for "Do something!", but we also need to articulate what that "something" is.
This essay discusses how movements can achieve their goals, not simply through mass awareness, but requiring the "boring" work of showing up to policy discussions with solid, reasonable proposals for change.
How Movements Win
On the importance of a strong inside strategy.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This essay discusses how movements can achieve their goals, not simply through mass awareness, but requiring the "boring" work of showing up to policy discussions with solid, reasonable proposals for change.
This essay looks at why many liberal/leftists movements of the 2010s failed to achieve lasting change. The general reason being a lack of a clear goal, which sometimes led to right-wing groups coopting the movement or the existing institutions simply outlasting the movement.
Why Movements Fail
Horizontalism and its discontents
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This essay looks at why many liberal/leftists movements of the 2010s failed to achieve lasting change. The general reason being a lack of a clear goal, which sometimes led to right-wing groups coopting the movement or the existing institutions simply outlasting the movement.
Some times I feel like the adultiest adult, and other times I wonder how I'm already in my later 30s. I definitely went through my 20s feeling not very adult much of the time, though.
I also realized recently is that part of adulthood is not worrying about "feeling like" or "being" an adult.
I also realized recently is that part of adulthood is not worrying about "feeling like" or "being" an adult.
October 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Some times I feel like the adultiest adult, and other times I wonder how I'm already in my later 30s. I definitely went through my 20s feeling not very adult much of the time, though.
I also realized recently is that part of adulthood is not worrying about "feeling like" or "being" an adult.
I also realized recently is that part of adulthood is not worrying about "feeling like" or "being" an adult.
Hegseth doesn't understand pacifism. He thinks it an unwillingness to fight, a form of cowardice.
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hegseth doesn't understand pacifism. He thinks it an unwillingness to fight, a form of cowardice.
I could support generative AI in some uses if it didn't drive ever increasing energy and water usage and it wasn't trained on stolen data.
Given those are unlikely to be resolved...
There's also the hype issue, but presumably that will burst like crypto/NFT hype did before too long
Given those are unlikely to be resolved...
There's also the hype issue, but presumably that will burst like crypto/NFT hype did before too long
September 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I could support generative AI in some uses if it didn't drive ever increasing energy and water usage and it wasn't trained on stolen data.
Given those are unlikely to be resolved...
There's also the hype issue, but presumably that will burst like crypto/NFT hype did before too long
Given those are unlikely to be resolved...
There's also the hype issue, but presumably that will burst like crypto/NFT hype did before too long