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this jobs thing, like male loneliness, is able to achieve a certain kind of discursive magic: it is able to particularize what is in fact a widespread issue, affecting large parts of the population, and then get people to dismiss the problem altogether because of the initial reactionary diagnosis.
December 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
this jobs thing, like male loneliness, is able to achieve a certain kind of discursive magic: it is able to particularize what is in fact a widespread issue, affecting large parts of the population, and then get people to dismiss the problem altogether because of the initial reactionary diagnosis.
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exploring the possibilities that might flow from all of us just obstinately refusing to believe that he is still alive.
August 30, 2025 at 6:50 AM
exploring the possibilities that might flow from all of us just obstinately refusing to believe that he is still alive.
mandatory STS graduation requirements now
Oh good. We've reached the "I don't have to be faster than the bear, I only have to be less woke than you" stage of faculty solidarity. archive.is/wGNDr
August 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
mandatory STS graduation requirements now
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The coverage on the front page of nearly every news site and almost uniformly negative. Eventually we are have to face the fact that the news cannot and will not do political work for us.
I understand the gerontocracy has a stranglehold on American politics, but it's wild that we're cutting Medicaid in part so we can give seniors a $6000 tax deduction just for being seniors and there's ~zero negative coverage of the issue
June 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The coverage on the front page of nearly every news site and almost uniformly negative. Eventually we are have to face the fact that the news cannot and will not do political work for us.
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There is no possible interesting answer to those kinds of posts, and even if you had one, it would be ignored. Nobody cares about anyone else’s answers. They just like thinking about themselves and filling out surveys.
May 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
There is no possible interesting answer to those kinds of posts, and even if you had one, it would be ignored. Nobody cares about anyone else’s answers. They just like thinking about themselves and filling out surveys.
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Here's the thing. We've been feeding the trolls for over a decade. Look where it got us.
For folks saying,"Ignore the Pope thing! He wants to offend you! Don't you get it!" I have this rule I follow. I say what I think. I don't get into second order head games in which I think I'm outwitting someone else by strategically not saying what I think. Perhaps Im simple. But that's how I roll.
May 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Here's the thing. We've been feeding the trolls for over a decade. Look where it got us.
It's crazy how much the Romans loved salad
April 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's crazy how much the Romans loved salad
Let's not gloat about all this.
April 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Let's not gloat about all this.
can you imagine what it would be like if the uk had to endure four years of liz truss? well, we're going to find out.
March 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
can you imagine what it would be like if the uk had to endure four years of liz truss? well, we're going to find out.
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“People cannot get into their accounts. They can’t access funding. They’re waiting on invoices to be paid. No one will call them back.” www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
EPA spending freeze continues despite court orders
Two judges have ordered the administration to lift the freeze. But nonprofits and states still can't get money for contracts backed by the Inflation Reduction Act.
www.politico.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
“People cannot get into their accounts. They can’t access funding. They’re waiting on invoices to be paid. No one will call them back.” www.politico.com/news/2025/02...
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THREAD. On Monday the New York Times let a reporter do something dishonest and unethical. It's important to unpack what happened.
January 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
THREAD. On Monday the New York Times let a reporter do something dishonest and unethical. It's important to unpack what happened.
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Required reading on humanities research, by Christopher Newfield :
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
December 28, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Required reading on humanities research, by Christopher Newfield :
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
this article boils down to "hierarchy is a natural human impulse, and you can try to adopt personal norms of egalitarianism to ward against it, but unfortunately the electorate is too evil right now." not true or useful.
I’m not quite entirely persuaded by this essay but goddam it is very good and bracing. Really worth a read.
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
A Disease of Affluence
Trump's supporters are not motivated by economic anxiety, but by its opposite.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 15, 2024 at 5:07 PM
this article boils down to "hierarchy is a natural human impulse, and you can try to adopt personal norms of egalitarianism to ward against it, but unfortunately the electorate is too evil right now." not true or useful.
is anybody talking about those stupid little dances that people on food shows do when they eat something they like
December 5, 2024 at 3:28 PM
is anybody talking about those stupid little dances that people on food shows do when they eat something they like
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You want to know why people don't trust institutions? It's not because they've been poisoned by bad information. It's because they've watched these same institutions repeatedly fail while claiming infallibility.
December 5, 2024 at 2:46 AM
You want to know why people don't trust institutions? It's not because they've been poisoned by bad information. It's because they've watched these same institutions repeatedly fail while claiming infallibility.
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"So that's all there is to life? You go to work and come home? Until you die?" Whoa whoa who said anything about that kind of job security
November 16, 2024 at 6:47 PM
"So that's all there is to life? You go to work and come home? Until you die?" Whoa whoa who said anything about that kind of job security
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One thing young people have learned over and over: you can be a young person of conscious, using your voice to challenge power, and the NYT will never talk to you, only publish the things billionaires say about you, but if you are a contrarian willing to defend power you get a whole profile
publishing this on the first day of Black History Month is so fucked up lol
February 1, 2024 at 1:44 PM
One thing young people have learned over and over: you can be a young person of conscious, using your voice to challenge power, and the NYT will never talk to you, only publish the things billionaires say about you, but if you are a contrarian willing to defend power you get a whole profile
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It's getting better!
December 18, 2023 at 1:24 AM
It's getting better!
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Even if we take Israel's account in good faith, a terrorist hiding in a refugee camp means you pursue other options for capturing the terrorist — it doesn't mean you just fucking bomb the refugee camp, jesus christ.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/...
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/...
Israel strikes Gaza’s Jabalya refugee camp | CNN
An Israeli strike on the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza caused many casualties, officials in the enclave said Tuesday.
amp.cnn.com
November 1, 2023 at 12:32 AM
Even if we take Israel's account in good faith, a terrorist hiding in a refugee camp means you pursue other options for capturing the terrorist — it doesn't mean you just fucking bomb the refugee camp, jesus christ.
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/...
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/10/...