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I love college radio and I wrote about my favorite station for The New York Times... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I love college radio and I wrote about my favorite station for The New York Times... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
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Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship.
Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.
Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
www.wired.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Carl Schmitt, the German legal theorist tapped by the Nazi's to justify Germany's slip from democracy to dictatorship.
Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.
Those theories have been a roadmap for the billionaire
ever since.
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The deadline to sign SB 79 and legalize more housing near transit in California is coming up. This is a hugely important bill both for ending the state's housing crisis and for securing its climate future. Please join me in urging @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign!
September 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The deadline to sign SB 79 and legalize more housing near transit in California is coming up. This is a hugely important bill both for ending the state's housing crisis and for securing its climate future. Please join me in urging @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to sign!
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A little good news: So far Leo is turning out to be just as much, if not more, of a climate pope as Francis
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
Vatican strikes solar farm deal to become first carbon neutral state
A controversial radio site north of Rome is set to become a solar farm as the Vatican pushes its green transition.
www.euronews.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A little good news: So far Leo is turning out to be just as much, if not more, of a climate pope as Francis
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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You hear this argument in California all the time despite the fact that school districts are funded by the state on the basis of average daily attendance. Many districts are facing budget crises in part because they don't have enough students!
Among the anti-housing arguments I've seen recently aired, one of the ones I find the most morally repugnant is the idea that new housing should not be approved when it will attract families with school-age kids, thus increasing school system costs
June 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You hear this argument in California all the time despite the fact that school districts are funded by the state on the basis of average daily attendance. Many districts are facing budget crises in part because they don't have enough students!
Yet another wife-guy post--Dorothy Fortenberry in the Atlantic with a book review about a weirdly modern-sounding preacher scandal
Aimee Semple McPherson created a wildly popular personal brand as a preacher—then suddenly disappeared. Her seemingly staged kidnapping in 1926 has some eerie present-day echoes, writes Dorothy Fortenberry:
An Eerily Familiar 20th-Century Hoax
Aimee Semple McPherson created a wildly popular personal brand as a preacher—then suddenly disappeared.
bit.ly
May 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Yet another wife-guy post--Dorothy Fortenberry in the Atlantic with a book review about a weirdly modern-sounding preacher scandal
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Reminder that when NIMBYs in California fret about the impact more housing will have on local schools:
-They are literally saying they want fewer children in their community.
-They are ignoring the fact that many school districts are struggling because they don't have *enough* students.
-They are literally saying they want fewer children in their community.
-They are ignoring the fact that many school districts are struggling because they don't have *enough* students.
April 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Reminder that when NIMBYs in California fret about the impact more housing will have on local schools:
-They are literally saying they want fewer children in their community.
-They are ignoring the fact that many school districts are struggling because they don't have *enough* students.
-They are literally saying they want fewer children in their community.
-They are ignoring the fact that many school districts are struggling because they don't have *enough* students.
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FYSA: Call *your* congressperson's. Not someone else's. If you are not their constituent they do not care and you're only tying up the line for the people they do represent.
I know you hate this advice. I know you hear it all the time, but for gods sake you need to be calling your congressperson. Now. Today.
If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.
If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.
January 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
FYSA: Call *your* congressperson's. Not someone else's. If you are not their constituent they do not care and you're only tying up the line for the people they do represent.
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One thing about Dems being lame and normie is that they may actually be open to constituent pressure so one thing you can do, as useless as it seems, is call their offices.
January 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
One thing about Dems being lame and normie is that they may actually be open to constituent pressure so one thing you can do, as useless as it seems, is call their offices.
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“The huge surge that Harris has seen in fundraising across the country has not trickled down.”
Fueling state legislative races is the most strategic step you can take to protect our democracy⬇️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fueling state legislative races is the most strategic step you can take to protect our democracy⬇️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Democratic Donors Are Deploying a ‘Moneyball’ Strategy to Tip Local Races
It’s been a longstanding knock on the Democratic Party: Its national candidates might win more votes, but its state and local officials fall short in races that matter for everything from abortion acc...
www.bloomberg.com
October 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM
“The huge surge that Harris has seen in fundraising across the country has not trickled down.”
Fueling state legislative races is the most strategic step you can take to protect our democracy⬇️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fueling state legislative races is the most strategic step you can take to protect our democracy⬇️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Last week I asked Give Smart donors to dig deep to help Wisconsin Assembly candidates and YOU DELIVERED. Thanks to the support that people like you provided they were able to save most of their program and keep some critical seats for the majority on the table.
October 1, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Last week I asked Give Smart donors to dig deep to help Wisconsin Assembly candidates and YOU DELIVERED. Thanks to the support that people like you provided they were able to save most of their program and keep some critical seats for the majority on the table.
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Under Trump, EPA scientists say managers pressured them to "delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage & neurological problems, from their reports — and in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves."
(Via @propublica.bsky.social)
(Via @propublica.bsky.social)
EPA Scientists Said They Were Pressured to Downplay Harms From Chemicals. A Watchdog Found They Were Retaliated Against.
Three reports issued by the agency’s inspector general detailed personal attacks suffered by the scientists — including being called “stupid,” “piranhas” and “pot-stirrers” — and called on the EPA to ...
www.propublica.org
September 18, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Under Trump, EPA scientists say managers pressured them to "delete evidence of chemicals’ harms, including cancer, miscarriage & neurological problems, from their reports — and in some cases, they said, their managers deleted the information themselves."
(Via @propublica.bsky.social)
(Via @propublica.bsky.social)
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NEW: In WIREs Climate Change today, our latest peer-reviewed research shows fossil fuel companies have systematically infiltrated academia, threatening to bias research and undermine meaningful climate action. THREAD.
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
Fossil fuel industry influence in higher education: A review and a research agenda
A growing research agenda: Timeline of the cumulative number of news articles (black, left axis), white paper reports (red, right axis), and peer-reviewed and academic publications (green, right axis....
bit.ly
September 5, 2024 at 5:06 PM
NEW: In WIREs Climate Change today, our latest peer-reviewed research shows fossil fuel companies have systematically infiltrated academia, threatening to bias research and undermine meaningful climate action. THREAD.
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
📄 Open access: bit.ly/FossilFUniv
I don't post often, but my wife isn't on here at all so enjoy this piece she wrote about, uh, political strategy
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The J.D. Vance Sperm-Cup Situation Was Ridiculous. Democrats Should Pay Attention Anyway.
Why this probably-AstroTurfed MAGA fad has been living rent-free in my brain.
slate.com
August 23, 2024 at 11:06 PM
I don't post often, but my wife isn't on here at all so enjoy this piece she wrote about, uh, political strategy
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Meanwhile just .5% of what they're spending on digital ads alone would be the entire budget for most state legislative races, and these 6 candidates need your money more than anyone else right now app.oath.vote/donate?p=tsp...
August 17, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Meanwhile just .5% of what they're spending on digital ads alone would be the entire budget for most state legislative races, and these 6 candidates need your money more than anyone else right now app.oath.vote/donate?p=tsp...
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Under the current Biden climate policies, if we work hard on implementing them, we can get to an 80% clean electricity system by the end of the decade. If those policies go away, there is zero chance we will get there. Let’s work hard to get to 80% and also add more climate policy to get to 100%.
80% total clean is the top end of the DOE model for 2030. Lots of things need to work out. Let’s make them work out.
June 29, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Under the current Biden climate policies, if we work hard on implementing them, we can get to an 80% clean electricity system by the end of the decade. If those policies go away, there is zero chance we will get there. Let’s work hard to get to 80% and also add more climate policy to get to 100%.
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The increasingly muscular NLRB doesn't get enough attention but it's the administrative state at its best, lately
BREAKING: The Musk/SpaceX (Morgan Lewis) challenge to the NLRB structure has been transferred to C.D. Cal. from S.D. Tex. where Morgan Lewis filed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 15, 2024 at 6:48 PM
The increasingly muscular NLRB doesn't get enough attention but it's the administrative state at its best, lately
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Tech bros *hate* RSS because it is a way for information to go directly between authors and audience without them being able to extract rents in between.
“RSS is dead, he repeats endlessly throughout the book.”
There is something about RSS that really bugs the tech bros.
There is something about RSS that really bugs the tech bros.
February 7, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Tech bros *hate* RSS because it is a way for information to go directly between authors and audience without them being able to extract rents in between.
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i’ll miss the peanut butter cups from trader joe’s but otherwise, like, i know how to cook
January 27, 2024 at 1:26 AM
i’ll miss the peanut butter cups from trader joe’s but otherwise, like, i know how to cook
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people these days really have no idea how bad world war two was, do they
December 10, 2023 at 11:02 AM
people these days really have no idea how bad world war two was, do they
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The testimony of Ivy League presidents received far more attention than new assessments of how universities in Florida have been hobbled under DeSantis.
Analysis | Furor over the Ivies — and crickets about Florida
The week’s conversation about higher education both reflects the salience of the war in Israel — and the right’s success in how it frames higher education.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2023 at 2:07 PM
The testimony of Ivy League presidents received far more attention than new assessments of how universities in Florida have been hobbled under DeSantis.
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new print mag feature (now online) from @arawnsley.bsky.social and me:
Months ago, we sought to do a deep dive into the ways Trump and his close allies have been working diligently to corrupt the 2024 election in their favor. This is one of their major targets:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Months ago, we sought to do a deep dive into the ways Trump and his close allies have been working diligently to corrupt the 2024 election in their favor. This is one of their major targets:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Inside Trump’s Plot To Corrupt the 2024 Election With ‘Garbage’ Data
Cleta Mitchell and other Trump allies are pushing Secretaries of State to pull out of ERIC and sign up for EagleAI ahead of the 2024 election.
www.rollingstone.com
December 8, 2023 at 3:03 PM
new print mag feature (now online) from @arawnsley.bsky.social and me:
Months ago, we sought to do a deep dive into the ways Trump and his close allies have been working diligently to corrupt the 2024 election in their favor. This is one of their major targets:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Months ago, we sought to do a deep dive into the ways Trump and his close allies have been working diligently to corrupt the 2024 election in their favor. This is one of their major targets:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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You're running out of time to make a difference in the Virginia elections that'll be held on Tuesday. These are the candidates who need your money the most right now. No more waiting. secure.actblue.com/donate/gives...
November 1, 2023 at 3:11 PM
You're running out of time to make a difference in the Virginia elections that'll be held on Tuesday. These are the candidates who need your money the most right now. No more waiting. secure.actblue.com/donate/gives...
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UAW President Shawn Fain just announced on a livestream that GM has agreed to place its battery manufacturing plants under the new national master agreement. Huge, pending details.
October 6, 2023 at 6:31 PM
UAW President Shawn Fain just announced on a livestream that GM has agreed to place its battery manufacturing plants under the new national master agreement. Huge, pending details.
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You could freak out over a poll for an election a year from now or you could donate to the candidates in the races that will determine who controls the VA Legislature, which as a massive impact on choice, gay rights and democracy itself secure.actblue.com/donate/gives...
The most important donation you can make between now and November
Fight MAGA in VA
secure.actblue.com
September 17, 2023 at 5:16 PM
You could freak out over a poll for an election a year from now or you could donate to the candidates in the races that will determine who controls the VA Legislature, which as a massive impact on choice, gay rights and democracy itself secure.actblue.com/donate/gives...