Andrew Lavin
@dicendumquod.bsky.social
Non-profit Director | Artist | Philosopher | Podcaster when I have time | last name sounds like 'Gavin'
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Unleashing the power of the market by having some bureaucrat decide what is a proper job appropriate for graduates and deporting anyone who disagrees. I love having the worst aspects of state planning combined with the heartlessness of a market economy, it's very good and bodes well for my country.
Other reforms expected include restrictions that will force foreign graduates to leave the UK unless they get a graduate level job, which will be based on skill levels rather than salary.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Visa crackdown on nationalities blamed for asylum costs
Home Office will restrict applications for work and study visas for migrants most likely to overstay judged on where they are from
www.thetimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Unleashing the power of the market by having some bureaucrat decide what is a proper job appropriate for graduates and deporting anyone who disagrees. I love having the worst aspects of state planning combined with the heartlessness of a market economy, it's very good and bodes well for my country.
Ouch. Good work. Woman holding sign that says "Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries take corporate PAC money"
April 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Ouch. Good work. Woman holding sign that says "Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries take corporate PAC money"
Not enough people here, and some time wasting, but cool to see at least something happening.
There are protests planned down the street so maybe it'll grow throughout the day.
There are protests planned down the street so maybe it'll grow throughout the day.
April 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Not enough people here, and some time wasting, but cool to see at least something happening.
There are protests planned down the street so maybe it'll grow throughout the day.
There are protests planned down the street so maybe it'll grow throughout the day.
Sit in with Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries on the Capital steps.
April 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sit in with Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries on the Capital steps.
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"Why aren't young people protesting?"
Consider—because they all got their shit rocked by police and prosecutors last year trying to stop a genocide, and you abandoned them.
Consider—because they all got their shit rocked by police and prosecutors last year trying to stop a genocide, and you abandoned them.
April 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Why aren't young people protesting?"
Consider—because they all got their shit rocked by police and prosecutors last year trying to stop a genocide, and you abandoned them.
Consider—because they all got their shit rocked by police and prosecutors last year trying to stop a genocide, and you abandoned them.
Anything more than quite minor differences in compensation are deeply and irretrievably unjust. Pay should not be a determining factor on whether a job is a good fit for my skills and capabilities and values.
March 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Anything more than quite minor differences in compensation are deeply and irretrievably unjust. Pay should not be a determining factor on whether a job is a good fit for my skills and capabilities and values.
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Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge | CNN Politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Thursday that she plans to mobilize her massive base of followers to oppose what she described as an “acquiesce” by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to accept th...
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March 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Ocasio-Cortez mobilizes Democrats against Schumer plan as colleagues privately urge her to consider primary challenge www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/p...
Heart breaking today for Palestinians and Breonna Taylor and babies growing up without parents and without peace. We lament and then we keep fighting.
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Heart breaking today for Palestinians and Breonna Taylor and babies growing up without parents and without peace. We lament and then we keep fighting.
If you remove the woke, things start catching fire. That's just science.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If you remove the woke, things start catching fire. That's just science.
If you allow any part of you to behave and make decisions like a business person, you will never be part of the revolution. We must excuse capitalism from our bones.
March 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
If you allow any part of you to behave and make decisions like a business person, you will never be part of the revolution. We must excuse capitalism from our bones.
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Join us and hundreds of thousands of people demanding that DHS immediately release Mahmoud, and that Columbia University - and all college administrators - start protecting their students from the reach of the Trump regime.
Sign here:
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Demand the Immediate Release of Palestinian Student Activist Mahmoud Khalil from DHS detention
On the evening of March 8, 2025, Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil was detained by the Department of Homeland Security. The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s ann...
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March 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Join us and hundreds of thousands of people demanding that DHS immediately release Mahmoud, and that Columbia University - and all college administrators - start protecting their students from the reach of the Trump regime.
Sign here:
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Apologies for this:
To the tune of Mamma Mia:
Gonorrhea, here you go again, my my, how can I not to catch you?
To the tune of Mamma Mia:
Gonorrhea, here you go again, my my, how can I not to catch you?
March 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Apologies for this:
To the tune of Mamma Mia:
Gonorrhea, here you go again, my my, how can I not to catch you?
To the tune of Mamma Mia:
Gonorrhea, here you go again, my my, how can I not to catch you?
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DEI is the most popular thing in this list lmao
New Quinnipiac poll—
Congressional Republicans
Approve 40%
Disapprove 52%
Congressional Democrats
Approve 21%
Disapprove 68%
Elon Musk
Favorable 38%
Unfavorable 50%
Donald Trump
Approve 45%
Disapprove 49%
Trump plan to take Gaza
Pro 22%
Anti 62%
DEI policies
Good 53%
Bad 38%
Congressional Republicans
Approve 40%
Disapprove 52%
Congressional Democrats
Approve 21%
Disapprove 68%
Elon Musk
Favorable 38%
Unfavorable 50%
Donald Trump
Approve 45%
Disapprove 49%
Trump plan to take Gaza
Pro 22%
Anti 62%
DEI policies
Good 53%
Bad 38%
February 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
DEI is the most popular thing in this list lmao
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Ok, but real talk? The sort of low-engagement persuadable Trump voter you need to flip is not going to sit through a serious policy argument, and would not understand it if they did. “He’s calling himself a king” they can understand. So run with it.
Dear media:
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
February 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ok, but real talk? The sort of low-engagement persuadable Trump voter you need to flip is not going to sit through a serious policy argument, and would not understand it if they did. “He’s calling himself a king” they can understand. So run with it.
He fucking said he was going to do all of this and people voted for him happily and proudly.
January 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
He fucking said he was going to do all of this and people voted for him happily and proudly.
Absolutely drives me mad: organizations with an acronym name that don't have a really obvious decoding of the acronym on their website. Should be front and center.
January 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Absolutely drives me mad: organizations with an acronym name that don't have a really obvious decoding of the acronym on their website. Should be front and center.
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For King, “the black revolution” was “much more than a struggle for the rights of Negroes." It was about “forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws—racism, poverty, militarism and materialism” and “exposing the evils rooted deeply in the whole structure of our society.” @keeanga.bsky.social
The Pivot to Class - Boston Review
King articulated an anti-capitalist analysis of the U.S.
www.bostonreview.net
January 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
For King, “the black revolution” was “much more than a struggle for the rights of Negroes." It was about “forcing America to face all its interrelated flaws—racism, poverty, militarism and materialism” and “exposing the evils rooted deeply in the whole structure of our society.” @keeanga.bsky.social
It's impossible to deny that Michael Jackson was a generational talent and amazing musician and performer. American Gods was pretty damn good. Predators make great art sometimes.
January 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's impossible to deny that Michael Jackson was a generational talent and amazing musician and performer. American Gods was pretty damn good. Predators make great art sometimes.
It's mystifying and alienating to talk to people who are blissfully unaware that we are on the cusp of the end of democracy and they're still living and talking like it's 2006.
January 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It's mystifying and alienating to talk to people who are blissfully unaware that we are on the cusp of the end of democracy and they're still living and talking like it's 2006.
Drumpf: I will punish my enemies and dismantle democracy. You won't have to vote anymore and the enemy within will be swiftly dealt with.
Normal people: Um that's really very concerning
Drumpf Voters: Hey! Be nice to us! A lot of us are decent people.
Normal people: Um that's really very concerning
Drumpf Voters: Hey! Be nice to us! A lot of us are decent people.
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Drumpf: I will punish my enemies and dismantle democracy. You won't have to vote anymore and the enemy within will be swiftly dealt with.
Normal people: Um that's really very concerning
Drumpf Voters: Hey! Be nice to us! A lot of us are decent people.
Normal people: Um that's really very concerning
Drumpf Voters: Hey! Be nice to us! A lot of us are decent people.
Weave News looks cool. Hadn't heard of them.
We are proud to feature English translations of columns by economist Fernando Luengo, who writes for @lamarea.bsky.social in Spain.
In this article, Luengo discusses how a second Trump administration could lead to disastrous decisions, including increased militarization, in Europe.
In this article, Luengo discusses how a second Trump administration could lead to disastrous decisions, including increased militarization, in Europe.
Trump, Europe, and Military Spending — Weave News
It is clear that Donald Trump's broad victory in the US elections will have – and already has, in fact – important economic, social and political consequences, both in the United States and on a globa...
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December 4, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Weave News looks cool. Hadn't heard of them.
More fun news!
December 3, 2024 at 2:44 AM
More fun news!
California requires Ethnic Studies courses, there aren't enough Ethnic Studies phds. There aren't enough people of color eligible for these jobs. This will likely result in white guys like me becoming ethnic studies profs to meet the demand. Discuss.
December 2, 2024 at 7:19 PM
California requires Ethnic Studies courses, there aren't enough Ethnic Studies phds. There aren't enough people of color eligible for these jobs. This will likely result in white guys like me becoming ethnic studies profs to meet the demand. Discuss.