@gogoglow.bsky.social
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Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.
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Waste not, want not.
July 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Waste not, want not.
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Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
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Jesus Christ... the *entire Fulbright Board* at the State Department just resigned rather than cooperate for a second longer with this monster and his patently illegal schemes.
Fulbright board resigns over alleged Trump administration interference
The 12-person board that oversees the Fulbright Program accused the White House of denying a “substantial” number of scholarship recipients.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Jesus Christ... the *entire Fulbright Board* at the State Department just resigned rather than cooperate for a second longer with this monster and his patently illegal schemes.
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This despicable rhetoric of immigrants as "foreign invaders" sadly has long history in American culture, as demonstrated by these two cartoons (one from 1891, the other 1903) depicting hordes descending on the US—but then they were seen as coming from England, Germany, Italy & other European locales
June 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This despicable rhetoric of immigrants as "foreign invaders" sadly has long history in American culture, as demonstrated by these two cartoons (one from 1891, the other 1903) depicting hordes descending on the US—but then they were seen as coming from England, Germany, Italy & other European locales
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All that bootlegger money spent trying to climb the social ladder out of Irishness only to end up with a guy whose head is made of corned beef
Says the 71-year-old man shot full of testosterone till he looks like a slab of speck
RFK JR: Our fertility is dropping dramatically. Teenagers in this country have the same testosterone levels as 68 year old men
April 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
All that bootlegger money spent trying to climb the social ladder out of Irishness only to end up with a guy whose head is made of corned beef
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Levitsky: "We are no longer living in a liberal democracy".
Good intro to competitive authoritarianism, with quotes from one of the foremost experts.
Good intro to competitive authoritarianism, with quotes from one of the foremost experts.
April 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Levitsky: "We are no longer living in a liberal democracy".
Good intro to competitive authoritarianism, with quotes from one of the foremost experts.
Good intro to competitive authoritarianism, with quotes from one of the foremost experts.
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They won’t fire Hegseth unless and until they can find someone equally suited to the project of destroying American institutions and endangering American lives.
April 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
They won’t fire Hegseth unless and until they can find someone equally suited to the project of destroying American institutions and endangering American lives.
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If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
April 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If we make it through this dark period with democracy intact, it may be because the administration's incompetence was greater than its depravity.
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NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
April 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
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"If the memory of the battles were simply inaccurate, that would hardly be odd; most public memories are imprecise. What is problematic is that the myth of common-born militia members taking on tyranny has become a touchstone for extremists." 🗃️ www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The Dangerous Afterlives of Lexington and Concord
How a myth about farmers taking on the British has fueled more than two centuries of exclusionary nationalism.
www.hnn.us
April 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"If the memory of the battles were simply inaccurate, that would hardly be odd; most public memories are imprecise. What is problematic is that the myth of common-born militia members taking on tyranny has become a touchstone for extremists." 🗃️ www.hnn.us/article/the-...
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If you're a reporter in a White House press briefing as the spokesperson for the government asserts flatly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang who's guilty of human trafficking and you sit there silently without shouting out "PROVE IT!" I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself.
April 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
If you're a reporter in a White House press briefing as the spokesperson for the government asserts flatly that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a member of the MS-13 gang who's guilty of human trafficking and you sit there silently without shouting out "PROVE IT!" I'd like to invite you to go fuck yourself.
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Academics & others need to understand a few things.
A 🧵
I) First, fascism is not inevitable.
Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them.
Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends.
That why visible resistance matters.
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I) First, fascism is not inevitable.
Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them.
Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends.
That why visible resistance matters.
1/
In addition to going through the website, I strongly encourage people to read the letter from Harvard's President, Dr. Garber.
We need more scientific institutions to show this level of courage, no matter the risk. In fact, we need *all* institutions to stand up*.
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
We need more scientific institutions to show this level of courage, no matter the risk. In fact, we need *all* institutions to stand up*.
www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
The Promise of American Higher Education
No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue
www.harvard.edu
April 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Academics & others need to understand a few things.
A 🧵
I) First, fascism is not inevitable.
Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them.
Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends.
That why visible resistance matters.
1/
A 🧵
I) First, fascism is not inevitable.
Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them.
Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends.
That why visible resistance matters.
1/
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This is the way to fight back. Not just rejecting illegal demands, but also arguing affirmatively for the value of university research.
Coinciding with it's "No" letter Harvard has refashioned its university homepage into essentially an advertisement for the social benefits of university research. This is the current front page.
April 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is the way to fight back. Not just rejecting illegal demands, but also arguing affirmatively for the value of university research.
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Good reporting here. Student paper gets what the bigs have missed. White House is actually threatening to defund all of bostons major hospitals www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts...
www.thecrimson.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good reporting here. Student paper gets what the bigs have missed. White House is actually threatening to defund all of bostons major hospitals www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
She's baaaaaaaaack!
Fear has a way of being contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
But courage is also contagious.
April 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
She's baaaaaaaaack!
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🧵hi, medical toxicologist and poisoning expert here
let's talk about pong-pong (“the suicide tree”) from The White Lotus #whitelotus #thewhitelotus 🪷
(yes it's real, yes it's deadly, and YES I HAVE OPINIONS)
let's talk about pong-pong (“the suicide tree”) from The White Lotus #whitelotus #thewhitelotus 🪷
(yes it's real, yes it's deadly, and YES I HAVE OPINIONS)
April 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🧵hi, medical toxicologist and poisoning expert here
let's talk about pong-pong (“the suicide tree”) from The White Lotus #whitelotus #thewhitelotus 🪷
(yes it's real, yes it's deadly, and YES I HAVE OPINIONS)
let's talk about pong-pong (“the suicide tree”) from The White Lotus #whitelotus #thewhitelotus 🪷
(yes it's real, yes it's deadly, and YES I HAVE OPINIONS)
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We were robbed of the scene in which Parker Posey discovers she’s broke now. #TheWhiteLotus
April 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
We were robbed of the scene in which Parker Posey discovers she’s broke now. #TheWhiteLotus
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and that, ladies, is why you do not date a middle aged man obsessed with murder who calls you an idiot at breakfast #thewhitelotus
April 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
and that, ladies, is why you do not date a middle aged man obsessed with murder who calls you an idiot at breakfast #thewhitelotus
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Surprise surprise. Not.
Arjun Appadurai and Sheldon Pollock on boards of trustees: “Who actually runs Columbia University?” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
April 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Surprise surprise. Not.
Great read
A History of American Cults, from the Pilgrims to MAGA ... utterly fascinating and totally relevant
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
A History of American Cults, from the Pilgrims to MAGA
A new book examines the Doomsday thinking that drives our politics
open.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Great read
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Once again, a lot more senior people needed to go to jail for a very long time for Iran-Contra, Bush-era torture, & all the other previously unpunished, wildly illegal & unconstitutional executive branch crimes that have led us inexorably to this utterly shameful, horrifying moment as a country.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Once again, a lot more senior people needed to go to jail for a very long time for Iran-Contra, Bush-era torture, & all the other previously unpunished, wildly illegal & unconstitutional executive branch crimes that have led us inexorably to this utterly shameful, horrifying moment as a country.
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It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
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Lee Bollinger is no wild-eyed catastrophizer. Pay heed.
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Lee Bollinger is no wild-eyed catastrophizer. Pay heed.