it's good that people who work for ICE are being ostracized by their communities and confronted at their churches. that's actually what living in a society is

That quote about heroism gets at why publicly shaming them can be really effective, and I think about this a lot -- most people get into these kinds of jobs specifically bc they believe people will gush over them and shower them with honor

Further recommendations for a person who loves Blood Meridian? (novels or films or otherwise)

To be clear, I am willing to put up with a lot in the name of organizing and camaraderie, I just think it should cut both ways

I've seen this expectation in a lot of American left spaces that secularists have to put up with spiritualism etc for recruitment / retention / big tent purposes, but never the other way around -- even though it probably turns off just as many as it attracts

They’re not really PhD students, or if they are they invent things. This guy found a couple who seem determined to be victims of AI shaming, which is interesting in itself, but I’ve seen others whose whole deal is productivity but their tips are bad and clearly not from a recent student.

Yes, and I resent that it has made me develop this habit of having to list a half dozen prefatory "to be sures" and not-really-anyone's-business biographical data before weighing in on anything bc no one can take anything in good faith anymore

my cousin broke his foot after we watched this movie and he did a flying kick off the bed into a box fan