Henry Snow
@henrysnow.bsky.social
Labor historian | they/them | political economy, maritime work, ships and shipbuilders | CONTROL SCIENCE out with Verso 5/26/26 | currently an adjunct at UConn
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my 17th-century ancestors include a guy who helped cause King Phillip's War with a land deal that was illegal even by English standards. he was also known for persecuting Quakers, who then interpreted his death in a freak horse accident as punishment. somehow I don't think Hillsdale would cover this
Neither Trump, nor half of his cabinet have “ancestors” who were in North America before the revolution. I’d guess that less than half of current US citizens do. “Your ancestors” is doing a lot of implicitly white Christian nationalist work here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
my 17th-century ancestors include a guy who helped cause King Phillip's War with a land deal that was illegal even by English standards. he was also known for persecuting Quakers, who then interpreted his death in a freak horse accident as punishment. somehow I don't think Hillsdale would cover this
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Before a single strike, several lawyers raised red flags:
• No self-defense justification
• No organized armed group attacking Americans
• No legal basis for killing civilians
These concerns were documented and ignored — they appear to have been executions.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
• No self-defense justification
• No organized armed group attacking Americans
• No legal basis for killing civilians
These concerns were documented and ignored — they appear to have been executions.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Before a single strike, several lawyers raised red flags:
• No self-defense justification
• No organized armed group attacking Americans
• No legal basis for killing civilians
These concerns were documented and ignored — they appear to have been executions.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
• No self-defense justification
• No organized armed group attacking Americans
• No legal basis for killing civilians
These concerns were documented and ignored — they appear to have been executions.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The resurgence of tobacco is wild. Cigarettes and vapes are little more than poison delivery products that causes terrible health outcomes and pollute the environment. Picking tobacco exposes workers to unhealthy amounts of nicotine. Smoking takes decades of off people's lives.
the latest episode of the ezra klein show has a cigarette ad. philip morris
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The resurgence of tobacco is wild. Cigarettes and vapes are little more than poison delivery products that causes terrible health outcomes and pollute the environment. Picking tobacco exposes workers to unhealthy amounts of nicotine. Smoking takes decades of off people's lives.
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This week on the blog: hoplites! In particular, hoplite equipment! We talk shields, helmets, armor, weight and mobility.
Was the hoplite an over-encumbered battlefield turtle incapable of fighting outside of the phalanx? (No)
Was he actually a good skirmisher? (Also no)
acoup.blog/2025/11/21/c...
Was the hoplite an over-encumbered battlefield turtle incapable of fighting outside of the phalanx? (No)
Was he actually a good skirmisher? (Also no)
acoup.blog/2025/11/21/c...
Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part II: Hoplite Equipment, Hoplight or Hopheavy?
This is the second part of what looks like it’ll be end up as a four part series discussing the debates surrounding ancient Greek hoplites, the heavy infantry of the Archaic (800-480) and Cla…
acoup.blog
November 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This week on the blog: hoplites! In particular, hoplite equipment! We talk shields, helmets, armor, weight and mobility.
Was the hoplite an over-encumbered battlefield turtle incapable of fighting outside of the phalanx? (No)
Was he actually a good skirmisher? (Also no)
acoup.blog/2025/11/21/c...
Was the hoplite an over-encumbered battlefield turtle incapable of fighting outside of the phalanx? (No)
Was he actually a good skirmisher? (Also no)
acoup.blog/2025/11/21/c...
the worst part about microsoft outlook is that the mandatory "lastname firstname" requires me to constantly check myself when I send an email in case someone got in touch from another institution
November 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
the worst part about microsoft outlook is that the mandatory "lastname firstname" requires me to constantly check myself when I send an email in case someone got in touch from another institution
one of you more equipped to talk about Plato than I should do this
has anyone written a recent essay on the right wing/tech obsession with plato?
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
one of you more equipped to talk about Plato than I should do this
so this is all very important but I'll just add the bit at the end where they talk about Polymarket integration is absolutely nuts
This interview is a snapshot into where tech companies are with online harassment right now.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
They know how to end it, but they decided not to spend the money. They’re prioritizing growth (and profit) above all else. And they’re blaming YOU for logging on to the platform they designed to be unsafe.
We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
so this is all very important but I'll just add the bit at the end where they talk about Polymarket integration is absolutely nuts
for a variety of reasons I'm looking to get more acquainted with 20th century naval history (anywhere, anyone)-- seeking recommendations of your favorite books
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
for a variety of reasons I'm looking to get more acquainted with 20th century naval history (anywhere, anyone)-- seeking recommendations of your favorite books
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Please use the link below to send letters to your US representatives urging them to demand Israel stop all demolition orders in Um Al Khair (a town in the occupied West Bank).
The Palestinians here are certain the only way their homes and community will be saved is by diplomatic intervention.
The Palestinians here are certain the only way their homes and community will be saved is by diplomatic intervention.
URGENT: Act Now to Stop Home Demolitions in Umm al-Khair
Tell Congress: Stop imminent home demolitions in the West Bank village of Umm al Khair.
Israel’s Civil Administration forces just issued 14 demolition orders to Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, target...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Please use the link below to send letters to your US representatives urging them to demand Israel stop all demolition orders in Um Al Khair (a town in the occupied West Bank).
The Palestinians here are certain the only way their homes and community will be saved is by diplomatic intervention.
The Palestinians here are certain the only way their homes and community will be saved is by diplomatic intervention.
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if you're transgender you have to live
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
if you're transgender you have to live
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A new AAUP Report on faculty senates is out! 📝
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
In Defense of an Independent and Representative Faculty Voice: The Case of Faculty Senates
This report, prepared by a subcommittee of the AAUP’s Committee on College and University Governance, reexamines the necessity of strong faculty senates through the lens of the Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities and other AAUP statements and in light of escalating political interference against shared governance.
www.aaup.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A new AAUP Report on faculty senates is out! 📝
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
As political attacks on faculty governing bodies increase, our new report argues that effective shared governance requires that faculty have a strong, distinctive & representative collective voice to safeguard academic freedom.
Read below 👇
please preorder the book elsewhere and not there, for multiple reasons, but it's surreal to see my name on target dot com
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
please preorder the book elsewhere and not there, for multiple reasons, but it's surreal to see my name on target dot com
ozymandias, king of kings, announces his next statue will be constructed pre-ruined as vast and trunkless legs of stone in the desert for future travellers to look upon
Good news everybody: Grokipedia will contain all knowledge about the universe and will be distributed periodically throughout the solar system
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
ozymandias, king of kings, announces his next statue will be constructed pre-ruined as vast and trunkless legs of stone in the desert for future travellers to look upon
somehow, credit default swaps returned
CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS SPIKE — SOME AI FIRMS NOW RISKIER THAN BANKS BEFORE THE 2008 CRASH
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
somehow, credit default swaps returned
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ROFL. Eco is not wrong. He's not wrong at all.
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
ROFL. Eco is not wrong. He's not wrong at all.
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Yes and no. It depends on who is using the phrase "terrorism" and in what context
Yes they use terror as a (mainly local) means to further their business enterprise, but no they don't do what we've come to call ExOps for the supposed purposes of some vague global reordering
Yes they use terror as a (mainly local) means to further their business enterprise, but no they don't do what we've come to call ExOps for the supposed purposes of some vague global reordering
Cartels employ terrorism routinely. They kill journalists, mayors and mayoral candidates, and all manner of civilians to terrorize the rest into tolerating them. There are 99 problems with what we’re doing about them but calling them “narco-terrorists” ain’t one.
November 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Yes and no. It depends on who is using the phrase "terrorism" and in what context
Yes they use terror as a (mainly local) means to further their business enterprise, but no they don't do what we've come to call ExOps for the supposed purposes of some vague global reordering
Yes they use terror as a (mainly local) means to further their business enterprise, but no they don't do what we've come to call ExOps for the supposed purposes of some vague global reordering
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fortunate to visit many campuses + easy to say English at Montclair with its many ties to the Honors College, is among the most vibrant undergrad communities
the break things+fail upward admin has got to go
students speaking out are being subject to admin harassment
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
the break things+fail upward admin has got to go
students speaking out are being subject to admin harassment
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
Opinion | Montclair State’s Inhumanity to the Humanities
Goodbye, English department. Hello, Institute for Complex Systems and Algorithmic Infused Societies.
www.wsj.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
fortunate to visit many campuses + easy to say English at Montclair with its many ties to the Honors College, is among the most vibrant undergrad communities
the break things+fail upward admin has got to go
students speaking out are being subject to admin harassment
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
the break things+fail upward admin has got to go
students speaking out are being subject to admin harassment
www.wsj.com/opinion/mont...
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A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A two-year LABOR HISTORY postdoc @brownhist.bsky.social and @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
Possible foci: migration/displacement/ human trafficking; automation/technology/processes of global integration; or gender/sexuality/politics of reproductive labor
Please apply!
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"The Turing Test" taken seriously is "does a given chatbot have the ability to produce a response trace that is statistically indistinguishable from that produced by a random human, in response to an arbitrarily competent agent providing responses" and it's obvious LLMs have not passed this test
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"The Turing Test" taken seriously is "does a given chatbot have the ability to produce a response trace that is statistically indistinguishable from that produced by a random human, in response to an arbitrarily competent agent providing responses" and it's obvious LLMs have not passed this test
"what's so bad about deflation?"
economic history:
economic history:
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
"what's so bad about deflation?"
economic history:
economic history:
When critics of police abolition demand policy programs, I occasionally see prison abolitionists reply that this was a critique thrown at antislavery abolitionists. Worth noting critics of slavery did have detailed plans on how to end slavery and what would follow
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When critics of police abolition demand policy programs, I occasionally see prison abolitionists reply that this was a critique thrown at antislavery abolitionists. Worth noting critics of slavery did have detailed plans on how to end slavery and what would follow
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According to Israel's public broadcast news, the talks between the Israeli state and Syria on a new armistice agreement have reached a dead end because Israel is insisting only on withdrawing its occupation army out of southern Syria in exchange for recognition of Israel + control of Golan Heights.
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
According to Israel's public broadcast news, the talks between the Israeli state and Syria on a new armistice agreement have reached a dead end because Israel is insisting only on withdrawing its occupation army out of southern Syria in exchange for recognition of Israel + control of Golan Heights.
I have a lot of answers ready for "how is your work on the Revolution different from Gary Nash's-" but the funniest is "Gary Nash missed an example of genital-based mockery in the Stamp Act Riots that I caught"
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I have a lot of answers ready for "how is your work on the Revolution different from Gary Nash's-" but the funniest is "Gary Nash missed an example of genital-based mockery in the Stamp Act Riots that I caught"
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Today, @alybatt.bsky.social kicks off a symposium on her book, *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature*
The idea of the free gift, she argues, can give us a deeper understanding of the environmental problems that plague capitalism. It can also help us better understand capitalism itself.
The idea of the free gift, she argues, can give us a deeper understanding of the environmental problems that plague capitalism. It can also help us better understand capitalism itself.
In the Shadow of Commodification
While capitalism is typically said to commodify everything, much of what makes up our world isn’t commodified at all. It instead appears as a free gift: a social form that describes the condition of…
lpeproject.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Today, @alybatt.bsky.social kicks off a symposium on her book, *Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature*
The idea of the free gift, she argues, can give us a deeper understanding of the environmental problems that plague capitalism. It can also help us better understand capitalism itself.
The idea of the free gift, she argues, can give us a deeper understanding of the environmental problems that plague capitalism. It can also help us better understand capitalism itself.
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A Hunger-Games-style proposal for solving the Royal Navy's manning problems in 1813:
evanmwilson.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...
evanmwilson.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...
A Plan for Manning the Royal Navy, 1813
From the cutting-room floor
evanmwilson.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A Hunger-Games-style proposal for solving the Royal Navy's manning problems in 1813:
evanmwilson.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...
evanmwilson.substack.com/p/a-plan-for...