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Jason Brozek
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Associate Prof of poli sci/enviro policy at a small liberal arts college. Teaching international politics & doing local advocacy for bikes, peds, parks, and libraries.
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Wow. WOW. Educate yourself. SMH.
Tweet explaining that water isn’t wet, it makes things wet
June 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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I figure it’s like marathon photos - low uptake overall, so the margin on every individual sale needs to be pretty high to cover time, equipment & expertise.

Nothing wrong with folks who want to be paid for their work, imo
Screenshot of Slate’s subscriber-only paywall pop-up for the article that was originally posted.
May 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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In environmental security research, there’s an open empirical question of whether we’ve ever seen a war over water. I’m reading updates from India & Pakistan tonight and wondering if that question will be settled by tomorrow.

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Screenshot of an article from The Guardian, reading: The strikes came just hours after Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said that water flowing across India’s borders would be stopped. Pakistan had warned that tampering with the rivers that flow from India into its territory would be an “act of war.” Modi did not mention Islamabad specifically, but his speech came after Delhi suspended its part of the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty, which governs water critical to Pakistan for consumption and agriculture. “India’s water used to go outside, now it will flow for India,” Modi said in a speech. The Indus treaty governs the distribution and use of waters from the Indus River and its tributaries, which feed 80% of Pakistan’s irrigated agriculture and its hydropower. As well as suspending the treaty, Delhi has suspended trade with Pakistan, summoned and expelled its diplomats, and suspended visas for Pakistanis. Pakistan has also suspended all trade with India and closed its airspace to Indian airlines.
May 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I’ll admit I don’t totally get the joke of releasing a special 20th anniversary edition of an album that only came out a few years ago, but Good News For People Who Love Bad News never lets me down.
Special 20th anniversary vinyl cover of Modest Mouse’s 2004 album, Good News For People Who Love Bad News, which has different artwork. It’s a tipping file cabinet in an otherwise empty room, walls painted pink, polished concrete floor, with six white arrows sticking out of the cabinet’s side. Pink paint runs from their tips, like blood.
January 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Beautiful.
A screenshot of two Bluesky posts. The first is by Gail Simone, which is a response to the new Superman movie trailer, and it reads in all caps “I am so happy, you all. This is the Superman I believe in”. The second is a man replying to Gail by asking “Do you realize that Superman is a fictitious character?” (Gail Simone is an author who has written multiple issues of Superman comics) Another Bluesky screenshot, featuring Gail Simone’s reply to the man asking if she realizes Superman is fictional, which reads, sarcastically, “What? For real? WHY DID NO ONE EVER IMPART THIS INFORMATION TO ME WHEN I WROTE ALL THESE COMICS” with four images of Superman comic covers of issues she wrote.
December 19, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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I’m so glad I took a screenshot when I did!
Two Bluesky posts: the first is by Gail Simone, which is a response to the new Superman movie trailer, and it reads in all caps “I am so happy, you all. This is the Superman I believe in”. The second is a man replying to Gail by asking “Do you realize that Superman is a fictitious character?” (Gail Simone is an author who has written multiple issues of Superman comics)
December 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
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I spotted this relic a couple years ago, and had an immediate flashback of my family getting our first home computer when I was in high school.
An old Gateway 2000 computer box sits next to other discarded things next to someone’s house, probably all going out with the week’s garbage
December 14, 2024 at 3:35 AM
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Neat that someone built a full-size version of the Lego set
November 23, 2024 at 5:52 PM
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The Småland we all know & love
November 11, 2024 at 2:13 AM
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Gore, who I met a couple times during the Iowa caucuses. One of my formative political memories was organizing an election night watch party with campus Dems, and then seeing everyone trickle out early in the morning until it was just me watching alone, stunned, sad, and confused.
August 17, 2024 at 10:04 AM