@jeremyzallen.bsky.social
Historian at Lafayette College. Author of "American Lucifers," a labor/environmental history of the work of making artificial light.
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Been thinking a lot about this passage from Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story of the aging anarchist, Odo. In defense of mud:
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Thx friends @adamtooze.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social, @alybatt.bsky.social, @stefeich.bsky.social, @danielloick.bsky.social & others who signed condemning malicious cuts at The New School @newschoolaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org Join them! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TNS Community and Supporters Demand: Stop The Cuts!
To President Towers and The New School Board of Trustees: We, the undersigned members of The New School community and supporters, write to demand you put an immediate halt to planned downsizing, layo...
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December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thx friends @adamtooze.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social, @alybatt.bsky.social, @stefeich.bsky.social, @danielloick.bsky.social & others who signed condemning malicious cuts at The New School @newschoolaaup.bsky.social @aaup.org Join them! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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more brilliant supporters of critical thought in the world & at The New School who u can sign with! @katforrester.bsky.social @reproutopia.bsky.social @gabrielwinant.bsky.social @mayjeong.bsky.social @catherinelacey.bsky.social @vickyacab.bsky.social +! 🥰 what a crew! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TNS Community and Supporters Demand: Stop The Cuts!
To President Towers and The New School Board of Trustees: We, the undersigned members of The New School community and supporters, write to demand you put an immediate halt to planned downsizing, layo...
docs.google.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
more brilliant supporters of critical thought in the world & at The New School who u can sign with! @katforrester.bsky.social @reproutopia.bsky.social @gabrielwinant.bsky.social @mayjeong.bsky.social @catherinelacey.bsky.social @vickyacab.bsky.social +! 🥰 what a crew! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Not an original thought but it really is something that the United States federal government can raid your home with helicopters, molest your children in the middle of the night, destroy your home and render you homeless…and YOU’RE on the hook thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
Judge: residents must move out, ICE-raided South Shore building is uninhabitable • The TRiiBE
The tenants of the property at 7500 S. South Shore Drive are ordered to leave the property by Friday.
thetriibe.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Not an original thought but it really is something that the United States federal government can raid your home with helicopters, molest your children in the middle of the night, destroy your home and render you homeless…and YOU’RE on the hook thetriibe.com/2025/12/judg...
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Sometimes I think white peoples obsession with rewhitening media is a form of self-soothing, like sucking your thumb. if all the lantern jawed manly white men and submissive blonde thin women return, things will be okay again and the world won’t be so scary again.
Sometimes it’s just racism.
Sometimes it’s just racism.
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Sometimes I think white peoples obsession with rewhitening media is a form of self-soothing, like sucking your thumb. if all the lantern jawed manly white men and submissive blonde thin women return, things will be okay again and the world won’t be so scary again.
Sometimes it’s just racism.
Sometimes it’s just racism.
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Rufo's problem is his job is giving the right's most reactionary ideas the valence of intellectual rigor for more liberal audiences, but his base audience wants nothing to do with that kind of respectability politics. He's the pornographer that imagines himself to be a great auteur
Chris Rufo is a cheap thug. The fact that there are cheaper thugs out there doesn't change the fact.
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-attack...
December 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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An entire cohort absolutely ruined by the realization they would never be better writers than TNC and resolved never to let it happen again
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
An entire cohort absolutely ruined by the realization they would never be better writers than TNC and resolved never to let it happen again
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When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
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This is your latest reminder that the US carceral system is a human rights catastrophe. An institution that degrades, breaks, humiliates, and converts bodies to resources for profit.
‘Human trafficking behind prison walls’: women jailed in Texas allege rampant sexual abuse
Women at FMC Carswell – long a focus of sexual abuse investigations – say prison officials have turned a blind eye
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This is your latest reminder that the US carceral system is a human rights catastrophe. An institution that degrades, breaks, humiliates, and converts bodies to resources for profit.
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This level of incompetence is extraordinary even by Donald Trump standards. They arrange to have someone extradited to face criminal charges, then Kristi Noem's team moves to have her deported for being an "illegal" www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Feds bring woman to U.S. to face charges, then say she’s here illegally
A federal magistrate judge called the situation “Kafkaesque” at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This level of incompetence is extraordinary even by Donald Trump standards. They arrange to have someone extradited to face criminal charges, then Kristi Noem's team moves to have her deported for being an "illegal" www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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The Trump EPA has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale compared with a Biden-era assessment, which had already significantly underestimated the dangers of the chemical, a ProPublica investigation found.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The Trump EPA has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale compared with a Biden-era assessment, which had already significantly underestimated the dangers of the chemical, a ProPublica investigation found.
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
By @fastlerner.bsky.social
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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“Somali-looking” man repeatedly begged ICE agents to check his digital passport ID as they tried to put him in a chokehold. They did not, and instead tackled him to the ground, and abducted him. They reportedly drove him 7 miles away before freeing him.
Video: @LongTimeHistory via X
Video: @LongTimeHistory via X
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“Somali-looking” man repeatedly begged ICE agents to check his digital passport ID as they tried to put him in a chokehold. They did not, and instead tackled him to the ground, and abducted him. They reportedly drove him 7 miles away before freeing him.
Video: @LongTimeHistory via X
Video: @LongTimeHistory via X
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"With only 18% coming from megadonors, Dems have a fundraising advantage among grassroots supporters that enabled them to outraise Republicans in 2024. Yet the party courts billionaires while campaigning against oligarchy," writes @adambonica.bsky.social. data4democracy.substack.com/p/money-does...
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
data4democracy.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"With only 18% coming from megadonors, Dems have a fundraising advantage among grassroots supporters that enabled them to outraise Republicans in 2024. Yet the party courts billionaires while campaigning against oligarchy," writes @adambonica.bsky.social. data4democracy.substack.com/p/money-does...
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there I fixed it for them
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
there I fixed it for them
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guy who can't use the printer and refuses to learn: we need to embrace the new and transformative potentials that AI offers
December 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
guy who can't use the printer and refuses to learn: we need to embrace the new and transformative potentials that AI offers
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The IDF again claimed a “terrorist” posed an “imminent threat” to its troops — after shooting a child and running his body over with a tank.
This is the third case in two weeks in which Israeli soldiers have murdered young children and then issued the same justification.
This is the third case in two weeks in which Israeli soldiers have murdered young children and then issued the same justification.
December 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The IDF again claimed a “terrorist” posed an “imminent threat” to its troops — after shooting a child and running his body over with a tank.
This is the third case in two weeks in which Israeli soldiers have murdered young children and then issued the same justification.
This is the third case in two weeks in which Israeli soldiers have murdered young children and then issued the same justification.
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being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
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If you want to tell me the plain language of the Constitution means something entirely different, you ought to have a heavy burden. But because we've allowed the public practices of folk constitutionalism to atrophy into lawyerly monopoly (see below), there's a brute appeal to authority available.
I gave the article a nice long 18th century-style title:
Folk Constitutionalism, or Why It Matters How Ordinary People Think about the Constitution
Here's the abstract, and a link to an ungated preprint: kevinjelliott.net/wp-content/u...
Folk Constitutionalism, or Why It Matters How Ordinary People Think about the Constitution
Here's the abstract, and a link to an ungated preprint: kevinjelliott.net/wp-content/u...
December 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you want to tell me the plain language of the Constitution means something entirely different, you ought to have a heavy burden. But because we've allowed the public practices of folk constitutionalism to atrophy into lawyerly monopoly (see below), there's a brute appeal to authority available.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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There was a tweet some years back that was like "Being a Democrat is like going to a concert where the band is telling everyone to calm down the whole time" and I think about it a lot
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There was a tweet some years back that was like "Being a Democrat is like going to a concert where the band is telling everyone to calm down the whole time" and I think about it a lot
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Gee, it’s almost as if the Secretary of Defense ordered his subordinates to carry out an order his department’s own Law of War manual explicitly states is illegal.
"The requirement to refuse to comply with orders to commit law of war violations applies to orders to perform conduct that is clearly illegal or orders that the subordinate knows...are illegal. For example, 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥."
-DoD Law of War manual
-DoD Law of War manual
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Gee, it’s almost as if the Secretary of Defense ordered his subordinates to carry out an order his department’s own Law of War manual explicitly states is illegal.
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i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i'm actually struck by how pete hegseth isn't just a cowardly man but a capital-c Coward. a guy who gets off on abusing and hurting people he thinks are weaker than him and then tries to run and hide when there might be consequences
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This is the regime. It's not enough to double-down and assert that even more lethal force will be used against small watercraft ("we're just getting started"). Instead, it must be made a joke.
At present, over 100K people have "liked" this post. In just 15 hours. X is worse than you remember.
At present, over 100K people have "liked" this post. In just 15 hours. X is worse than you remember.
This is a disturbing post on X by a disturbed individual. Pete Hegseth is a murderer.
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is the regime. It's not enough to double-down and assert that even more lethal force will be used against small watercraft ("we're just getting started"). Instead, it must be made a joke.
At present, over 100K people have "liked" this post. In just 15 hours. X is worse than you remember.
At present, over 100K people have "liked" this post. In just 15 hours. X is worse than you remember.
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The law is not now, nor has it ever been, a moral instrument.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The law is not now, nor has it ever been, a moral instrument.