Judith Paltin
@jpaltin.bsky.social
English professor in Vancouver. Forsan et haec olim and all that. I support trans and NB rights without reservation.
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Perfection
March 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Perfection
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AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
AOC on senate Dems caving and backing the CR: “A wide sense of betrayal.”
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Way, way too much milage from this gif, and we're only about a month in.
February 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Way, way too much milage from this gif, and we're only about a month in.
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📌QUESTION: How can a private citizen, with zero govt. clearance be walking through the doors of OUR federal departments and the treasury, ransacking the places, stealing information, and NOBODY is stopping him?
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
February 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
📌QUESTION: How can a private citizen, with zero govt. clearance be walking through the doors of OUR federal departments and the treasury, ransacking the places, stealing information, and NOBODY is stopping him?
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
Children, this is what's known as a straw argument.
.@ScottJenningsKY knows Elon Musk gave a Nazi salute and told the AfD not to feel bad about their grandparents’ role in the Holocaust.
Then Jennings said this: “Nobody being born today is responsible for the Holocaust, just like nobody today is responsible for slavery.” Parroting Musk to the AfD.
Then Jennings said this: “Nobody being born today is responsible for the Holocaust, just like nobody today is responsible for slavery.” Parroting Musk to the AfD.
January 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Children, this is what's known as a straw argument.
Poor Pete Hegseth tonight, thinking "oh crap, now I actually have to quit drinking." Would some generous and effective professional in addiction please reach out to help him? The country (and world) needs this!!!
January 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Poor Pete Hegseth tonight, thinking "oh crap, now I actually have to quit drinking." Would some generous and effective professional in addiction please reach out to help him? The country (and world) needs this!!!
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The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration.
It’s fucking brilliant.
It’s fucking brilliant.
January 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Scottish Sunday Herald TV guide featured this preview of the Trump inauguration.
It’s fucking brilliant.
It’s fucking brilliant.
The test of whether a Nazi salute was intended is whether today or very soon he publicly disavows that interpretation of the gesture, and says the Nazis taking comfort from it right now are mistaken.
January 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The test of whether a Nazi salute was intended is whether today or very soon he publicly disavows that interpretation of the gesture, and says the Nazis taking comfort from it right now are mistaken.
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In fairness the resulting fire and explosion might have set off the sprinklers.
January 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In fairness the resulting fire and explosion might have set off the sprinklers.
Is anybody going to explain what a half erect thumb means?
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globalnews.ca/news/1095587...
Trump tariffs: Smith opposes blocking energy exports to U.S. but Ford wants to keep option open | Globalnews.ca
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Canada needs to be prepared for tariffs to come into effect when Donald Trump takes office, but cutting off the supply of oil is not the answer.
globalnews.ca
January 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Is anybody going to explain what a half erect thumb means?
globalnews.ca/news/1095587...
globalnews.ca/news/1095587...
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"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
January 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."
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Fascism was bad in the 1930s and 40s. Could it be better this time?
December 14, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Fascism was bad in the 1930s and 40s. Could it be better this time?
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So Mace walked into the House today with her arm in a sling and posted 500 tweets that she was the victim of a violent assault and THIS is what happened????
December 11, 2024 at 11:02 PM
So Mace walked into the House today with her arm in a sling and posted 500 tweets that she was the victim of a violent assault and THIS is what happened????
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Oh hell yes, let's absolutely get rid of the FDIC. Would love to have re learn all the lessons of the New Deal again.
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Exclusive | Trump Advisers Seek to Shrink or Eliminate Bank Regulators
Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Oh hell yes, let's absolutely get rid of the FDIC. Would love to have re learn all the lessons of the New Deal again.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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OMG the concepts of a plan again. That's bc he doesn't care at all about the well-being of Americans. In areas he cares about, like punishing his enemies, he's gone beyond concepts.
Welker: Do you have an actual plan at this point for health care?
Trump: Yes. We have concepts of a plan that will be better.
Welker: Still just concepts? Do you have a fully developed plan?
Trump: Yes. We have concepts of a plan that will be better.
Welker: Still just concepts? Do you have a fully developed plan?
December 8, 2024 at 9:58 PM
OMG the concepts of a plan again. That's bc he doesn't care at all about the well-being of Americans. In areas he cares about, like punishing his enemies, he's gone beyond concepts.
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The MSA has a new website! www.moderniststudies.org (Notice the new easy-to-remember URL.)
The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...
www.moderniststudies.org
November 18, 2024 at 2:55 PM
The MSA has a new website! www.moderniststudies.org (Notice the new easy-to-remember URL.)
"He's very very shmart" some apparently drunk senator defending a nominee accused of drunkenness
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 AM
"He's very very shmart" some apparently drunk senator defending a nominee accused of drunkenness
This is so tragic. It shouldn't be this hard.
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Over a year after Lahaina fires, Native Hawaiian homeowners hit another breaking point
Expiring financial help, insurance gaps and rising rents leave Lahaina homeowners struggling to either stay and rebuild or leave and start over.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:49 PM
This is so tragic. It shouldn't be this hard.
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www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...
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Having to endure some stupid flashing light hologram advert thing pumping out techno so loud I can feel it hitting my chest while waiting at Kings Cross I appreciate again how *quiet* Vienna is. No music in public places, restaurants and cafés is the norm and that is how it should be
November 27, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Having to endure some stupid flashing light hologram advert thing pumping out techno so loud I can feel it hitting my chest while waiting at Kings Cross I appreciate again how *quiet* Vienna is. No music in public places, restaurants and cafés is the norm and that is how it should be
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Donald Trump wants you to believe that he is all powerful and that if you fight back you will lose.
He wants you to believe that if you fight back you face danger.
It is time for us to build not a temporary resistance but a long term opposition.
He wants you to believe that if you fight back you face danger.
It is time for us to build not a temporary resistance but a long term opposition.
November 27, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Donald Trump wants you to believe that he is all powerful and that if you fight back you will lose.
He wants you to believe that if you fight back you face danger.
It is time for us to build not a temporary resistance but a long term opposition.
He wants you to believe that if you fight back you face danger.
It is time for us to build not a temporary resistance but a long term opposition.
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Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
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This is so incredibly stupid and bad
November 26, 2024 at 2:16 AM
This is so incredibly stupid and bad