Jehosaphat Q. Blatte
@jqblatte.bsky.social
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Give the people what they don't want! Why should we assume they know what's good for them? #politics
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Conservatism at its core is about maintaining hierarchies... rich over poor, men over women, white over black, and so on. Some conservatives may try to soften this by acts of charity, but they don't concede that people in the less favored groups have enforceable rights. That's the core problem.
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Conservatism at its core is about maintaining hierarchies... rich over poor, men over women, white over black, and so on. Some conservatives may try to soften this by acts of charity, but they don't concede that people in the less favored groups have enforceable rights. That's the core problem.
The Schumer Mutiny shows what we have always known is true - there are politicians from purple states who run as Democrats who are far more aligned with Republican ideology than they publicly profess. #politics
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Schumer Mutiny shows what we have always known is true - there are politicians from purple states who run as Democrats who are far more aligned with Republican ideology than they publicly profess. #politics
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Canada has a parliamentary system where elections can happen any time. If a government can’t pass a budget, there’s an election, for example.
Small chance that happens this year, despite an election in April.
That’s different from the US, where failure to pass a budget means a govt shutdown.
Small chance that happens this year, despite an election in April.
That’s different from the US, where failure to pass a budget means a govt shutdown.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Canada has a parliamentary system where elections can happen any time. If a government can’t pass a budget, there’s an election, for example.
Small chance that happens this year, despite an election in April.
That’s different from the US, where failure to pass a budget means a govt shutdown.
Small chance that happens this year, despite an election in April.
That’s different from the US, where failure to pass a budget means a govt shutdown.
For political gain, Republicans have proven they are willing to starve millions of Americans. Trump himself withheld funds that could be used to feed the hungry. He truly is the AntiChrist. #politics
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
For political gain, Republicans have proven they are willing to starve millions of Americans. Trump himself withheld funds that could be used to feed the hungry. He truly is the AntiChrist. #politics
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
ICE is a tactical abuse group aimed at training its officers to be oblivious to citizen's rights so that they can more effectively use their brutality to perpetrate crimes against American citizens as Trump clings to power. #politics
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
ICE is a tactical abuse group aimed at training its officers to be oblivious to citizen's rights so that they can more effectively use their brutality to perpetrate crimes against American citizens as Trump clings to power. #politics
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DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files Are Even Worse for Trump
Details in the files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad.
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
newrepublic.com/post/202813/...
Remember that when you see the words "Federal Officials" in a news story you may enhance the sense of the information by substituting "Trump Cronies". #politics
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Remember that when you see the words "Federal Officials" in a news story you may enhance the sense of the information by substituting "Trump Cronies". #politics
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Limp Johnson is Campaigning for the Democrats.
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Limp Johnson is Campaigning for the Democrats.
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So typical that we finally start voting for women to be in power once the country is so beyond broken they realize women are the only ones that can actually fix this shit.
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
So typical that we finally start voting for women to be in power once the country is so beyond broken they realize women are the only ones that can actually fix this shit.
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Actual meritocracy, unlike whatever Trump is talking about
The reason these women won is simple, they were the best candidate in both the primary and the election
And the voters figured
that out
The reason these women won is simple, they were the best candidate in both the primary and the election
And the voters figured
that out
November 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Actual meritocracy, unlike whatever Trump is talking about
The reason these women won is simple, they were the best candidate in both the primary and the election
And the voters figured
that out
The reason these women won is simple, they were the best candidate in both the primary and the election
And the voters figured
that out
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I only blow my nose on tissues made from Premium Quality 100% VIRGIN PULP
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I only blow my nose on tissues made from Premium Quality 100% VIRGIN PULP
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"40% of papers about subarachnoid haemorrhage in animals contained manipulated images."
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
40% dierstudies naar hersenbloedingen bevat afbeeldingen die niet kloppen, ontdekten René Aquarius en Kim Wever @radboudumc.bsky.social. Sommige artikelen zijn mogelijk geheel of deels verzonnen. Zorgwekkend, zegt ook @elisabethbik.bsky.social.
Voor @voxweb.bsky.social.
www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/honde...
Voor @voxweb.bsky.social.
www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/honde...
Nijmeegse wetenschappers ontdekken honderden mogelijk frauduleuze publicaties over hersenbloedingen bij dieren - Vox magazine
40 procent van de dierexperimentele studies naar hersenbloedingen bevat afbeeldingen die niet kloppen, ontdekten onderzoekers van het Radboudumc. Een deel van deze publicaties is mogelijk geheel of de...
www.voxweb.nl
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"40% of papers about subarachnoid haemorrhage in animals contained manipulated images."
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
We have to face up to the fact that in some fields, over half of published science might be fake.
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Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Ok, just wow. If the content of this article is right, this is depressing. We're slowly reaching the point where ~100% of what I was taught in Social Psych was either innocently wrong or plainly frauded
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Being nice to people is just fun. Asked young server at taco place how her day was going (fine but tired) and she asked me back. I said I managed to finish my to-do list and she unexpectedly gave me a high five! Treating people like people is always rewarding.
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Being nice to people is just fun. Asked young server at taco place how her day was going (fine but tired) and she asked me back. I said I managed to finish my to-do list and she unexpectedly gave me a high five! Treating people like people is always rewarding.
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When you're Axios, the USA Today of Politicos, you just cover your face and OH NO WHERE'S MOMMY.
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
When you're Axios, the USA Today of Politicos, you just cover your face and OH NO WHERE'S MOMMY.
The blue wave witnessed yesterday was almost entirely due to highly motivated voters showing up at the polls, and as a result pollsters badly miscalculated, leading them to almost entirely miss it in some states
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Pollsters Didn’t See the Blue Wave Coming in New Jersey and Virginia
Pollsters say they miscalculated who would show up to vote and a leftward shift by Latino voters.
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
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Samuel Alito has not recused himself from a Supreme Court case that could stop states from holding federal contractors accountable for climate damage and other malfeasance.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
Alito’s Oil Investments Pollute Contractor Accountability Case
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has not recused himself from a case that could stop states from holding federal contractors accountable for climate damage and other malfeasance.
www.levernews.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Samuel Alito has not recused himself from a Supreme Court case that could stop states from holding federal contractors accountable for climate damage and other malfeasance.
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
www.levernews.com/alitos-oil-i...
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University of Virginia AAUP calls to immediately rescind the standstill agreement with Trump admin!
It poses these threats to academic freedom:
❌Divergence from Existing Civil Rights Law
❌Unconstitutional Coercion
❌Conflict with Virginia Law
❌Lack of Due Process
❌Preventing Legal Challenges
It poses these threats to academic freedom:
❌Divergence from Existing Civil Rights Law
❌Unconstitutional Coercion
❌Conflict with Virginia Law
❌Lack of Due Process
❌Preventing Legal Challenges
aaup-uva.org
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
University of Virginia AAUP calls to immediately rescind the standstill agreement with Trump admin!
It poses these threats to academic freedom:
❌Divergence from Existing Civil Rights Law
❌Unconstitutional Coercion
❌Conflict with Virginia Law
❌Lack of Due Process
❌Preventing Legal Challenges
It poses these threats to academic freedom:
❌Divergence from Existing Civil Rights Law
❌Unconstitutional Coercion
❌Conflict with Virginia Law
❌Lack of Due Process
❌Preventing Legal Challenges