Alex
minnabird.bsky.social
Alex
@minnabird.bsky.social
Californian with an appreciation of the Midwest. All posts are 100% mine. I speak for myself and never for any institution with which I might be affiliated.
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Diane Seuss is a trip and many of her poems are like traveling down a river you didn’t know existed and were astonished to find
backyard song
Since it’s just me here I’ve found the back and stayed there most of the time, in rain and snow and the no-moon nights, dodging the front I used to put up like a yard gussied and groomed, all edged an...
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November 25, 2024 at 6:03 AM
November 19, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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A colleague and I wrote this article after working on it for several years and unfortunately the interplay between reproductive oppression and mass detention during the period of Japanese incarceration feels more relevant than ever
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November 19, 2024 at 2:14 AM
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In which Trumpism is described as “morally unconstrained collective egoism” and Hungary is an analog
Opinion | This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return
Liberal democracy offers moral constraints without problem-solving. Populism offers problem-solving without moral constraints.
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November 15, 2024 at 10:57 PM
It is uplifting to see so many friends and fellow-travelers in the blue skies. Can someone point me to the regulation and moderation policies on this site? I want to the honeymoon to last a long time!
November 15, 2024 at 8:02 PM
The election was won by Joe Rogan, Elon Musk, and Charlie Kirk. If 2016 was the alt-right social media fever dream, 2024 is the heyday of misogynistic influencers. Call Me Daddy couldn’t do the trick for Harris. I dread 4+? Years of Trump-bro-landia. I suspect many of you are with me.
November 11, 2024 at 3:35 PM