Michael A. Lowry
@mlowry.bsky.social
Science, philosophy, history, technology, art.
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I don't think anyone who's salivating at the prospect of mass political violence or civil war has the foggiest idea of how bad these things are in real life. It's beyond their memory and their imagination.
September 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I don't think anyone who's salivating at the prospect of mass political violence or civil war has the foggiest idea of how bad these things are in real life. It's beyond their memory and their imagination.
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Political violence is antithetical to the precious, fragile blessing of American democracy. If we do not already understand this from our history, we risk being forced to learn it again from experience.
September 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Political violence is antithetical to the precious, fragile blessing of American democracy. If we do not already understand this from our history, we risk being forced to learn it again from experience.
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If you're a person of faith take a hard look at yourself. This isn't what Jesus wants, and we owe it to our country, our community, our families, and our own souls to be better than those that celebrate this kind of disgusting violence.
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
If you're a person of faith take a hard look at yourself. This isn't what Jesus wants, and we owe it to our country, our community, our families, and our own souls to be better than those that celebrate this kind of disgusting violence.
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In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt answered the "America First" of his day - and foresaw the "America First" of ours:
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
March 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In January 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt answered the "America First" of his day - and foresaw the "America First" of ours:
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
"We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests."
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How did the US become a land of opportunity? In a new paper, we show that the country's pioneering role in mass education was key to its rise in intergenerational mobility from 1850 to 1950.
"America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility"
with Harriet Brookes Gray & Hugo Reichardt
"America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility"
with Harriet Brookes Gray & Hugo Reichardt
March 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
How did the US become a land of opportunity? In a new paper, we show that the country's pioneering role in mass education was key to its rise in intergenerational mobility from 1850 to 1950.
"America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility"
with Harriet Brookes Gray & Hugo Reichardt
"America's Rise in Human Capital Mobility"
with Harriet Brookes Gray & Hugo Reichardt
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"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin"
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
Opinion | Most Trump Supporters Also Back Ukraine
Our poll found that 69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin.
www.wsj.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
"69% of Republican voters say Russia is the aggressor and 83% disapprove of Putin"
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
www.wsj.com/opinion/most...
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So far, Trump’s art of the deal is to give Russia whatever it wants in advance while asking for nothing from Putin. At the same time, he has tried to extort Ukraine for mineral rights. Once again, he seems not to know or care who America’s allies and enemies are.
February 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
So far, Trump’s art of the deal is to give Russia whatever it wants in advance while asking for nothing from Putin. At the same time, he has tried to extort Ukraine for mineral rights. Once again, he seems not to know or care who America’s allies and enemies are.
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“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
February 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
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Gulf of America is the woke right’s “affirm my pronouns”—except there’s no conceivably generous interpretation of the ask. It’s just pure desire to dominate through arbitrary linguistic fealty displays, like Putin’s “special military operation” instead of “war.”
February 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Gulf of America is the woke right’s “affirm my pronouns”—except there’s no conceivably generous interpretation of the ask. It’s just pure desire to dominate through arbitrary linguistic fealty displays, like Putin’s “special military operation” instead of “war.”
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Parents: What are your most memorable moments when your kid did something you had no idea they could do? (Question inspired by such a moment that happened the other day.)
February 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Parents: What are your most memorable moments when your kid did something you had no idea they could do? (Question inspired by such a moment that happened the other day.)
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I bet folks in Beijing already have their hands hurt from popping up champagne all the time as America voluntarily barbarizes its own global soft power instruments that particularly made it a superpower and won the Cold War.
February 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I bet folks in Beijing already have their hands hurt from popping up champagne all the time as America voluntarily barbarizes its own global soft power instruments that particularly made it a superpower and won the Cold War.
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When the Secretary of Defense transitions from a black 4-star general to a white cable news host, we’ll have ended DEI and brought back the meritocracy.
by Charlie Kirk
by Charlie Kirk
January 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When the Secretary of Defense transitions from a black 4-star general to a white cable news host, we’ll have ended DEI and brought back the meritocracy.
by Charlie Kirk
by Charlie Kirk
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Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
January 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Chair Stop-Motion 🪑💨 Made with 444 pictures taken over 10 days
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I'm enjoying the novelty of being officially “rebutted” by the Foreign Office, but it remains the case that the Chagos surrender deal is indefensible strategically, diplomatically, legally, morally, and financially, as our new Policy Exchange report argues. policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...
January 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'm enjoying the novelty of being officially “rebutted” by the Foreign Office, but it remains the case that the Chagos surrender deal is indefensible strategically, diplomatically, legally, morally, and financially, as our new Policy Exchange report argues. policyexchange.org.uk/publication/...
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Coverage in The Times: www.thetimes.com/article/962d...
Britain should scrap Chagos Islands deal, former navy chief says
The deal to give sovereignty over a vital military base to Mauritius is “irresponsible”, warns Baron West
www.thetimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Coverage in The Times: www.thetimes.com/article/962d...
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"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The New Rasputins
Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"When conspiracy theories and nonsense cures are widely accepted, the evidence-based concepts of guilt and criminality vanish quickly too."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
“That combination of ignorance and certainty is generally a bad condition for democracies, but a disaster when it characterizes whose who govern us.”
This is the best description of DOGE - what it is likely to be (an oligarchic project) and what it is unlikely to be (an actual government department) that I have yet read
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/fake-jobs-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/fake-jobs-...
Fake Jobs and Fake Facts
By Misrepresenting Constitutional Law, Muskawamy Prove Brandolini's Law
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“That combination of ignorance and certainty is generally a bad condition for democracies, but a disaster when it characterizes whose who govern us.”
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Jack Turban’s journal article on how to conduct a biopsychosocial assessment of a child seeking gender transition drugs stands in direct conflict with his book, in which he denigrates such assessments as worthless and suggests they should be done away with. benryan.substack.com/p/dr-jack-tu...
Dr. Jack Turban's Quietly Radical Bible On Pediatric Gender Medicine: a Primer
This is an appendix to my review for The New York Sun of the new book by UCSF child psychiatrist Dr. Jack Turban, "Free to Be: Understanding Kids & Gender Identity."
benryan.substack.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Jack Turban’s journal article on how to conduct a biopsychosocial assessment of a child seeking gender transition drugs stands in direct conflict with his book, in which he denigrates such assessments as worthless and suggests they should be done away with. benryan.substack.com/p/dr-jack-tu...
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The way forward, @helenlewis.bsky.social writes, lies in an empathetic compromise “that broadly respects transgender Americans’ sense of their own identity ... in the use of chosen names and pronouns—while acknowledging that in some areas, biology really matters.”
What the Left Refused to Understand About Women’s Sports
Female athletes said competing against trans women was an injustice.
www.theatlantic.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:26 PM
The way forward, @helenlewis.bsky.social writes, lies in an empathetic compromise “that broadly respects transgender Americans’ sense of their own identity ... in the use of chosen names and pronouns—while acknowledging that in some areas, biology really matters.”
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Shortly after the 2016 election, Jimmy Carter invited Russell Moore to meet with him—and advised him to stop worrying about Donald Trump.
“Everything has a way of coming back around," Carter said. "What seems unstoppable and inevitable never is."
“Everything has a way of coming back around," Carter said. "What seems unstoppable and inevitable never is."
What I Learned From Praying With Jimmy Carter
“Everything has a way of coming back around,” the former president said. “What seems unstoppable and inevitable never is.”
www.theatlantic.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Shortly after the 2016 election, Jimmy Carter invited Russell Moore to meet with him—and advised him to stop worrying about Donald Trump.
“Everything has a way of coming back around," Carter said. "What seems unstoppable and inevitable never is."
“Everything has a way of coming back around," Carter said. "What seems unstoppable and inevitable never is."
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Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects over 1 in 4 women worldwide.
Mothers face a higher risk of violence than women without children.
Why?
A new study by Gabriela Deschamps delves into this troubling link. Let’s unpack the findings in a short thread. 🧵 👇
#EconSky #EconJMP #IPV
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Mothers face a higher risk of violence than women without children.
Why?
A new study by Gabriela Deschamps delves into this troubling link. Let’s unpack the findings in a short thread. 🧵 👇
#EconSky #EconJMP #IPV
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December 18, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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My thoughts on recent events:
Jesse Singal is a litmus test: are moderates welcome, even if they openly and persistently disagree with leftists? Are threats and harassment from left to right okay?Bluesky passed, and I doubt the userbase will ever forgive the site for it.
x.com/tracewoodgra...
Jesse Singal is a litmus test: are moderates welcome, even if they openly and persistently disagree with leftists? Are threats and harassment from left to right okay?Bluesky passed, and I doubt the userbase will ever forgive the site for it.
x.com/tracewoodgra...
x.com
x.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:10 AM
My thoughts on recent events:
Jesse Singal is a litmus test: are moderates welcome, even if they openly and persistently disagree with leftists? Are threats and harassment from left to right okay?Bluesky passed, and I doubt the userbase will ever forgive the site for it.
x.com/tracewoodgra...
Jesse Singal is a litmus test: are moderates welcome, even if they openly and persistently disagree with leftists? Are threats and harassment from left to right okay?Bluesky passed, and I doubt the userbase will ever forgive the site for it.
x.com/tracewoodgra...
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Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK
Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK
Health secretary says emergency measures banning sale and supply will be made indefinite after expert advice
Puberty blockers for under-18s with gender dysphoria will be banned indefinitely across the UK, except for use in clinical trials, the government…
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK
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~20% of Twitter users authored ~80% of uncivil tweets, with political incivility showing a homophilous network structure and being more prominent in politically competitive geographic regions, finds Pendzel, @alonzoizner.bsky.social et al. aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-m...
December 11, 2024 at 3:15 AM
~20% of Twitter users authored ~80% of uncivil tweets, with political incivility showing a homophilous network structure and being more prominent in politically competitive geographic regions, finds Pendzel, @alonzoizner.bsky.social et al. aclanthology.org/2024.emnlp-m...
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Cass doesn’t have time for keyboard warriors spreading disinformation, she says.
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
Baroness Cass: 'I don't have time for keyboard warriors in their basements'
The Cass Review into NHS gender services for children opened up the national conversation on this controversial subject, and divided opinion. Its a...
www.politicshome.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Cass doesn’t have time for keyboard warriors spreading disinformation, she says.
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...