@parklife23.bsky.social
Stop using Google & Amazon. Quit Twitter, Facebook & anything Meta. Use cash more often. Stop. Feeding. Monsters.
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There should be more pure research positions in the social sciences and humanities and also more pure teaching positions. These are distinct skill sets. Many are excellent at one and not the other. Each should be valued. A university norm that one excel in both is unnecessary.
December 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
There should be more pure research positions in the social sciences and humanities and also more pure teaching positions. These are distinct skill sets. Many are excellent at one and not the other. Each should be valued. A university norm that one excel in both is unnecessary.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Earlier this year, I had to withdraw a publication on genocide hours before it was to be published due to senior Harvard administrators’ threats to my Harvard-employed coauthor. Last week, they fired Mary Bassett for refusing to ignore Palestine. My response:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A Harvard scholar’s ouster exposes a crisis of institutional integrity | Eric Reinhart
The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Earlier this year, I had to withdraw a publication on genocide hours before it was to be published due to senior Harvard administrators’ threats to my Harvard-employed coauthor. Last week, they fired Mary Bassett for refusing to ignore Palestine. My response:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The onion just prints the news now
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The onion just prints the news now
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like i said months ago: reopen alcatraz and fill it with tech billionaires. they must be stopped.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
like i said months ago: reopen alcatraz and fill it with tech billionaires. they must be stopped.
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📚 🦸🏻♀️RUTHERFORD COUNTY — “Go and thank your librarian. Absolute heroes.”
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
December 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
📚 🦸🏻♀️RUTHERFORD COUNTY — “Go and thank your librarian. Absolute heroes.”
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
Library director Luanne James gets thunderous applause for bravely blowing the whistle on library board director Cody York, the latest front in the right-wing war on books in Tennessee.
Full: www.threads.com/@thetnholler...
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Hakeem Jeffries is a genuinely awful politician, and the arguments against a primary challenge don’t hold water.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/of-cour...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/of-cour...
Of Course the Left Should Primary Hakeem Jeffries
He’s a genuinely awful politician, and the arguments against a challenge don’t hold water.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hakeem Jeffries is a genuinely awful politician, and the arguments against a primary challenge don’t hold water.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/of-cour...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/of-cour...
I rarely read Wirecutter as it’s essentially one big Amazon ad, but this is something every consumer should see. Please shop local if you can - feel stuff, try on, look closely before you buy.
@boycottamazon.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
@boycottamazon.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
We Bought a 450-Pound Mystery Pallet Packed With Returned Goods From Amazon and Beyond. Here’s What We Found Inside.
Pallets of overstock, returned, and undelivered-mail packages are an indicator of just how much stuff there is in the retail ecosystem.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I rarely read Wirecutter as it’s essentially one big Amazon ad, but this is something every consumer should see. Please shop local if you can - feel stuff, try on, look closely before you buy.
@boycottamazon.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
@boycottamazon.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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this is a must-read for anyone in higher ed.
“The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free.“
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
this is a must-read for anyone in higher ed.
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“The whole point of running for this seat was that I could do some insider trading and set myself up for a highly paid lobbyist position. You’re talking about taking away half of that incentive. Why would anyone run for Congress if they can’t leverage their knowledge, illegally?”
Rep. Roger Williams defends members of Congress trading stocks: "I think we gotta be careful that we don't limit Congresspeople to where they can do nothing ... from a financial standpoint, it's not easy being up in Congress."
December 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
“The whole point of running for this seat was that I could do some insider trading and set myself up for a highly paid lobbyist position. You’re talking about taking away half of that incentive. Why would anyone run for Congress if they can’t leverage their knowledge, illegally?”
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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As I try to underline in this essay, fear of breakdown isn't just an individual psychic phenomenon; it can also be a mass sociological phenomenon with substantial political implications.
www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-cult...
www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-cult...
November 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
As I try to underline in this essay, fear of breakdown isn't just an individual psychic phenomenon; it can also be a mass sociological phenomenon with substantial political implications.
www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-cult...
www.newglobalpolitics.org/neither-cult...
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Important!
ps. (For the ones who might not have seen yet the piece).
ps. (For the ones who might not have seen yet the piece).
I take Wikipedia for granted. Reading this Jimmy Wales interview reminded me in our Fantasyland age what a remarkable and important creation it is. True pillar of civilization. Runs on only $200 million a year. Requires our support. So I’m finally donating. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/m...
The Culture Wars Came for Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales Is Staying the Course.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Important!
ps. (For the ones who might not have seen yet the piece).
ps. (For the ones who might not have seen yet the piece).
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We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We’re the only country that lets the gun lobby write the laws and then pretends to be shocked when children end up in coffins.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
NEW UPDATE:
The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office has announced that four of the victims shot in the Stockton mass shooting were ages 8, 9, 14, and 21.
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The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of how we view our bodies
The vital, overlooked role of body fat in shaping your health and mind
The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of how we view our bodies
www.newscientist.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of how we view our bodies
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There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There are specific reasons Trumpists want war on Venezuela, but there‘s a generic one: they crave power to make war on anyone, any time, for completely fabricated reasons, and then to use the guise of war to increase violence and repression everywhere, including home.
They are lawless bestial scum.
They are lawless bestial scum.
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No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.
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I'm pretty tired...
Age verification is a tool for control/ deny access later
AI dependance retraining peoples brains to teach them how to think - long term being swayed to buy a product or vote or be more malleable
Subscriptions in everything so we own nothing
People are not products.
Age verification is a tool for control/ deny access later
AI dependance retraining peoples brains to teach them how to think - long term being swayed to buy a product or vote or be more malleable
Subscriptions in everything so we own nothing
People are not products.
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I'm pretty tired...
Age verification is a tool for control/ deny access later
AI dependance retraining peoples brains to teach them how to think - long term being swayed to buy a product or vote or be more malleable
Subscriptions in everything so we own nothing
People are not products.
Age verification is a tool for control/ deny access later
AI dependance retraining peoples brains to teach them how to think - long term being swayed to buy a product or vote or be more malleable
Subscriptions in everything so we own nothing
People are not products.
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How are you eliminating plastic from your life? #PlasticFree
🎈 A single shred of a balloon.
🛍️ A handful of grocery bags.
That’s enough plastic to end the life of a seabird or a marine mammal. ⚠️
🛍️ A handful of grocery bags.
That’s enough plastic to end the life of a seabird or a marine mammal. ⚠️
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
How are you eliminating plastic from your life? #PlasticFree
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A squirrel urging me not to obey a Do Not Feed The Squirrels sign on Kelvingrove Park in the West End of Glasgow, although given the warning below it, I resisted! The sign isn't an official one, but was created by A Sign of Humour.
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #sign #glasgowhumour #squirrel #squirrels
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #sign #glasgowhumour #squirrel #squirrels
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A squirrel urging me not to obey a Do Not Feed The Squirrels sign on Kelvingrove Park in the West End of Glasgow, although given the warning below it, I resisted! The sign isn't an official one, but was created by A Sign of Humour.
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #sign #glasgowhumour #squirrel #squirrels
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #sign #glasgowhumour #squirrel #squirrels
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In Buddhism we call in the Sangha and it's incredibly important to your well-being. It's why your primary care provider may ask if you belong to a church - social determinants of health. My friends if you don't have community make that your New Year's resolution 🍾
What's your community?
Everyone needs it and capitalism tries to fill that void with stuff - owning things brings you closer to the influencers.
Libraries, Churches, Volunteering, Gyms, anywhere you can find that sense of belonging is a better way to spend your time than Amazon.
#SupportLocal
Everyone needs it and capitalism tries to fill that void with stuff - owning things brings you closer to the influencers.
Libraries, Churches, Volunteering, Gyms, anywhere you can find that sense of belonging is a better way to spend your time than Amazon.
#SupportLocal
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
In Buddhism we call in the Sangha and it's incredibly important to your well-being. It's why your primary care provider may ask if you belong to a church - social determinants of health. My friends if you don't have community make that your New Year's resolution 🍾
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Hello Saturday.
🖼️Olivia Beaumont
🖼️Olivia Beaumont
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Hello Saturday.
🖼️Olivia Beaumont
🖼️Olivia Beaumont
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Read to your kids 📖
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read to your kids 📖
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.
No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!
It is imperative that children are read to ☝️
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids
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you can read a 1000 word story on these mergers without the journalist EVER mentioning the fact that almost every merger like this has resulted in oodles of debt, layoffs, chaos, frustration, and shittier product
they just don't think that's useful context to even mention
they just don't think that's useful context to even mention
And So It Begins: Paramount, Netflix And Comcast Formally Submit Bids For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount, Comcast and Netflix have submitted bids to acquire all or part of Warner Bros. Discovery, ushering in a dramatic period of evolution for the media business.
deadline.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
you can read a 1000 word story on these mergers without the journalist EVER mentioning the fact that almost every merger like this has resulted in oodles of debt, layoffs, chaos, frustration, and shittier product
they just don't think that's useful context to even mention
they just don't think that's useful context to even mention
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I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I want A.I. to do my admin and laundry while I write and illustrate books. I don't want A.I. to write and illustrate books while I do my admin and laundry.