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we're about to have a German scientific forestry moment, aren't we
James C. Scott is cackling from beyond the grave
James C. Scott is cackling from beyond the grave
February 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
we're about to have a German scientific forestry moment, aren't we
James C. Scott is cackling from beyond the grave
James C. Scott is cackling from beyond the grave
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This photo of Leonard Peltier, finally free, is giving me some strength today
February 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This photo of Leonard Peltier, finally free, is giving me some strength today
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so fyi this is not a good sort of order to get. well, if you're plaintiffs' attorneys. if you're defendants' attorneys it's the best day of your life.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
so fyi this is not a good sort of order to get. well, if you're plaintiffs' attorneys. if you're defendants' attorneys it's the best day of your life.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
all the stereotypes about insurance salesmen are true
February 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
all the stereotypes about insurance salesmen are true
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Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Anyone who happened to know that the White House would announce and then suspend tariffs within 24 hours just made a boatload of money.
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“Why is Elon’s coup not on the front page of the New York Times???”
idk, probably because the NYT is a puzzle game app that happens to also release articles about how trans people aren’t real but are also somehow a menace. It’s like asking why there isn’t a sonnet printed on your toilet paper
idk, probably because the NYT is a puzzle game app that happens to also release articles about how trans people aren’t real but are also somehow a menace. It’s like asking why there isn’t a sonnet printed on your toilet paper
February 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Why is Elon’s coup not on the front page of the New York Times???”
idk, probably because the NYT is a puzzle game app that happens to also release articles about how trans people aren’t real but are also somehow a menace. It’s like asking why there isn’t a sonnet printed on your toilet paper
idk, probably because the NYT is a puzzle game app that happens to also release articles about how trans people aren’t real but are also somehow a menace. It’s like asking why there isn’t a sonnet printed on your toilet paper
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turning up at the next legal academic conference with my laminated Wallet Inspector card, I reckon I'll do pretty well
To those skeptical of or upset by Ilan's claim that an "entire literature" supports the birthright citizenship order, the best response is to substantively engage w/ the claim & assume llan's good faith..While some have done this, I’m dismayed by the many ad hominem attacks on a respected colleague.
I very much get where this is coming from, but I think we should resist this framing. As long as they're acting with integrity (which we should presume unless proven otherwise), academics need to be given the space to pursue their ideas in good faith, wherever they lead. 🧵
January 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
turning up at the next legal academic conference with my laminated Wallet Inspector card, I reckon I'll do pretty well
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If you take away one lesson from anything I've ever written, please let it be this:
You probably have too much respect for academia. You should probably have less.
You probably have too much respect for academia. You should probably have less.
January 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
If you take away one lesson from anything I've ever written, please let it be this:
You probably have too much respect for academia. You should probably have less.
You probably have too much respect for academia. You should probably have less.
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sorta related, at one point a colleague told me about the concept 'communal narcissist' (someone who projects a not fully sincere pro-social disposition for very self-interested reasons) and so much of my experience in higher ed and NGOs made sense
December 15, 2024 at 12:55 AM
sorta related, at one point a colleague told me about the concept 'communal narcissist' (someone who projects a not fully sincere pro-social disposition for very self-interested reasons) and so much of my experience in higher ed and NGOs made sense
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this interview is full of bangers
![A. Those who wage war often conceive of those they annihilate as lives that were not worth living anyway. They don't grieve the loss of those lives when they are killed because they are not considered to be valuable lives. Palestinians are being regarded as threats to Israeli life, not as living beings. Once a group of people has been so dehumanized that they no longer count among the community of humans, then the pathway is cleared toward genocidal action. And what we're seeing in
Gaza are genocidal actions.
Q. Not quite a genocide... A. A genocidal action is one that not only targets a very specific ethnic or racial group, but also the infrastructures of life. Raphael Lemkin, who devised the doctrine of
genocide in 1944, was very clear about that. Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur
on ralestine for the U.N
., accepts his
definition for the current condition in Gaza. So I think what we are seeing is genocidal conduct. What's harder for people to fathom is that these kinds of tactics and this form of killing, of forcible dispossession, did not start in retaliation for the killings of October 7[2023] but have been component parts of Israeli state violence since 1948 [when the
state of Israel was created].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mpgrcbcjq7rq3qemfy3ldi5g/bafkreib3gta7xc2xu4vqzja2lmkitqbtqborpmct4lsctxv46nboktfoxq@jpeg)
December 15, 2024 at 6:11 PM
this interview is full of bangers
I'm just a queer, in a CVS, tryna get my Controversial Medication
December 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
I'm just a queer, in a CVS, tryna get my Controversial Medication
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The left’s opportunity in this moment is to paint a picture of the future that people can get excited about, that folks would sacrifice to build. This is partially the job of artists and writers, enough with the future-dystopian shit
one of the things about the Green New Deal era of US climate politics that I miss has to do with this - felt like there was a real sense that political energy could and should be devoted to building actual stuff. still on that team
i've been thinking lately about the loss of the future--not in the historical sense, because the future just keeps on coming--but the loss of the future in the ideological sense, the loss of the future as an organizing principle of politics
this is as true of liberals as it is of the left
this is as true of liberals as it is of the left
December 11, 2024 at 3:06 AM
The left’s opportunity in this moment is to paint a picture of the future that people can get excited about, that folks would sacrifice to build. This is partially the job of artists and writers, enough with the future-dystopian shit
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There is another batch of bad abortion-related opsec advice going around, so I'm just going to link to Digital Defense Fund's guide to abortion privacy, which is realistic, practical, and explicit in its threat models: digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/a...
Guide to Abortion Privacy — Digital Defense Fund
digitaldefensefund.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:49 AM
There is another batch of bad abortion-related opsec advice going around, so I'm just going to link to Digital Defense Fund's guide to abortion privacy, which is realistic, practical, and explicit in its threat models: digitaldefensefund.org/ddf-guides/a...
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Additionally, if someone tells you that using a VPN is going to solve your digital privacy/security problem, you should consult the flowchart here: techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/t...
Think you need a VPN? Start here. | TechCrunch
Not everyone actually needs to use a VPN. This simple guide will help you decide if you need a VPN for your situation.
techcrunch.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Additionally, if someone tells you that using a VPN is going to solve your digital privacy/security problem, you should consult the flowchart here: techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/t...
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Apropos of nothing, I happen to have the email address of someone who would be very interested in your thoughts on the matter, a Gary Hewett, warden at Wakulla Annex, at which this terrifying Nazi shit is going on. That's gary.hewett@fdc.myflorida.com. (h/t @phobus3000.bsky.social)
The FL Department of Corrections is attempting to "reverse" the gender identity of transgender people in its custody, referring to trans identities as "short-term delusions" and withholding hormone therapy. Reviving psychiatric theories of the 1950s, they blame trans identities on "childhood trauma"
December 10, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Apropos of nothing, I happen to have the email address of someone who would be very interested in your thoughts on the matter, a Gary Hewett, warden at Wakulla Annex, at which this terrifying Nazi shit is going on. That's gary.hewett@fdc.myflorida.com. (h/t @phobus3000.bsky.social)
always nice to see ppl on about the propaganda of the deed
December 5, 2024 at 10:31 PM
always nice to see ppl on about the propaganda of the deed
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Mainstream (ie non-academic) discussions of American history don’t get into it quite so much, but bombings were quite common, and assassinations, while not openly discussed, remain relatively common.
December 5, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Mainstream (ie non-academic) discussions of American history don’t get into it quite so much, but bombings were quite common, and assassinations, while not openly discussed, remain relatively common.
the vibes are good tho
There's a strange idea among moderates that radicals take far left positions for the vibes, or to posture, or just because they're radical position. We take these stances because we want a livable planet, we want people to have good lives, and because in many cases they're winning positions.
November 24, 2024 at 6:05 AM
the vibes are good tho
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The disruption of popular knowledge and information practices with noise is intentional.
November 23, 2024 at 7:37 AM
The disruption of popular knowledge and information practices with noise is intentional.
oops I Just now looked up what POTS actually is and not to sound like a hypochondriac but I for sure got the symptoms
September 8, 2023 at 9:20 PM
oops I Just now looked up what POTS actually is and not to sound like a hypochondriac but I for sure got the symptoms
wild how the entire legal system rests on the shoulders of underpaid pink collar girlies.
If we stopped maintaining our little spreadsheets and sending our little emails, the whole behemoth would grind to a halt inside of an hour
If we stopped maintaining our little spreadsheets and sending our little emails, the whole behemoth would grind to a halt inside of an hour
September 8, 2023 at 9:19 PM
wild how the entire legal system rests on the shoulders of underpaid pink collar girlies.
If we stopped maintaining our little spreadsheets and sending our little emails, the whole behemoth would grind to a halt inside of an hour
If we stopped maintaining our little spreadsheets and sending our little emails, the whole behemoth would grind to a halt inside of an hour
trying out for the breakdancing team at the Paris Olympics, call me a phoebe-boy
(direct all complaints to @rosguil.bsky.social )
(direct all complaints to @rosguil.bsky.social )
August 26, 2023 at 3:11 AM
trying out for the breakdancing team at the Paris Olympics, call me a phoebe-boy
(direct all complaints to @rosguil.bsky.social )
(direct all complaints to @rosguil.bsky.social )