richardrob.bsky.social
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It is entirely possible to have a friendly conversation with someone who wants to do terrible things to people for stupid and selfish reasons. But why would anyone want to?
Can crucial political conversations be friendly? CSPAN’s new show “Ceasefire” thinks so.
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Caught in the “Ceasefire”
A new show on C-SPAN seeks to model civil dialogue and bipartisan coöperation in an age of inflamed debate. But is getting along a worthwhile goal?
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December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It is entirely possible to have a friendly conversation with someone who wants to do terrible things to people for stupid and selfish reasons. But why would anyone want to?
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1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
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THREAD 👇
1/ I’d like to share what’s happened since Sept. 30, the night of the most dramatic raid of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago. Under the cover of darkness, 37 immigrants were taken from an apartment complex …🧵
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
THREAD 👇
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1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
1. Just so we’re clear, this is the clip that got Jimmy Kimmel’s show shelved by ABC.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
If I’m missing any other clips please let me know.
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Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
September 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
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Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Really meant,
"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
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The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
Congrats, @scalzi.com! I just heard about your panel at Worldcon. You know you've made it when you're invited onto a panel with Olav Rokne.
July 12, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Congrats, @scalzi.com! I just heard about your panel at Worldcon. You know you've made it when you're invited onto a panel with Olav Rokne.
"My buddy lives next door to you, so I'm taking your house. You need to leave."
I guess some people think this is not an insane thing to say.
I guess some people think this is not an insane thing to say.
May 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"My buddy lives next door to you, so I'm taking your house. You need to leave."
I guess some people think this is not an insane thing to say.
I guess some people think this is not an insane thing to say.
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Japanese snow fairy bird 🇯🇵 😃
May 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Japanese snow fairy bird 🇯🇵 😃
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In a move that raises very serious First Amendment issues, ICE executed a major splashy operation in California aiming to arrest a guy for posting fliers with names, pictures, and apparent phone numbers for ICE HSI agents.
I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.
I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.
May 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
In a move that raises very serious First Amendment issues, ICE executed a major splashy operation in California aiming to arrest a guy for posting fliers with names, pictures, and apparent phone numbers for ICE HSI agents.
I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.
I am struggling to think what possible law posting that info could violate.
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@nickhanauer.bsky.social just listening to today's Pitchfork Economics episode, Why Nothing Works.
What if we resolved the tension between concentrating power to fix big problems and distributing power to avoid corruption by not leaving concentrated power sitting around?
What if we resolved the tension between concentrating power to fix big problems and distributing power to avoid corruption by not leaving concentrated power sitting around?
April 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
@nickhanauer.bsky.social just listening to today's Pitchfork Economics episode, Why Nothing Works.
What if we resolved the tension between concentrating power to fix big problems and distributing power to avoid corruption by not leaving concentrated power sitting around?
What if we resolved the tension between concentrating power to fix big problems and distributing power to avoid corruption by not leaving concentrated power sitting around?
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Death and devastation as Israel hits residential homes in Gaza’s Khan Younis.
— in pictures aje.io/jra1j6
— in pictures aje.io/jra1j6
April 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Death and devastation as Israel hits residential homes in Gaza’s Khan Younis.
— in pictures aje.io/jra1j6
— in pictures aje.io/jra1j6
TLDR: she was crossing from Mexico into California at an official port of entry, but her visa was denied. Rather than simply turn her back, they took her into custody and have been holding her for 11 days.
The stupidity of this administration is rivaled only by its cruelty.
The stupidity of this administration is rivaled only by its cruelty.
The fact Global Affairs are just shrugging their shoulders is shameful. Canada needs to issue a travel advisory alerting Canadians to the fact it’s not safe to travel to the US. vancouversun.com/news/bc-woma...
B.C. woman detained at U.S. border, sent to Arizona detention facility
Her mother says 35-year-old Jasmine Mooney has been detained in inhumane conditions since March 3, and is pleading for help. Read more.
vancouversun.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
TLDR: she was crossing from Mexico into California at an official port of entry, but her visa was denied. Rather than simply turn her back, they took her into custody and have been holding her for 11 days.
The stupidity of this administration is rivaled only by its cruelty.
The stupidity of this administration is rivaled only by its cruelty.
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
@mattcameron.bsky.social given EO 14160's assertion that people unlawfully, temporarily, or provisionally present in the United States are not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, have you tried dismissing any of your clients cases for lack of jurisdiction?
March 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@mattcameron.bsky.social given EO 14160's assertion that people unlawfully, temporarily, or provisionally present in the United States are not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, have you tried dismissing any of your clients cases for lack of jurisdiction?
Granting diplomatic immunity to all undocumented immigrants is a weird move for an administration that ran on mass deportations.
March 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Granting diplomatic immunity to all undocumented immigrants is a weird move for an administration that ran on mass deportations.
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When TB treatment is interrupted, patients are far more likely to develop drug-resistant TB, which is a catastrophe both individually (the disease becomes harder to cure) and societally (we're allowing the bacteria millions of new opportunities to develop further resistance). Many people will die.
February 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When TB treatment is interrupted, patients are far more likely to develop drug-resistant TB, which is a catastrophe both individually (the disease becomes harder to cure) and societally (we're allowing the bacteria millions of new opportunities to develop further resistance). Many people will die.
The supremacy clause allows Congress to trump state laws. Since DC is a federal entity, there's nothing over which Congress needs supremacy. Free exercise? 🤷♂️
Between general welfare and police power, I would go with police power since the law is only applied to DC.
Between general welfare and police power, I would go with police power since the law is only applied to DC.
It's time for another bar exam question! It's T3BE56! Here's the question, but you'll have to tune in for the possible answers! Quote skeet this with your answer for a chance to win a shoutout and vast, vast riches!
February 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The supremacy clause allows Congress to trump state laws. Since DC is a federal entity, there's nothing over which Congress needs supremacy. Free exercise? 🤷♂️
Between general welfare and police power, I would go with police power since the law is only applied to DC.
Between general welfare and police power, I would go with police power since the law is only applied to DC.
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Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.
February 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.
Forgive the probably dumb question, but is Elon Musk physically present at the Treasury building?
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Forgive the probably dumb question, but is Elon Musk physically present at the Treasury building?
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I’ve heard from a source today of USAID funding being stopped at hospitals and clinics for refugees and personnel being recalled or told to stop work resulting in people not getting life saving medical treatment as a result.
February 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I’ve heard from a source today of USAID funding being stopped at hospitals and clinics for refugees and personnel being recalled or told to stop work resulting in people not getting life saving medical treatment as a result.
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no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
no funding if it seems like the research MIGHT involve a woman or a nonwhite person
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Harvard will now characterize criticism of Israel as antisemitism in its anti-discrimination policy. Entire disciplines could be censored for discussing or teaching about the genocide in Gaza.
A dark day for academic freedom.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
A dark day for academic freedom.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
One Day After Trump Takes Office, Harvard Settles Two Antisemitism Lawsuits | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard reached a settlement in two ongoing Title VI lawsuits accusing the university of mishandling antisemitism on campus for an undisclosed amount on Tuesday.
www.thecrimson.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Harvard will now characterize criticism of Israel as antisemitism in its anti-discrimination policy. Entire disciplines could be censored for discussing or teaching about the genocide in Gaza.
A dark day for academic freedom.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
A dark day for academic freedom.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...