Stephen Morrison
@stephen-morrison.bsky.social
Fortunate dad & husband. Instructor of rhetoric and writing. Runner of middle distances.
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The role of racism in the development of fascism is well known. Less widely known, but as important (I'd argue) is the role of sexism. Hegemonic masculinity, with its inherent misogyny and homophobia, has been central to the rise of every fascist movement.
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The boomers taught the girls feminism but not the boys and here we are and now shitty people say the answer is to roll back feminism. I hate it so much.
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The boomers taught the girls feminism but not the boys and here we are and now shitty people say the answer is to roll back feminism. I hate it so much.
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Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
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Hey Team Rhetoric -- Bill Hart-Davidson Memorial Scholarship 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign
The scholarship requires $50,000 to be fully funded and start supporting students. As of 11/30/25, approximately $40,000 has already been raised.
givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...
The scholarship requires $50,000 to be fully funded and start supporting students. As of 11/30/25, approximately $40,000 has already been raised.
givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...
* | Giving to Michigan State University | Michigan State University
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December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hey Team Rhetoric -- Bill Hart-Davidson Memorial Scholarship 2025 Giving Tuesday Campaign
The scholarship requires $50,000 to be fully funded and start supporting students. As of 11/30/25, approximately $40,000 has already been raised.
givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...
The scholarship requires $50,000 to be fully funded and start supporting students. As of 11/30/25, approximately $40,000 has already been raised.
givingto.msu.edu/causes-to-su...
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
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The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
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TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
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there is no legitimate definition of the term "democracy" under which maps like these are "democratic." this level of stovepiping is banana republic shit. this is effectively no different from stuffing a ballot box
Indiana Republicans have unveiled their proposal to re-gerrymander the congressional map & expand their current 7-2 majority to 9-0.
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18.
Interactive map:
davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
there is no legitimate definition of the term "democracy" under which maps like these are "democratic." this level of stovepiping is banana republic shit. this is effectively no different from stuffing a ballot box
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she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
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From the crazed hyperbolic radical alarmists at… The Brennan Center:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
From the crazed hyperbolic radical alarmists at… The Brennan Center:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Slogans work best when they contain an easy to understand narrative. This collection of four words does not contain an easy to understand narrative. Ex: "no taxation without representation," "the whole world is watching," or "make America great again." Each contains a story & represents that story.
The problem with “Strong Floor, No Ceiling” is that no one knows what the fuck it means, and not in the “allows for multiple different, but positive, interpretations” way.
IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOUR SLOGAN IT’S A BAD SLOGAN.
See also “opportunity society.”
IF YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN YOUR SLOGAN IT’S A BAD SLOGAN.
See also “opportunity society.”
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Slogans work best when they contain an easy to understand narrative. This collection of four words does not contain an easy to understand narrative. Ex: "no taxation without representation," "the whole world is watching," or "make America great again." Each contains a story & represents that story.
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Both taken this weekend:
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Both taken this weekend:
Hear me out: bananacado.
November 30, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hear me out: bananacado.
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CALIFORNIA will be covering 100% of lost federal tax credits for enrollees earning up to 150% FPL.
That's around 290,000 current enrollees, or ~14% of their total exchange enrollees.
They're also covering a portion of the lost subsidies for those earning 150 - 165% FPL (around ~100K I think)
That's around 290,000 current enrollees, or ~14% of their total exchange enrollees.
They're also covering a portion of the lost subsidies for those earning 150 - 165% FPL (around ~100K I think)
kermit and muppets in a car with the words california here i come on the bottom
Alt: kermit and muppets in a car with the words california here i come on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
CALIFORNIA will be covering 100% of lost federal tax credits for enrollees earning up to 150% FPL.
That's around 290,000 current enrollees, or ~14% of their total exchange enrollees.
They're also covering a portion of the lost subsidies for those earning 150 - 165% FPL (around ~100K I think)
That's around 290,000 current enrollees, or ~14% of their total exchange enrollees.
They're also covering a portion of the lost subsidies for those earning 150 - 165% FPL (around ~100K I think)
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Needed - larger samples, more realism about (the lack of) heterogeneous treatment effects:
-"less than a third of proposed hypotheses were supported... the largest predictor of positive exp. results was sample size"
-"moderation hypotheses were rarely significant"
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-"less than a third of proposed hypotheses were supported... the largest predictor of positive exp. results was sample size"
-"moderation hypotheses were rarely significant"
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
An Audit of Social Science Survey Experiments
Abstract. Survey experiments have become a popular methodology for causal inference across the social sciences. We study the efficacy of survey experiment
academic.oup.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Needed - larger samples, more realism about (the lack of) heterogeneous treatment effects:
-"less than a third of proposed hypotheses were supported... the largest predictor of positive exp. results was sample size"
-"moderation hypotheses were rarely significant"
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
-"less than a third of proposed hypotheses were supported... the largest predictor of positive exp. results was sample size"
-"moderation hypotheses were rarely significant"
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...
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PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
PBS: “A poll from the journal "Nature" found 75% of researchers are considering leaving 🇺🇸— including a man dubbed the Mozart of Math… a scientific brain drain.”
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
The Trump Effect. The opposite of Making America Great Again. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Between diffusion models and LLMs, tech has inflated a trillion dollar bubble around automating activities that have immense social and cultural capital—writing, art, photography—but little actual capital. It’s harmful to education, culture, and society with minimal overall benefit
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Between diffusion models and LLMs, tech has inflated a trillion dollar bubble around automating activities that have immense social and cultural capital—writing, art, photography—but little actual capital. It’s harmful to education, culture, and society with minimal overall benefit
The only thing that's stopping executives from being the first people replaced by AI is that it's executives making such decisions.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The only thing that's stopping executives from being the first people replaced by AI is that it's executives making such decisions.
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"Mike carried a calculator watch and a 22-inch Mitsubishi television that was approximately ten times bigger than Dustin’s. Lucas carried binoculars and an army knife. After Eleven turned a monster into ash, Will came back from the Upside Down but carried an evil slug inside him."
The Stranger Things They Carried
Mike carried Eggo waffles for a girl named Eleven. They were not love waffles, but Mike Sheets was hoping, so he carried the box of Eggos down the ...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Mike carried a calculator watch and a 22-inch Mitsubishi television that was approximately ten times bigger than Dustin’s. Lucas carried binoculars and an army knife. After Eleven turned a monster into ash, Will came back from the Upside Down but carried an evil slug inside him."
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This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
November 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
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Outrage about scholars using #GenAI to review for them illustrates issues at the individual, social, & structural levels of knowledge creation (i.e., epistemic cognition and systems). For example, at the individual level, offloading the critical role of expert judgment to GenAI violates ethics…(1/n)
What can researchers do if they suspect that their manuscripts have been peer reviewed using AI?
go.nature.com/49Lk3Nk
go.nature.com/49Lk3Nk
Major AI conference flooded with peer-reviews written fully by AI
Nature - Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
go.nature.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Outrage about scholars using #GenAI to review for them illustrates issues at the individual, social, & structural levels of knowledge creation (i.e., epistemic cognition and systems). For example, at the individual level, offloading the critical role of expert judgment to GenAI violates ethics…(1/n)
Settling in for some retro gaming this post TG evening.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Settling in for some retro gaming this post TG evening.
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i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.