Bill Westermeyer
@westwil.bsky.social
anthropology prof., naturalist, fellow traveler, gentleman farmer, misplaced southern Californian
Author of Back to America: political culture, identity, and the Tea Party Movement (Nebraska Press 2019).
Author of Back to America: political culture, identity, and the Tea Party Movement (Nebraska Press 2019).
Those who anticipate the demands of a repressive government and submit to these demands before they are made, Snyder wrote, are “teaching power what it can do.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
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February 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Those who anticipate the demands of a repressive government and submit to these demands before they are made, Snyder wrote, are “teaching power what it can do.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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It was always obvious that the right-wing moral panic around universities had nothing to do with "free speech". It was about delegitimising critical & dissenting intellectual activity, with a view to suppressing it altogether. Far too many liberals were taken in by this transparent, reactionary scam
🚨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 10:40 AM
It was always obvious that the right-wing moral panic around universities had nothing to do with "free speech". It was about delegitimising critical & dissenting intellectual activity, with a view to suppressing it altogether. Far too many liberals were taken in by this transparent, reactionary scam
Reposted by Bill Westermeyer
There is so much you can do to slow down the creep.
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
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February 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There is so much you can do to slow down the creep.
Voice of the resistance. We're screwed.
February 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Voice of the resistance. We're screwed.
