Winifred Tate
@wintate.bsky.social
thinking about drugs wars, drug use, and the future of work, in southern Colombia and central Maine. day job: anthropologizing.
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It's a wrap! Thank you for joining us at #HR25Bogotá. We hope you enjoyed this space full of brilliant people and meaningful conversations.
May 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It's a wrap! Thank you for joining us at #HR25Bogotá. We hope you enjoyed this space full of brilliant people and meaningful conversations.
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Intellectual monocultures function exactly like agricultural ones: impressive yields in the short term, catastrophic collapse in the long term. See: the New York Times.
April 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Intellectual monocultures function exactly like agricultural ones: impressive yields in the short term, catastrophic collapse in the long term. See: the New York Times.
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Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.
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Yall wanna hear something extremely embarrassing? Before Trump’s election, a bunch of academics who lumbered rightward after being criticized by the left (Pinker, Dawkins, Krauss) wrote essays for a book that is coming out in July about the threats to academia from the left.
YALL, THE TITLE!!
YALL, THE TITLE!!
April 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Yall wanna hear something extremely embarrassing? Before Trump’s election, a bunch of academics who lumbered rightward after being criticized by the left (Pinker, Dawkins, Krauss) wrote essays for a book that is coming out in July about the threats to academia from the left.
YALL, THE TITLE!!
YALL, THE TITLE!!
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I wrote about some details that the Trump administration might not want to come to light when it comes to what kind of deal Trump has truck with Bukele asharangappa.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
What's the Real Quid Pro Quo with Bukele?
Hint: It's not about fighting "terrorism," or stopping illegal immigration.
asharangappa.substack.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I wrote about some details that the Trump administration might not want to come to light when it comes to what kind of deal Trump has truck with Bukele asharangappa.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
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I admit! I admit!!
We are Post-coup.
Just no one wants to admit.
Just no one wants to admit.
April 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I admit! I admit!!
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Hi, I'm the guy who wrote the book "Administrative Burdens" and it's just objectively untrue that no one will face "unnecessary burdens" b/c
*non-citizens almost never vote!
*About 20M citizens don't have access to citizenship documents
SAVE solves a non-problem by burdening American citizens.
*non-citizens almost never vote!
*About 20M citizens don't have access to citizenship documents
SAVE solves a non-problem by burdening American citizens.
Maine's voting culture is the best in the nation. I am confident that under the SAVE Act, our state can both ensure that only citizens can cast ballots and that no one faces unnecessary barriers to registering to vote.
April 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hi, I'm the guy who wrote the book "Administrative Burdens" and it's just objectively untrue that no one will face "unnecessary burdens" b/c
*non-citizens almost never vote!
*About 20M citizens don't have access to citizenship documents
SAVE solves a non-problem by burdening American citizens.
*non-citizens almost never vote!
*About 20M citizens don't have access to citizenship documents
SAVE solves a non-problem by burdening American citizens.