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Nashville’s #NoKings protests, and one fascist
June 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
As a student of MacIntyre in the 80’s, the other grad students were envious that he bothered to insult me. Once, when running into him after an absence, he said, “When I saw you I thought I might be having a vision. But then I realized that if I were having a vision, it probably wouldn’t be of you.”
May 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Gore quotes Habermas
Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality.
Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.
April 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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A dear feminist science studies mentor passed on March 5. Have a good journey Sandra Harding. ❤️

Harding was UCLA Distinguished Professor Emerita of Education and Gender Studies, former Director of the Center for the Study of Women.

Link is an oral history interview with Sandra on her career.
Oral history interview with Sandra Harding
Sandra Harding was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children born to Lloyd and Constance Harding. Her father's struggle to find work during the Great Depression led the family to L...
digital.sciencehistory.org
March 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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This article talks about the ideology that's been in the works since the '08 financial crisis.Musk and co. believe democracy is a failed system & is hindering technology. They want to move to neocameralism, a system that runs society like a corporation, led by those with resources. Neofeudalism.
This is a must-read article by @brockm.bsky.social about the evolution of an idea promoted by techo-libertarians "that democracy is not just inefficient, but fundamentally incompatible with technological progress."
The Plot Against America| Countercurrents
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
countercurrents.org
February 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
And so Alberich takes back the ring
January 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM