Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby
The Department of Homeland Security has denied it.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
The Batemoor Brotherhood of Comparative Endowments - A Society for the Curious & Competitive.
#Batemoor #JockCock #StudentBodies
#Batemoor #JockCock #StudentBodies
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Batemoor Brotherhood of Comparative Endowments - A Society for the Curious & Competitive.
#Batemoor #JockCock #StudentBodies
#Batemoor #JockCock #StudentBodies
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
JFC is this bad. Straight up cash transfer to the shadiest Republican senators and an assault on the rule of law.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
An underrated pick for most evil journalist in the UK, although that is a very competitive field.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
An underrated pick for most evil journalist in the UK, although that is a very competitive field.
stat is bonkers - and why isn’t greater efficiency a competitive aim & boasting point in this field…?
"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
stat is bonkers - and why isn’t greater efficiency a competitive aim & boasting point in this field…?
"josh safdie wrote and directed a period drama about competitive ping-pong starring timothee chalamet and it's targeting a christmas day wide release" is a fascinating and also completely true statement
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"josh safdie wrote and directed a period drama about competitive ping-pong starring timothee chalamet and it's targeting a christmas day wide release" is a fascinating and also completely true statement
I'm reminded once again that a weak, incompetent opposition party is a hallmark of competitive authoritarianism.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I'm reminded once again that a weak, incompetent opposition party is a hallmark of competitive authoritarianism.
[cw - scat/messing]
It's not Daisy if it's not competitive soiling 💜
(They love each other)
It's not Daisy if it's not competitive soiling 💜
(They love each other)
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
[cw - scat/messing]
It's not Daisy if it's not competitive soiling 💜
(They love each other)
It's not Daisy if it's not competitive soiling 💜
(They love each other)
It's a competitive field obviously, but this is a strong entity for stupidest article about AI and universities in the last year or so. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...
Universities risk irrelevance by failing to engage fully with AI
It is difficult to think of another sector that has so dismally failed to strategically engage with the transformative potential of IT, says Ian Richardson
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It's a competitive field obviously, but this is a strong entity for stupidest article about AI and universities in the last year or so. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...
maybe all you referees who didn’t want to publish our paper on programmatic subsidies in competitive authoritarian regimes want to know what happens when regimes do this
President Trump has again floated giving out rebates from tariff funds, but sending direct payments to Americans would be difficult and ultimately unlikely.
Here’s what’s going on with tariffs and the pledge of dividends:
Here’s what’s going on with tariffs and the pledge of dividends:
Trump floated tariff rebates for Americans. That faces many challenges.
President Trump's plan to give Americans tariff rebates faces significant challenges and may not happen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
maybe all you referees who didn’t want to publish our paper on programmatic subsidies in competitive authoritarian regimes want to know what happens when regimes do this
It is telling that when an older Democratic leader retires (or, sadly, dies), a competitive primary with lots and lots of interesting candidates emerges -- the gerontocracy's selfish belief that ~they alone can lead~ is immediately proven false!
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It is telling that when an older Democratic leader retires (or, sadly, dies), a competitive primary with lots and lots of interesting candidates emerges -- the gerontocracy's selfish belief that ~they alone can lead~ is immediately proven false!
It was my great pleasure to speak to @srd.bsky.social about competitive authoritarianism and what it means for our age. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Are we living in an age of competitive authoritarianism
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 11/11/2025 · 47m
podcasts.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It was my great pleasure to speak to @srd.bsky.social about competitive authoritarianism and what it means for our age. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
I'm a pretty competitive guy. I won my last group therapy session.
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I'm a pretty competitive guy. I won my last group therapy session.
And an inability to compare policies with similar coverages or costs. Actually, Obamacare enabled a freer, more competitive insurance marketplace with the tiers and minimum coverage requirements.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
And an inability to compare policies with similar coverages or costs. Actually, Obamacare enabled a freer, more competitive insurance marketplace with the tiers and minimum coverage requirements.
Senators: your votes, donations, and endorsements are conditional on your actions in office. Your (D) does not make you safe.
Caving to Trump with only "concepts of a plan" to vote on the ACA is UNACCEPTABLE.
Traitors deserve competitive primaries.
Caving to Trump with only "concepts of a plan" to vote on the ACA is UNACCEPTABLE.
Traitors deserve competitive primaries.
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Senators: your votes, donations, and endorsements are conditional on your actions in office. Your (D) does not make you safe.
Caving to Trump with only "concepts of a plan" to vote on the ACA is UNACCEPTABLE.
Traitors deserve competitive primaries.
Caving to Trump with only "concepts of a plan" to vote on the ACA is UNACCEPTABLE.
Traitors deserve competitive primaries.
Heartwarming: We Taught This Growlithe Competitive Pokemon and It Used Self-Destruct
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Heartwarming: We Taught This Growlithe Competitive Pokemon and It Used Self-Destruct
Rupali from Ranked Competitive Breast Growth. You agree.
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Rupali from Ranked Competitive Breast Growth. You agree.
competitive lube usage
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
competitive lube usage
This is what Wilfred Owen wrote poetry for 🫡
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is what Wilfred Owen wrote poetry for 🫡
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
The cruelty is the point
The cruelty is the point
“These are people who did everything by the book, paid taxes, had no criminal records, opened businesses and contributed to their communities...now they have become collateral damage in this cruel, unjust and inhumane political game.”
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Venezuelans begin fleeing U.S. as protections end and threat of war looms
TPS expired for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans on Friday. Many are shuttering business, selling homes and boarding planes, or scrambling to find a way to stay.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Today in life under competitive authoritarianism
The cruelty is the point
The cruelty is the point