US futures markets literally went from green to red mid-speech 🤣

He really is an absolute shell of himself. Every ounce of juice is long gone.

Is there any greater hack on cable news than Van Jones? No joke, he just characterized the war as "the right enemy, but the wrong strategy."

So remember when Michael Bloomberg jumped into the 2020 primary and Liz Warren killed him, skinned him, and fashioned a chalice out of his skull on national TV? AOC will do that do Rahm in 2028, assuming he even has the gall to throw his hat in.

Thankfully it's sounding like Trump's birthright insanity is absolutely cooked at SCOTUS.

It's times like this I'm glad that the NYT has a robust paywall, as it often saves me from my own morbid curiosity.

He didn't. The dude was a legit analyst who opted to become CNN's carnival barker for the bag. You hate to see it.

I swear, if Trump and Hegseth announce a ground assault in Iran over Easter weekend and give the operation some crusader-ass name, @tlecaque.bsky.social might become an actual Bond villain along with every other Medieval historian.

Byron Noem when contacted for comment:

US futures and Asian markets continue their massive rally but crude remains completely static. Major stock indexes are being kept afloat but nothing but delusional cope.

I think Jane really cuts to the heart of the issue here, which goes beyond the dust up around Mark's posts. If you want this site to be a place where experts and journalists can share real-time insights, that comes with trade-offs. It won't be as polished as we might want, and mistakes will happen.

Amplifying the hell out of this. While the ruling is certainly still not good, the specifics are clearly not being reported.

It is notable however that crude futures no longer appear to be responding to Trump's bullshit.

You gotta admit, the far-left accelerationists who backed Trump over Harris have already been kinda vindicated. In barely 16 months under Trump, the American Empire has loaded up a 12-guage shotgun and fired it directly into its balls.

Its never been more joever.

Very cool and informative stuff from Jane!

I realize that I've been taking a lot of shots at terminally online leftists who spent the weekend sneering at No Kings, but that's only because they are so committed to being confidently and comically incorrect. This rules btw and shows exactly how mass demonstrations can build capacity.

So we all know the DNC will try to ratfuck AOC if she runs for President in '28, but I don't know if they have juice to actually beat her. Like, comparing her ability to play 21st century politics to Bernie is straight up hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby.

🚨BANGER ALERT🚨 Please let 2026 be the year of the criminally overdue Tkay Maidza breakout. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oNq...

Well never fucking mind lol

Not gonna lie, I kinda want him to run because it would be an exercise in public humiliation even greater than Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign.

We're now a few hours removed from Trump's latest round of shitposting in the hope of juicing the market. Asian and futures markets remain in the red (Nikkei currently down 4.5% ☠️) and crude keeps rolling up. Traders appear to finally be getting wise to the bullshit.

Online leftists: No Kings is performative lib bullshit. Serious leftists: Holy shit suburban wine moms are making signs about lynching ICE agents.

However much contempt you have for hacks like Yglesias, you should probably have more. Just to be safe.

I think bluesky has enough political scientists now that crowdsourcing advice might work, so I'm going to try. Anyone have 'undergraduate methods syllabus that doesn't discourage students from the major' they are willing to share?

Straight husbands of bi women observing Chappell Roan drama.

While the partisan gender gap is real, I literally use this graphic in class as an example of deceptive data presentation. Not only are these data from 4 different surveys, only the US survey asked about ideological identity. The others ask about support for the liberal/conservative *party* ☠️

Seriously though, this beef is absolutely hilarious.

I feel obliged to keep asking: Who's man is this?

Fantastic thread here about why big normie protests like No Kings play a crucial role.

The contempt for big normie protests like No Kings among certain parts of the left suffers from the same problem as the electoralism debates. They are right in that neither voting nor marching are sufficient to defeat fascism, but that has mutated into contempt for essential political activities.

It's being pretty widely reported today that US military leaders believe that only around one third of Iran's missile stockpile has been destroyed since the start of the air campaign.

Woooooo my department head gave me the green light to start working on an international politics in science fiction film and TV course! Gonna be a Spring/Summer of re-watching stuff and reading film theory 😋

So of all things, there appears to be an extended Dworkin-esque radfem sex debate going down over on twitter.

It occurred to me today how utterly and completely washed Jordan Peterson is as a public figure. His socials and subreddit are dead I don't even see him mentioned anymore. I realize this could just be because he got committed to some black market mental asylum in Eastern Europe but still.

I swear our media is made up of some of the most unserious clowns on the planet.

Can we just skip discoursing about Harry fucking Potter? Like how many serious defenders of it or Rowling are even on this app?

As equal parts funny and stupid as the latest round of Chappell drama has been, I feel like she would solve so many headaches by just getting out of the comments and hiring a publicist. Like come on Chappell, you are way too famous to be responding to drama on IG live.

This is how campism rots your brain, and not just on the left. Using "enemy of my enemy" thinking as an actual basis for politics is pure baby brain shit.

It's an incredibly good deal, but the problem is that Trump has torched every shred of US credibility, not least because he tore up the JCPOA. Not to mention that offering a deal like this barely 48 hours after backing off an ultimatum make as well be a giant neon sign that reads "fucking help."

And it's honestly that last part that renders any 'death of the author' shit absurd when it comes to Rowling. The woman is not only bankrolling transphobic policies and politicians, but directly points to the ongoing success of her franchise as proof of legitimacy. Fuck her and fuck Harry Potter.

The constant back and forth between Trump and the markets in a nutshell:

For the love of god, someone take his fucking phone away.

A part of me wants to blame some of the normie brainrot around paratroopers on 'Band of Brothers,' but even that shows the inherent problem of mass dropping infantry. Like there's literally an entire episode about bailing out the British airborne after they got their shit rocked at Market Garden.

Ok wrapped it, and yea, that shit rules. Absolute peak TV. In our many Twin Peaks chats, @snakelady647.bsky.social compared it to 'End of Evangelion' and she's on point with that, both in terms of reality melting into hot slag and it overflowing with the creator's giggling contempt for the fans.

Guys, I'm begging you to think for 5 seconds before you post stuff like this. The patch on his arm CLEARLY reads "City of Atlanta Police." Those are not ICE agents, city cops are posted at airports all the time.

NYU's undergraduate tuition is over $60,000 a year with total on-campus expenses coming close to $100,000. Pay your fucking NTT faculty.