With some bonus antisemitism! They hate Soros because he's a Jew.

Another person who's managed to convince people that sounding rich = sounding smart because he can throw vocabulary around without having fuck-all idea what's talking about.

If you want to stop political violence, stop scapegoating and dehumanizing marginalized people while your boss constantly encourages his base to get violent with those exact people, you double-talking fascist twit.

"And that starts with the exact people who always condemn political violence, not with the people who never do. We only condemn people who didn't have anything to do with it because we love us a good scapegoat." #Fixed

I won't get to see most of the Tottenham v Doncaster Rovers game because I'll be doing a classroom observation. I hope by the time I turn it on, it's not fun to watch anymore, but only if that means Spurs have run away with it. We could use one of those. #COYS

just kidding! there are no good fascists. even their corpses are poison.

Reminds me of how the Koch brothers funded the “grass roots” tea party.

For a guy who says he hates Trump, this is amazingly Trumpy. His allegations of leftist cancel culture were never anything but BS, and instead of maybe learning from that, he manages to declare himself the victim of Trump's attacks on satire by pretending to be aghast about mumble mumble mumble.

Oh, FFS you dippy person. Equating college professors with Al Qaeda is honest-to-Jeebus the dumbest thing I've heard all day.

I don't want to hijack the OP; this post, which is true, made me think of the person who once spent 10-15 minutes telling me all the ways she could figure out how to murder her asshole landlord (her phrase) and get away with it. Fortunately it was the only time I ever saw her on that bus.

I guess his moment of broke-clock-twice-a-day blah blah blah is over. Back to the usual right wing demagogic scapegoating horsepoo from Senator I Usually Run on Vacation During Disasters, but Not When I Can Vulture Them Like This One.

This isn't even finished yet and it's already super-helpful--a primer on just cause and workers should have it but often don't (and often mistakenly think we do ). Thanks, @dskamper.bsky.social.

Yes. The point isn't that everything they say is a lie. The point is that they lie so easily and so frequently that anything they say could be a lie. Accepting their claims at face value is just dumb.

I wish I had a prize worthy of this post for @marisakabas.bsky.social.

And there it is. This cretin has poked his head back up out of the hidey hole to claim credit for the utter stupidity of RFK Jr and Donald Trump. Is this what assessment experts mean by "closing the loop?"

A friend's post on FB got this song in my head. It's Now that howls that nothing It's Now that runs and hides It's Now that winds its spineless coils And slithers out of sight

Yes. These conglomerates are happy to let the public believe they're nothing but financial tricks designed to generate profit even though they add nothing, but in fact they exercise editorial authority and pretty much always use it for right wing aims. Now you know.

@joshtpm.bsky.social nails this. The claim that Kirk should be some kind of unifying figure is ridiculous. "At least half the country was his enemy. Not because they said so because *he* did."

1800 people don't just disappear. Jeebus!

No, @npr.org , the science is quite clear to people who know how to read it. The only reason it sounds unclear is because quacks like RFK Jr and Donald Trump lie about it. And can I just say how annoying it was for a fundraising message to pop up while I was reading this both-sidesing nonsense?

Hey, it's the first double-booked meeting time of the semester! Department meeting or union local exec committee meeting? Only the Shadow knows!

FYI: Not just Sinclair. For people in the Philly metro area, Nexstar owns the CW channel, so if you're going to boycott advertisers on the network, that's the one.

OK, I love you all, but this lunch break isn't going to take itself.

Which is ironic, given that the Minnesota shooter had a list of 45 targets, every one of whom was a Democrat.

Today's Consultation Hour/Clerical Task/Email Catch-Up soundtrack.

I sort of understand why the press is using the word "unproven" to describe the nonsense about Tylenol, but rhetorically that word is way too underpowered for the task. I nominate "made-up bullshit" and would eat the FCC fine for the language if I owned outlets.

I'm not sorry we don't have any Sinclair-owned stations in this region, but anything I can do to encourage support folks who are stuck with their bullshit, I'm here for it.

Yes. And on this beginning of the Jewish high holy days, I can say Christian nationalists make me feel light--as in incandescent rage--but not a hint of sweetness.

No, not "highly contentious." Pure bunk. Why would you even dignify this nonsense by making it sound like there might be a debate about it?

Gee, who could have imagined? I mean, really! Whoudathunkit? If you need more evidence that rich ≠ smart, here ya go.

It's never the wrong time for this to be as loud as you (or your neighbors) can stand it.

"I hate people with autism because I'm a bigot, and I'll say anything, no matter how nonsensical, to make sure they and their families suffer." #Fixed

@marisakabas.bsky.social is doing some really strong reporting. The darkest thing in this story, IMO, is Stephen Miller telling an admiral that he doesn't understand international law--as the admiral is explaining international law. The arrogance of that creepy-crawly bigot is boundless.

And more from Loomer. ICYM the fact that she's a loud, proud bigot. It hurts my heart that we have anyone in charge of anything anywhere who listens to her with anything other than derision, or maybe pity if they're kinder than I am to bigots.

Wait, what? This is utter nonsense. Unsurprising, I guess, from the person who chained herself to one of a set of double doors at Twitter HQ and then couldn't figure out how people were just walking past her into and out of the building.

Made a dopey joke about this band's name last night, so inevitably, this has been stuck in my head ever since. And that's cool.

They just never stop. "All of us" = "All who support bigots and fascists, especially when they're the same people." And that's aside from the fact that the *one person* who fired *one bullet* hasn't been clear about his own motives, so add ESP to their list of talents, I guess.

Starting the part of the semester when my blended (roughly half synch/half asynch) courses go mostly asynch for a while. Trying to make the transition as smooth as possible for mostly 1st-year students who seem gobsmacked they don't have to come to class no matter how many times I tell them so.

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Well, then. Quite a case of groupthink, yeah?

No, death is definitely the worst you ableist piece of garbage.

Weird some scicomm accounts gave the new “Tylenol in pregnancy & autism” review some weight. They don’t know the lead author, Baccarelli, had the exact claims thrown out of federal court for having ZERO scientific merit, when he was a paid “expert witness” in lawsuits against Tylenol makers. 1/

Dear God no, I'm not watching the Charlie Kirk deification ceremony. Why on Earth would I? He repulsed me every minute I knew who he was, and so does just about everyone who thinks he was anything but a bigoted thug.

I'll join this chorus. He disgusted me when he was alive, and nothing has changed my opinion.

the fact they're out here running "abigail spanberger will trans your kids" against one of the most conservative candidates out of the Democratic Party is a great example of why actually standing up for trans people, especially kids, is the only way to go

Journalists, you have to stop using the word "crackdown" with the shit Trump's doing. It's not a value-neutral word, it implies "finally doing something about all that crime." It's a lie when it comes to what he's doing with the National Guard, and it absolutely doesn't apply to free speech.

I can only imagine how fierce the calls for violent retribution against huge abstract groups of people who had nothing to do with any of this are going to be. And of course we all know none of the MSM coverage of it will observe any of that.

Jamelle Bouie nails this. I can't tag him to thank him--not long after I joined Bsky, I clanged a comment on a post of his, and he totally understandably blocked me. But on the off chance he sees the thanks: thanks for saying this so clearly.

A simpler solution: stop making tenure a reward (that's what promotions are), and make it the default for everyone who needs professional autonomy to do their job. I'm fine with a probationary period, but tenure isn't something to earn; it's something institutions should stop withholding.