If you ever wonder why academics roll their eyes at "viewpoint diversity" hires is that when you pick a scholar for their ideology and politics over the actual work, this is the kind of clown show that results.

Trump didn't just choose to start this needless war -- he even never bothered to explain *why* he chose to start it or what he wanted to accomplish.

This really does sum the man v. bear debate up quite well. This said, the male comments on this were just bat shit sadness. #TheAlliedForces

Oh no 😞 RIP American voice actor Tom Kane (1962-2026). He lent his voice to Imperial Captain Ozzik Sturn, Lobot and Kento Marek in The Force Unleashed (2008), Yoda and Admiral Yularen in The Clone Wars (2008), Admiral Ackbar in The Last Jedi (2017) and Star Tours. He worked on many SW games too.

When a federal agency tasked with protecting all Americans decides to mandate a specific religious worldview, it ceases to protect democracy and begins to threaten it.

Omg the auto captions for my lecture #medievalsky

The Religious Right is desperate these days to pretend that "Christian Nationalism" is (1) a recently-invented term and (2) a pejorative invented by their enemies, but neither of those claims is remotely true. Here's a short thread, but I'm sure other historians will have examples too.

"Y'all are in a death spiral. That's why you have to redistrict. That's why you have to cheat." Watch this man.

BINGO also charismatic people who like to be in the center and suck all the air from the room and be all about the story and the dramaaaaa are not necessarily the people actually keeping those they serve safe and calm and we all too often reward the shiny new objects making noise

People will be like ‘Bluesky is all academics & historians’ & I’ll be like, ‘You mean the people who enthusiastically tell me the coolest shit I ever heard?????’

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Just to clarify. I loathed him, before I even knew what party he might have affiliated with. He was, to me, way back in the 80s, the epitome of what used to be called 'The Ugly American'. I loathe him even more now. I just want him gone. Fuck trump 8647 #TheAlliedForces

If you spend enough time researching Holocaust deniers, you find that one of the arguments they repeatedly make is that because Anne Frank died of typhus, she cannot be said to have been deliberately murdered or her condition exacerbated by the conditions of the camps.

Gerrymandering for me but not for thee, the Republican way.

The Fifth Element was released 29 years ago today! This is probably THE film that I discovered, thanks to this account, is very popular. Way more than I expected.

30 percent of Americans are against [squints at notes] the Pope urging peace

Hassett on American consumers: "Credit card spending is through the roof. They're spending more on gasoline, but they're spending more on everything else too."

Ag secretary confirming 1 in 4 US farmers has no fertilizer secured, American Farm Bureau survey says up to 70% can’t afford enough fertilizer for the season under the spiked costs Honestly shocked this isn’t bigger news. 25% of farms are just not planting at all this season. Farm bankruptcy up 46%

god hates gerrymandering

Is Rubio "woke" now?

May the 4th be with you!

“I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board …"

And that's just based on the unredacted documents they've released. There are probably even more.

Dont think too hard. Top ten songs of all time for you

I figured that Dems would figure out a way to lose in November.

Just putting these out for no particular reason:

As the administration remains bogged down in Iran and gas prices continue to soar, causing a ripple effect throughout the American economy, I think it's great that Republicans are all insisting that their deeply unpopular president who made all this shit happen deserves his gaudy golden ballroom.

Reading the FT front page story about a Chinese company introducing a battery with a 1500 km range & six minute recharging time & about how two Chinese companies own more than half of the global EV battery market & I am struck by the different realities the US and China occupy. We’ve lost the plot.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

Right, it's important to remember that this is unfortunately a fairly common experience for most presidents, but normally presidents don't spend all their time crying about it in public.

oh great now where am I supposed to get my world’s biggest condoms

As I have been saying for a while this is going to happen and we need to start talking about it and pushing for it. We have to MAKE it happen If we take the defeatist approach that some Dems take—that he'll just magically disappear, or that we can just wait until Jan. 2029, ... (1/3)

The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X. I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!). So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.

Me yelling at the scale every morning

Actor-author George Takei turns 89 today... Takei brought enjoyment to so many thru his performances in Perry Mason, Black Sheep Squadron, the iconic Star Trek TOS/movies... An American patriot, he & his family endured racially motivated internment camps of the 1940s... Live longer, Mr. Takei!

Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift. Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.

LOBO! The MAIN MAN! Big screen AT LAST!

They mocked the field of gender studies as meaningless, but I think they really just knew it was onto them. They're the softest bunch of insecure little manchildren play-acting what they have been told is manly and macho. (gift link)

The bishops have backed up the pope, but I'm hearing that JD Vance is going to get an assist from Rob Schneider, so that makes this theological debate a clear tie again

So the interaction below (that fucking ENTITLEMENT) is a bit of illumination of this Gen X polling bullshit. Not that that person is necessarily an Xer but phew the whiteness

Yeah, the college dropout who created the Professor Watchlist and encouraged his followers to harass scholars was all about loving and respecting one another.

What kind of Orwellian stuff is this? "addresses free speech on college campuses" by banning walkouts? I oppose the heckler's veto but come ON

President Eisenhower at Dartmouth College, 6/14/1953: “Don't join the book burners. Don't think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library & read every book, as long as that document does not offend our own ideas of decency.”

This was posted on Twitter by Reverend Jonnie Moore. Yes, the antisemitism is reprehensible. But the same people condemning the manipulation of “well-meaning, faithful Christians into having their beliefs tethered to [antisemitic] psychopaths” (1:38)... 1/

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

NYT reporting that under this ceasefire each ship will pay $2M to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. It was $0 before Trump launched this illegal war. 100-130 ships pass the Strait daily. Trump just gave Iran an extra $100M-$130M per day. Masterful gambit, sir. Impeach and remove this fascist—NOW.

The President, White House, and FCC's Brendan Carr are calling for action -- and implying a criminal investigation -- against CNN for... accurately reporting what Iran's state media shared as a statement from Iran's Supreme National Security Council.

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com