My hot take is that the reason Trump broke Silver, Yglesias, Klein, et al (to varying degrees) is because the brand of Very Smart Person TM was valuable when politics was interesting but more or less normal and they think their careers depend on pretending that things are still like that.

ICE very heavy in Rogers Park #Chicago right now, please repost

Even if AI is the future, “teaching classes in AI skills” is like “teaching classes in how to use a dishwasher” in 1952.

“This is not philanthropy,” Dimon said. “This is 100 per cent commercial. We are going to take our resources of research, bankers and investors, and we’re going to scour the United States and maybe the world for a new opportunity.” i.e, maniacal alienation loading

The order takes affect Wednesday and bars the civil arrest of any “party, witness, or potential witness” while going to, remaining at or returning from court proceedings inside the courthouse or its parking lots, sidewalks or entryways. Judicial warrants can still be served.

I hate to say it, but Stephen King's book "On Writing" has been very good for my writing.

Yeah I bet Trump is so mad that a woman who opposes communism and chavism, promotes capitalism and privatizations, and agrees with sanctions on Venezuela and wants her country to be invaded by the US, just won. He's gotta be so mad

Yikes!

Trump has unleashed ICE, but the foundations of what's happening has had the full-throated endorsement of Democrats. We are less than a year away for a Democratic campaign that argued Trump wasn't serious enough about deporting people. Why would we expect this party to act?

A fascist gestapo of mediocre white males, the longest song in history

reminder to whomever needs to hear it/see it, medical offices and especially pediatric care locations are routinely and coolly racist spaces

I think about this every day

my city mane

Seems like this is maybe the most unsung variable about the current job market. New grads in the pool with fully endowed professors looking to jump ship and even take paycuts

Quiz: Did Stuart Hall write "The Great Moving Right Show" in 1979, or did he write it yesterday?

I thought people were exaggerating, but no, it really is the case that liberal politicians posting platitudes about the Nazi Youth youtuber never posted anything about Melissa Hortman

Academic professor pens nonsensical article-cum-plea that is unironically self-referential

Trump abduction vehicle disguised as a soccer mom minivan on the DC streets, including "Future Jedi On Board" sticker #bigballsgoonshow

Seen out and about in Chicago.

Free idea: A coffeetable book of contemptuous statements by democrats called Touch Grass.

Had to figure out why everyone heading to soldier field tonight was dressed like pioneers and peasants. Ah The Lumineers are playing

It is an indictment against the entire party that instead of ousting him from its ranks and issuing a public statement condemning his actions they have let him attract buzz for a 2028 nomination.

how can the AAG call for abstracts already be out now, I just got back from Detroit last week

No matter how many logical paths I take to think about this, each one leads to "nope just extortion"

How is "cold play sucks" not the lead story

Our histories tend to discuss American slavery so impartially, that in the end nobody seems to have done wrong and everybody was right. Slavery appears to have been thrust upon unwilling helpless America, while the South was blameless in becoming its center. Du Bois wrote that in 1935!! not 2025!!

Article of anonymous House Dems complaining about being pressured to stop fascism. Has everything: "would be a gift to Trump" framing. The idea that politicians with marginalized identities shouldn't be asked to fight fascism. This is the party that campaigns on the opponent being a dictator!

*Jump to recipe*

legal geographers: Im looking for a reading list on legal geography and scale. I'm aware of the great contributions of Delaney; Valverde; Herod... but there has to be much more that I am missing, especially more recently @legalgeolsa.bsky.social @legalgeography.bsky.social ?

One of the most prophetic works Ive read in the last few years is @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Laboratories Against Democracy. The strengthening of nationally mobilized rightwing interest groups, particularly now given the limitation of universal injunction is in this case literally out of the book

Here's one dignity go buy yourself a star war

Lol liberals are insane

Greta really about that fucking life and I ain't forgot how folks was saying she was just doing it for fame and views.

how I feel when my citations and references are growing at an inverse rate to my word count

BREAKING: A judge has ordered the immediate release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student detained amid Trump administration crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists. @liz_crampton was in the Vermont courthouse where the decision just camedown. Details TK

My partner just said pickup trucks are the majority head nod

What I've learned from writing an investigation-style dissertation is that the best parts of anyone's long-form research, book project, etc. are most certainly the things that were either prohibited from the manuscript or unable to be feasibly incorporated

Ive never visited the US travel advisory website, and dont remember why I did today. But I deep dove Most striking is the inconsistent language/syntax. The entries are almost humanlike, like a badly maintained blog. Are there any good writings/studies about this? travel.state.gov/content/trav...

The compensation: a 4th once in a lifetime recession

Hate to be millennial about it all but it is just mental that my whole working life has just been a series of recessions and “economic shocks”, underpinned by stagnant wages

Yes it's important to know how to reference legislation but i love a state general assembly with a "cite this bill" web function

To me this person is worse than an Elon Musk stan. Sell your car. Very simple, many ways to do it.

Todays grading soundscape

Woke up to son screaming "FEDEX BOOOOOOX" repeatedly at the absolute very top of his lungs, for no reason

This thread is amazing. A metaphor that keeps giving infinitely

Sorry, the police state has awhat now?

My partner, all the time: "if you like insurance so much why don't you marry it?" Wants to make me a shirt that says "I ❤️ insurance" Thinks I secretly love capitalism In the Last Black Man in San Francisco Jimmie says "you don't get to hate something unless you love it" and I think about that alot