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very long tradition back to libertarians owning enslaved people -thistlewood and co.

There has never been a beyond the pale for many of these men.

The obsession over the Epstein files *as* a mechanism to “get” Trump is a mystery to me. How many “smoking guns” has there been since 2016? And how many times have MAGA followers shown that they *don’t* care? Grievance doesn’t care about hypocrisy.

Congratulations to everyone who wrote an op-ed about how he just wants americans to eat better

The idea that enhancing surveillance in academic buildings will protect students from mass shootings is absolutely fucking preposterous. What it will increase is the criminalization of our students. Reject it!!! GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE. BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.

Fun fact: the most recent article that talks about Brown’s practice of having a diversity officer on each search? That didn’t start in 2016 or 2018, as they implied… and it really only helped in most instances to MAYBE get a PoC on the shortlist. now, they talk about pipelines re the tenure track

Thinking of the victims and all my people up at Brown. What a nightmare this all is.

WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

What's ominous is all of the trusted women of color who know a lot about AI are saying that a crash is on the way and the white guys are pretending they are taking it to the moon. This means that a crash is definitely on its way.

I set up a recurring weekly donation some months ago -- you can legit just pick a dollar amount you're comfortable parting with regularly, set it and forget it It's a simple, consistent way to make a tangible and sustained difference in people's lives

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Thankful for those who come in before everyone else and clear the snow and make the rest possible.

Aestheticized images of just a sliver of the data they're capturing.

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“Health officials in Gaza reported at least 24 people killed and another 54 wounded, including children.”

This video is so overwhelming I had to sit down & stare at the wall awhile. I was physically shaking. I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

Ruba is stuck at $150 out of $400 needed if you can help any

Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.

Couldn't even hate read the entirety of that interview on the CHE. People tasked with leading institutions of higher learning are so very unserious.

Symposium today on humor and the Right. We will highlight the intersection of humor/comedy/memes etc. with issues of nationalism, race, gender, sexuality, fascism, and more, past and present and around the world. Free event, program and registration info below. drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...

As opposed to, say, the dozens of studies with frightening shit like: "after controlling for a large set of student, teacher & school characteristics, even small daily amounts (here, 30 min) of use of digital devices in these classrooms are negatively related to scores on reading comprehension test"

I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit this should not be controversial 🫠

No such thing as a good billionaire. Let alone trillionaire.

This is why I had to remind myself to temper post election enthusiasm. The only thing that remains true is that we’re all we’ve got.

Let them eat plane tickets

They are dropping like flies but not fast enough.

This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

This is a valuable conversation to have right now

I was interviewed by Lisa Regan on the The Academic Publishing Podcast about publishing finances -- everything from why a press might want a subvention to why the system as a whole in in big trouble if everyone goes for the free pdf and no one is paying for the books themselves. She had smart Q's!

The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Thinking of the Toni Cade Bambara quotation/invitation to "make revolution irresistible." At a time when the far right has been mobilizing racist humor as part of ushering in global fascism, how Mamdani and his campaign's humor and style made participating irresistible cannot be undersold.

"Others will take time in catching up to that." whew

i'm a very biased party here but pretty much everything about the Mamdani campaign and the discourse around it thus far is a pretty thorough vindication of Africana Studies

self-respect and integrity are so different from coweringly lapping at the boot of power (sometimes mistakenly called civility)

I usually wear this Bowdoin shirt to the gym because I like the cut, but today it feels especially great.

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.

[Exit Clown.]

They're shutting down every enclave of independent and critical thought in big media. From Vogue's announcement of its takeover: "Teen Vogue will focus its content on career development, cultural leadership and other issues that matter most to young people." In other words, teaching compliance

YES YOU SHOULD VOTE IN LOCAL ELECTIONS TOMORROW EVEN IF MAMDANI IS NOT ON THE BALLOT WHERE YOU LIVE

Those in power felt they were handing out too crumbs, so now we have this stress test of the people.

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Any passing study will reveal that this current depravity has a long history. This is why they don’t want you reading and computers answering your questions for you.

This is dope. In the spirit of the BPP free breakfast program, but fancy.

Catching up on what I missed from last night’s Alchemy Lectures. Living where I do in rural VA, I am so, so thankful for this annual event. Profoundest thanks to Christina Sharpe and all of this year‘s alchemists.