"There is no sense calling for independent or solitary action by something called “the humanities” when that category has been so thoroughly absorbed by concerted attacks on democratic governance, due process of law, rights to privacy, security, assembly, and expression. We are all humanists now."

Right there with you on cardio. Wrote this in 2019; went running this morning.

Having quote posts disabled on a quote post is a pain. The American working class is, maybe, fairly mobilized. You are going to need a citation for 'most combative' in the west, and 'most organized' just can not be true. At least, not across all definitions so that it is self evident.

this is the simple answer to people who keep saying NATO expansion matters. Sure, it matters because it presented an obstacle to Russian imperial ambitions. Putin didn't invade because he hated NATO expansion, he hated NATO expansion because he wanted to invade

Something about this does not pass the smell test for me. One, because I think the initial $1 billion tax is odd. Second, because SEIU frequently gets into deals with healthcare companies to pass these things in exchange for...well, crumbs sometimes. Maybe that partnership is exactly what this needs

My friends and I often quote Tony Soprano, “‘Remember when’ is the lowest form of communication.”

If I’ve developed a personal philosophy in the past few years, it’s that nostalgia poisons interpersonal relations, expectations for the future, and even our politics. I devoted most of my life to thinking about the past and I’m begging people to find a way to leave it there.

Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/

I generally don’t think the purpose of fiction is to right historical wrongs

Sending all of my trans friends who are struggling today love 💕💕💕

me after watching this and the jake paul knock out vid at the same time:

P S A

I'm so upset my mind will never reach these heights

never thought I'd die helm's deep in an elf

reshare if you agree wall adapters with a single USB C port have a surface area differential ratio that looks weird

Far from the cure to Trumpian authoritarianism, the U.S. constitutional order is driving our democratic decline. A forum on our broken system of checks and balances:

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

"Antisemitism hysteria is the new Red Scare." Joan Wallach Scott www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

no, see? this post & similar, in transmeds' own words. if you are asking if your flavor is the good kind or the bad kind, it is the bad kind. there is only one kind. "blair white but with informed consent?" fuck off. i don't want any confusion from yesterday: this disgusts me. muting this one.

Saw this adorable French animation ad and I had to share it over here! The style looks familiar but I can’t my finger on what group it is. Any ideas?

I want to know what drives any single person in this thread to say any of the things they have

Was JUST talking w NY-17 candidate @mikesacks.bsky.social about this: "The real story isn't about the ads you see but the power you don't. It's about the candidates who never run, the policies that never get debated, and the slow, systemic drift of our democracy away from the will of the majority."

If actors want a tool to fight against AI Dubbing on Amazon's platform, we have to do the actual work. SAG-AFTRA can't step in and fight for us. We ARE the union. If actors want a union Amazon Dubbing Agreement, we have to, at bare minimum, stop working for them non-union.

New account! @jazzagehater.com

this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives

NEW BLOG HARD LAUNCH jazzagehater.com/september-20...

nevermind fuck Yale I found my GOAT even though every single lecture is going to definitely make me cry

why does the Yale modern poetry class only teach fascists

I tried to read the finance article and I didn't get all of it but I was weirdly enthralled

having a normal one right now

I don't know what this is about but 20 year olds who struggle to read works from 1925 I get it and understand

I’m howling.

Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project

HAHAHAHAHA PLEASEEEE

“Why are you pouring water over your head?” asked Frog. “I hope that if I pour water over my head, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.

one of my new opinions is if you want to do political art you have to also be doing constructive politics. otherwise you're just grifting off of stolen valor. I am looking at you RF Kuang. I fucking hated Babel.

women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.

the worst part about writing a proposal is when your own proposal starts sounding stupid

"Iran is facing its worst water crisis in decades. With no end in sight and authorities warning they may even have to evacuate the capital of 10 million people, residents like Ensani are scrambling to respond." www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...

happy starbucks strike day I convinced my whole office to not go via SHAME today. guilt works #woke

at target optical waiting for the woman to hand me my glasses I have already paid for a week ago. I am about to miss a bus that comes once an hour. to a movie with my partner. just hand me the DAMN glasses.

Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement. @olivia.science @abeba.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @rocher.lc @danmcquillan.bsky.social @robin.berjon.com & many others have signed www.iccl.ie/press-releas...

oh god I did not know about this

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

what a wonderful sleetful day to be lied to by the transit app

aw man

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

showed up 8 mins late to an eye exam scheduled for 5:15 and they were like "how could you not put a phone number in 😾😾😾 the doctor almost left" and I'm like okay??? their loss??? I'm paying $120 💀💀

nope, mamdani wants you to dunk, comrade, he demonstrated we don't need to give a fuck about him and we don't need him and so for once in our lives we can dunk in peace