www.forbes.com/sites/michel... a term new to me: competence penalty.

Here’s the latest. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06... The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, and the justices reaffirmed the long-held principle that nearly all children who are born on U.S. soil are American citizens.

Did the rapture happen overnight? Fox & Friends is broadcasting from a completely empty Trump state fair on the National Mall

www.adamkinzinger.com/p/independen... All his fans.

www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20... But it was the newer, further-left faction led by Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America that came out with the consistent edge.

www.nth.nhs.uk/about/commun... This will probably lead to more responsive health care, but it is a weird feeling to see the language of anthropology and other disciplines taken up by the NHS.

americananthro.org/advocacy-sta... report raises questions worth asking about the relationship between scholarship and political commitments and then fails to address them with . . . disciplinary engagement, and intellectual humility that are essential to the scholarly enterprise itself.”

The public comment portal for Trump’s “triumphal arch” is open until June 15: parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm....

Opinion | This degree changed my life. And it’s essential to a changing America. Amen

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... It’s not good news for Trump.

Thank Mary Moriarty—Hennipen county attorney: In a historic first, a local prosecutor has charged a federal immigration agent with felonies in connection with the so-called Operation Metro Surge of Minnesota’s Twin Cities earlier this year.

Goldman Sachs discusses 1st quarter earnings - public can listen-A conference call at 9:30 am (ET) on Apr 13 (today). The call will be open to the public. +1-800-330-6730 (in the U.S.) and +1-646-769-9500 (outside the U.S.) passcode number 7042022.www.goldmansachs.com/investor-relations.

Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.

sciencepolitics.org/2026/03/25/h... By Augustin Fuentes

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“Democrat Emily Gregory won the special election to represent a Florida state house district that includes President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home on Tuesday, according to Associated Press projections, a stunning upset that signals Democratic momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms.”

www.gofundme.com/f/support-le... Contribute to Leo Towing, who tows home cars abandoned by ICE victims.

Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept." Astonishing thing for a judge to do.

As Minnesota kicks off its day of freedom from ICE, my piece on how the state's movements built power to be ready for this moment, and the closest thing to a real general strike in maybe a century newrepublic.com/article/2053...

www.wired.com/story/veroni... Go veronica!

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

techpolicy.press/three-fallac... 🤞

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u... Thank you

www.sup.org/books/anthro... New book by anthropologist Anand Pandian

Jack is at work

substack.com/@krassenstei... Thank you to this church.

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www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ice. “The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.”

Plant egg and sperm

Jack the cat in the sun

From Disabling Intelligences, by Rua Williams

Clark Construction and Aceco — neither have permits for this project. Aceco's Asbestos licensure was cancelled over two years ago. They should lose their licenses, get sued. It might stop other companies too. Normally a 2-3 year process for drawings, planning, permitting. All illegal (ofc) 6/n

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... “As anthropologist Janet Roitman argued in her study of taxation … in central Africa, acts of “fiscal disobedience” emerge not simply as refusals to pay but as political interventions that expose ruptures in the reciprocal obligations underlying fiscal authority”

And now UVa rejects the compact.

Halloween is coming according to jack the black cat.

New issue of anthronow! Karen-Sue Taussig editor. Many libraries have anthronow - it is part of taylor & francis journals bundle 😊

“Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.” Wapo oct 7, 2025

"There is nothing funny about calling me or Donald Trump a fascist, and if you do, we will ship you to Guantanamo."

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Trump tells a roomful of silent generals to join a ‘war from within’ - The Washington Post ‘The president spoke for more than an hour to a largely silent room at the military base’

Judge Young launches into a tirade against ICE; Acting Director Lyons' testimony was "disingenuous, squalid and dishonorable," that "ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence," and that "ICE brings indelible [disgrace] to this admin[] and everyone who works in it."

Omg. I’ve never seen anything like this in a judicial opinion:

BREAKING: WE WON!!! 💥 💥 💥 Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment. Full ruling here:

Trump administration illegally targeted pro-Palestinian protesters, judge rules ‘The case…accused the Trump administration of having an unconstitutional policy of deporting people based on their political views. The intent and effect of the policy…has been “to terrify noncitizens into silence.”’