Same in the US.

„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“

'Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential' www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.

not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint

One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.

It's hard to explain to normies how much effort Trump is putting into anti-trans policies. This is like the 12th thing just this week. And there were 12 things the week before, and 12 things the week before that. There will be 12 things next week. This is almost everything the government is doing.

I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore

I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.

"Vaccines do not cause autism. Vaccines let autistic children live long enough to become autistic adults. Autism is not a tragedy to be prevented; it is a way of being deserving of support and respect." From @autisticadvocacy.org: autisticadvocacy.org/2025/12/asan... #autism #VaccinesWork

I think the *speed* at which RFK Jr and his Great Barrington Declaration/anti-vaxx/Brownstone wrecking crew have been dismantling the US public health system has been really astonishing

I took care of numerous kids with fulminant hepatitis B in the 90s before the switch to getting the first vaccine at birth. I don’t recall having one since. I do not miss caring for that disease.

“What have I done!” 🤡

This is so messed up… Amnesty International reports that detainees at Alligator Alcatraz (and at another facility, Krome North Service Processing Center) describe being placed in a “punishment box,” a cage-like structure in the yard so cramped that people could not sit, lie down, or

Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"

Made my first court appearance today to defend against the charges from November 14th. The state says that ostensibly what happens in Broadview is legal, but we know it is neither right nor legal. The state says that protesting a concentration camp is wrong, but we know better than that, too.

The #ManufactureOfDoubt is an historical script that regulated industries use in pursuing their political and economic goals. Many of the issues noted by the editor are known techniques deployed in #agnotology. I wrote about a lot of this in my book; also see work of @drtomori.bsky.social

The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.

All 214 House Democrats support legislation to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. We only need 4 House Republicans to join us. And we can save healthcare for tens of millions of Americans.

yes, it’s really that bad.

Nearly one million Black women can’t get jobs, DEI rolled back everywhere Folks doing MA every day But folks keep sharing and discussing One horrific racist who can’t write and destroyed health care With no NOT A SINGLE bit of discussion on how to stop her from happening again

If you happen to be looking for an alternative audiobook listening platform, there are many out there, including us at Libro.fm 👋 We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.

“Non-disabled people do not expect anger. Loneliness, gratitude, and a quiet resilience are the emotions we are allowed to express. However, as Wong shared, in many tweets, blog posts, essays, and talks, “f— that s—!””

At a minimum, please wear a well-fitting mask in airports and on planes, and in healthcare settings. If people did this, COVID transmission would fall demonstrably. It’s not that hard, and it’s not all or nothing. It’s also not just a cold—it’s an organ-damaging virus.

I used to like this font.

when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes

*not shopping at Target intensifies*

Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024. This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500. And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?

Holy shit. i’m not all that surprised that the study was deemed to be compromised, but it is **such** a shot in the arm to see accountability about anything, anywhere, for anyone.

frazzled Lizza in dizzy schism with sizzling Nuzza—a fizzy razzmatazz over grizzled scion’s scuzzy jism, buzzes Chris Cillizza

Only 13 legislative days remain before the ACA tax credits expire and millions of people are priced out of their health care. House Democrats have a discharge petition to extend ACA tax credits for 3 years. We just need a handful of Republicans to join us.

COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.

To give that maximum sacred cow butchering phrasing: "efficiency is bad, actually." It precludes redundancy, flexibility, unused reserves, and preemptive maintainance. A maximally efficient system in one set of conditions is extremely fragile when conditions change.

"What kind of future are we leaving for our children" is no longer asked. Billionaires and their cronies have evolved into beings that can't think more than six months out. Nobody is building anything to last or endure. Kids today are raised in a world where humans are sacrificed eagerly for profit.

Devastating thread. Are other educators seeing this?

Excellent visual and 🧵explaining the ACA tax credit issue:

Unfortunately you have to primary everyone, not just because they don't have what it takes to fight, but because they don't have what it takes to rebuild. Last thing you want is them to win by default and then tread water until the next Trump comes to power

It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality

It is infuriating that the Republican Congress sits idly by while RFK Jr. and Marty Makary blithely make provably false statements to the media about vaccines. This isn’t an abstract concept. The HHS Secretary and the FDA Comissioner are intentionally lying to all of us and it’s beyond dangerous.

Brilliant cartoon by Michael deAdder Beacon of the world open.substack.com/pub/deadder/...

It’s tiresome and repetitive but I think it may be imperative every time fascism tells this fundamentally antisemitic lie that every Jew who knows even a bit of what’s what—I know a bit—says explicitly “this isn’t for me. It’s against me & everyone human.”

🩷 let's make some magic 🩷 last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life. it's time to run it back.

JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.

Oh yeah, that’s cursed. That thing comes alive at like 3 AM and stalks the stores and woe betide whomever crosses its path.

We ended up betraying many (most?) of the locals who helped us and leaving them in Afghanistan to dodge the Taliban. A friend of mine who worked for the US finally got visas for himself and his family...from Germany.

Yes and it is notable that attacking “cancel culture” is pretty obviously an attack on cultivation of pro-social values, and an attack on social consequences for speech supporting bad values.

Once again, you now live in a country where there are two classes of citizenship, & those of us who hold the second class variety can apparently lose ours if we do not show good behavior to Dear Leader & the far right authoritarian party.

Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:

I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic That third thing is unsustainable long-term