It really, really helped to read this today.

Always a good sign when the Congressional GOP welcomes a delegation of politicians from the German far right.

If you haven't seen Ran, you owe it to yourself to see it.

The current administration's willingness (eagerness?) to destroy long-standing alliances is...what exactly? Let's go with pointless stupidity.

I'm out of town next week, but for anyone in the Philly/NYC region, I'd recommend seeking this out. A brilliant scholar wrote a book about a fascinating 20th century political activist, and you should be there for it!

"Governors in Louisiana and Virginia declared states of emergencies this week to make funds available to help with hunger relief in anticipation of Snap benefits not being issued in November." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Well when you put it that way it doesn't sound so good.

found exactly the one use of “evil recoils in the presence of Christ” I am willing to sign off on, HOOOOOOOOLY SHIT Father Larry did not come here to fuck around

Ladies and gentlemen, your Phillycentric story of the day:

NTT CFP. This looks like fun, actually.

"Could have been e-mail."...."'It‘s a waste of time for a lot of people who emphatically had better things they could and should be doing'".... Wait, was this an all-school meeting at my college? This occupational frustration, that occupational frustration...so different, yet so the same.

Donald Trump's speech at the UN was full of falsehoods and dangerous comments calling for nativism, exclusivist nationalism around the world, and trying to impose his ideology transnationally. Some of his statements are paraphrased below:

When I was at the book expo at APSA 2025 a couple of weeks ago in Vancouver, I couldn't stop thinking this.

Who wants to block everything in France on September 10th? Hint: it's not like the yellow vests.

As I have been saying for over a year. Mass deportations + decreased migration + tarrifs + less government investments in people & social programs = economic contraction + inflation. "The U.S. could tumble into recession..." and never see golden age www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

In the words of David St. Hubbins, too much fucking perspective.

These ICE recruitment commercials are repulsive.

Yes. Yes you may as well.

I love this guy.

I'd like to see some of the details, but on the face of it, this seems pretty cool!

I'd like to see some of the details, but on the face of it, this seems pretty cool!

Among other things, AI destroys much of what makes students students.

This is maddening. And if you haven't seen the piece from @theatlantic.com, written by a student, who sees how counterproductive AI in the classroom really is, seek it out. I'll share it after I post this.

The indictment was handed down 2 days after career prosecutor Richard Barker, the acting US atty for eastern Washington state, resigned. In a social post, Barker wrote “I am grateful that I never had to sign an indictment or file a brief that I didn’t believe in.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Maybe the right point of comparison is the Prohibition era. thehill.com/opinion/camp...

Outstanding thread. Please read.

This is good advice. Very good advice. So good that I am shifting uncomfortably in my chair as I realize how far I am from acting on it.

“I couldn’t believe how fast it went up,” Paternoster said. “I’m not buying this little piece of meat for this.”

In other news, Kyle Schwarber hit 4 home runs in this evening's game.

Did you know that John Fogerty is 80 years old? I would not have guessed it from listening to his re-recordings of Creedence songs. Because with a few exceptions he hasn't lost a step.

Tfw you bump into the grandson of one of your research subjects at the baseball game. 😯

Well done, Jack White.

It's true. He did. And he's dead.

Bob Clark, VP of marketing for Herr Foods, Inc., said the company was surprised to see it was mentioned in the press. “While we can’t speak to the details of the story,” he said, “we can confirm that our Sour Cream & Onion flavor is money.” www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/21/w...

Fantastic resource for historians: a spreadsheet of NARA's digitized microfilm, with links to the files in the Archives catalog. May it help you as much as it has helped me. www.archives.gov/files/colleg...

Do I know anyone on Bluesky who's seen this? Thoughts? Reactions?

I wonder when those "security guarantees" will kick in. "A missile strike on Mukachevo, a city 30km from the Hungarian border, struck a major American-owned electronics manufacturing plant, Ukraine’s government said on Thursday." Btw, 30 km = about 18.5 miles.

Did this really happen? Wow....

Great job, guys. A professional act, as always.

There is no Trump in 2016, in the same way there is no Brexit, no Le Pen/AfD/far right in/on the cusp of power across 🇪🇺/🇬🇧, w/o turning a major financial crisis into a Lost Decade. Yes, other stuff mattered, but this policy failure of austerity & the folks who presided over it played a huge role:

Do we still use the word "boondoggle?" If not, why not?

Since he believes, among other things, that the Declaration of Independence emerged from the Civil War and that no one knew Lincoln was a Republican and that Andrew Jackson was angry about the Civil War... this should go great for the Smithsonian!

Slightly diminish a band: No Rush

Well that's not good.

1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.

Oops.

Trying to remember this as I work on a shifty first draft of something.

Another horrific series of press rights abuses tonight at hands of LAPD. Initial reports are 4 journalists injured (several bleeding), 3 cameras broken, 5 put in zip ties. All in defiance of state law, a judge's order, and chief's signed order. LAPD can't police itself. Maybe the judge will.