The U.S. Department of Labor boasting about firing over a quarter of a million workers. Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.

Belle & Sebastian Bach

Detective in 1980s Belfast 😬😬😬

An entire feature-length profile about her in the New York Times, the paper of record, that not *one single time* mentions that she's a rabid antisemite. When she does her real apology for that wake me up.

Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”

You will not regret watching this

I just signed up for a monthly contribution to @publiccitizen.bsky.social as they currently have a dollar-for-dollar match. If you want to do this, here is a link. donate.citizen.org/page/61257/d...

In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons… To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.

A visual depiction of the week between Christmas and New Year's:

@brianwolfman.bsky.social, I thought SCAP was doing this before Goldstein?

Our photographer Alex Kormann captured the exact moment the presses stopped for the last time in Minneapolis, ending a 158 history of locally printed newspapers.

I am taking this to mean Katie Miller is totally miserable hosting her podcast where she poses extremely banal questions to far-right reactionaries…

Law prof: “ Well, you see, the problem here is that even though the name change violates a statute it is hard to see how someone might have standing to…oh, never mind.”

Elite free speech discourse has culminated in state action to compel labor

Our unions response to the arrest of Huerta and illegal detainment of members,thousands of members traveling to Louisiana to yell at GEO Group + learn working class history and organizing tactics, everything UFW is doing with NO money,plus the speed and effectiveness of local rapid response networks

The hallowed remains of our beloved Pop-Tarts. May their memories be a blessing.

Is this an IATSE set? And are mascots unionized?

“I can smell the Pop Tarts toasting now” no sir, you are having a stroke

I keep seeing the thumbnail for this article and thinking "oh, what's Tim Roth up to?" Anyone else? No? Just me?

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How I’m walking out of 2025

Good to get tickets early, b/c couch seats sell out fast

Post-doc positions: "Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..." uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...

We are getting to the point where white collar criminals are thinking, "why take the plea deal my high-priced lawyer negotiated when I can just bribe the President and skip jail altogether?" donmoynihan.substack.com/p/pardon-the...

Taibbi’s lawyer is the same guy who represented Trump in his suit against Bob Woodward… www.abajournal.com/news/article...

This package seems destined to shuttle between Minneapolis and St Paul for the rest of its days…

An attempt to merge the administration's moral panic over crime with its moral panic over higher ed:

It should be a warning to any of the schools considering settling with Trump. Brown gave him everything he asked for and then Trump, like the Mafia boss he is, saw weakness and came back for more.

Reminds me a bit of Mamdani’s scavenger hunt, in that it’s about bringing people into contact with the campaign (and getting associated media coverage) by offering them something that is immediately useful

Make a Bond movie academic. Goldfinger: “No, Mr. Bond, I want you to chair a committee.”

make a Bond movie academic "Dr. No: Getting reimbursed on time for academic travel."

make a Bond movie academic "For Your Eyes Only: Okay, But Niche Topics Can Still Be Important Even If They Don't Get Wide Readership"

Bluesky doesn't have much end-credit discourse, so I'm taking the rare opportunity to post this clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSnh...

Labor Notes is essential reading about the US labor movement, please join me in donating! labornotes.org/donate

At least 11 congressmen from 1865-1871 were arguably not citizens under Trump's interpretation of 14th A, our research finds. Yet no one challenged their eligibility to serve. Why not? Obviously, b/c no one who drafted or ratified the 14th A shared Trump's view. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Celebrate boxing day

A hearty "no thank you" to the new thing where clicking on the google search bar brings up some suggested "explore in AI" topics. (Google suggests to me "why do some universities conduct post-tenure reviews" and "why do some Western performers face criticism for playing in certain countries")

"And I believe Mr. Euripides was guilty of teaching class consciousness also, wasn’t he?" Congress interrogates theater directors--

Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/

I think this is right - but the state and U administrations are betting that 1) the prospect of being fired and then suing will be untenable for most faculty, so they'll conform their teaching instead; and 2) when fired faculty do sue, litigation will be protracted & the outcome will be uncertain

Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law

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I did not understand this: one of the five Europeans the US has barred from traveling to the United States...is a permanent resident who lives with his family in the US. Now he is worried about being arrested and deported for the crime of monitoring online hate. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...

Past alternative Christmas message givers include: Ali G A couple who appeared on the reality show Wife Swap Marge Simpson Mahmoud Ahmadinejad A deepfake of Queen Elizabeth II

You will be visited by three spirits, who will demand snacks

James appreciates that Christmas means spending time on his favorite hobby

The Menace plans on wishing all her Bluesky fans a merry Christmas, just as soon as she’s awake

Here’s my parents’ cat Purrcy taking his present to go.