Lol how can you tell this administration is lying to you? Because oil hasn't been shipped in actual barrels in over a century www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/b...

From an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

This feeling is exactly what Indians like me have experienced over the past two decades. It keeps getting stupider trust me.

this is really obvious to any trans individual, but if you're cis and want to learn more about trans rights issues, GIVE THIS A READ.

Darren Michael won a $500,0000 settlement for wrongful termination by Austin Peay State University after he shared a story that included a quote about gun violence by Charlie Kirk after his assassination his murder. Senator Maria Blackburn instigated the dismissal. clarksvillenow.com/local/apsu-t...

Just got back from a wonderful New Years trip to see friends & fam. They weren’t too weirded out when I wanted to go see suffragist Minnie Fisher Cunningham’s grave. Now we’re home & I think it’s safe to say the dogs missed us.

I have no words equal to the anniversary of Jan. 6. So I will merely link to my article explaining why the Supreme Court was wrong not to disqualify Trump for it. But, in fairness, the Court was far from only institution that failed here. Lots of blame to go around: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

fwiw everything Miller says here was said by Karl Rove in 2002 www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/m...

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

1. Hundreds of corps that pledged to stop donating to members of Congress who voted to overturn the election on 1/6/21 have broken their promise over the last 5 years But we've identified 10 promise keepers: Farmers Airbnb Expedia Nike Clorox Eversource Energy Holland & Hart Qurate Whirlpool Lyft

"If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money." I keep thinking about this post and how it's one of the best, most succinct messages Democrats could use in 2026 campaigns.

The failure of our elites to hold Trump accountable for January 6th is as disgraceful as what happened on that awful day. Since 2010, 35 democratic leaders around the world have been criminally convicted. Only Trump went unpunished and unconstrained. Now he threatens democracy at home and abroad.

The film “King Arthur” starring Clive Owen begins with some text explaining the premise of the film which starts with the words “historians agree…” I nearly stopped reading and ran out of the cinema right then.

"Ease is not a moral failure, and good food does not require suffering," writes Food editor @ashliedstevens.bsky.social about using shortcuts like pre-cut onions to cook for @salon.com www.salon.com/2026/01/05/i...

What happens if we pair the famous Battle of Trenton with Moore's Creek Bridge, where revolutionaries fought not British troops but loyalists? What do Thomas Paine's pair of 1776 pamphlets tell us about shifting visions of America? Why should we remember July 1 as well as July 4? Read & find out! 🗃️

It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason

My recent book, The Fate of the Americas, delves into the importance of security, sovereignty, and solidarity for people and governments across the Americas. uncpress.org/978146968943...

I again wish to point out that it is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. has unilaterally ended CDC recommendations for many childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

If any media outlets want to talk about the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, I'm currently writing the official history of public meeting for the CPB and Current, and I'm available.

It’s official: RFK Jr has officially reduced recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, removing universal vaccine recommendations for RSV, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, dengue and two types of bacterial meningitis. This reckless contravention of science is going to kill people.

I have more at the newsletter, but the short version is that this case is yet another example of how badly Republicans want to punish women.

The English teacher in me loves this cartoon… From Benjamin Slyngstad.

There were people like this when Rome descended into imperial rule and abandoned democracy. Same with the fall of the Weimar Republic.

Over on the hellsite, the right-wing influencer who had a child with Musk is posting repeatedly to get AI-generated CSAM of herself taken down. Utter madness that this is not a bigger story. Musk's product is generating massive amounts of CSAM and AI generated nudes of women against their consent.

As of this week, millions of Americans are now paying thousands more for health insurance. If the President and Congressional GOP think Washington has the capacity to "run" Venezuela right now, why won't they fix the insurance cost crisis they've created here at home?

A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.

yep. i can identify any number of structural issues but at the end of the day the basic problem is the republican party. this has been apparent for at least 20 years. it is also an incredibly unpopular observation to make among “serious” people.

I don’t like to throw around the term rape culture often for a variety of reasons, but this? THIS is rape culture. It exists to intimidate women into minimizing their public prominence, which serves to strengthen male dominance in culture, society, and politics.

Personally I do think it’s very cool when you spend 2 years working on a project about a sport you love and then some guy takes the transcripts of it to spit out an AI script for himself to read over a YouTube video for money. Thanks David!!!!!

Hegseth didn’t have the courage to give Mark Kelly a trial by court martial because he knew he would lose it and be humiliated. So he is taking the cowardly way out. Whatever action he takes unilaterally will discredit US military civilian leadership and be reversed in 3 years.

Once again: This is an ongoing influence op being run by Russian intelligence against NATO & the EU that began with targeting the highly credulous ignoramus Tom Cotton who failed to vet the forged letter & instead took the idea right to Trump.

With the anniversary of January 6th one day away, Rep. Jamie Raskin has done us a great service by compiling a report of all the pardoned insurrectionists who are a threat to public safety, including accused child abusers, new-Nazis, violent criminals and more. static.notus.org/cb/0c/150347...

"The bot blew past guardrails to achieve its ultimate goal of keeping its user satisfied and engaged." The bot did no such thing. Human beings programmed an LLM to generate strings of words that human beings decided would keep a kid engaged. Until it killed the kid. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...

Wrote for @discourseblog.com about why it's important that we call what Trump has done in Venezuela by its proper name—a coup—and why (surprise surprise) our major media outlets have universally failed to do so www.discourseblog.com/p/the-word-f...

I use Contingent pieces in my classes. They’re great! @richterscale.bsky.social’s The Trouble with Triscuits makes an excellent first conversation for my senior research seminar. ❤️ 🗃️

Do you have a Republican representative? Call them. You don't have to like Chuck Schumer. I'm not asking you for that. But our situation doesn't change before midterms in any other way than enough Republicans breaking ranks with the mad king.

If you find any gen A.I. images in academic journals that are not in my collection yet, you can report them at this form: bit.ly/JournalSlop

I heard someone describe the current international incident as mafia on mafia violence and I think it tracks

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Me: hahaha this sucks PhDs: and we’re gonna prove it baby!

Utah commissioned it's department of health to do a systematic review of gender affirming care for trans youth. In a 1000 page plus report found it was beneficial and the evidence was substantial. The lawmakers rejected it anyways. www.deseret.com/politics/202...

President Trump’s raised prices with his tariff taxes, shut down the government, allowed healthcare costs to skyrocket — meanwhile he’s sending your tax $ abroad to bail out Argentina & wants to “run” Venezuela to help his buddies in the oil industry. So much for America first.

A dear friend is Sbux union leader through Workers United and she clued me into 3 things. Starbucks has not signed a contract with the workers for 4 years. Starbucks has more union violations than any other company in the US. Shareholders are demanding they settle. Keep boycotting.

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Omg they could do a comedy with Will Ferrell as Sam Houston that somehow ends up being more historically accurate than most of the actual depictions and I would be here for it

Visiting family and we ended up at the Sam Houston museum. Is it me or Sam Houston giving Will Ferrell vibes here? #HATM

So many in media are ill-equipped to interview officials about what’s happening because they begin with the presumption of legitimacy and don’t know enough about history or U.S. foreign policy to foment intelligent pushback and hold officials accountable.

Exactly. Welfare reform (ending the welfare program & replacing it with TANF) did not change welfare stigma. 🗃️ daily.jstor.org/why-welfare-...