The GOP-held Senate just voted to allow copper mining in the Boundary Waters of Minnesota - a vote to defile a national treasure.

I'm in favor of this because of all the Marxists the business school is going to hire.

I don't know what the allegations against this guy will be, but they will be immediately believed by everyone.

Yes, and of the historians I knew who worked on race in America and were invited to events where semi-experts got paid five figures to sort of explain research on race in America, zero enjoyed learning how little their university admin valued them.

Peter Magyar displaying a ruthlessness that Biden and Starmer seem devoid of

"In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about [thing I lie about constantly]."

People saw this kind of thing all around the Twin Cities. My favorite was the guy eating a sandwich by himself in the parking lot of a closed big box store, obviously an ICE agent on break, who explained to someone that he was in town "for a lacrosse tournament." In January, yes indeed of course.

French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to marry 1950s sweetheart | France | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

My god. Essential, horrifying reporting here.

Every time Geese gets played on the radio I say to myself in a J. Peterman from Seinfeld Voice "It's not interesting music," and now I am vindicated.

So typical of the Democrats to focus on the 25th when Trump has violated the constitutional in innumerable ways since his first day back in office. The could have been calling him illegitimate and unconstitutional all day and every day, because of what he's done rather than how he's done it.

The AHR has launched a new project, Authoritarianism 101: A Global History, as part of the #AHRSyllabus series. Explore 30 modules from different contributors and key questions on authoritarianism—each paired with primary sources and teaching resources. The first twelve modules are now live.

My friendly neighborhood queer soccer bar has won A Major Award.

Der #FCSP hat erstmals den "Peace Prize" in den USA verliehen. Mit der Auszeichnung würdigen wir Menschen und Initiativen, die sich für Solidarität, Teilhabe und ein respektvolles Miteinander einsetzen. Erster Preisträger: Wes Burdine, Betreiber der "Black Hart of St. Paul" in Minnesota.

Interesting, but I'm confused about the scientists' confusion regarding conflicts within primate groups. Isn't there often conflict over food, territory, mates, status, etc? A fascinating study of this involving wolves is: www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

In baseball if a pitcher enters the game to ensure a victory, but instead he loses the game that is called a "JD." As in "the JD goes to Lefty McDougle who allowed 5 runs in the top of the 9th" or "the league's top closer has an impressive 46 saves and only 2 Vances."

Staring in John Foster Dulles.

the funny thing about sending jd vance out to do sensitive diplomatic negotiations is he has literally no experience. like, none whatsoever. he doesn't even have related experience in lawmaking or some executive role.

It took my department 3 semesters to agree on a mission statement, and we don't even disagree about anything.

The war that we won continues because the losers didn't want to accept the terms that we, having won, asked them to accept.

They kidnapped babies, shot three Minneapolitans, and murdered two. Only sick sociopaths would create a coin to commemorate that.

Hoo-hoo-hooo, hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hooo, hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo-hooo-ooo Follow the Donau, down past Margaret Park, listening to the winds . . .

The puritans who settled American colonies in the 17th century insisted on a fundamental difference between providence and miracles because they understood how stupid you sound when you say "I'm in charge because I'm good at ruling and also only a special supernatural miracle brought me success."

Not since George Will wryly responded "fascinating" to an anecdote in 2017 has the president faced such exquisitely understated mockery.

Killing random civilians in order to deal with the fallout of mistakes made while killing random civilians.

This shows two basic misunderstandings. 1, Holy Week is the period leading up to but not including Easter, so it is not about the resurrection. And 2, Jesus Christ despises Donald Trump and has no plans to save him.

"Anonymous trolls" can and should be blocked. They are annoying and I would hate to be attacked by them, but they aren't really people in the sense of actors with agendas and accountability. "Professors," on the other hand, freely share their names, images, and employers.

"anonymous trolls and professors" is an interesting choice

For years and years, Pueblos, Diné (Navajo), Indé (Apache), archaeologists, green groups, Utah and New Mexico politicos, and recreation, water, and timber interests fought over the land around Chaco Canyon, one of the world's most important archaeological sites. In 2022, ... (1/5)

Many people for a long time: Let's change the immigration laws and procedures to help people become citizens. This guy, being very moderate: Why won't you realize that illegality is against the law?!?!

Historian @katemasur.bsky.social on the Trump admin's attacks on birthright citizenship: "Efforts to undermine birthright citizenship" are "almost always highly political and driven by anti-immigrant sentiment, not by any legitimate understanding of the 14th Amendment." (For more on Kate's work ⬇️)

Since the New Deal, the right edge of the conservative movement has been committed to the goal of eliminating all facets of the federal government that do good in the world, leaving behind only a war machine and a surveillance operation capable of containing the “internal leftist enemy.”

Italy not making the World Cup is unthinkable except that they aren't very good and haven't been for quite some time.

Che brutto

We need much less attention on how the war is raising prices and much more attention on how the war does the things that wars do.

Yes, and except for the very best in the few sports with large fan bases and where a pro career is possible, the reward is free or cheap college during which they can barely manage to study and learn because they are constantly training for matches that no one attends.

PYM: We called on King Charles to levy Ship Money weeks ago. For weeks he claimed there was not a naval emergency justifying unparliamentary taxation. Of course there is.

There needs to be a new stat for Wemby, the CROLO: Caused Refusals of Layup Opportunities. Blocking a shot is impressive, but the opponent did believe that he could score. The CROLO is when they have already abandoned all hope and just u-turn right out of the paint.

This is a case of a decent discussion with a hugely stupid headline. The story states clearly that protests were/are prevented by university and governmental policies.

It's a golden horse with a sign around its neck saying "crypto inside."

How do I tell the NYT that I would like emails about important things happening (i.e. "news") but not updates on how The Bachelor empire" is doing?

Stephen Miller Band

Problem solved! "We're just trying to make sure you aren't doing illegal corruption. Click on all the bridges if you are not an athlete or a politician."

It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.

If we keep scholarship, someone can spend a career editing a university press edition of Journalistic Euphemism and Passive Voice During Trump's Presidencies. "Volume I: Eyebrow-Raising Comments," "Volume II: Pushing the Envelope of Democratic Norms," and "Volume III: Racially-Charged Remarks."

Congratulations to all my neighbors except for those neighbors who know who they are.

Awful. A teenager, dead by suicide in an ICE detention center. There is now a crisis of suicide inside the detention system; I have never seen anything like it. Suicide has happened before, but they were very rare. This is the third or fourth this year.

Everyone involved in crafting and approving branding this laughably terrible should be unemployable in marketing/administration forever.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.