(I could make these all day)

Very much enjoy this comparison

For everyone who said "I like the Kafala system in theory, but it's not quite corrupt enough."

They really said Israel will be defeated but Morocco will never give up Western Sahara

These rhyme:

A quick thread on the academic freedom angle to the OU situation: First, grading is part of academic freedom b/c it involves instructors applying their disciplinary expertise - both when they set assignments, and when they grade student work

I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

god wants you to learn about post-structural feminism from a trans woman with an asymmetrical haircut. sorry, there are no coincidences. you're there for a reason that your mind can't begin to comprehend. it's part of His Plan.

This is insane.

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From @acxn.bsky.social Is it a Coup? www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-a-coup...

As a lib I would be so owned if Trump used this to create a precedent for ignoring previous presidential pardons

Lol this is gibberish. The West has a death wish and it's fighting a death cult? Aren't death cults themselves trying to die? And that's before we get to the west can't defend itself because it doesn't know what it means and it is trying to destroy it.

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to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness

Congratulations to organized faculty at the University of Alabama who recently established their first AAUP chapter! There is no better time than now–when billionaires and fascists seek to exert control over higher ed–to join our movement to transform universities to serve the common good!

Forcing a switch to Windows 11 as a form of planned obsolescence

The meritocratic myth in America fuses together people with skills and people with money into one class. That's what our elite universities do. If the rich can pull off this illusion, they can convince everyone that the only way you get rich is by being brilliant. But the truth is there to see.

This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Broke: Violating the Constitution Bespoke: doing a 100% all-achievements Violating the Constitution speedrun

This case will be taught for decades in torta law classes

The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.

I like that when he says what it would not be like--going into Russia or China or North Korea or Iran--he pointedly does not mention any of the countries we actually went into and got stuck in.

All New Yorkers are currently being assigned to ten-member ujamaa cells we will send out invitations when that process is completed

this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam

(to the tune of Eleanor Rigby) 🎶socialist muslim🎶

I am hearing that on his deathbed Dick Cheney received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada.

Be careful, kids. Because when you get your shiny new degree and your shiny new job, no one has to tell you that you are wading through the blood of al-fasher to deliver some stale talking points about the Muslim brotherhood. It's easy to lose all your credibility before your career even starts

I've also noticed this with preparedness. When I was in college, students knew basically everything, could teach the class if they wanted to. Now students have no idea, and if anything are confidently wrong.

Obvious to say this, but the actual function of the smear job isn't to make us ask about his aunt, it's to show us the words "hijab" and "9/11" in a headline with his photo.

The year 3000: Our war and climate ravaged world has finally pulled itself together. Human civilization clustered at the poles has slowly rebuilt, and we are looking toward the stars once again. We send people into orbit, searching for truth among the satellite wreckage.

No spend, only tax

As always there is a relevant xkcd

A piece of contract work I did got the feedback that I should talk more about how the sunni-shi'a divide affected things. The project was on the state of politics in Algeria. Lots of people need to learn a second thing about Islam.

The most Republican guy is the guy who owns the used car dealership, a tanning salon, and a boat in a place that has been economically decimated by deindustrialization See, for instance:

OK I ran it at the individual level with CES data. Here (w/ and w/o survey weights) for 16 income bins, with the highest bin being incomes >$500k

There's something kind of pathologically neoliberal about turning a paper into your vanity mouthpiece but insisting that it turn a profit while doing so.

There's something kind of pathologically neoliberal about turning a paper into your vanity mouthpiece but insisting that it turn a profit while doing so.

Thrilled for my first Food & Wine byline! I talked to nine Best New Chef alumni about where they like to eat in Austin. www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...

It's like they always say: no enemy survives first contact with my plan

Is this something

This is my dissertation basically

I've gained a bunch of followers from the Liberal Currents starter pack, time to repost my most liberal takes.

Is this something