The Bengal famine was just the tail end of the Malthusian famines the British Empire imposed on South Asia to control resistance to occupation. The only reason the Bengal famine is mentioned is because it can be linked to WW2 as a distraction. What about all the others?

Exactly what the British Empire did in South Asia. What's incredible is how few white historians will even mention it despite the fact that many South Asians have family stories of fleeing the famines to look for work only to be deported for not being white. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

"..and if we dread the too frequent visitation of the horrid form of famine, we should sedulously encourage the other forms of destruction, which we compel nature to use." --Thomas Malthus, and potentially, Donald Trump and SCOTUS.

Setting aside any of the legal issues… the chaos this is causing at a logistical level is tremendous. No one knows whether, when, and how they will be getting SNAP benefits

The food is cheaper because the baskets are smaller. But there's more unemployed and SNAP is not here. So... apnews.com/article/fact...

#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits. The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.

For those keeping count, this makes two House seats that the GOP has delayed Democrats from being sworn in to or elected.

Very excited to announce my new article, "The sandwich shop behind the sandwich man's assault on ICE: Was it a case of aid and baguette?"

Breaking: Thanksgiving is canceled as Trump Administration makes it clear no one has anything to be thankful for this year. #Satire apnews.com/article/flig...

Really missed opportunity here: Subway really has not had a memorable spokesperson since Jared, that this guy even beat the prison wrap.

I would go further and say that hunger is consistent with other Trump policies and therefore they do not consider it damage at all.

This really is disturbingly clear.

On top of being invested to the hilt in weapons manufacturing while they dispense some degrees on the side

A reminder that University administrations are sometimes cowards. Or perhaps not as liberal as people keep claiming. statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...

Cornell agrees to include Bondi's anti-DEI/anti-trans memo as a "training resource to faculty and staff" (see: www.justice.gov/ag/media/140...)

BREAKING: Cornell caved. Here is the settlement agreement, signed today by the university's president, Michael Kotlikoff: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

Very interesting note from the Sandwich Guy's jury, showing their careful attention to the legal instructions.

The note is pretty good evidence that the sandwich guy jurors carefully evaluated the legal merits of the DOJ’s case and weren’t collectively engaged in a nullification exercise.

Cornell agrees to pay $30 million dollars to the government and invest the same amount in agricultural research. Curious timing for a settlement. @mbkplus.bsky.social and I will surely have thoughts on livefromwatthall.transistor.fm

When you're just about at the crucial point in your job talk, but everyone is leaving for their 1 p.m. classes.

People are taking the WRONG lesson from the sandwich guy acquittal. Sure, he was found not guilty. But if threw a cake instead of a sandwich it could still be a torte.

When you're just about at the crucial point in your job talk, but everyone is leaving for their 1 p.m. classes.

Fam, I’m so proud of this one: the first comprehensive empirical study of disability in law school. Did you know 20% of law students have disabilities? And while they outperform their peers on engagement, they need more institutional support. Learn about their backgrounds, behaviors & experiences👇

Why is the University of Texas reinventing the wheel? Our chapter President Karma Chavez and AAUP’s Isaac Kamola point out problems with UT’s new academic freedom statement. The article also links to our more detailed press release.

People are taking the WRONG lesson from the sandwich guy acquittal. Sure, he was found not guilty. But if threw a cake instead of a sandwich it could still be a torte.

Important new report out from AAUP & MESA, “The data…offers a detailed account of how landmark civil rights legislation – and particularly Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act – has become a primary tool to restrict speech on campus.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“When universities abandon faculty under attack, when they violate their own governance procedures, when they tell contradictory stories about their motivations, when they refuse basic transparency about their decision-making—they’re not protecting their institutions. They’re hollowing them out.”

The President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is one of the most coveted & prestigious positions for UC graduates. It gives a hiring incentive to campuses who hire recipients for a tenure track position. What a DAMN travesty. This is capitulation to Trump's demand letter & anti-diversity agenda.

If you haven’t seen the whole thing, I got you. Smells like justice. m.youtube.com/shorts/naBR-...

Any surveys of FTC staff morale after two Commissioners were forced out, not replaced, bills were introduced to kill the agency, a shutdown, and a hearing on gender-affirming care, and abandonment of the noncompete rule? Asking for the people trashing Lina Khan right now.

Narrator: CBO's password was "Louvre." #Satire apnews.com/article/cong...

Thinking of starting a cartel of faculty who will voluntarily repeatedly fail ridiculous mandatory trainings to convince the writers of the trainings that they need to be rewritten. For example, I don't handle hazardous material. So, maybe I fail that one 100 times? #Satire

It also refers to "biological sex" without the "at birth" qualification at one point.

The Court calling sex assigned at birth a "historical fact" is insidious. It feigns neutrality by not adopting the govt's "biological fact" framing, but sends the same message. It suggests that others' mistaken beliefs about trans/nonbinary people's identity are as, if not more, real than their own.

"Prosecution claims case suffered from a failure to lunch." "The man threw the sandwich, but it used a brand name, no-sodium seasoning, Noah Salt." #Satire apnews.com/article/sand...

NOT GUILTY!!! www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Did the New York Times ruin journalism? #Satire

The people on SNAP need to stop being lazy and apply for jobs that AI is being subsidized by the government to eventually take. #Satire

The Trump administration will cut off food, reduce access to healthcare, increase the cost of living, destroy relations with our allies, and now … will fuck up your Thanksgiving travel apple.news/AfAgdBDIXRQO...

We need to subsidize the destruction of our planet to a greater degree than we already do given that even current data centers are not running near capacity. #Satire

The clear winners of the NYC Mayoral Race as described by my X feed: 1. Consumer welfare 2. Abundance 3. The Oligarchy 4. Florida 5. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov's "hands off" approach. #Satire

Would that next big play be more mass layoffs? www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/a...

Breaking: Intrepid reporters able to reconstruct full Epstein list from recent Cuomo endorsements. #Satire

Hey, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov....I'm just saying....

Yesterday was a terrible no good very bad day for me, for non election reasons. On the bright side, I have discovered I can teach two classes on about an hour's sleep. I'm pretty sure those were my classes, at least.

One of the reasons domestic violence is so harmful is that even if they're not the target of the abuse, witnessing violence against a trusted and loved caregiver traumatizes children.

Breaking: Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer still not sure whether or not to endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #Satire

Breaking: Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer still not sure whether or not to endorse @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #Satire

Go to Texas. If they illegally fire you, they'll try to not pay you. #Satire