NOW WE’RE TALKING BABY

What they mean is the rule itself isn't discriminatory (even if it enables discrimination). This from @leahlitman.bsky.social is a good explainer but it's also how they greenlit healthcare bans and abortion bans

Plus ça change

Germ theory is out, Physiognomy is in.

Justice deli’d is justice denied

A perimeter of parents and what appeared to be a priest and other faith leaders were out all around the neighborhood surrounding Chavez as students were recently dismissed.

Govt doesn't want Comey to look at grand jury transcripts. Way to look guilty, guys. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Tomorrow I get to hang out IRL with @anntandy.bsky.social AND @aktange.bsky.social! Been there shall be shenanigans.

"Assignments are AI-generated w/the help of a learning-management system; AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic browser on behalf of the student; & AI-driven metrics then evaluate work on behalf of the instructor." Can the #humanities help higher ed avoid becoming an #AI fueled ouroboros?

BREAKING: The Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to enforce its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy during litigation. The unsigned, four-paragraph order effectively reverses two lower-court decisions. The Democratic appointees dissent. More to come: www.lawdork.com

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

"The melding of fiction, memoir and history raises questions about the extent to which a novelist fuses the raw material of life with their fertile imagination." Georgia de Chamberet @bookblast.org admires Nicholas Blincoe’s Oliver Twist & Me bookanista.com/memoir-social-history-and-more/

On his first day in office, he decided to allow ICE in child care facilities? For crying out loud. Really loud.

Totally not my area but I can’t wait to read this book

🌟TOMORROW🌟

I've often felt that complaining about Trump's coverage was counterproductive, but really the mainstream media isn't covering him like a president who is 18 points underwater

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

Let's just cancel everything from now until the holidays. Everyone gets a six week sabbatical.

It’s hip on the left and right alike to hate “liberal feminism” (a term I challenge detractors to define—usually the “liberal” is silent). But the fascists of our moment hate nothing more than the actual liberal feminist ideal: a public sphere where women are equal. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

I'm going to go on a limb and say that the corporate enshittification of working conditions ruined work.

We are delighted to welcome Yasmeen Soliman to our team under our partnership with @creativeaccess.bsky.social Yasmeen has said: ‘To be a part of the effort to put out important research into the world is an incredible opportunity that I cannot wait to make the most of.’ 

My subscription to @donmoyn.bsky.social’s substack renews next week. Smashing that re-subscribe button

What's notable about vile shit like this is that they never have the courage to stand up and actually defend the proposition they are oh-so-provocatively putting forward with the framework. They love to be "just asking questions" so they can *suggest* what they're too craven to actually argue.

Uuuuh does anyone have any suggestions about grants (for UK academics) to pay for image rights for journal articles? I’ve had something accepted and just found out that due to budget cuts I can’t claim expenses for article costs 😱

Did Grampa get lost looking for the other oddly shaped room? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

So this is good news for Trumponomics, right?

School lunches get a bad rap, but they're healthier than the average packed lunch. And making them free for all amplifies academic and health benefits for low-income kids by removing stigma/shame. So I'm glad Colorado voted to raise taxes on high-income households to make school meals free for all.

Both the authority and the imperative, as Toby Ziegler says

“Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, & sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the FBI.” There’s no accountability for the “real” ones, making this shit all but certain. www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

Reducing the capacity of air travel is not going to make them any more popular.

This stinks more than a men’s locker room

Well, this does raise an important question. Namely: …why?

I have to imagine far-right Catholics are really struggling with the fact that they can now hear this stuff in English directly from the pope.

The nice thing about going through proofs is that I still agree with my argument. That could have been bad.

i’d also say that the GOP’s obsession with this gives candidates an opportunity to articulate and stand up for their values. “i refuse to make anyone feel like they don’t belong in my [state/city/community]. and i want everyone to live the best life they can achieve [insert policy slogan]”

The correctest take

Mamdani got a humanities degree. His win helps to illustrate that one of the central forces driving higher ed’s dissolution of the humanities is the fear that teaching people how power works can also lead to their interest in seizing it on behalf of the less powerful.

The beautiful cover for my new book: "The Broken Machine: Histories of Technology, Social Order, and the Self." Coming June 2026. (mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334...). @mitpress.bsky.social

They say to write what you know

This should horrify all of us to our core.

*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions

SCOTUS live feed on the tarffs case has just started. www.supremecourt.gov

All this talk about Mercury being retrograde is totally unfair to Freddie’s politics.

Good morning. Last night was a referendum on Trump's corruption, cruelty, and chaos. But it's also not a coincidence these big wins came at the exact moment when Democrats are using our power to stand for something and be strong. A huge risk to not learn that lesson.

"The results, then, are a marked contrast to the accommodation, capitulation and outright surrender of prominent individuals and institutions in the face of Trump’s demands." @jamellebouie.net this morning: [🎁]

I'm trying to find an article I could have sworn I saved that talked about the development of tbi treatments in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars. Anyone got any ideas?

Hope Schumer enjoys the egg on his face and all the questions about whether he voted for Cuomo or the Mayor.

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.