“Once we face these facts, the path ahead becomes as clear as it is daunting. At the federal level, LPE must contend with two entrenched sites of hierarchical power: juristocracy and the modern managerial presidency” A must-read by @beaubaumann.bsky.social !! lpeproject.org/blog/what-wo...

How does one learn a new language when their brain has the consistency, roughly speaking, of sedimented tahini

so many people have headed calls to move off Google to places like proton. Actual useful advice is that you try to keep as much sensitive info offline as possible.

nooo i got mad online

unified theory of the timberwolves: every time you feel like they've gotten back on track, so do they. Which directly causes them to regress again

Separation of powers has been the fulcrum for a number of highly significant judicial interventions in recent decades. And, in the very same period, our vaunted system of "checks and balances" has on its own terms failed and bottomed out. What are we supposed to do with this.

the democratic party is in grave need of reconstruction. this is yet another catastrophic blunder. it can't stand.

There is so much great archival footage from Seattle '99. Been saying for years someone needed to do something with it. Very excited to check this out

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is suspending evictions for its rental properties in response to the ICE surge. It's the first local government body in Minnesota to enact a rent moratorium because of immigration enforcement.

Anti-AI-critics-cohort overegging the pudding a bit of late

Thank you for this amazing and important thread showing how together, price discrimination (see @katiejwells.bsky.social incredible research w/consumer report) and wage discrimination will squeeze us all dry

Today by a key organization that coordinated Twin Cities' self defense. If you can't make it... defend612.com/event/commun...

lets goooo!!!

Has anyone ever applied public choice theory to economics departments

It would be nice if we had politicians who understood politics in 2026

As others have pointed out, Larry Summers celebrated the Columbia deal and wanted Harvard to make a similar arrangement. Do not listen to Larry Summers.

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Imo this may actually be symptomatic of them having unwittingly/unwillingly internalized the critique of merit

Very important vote. It makes repealing ICE surge funding the mainstream position in the party, with bipartisan support.

Absolutely surreal to continue to hear about drawdowns and lowered temperatures and things calming down in Minneapolis when, as far as I can tell, literally nothing has changed on the ground

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I don’t know how exactly but we’re just going to have to bypass dems in congress. What other option do we have?

democrats are playing with fire.

I am skeptical these are enforceable, even if they pass

One reason humanities education is valuable is because we exist/are trapped in a thoroughly aestheticized environment. You need to be able to think about representation to make sense of our world

Good on everyone involved in putting this together. Thank you.

it's fine, I get it, but also, we could just skip past the part where we pretend to be shocked and distressed at the way all the second amendment people are fucking hypocrites and marks

There’s no point in pretending there is a coherent abstract principle there. The principle is “we get to do it, you don’t.” The end.

8 Senate Dems funded the government last time. 3 of them, Kaine, CCM and Rosen, are now no votes, at least on the DHS appropriation. Hassan and Durbin have condemned ICE but were noncommittal on funding. Shaheen and Angus King haven't said a word. Fetterman's an assumed yes.

Correct. Those people include the New York Times news desk.

If @amyklobuchar.com votes for the DHS funding bill she simply will not be the next governor

as a rule, timberwolves bulls games are terrible to watch. unless you like the bulls

Unacceptable

Cuba next: "In meetings with Cuban exiles and civic groups in Miami and Washington, they have focused on identifying somebody inside the current government who will see the writing on the wall and want to cut a deal, one U.S. official said." www.wsj.com/world/americ...

They demolished UNRWA’s headquarters last night. My god.

I remain awestruck that you can be chief WH correspondent of the New York Times while apparently accepting the version of history that you were taught in grade school in the 1970’s

The Davos tagline “committed to improving the state of the world” is pretty funny. Didn’t think they could pull off “improving the world”?

Cc Jay Kang

Fighting the urge to purchase a harmonium

Rudy Gobert has missed eight free throws in a seven point game. Three or more? were airballs

Seems pretty bad out there

Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager

Our strike begins today! Show your support for nurses fighting for safe staffing, healthcare benefits and a fair contract! #NYCNurseStrike #SafeStaffingSavesLives #PatientsOverProfits

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I’m sick

We should categorically reject and contest the assertion or implication that being an "activist" in some way diminishes/qualifies a person's perspective or positions; it's part of an insidious and reactionary project to make "passive apolitical consumer" the only correct mode of citizenship

Vengeance on a dumb brute! that simply smote thee from blindest instinct! Madness!