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historical linguist, quondam Tolkien language maven, systems administrator, PDP-10 programmer, former computer museum curator, @[email protected]
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www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/u... I was a proud US Navy veteran. Now I'm just a US Navy veteran. I don't recall this level of senior brass ass-kissing when I served.

No, seriously, fuck you. The legal community has its share of assholes - show me a community that doesn't. But there are countless lawyers who are down in the goddamn trenches every single day, working their asses off way too hard, for way too little pay, to protect real people from real harm.

The heterodox academy must be appalled at this naked political disregard for academic freedom

the president does not actually have the power to fire a university president or a museum director, but if elites simply roll over under pressure, then effectively he does

Hey John Roberts, you see what you signed off on here?

BREAKING President Trump says he is ending all trade discussions with Canada. (And the tariff will not be paid by Canada, it will be paid for by American companies and consumers)

100% what Roth says here www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

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I was wondering how long it was gonna take them to do this. And I think this is actually a very really danger.

Does anyone still need to be convinced that we need a strong, academic-led, equitable Diamond OA scholarly communication system that is immune to commercial capture and political pressure? www.axios.com/2025/06/25/t...

This is a shockingly racist call by a House Republican for Zohran Mamdani to be denaturalized and deported. But instead of being viewed as unserious, it's now being promoted and circulated by LibsOfTikTok, Benny Johnson and MAGA regulars. Democrats need to understand that Republicans are serious.

the way calling for the deportation of any visible non-white person is rapidly becoming normalized is a huge cause for concern.

It's not just #NIH. It's not just #NSF. It's not just #NASA. The whole scientific community has to make clear that all science across fed agencies is being destroyed in the US. We can't just ask for our particular piece of the pie. The whole pie is being thrown out - saving your bit won't work.

Three years ago, a corrupt Supreme Court seized our rights and overturned Roe v. Wade. The resulted is just what we predicted. Women dying because they can't get basic healthcare. Doctors afraid to treat patients. We will not stop fighting until abortion rights are restored.

Whenever I see Dems claim they are out of power, there’s nothing they can do, I think of Brad Lander and how he escorted people to court while being comptroller and running for mayor. Do something or get the f out of the way so there can be more Brad Landers.

this is my local ice cream guy! he’s great! everyone loves him! fuck these fucking assholes! free enrique

Let’s have a lawsuit @historians.org @oah.org

Hey remember when the one of the most prominent Democrats in Minnesota and her husband were assassinated

The US Constitution and the 1973 War Powers Act both make it clear that the president can only send the military into hostilities if Congress declares war or authorizes force, or in an emergency after an attack on the US. The bombing of Iran does not meet any of those conditions, and it is illegal.

Tomorrow is a very good day to impeach a president and his entire cabinet. Today would be good too, but tomorrow will work for me.

This is because the parade flopped, isn't it?

My relatives in East L.A. — born in the U.S.A. — are afraid to go outside because masked men with guns are randomly snatching people off the street. This is a government terrorism campaign against its own people.

BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna calls for all members of Congress to immediately return to DC and vote on his bill to strip Trump of the ability to drag America into war with Iran.

This was a real post from 47 on Juneteenth.

One of the many awful effects of this is that this doesn't just affect this year's yield for a lot of crops- it makes it so much harder for future years. We could be in for a lot of famine, compounded by climate collapse, and enabled by greed and racism.

no i will not "ask chat gpt" i will be scrolling Wikipedia with whimsical abandon like god intended

Having a bit of a hard time with the concept that if a guy in a police uniform who has a police vehicle shows up I should lock the doors and call 911, but if a guy in a ski mask with an hGH gut appears to be kidnapping my neighbor, I shouldn’t ask who he is if I don’t want federal charges.

I’m watching the Panama v Guadeloupe Gold Cup game on TV as we speak. It is being played in Los Angeles. And the stadium is almost completely empty. A sport that in the U.S. is highly dependent on Latino audiences is no longer viable. The World Cup cannot come here.

The Minnesota shooter apparently used data broker websites to find the home addresses of the people he shot and murdered. Congress has had years to do something about data brokers and they've sided with the tech lobby over and over again. Their inaction is deadly.

This is continued journalistic malpractice from the @startribune.com normalizing a violent white male suspect. He owned a private security company called Praetorian Guard, traveled overseas to preach against abortion and LGBTQ+ people, and attended a bible college that preaches "violent prayer."

We won’t amplify it, but the president posting that Dems are “sick of mind” and “hate our country” immediately after 2 Dem lawmakers and their spouses were shot in their homes is the opposite of leadership. Gas on the fire.

you know shit is getting real when San Franciscans will stand on line in an orderly fashion

Just four hours ago, even after we’ve learned the shooter was as an anti-abortionist Trump supporter, a sitting U.S. Senator is spreading fake conspiracy theories blaming the murder of a Democratic lawmaker on Democrats. Not only that, he’s pinned the post! Abominably evil stuff from Mike Lee.