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econburk.bsky.social
Senior education researcher at SRI by day. By night I hang with the fam, shake my fist at fascism, and try to pursue that path of personal growth
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Message repetition works. Instead of constantly repeating that there's a double standard (there is), I humbly suggest we keep repeating that they're incompetent (they are)

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

submitted 40 days ago • 415 comments

I used to feel proud knowing Easter was the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. But this year I learned it's actually the first Sunday after what the church says is the first full moon after what the church says is the vernal equinox and somehow that ruins all my fun

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

My undergrad intro to macroeconomics textbook listed opportunities for grift as a cost of tariffs, because policymakers can solicit favors and bribes for exemptions. If Grassley is pleading in public for exemptions, what do we think is happening in private?

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

DEI is the new CRT which was the new "woke" which is smoke and mirrors for anything and everything related to Black folks.

submitted 117 days ago • 39 comments

So, the plan is: focus on what RFKJr has been doing for 20 years - spreading disinformation for his own gain at the expense of public health. No promises or back tracking when the health of millions is at stake. We hold to that standard, and so should the Senate. @drsforamerica.bsky.social

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

One of the things I love about my eagles is when they won their Superbowl they turned down Trump's WH invitation. No one is forced to comply with norms, so why comply with those that give him stature

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

The McConaughey ad is so bad. They have to invent problems for AI to solve to sell it, and I'm guessing AI doesn't even solve those fake problems well

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

On the office zoom chat there was a spontaneous posting of pets with our company swag yesterday and that may be my favorite work experience ever

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Building on this great thread: the good fight has been going on for centuries, and we can learn from those who fought before us. Two great examples: Ida B. Wells and Alexei Navalny. Here’s what I learned from their autobiographies:

submitted 123 days ago • 1 comment

Yikes: "They submitted applications for 50 children, 43 of whom did not exist. They applied as parents under their own names as well as under the names of made-up 'ghost' parents."

submitted 177 days ago • 0 comments

See this is why everyday I drink one really big cup of coffee

submitted 188 days ago • 0 comments