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Time to drop the really big bomb: The unconscious is the discourse of the Other. Have a nice day!

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Time for universities to take a long, hard look in the mirror about what they are doing, and need to do, to remain vital parts of our democracy. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

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In this dissertation, I study the political economy of pre-10am April 7, 2025.

submitted 62 days ago • 3 comments

YES PLEASE!

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One of the deepest lessons of Parable of the Sower is that change is inevitable and at any given time, we are never going back to the time before. MAGA is very literally about denying that essential truth, and unfortunately the same sort of denial has been animating Dems since at least 2020

submitted 82 days ago • 9 comments

“Despite judge’s order” is the line. There are no other boundaries to cross. This is the difference between a republic and a dictatorship in a single phrase and they walked over it not just knowingly, but eagerly.

submitted 82 days ago • 12 comments

Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social

submitted 86 days ago • 624 comments

needed this today

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as if higher ed institutions are not instead exemplars of equity if they even have an "adjunct lounge" where their wage slaves can sit down for a moment and maybe even, God forbid, use a microwave or a computer

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holy smokes this is AMAZING

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”

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say it with me: CCS is not a real solution. More and more evidence continues to pile up www.desmog.com/2025/02/26/p...

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submitted 108 days ago • 6 comments

They screwed this all up.

submitted 110 days ago • 41 comments

People are gonna study in like 70 years how "The Last Jedi" contributed to the collapse of the U.S.

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pedophile has problem with anti-pedophile song

submitted 119 days ago • 108 comments

always a joy to teach Walden to a new group of students and hear their thoughts. Today a student compared Thoreau to Squidward and I'm dying 🤣

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evil incarnate

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 125 days ago • 1306 comments

Trump administration officials are weighing executive actions to dismantle the Education Department as part of the campaign by billionaire Elon Musk and his allies to shrink federal agencies and slash the size of the government workforce. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 125 days ago • 6 comments

called my awesome new senator @kim.senate.gov to thank him for leading folks over to the US AID office and his clear account of the severity of what Musk and company are doing. Attempting to call @corybooker.com to ask him to step up but can't get through 🤦‍♂️

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managing through these cold, terrifying days by leaning emotionally on Ursula le Guin

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

My 76-year-old mother just informed me that she is going to her first "sex party" and doesn't know what to bring. After some awkward questions, I said, "Gender reveal. You're going to a gender reveal."

submitted 134 days ago • 477 comments

I can't stop thinking about Marc Andreessen saying in his "Techno-Optimist Manifesto" that the invention of air-conditioning has "solved the problem of heat." 🫠

submitted 133 days ago • 24 comments

Born to watch Star Trek, forced to live in the apocalypse from the wreckage of which a better world must one day be built.

submitted 140 days ago • 9 comments

Blue Smash, by Adolph Gottlieb, 1960

submitted 140 days ago • 9 comments

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

submitted 142 days ago • 772 comments

my kingdom for a good shoulder bag with an external water bottle sleeve

submitted 143 days ago • 1 comment

my favorite second from any TV show ever is this one second right here. RIP David Lynch

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Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

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something to this, especially in light of Will Taven's article in @nplusonemag.com about how Netflix produces for "casual viewing," not actual watching www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

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geriatric millenials will be like "i know a banger album" but it's just "Garden State (soundtrack)"

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Steve Harvey is aghast

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Octavia Butler's novel Parable of the Sower (1993) is in diary form. One year ends like: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2024 Dad decided not to vote for Donner after all. He didn't vote for anyone. He said politicians turned his stomach. the next entry: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2025 We had a fire today.