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U Mississippi ANTH + ENVS + LACS faculty / author of The Patagonian Sublime / current research on insecurity, self-defense, popular struggle, constituent power in Mexico / enthusiast of mountains, glaciers, outdoor sports, and memento mori
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Some of my research is in journals within one of these databases that are now seemingly banned. Only fascists ban reading.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

It's here. Pit in stomach feeling. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 15 days ago • 33 comments

This exciting resolution from Rutgers University Senate is exactly the kind of model I think higher ed needs: a mutual defense pact of, in this case, Big 10 schools. They call for member institutions to create a joint defense fund and make resources available to any member institution under attack.

submitted 18 days ago • 70 comments

Rough day for the it’s-not-a-constitutional-crisis-until-he-defies-a-court-order crowd.

submitted 32 days ago • 97 comments

An entire analysis piece rooted in the (unacknowledged) logic of domestic abuse. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/w...

submitted 52 days ago • 77 comments

BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

submitted 53 days ago • 574 comments

I think if people are throwing Nazi salutes around at the official gathering of American conservatives, then it’s perfectly fine to call American conservatives Nazis.

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

There are many mysteries and ambiguities in life but the nature of this gesture is not among them. It's a Nazi salute.

submitted 55 days ago • 73 comments

Just randomly posting this painting

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

I gotta admit, seeing this level of open corruption goes a long way towards explaining why the Imperial stormtroopers' gear in Star Wars turned out to be completely useless the first time some stone-age teddy bears started throwing hands.

submitted 63 days ago • 27 comments

Time for journalists to catch ourselves when we use the term “dubious.” As in “dubious legal authority.” Our job is to find out, and if it’s illegal, call it that.

submitted 69 days ago • 8 comments

America offshoring its blacksites was a precursor to offshoring its camps to other nations in return for cash. Fascist globalism is something many people didn’t even consider.

submitted 72 days ago • 17 comments

I did a piece about the political economy of climate breakdown for @londonreview.bsky.social, pivoting off the essential new book by Andreas Malm and @wimcarton.bsky.social. Please give it a read!

submitted 77 days ago • 7 comments

Those high emissions billionaire space hotel trips scheduled for 2026 might not materialise on schedule.

submitted 90 days ago • 21 comments

Here is a statement by my colleague Katherine Franke about the end of her time teaching at Columbia. Please read it. drive.google.com/file/d/1i4cO...

submitted 97 days ago • 63 comments

Today is *not* a “peaceful transfer of power.” It’s the completion of a violent coup attempt that began this morning four years ago. Yes, Trump won the ‘24 election; but he was only able to run because we failed to fully confront the fact of that violent coup attempt.

submitted 101 days ago • 101 comments

"If we believe Trump and his Republican party have a mandate, then they will act as though they do," James M. Thomas writes. "Instead, our collective task now and for the foreseeable future is to instruct them by any and all means of the limits to their power."

submitted 121 days ago • 3 comments

Just finished reading this great ethnography by Maron Greenleaf on REDD+, green capitalism, and distributive politics in Acre, Brazil. Would recommend for upper-level undergrad environmental anthropology and political ecology courses. #politicalecology #anthropology #ethnography #Brazil #REDD+

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