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As we say on the internet, "some personal news." After 39 years on the job I am retiring as an NYU professor. In this thread I will take a few moments to reflect on my academic career. Spoiler alert: I am not leaving the field, or the fight for a public service press. 1/

submitted 10 days ago • 110 comments

"Bothsidesism is 'suicide for democracy.' In becoming stenographers rather than reporters, journalists effectively legitimize MAGA lies, hate, and fascism as just one reasonable side of a debate in which all partisans are equally credible."

submitted 10 days ago • 146 comments

We know from BLM protests that the violence was caused by pro-Trump agitators. Have to see if that is same is happening now in Calif. Article from 2020: www.justsecurity.org/70497/far-ri...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 2539 comments

These events are sure to go smoothly

submitted 12 days ago • 39 comments

🚨 THREAD: What just happened in Los Angeles is not normal, and it differs from past deployments of the National Guard in key ways that you need to understand. This is a breakdown of the history, the playbook, and why this move reeks of bad faith.

submitted 13 days ago • 18 comments

Here’s the “Presidential Memorandum”: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... There’s no Insurrection Act invocation; Trump is federalizing 2000 CA Nat’l Guard personnel only to “protect federal functions.” Without invoking the Insurrection Act, anything more would violate the Posse Comitatus Act.

submitted 13 days ago • 164 comments

headline construction masterclass

submitted 20 days ago • 489 comments

Elon Musk’s lethal assault on foreign aid has already killed 300,000 people, mostly children, and will kill many more in the coming years. An unfathomable loss of life. How many other individuals have been personally responsible for so much mass death? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

submitted 21 days ago • 22 comments

Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

submitted 21 days ago • 1301 comments

Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭

submitted 21 days ago • 24 comments

Taylor Swift got her music back from Shamrock Capital who got them from Scooter Braun. All of it. But Reputation TV doesn’t have a release date because she hasn’t even recorded a quarter of it and now she doesn’t have to. www.billboard.com/pro/taylor-s...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

The controversy in Indonesia about the definition of what #sport entails is rooted in perception and linguistic roots, since olahraga literally means body exercise. But sport isn't just about physical pursuits. aulia.me/2025/05/24/k...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Oh no. Ogilvy just sent out a media release without bcc. And someone from another media replied to all.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Of course, the future is already here. Just not evenly distributed.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

“The Trump administration first approached Qatar to inquire about acquiring a Boeing 747 that could be used as Air Force One…four sources familiar with the discussions told CNN. That’s contrary to the narrative from the president that Qatar reached out and offered the jet as a ‘gift’ to him.”

submitted 32 days ago • 82 comments

Ordered an Oden combo 1 for breakfast, got only the oden and charged only for the single stick of oden. Didn’t have the energy or enough fucks to give to ask for the full bowl. At least it’s warm soup 😅

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

People keep asking why The Onion is doing well right now, and it's simply because we just refuse to kowtow. I cannot stress enough how good it is for your business and your soul be strong and even fun in the face of the ongoing horror and bullshit. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

submitted 32 days ago • 83 comments

This is good news. And no, poor families do NOT have to have Netflix to access Sesame Street. Netflix will release episodes to PBS the same day they drop on Netflix, which is significantly better than the prior deal with HBO, which delayed episodes for 9 MONTHS before porting them over to PBS.

submitted 32 days ago • 50 comments

There’s a new desktop operating system made by a big company that’s about to launch. Why haven’t you heard about it? Easy: The company is Huawei, which can’t work with U.S. vendors anymore. It provides an interesting discussion point for our moment. tedium.co/2025/05/09/h... new @tedium.co

submitted 42 days ago • 2 comments

Really important piece about Harvard’s institutional attacks on Jewish identity: “It claims to document a crisis of antisemitism… But what it actually reveals is Harvard’s willingness to redefine Jewish identity…to exclude and erase Jews who dissent from Zionism.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 42 days ago • 10 comments

Trump’s approval rating is under 40% before a “COVID-like” shortage of consumer goods—which was entirely caused by Trump—has even hit yet. How low will he go once the shortages hit? 30%? 20%? At what point does the GOP decide to cut their losses and toss him from office?

submitted 53 days ago • 15 comments

The Trump administration disappeared children aged 2, 4, and 7. They are US citizens by birth.

submitted 55 days ago • 2 comments

Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.

submitted 56 days ago • 728 comments

Americans and Europeans probably aren’t familiar with this Singaporean fried chicken chain but TIL this was actually started by Sauron. He had switched his world domination goal from using the one ring to selling flavorful fried chicken.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Turd is a victim again.

submitted 58 days ago • 965 comments

Pete Hegseth just ordered the installation of a makeup studio at the Pentagon for him to prepare for his television appearances, which will cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to build.

submitted 58 days ago • 3966 comments

Thank you for that, Slackbot.

submitted 63 days ago • 7 comments

Wow. The International Criminal Court has opened proceedings against Hungary for failing to comply with the Court's request to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu and surrender him to the Court, and invited Hungary to provide submissions by 23 May 2025.

submitted 63 days ago • 97 comments

Let's elevate the fighters: Van Hollen for risking his life to find Abrego Garcia in El Salvador Booker for his 25 hr speech to expose on Trump & Musk's corruption Schatz for blocking 300 Trump nominees Bernie & AOC for rallying hundreds of thousands of Americans Newsom for suing Trump over tariffs

submitted 63 days ago • 532 comments

“Government Efficiency” 🧐

submitted 63 days ago • 80 comments

Starting an email with "I hope this finds you well." ✔️Dull ✔️Unoriginal ✔️But do you really hope that? Starting an email with "One of you will betray me." ✔️Edgy ✔️Original ✔️Keeps everyone on their toes

submitted 63 days ago • 13 comments

A federal judge said the administration of US President Donald Trump cannot quickly fire thousands of probationary federal workers in 19 states and Washington, D.C., narrowing an earlier nationwide ruling reut.rs/4iZnGkA

submitted 80 days ago • 11 comments

Is Elon going to cancel the checks?

submitted 80 days ago • 311 comments

Love it!

submitted 80 days ago • 18 comments

Bugs keeps being right about Florida

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Trump's freeze on USAID is causing material harm to the long-suffering people of Syria, undermining post-Assad reconstruction and stability as sectarian tensions flare & Israel carves out a sphere of influence. Reporting from Damascus for @cipolicy.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/cippolic...

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

"He was into the Great Replacement Theory before it was a thing.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Well this is bonkers

submitted 80 days ago • 5 comments

BREAKING: More journalists have died in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 than in both World Wars and other major wars, combined. Our new report outlines the costs of war to journalists – and the journalism we all rely on. [THREAD, 1/8] watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...

submitted 80 days ago • 25 comments