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in such business Action is eloquence

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took a few days off for my brain and one pretty alarming observation i have is just how easy it is to not hear about the bad stuff that is happening if you don't explicitly dip into specific information streams (not a new problem but feels orders of magnitude more siloed than even 2-3 years ago)

submitted 2 hours ago • 78 comments

Harvard weigere sich, seine „liberale Haltung“ aufzugeben. Nein, Tagesschau, sie weigern sich ihre #Wissenschaftsfreiheit aufzugeben.

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The memo is actually really good and well worth a read.

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oh hey happy "paying your taxes so the president and his billionaire cronies can figure out a way to steal them" day to all who celebrate

submitted 3 hours ago • 7 comments

Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

submitted 5 hours ago • 18 comments

G-6

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Given that Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox this month in April 1865, I am reissuing my piece from a few years back, arguing that the Appomattox myth suggests a moral equivalency between the rebels and the defenders of the U.S. Constitution that historical facts do not support.

submitted 11 hours ago • 4 comments

Just don't risk it. Don't go.

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n'ignorons pas la Serbie www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

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The moment people step away from a "weight-of-evidence"-based worldview, the door is pushed open for all kinds of atrocities, and the political myth making that justified it. That is why I worry about our epistemic crisis. If nothing is true, everything become possible. Even the worst atrocities.

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Why did American institutions fail so profoundly to hold a president accountable when other democracies routinely do? Far from normal democratic practice, it's an exceptional failure US elites and institutions. This thread and article digs into why the US system failed where others didn't: 🧵

submitted 21 hours ago • 35 comments

I understand looking for historical parallels when we’re at the stage of warning signs, but when the evil arrives the priority is to deal with what’s actually in front of you.

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Emergency video: it’s time to start making plans. Either the house steps up to defend the constitution, or our generation does. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/emergency-...

submitted 21 hours ago • 1114 comments

Statement of intent

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This needs to be condemned publicly by European leaders. Enough with the pro-Moscow prostitution of Donald Trump. He needs to be corrected publicly and we should take the consequences. Shake the fucker until he does something so stupid it leads to his downfall. He won't nuke us. He'll just fall.

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I want them all unmasked. I want Noem, Homan, and Miller to someday be tried for their crimes against humanity. Ditto for the ICE agents and other officers who abuse innocent tourists, college students, and refugees When all this is over, I want justice. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

submitted 1 day ago • 150 comments

Just when you think nothing is going to be ok Jeff Bezos steps in a hole and faceplants next to his spaceship and JD Vance breaks the national championship trophy

submitted 22 hours ago • 50 comments

More to the point…thank you Harvard!

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Thank god for Harvard.

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For those who remember the IT crowd 🤣

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Harvard says no to Trump.

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Landsbergis is reliably grim/realistic, but reading him somehow also makes me more optimistic for Ukraine and the rest of Europe landsbergis.com/so-whos-guar...

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Tonight in Texas at our Holocaust Museum Houston I introduced my vision for Science Tikkun, science for humanitarian pursuits. Science for humanity in the ancient Hebrew framework of repair. Addressing pandemics, climate change, and the rise of antiscience and antisemitism

submitted 6 days ago • 9 comments

I don't think I've seen this argument directly made like this in a case since January 20, but other lawyers and judges — and the Supreme Court — should be thinking very hard about this.

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And Trump and his team keep referring to Putin as a smart and good guy.

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Trump, you own this war! You had four years to fix it… you sat on your ass 2016-2020. And you embraced Putin… extorted Ukraine… divided alliances… lead an insurrection to divided America. You made us look weak. Putin acted because you invited predatory aggression.

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China really upping their trolling game since the tariffs.

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🇪🇺💰Orbán’s government reportedly faces threats of more EU fund freezes and a revived Article 7 push from Germany’s next leaders—potentially stripping Hungary of voting rights. So Orbán needs allies in the EU to veto such moves. 🔗More in @vsquare.bsky.social's newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-fres...

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Es sieht ganz so aus, als würde die russische Machtelite angesichts der klaren Aussagen von Friedrich Merz zur stärkeren Unterstützung der Ukraine nervös werden…

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The EU is rather slow on the uptake. 12 years ago: "According to SPIEGEL information, the US placed bugs in the EU representation in Washington and infiltrated its computer network. Cyber attacks were also perpetrated against Brussels in New York and Washington." www.spiegel.de/internationa...

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⬇️ Foreign Minister @radek-sikorski.bsky.social on the Russian attack on Sumy 🇺🇦

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Secrétaire générale d’Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard est engagée pour les droits humains depuis vingt-huit ans. Alors qu’elle en témoigne dans « Une enquêtrice à l’ONU », elle s’élève contre l’indifférence face au sort des Palestiniens à Gaza. 👉‍ https://l.mediapart.fr/RdW

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For @ipq.bsky.social, I put together this piece exploring how Europe needs to avoid making strategic mistakes that would lead to what one could call a "Justinian Trap" in adapting to a post-American global order: ip-quarterly.com/en/why-europ...

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Journalismus früher: Sagen, was ist. Journalismus heute: Sagen, was jemand gesagt hat.

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No, russia's attack on Sumy wasn't 'a mistake.' No one accidentally uses a cluster munition warhead against a crowded city center on a major holiday. Neither was the bombing of the Kryvyi Rih playground a mistake, nor were the filmed murders of POWs. russia systematically uses terrorism as a weapon.

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Haha 😂

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Remember Fiona Hill? She’s now sounding the alarm again: “We’re definitely on a path toward full-on state repression. There’s no question about it. I’ve thought about this for an extraordinarily long time.” When Fiona speaks, we should all listen.

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This is organist Olena Kohut, killed today in Sumy by the Russian missile. Joseph Rheinberger, Visione, op. 156 no. 5 💔

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Merci @deskrussie.bsky.social de publier les bonnes feuilles tirées de la conclusion de Fin de la politique des grandes puissances (parution 23 avril Ed. de l'Observatoire). De la victoire de l'Ukraine proviendra l'instauration d'un monde plus juste et sûr. Sinon... desk-russie.eu/2025/04/13/l...

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