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stephenberquist.bsky.social
the kwisatz haderach of west-central illinois. anthropologist (derogatory). don't read my posts. they're fake, and i have no opinions.
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American cities were not built for cars. They were bulldozed for cars.

submitted 5 days ago • 7 comments

This is literally the Chad/virgin meme in real life lmao

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

This is the intersection point between Muskian arrogance and idiot populism: The conviction that there’s an extremely simple solution for everything that, somehow, nobody else has ever noticed & that you via either genius or “common sense” have uniquely hit upon.

submitted 8 days ago • 14 comments

i’ll just add that it’s not enough to destroy their brand, you have to destroy the sources of their power. they can continue fucking everything up from the courts and in the information environments. you have to go after their structural advantages

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

Great, inspiring thread here from the guy who knows more about Elon Musk than anyone on Earth. The way to end this nightmare is to topple Musk's house of cards he calls his business empire.

submitted 12 days ago • 20 comments

This is a very basic thing so many poll-sniffing Dems seem unable to grasp. Voters don’t have strong or settled views on most issues, even if they’ll give a pollster some answer when asked. If you make a good case or just clearly signal “this is what our faction thinks now” many of them shift.

submitted 21 days ago • 42 comments

One interesting thing about the American system is that for all its intense paranoia about poor foreigners, it is absolutely unprepared for rich Americans just walking in and Doing Stuff. Obvious attack vector they left wide open and unsecured.

submitted 25 days ago • 5 comments

Sort of wondered whether I'd have the dignity to not bother applying to a job at the school run by our own personal little Goebbels. I suppose I do, but it looks like the AAA doesn't have the dignity to not advertise it. careercenter.americananthro.org/job/664104/a...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

why can't we put some congestion pricing on my sinuses huh?

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submitted 462 days ago • 29 comments

winning the presidency in 2028 by promising to create the Bureau of Dead Memes, to let people know when they've totally beaten a joke format to death

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

i am constantly insulted on this platform

submitted 62 days ago • 42 comments

Anthropology was a very prominent discipline while it still collaborated with the colonial administrative apparatus. Probably just a coincidence that its marginalization coincides with a shift towards more oppositional politics!

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

Seems like an awfully high percentage of groundbreaking discoveries across the social sciences are established fact in anthropology

submitted 63 days ago • 3 comments

going outside is so dope when it’s nice out. but inside is cool because that’s where you can plug in your electronics and watch tv shows. so i don’t know. hopefully this post wasted your time in some way

submitted 72 days ago • 68 comments

lmao Henry Kissinger backed Hillary. The Cheneys prominently backed Kamala. Do we really want to play this game? Because if we do, then I insist we keep score based on body count.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Does framing people count?

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Even beyond that, saying that "when we needed them, they abandoned us" makes it pretty clear that this guy values the Democratic Party over the constituents that it presumptively serves.

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

The Right isn't winning the culture war because most people agree with them. Instead of relying on popular opinion, they try to destroy institutions that don't align with them. Progressives try to win popular opinion. Instead, go on the offensive!

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments