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sumitapahwa.bsky.social
Social scientist, religion and politics, Bombayite, Californian, ex-Cairene. Mango maven. Teaches at Scripps College. Book: https://press.syr.edu/supressbooks/5829/politics-as-worship/
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NEW: People are being involuntarily committed to psychiatric care facilities — and even ending up arrested or jailed — after becoming fixated on ChatGPT and other chatbots and spiraling into psychosis. futurism.com/commitment-j...

submitted 13 hours ago • 74 comments

Agree.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

An excellent description of political orders generally, tbh.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

This is true of a lot of matters of fine-grained technical expertise. Details are crucial, yes; but you can miss the forest for the trees.

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

I love the @cpsc.gov's annual fireworks safety video. I look forward to it every year.

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

On this day in 2018, Anthony Kennedy announced he would retire from the US Supreme Court.

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Today on Volts: food & agriculture are responsible for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions, but they get only a tiny sliver of the attention & funding. I talk with journalist @mikegrunwald.bsky.social about what he's discovered in 5 years of intensive research (& a new book) on the subject.

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

Wow that’s broad. Incredibly broad. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

submitted 1 day ago • 222 comments

why am i not surprised he doesn’t understand that no means no

submitted 2 days ago • 266 comments

Oh I think most of these characters live in my town too. Just need to add one or two worried about displacing wildlife by building in large empty lots next to campus buildings (but not worried about massive new McMansions up in the actual mountains).

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Medical research is worth funding!

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Really interesting piece in the new issue of @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

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Am I the only nerd who was looking forward to a full-on RCV result with ups and downs and vote transfers making a difference?

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

A fascinating map from @donnermaps.bsky.social overlaying Tuesday's Dem primary results with a map of the NYC subway system. Inspired by an astute observation from @kleinman.bsky.social, who noted that Mamdani did better in areas served by the subway while Cuomo did better in car-centric areas.

submitted 3 days ago • 29 comments

This is a great piece. Teachers could also hear the message: teach what you love. Chances are you became an English teacher because you love literature or a 2nd grade teacher because you love young kids— not because you wanted to teach students to use a tech for some future job you can’t predict.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

This was such a rich and deep convo we couldn’t quite get to audience Q&A! Check it out!

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Mira Nair doing the classic desi mother cheek-pull right on camera as her kid is on stage after a political victory.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

This one is for Mira Nair. www.youtube.com/watch?v=70_Z...

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Folks who understand NYC politics - how might Cuomo or someone else build a coalition against the democratic candidate in the general election? Is it a pipe dream or a real possibility?

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their consultants

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK0V...

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Hey you’ll never believe this, but the thing that everyone who knew anything about this said over the last dozen years would happen if you bombed the Iranian nuclear facilities happened

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