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To put it in populist terms, this is information they don't want you to know.

Late to the game but this Applebaum essay about the death of the American dream sure is bad.

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

You don't say...

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They're just gonna cancel tax day.

If only trans people and their families were real and capable of speech, then perhaps reporters could speak with them and ask them their opinions about things. Unfortunately this is not possible with today's reporting technology for some reason

We're about to see inequality's endgame.

Sturgill Simpson is what you get when you cross Waylon with a skateboard.

I think a lot of folks forget just how stupid and mean a lot of Americans are.

Terrifying

Now where do I go for my daily dose of Soviet Communism!?

Joke of a country.

They appear to be trying to trick Democrats into leaving and then bringing only republicans back quickly to try and pass the bill they didn’t have the votes to pass.

Something I didn't miss about being on academic social media is successful people "relating" by posting about how hard it is to be successful.

My favorite Kurt Vonnegut quote--"you are what you pretend to be"--comes from Mother Night, a novel about an American spy who pretends to be a Nazi propagandist only to realize later in life he was just being a Nazi propagandist

It irks me when people teach social science like it's just a fun conversation about things we've experienced. Irks!

It's really amazing how the possibility of raising taxes has just been seemingly forgotten.

Social democrats have been losing. The radical right has been winning. But the idea that social democratic voters are switching to the radical right is a myth. They are staying home or voting for the left or center-right. Meanwhile, social democratic parties have failed to replenish their base.

All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.

NO KINGS is extremely effective because it’s simple, an extremely widely held belief, and gets right to the core of Trump’s assault without having to use words lots of people don’t understand

The young vote in Germany, by gender. 😳

The RadTrads really make a lot of their perception of high attendance, particularly among Millennials and Gen Z, at Latin Mass parishes. I wish there was good data on those parishes to see if it tracks this, and maybe that little (probably 0) uptick for Millennials.

Yeah, I have been thinking about how weak the US looks to the world right now. Again, I’m not invested in US hegemony, but given that it exists, its sloppy and accelerating decline does pose risks…

Telling that he thinks the emails are the *actual* work - because he thinks his job is posting.

Originalism achieves its final argument: the Constitution is not a living document but rather a dying old man

Fascism blows.

Rarely has so much ignorance & ahistorical BS been crammed into a single tweet. I know JD Vance & Donald Trump are busy surrendering to a KGB butcher, abandoning the cause of freedom, & destroying the security of America & her allies, but they'd do well to spend some time actually studying history.

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here? JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply? JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

Nazi punks fuck off for sure but I'd love for nazis who like other types of music and ones who don't like music at all to also fuck off

COLLINS: You wrote in fall 2023 that "Putin is to blame like Al-Qaeda was to blame for 9/11." Do you still feel that way or do you share the president's assessment as he says Ukraine is to blame? WALTZ: Well it shouldn't surprise you that I share the president's assessment on all kinds of issues

I love this for so many reasons. Including what looks like a Tecmo Bowl hoodie.

Us: hey if a man raped someone maybe don’t put him in charge of the pentagon JD Vance: wow boys, don’t be afraid to have a beer

I hadn't seen this yesterday, Elon Musk saying two lawyers were "undermining civilization" which "seems like a generational trauma transfer issue." What a strange insult. Does he know their parents or something? Ah, I see: they're both Jewish. It's Musk being a Nazi. Again.

Been thinking this every day I go in to teach research methods. It feels like I'm breaking the rules by teaching them how to verify claims.

Does anyone know what the best source is for US presidential voting results by race and gender?

We are the baddies.

There's a guy in my neighborhood with a Yankees flag flying above a Trump flag and I want to knock on his door and ask him where his US flag is but I'm afraid he'd shoot me.

You'd think with all the leadership degree programs everywhere that the US could do better than this.

I keep hearing people say Trump is dumb for firing immigration judges just as he’s trying to dramatically ramp up deportations. It’s only dumb if you assume they plan to respect due process for those they deport. I think “ominous” is the better word. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/18/m...

How we got here, Exhibit A.