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Give me your wealthy, your elite, your fortunate few who already breathe free. The privileged snobs with mansions on the most expensive shores. Send these via first class or private jet to me. They get golden cards because I am rotten to the core.

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I'll be in Iowa City at the end of this week, doing a talk and book signing, and taking in the Iowa-UCLA game. Looking forward to it! If you know anyone in the area, please spread the word. #shatteringtheglass

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Howard Stern broke off his friendship with Maher because he couldn’t stand Maher’s sexism.

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I have worked in universities for more than 20 years and cannot understand why so many people accepted the plainly ridiculous claims about them. Trump, Musk, and Rufo are at once the products and the exploiters of a growing inability to handle even a little cultural complexity and nuance.

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After a decade of right-wing fools yelling about “cancel culture,” “free-speech,” and an (imaginary) threat of left-wing censorship, the first thing they do when the get power is ban talking about anything that hurts their little feelings. Ok, back to writing about these neo-segregationists.

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And so ends forever MAGA’s sudden and short lived interest in girls’ and women’s sports.

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It's not that they didn't learn anything from Qatar. They just don't care.

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Helluva time to have a Black quarterback book.

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These “End Racism” messages in the end zones don’t seem to be working.

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It was never just about the gesture. He courts and sympathizes with the far right.

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Direct interference in higher ed by elected officials does not happen in places that actually value intellectual freedom.

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Future historians will struggle to understand how owning the libs was worth making the planet uninhabitable.

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Trump’s Talk of the Panama Canal Taps Into Old Myths About U.S. Power: @time-magazine.bsky.social Made by History opinion by Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social, author of the new book BOX 25: Archival Secrets, Caribbean Workers, and the Panama Canal.

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Once again, Teen Vogue doing the work that our billionaire-owned legacy news organizations are incapable of doing (and it’s not like they’re some Indy publisher either).

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We have a socialist solution: This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for. This is what libraries are for.

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We'll always have this: youtu.be/bes1tOk25kE?...

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There might be content titled “The Day Bobby Blew It,” but it’s not the Brad Darrach essay.

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AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time

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Would have stopped Mr. Burns’ Sun Blocker. Something to think about.

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Squires skewers FIFA

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#deadsalmonhat

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For the “college football funds itself” crowd

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Chuffed to see this thoughtful review of my book in the new issue of @newrepublic.com. Many thanks to @scottwstern.bsky.social for his kind words about, and deep engagement with, my work. 🗃️ newrepublic.com/maz/article/...

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Happy to announce the arrival of my new bookbaby. Co-author and publisher are fine.

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www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-ho... Border Czar pick Tom Homan has connections with white nationalist and anti-immigrant activists

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Appreciate the opportunity to share a cultural studies 101 concept with the readers of USA Today.

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If you're teaching on these issues, consider assigning part or all of it for your class.

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November 20 at noon CST

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So excited to share this OA scholarly piece 5(!) years in the making: “Defamiliarizing Concussions: Sports Fandom, Injury, and Potential Attitudinal Shifts” w/ @derekcrim.bsky.social. We explore whether representation can change attitudes to TBI in 🏈. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

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Available for preorder now!

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