Anna Kornbluh

@annakornbluh.bsky.social

nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast http://www.annakornbluh.com

artists of chicago and the midwest! 5 days left to submit proposals for ART IN THESE TIMES, in conjunction w #falloffreedom artists unite against authoritarianism! artists reconsider political art! (politics here start with: selected artists will be PAID!) interccect.com/art-in-these...

Art In These Times – Fall of Freedom

Art in These Times October 2–4, 2026 Authoritarian assaults on free thinking, fellow feeling, and creative making call for artists to unite in defiance. The 2nd annual Fall of Freedom festival conv…

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The raw turnout for this race is bananas. It dwarfs previous senate primaries. It’s higher than two of the last three presidential primaries in Michigan, and equal to the third, 2020, with over a dozen candidates on the ballot.

Michigan U.S. Senate Primary Election Results
Democratic PrimaryBiden
Joe Biden
838,872
52.9%
73
Sanders
Bernie Sanders
577,056
36.4%
52
Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
73,196
4.6%
0
Warren
Elizabeth Warren
26,055
1.6%
0
Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
22,383
1.4%
0
Uncommitted
Uncommitted
19,045
1.2%
0
Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
10,974
0.7%
0
Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
9,464
0.6%
0

good reminder that before the counting is over, election results don’t tighten. at no point is anyone trailing. nobody moves closer. they’re just tabulating the polls. it’s a fixed number that just isn’t done yet. to say otherwise is bad journalism but even worse math.

Hey btw, while everyone is paying attention to Michigan for just one night may i point out that for about a decade now a bunch of us have been trying to protect the Great Lakes from a menacing oil pipeline? Learn all about here: thecurrentowdm.substack.com

The Current | Oil & Water Don't Mix | Substack

The currents are swirling about us - will we listen to them before it's too late? Click to read The Current, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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LA County confirmed that SoCal Edison's unused transmission tower started the Eaton Fire, which destroyed much of Altadena. The tower had been dormant since the 70's, but was left up anyway. It energized in the high wind and sent molten metal into dry brush underneath. www.cnn.com/2026/08/04/u...

Southern California Edison equipment blamed for 2025 Eaton fire in Los Angeles | CNN

Sparks from an idle transmission tower owned by Southern California Edison caused the 2025 Eaton fire in the Los Angeles area that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,400 homes and businesses, ...

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Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

"don't make enough money" is a fig leaf All those degree programs--social work, art, etc.--have disproportionately female student bodies. This is designed to make it harder for women to attend college--college education being a key factor in women's autonomy from men & left-leaning voting pattern.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

The issue isn’t “trust” at all, it’s media consolidation that allows a small number of wealthy oligarchs to manipulate the entire country’s politics to their benefit and to the detriment of everyone else

This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d ago

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v