the president has finally revealed his true form: a 1980s preppie villain determined to tear down the rec center
Miles Murphy Evers
@mevers90.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UConn, interested in geoeconomics, business-state relations, and international history. I found all 120 stars in Super Mario 64.
alternate universe where point break became a franchise instead of fast and furious, and in P9: The Point Saga they surf in space
Deva Woodly@devawo.bsky.social · 2w agoI’m not a culture critic but this obsession with rebooting things is a sign of deep malaise. Let’s just cultivate new things. Nobody is going to be improving on Point Break.
So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...
It's so weird how "As Speaker of the House, I have no idea what's going on... Like, in general," is an effective way to deflect scandal rather than being a massive scandal in itself.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w agoBREAKING -- Mike Johnson says he's unaware of major news developments
Reminds me of the agendasetting power of network hubs but among norm anti-preneurs @charlicarpenter.bsky.social
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last mo.One thing I wish people would realize is just how central JK Rowling is to the entire anti-trans ecosystem. Looking at a network node analysis of the top 200 anti-trans X accounts, she is the most central figure spanning both sides of the Atlantic from Republicans to Labour.
Once again I must note that a major goal here is to destroy women’s sports. By redefining any woman who defies their strict rules for femininity as a “man,” they basically deny that women’s sports are real. Because, to them, a female athlete is not a woman. sports.yahoo.com/articles/wnb...
"The WNBA currently has multiple men that play in the league" - Patrick Bet-David thinks the WNBA is trying to hide some shocking information
Patrick Bet-David's WNBA comments have opened another can of worms around the league's eligibility rules.
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Sincere question: Why is paying a human editor to substantially clean up, or even rewrite, an academic manuscript, without acknowledgment, treated as normal, while using AI for comparable assistance is treated as misconduct by some?
All the discussions about higher education in the US seem to assume the default is elite private universities, Ivy League and equivalents, select small liberal arts colleges, and flagship state schools. The majority of students attending community colleges or regional schools are just erased.
Schrödinger‘s political science: simultaneously so hackish & irrelevant that 50 years of research about how elites shape public opinion can be constantly ignored, & also so powerful that our mere papers can change politicians’ behavior & render our theories completely wrong. Pick a lane, man 🤷♂️
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3mo agoLook, again, there is an entire academic discipline, with literally decades of literature/evidence, from which he could learn. Folks have tried to engage. But instead he believes that our research should come with warning labels & keeps going with this bit. Plus ça change. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Fiscal receiverships are back because they have such a great track record… economics.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
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Kai Ryssdal@kairyssdal.bsky.social · 3mo agoThink. About. This. The U.S. Treasury receives the revenue from most of Venezuela’s exports, then disburses it gradually to Venezuela through the country’s private banks…. Mr. Rubio and his team set the conditions on what that money can be spent on, and by whom. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
Trump and Republicans are continuing Reagan's legacy in their commitment to a heavily armed Iran.
If this is the text of the MOU with Iran, it is an absolute disaster. Iran gives almost nothing, the U.S. makes many concessions. This is what happens when Congress goes MIA, and people with no experience and understating of the issues run the show. www.cnn.com/2026/06/17/m...
Read the 14-point draft agreement between the US and Iran | CNN
The agreement between Iran and the US lays out the terms of the ceasefire between the bitter rivals, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, some financial relief for Iran and a reiteration from Tehran...
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I think what's going on is folks like Alito want to think of voting rights like Roe v Wade, where there was state legislation being passed, but the process really was overridden by the courts. But voting rights are the opposite. People put voting rights in a constitutional amendment & passed a law!
Benicio del Toro in Sicario by Denis Villeneuve
ALT: Benicio del Toro in Sicario by Denis Villeneuve
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EM Simpson@emsetc.bsky.social · 5mo agoThere’s a really good Rand report from early 2000s about how we / COLAR crushed the cartels and as a result FARC took over production *and* distribution and almost captured Bogota. I think about it a lot.
📣 My new publication with @GustavMeibauer is now out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social “Why US-China relations have not escalated yet: Power rise, power transition, and perceptions of resolve" It’s open access: doi.org/10.1017/eis.... @meibauir.bsky.social (1/4)
It’s almost as if it was a mistake to let corporations with vested interests dictate education policy... Gift article: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/t...
Chromebook Remorse: Tech Backlash at Schools Extends Beyond Phones
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Not dunking on Zack or this post, I’m just always struck by how easily American journalists will admit that the media shapes public polling and political outcomes when they’re not talking about America.
Zack Beauchamp@zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · 6mo agoHungary under Orbán was one of the most effective such regimes in the world. Fidesz developed an incredibly sophisticated system for marginalizing the opposition, including controlling 80-90 percent of media. This @kimlanelaw.bsky.social piece has details. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...
Whenever someone says "there are no civilians in [country]," they are making an argument for genocide.
Tom Pepinsky@tompepinsky.com · 6mo agoClick below to see NRO author Andrew McCarthy argue that that Iran doesn't have civilians. www.nationalreview.com/2026/04/the-...
Thinking fondly of the days when I thought my book Petro-Aggression was about *other* countries www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
