Oof. With online opt-in methods larger than the others combined, no wonder the most activist get counted more. You can weight this all you want, you’re not going to be getting anything reliable.
John Gramlich@johngramlich.bsky.social · 4h agoPolling methodologies have changed tremendously, as this chart shows: www.pewresearch.org/methods/2023...
Would it surprise you to learn that Stevenson is actually a law professor with a phd in economics (and was supported along the way by the Federalist Society)?
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.
Would it surprise you to learn that Stevenson is actually a law professor with a phd in economics (and was supported along the way by the Federalist Society)?
Aparna Nair@disabilitystor1.bsky.social · yesterday"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.
If you were taking $20 bills out of an ATM in 1990, did you know that’s inflationarily the same as a $50 bill today? Why aren’t ATMs giving out $50s as the default currency unit?
"In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! As if it were afraid that nobody would... ...Today is August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California.” Yeah, so happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" day?
Funny, but there’s actually some truth to this, because [premise of joke you just made]
This is a pretty good general rule, not only when one wanders into antisemitic territory.
Adam Shprintzen@veghistory.bsky.social · 5d agoIt’s also really possible (and pretty admirable!) to say, “Oh shit, I didn’t realize that” or “Oh shit, that wasn’t my intention, but I’ll do better…”
The haters said it couldn’t be done Honestly great call from the haters
Abu Aardvark@abuaardvark.bsky.social · 6d agoI look forward to the imminent Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal that seems like it’s definitely going to happen now lol
Is it too early to say that Midwestern gubernatorial endorsements may not be determinative?
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 6d agoOh my god the fourth poll
What’s the right premium to insist on when you’re fired to be replaced by AI, and then the company needs you back? I suggest a salary increase of 35%, at minimum.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6d ago“Amazon staff have identified cases of what they called ‘catastrophically expensive’ cost overruns caused by mistakes in how the company has deployed AI and a lack of spending controls.”
Though I’m unconvinced by Ypi’s invocation of “the” public, this is a fascinating and insightful investigation of writing, socialism, art, history, and politics.
Lea Ypi@leaypi.bsky.social · 6d agoMy essay on literature and political commitment in the latest issue of @tribunemagazine.bsky.social
it’s poetic that Douthat is going to work for a woman who literally ruined a workplace
The chapter on fascist food in Kennan's amazing Cook Book Politics is one of my favorite contributions to literature on fascism in the 21st Century!
kennan@kennan.bsky.social · last wk.Let’s never forget that Mussolini’s dream - inspired by the futurists - was to replace pasta and other “slow” foods with factory-produced white bread.
Let’s never forget that Mussolini’s dream - inspired by the futurists - was to replace pasta and other “slow” foods with factory-produced white bread.
Louis@louisevans.bsky.social · 2w agoHard to find a stronger example of “fascists hate the actually existing glory of the countries they pretend to love” than “Mussolini fucked with pasta.”
The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/
If you are currently a member of the American Political Science Association, and you follow me here on the butterfly app, please consider voting for me for the APSA council. One thing you can be sure of, I will not be shy and retiring.
At 250 years, America is being offered three origin stories, refusal, recovery, and ethno-nationalist sovereignty. All three ask us to stop trusting one another. In my new piece, I reflect on the stakes of our fascination with origin stories. Have a read: www.anativeson.org/p/the-idolat...
The Idolatry of Origins: America at 250 Years
by Melvin L. Rogers, Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor, Brown University
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I sat by Lindsey Graham on a plane once (CHS->DCA). Before the boarding doors closed, he spoke loudly into a flip phone to someone who seemed to be a journalist, going on about how ISIS insurgents were advancing on Baghdad and all of our diplomats there were at grave risk. 1 of ?
Wait so now I have to either root for FIFA or hear “Wonderwall” again?
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4w agoI'm not even rooting against Argentina at this point I am rooting against FIFA
A contractor building Meta's data center flushed its "closed-loop" cooling system straight into Cheyenne's sewer. It carried a bacterium and knocked the city's water-reuse system offline for months. They sell these as sealed systems that barely touch the water. This one poisoned a city's.
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Tenure-Track Position as Associate Professor of Philosophy of Human Rights - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) looks for Tenure-Track Position as Associate Professor of Philosophy of Human Rights in Erlangen - apply now!
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They say: “American History is Worth Learning” [Posts picture from British history].
