@clppng.bsky.social absolutely killed it tonight. I can't think of any other group that would reference William S. Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Stokley Carmichael in the same set.

Hey @clppng.bsky.social are there going to be any tiny robots on stage tonight?

I've been making this argument for years - nearly all of our present moment can be rooted in our inability to fully reckon with the covid pandemic and the real costs that both the pandemic itself and our policy responses caused.

The Fig Economy@figgityfigs.bsky.social · last wk.

One of my Crank Theories of Everything, at least of Everything in the Recent Past, is that we are dealing (badly) with COVID trauma we’d mostly prefer to pretend never happened.

It’s nice to see everyone’s textual analysis of The Odyssey It’s almost like the humanities give you entertainment, feelings, pleasure, and fun/interesting stuff to talk about, as well as lenses into both past and current society

Hey #PoliSky, Does anyone have a good accessible article (for AP high school students) on unitary executive theory, especially in light of *Slaughter*?

Hey #PoliSky, Does anyone have a good accessible article (for AP high school students) on unitary executive theory, especially in light of *Slaughter*?

We actually don't need a film on Scrooge's backstory, it's literally all covered by the Ghost of Christmas Past.

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net · 2w ago

First poster for ‘EBENEZER’, a new film based on ‘A Christmas Carol’ starring Johnny Depp. “Before he was Scrooge, he was Ebenezer”

Our children are going to be insufferable

Erin Lockwood@erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 2w ago

Learning to weave while being told about the importance of weaving and the fiber industry to pre-industrial and industrial European political economy, touching on the Luddites and labor conditions for girls in textile mills, is peak Getting Parented by Erin Lockwood.

Will the popularists get on board?

Catherine Rampell@crampell.bsky.social · 2w ago

A quarter of Republicans (!) support abolishing ICE

5 living writers that you've read 5 books by each: Marilynne Robinson Neal Stephenson N. K. Jemisin China Miéville Alastair Reynolds

Patrick Wyman@patrickwyman.bsky.social · 4w ago

five living writers that you've read five books by each Bernard Cornwell Dan Abnett Rick Atkinson Chris Wickham Dan Jones

He could very easily say that a movement that addresses people’s needs and defeating Collins are more important than himself and that what matters most is maintaining that energy to unite and win in November.

I've been on the "more parties AND stronger parties" bus for a long time.

Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social · 4w ago

If the United States has multiple political parties that actually controlled who could serve as their nominee, we would all be less dependent on the whims and weaknesses of individual leaders. Our political system is incredibly individualizing—we have extremely weak parties and tons of veto points.

I know it's old-fashioned, but I do sincerely believe in the Platonic idea that quality of your soul matters when you pursue public office. You aren't just a vehicle for policy positions and ideological visions; you are empowered to make judgments that have real life and death effects.

Abe Lincoln vs. the "heritage American" crowd, 1858: It doesn't matter where your ancestors were in 1776. Americans who read the Declaration and affirm its creed "have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood, and flesh of the flesh of the men who wrote [it] ...and so they are."

This is the only correct take - 4 justices don't believe in a multi-racial democracy and the 5th vote doesn't believe that an expansive conception of citizenship is in the Constitution, just in federal law.

Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last mo.

people got mad at me yesterday when i said the dems were not ready to take court reform seriously. 5-4 for non-racial citizenship is not a win, it's a reprieve bsky.app/profile/schu...

That this case was even granted cert was a travesty - every lower Court ruling was against the administration; there was no circuit split. This was a blatant attempt by 4 on the Court to undue the constitutional revolution of Reconstruction.

Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last mo.

Donald Trump came one vote away from getting the Supreme Court to say that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented and temporary immigrants, a view held only by fringe far-right nativists until VERY recently. This is shocking. I am stunned.

The vote spread in Barbara is really fucking terrifying. Only 5 justices voted on the plain text of the Constitution.

The supermajority's decision in NRSC allows wealthy donors to circumvent limits on contributions to individual candidates by donating much larger sums to political parties, which can now spend the money in direct coordination with specific candidates. An open invitation for quid pro quo corruption.

I think a lot of this is the way that most civics curriculum focus on the Warren Court's rulings in the 50s and 60s and more generally on civil rights and civil liberties pretty much only, and don't ever discuss administrative law...

Rob Zacny@robzacny.bsky.social · last mo.

I do wonder if mainstream liberals have fully reckoned with the court’s actual legacy. Brown v BoE looms large and convinced liberals it’s a force for good, but any intro to con law is like a cavalcade of tragedy. Trying to partially reverse the Civil War, crushing labor, etc.

This year over 400,000 high school seniors will be required by College Board to learn "the core concepts of the writings of Adam Smith" in their AP US Gov class. They will not be required to learn about Trump vs. Slaughter, Loper Bright vs. Raimondo, Louisiana v. Callais, or Shelby County v. Holder.

Truly cursed set of predictions I made in October when my students looked at some of the important cases that SCOTUS would hear this year (Barbara wasn't on the docket yet, hence why it wasn't included)

There's no sugar-coating Slaughter. It's an enormously important ruling (far more important than the other three decisions #SCOTUS handed down today). It's a huge win for Trump/the executive. And it's going to have massive ramifications for the functioning of the government long after Trump is gone.

This is my biggest challenge teaching AP US Gov - teaching the way institutions are "supposed" to work vs. how they actually work and the historical reasons as to why there's a difference. College Board, and curricula generally, really only want us to teach the former.

The talking point should be: the war was a strategic failure, a political failure, and most importantly, a moral failure.

Alfie Kohn@alfiekohn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Every Democratic politician ought to say, "Trump got a terrible deal, but even if he had humiliated Iran instead of the other way around, that wouldn't have justified his (& Israel's) unprovoked attack, which took thousands of innocent lives. The war was a moral obscenity regardless of the outcome."

Part of the reason why CA takes so long to count ballots (beyond sheer size) are a series of rules in place to protect against fraud. Of course, they know this, they're just planting seeds of doubt and intentionally undermining social trust.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

RAJU: The president keep saying the California election was rigged. What evidence have you seen? SCALISE: You had wide changes after election night in the results R: They're just counting the ballots SCALISE: Look, whether you can prove fraud or not, it does undermine voter integrity in the vote

Hey #poliscisky, given the upcoming changes to the AP US Gov/Pol exam, how many of you teach any of the following texts in your Introduction to American Government and Politics classes? Federalist 39 Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address "Core concepts" from Adam Smith (whatever that means)

I'm sorry but in what world are these even remotely the same type of "weaknesses". Saying God is beyond gender binaries (true) and that there is more than two biological sexes (true-ish) are in no way equivalent to what concerns people about Platner.

I know it's old-fashioned, but I do sincerely believe in the Platonic idea that quality of your soul matters when you pursue public office. You aren't just a vehicle for policy positions and ideological visions; you are empowered to make judgments that have real life and death effects.

The idea, in tonight's order, that it's the district court irresponsibly intervening to change maps on the eve of an election is laughable

Chris Sardo@mcsardo.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Real cool that Scotus can just ignore a 79 page opinion written by a 3 judge panel (including 2 Trump apointees) finding that the Alabama map violated even the standard set by Callais by simply saying..."nope" (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/u...