defector.com/humanists-ha... This essay rocks in every way but especially its treatment of Cara Daggett’s work
Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong | Defector
For many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, ...
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The Battle of the Peasants, by M.D. Hout, 17th c
Thank god the Cold War is over and we don't need to do any Kremlinology about whether elected officials are alive or dead.
The game doesn’t have to be over if Mike Pence has the courage.
has there ever been a man so effective at demolishing the vibe. historic scarer of the hoes
39yo Messi vs 40yo Vozinha, it’s like a bluesky fight made it to the real world
Among all the other things, too, but if American democracy is going to make it, we've got to stop assuming people who went to law school are smart.
I've made it this far without ever giving a fuck what Paul Boghossian thinks about anything, and I will not be tricked into it now.
"Whenever capitalism triumphs, that fugitive space grows smaller, that alternative future grows dimmer. As that future disappears, it becomes harder to imagine or to posit a time, including a past, when capitalism did not exist." Love Robin's Wolin-inspired analysis
new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...
Everlee Has Disappeared
Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.
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There's one trait where economists clearly outperform the other social sciences: Hubris.
A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.
"The Islamists oppose women getting an education," I mutter, as I aim my missile at the girls school
Today, Rio de Janeiro’s former Police Chief & a Congressman were convicted in the assassination of socialist Rio City Councilwoman Marielle Franco. She was a college classmate of mine & today is a beautiful day for Brazilian democracy
Rio Police Chief & Congressman Convicted in Assassination of Socialist Rio Councilwoman Marielle Franco
The court found that the former Chief of Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Rivaldo Barbosa, Brazilian Congressman Chiquinho Brazão, and his brother, Rio State Auditor General Domingos Brazão, were responsib...
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STEPHEN MILLER: so you've gone through all of these files and made sure there's nothing incriminatory about Trump or his friends and associates, right KASH PATEL: *standing in line at berghain dressed like the Ikea monkey* oh yeah definitely
You walk into this bar and show your ICE mugshot, you don't pay a dime.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 9mo agoScrolling through the photos of Pam Bondi's "Minnesota rioters," it's just hero after hero. Every photo includes a cowardly DHS agent with their back to the camera. Bondi thinks she's going to win the propaganda war with this shit, but it's never been more clear that they're losing.
My grandfather spent his whole life in NYC before he was offered a scholarship to the U of Minnesota for college (and eventually med school). A Jewish kid from the LES of NYC, he had not encountered anything like the KKK. When a rally came to town, he and some others brought 2x4s and busted it up.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas@ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 9mo agoRespectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time. Time to claim your true history.
Been rewatching Golden Girls. Grew up with the dub, it's crazy how different the sub is.
reasons for revolution against a tyrant 249 years ago: "he has refused his Assent to Laws" "obstructing Laws for Naturalization" "made Judges dependent on his Will" "kept among us Standing Armies w/o Consent of our legislatures" "cut off Trade" "transporting us beyond Seas for pretended offences"
Time to delete all your FLACs and just run this 24/7. scratch.mit.edu/projects/908...
assassins dress like cops bc that’s who’s allowed to murder people in broad daylight
America if the news covered it like those countries Over There
Nick Punto 2B-3B-SS Debut: 2001 - Retired: 2014 LAD - PHI - OAK - STL - MIN - BOS
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