Jon Phillips
@jowiph.bsky.social
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Historian of evolutionary biology and scientific racism who has somehow turned into a historian of the physical sciences. Expect lots of cat pictures and general miscellany. Marylandic.
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The FBI may no longer be relying on SPLC, but their anti-extremist resources are still extremely worthwhile, especially these days. So in that spirit, time to re-up the thread of extremist profiles I wrote for them on scientific racists
jowiph.bsky.social
I’ve shared these a few times on the other site, but since everything is new again, here’s a thread of extremist profiles on prominent scientific racists I wrote for @SPLC roughly 10 years ago:
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jordanscarroll.bsky.social
I think a lot of what we're seeing is a changing of the guard on the right. Get ready to learn about a lot of new weirdos.
jowiph.bsky.social
Cool, cool, were at the "concerned neighbors hiding children from government thugs looking to abduct them" stage of fascism
jowiph.bsky.social
Oh that looks very much up my alley
jowiph.bsky.social
lmao now I feel bad for all the Iron Bull fans (tbh, Inquisition had the worst romance options of the franchise, not including Veilguard, which I haven't played)
jowiph.bsky.social
Two heart attacks on one flight? Goddamn, I worked thousands of flights as a flight attendant and only ever had one total (passenger with a heart attack, I mean, I've also had one myself, but that was not on an airplane)
jowiph.bsky.social
Ah, I never tried to romance him, so I always just saw him as omni-horny
jowiph.bsky.social
One of many reasons why DA2 is an underappreciated masterpiece
jowiph.bsky.social
(At least it's finally nice out and the mosquitos are done for the fall)
jowiph.bsky.social
Sadly my house is also a dead cell zone (I'm hanging out on my front steps right now to get any signal at all), so a hotspot isn't an option
jowiph.bsky.social
I know this is problematic, but I'm not sure Iron Bull can be harassed. He's into it, no matter what
jowiph.bsky.social
On the bright side, going without home internet for a few days is going to feel like nothing when the next Carrington Event hits
jowiph.bsky.social
I usually work from home, my office is a 1-2 hour commute each way depending on traffic. I was able to get work done today with documents I had saved locally, but looks like I'll be going into the office next week. Hopefully the fact that I can't log into our office booking app won't be an issue
jowiph.bsky.social
Love how all of our tv, music, even video games require an internet connection to work. This is just one of the many reasons that books are good.
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jowiph.bsky.social
And the soonest they can get a technician to come out and look at it is Tuesday, fml
jowiph.bsky.social
Home internet is down, great way to start the day
jowiph.bsky.social
I mean, didn't she say publicly that she's dedicating it to him? Seems like the call could have been real
jowiph.bsky.social
Apollo's dodgeball strikes again
sharonk.bsky.social
i wonder if we get 100% China tariffs again
blurrytvheadlines.numbergoup.com
S&P, NASDAQ CLOSE OUT WORST DAY SINCE APRIL
jowiph.bsky.social
Comcast call center workers are apparently now called "Customer Account Executives." I don't know why this kind of thing pisses me off so much, but I now want someone to hold the CEO of Comcast at gunpoint until the call center people are given actual executive pay packages
jowiph.bsky.social
You'll have to root for them for me!
jowiph.bsky.social
Still no internet, guess I won't be watching the Mariners try to clinch the ALDS tonight after all
jowiph.bsky.social
Home internet is down, great way to start the day
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ryanlcooper.com
this is correct. and while you would get a nontrivial one off sum from a billionaire tax (not enough for a welfare state, but a lot), the ongoing point of that tax would be prevent billionaires from existing
liberalcurrents.com
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com