AR Hanlon
@aaronrhanlon.com
anti-disciplinary generalist and letter of recommendation abolitionist
The Enlightenment; historical epistemology; computational philosophy of fiction
Audere est facere #COYS
The Enlightenment; historical epistemology; computational philosophy of fiction
Audere est facere #COYS
Also this is quite creepy and revealing because there's no discussion in this discussion of the impact of playing war games on real human beings.
Overhearing a group of students discussing an IR policy class project on how to decrease US soft power, & they are fixated on releasing the Epstein files / destabilizing Trump regime. But it should be obvious that strengthening the Trump regime is and has been the playbook against the US, no?
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Also this is quite creepy and revealing because there's no discussion in this discussion of the impact of playing war games on real human beings.
Overhearing a group of students discussing an IR policy class project on how to decrease US soft power, & they are fixated on releasing the Epstein files / destabilizing Trump regime. But it should be obvious that strengthening the Trump regime is and has been the playbook against the US, no?
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Overhearing a group of students discussing an IR policy class project on how to decrease US soft power, & they are fixated on releasing the Epstein files / destabilizing Trump regime. But it should be obvious that strengthening the Trump regime is and has been the playbook against the US, no?
Correct, and I think the more pressure the right puts on higher ed and science as institutions, the more likely are specialists to make the wrong decision on this.
It is *never* an adequate response to specialists in other fields looking at and critiquing your field to go "nah they're all weird and stupid."
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Correct, and I think the more pressure the right puts on higher ed and science as institutions, the more likely are specialists to make the wrong decision on this.
When I was young, the conservative mantra was ‘nobody loves a victim’ (they meant women and minorities) and I think that holds particularly true today when the ‘victims’ are 36 yr old college dropout antisemites asking for federal redistribution of sex.
I think this prediction is holding up pretty well, and maybe I should have noted the failure of the Turn Charlie Kirk Into A Martyr moment might have been the pinnacle of the phenomenon. In some deep way I think the New Right Loser Men fail to understand what state power can and can't do for them.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
When I was young, the conservative mantra was ‘nobody loves a victim’ (they meant women and minorities) and I think that holds particularly true today when the ‘victims’ are 36 yr old college dropout antisemites asking for federal redistribution of sex.
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What if we recreated early hominid history together at the neutral meeting point in the sacred glade?
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"Scientists of the University of Oxford think Neanderthals and early Humans may have held hands "
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists
Study from University of Oxford looks into evolutionary origins of kissing and its role in relations between species
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
What if we recreated early hominid history together at the neutral meeting point in the sacred glade?
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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reminder that Donald Trump said on the record that he partied with his buddy Jeffrey Epstein and women “on the younger side” and yet we’re pretending like the natural of their relationship is some big mystery
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
reminder that Donald Trump said on the record that he partied with his buddy Jeffrey Epstein and women “on the younger side” and yet we’re pretending like the natural of their relationship is some big mystery
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This “tough guy” rebrand is about to cost taxpayers $2 billion.
But somehow, cancer research is what they call wasteful spending. Absurd.
But somehow, cancer research is what they call wasteful spending. Absurd.
Trump's Pentagon name change could cost up to $2 billion
Officially changing the Department of Defense to the Department of War can only be done by Congress and would require updating thousands of signs, rewriting digital code and creating new letterheads,...
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This “tough guy” rebrand is about to cost taxpayers $2 billion.
But somehow, cancer research is what they call wasteful spending. Absurd.
But somehow, cancer research is what they call wasteful spending. Absurd.
One of my best friends is a certified electrician and I grade the difficulty / stupidity level of my DIY electrical work based on the face he makes when I explain to him beforehand what I want to do.
researching DIY solar stuff and going down the electrician rabbit hole, *man* you can get fucked up from accidents in that line of work
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
One of my best friends is a certified electrician and I grade the difficulty / stupidity level of my DIY electrical work based on the face he makes when I explain to him beforehand what I want to do.
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Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
If pushups >= 15 then cop; < 15 then ICE.
Underrated thing that's been flying under the radar: ICE's hiring spree, by necessity since there are so few others willing and able, has been hiring away local cops, which infuriates the departments by causing manpower problems and is, ironically, removing the worst of the worst from their ranks.
The more local police see ICE assholes as criminals, the better it will be for us.
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If pushups >= 15 then cop; < 15 then ICE.
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
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Suppose AP is itself the problem: instead of learning math, students are learning a math test.
If high schools and elite colleges are holding students and teachers accountable for AP test results, you have a strong incentive to fix this problem.
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Suppose AP is itself the problem: instead of learning math, students are learning a math test.
Bielsa is the true philosopher's manager
"the way the United States played, how they press, how they overload the area where the ball is—well, we prepare for all those things, and for nine days... So that's why I'm telling you that when I feel responsible for all of this, I'm telling you with reasoned arguments."
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Bielsa is the true philosopher's manager
‘I’m ICE, boys’
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
‘I’m ICE, boys’
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When this happened in Trump’s first administration, Senate Republicans like Lindsay Graham rebuked him and threatened to hold up legislation. Senator Marco Rubio, now the nation’s top diplomat, called for severing US ties with Saudi Arabia over human rights. Press should ask them about it too.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When this happened in Trump’s first administration, Senate Republicans like Lindsay Graham rebuked him and threatened to hold up legislation. Senator Marco Rubio, now the nation’s top diplomat, called for severing US ties with Saudi Arabia over human rights. Press should ask them about it too.
You’re right, Ben, it was too subtle for detection.
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
You’re right, Ben, it was too subtle for detection.
Astonishing levels of moral cowardice.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Astonishing levels of moral cowardice.
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"Everyone tempted to participate in Trump's schemes and conspiracies should be on notice that bygones won’t be bygones on the other side of this constitutional interregnum."
Good @brianbeutler.bsky.social theorizing deeply on how to dissuade Trump accomplices:
www.offmessage.net/p/maga-corru...
Good @brianbeutler.bsky.social theorizing deeply on how to dissuade Trump accomplices:
www.offmessage.net/p/maga-corru...
MAGA Corruption And The Psychology Of Deterrence
Criminal accountability may be off the table for some Trump loyalists; but other forms—yes, including impeachment—are not.
www.offmessage.net
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Everyone tempted to participate in Trump's schemes and conspiracies should be on notice that bygones won’t be bygones on the other side of this constitutional interregnum."
Good @brianbeutler.bsky.social theorizing deeply on how to dissuade Trump accomplices:
www.offmessage.net/p/maga-corru...
Good @brianbeutler.bsky.social theorizing deeply on how to dissuade Trump accomplices:
www.offmessage.net/p/maga-corru...
Textbook weakling
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Textbook weakling
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
Also, this person should not be anywhere near academic career advising if they’re going to say shit like this
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Also, this person should not be anywhere near academic career advising if they’re going to say shit like this
If you’ve explicitly said you’ve denied regular teaching and mentorship to a student because they won’t fuck you, hoping it will coerce them into doing so, then whatever is protecting you is not tenure. Tenure protection does not cover that and teaching is the last thing you should be doing.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
If you’ve explicitly said you’ve denied regular teaching and mentorship to a student because they won’t fuck you, hoping it will coerce them into doing so, then whatever is protecting you is not tenure. Tenure protection does not cover that and teaching is the last thing you should be doing.
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"He said good things about me."
Q: Tucker had a friendly interview w/ antisemite Nick Fuentes. What role do you think Carlson should play in the GOP?
TRUMP: I've found him to be good. He's said good things about me. Will you let me finish my statement? You're the worst. You're with Bloomberg, right? I don't know why they have you
TRUMP: I've found him to be good. He's said good things about me. Will you let me finish my statement? You're the worst. You're with Bloomberg, right? I don't know why they have you
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"He said good things about me."