Andy Carr
@andycarr.bsky.social
he/him | 🏳️🌈 nerd | mid selfies
studying US law & politics: LPE, bureaucracy, reactionary movements | union stuff @ The New School, roaming adjunct elsewhere
opinions mine, mostly bad
site: andyjcarr.com
SSRN: https://ssrn.com/author=3069305
studying US law & politics: LPE, bureaucracy, reactionary movements | union stuff @ The New School, roaming adjunct elsewhere
opinions mine, mostly bad
site: andyjcarr.com
SSRN: https://ssrn.com/author=3069305
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Andy Carr
@andycarr.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Free Speech and Anti-Democratic Violence
The resurgence of far-right extremist groups—like “sovereign” militias, white supremacists, and avowedly fascist gangs—has exposed the First Amendment’s vulnerabilities to the “leaderless resistance” ...
scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu
given how infrequently I’ve published in recent years, let me be a bit selfish and indulgent as I share “Free Speech and Anti-Democratic Violence” – plus a thread elaborating its arc and aims.
(both the article and the thread are LONG – sorry!!!)
scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/crsj/vol31/i...
(both the article and the thread are LONG – sorry!!!)
scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/crsj/vol31/i...
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book!
www.versobooks.com/products/303...
extremely powerful reference point for my syllabus at a certain Jesuit university next spring
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
extremely powerful reference point for my syllabus at a certain Jesuit university next spring
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ANYWAY I get to go take a train out of the city today so that’s more than enough politics posting for one morning 😌
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
ANYWAY I get to go take a train out of the city today so that’s more than enough politics posting for one morning 😌
okay and then what happened
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
okay and then what happened
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It’s true. Only place in America Democrats ate shit that night—and they really did, it wasn’t close—was the place our state party chair calls home, and where the exact kind of Democrats he likes were running. Makes you think!
I'd just like to point out this is happening because MAGA pig Bruce Blakeman defied national trends and cruised to reelection thanks to the incompetence of New York/Nassau Democratic Party chair Jay Jacobs, who opposed Mamdani with far more vitriol than he opposed the Republicans
This rocks, whole communities are self-selecting themselves out of relevance because a nice man was democratically elected
www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc...
www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc...
November 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It’s true. Only place in America Democrats ate shit that night—and they really did, it wasn’t close—was the place our state party chair calls home, and where the exact kind of Democrats he likes were running. Makes you think!
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I wrote for @lpeblog.bsky.social about @alybatt.bsky.social's new book—which, I argue, shows how the critique of political economy can allow us to clearly name the social cause of climate catastrophe: capital. lpeproject.org/blog/when-na...
When Nature is Worthless
Under capitalism, the social domination of nature occurs through and is mediated by the commodity form. Certain portions of non-human nature can be valued, but only when they are transformed into…
lpeproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I wrote for @lpeblog.bsky.social about @alybatt.bsky.social's new book—which, I argue, shows how the critique of political economy can allow us to clearly name the social cause of climate catastrophe: capital. lpeproject.org/blog/when-na...
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🔎 We used the results to make an interactive web map that allows people to look up how the property wealth in their own metro area (or any other) is fragmented across different local municipalities. This tool visualizes tax base fragmentation across the US—check it out: www.taxbasefragmentation.net
Tax Base Fragmentation | Discover Fiscal Insights — Explore Now
Explore data on tax base fragmentation and fiscal capacity across municipalities with interactive maps and analysis tools.
www.taxbasefragmentation.net
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🔎 We used the results to make an interactive web map that allows people to look up how the property wealth in their own metro area (or any other) is fragmented across different local municipalities. This tool visualizes tax base fragmentation across the US—check it out: www.taxbasefragmentation.net
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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thank you for supporting striking Starbucks workers, Comrade Hilary Duff
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
thank you for supporting striking Starbucks workers, Comrade Hilary Duff
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took awhile to explain to my parents how trans kids are not A Problem and that there is a medical consensus the paper was blatantly ignoring. been having to do the same re: meds too. it’s so damaging because people see their shit as credible
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
took awhile to explain to my parents how trans kids are not A Problem and that there is a medical consensus the paper was blatantly ignoring. been having to do the same re: meds too. it’s so damaging because people see their shit as credible
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i like to think i’m a little more level-headed with my nyt criticism than most on here.
but the masthead has a history of running stories with strong anti-psychiatry framing + loose editorial standards whenever rfk jr. gets going about SSRIs. feels similar to what they did with trans kids
but the masthead has a history of running stories with strong anti-psychiatry framing + loose editorial standards whenever rfk jr. gets going about SSRIs. feels similar to what they did with trans kids
Setting aside any merits, boy oh boy, the timing on this NYTImesMag cover piece in the midst of:
-RFK Jr.'s wildly conspiracist campaign against SSRIs
-the RW pro-natalist push
-the escalating hideousness of the Epstein story
-an unabated youth mental health crisis
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
-RFK Jr.'s wildly conspiracist campaign against SSRIs
-the RW pro-natalist push
-the escalating hideousness of the Epstein story
-an unabated youth mental health crisis
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
More Teens Are Taking Antidepressants. It Could Disrupt Their Sex Lives for Years.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
i like to think i’m a little more level-headed with my nyt criticism than most on here.
but the masthead has a history of running stories with strong anti-psychiatry framing + loose editorial standards whenever rfk jr. gets going about SSRIs. feels similar to what they did with trans kids
but the masthead has a history of running stories with strong anti-psychiatry framing + loose editorial standards whenever rfk jr. gets going about SSRIs. feels similar to what they did with trans kids
found in a 1956 compendium of public library records (tldr, for research purposes) and ... that's just a wild way of phrasing things
![excerpt of a commemorative declaration inserted into the Newport News Public Library (Virginia) records, from 1956. the paragraph reads in full:
"WHEREAS, [the decedent former librarian's] absence from the library because of her well-earned retirement has now become complete with the cloak of death settling upon her shoulders..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6at22g2u3ynajfnqfmzd2uqz/bafkreifcusgbx3pll6e55pj5aprgbq7xyfvxup3s3n5zfbqw2ljjdthe6u@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
found in a 1956 compendium of public library records (tldr, for research purposes) and ... that's just a wild way of phrasing things
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In Defense of Bowling Alone
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In Defense of Bowling Alone
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Get ready, folks: Brazilian BlueSky's gonna be LIT today.
Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro arrested in Brazil
Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro arrested in Brazil
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from the capital
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Get ready, folks: Brazilian BlueSky's gonna be LIT today.
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Hey all! I hope you come to New Orleans for AALS 2026. I know @brianlfrye.bsky.social and I would love to see you.
If you are going, stay at the Loew’s rather than the Hilton. ICE is currently terrorizing New Orleans’ immigrant communities, and they’re staying at the Hilton Riverside. 1/2
If you are going, stay at the Loew’s rather than the Hilton. ICE is currently terrorizing New Orleans’ immigrant communities, and they’re staying at the Hilton Riverside. 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Hey all! I hope you come to New Orleans for AALS 2026. I know @brianlfrye.bsky.social and I would love to see you.
If you are going, stay at the Loew’s rather than the Hilton. ICE is currently terrorizing New Orleans’ immigrant communities, and they’re staying at the Hilton Riverside. 1/2
If you are going, stay at the Loew’s rather than the Hilton. ICE is currently terrorizing New Orleans’ immigrant communities, and they’re staying at the Hilton Riverside. 1/2
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NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
NEW: The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of NY immigrants' rights volunteers organizing court watch+ labeled activists “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
Joint FBI/NYPD report shows law enforcement accessed private planning convo of ppl monitoring ICE
Docs obtained by @propertyofthepeople.org
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Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, a regular court watcher: “This FBI surveillance tactic is ripped straight out of the J Edgar Hoover playbook. Observing immigration court...is a legal and non-violent act, unlike the ICE abductions we have witnessed regularly for months outside of the courtrooms"
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, a regular court watcher: “This FBI surveillance tactic is ripped straight out of the J Edgar Hoover playbook. Observing immigration court...is a legal and non-violent act, unlike the ICE abductions we have witnessed regularly for months outside of the courtrooms"
typical New School goings-on 🫡
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
typical New School goings-on 🫡
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‼️ may I interest you in The Originalism Trap by yours truly
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
‼️ may I interest you in The Originalism Trap by yours truly
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...
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Y’all make sure and come by this event today if you’re in New Haven. Going to be a banger. @samuelmoyn.bsky.social
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ryandoerfler.bsky.social
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ryandoerfler.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Y’all make sure and come by this event today if you’re in New Haven. Going to be a banger. @samuelmoyn.bsky.social
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ryandoerfler.bsky.social
@stevevladeck.bsky.social
@ryandoerfler.bsky.social
if you'll be near Union Square/around Manhattan midday, stop by an informational picket at The New School: show solidarity and join those fighting against attacks on critical scholarship and organized labor in higher education.
![blue, red, and white-color-themed poster for today's informational picket at The New School. the text reads in relevant part:
"[The New School] community: Tell our President to stop the attack on higher ed and labor!
Kill the Cuts Informational Picket
Save Student Health Services, reverse Ph.D. cuts, [and] come to the table with your workers.
[November 21] Friday at 12 [noon]
[Location] University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue"
across the bottom are a series of New School organizations' logos, including SENS-UAW and NewSWU [the student workers' units of United Auto Workers], the Part-Time Faculty Union, the Student Health Services union, and USS, the University's Student Senate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6at22g2u3ynajfnqfmzd2uqz/bafkreibwuxwzj2fr4qc6ycjaglymrysiqilipjzjrgmacovp76nezyqd7a@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
if you'll be near Union Square/around Manhattan midday, stop by an informational picket at The New School: show solidarity and join those fighting against attacks on critical scholarship and organized labor in higher education.
incredible, no notes
Larry Summers’s co-teacher at Harvard:
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
“We will miss his insights and his wisdom”
Student:
“NO WE WON’T”
dude pretends he doesn’t hear, then intros Tony Blair lmao
November 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
incredible, no notes
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well, the cat's out of the bag. and thanks to TNS AAUP's statement, a lot more to discuss about the political, anti-worker, anti-student impetus for what are—no matter what TNS leadership may claim—concrete steps toward closing NSSR and many other critically oriented programs at the New School. 1/
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
well, the cat's out of the bag. and thanks to TNS AAUP's statement, a lot more to discuss about the political, anti-worker, anti-student impetus for what are—no matter what TNS leadership may claim—concrete steps toward closing NSSR and many other critically oriented programs at the New School. 1/