Andrew Tobolowsky
@andytobo.bsky.social
Associate prof, biblical studies, but in a cool way. Author, dreamweaver etc.
To Noam Chomsky? Based on something Chomsky told him? While defending James Watson? Gross!
Jeffrey Epstein sent a link to the white nationalist podcast The Right Stuff, whose core hosts played an active role in the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally. He did so in February 2016. Before TRS made national news, really.
Genuinely bizarre.
Genuinely bizarre.
January 31, 2026 at 12:37 PM
To Noam Chomsky? Based on something Chomsky told him? While defending James Watson? Gross!
It’s all performance with the Dems and that’s the problem. Sure they’re doing this bc they might get this and they wouldn’t get other stuff. But they just seem like they’re doing what they think we want them to do rather than having principles all the time.
"The Democrats are pushing reforms that they know won’t work because they are doing performative, perfunctory opposition to try to quiet their base, instead of real legislating and fighting to dismantle Trump’s ICE and CBP." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Senate Democrats’ ICE Proposals Are a Huge and Inexcusable Whiff
Their opening bid should have been eight or 10 bold proposals. But as usual, the Democrats start by negotiating with themselves.
newrepublic.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 AM
It’s all performance with the Dems and that’s the problem. Sure they’re doing this bc they might get this and they wouldn’t get other stuff. But they just seem like they’re doing what they think we want them to do rather than having principles all the time.
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Alchemy
Intro to Philosopher's Stone
Mining for Lead
Theory of Spheres
The Five Humours
Alchemy
Intro to Philosopher's Stone
Mining for Lead
Theory of Spheres
The Five Humours
January 31, 2026 at 3:28 AM
Tell me five classes you took in college:
Alchemy
Intro to Philosopher's Stone
Mining for Lead
Theory of Spheres
The Five Humours
Alchemy
Intro to Philosopher's Stone
Mining for Lead
Theory of Spheres
The Five Humours
Plotting the perfect crime
January 31, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Plotting the perfect crime
Oh sure when the Virginia Living Museum does it it’s fine but when *I* kill and eat Pentheus
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Oh sure when the Virginia Living Museum does it it’s fine but when *I* kill and eat Pentheus
The funny thing is she was in the democratic primary in 2020!
Two officials told Wall Street Journal reporters that Gabbard’s report is designed to bolster executive orders about voting before the midterm elections.
Exclusive | Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud
The director of national intelligence earlier this week joined the FBI search of an election center in Georgia.
www.wsj.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:47 AM
The funny thing is she was in the democratic primary in 2020!
Reposted by Andrew Tobolowsky
people don't know how to handle a mostly virtuous person who is also massively annoying
January 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
people don't know how to handle a mostly virtuous person who is also massively annoying
What’s especially crazy about this is even if they don’t believe in higher ed THEY KNOW IT MAKES PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR THEM. If the GOP something like that, it’d be illegal not to do it
Yes, this has been my beef for a long time. It would be nice if Democrats would respond to rightwing attacks on higher education by investing in higher ed in a more meaningful way, but they don’t.
The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.
January 31, 2026 at 12:37 AM
What’s especially crazy about this is even if they don’t believe in higher ed THEY KNOW IT MAKES PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR THEM. If the GOP something like that, it’d be illegal not to do it
The Republicans are evil, the dems are neoliberal and consultant driven, there’s still a big difference but neither is currently an active CHAMPION of public goods
The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.
If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
January 31, 2026 at 12:10 AM
The Republicans are evil, the dems are neoliberal and consultant driven, there’s still a big difference but neither is currently an active CHAMPION of public goods
Reposted by Andrew Tobolowsky
The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.
If I were a blue state governor, I’d be looking into adding a bunch of tenure lines at my state schools.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
I know that seems like “kick ‘em when they’re down,” but it’s more like “let academics who can escape to where they can do real work.”
Builds up your own schools AND protect US academic output.
The governor of Texas is rapidly turning world-class universities into minor regional ones. Example:
January 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The problem is that blue states are fully committed to “return on investment” analysis and are fully committed to undergrad business degrees and whatever the latest tech trend is. There is no theory of holistic education supported by democratic leadership.
When your jumpshot is ICE COLD
January 30, 2026 at 10:18 PM
When your jumpshot is ICE COLD
Amidst all the horror, here's one thing that's frustrating to me about the study of the Hebrew Bible. A lot of people, I think, confuse what is really a methodological issue for a historiographical issue. There are still so, so many people who attempt to reconstruct the history of groups mentioned
January 30, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Amidst all the horror, here's one thing that's frustrating to me about the study of the Hebrew Bible. A lot of people, I think, confuse what is really a methodological issue for a historiographical issue. There are still so, so many people who attempt to reconstruct the history of groups mentioned
It can drive you crazy that this is literally what it is. Venezuela kidnappings, tariffs, frivolous lawsuits, and arrests Trump admin's only theory of power is that it will attack you until you're too scared not to do what they want. And there's somehow still a whole cottage industry of -
the practical effect of arresting lemon et al is to spark widespread condemnation, especially since these arrests will certainly be thrown out. this doesn't mean the action isn't a dangerous escalation, it does mean the white house doesn't know what to do but spam its only attack
January 30, 2026 at 7:02 PM
It can drive you crazy that this is literally what it is. Venezuela kidnappings, tariffs, frivolous lawsuits, and arrests Trump admin's only theory of power is that it will attack you until you're too scared not to do what they want. And there's somehow still a whole cottage industry of -
Reposted by Andrew Tobolowsky
Everything is terrible. Grateful to have a ready excuse today to retreat from the world for a couple of hours and proofread.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Everything is terrible. Grateful to have a ready excuse today to retreat from the world for a couple of hours and proofread.
Reposted by Andrew Tobolowsky
We tried to find the real site of the College Camp, a Williamsburg place now on William & Mary's campus, where thousands of Virginians (free, enslaved, indigenous, some women camp followers) trained and served in the era of the revolution. This place must have been nuts.
news.wm.edu/2026/01/30/p...
news.wm.edu/2026/01/30/p...
Professor uncovers Revolutionary War history with class, tour
Through rigorous research on the revolutionary era highlighted on C-SPAN, History Professor Robyn Schroeder will launch a tour of various sites on campus in April 2026.
news.wm.edu
January 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
We tried to find the real site of the College Camp, a Williamsburg place now on William & Mary's campus, where thousands of Virginians (free, enslaved, indigenous, some women camp followers) trained and served in the era of the revolution. This place must have been nuts.
news.wm.edu/2026/01/30/p...
news.wm.edu/2026/01/30/p...
"I'm entering the battle between right and wrong - on the side of wrong"
First, Greg Bovino is demoted, which is good, and replaced with Tom Homan, which is bad.
MN Gov. Tim Walz, the next day, inexplicably legitimizes Homan someone who "understands right and wrong"
MN Gov. Tim Walz, the next day, inexplicably legitimizes Homan someone who "understands right and wrong"
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 AM
"I'm entering the battle between right and wrong - on the side of wrong"
The Melania thing is one of those things that feels like That's So GOP to me, in the sense that the actual whole point of the Melania documentary was that Jeff Bezos would get cool graft for having Amazon do it but they still somehow expect it will do well too
January 30, 2026 at 2:34 AM
The Melania thing is one of those things that feels like That's So GOP to me, in the sense that the actual whole point of the Melania documentary was that Jeff Bezos would get cool graft for having Amazon do it but they still somehow expect it will do well too
Honestly Knueppel and Flagg are having quite the duel
January 30, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Honestly Knueppel and Flagg are having quite the duel
I think Trump saying that "it worked in Venezuela" about Minnesota is so revealing about the level of sophistication here, where what he means is he think there's a magic "send in the military, get good results" button that he just presses and Venezuela made him think it's more real. And yet!
Eleventy Dimensional Chess versus a bunch of evil little fuckers that win at checkers by throwing the board across the room and punching you in the face: An ongoing series in American Governance.
January 30, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I think Trump saying that "it worked in Venezuela" about Minnesota is so revealing about the level of sophistication here, where what he means is he think there's a magic "send in the military, get good results" button that he just presses and Venezuela made him think it's more real. And yet!
The Mavs have a Brandon Williams problem and I'm not afraid to say it
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Mavs have a Brandon Williams problem and I'm not afraid to say it
Let the word go forth that from this moment on, I will no longer use the phrases "the exilic period," the "pre-exilic period," or the "post-exilic period," but instead the Neo-Babylonian and Persian period as God (Ahura Mazda?) intended
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Let the word go forth that from this moment on, I will no longer use the phrases "the exilic period," the "pre-exilic period," or the "post-exilic period," but instead the Neo-Babylonian and Persian period as God (Ahura Mazda?) intended
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IT’S ALREADY ILLEGAL (8 U.S. Code § 1503)— you can’t parody this loser ass party my goodness
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Jeffries demands ban on deportation of US citizens as part of DHS reforms
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation fun…
www.kget.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:41 AM
IT’S ALREADY ILLEGAL (8 U.S. Code § 1503)— you can’t parody this loser ass party my goodness
This is always the line I thought even moderate squishes could get behind- “immigration needs an agency but the public now thinks nazis when they think ice so this particular one has to go”
“This agency, as it exists and operates, cannot continue. ICE needs to be abolished.” - @reppaultonko.bsky.social in today’s @timesunion.com
Thank you, Rep. Tonko.
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Thank you, Rep. Tonko.
www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Tonko: ICE has destroyed the public’s trust. It must be abolished.
ICE is not enforcing the law; it is imposing terror. Enforcement of our nation's immigration laws must be assigned to other agencies.
www.timesunion.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This is always the line I thought even moderate squishes could get behind- “immigration needs an agency but the public now thinks nazis when they think ice so this particular one has to go”
Nobody loved them and they’re making it our problem!
This admin is filled with super rich people who hate the idea that somewhere, out there, a person is giving a child a toy as a present. www.huffpost.com/entry/scott-...
Trump Treasury Secretary’s ‘Skip Giving Toys’ Pitch Goes Awry
Multimillionaire Scott Bessent suggested an alternative gift idea for children but critics weren't buying it.
www.huffpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Nobody loved them and they’re making it our problem!
What the fuck do you mean you've seen people dox you! you're one of 100 senators in the nation! You're currently on CNN!
It's amazing how this radical "step too far" is how every law enforcement officer in the country operated for our entire history.
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 29, 2026 at 3:04 AM
What the fuck do you mean you've seen people dox you! you're one of 100 senators in the nation! You're currently on CNN!