Brad Bolman
@brad.bolman.com
Historian @tulaneu.bsky.social
Lab Dog is out now: www.labdogbook.com
Rotten Beauty is next: www.rottenbeauty.work
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Lab Dog is out now: www.labdogbook.com
Rotten Beauty is next: www.rottenbeauty.work
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~Views expressed may not reflect those of my employer~
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Brad Bolman
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· Dec 10
I’m extremely jazzed to be officially working on this book.
Although it’s history first and foremost, I’d love to hear from more folks in fungal biology about their exciting new findings, so please reach out!
Although it’s history first and foremost, I’d love to hear from more folks in fungal biology about their exciting new findings, so please reach out!
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The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
www.inquirer.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
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the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads:
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
February 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads:
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
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The entire annual operating losses of the Washington Post amount to a single-digit percentage of the everyday noise in the signal of its owner's finances
For scale, Bloomberg lists the most recent daily market fluctuation in Jeff Bezos' net worth as -$3.71 billion
February 4, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The entire annual operating losses of the Washington Post amount to a single-digit percentage of the everyday noise in the signal of its owner's finances
Did not have "Epstein talked into watching Karen Barad lecture by Deepak Chopra and compares her to will.i. am" on my government dump bingo card but here we are
February 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Did not have "Epstein talked into watching Karen Barad lecture by Deepak Chopra and compares her to will.i. am" on my government dump bingo card but here we are
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Becca Rothfeld is without question the best nonfiction book critic working at the moment. Awful decision to close the section. Hope someone smart snaps her up instantly.
there isn’t a better Books desk in the country than the one at the Washington Post. I’m not really sure there’s anything else to say
February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Becca Rothfeld is without question the best nonfiction book critic working at the moment. Awful decision to close the section. Hope someone smart snaps her up instantly.
A devastating blow to academics everywhere (me) winbuzzer.com/2026/01/28/g...
Google Disables Search for Book Previews
Google has disabled search functionality for preview books on Google Books, leaving users unable to search through pages that remain visible on the platform.
winbuzzer.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:36 AM
A devastating blow to academics everywhere (me) winbuzzer.com/2026/01/28/g...
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In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
It appears there is now a measles outbreak at the Dilley family detention facility. www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Source: Measles outbreak reported at ICE's Dilley family detention facility
DPS troopers stand guard in front of the Dilley detention center during a protest last weekend. After a week of public outcry over the Dilley, Texas South
www.sacurrent.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
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Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Abolish ICE and fire all agents is the moderate position.
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insisting on calling every mass day of protest or one-day boycott a "general strike" is not the move. it's good to see people rallying around the cause, it matters, but if you want to be part of a large-scale labor action that shuts down the gears of capital, start by unionizing your workplace!!!
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
insisting on calling every mass day of protest or one-day boycott a "general strike" is not the move. it's good to see people rallying around the cause, it matters, but if you want to be part of a large-scale labor action that shuts down the gears of capital, start by unionizing your workplace!!!
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tough legal argument for team "build all the data centers"
BIG SCOOP @heatmap.news: The Trump administration is now going after renewable energy projects on both public and private lands by indefinitely delaying water permits … on grounds that the projects might have bad “aesthetics”
Yes, they’re hurting renewable energy projects by calling them ugly
Yes, they’re hurting renewable energy projects by calling them ugly
The Trump Administration Is Now Delaying Renewable Projects It Thinks Are Ugly
The Army Corps of Engineers is out to protect “the beauty of the Nation’s natural landscape.”
heatmap.news
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
tough legal argument for team "build all the data centers"
Yes. It's well-intentioned but replicates a persistent misunderstanding of social media-centric organizing: simply getting enough eyes on a piece of information doesn't = deep engagement. A nationwide general strike would be transformative; it would also require deep organizing
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Yes. It's well-intentioned but replicates a persistent misunderstanding of social media-centric organizing: simply getting enough eyes on a piece of information doesn't = deep engagement. A nationwide general strike would be transformative; it would also require deep organizing
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A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
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A lot is happening right now. Hope you'll still take a moment to read WIRED's story of Red Bull's incredible work as a whistleblower, our analysis of the evidence he shared, the details of his ordeal inside a modern slavery operation, and how he finally got home. /end www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
A lot is happening right now. Hope you'll still take a moment to read WIRED's story of Red Bull's incredible work as a whistleblower, our analysis of the evidence he shared, the details of his ordeal inside a modern slavery operation, and how he finally got home. /end www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
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"utilities cut deals for data centers which increase everyone else’s bills...In addition to this are environmental costs of data centers and the huge health impact costs that come as a result of gas plant pollution." blog.ucs.org/maria-chavez...
January 29, 2026 at 2:09 PM
"utilities cut deals for data centers which increase everyone else’s bills...In addition to this are environmental costs of data centers and the huge health impact costs that come as a result of gas plant pollution." blog.ucs.org/maria-chavez...
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We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
We’re just not a free country.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
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I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
The Means-Testing Industrial Complex
As Republicans tightened work requirements and eligibility rules for Medicaid and SNAP last year, Equifax’s CEO openly celebrated the profits to be made from administering this deprivation.
lpeproject.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
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City workers, community advocates question impact of cuts, furloughs and layoffs on New Orleans
The city of New Orleans is facing down a projected $222 million budget deficit, requiring it to institute cuts, furloughs and layoffs. What will be the impact and legacy of these austerity measures?
The city of New Orleans is facing down a projected $222 million budget deficit, requiring it to institute cuts, furloughs and layoffs. What will be the impact and legacy of these austerity measures?
City workers, community advocates question impact of cuts, furloughs and layoffs on New Orleans
The city of New Orleans is facing down a projected $222 million budget deficit, requiring it to institute cuts, furloughs and layoffs. What will be the impact and legacy of these austerity measures?
veritenews.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM
City workers, community advocates question impact of cuts, furloughs and layoffs on New Orleans
The city of New Orleans is facing down a projected $222 million budget deficit, requiring it to institute cuts, furloughs and layoffs. What will be the impact and legacy of these austerity measures?
The city of New Orleans is facing down a projected $222 million budget deficit, requiring it to institute cuts, furloughs and layoffs. What will be the impact and legacy of these austerity measures?
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Although the silver lining of the wrecking ball approach of this administration is, as this article points out, the lack of statutory changes (notwithstanding the hugely significant exception of the OBBA), the damage being done is still enormous and widely under-appreciated. (1/)
How permanent is Trump's assault on climate action?
Trump’s attacks on bedrock environmental and climate laws are inherently fragile — and could reflect the president’s preference for political dominance over lasting change.
grist.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Although the silver lining of the wrecking ball approach of this administration is, as this article points out, the lack of statutory changes (notwithstanding the hugely significant exception of the OBBA), the damage being done is still enormous and widely under-appreciated. (1/)
It often surprises people to learn that tear gas is banned in international warfare (exceptions, yes) but still routinely used by American law enforcement, even though extensive evidence shows it can cause short-term health issues, adverse reproductive health outcomes, and even death
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:42 PM
It often surprises people to learn that tear gas is banned in international warfare (exceptions, yes) but still routinely used by American law enforcement, even though extensive evidence shows it can cause short-term health issues, adverse reproductive health outcomes, and even death
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The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
January 25, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians:
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’
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Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday, the city’s police chief said. The shooting prompted clashes between law enforcement and protesters, as Minnesota officials renewed demands that the Trump administration end its immigration crackdown. trib.al/u8ESi4Q
January 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday, the city’s police chief said. The shooting prompted clashes between law enforcement and protesters, as Minnesota officials renewed demands that the Trump administration end its immigration crackdown. trib.al/u8ESi4Q
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.
White. Hot. Rage.
White. Hot. Rage.
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law