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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck TikTok. Watch Jersey Shore.

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · 6d

The academic equivalent of the Instagram black square is organizing a conference panel.

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · 10d

Martinelli earned himself a forever mention in those 'Respect Football Moments #"

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Aug 31

The U.S. has moved on from chai tea to matcha and that summarizes the anti-Indian sentiments.

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Jun 20

Rhetoric gets boring fast. But when it hits. Uff.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Jun 17

Viewing disability and sickness as punishment to people we don't like is a hallmark of eugenics.

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jess rauchberg @jessrauchberg.bsky.social · May 28

pretending pedigree and patronage don't play a big role in the higher education industry does a major disservice to the next generation of workers.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · May 28

been saying this for like 3 years now, the core constituency of the "manosphere" is not Gen Z or teenage boys, it is 35-55 year old dudes who wish they were still teenage boys

Mediocre melee player @anchovymelee.bsky.social · May 28

How do famous right-wing influencers actually poll with young men in 2025?

Rogan: 27% favorable, 35% unfavorable, 45% don't know/never heard of
Theo Von: 21% fav, 16% unfav, 55% dk
Andrew Tate: 12% fav, 47% unfav, 36% dk

Source: iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/5...

50th Edition - Spring 2025

A new national poll from the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School reveals a generation navigating financial hardship, frayed social bond

iop.harvard.edu

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · May 22

If being stupid gets them away from work then so be it.

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Apr 29

I tried, bro. Jesus is the answer for you.

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Apr 29

see: interpellation

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Apr 29

Imagine we get all of Christianity just like that.

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Apr 29

Can we have a DEI pope just to make them mad?

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Apr 21

Remember when you just had to rename the file extension and Voila! What happened?

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Apr 10

What a millennial nightmare. Everything we come into falls apart.

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klaudia jaźwińska @klaudia.bsky.social · Apr 9

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Apr 8

While talking about languages and time, I told students, "We could be time travellers." And no one said anything.

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Mar 25

This is not to say that admins are not largely responsible for the state of education. But let's not let a generation of academics escape for their role in destroying the classroom for their egos.

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Mar 25

All the issues with students today can be traced back to the pre-pandemic classroom, where faculty, caving in the pressures of publish or perish, instituted a structure that previously worked for them and now noone else.

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Mar 25

Undergraduate classrooms are today what graduate classrooms were a decade ago.

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Mar 20

Why can't DOGE turn their attention to the peer review process?

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Mar 12

Parents of children going to college rn, WTFBRO? Did you not try raising them?

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Mar 8

People of colour, unite! We have yet to civilize the western bum-wipers, standing and seated.

talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · Mar 8

there’s people who stand up to wipe and people who stay seated to wipe and neither of them have any idea the other exists.

Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Feb 27

Why are we dunking on people for marrying other academics when the decolonial icon, Eve Tuck, is married to a popo?

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Ryan D'Souza @brownmunda.bsky.social · Feb 25

I wrote a eulogy for Aaron Bushnell on the one year anniversary of his self-immolation: mondoweiss.net/2025/02/aaro...

Aaron Bushnell and the universe of moral obligation

Through his self-immolation, Aaron Bushnell aligned himself with the Palestinian people and joined them outside the universe of moral obligation of the West. One year later we are still struggling to ...

mondoweiss.net

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