Brendan Cantwell
@cantb.bsky.social
Views and speech are mine alone. Periodically deletes.
Great job everyone
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Great job everyone
Sometimes I think about the national media and elites treated the tea party so credulously. People really thought they could traffic in fantasy that these were good faith small government advocates and everything would be fine.
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Sometimes I think about the national media and elites treated the tea party so credulously. People really thought they could traffic in fantasy that these were good faith small government advocates and everything would be fine.
Andrew Huberman, tenured at Stanford’s medical school. The idea that US higher education is a liberal monoculture is impervious to the fact that its most established corners are jam-packed full of conservative thinkers, heterodox weirdos, and hard right bigots.
The new CBS contributors:
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
Elliot Ackerman, Peter Attia, Masih Alinejad, Arthur Brooks, Caroline Chambers, Clare de Boer, Niall Ferguson, Roland Fryer Jr., Andrew Huberman, Coleman Hughes, Mark Hyman, Janna Levin, Casey Lewis, HR McMaster, Patrick McGee, Reihan Salam, Lauren Sherman, Derek Thompson
January 27, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Andrew Huberman, tenured at Stanford’s medical school. The idea that US higher education is a liberal monoculture is impervious to the fact that its most established corners are jam-packed full of conservative thinkers, heterodox weirdos, and hard right bigots.
Texas absolutely REFUSES to be outdone by Florida. Texas will be the most culturally and politically pure state in the new confederacy.
Greg Abbott halts H-1B visas at Texas universities, agencies
The governor said public universities and state agencies may not seek new visas without permission through the end of the 2027 legislative session.
www.texastribune.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Texas absolutely REFUSES to be outdone by Florida. Texas will be the most culturally and politically pure state in the new confederacy.
Check out this new organization lead by Mike to protect higher education and advance equity. I’m proud to be a member of the Alliance’s Speaker Bureau.
Higher ed is where we name who we are and dream of who we want to become. That dream is under threat. I’m proud to introduce the @alliancehighered.bsky.social and humbled to serve as its inaugural president. Join the movement in support opportunity and democracy: allianceforhighered.org
The Alliance
allianceforhighered.org
January 27, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Check out this new organization lead by Mike to protect higher education and advance equity. I’m proud to be a member of the Alliance’s Speaker Bureau.
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I think Democrats should understand that every “reform” will be met with demands for even more funds for immigration enforcement, just like local cops do:
“If you require us to get warrants for every stop, we need more officers and funding.”
“Body cameras? We need more funding and staff.”
“If you require us to get warrants for every stop, we need more officers and funding.”
“Body cameras? We need more funding and staff.”
January 27, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I think Democrats should understand that every “reform” will be met with demands for even more funds for immigration enforcement, just like local cops do:
“If you require us to get warrants for every stop, we need more officers and funding.”
“Body cameras? We need more funding and staff.”
“If you require us to get warrants for every stop, we need more officers and funding.”
“Body cameras? We need more funding and staff.”
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Two-thirds of the US population!
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Two-thirds of the US population!
Returning Border Patrol agents to the border is all well and good except the border zone is enormous and includes major cities like NY and LA and the entire state of MI.
January 27, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Returning Border Patrol agents to the border is all well and good except the border zone is enormous and includes major cities like NY and LA and the entire state of MI.
WTF
www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/...
“ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is supporting the US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and host nation to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organisations,” the agency said in a statement.'
The IOC's militarised spectacle
“ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is supporting the US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service and host nation to vet and mitigate risks from transnational criminal organisations,” the agency said in a statement.'
The IOC's militarised spectacle
ICE agents from US set to help with security at Winter Olympics in Italy
The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are set to begin on February 6, with shock at the late news of ICE involvement.
www.aljazeera.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
WTF
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Institutional neutrality is a straight jacket the campus presidents and boards put themselves in in order to absolve them of any moral obligations to the to the world and community which they reside. Trump’s Compact attempted to codify this practice that many, many campuses adopted on their own.
January 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Institutional neutrality is a straight jacket the campus presidents and boards put themselves in in order to absolve them of any moral obligations to the to the world and community which they reside. Trump’s Compact attempted to codify this practice that many, many campuses adopted on their own.
Unlike the woke schools, at the University of Austin you can study military history.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Unlike the woke schools, at the University of Austin you can study military history.
If this is true, gotta say making the one (clearly awful but the all are) woman involved take the fall is extremely on brand.
so bari definitely got the heads up that noem is being shitcanned, right?
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 PM
If this is true, gotta say making the one (clearly awful but the all are) woman involved take the fall is extremely on brand.
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Censorship comes to the University of Arkansas Little Rock: arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
UPDATE: Lectures on race and history canceled in latest assault on academic freedom in Arkansas - Arkansas Times
Two planned lectures on race and history have been canceled at UALR after campus leadership was apparently concerned conservative lawmakers might take offense and withhold future funding.
arktimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Censorship comes to the University of Arkansas Little Rock: arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
lol My freshman GOP Rep, Tom Barrett’s phone numbers will not accept any incomong calls barrett.house.gov
Representative Tom Barrett
barrett.house.gov
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
lol My freshman GOP Rep, Tom Barrett’s phone numbers will not accept any incomong calls barrett.house.gov
All the centers chatter about how Democrats should avoid making immigration. A big issue seems to miss the fundamental point: it’s Trump who made an enormous error and handling the issue and he blew it, now even with some of his core constituents. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
A Crisis of Confidence for ICE and Border Patrol as Clashes Escalate
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
All the centers chatter about how Democrats should avoid making immigration. A big issue seems to miss the fundamental point: it’s Trump who made an enormous error and handling the issue and he blew it, now even with some of his core constituents. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."
January 26, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Following the Kent State massacre in May 1970, a Gallup poll showed that 58% of Americans thought the shootings were justified. The night *before* the killings, Ohio's GOP governor described the student protesters this way: "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America."
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New research by @imbernomics.bsky.social and colleagues using Texas data dives into different economic returns to college majors by race and gender. There are differences in the share of students going into high-paying fields, as well as earnings within those fields.
The Contribution of College Majors to Gender and Racial Earnings Differences
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:50 AM
New research by @imbernomics.bsky.social and colleagues using Texas data dives into different economic returns to college majors by race and gender. There are differences in the share of students going into high-paying fields, as well as earnings within those fields.
They’re killing people in the street. Is cold. And they just canceled public schools again. Sorry, dry January, you’re over.
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
They’re killing people in the street. Is cold. And they just canceled public schools again. Sorry, dry January, you’re over.
Columbia Selects University of Wisconsin Chancellor as Its President
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The Lloyds lads are up against Barclays babes on iTV’s ‘Great City Write-Off’
I don't know, banking competition sounds pretty good
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
The Lloyds lads are up against Barclays babes on iTV’s ‘Great City Write-Off’
In the UK not only do they have the banking competition show, and the dancing competition show, but also watercolor, pottery, and knitting competition shows. It’s a social pathology, if you ask me (which no one did).
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
In the UK not only do they have the banking competition show, and the dancing competition show, but also watercolor, pottery, and knitting competition shows. It’s a social pathology, if you ask me (which no one did).
Guys, I haven’t heard, is it snowing on in the South and on the East Coast?
January 25, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Guys, I haven’t heard, is it snowing on in the South and on the East Coast?
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So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
January 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
So which politician is calling for the dismantling of the probably illegal database that ice & this government is collecting biometric data of protesters?
When protesters came to the Michigan Capitol, armed with assault rifles because they were upset about Covid stay at home restrictions you know how many of them were shot and killed?
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www.npr.org/2020/05/14/8...
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Heavily Armed Protesters Gather Again At Michigan Capitol To Decry Stay-At-Home Order
Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been threatened online with violence by opponents who have organized another demonstration at the State Capitol on Thursday.
www.npr.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
When protesters came to the Michigan Capitol, armed with assault rifles because they were upset about Covid stay at home restrictions you know how many of them were shot and killed?
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www.npr.org/2020/05/14/8...
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www.npr.org/2020/05/14/8...