Nick Carnes
@carnes.bsky.social
Author of White-Collar Government and The Cash Ceiling
Co-Editor of The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Bio/Foster/Adoptive Parent
Co-Editor of The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Bio/Foster/Adoptive Parent
Showed a student his grade in my MS Excel spreadsheet and he expressed surprise that Microsoft had created its own version of Google Sheets.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Showed a student his grade in my MS Excel spreadsheet and he expressed surprise that Microsoft had created its own version of Google Sheets.
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stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
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Introducing whimsy into the day by signing a long bureaucratic email with "Gobble gobble"
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Introducing whimsy into the day by signing a long bureaucratic email with "Gobble gobble"
This was reposted on my feed by Patton Oswalt. Why does a famous comedian better understand higher ed politics than so many people working in higher ed?
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This was reposted on my feed by Patton Oswalt. Why does a famous comedian better understand higher ed politics than so many people working in higher ed?
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A little belatedly sharing this piece that I published in @chronicle.com 's Opinion Forum (sorry full text is paywalled)
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A little belatedly sharing this piece that I published in @chronicle.com 's Opinion Forum (sorry full text is paywalled)
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
"Agencies within [DHS], including [ICE and CBP] intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25." --> thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Agencies within [DHS], including [ICE and CBP] intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25." --> thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-tr...
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Watergate every day
Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim
The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Watergate every day
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New insult to life itself just dropped
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
New insult to life itself just dropped
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Stephen King: “I wrote Pet Sematary as a cautionary tale of what happens when a grief and despair overpower the order of a natural world”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Stephen King: “I wrote Pet Sematary as a cautionary tale of what happens when a grief and despair overpower the order of a natural world”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
Tech Bros: “At long last, we have recreated the pet sematary from the novel Pet Sematary”
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"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Other people have no interiority, and are just services I can access to make myself feel better" is a pretty keen insight into how these people think
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"the wealthy and powerful appear not as master operators but as bumbling sycophants, eager to cozy up to influence no matter how villainous or depraved"
PS read those emails and tell me you would pay that person hundreds of millions of dollars for investment advice
PS read those emails and tell me you would pay that person hundreds of millions of dollars for investment advice
Importance: High
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
subj: An article for U (gift link)
i wrote ,,,,,, about jeff epstein. s emails.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
When QAnon Meets Veep
The dumb, abhorrent truth at the heart of the Epstein scandal
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
"the wealthy and powerful appear not as master operators but as bumbling sycophants, eager to cozy up to influence no matter how villainous or depraved"
PS read those emails and tell me you would pay that person hundreds of millions of dollars for investment advice
PS read those emails and tell me you would pay that person hundreds of millions of dollars for investment advice
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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The principled defense of academic freedom is hard and more important than ever.
Folks, we are truly through the looking glass here.
This statement - from Senator Jim Banks - could have been taken verbatim from an article lamenting the censorious left.
This statement - from Senator Jim Banks - could have been taken verbatim from an article lamenting the censorious left.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The principled defense of academic freedom is hard and more important than ever.
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Reading through these emails, I’m reminded of the saying: “You can’t con an honest man.” Epstein may not have understood grammar, but he sure understood that.
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Reading through these emails, I’m reminded of the saying: “You can’t con an honest man.” Epstein may not have understood grammar, but he sure understood that.
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Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
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"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
November 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"You know us...So please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong."
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Powerful letter from retired Chicago broadcast journalists about what ICE/CBP is doing to our city: "it is terror"
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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The 17 year old who had sex for money with Trump’s first nominee for Attorney General was in and out of a homeless shelter, working at McDonalds. and trying to save up for braces. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The 17 year old who had sex for money with Trump’s first nominee for Attorney General was in and out of a homeless shelter, working at McDonalds. and trying to save up for braces. (Gift link).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Me, in class:
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Me, in class:
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I would like to speak to the smug legalists who assured us this could never happen
The president is putting together his own police force to operate in cities, with few legal constraints
Trumpforce
The president is putting together his own police force to operate in cities, with few legal constraints
econ.st
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I would like to speak to the smug legalists who assured us this could never happen
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Academia is a meritocracy without bias, evidence from a former Harvard president.
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Academia is a meritocracy without bias, evidence from a former Harvard president.
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We knew that Trump was never a populist. In fact, he's the anti-populist: leaning into a corrupt kleptocracy where there are no consequences for the rich and powerful. These latest Epstein emails are yet another piece of evidence that that is his world.
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We knew that Trump was never a populist. In fact, he's the anti-populist: leaning into a corrupt kleptocracy where there are no consequences for the rich and powerful. These latest Epstein emails are yet another piece of evidence that that is his world.
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This describes basically the entire "rationalist" movement, starting from the 2000s, that morphed into the tech reactionary anti-democracy movement now.
We gotta have a clear term for people so cynical they become gullible.
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This describes basically the entire "rationalist" movement, starting from the 2000s, that morphed into the tech reactionary anti-democracy movement now.