costrike
@costrike.bsky.social
Lecturer, writer, & socent interested in inequality, sustainability, resource use, systems thinking, & maintaining democracy. Enjoy cooking, gardening, writing & wandering.
Matters will not improve of their own accord.
Matters will not improve of their own accord.
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@costrike.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I'm noodling on the next Wicked Problems Collaborative project, so it feels like a good time to create a starter pack. It's been a huge honor to collaborate with this crew - so many great people who are trying to make things better.
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It's tough to be stuck in a position of power that demands morality, while suffering from an utter lack of it
The Republican hacks on SCOTUS start with whatever ruling will help their fellow Republican partisans and lazily work backwards from there, barely offering an excuse for their egregious hackery.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
John Roberts keeps complaining no one respects them. Yeah, because we’re actually paying attention.
Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
ALT: Trump Thanks Chief Justice Roberts Won'T Forget GIF
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
It's tough to be stuck in a position of power that demands morality, while suffering from an utter lack of it
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Douthat tried hard to be reasonable, but in the end all his concerns are about trans rights "overreach" hurting people who aren't trans: Female athletes, kids who aren't *really* trans, parents afraid of saying the wrong thing (it's a long list!).
For Chase Strangio, a transgender rights activist and a lawyer with the A.C.L.U., transitioning “felt like coming home,” he says on this episode of “Interesting Times.
“It felt like resolving a longstanding period of homesickness and then finally getting into your own bed.”
“It felt like resolving a longstanding period of homesickness and then finally getting into your own bed.”
Opinion | The Shifting Politics of Transgender Rights
The lawyer and activist Chase Strangio on cultural divisions and common ground.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Douthat tried hard to be reasonable, but in the end all his concerns are about trans rights "overreach" hurting people who aren't trans: Female athletes, kids who aren't *really* trans, parents afraid of saying the wrong thing (it's a long list!).
Somebody's lying and I think we know who it is
Exclusive: Survivors clinging to capsized boat didn’t radio for backup, admiral overseeing double-tap strike tells lawmakers | CNN Politics
The two men killed as they floated holding onto their capsized boat in a secondary strike against a suspected drug vessel in early September did not appear to have radio or other communications device...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Somebody's lying and I think we know who it is
"but in California they voted on it, so we can't allow it."
Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas’ Gerrymandered House Maps talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas’ Gerrymandered House Maps
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 order, has put on hold a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"but in California they voted on it, so we can't allow it."
Tomorrow's excuse will be better, tho
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Tomorrow's excuse will be better, tho
If you think the folks at Google commissioned this out of the goodness of their hearts, you may actually be hallucinating.
Update on the White Mirror project.
A softer image of AI? This Google-backed film aims to change the narrative
The Silicon Valley giant teamed up with Range Media Partners earlier this year to commission short films about artificial intelligence that have less doomsday depictions of technology.
www.latimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you think the folks at Google commissioned this out of the goodness of their hearts, you may actually be hallucinating.
Ask Tom to define "righteous" and he'd snap like Eric at the end of Billy Madison.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Ask Tom to define "righteous" and he'd snap like Eric at the end of Billy Madison.
Give me leaded gas or give me undesired health
inhaling fiberglass shards to own the libs
easy to imagine benny johnson huffing asbestos on camera to own the libs
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Give me leaded gas or give me undesired health
Odds JD Vance is the surprise guest?
CBS News next weekend is broadcasting a Bari Weiss-Erika Kirk "town hall." Why not just start simulcasting Hannity?
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Odds JD Vance is the surprise guest?
Preach.
I lived in the Twin Cities. Just wanted to highlight one sliver of this: the gall of a cable news-addict shit-posting meeting-napper talking about anyone’s work ethic is so absurd. The most slothful Somali slacker in Minneapolis works harder than any of this orange idiot’s kids. How dare he.
i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Preach.
"You see two men clinging to wreckage and think they're just trying to survive. That's what they want you to think."
Admiral Bradley is apparently going to tell Congress tomorrow that the two survivors whose boat had been blown to smithereens “were attempting to continue their drug run, making themselves legitimate targets for another attack.”
Via WSJ
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Via WSJ
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www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"You see two men clinging to wreckage and think they're just trying to survive. That's what they want you to think."
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Excellent point.
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Excellent point.
I bet this doesn't end well
This is insane. I cannot believe we are such a trash fire country that CNN, who makes the news, is now in bed with the company that lets you bet on the news. As if they couldn't lose any more credibility now we'll know execs are spiking stories based on how they bet and not just to suck Trump off
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I bet this doesn't end well
They're gonna need a helluva a lot of immigrants
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
They're gonna need a helluva a lot of immigrants
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This is what Hitler said about us
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is what Hitler said about us
I'd love to see someone call out all of the times he's pulled this, and make a supercut video
I am begging one, JUST ONE, congressional reporter to follow up with Mike Johnson by asking, "What are the American people to make of a Speaker of the House who tells us daily that he's not aware of what's happening on Capitol Hill and the White House?"
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'd love to see someone call out all of the times he's pulled this, and make a supercut video
Monopoly is capitalism in its purest form
By murdering **alleged** Venezuelan drug smugglers, Trump is really just eliminating the competition.
“Trump pardons cocaine kingpin who ruled Honduras” 12/2/25 … 1/
December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Monopoly is capitalism in its purest form
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strong floor praise nazis
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
strong floor praise nazis
They obviously know nothing about the fog of war.
Pentagon watchdog finds Hegseth’s use of Signal posed risk to US personnel, AP sources say
The Pentagon’s watchdog has found that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth put U.S. personnel and their mission at risk when he used the Signal messaging app to convey sensitive information about a militar...
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
They obviously know nothing about the fog of war.
He's ceding ground where they should be on the advance
AIPAC Shakur does his thing. I've frankly never seen an opposition leader present such muddled gibberish as this. It's not that he's merely weak in rhetoric. His mind is mush.
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
He's ceding ground where they should be on the advance
We're being robbed
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
We're being robbed
We can't allow this
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We can't allow this
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The answer for me - in the classroom - has been to use universal design principles. I don’t give tests, my assignments are open book & can be submitted in multiple ways, I give extensions to anyone who asks. People have family emergencies, work demands, get ill… An inclusive class helps more people.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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