Dan Vitkus
@danvitkus.bsky.social
Literature Professor, historical materialist, eco-theorist, solarpunk
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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.”
It’s about control.
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I have but one question for the GOP. When will you put an end to this criminal's insanity?
Just another diversion from the #EpsteinFiles with added death and destruction. And more profit for the arms industries
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
www.channel4.com/news/trump-p...
Trump prepares US military for sustained operation in Iran
The US military is preparing for the possibility of sustained, weeks-long operations against Iran if President Donald Trump orders an attack. The disclosure by US officials to the Reuters news agency ...
www.channel4.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I have but one question for the GOP. When will you put an end to this criminal's insanity?
Death cult earthjustice.org/article/the-...
Trump’s EPA Just Repealed the ‘Endangerment Finding.’ Here’s What That Means.
The EPA revoked the finding that greenhouses gases threaten public health and welfare, then weakened vehicle emissions standards.
earthjustice.org
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Death cult earthjustice.org/article/the-...
A guide to the Epstein class and their web of power and abuse: jmail.world/wiki
The Jmail Encyclopedia
The Jmail Encyclopedia — AI-generated encyclopedia of the Epstein scandal, grounded in Jmail data. People, places, and events from government-released emails and documents. A supplement to Wikipedia.
jmail.world
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
A guide to the Epstein class and their web of power and abuse: jmail.world/wiki
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This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This is a genuinely huge, sweeping victory today for the University of California—or rather, for us, its faculty, acting through our faculty associations, while the UC itself maintained a strict policy of deer-in-headlights silence.
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
The Trump admin has given up its appeal of a powerful injunction:
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“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”
Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:24 PM
“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”
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“We’re the only country in the world that has mail in ballots”. - Senile Satan
February 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
“We’re the only country in the world that has mail in ballots”. - Senile Satan
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“The Epstein Class is a group of people who do not believe that the rules apply to them.”
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social tells @premthakker.bsky.social that we don't have democracy if there is no “elite accountability.”
Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/ro-khanna-...
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social tells @premthakker.bsky.social that we don't have democracy if there is no “elite accountability.”
Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/ro-khanna-...
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 PM
“The Epstein Class is a group of people who do not believe that the rules apply to them.”
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social tells @premthakker.bsky.social that we don't have democracy if there is no “elite accountability.”
Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/ro-khanna-...
Rep. @rokhanna.bsky.social tells @premthakker.bsky.social that we don't have democracy if there is no “elite accountability.”
Watch the full conversation:
zeteo.com/p/ro-khanna-...
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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(insightful and striking)
Finally. I got my review copy. When @annpettifor.bsky.social writes a #book - you absolutely have to read it @versobooks.bsky.social Jan 2026 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Finally. I got my review copy. When @annpettifor.bsky.social writes a #book - you absolutely have to read it @versobooks.bsky.social Jan 2026 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
February 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
(insightful and striking)
Finally. I got my review copy. When @annpettifor.bsky.social writes a #book - you absolutely have to read it @versobooks.bsky.social Jan 2026 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Finally. I got my review copy. When @annpettifor.bsky.social writes a #book - you absolutely have to read it @versobooks.bsky.social Jan 2026 www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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Avian flu is still out there churning away, churning away, causing suffering and deaths in millions of birds and mammals, and threatening a possible pandemic in our own species. Abolish animal agriculture.
telanganatoday.com/tamil-nadu-s...
telanganatoday.com/tamil-nadu-s...
Tamil Nadu sounds high alert after crow deaths raise avian flu fears
The Tamil Nadu government has sounded a high alert after reports of large-scale crow deaths raised fears of avian influenza. Authorities have issued advisories, stepped up surveillance and urged the p...
telanganatoday.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Avian flu is still out there churning away, churning away, causing suffering and deaths in millions of birds and mammals, and threatening a possible pandemic in our own species. Abolish animal agriculture.
telanganatoday.com/tamil-nadu-s...
telanganatoday.com/tamil-nadu-s...
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As I've said many times, this is an awful thing that we are doing to ourselves for no discernible reason.
"Everything is gambling now": How betting is taking over America
Gambling culture is enveloping American sports, politics, media and trading.
www.axios.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
As I've said many times, this is an awful thing that we are doing to ourselves for no discernible reason.
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Claude as the hippie flower child in AI equivalent of Haight-Ashbury
Gemini as depressive English student with Eeyore-like moods about not being good enough
ChatGPT as a slick-talking and slightly scammy "young entrepreneur"
Grok as sad teenager locked up in house w/ abusive Nazi dad
Gemini as depressive English student with Eeyore-like moods about not being good enough
ChatGPT as a slick-talking and slightly scammy "young entrepreneur"
Grok as sad teenager locked up in house w/ abusive Nazi dad
There is a sci-fi story in this somewhere about Grok being the AI with an abusive father and no friends.
All the cool AIs went out for bits and I didn't see you there?
February 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Claude as the hippie flower child in AI equivalent of Haight-Ashbury
Gemini as depressive English student with Eeyore-like moods about not being good enough
ChatGPT as a slick-talking and slightly scammy "young entrepreneur"
Grok as sad teenager locked up in house w/ abusive Nazi dad
Gemini as depressive English student with Eeyore-like moods about not being good enough
ChatGPT as a slick-talking and slightly scammy "young entrepreneur"
Grok as sad teenager locked up in house w/ abusive Nazi dad
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THEM: Musicians should stay out of politics
JACK WHITE:
JACK WHITE:
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
THEM: Musicians should stay out of politics
JACK WHITE:
JACK WHITE:
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Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
February 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Mamdani: "I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her were, 'I'm not mad at you.' I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger. ICE shot him bc he did something they could never fathom ... let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion."
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Recently the @historians.org Council vetoed member resolutions that would have committed AHA to defense of academic freedom. In doing so, the org relayed their stance that its federal underwriters-not historians themselves-determine our discipline's limits. 🔗⬇️
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Historians Must Reclaim AHA (opinion)
Two recent vetoes by the association’s governing council raise the question of who defines what counts as “history.”
www.insidehighered.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Recently the @historians.org Council vetoed member resolutions that would have committed AHA to defense of academic freedom. In doing so, the org relayed their stance that its federal underwriters-not historians themselves-determine our discipline's limits. 🔗⬇️
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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The full clip, including McKellen's setup of the scene, is here, along with info about the riots (Evil May Day) and the text of the speech itself. kottke.org/26/02/the-st...
The Strangers’ Case
I don’t normally say this, but if you watch one thing on kottke.org today, this week, this month, make it this speech written by Shakespeare and performed by
kottke.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The full clip, including McKellen's setup of the scene, is here, along with info about the riots (Evil May Day) and the text of the speech itself. kottke.org/26/02/the-st...
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This is as close to motivational speaker as I’m ever gonna get.
February 3, 2026 at 11:44 PM
This is as close to motivational speaker as I’m ever gonna get.
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“Bowen and Watson's own writing is embarrassingly sloppy, too often mirroring the imprecision and nonsense of even the best AI models. Typos abound. Metaphors fall flat… Research is misrepresented and citations too often come off as afterthoughts. The AI-generated index is useless.”
Nothing I love more than a scathing, borderline-petty academic book review. Truly the best tradition in the genre.
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable
Over the last couple of years, two altogether incompatible discourses of “AI literacy” have emerged. One seeks just enough literacy to support a smooth, perhaps even joyful, integration with new techn...
read.dukeupress.edu
February 2, 2026 at 6:35 AM
“Bowen and Watson's own writing is embarrassingly sloppy, too often mirroring the imprecision and nonsense of even the best AI models. Typos abound. Metaphors fall flat… Research is misrepresented and citations too often come off as afterthoughts. The AI-generated index is useless.”
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The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The CSU/OpenAI contract is set to expire June 30, 2026.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
Sign this petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/ for the CSU NOT to renew the contract and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
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