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Brooke Harrington

@ebharrington.bsky.social

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Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words @washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian. All at brookeharrington.com .. more

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Elisabeth Brooke Harrington is an American academic, scholar, author, and professor of economic sociology at Dartmouth College.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Jan 23

Here's everything I've done so far on broligarchy, all in one place, starting with my Inauguration Day interview on @thedailyshow.com with Jon Stewart, through multiple BlueSky threads on the subject, some other interviews & a couple articles in @theatlantic.com. 1/9
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Brooke Harrington - Trump’s “Broligarchy” of Tech Billionaires | The Daily Show

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1h

The Wall Museum in Berlin, located at the former Checkpoint Charlie--border crossing btw E & W Germany--it's packed w/items attesting to the desperation of ppl trapped in fascist regimes, from hand-sewn hot air balloons to impossibly small hidey holes in VW Bugs.

I fear the US is heading for this.

DIY hot air balloon used in an effort to escape East Germany.

VW Bug with a teeny tiny hiding spot under the hood.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1h

IKR? I almost flagged that, too.

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I can think of no response to this level of surreality than to appeal to our lizard overlords to reset the simulation.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1h

The chimpanzee community reading this news:

a stuffed monkey talking on a phone with tv peru written on the bottom

ALT: a stuffed monkey talking on a phone with tv peru written on the bottom

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

I ABSOLUTELY have to work this into conversation, preferably at academic conferences: "Cease thy words and devote thyself to 'Leprosies' and 'Tents'."

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

And we all know that the Nobel Prize awards committee members read Truth Social!

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

Drake has amassed a pile of Ls so large that it can only be adequately described in German:

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

Funny how hunting and trapping young women to coerce them into "dating," through pre-meditated sabotage like letting their air out of their cars' tires or canceling their hotel rooms, is such a common tactic among Trump's most prominent allies.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

Between him and MTG breaking publicly from Trump, I'm beginning to feel rumblings of A Great Disturbance in the Force.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

Poorly-executed ripoffs of fine watches are so on-brand for the guy who has for years been giving fake "diamond and platinum" cufflinks as gifts to his pals.
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Trump has been giving out fake diamond cuff links for years

Donald Trump has been doling out diamond cuff links to unsuspecting pals as presents — but they’re actually fabulous fakes, sources say. At least three recipients later learned that the glittery gi…

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 6h

Oh, "gorilla" as in "Animal Planet?" The article is paywalled, so I can't see how the author develops this idea. Is the author's point that there is something particularly appealing to Trump about wildlife shows?

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Did you paint that? It's gorgeous.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Always breathtaking to encounter people whose one and only priority in life appears to be preserving the illusion that they are morally pure--and who are willing to scapegoat anybody at any time for the consequences of their own actions.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

guerilla?

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

It's like Poe's "The Telltale Heart" updated for 21stC social media. Guilty-conscience-posting as the maniac dictator sends US troops to invade US cities and masked goons to disappear people off the streets into unmarked vans.

"No, the REAL point here is that Harris wouldn't have been any better."

a cartoon character named stewie from family guy is holding a ball .

ALT: a cartoon character named stewie from family guy is holding a ball .

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Put this in the Louvre:

"My refusal to vote for Harris helped put a maniac dictator in charge of the world's largest economy & nuclear arsenal, & he wants to raze Gaza to build a luxury resort, but the IMPORTANT thing everyone must acknowledge is that I was right & liberals were--as always--wrong."

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

As the parent of a male adolescent, this question keeps running through my mind while reading the news: how do you turn immature goofballs who can't consistently remember to take their lunchbox out of the fridge for school every morning into such reliable hate machines?

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Paging Jake Tapper to the Presidential Dementia Courtesy Phone...

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 1d

It has been said: start an email with normal human pleasantries and only later get to your request for work.

But I say unto you: no, get your request into the first line so I can see it in the preview without having to click anything.

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 1d

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

I couldn't imagine a more perfectly poetic example of saying the quiet part out loud than "we took the freedom of speech away"

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. He, an actual billionaire, is not intimidated by a fake billionaire. As governor of a state famed for its corrupt leaders on the take, 2-bit tough guys like Trump don't faze him.

Having met Pritzker decades ago, I can tell you first hand he's really like this. Would make a great POTUS.

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

Fugitive Womb Act

awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 1d

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1d

YES: this is the best of Chicago. Let's Go Brandon (Johnson)!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

The most fundamental political debate of our time: You are integrated into and have responsibility for our complex, imperfect society vs. Nuh-uh.

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 1d

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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