the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)
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Fucking Seth Moulton figuring this out before anyone else...
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Fucking Seth Moulton figuring this out before anyone else...
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Faculty voted against this move almost unanimously. If we ever get free of this mess I hope it's clear that faculty and not administrators need to be in charge of the academy
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Faculty voted against this move almost unanimously. If we ever get free of this mess I hope it's clear that faculty and not administrators need to be in charge of the academy
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TFW you know you’re not even gonna make it to the Hague
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
TFW you know you’re not even gonna make it to the Hague
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And that is called paying the Dane-geld
But we've proved it again and again
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane
But we've proved it again and again
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
And that is called paying the Dane-geld
But we've proved it again and again
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane
But we've proved it again and again
That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld
You never get rid of the Dane
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this man has an approval rating in the mid-30s and dropping, everything he does turns to shit, you do not have to do this
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
this man has an approval rating in the mid-30s and dropping, everything he does turns to shit, you do not have to do this
I applied for what looked like a dream job at Northwestern a year ago and uh, boy maybe not actually
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I applied for what looked like a dream job at Northwestern a year ago and uh, boy maybe not actually
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I think I became convinced that most of the United States is an anti-human hellscape when I worked in refugee resettlement. Seeing that Afghan family who went from rural Kandahar to the Red Roof Inn off the interstate. The look on their faces when I dropped them off. Dark fucking shit.
Listen, I was there when the first afghans evacuees got off the plane at Dulles in late July 2021. But a few months later we had nice liberals in the community asking us if they could host a Ukrainian family. "What about Afghan or Congolese?"
"Oh, no thanks"
Racist fucking country, man
"Oh, no thanks"
Racist fucking country, man
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I think I became convinced that most of the United States is an anti-human hellscape when I worked in refugee resettlement. Seeing that Afghan family who went from rural Kandahar to the Red Roof Inn off the interstate. The look on their faces when I dropped them off. Dark fucking shit.
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At 10 over 75? Non-zero chance his 'trial' is a note read aloud next to a burn pit.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
At 10 over 75? Non-zero chance his 'trial' is a note read aloud next to a burn pit.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
You know the joke that in some extreme circumstances you 'stop being biology and start being physics'?
There is a point where your politics stop being law and start being history. It is not a good place to be.
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The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
John Roberts has secured his place in history alongside Al Capone and Bernard Madoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | Why Trump Won’t Face Prosecution This Time Around
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
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incredible quote lol
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
incredible quote lol
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He’s at 60% disproval lol
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
He’s at 60% disproval lol
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As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
America has to be redeemed with blood. That is the driving force of my politics at this point. A lot of people need to be buried in shallow graves or spend the rest of their lives in prison, and a lot of people need to live the rest of their lives in penance and ostracism
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 AM
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
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America has to be redeemed with blood. That is the driving force of my politics at this point. A lot of people need to be buried in shallow graves or spend the rest of their lives in prison, and a lot of people need to live the rest of their lives in penance and ostracism
November 29, 2025 at 1:10 AM
America has to be redeemed with blood. That is the driving force of my politics at this point. A lot of people need to be buried in shallow graves or spend the rest of their lives in prison, and a lot of people need to live the rest of their lives in penance and ostracism
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Point is that transphobia and anti-Arab bigotry, both incredibly popular among liberal elites, are at odds with liberal principles and corrode a liberal's capacity to enforce their value set vis a vis policy and behavior.
Let’s blame rank transphobia on the real culprit: liberalism
there are a lot of brain-rotting ideologies that can twist a liberal without moral guide-lines into a vicious, miserable reactionary but transphobia and zionism really are something else in the social media age
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Point is that transphobia and anti-Arab bigotry, both incredibly popular among liberal elites, are at odds with liberal principles and corrode a liberal's capacity to enforce their value set vis a vis policy and behavior.
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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It was obvious that eventually, Syrian locals would start fighting the Israelis forces which invaded their communities without provocation. It was equally obvious that Israel would use that armed resistance as a justification for maintaining and even expanding their occupation.
According to Syrian media, Israel accuses the Syrian government of having affiliations with the "militants" (Syrian locals) who resisted the Israeli raid on Beit Jinn
November 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It was obvious that eventually, Syrian locals would start fighting the Israelis forces which invaded their communities without provocation. It was equally obvious that Israel would use that armed resistance as a justification for maintaining and even expanding their occupation.
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
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Doug Jones should have been Biden’s Attorney General. but even someone like Jones would be too nice to be the post-Trump II AG.
The next Democratic president cannot fail like Biden did by appointing Garland.
It is hard but necessary to bring up murder charges on Hegseth and other top level officials who did this.
It is hard but necessary to bring up murder charges on Hegseth and other top level officials who did this.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Doug Jones should have been Biden’s Attorney General. but even someone like Jones would be too nice to be the post-Trump II AG.
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trump will pardon or assist any head of state who has been convicted for crimes. acting out of self preservation, basically
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
trump will pardon or assist any head of state who has been convicted for crimes. acting out of self preservation, basically
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Van Epps has been begging Trump to come to the district, instead he gets this half-gesture. This is nervous behavior
Trump and Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost Matt Van Epps in the #TN07 special election. www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Van Epps has been begging Trump to come to the district, instead he gets this half-gesture. This is nervous behavior
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Yallah birds
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Yallah birds
there but for a bunch of fucking cowards go we
The same thing would have happened here, you know, had we actually locked the guy up like he deserves.
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term | Jair Bolsonaro | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term | Jair Bolsonaro | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27-year jail term
Brazil shows little sign of feared rightwing rebellion, with only a few die-hards protesting outside prison
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
there but for a bunch of fucking cowards go we
a follower made a Jeff Flake comparison and I think it has actually been that long.
It’s so rare for elected Republicans to speak out against Trump in any form, but when was the last time we saw one leverage an issue in an unrelated vote?
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
a follower made a Jeff Flake comparison and I think it has actually been that long.
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given how unpopular Trump is, it’s insane that civil society/universities/law firms are still asking themselves “how do I stay on Trump’s good side” rather than “how do I avoid facing consequences for complying with Trump’s illegal demands”
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
given how unpopular Trump is, it’s insane that civil society/universities/law firms are still asking themselves “how do I stay on Trump’s good side” rather than “how do I avoid facing consequences for complying with Trump’s illegal demands”