Bob Nowlan
@ranowlan.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus, Critical Studies, U of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Producer and dj host of weekly radio shows Insurgence, WHYS, Eau Claire and Left Edge Radio, KNSJ, San Diego. Live in San Diego with my husband, Andy Swanson, and our pugs Aidan and Patrick.
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Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani
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December 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Lots of interest here, and I will write about it. But what jumped out at me was ZM's observation that the laws we need are already on the books. We just need to enforce them. I mean, OF COURSE, but... it needs to be said.
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#GVerse #Veterans
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, a veteran, or identified who I was. They ignored everything I said. They just broke my window and dragged me out. I let them know I was a veteran, I wasn't doing anything wrong, just trying to get to work.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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What can we do when the world's biggest platform decides an artist should be disappeared? People keep asking me. I don't know, I'm just the canary in this coal mine. I ask you, in the name of freedom of thought on planet Earth: what's next?
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YouTube, aka the Biggest Platform on Earth, Has Deleted All My Albums
It seems abundantly obvious to me that everyone who believes in free expression, whatever side of various political equations they may be on, should be
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December 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
What can we do when the world's biggest platform decides an artist should be disappeared? People keep asking me. I don't know, I'm just the canary in this coal mine. I ask you, in the name of freedom of thought on planet Earth: what's next?
www.counterpunch.org/2025/12/05/y...
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The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I love the citation here from David Wojnarowicz at the inaugural ‘Day Without Art’. Never forget.
I love the citation here from David Wojnarowicz at the inaugural ‘Day Without Art’. Never forget.
12.02.25
Commemoration
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December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I love the citation here from David Wojnarowicz at the inaugural ‘Day Without Art’. Never forget.
I love the citation here from David Wojnarowicz at the inaugural ‘Day Without Art’. Never forget.
It is outrageous and absurd to scapegoat not only all immigrants from Afghanistan but also all immigrants from whatever country Trump deems ‘Third World’ and all asylum seekers from all countries for the action of one man in shooting two people, killing one and critically injuring the other.
November 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It is outrageous and absurd to scapegoat not only all immigrants from Afghanistan but also all immigrants from whatever country Trump deems ‘Third World’ and all asylum seekers from all countries for the action of one man in shooting two people, killing one and critically injuring the other.
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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And that’s what racist despots do: exploit tragedies like yesterday to scapegoat whole populations they already don’t like. Never mind all so many of these Afghans did for US troops while the latter were in Afghanistan.
And that’s what racist despots do: exploit tragedies like yesterday to scapegoat whole populations they already don’t like. Never mind all so many of these Afghans did for US troops while the latter were in Afghanistan.
Trump collectively punishes Afghan community after Wednesday shooting
The administration quickly politicized and sought to weaponize the tragic shooting.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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And that’s what racist despots do: exploit tragedies like yesterday to scapegoat whole populations they already don’t like. Never mind all so many of these Afghans did for US troops while the latter were in Afghanistan.
And that’s what racist despots do: exploit tragedies like yesterday to scapegoat whole populations they already don’t like. Never mind all so many of these Afghans did for US troops while the latter were in Afghanistan.
