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NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
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By insisting that gravity exists, physicists are excluding those who think it doesn't exist — and reducing the number of ideas by half. I am a professional political commentator.
December 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
By insisting that gravity exists, physicists are excluding those who think it doesn't exist — and reducing the number of ideas by half. I am a professional political commentator.
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I think a lot about Gene Demby's NPR "code switch" piece on Maklemore performing "Thrift Shop" dressed as the worst stereotype of an antisemitic meme. It ends with a metaphor about "accidental" black face.
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I think a lot about Gene Demby's NPR "code switch" piece on Maklemore performing "Thrift Shop" dressed as the worst stereotype of an antisemitic meme. It ends with a metaphor about "accidental" black face.
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
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I know I keep posting about this a lot but seeing this behavior mainstreamed by a popular well known athlete has really shaken me up and I am going to do everything I can to educate about it and spread the word about how incredibly dangerous it is to Jews.
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I know I keep posting about this a lot but seeing this behavior mainstreamed by a popular well known athlete has really shaken me up and I am going to do everything I can to educate about it and spread the word about how incredibly dangerous it is to Jews.
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I’m about 10 paid subscriptions away from being back to the number I had before leaving Substack a few months ago. 20% off annual pubs rn, & imo the Discord community alone is worth the price! Subscribe now: www.thefrankiedlc.news/upgrade
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’m about 10 paid subscriptions away from being back to the number I had before leaving Substack a few months ago. 20% off annual pubs rn, & imo the Discord community alone is worth the price! Subscribe now: www.thefrankiedlc.news/upgrade
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it's been pointed out before but we got rid of a lot of the people equipped to deal with social issues at these places during the "stick to sports" blowback and now there's a vast lack at an editorial level (and probably, unwillingness) to dig into anything that isn't purely sports of a given story
December 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
it's been pointed out before but we got rid of a lot of the people equipped to deal with social issues at these places during the "stick to sports" blowback and now there's a vast lack at an editorial level (and probably, unwillingness) to dig into anything that isn't purely sports of a given story
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If this becomes popularized like 6-7 was, it’ll require lots of public education to address it.
It’s time for sports media to shine a light here and let folks know this is an antisemitic meme, not a joke.
It’s time for sports media to shine a light here and let folks know this is an antisemitic meme, not a joke.
It's rather incredible to me how many sports outlets' primary takeaway from this livestream was that Nacua criticized NFL refs and not that he did something EXTREMELY antisemitic during it. AA is practically the only one to actually highlight this.
December 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
If this becomes popularized like 6-7 was, it’ll require lots of public education to address it.
It’s time for sports media to shine a light here and let folks know this is an antisemitic meme, not a joke.
It’s time for sports media to shine a light here and let folks know this is an antisemitic meme, not a joke.
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Heads up: Want to buy an El Burrito Mercado gift card for a family/individual in St. Paul who may need it? Use the contact form and the owner will get back to you with an email address you can use to get the gift card to a local organization they are working with ❤️
www.elburritomercado.com/contact/
www.elburritomercado.com/contact/
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Heads up: Want to buy an El Burrito Mercado gift card for a family/individual in St. Paul who may need it? Use the contact form and the owner will get back to you with an email address you can use to get the gift card to a local organization they are working with ❤️
www.elburritomercado.com/contact/
www.elburritomercado.com/contact/
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Sigh. Just sigh. It wasn't particularly subtle antisemitism either. I'm having trouble giving sports sites the benefit of the doubt here.
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Sigh. Just sigh. It wasn't particularly subtle antisemitism either. I'm having trouble giving sports sites the benefit of the doubt here.
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From my own niche: institutions of higher education should stop chasing trends, work internally to assert a set of values, and then build curriculum around those values.
just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"
December 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
From my own niche: institutions of higher education should stop chasing trends, work internally to assert a set of values, and then build curriculum around those values.
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Okay the only thing I’ll say about the Compact article is field specific: the trope of “traditional” military history vs. “woke” critical theory needs to die.
How could we even write about the Roman military w/o addressing colonization, empire, masculinity, trauma, ethnicity?
How could we even write about the Roman military w/o addressing colonization, empire, masculinity, trauma, ethnicity?
This is 100% incorrect as the explanation for why someone obsessed with Roman *military* history is not being hired.
December 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Okay the only thing I’ll say about the Compact article is field specific: the trope of “traditional” military history vs. “woke” critical theory needs to die.
How could we even write about the Roman military w/o addressing colonization, empire, masculinity, trauma, ethnicity?
How could we even write about the Roman military w/o addressing colonization, empire, masculinity, trauma, ethnicity?
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SAPPHIC WOMEN’S HOCKEY ROMANCES! 🏒💖
You want rivals to lovers?
Canadian/US cross-border ❤️?
Old crushes?
Teammates falling in love?
The only jock in the family?
Cute Labrador retrievers?
We’ve got all that & more! @katebcochrane.bsky.social
+OUT ON THE ICE is on sale for $1.99 & NAT & DARCY is in KU!
You want rivals to lovers?
Canadian/US cross-border ❤️?
Old crushes?
Teammates falling in love?
The only jock in the family?
Cute Labrador retrievers?
We’ve got all that & more! @katebcochrane.bsky.social
+OUT ON THE ICE is on sale for $1.99 & NAT & DARCY is in KU!
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
SAPPHIC WOMEN’S HOCKEY ROMANCES! 🏒💖
You want rivals to lovers?
Canadian/US cross-border ❤️?
Old crushes?
Teammates falling in love?
The only jock in the family?
Cute Labrador retrievers?
We’ve got all that & more! @katebcochrane.bsky.social
+OUT ON THE ICE is on sale for $1.99 & NAT & DARCY is in KU!
You want rivals to lovers?
Canadian/US cross-border ❤️?
Old crushes?
Teammates falling in love?
The only jock in the family?
Cute Labrador retrievers?
We’ve got all that & more! @katebcochrane.bsky.social
+OUT ON THE ICE is on sale for $1.99 & NAT & DARCY is in KU!
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I know this is a bold stance in America, but I simply do not believe we should be declaring war on another country for “stealing our oil” when the oil is, in fact, under the ground of that other country
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I know this is a bold stance in America, but I simply do not believe we should be declaring war on another country for “stealing our oil” when the oil is, in fact, under the ground of that other country
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Here it is! The magical medical school book I've been talking about for years! 🫀✨💀📙
BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
We are THRILLED to announce @freyamarske.bsky.social's Bodies of Magic, a new medical dark academia featuring mages and murder coming September 16, 2026 from Tor Books!
Announcing Bodies of Magic by Freya Marske - Reactor
A dark academia fantasy arriving September 2026
reactormag.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Here it is! The magical medical school book I've been talking about for years! 🫀✨💀📙
BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
BODIES OF MAGIC will be taking your pulse & injecting itself into your veins in September next year.
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The same three people in power keep not listening to people with new ideas.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
December 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The same three people in power keep not listening to people with new ideas.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
That's the issue. That's the whole thing.
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I've done some AI product consulting and product folks are often like "well but if AI helps generate ideas, doesn't that make your life easier?" Brother that makes my life harder because then it's DOING MY JOB????? which I ENJOY???? and additionally it makes it WORSE because it does it shittily?????
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I've done some AI product consulting and product folks are often like "well but if AI helps generate ideas, doesn't that make your life easier?" Brother that makes my life harder because then it's DOING MY JOB????? which I ENJOY???? and additionally it makes it WORSE because it does it shittily?????
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The internet is now absolutely *jam packed* with AI slop, endless reams of videos and articles and images.
We achieved infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters and so I ask: where is Hamlet?
Perhaps art was more than letters and pixels after all. Who knew?
We achieved infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters and so I ask: where is Hamlet?
Perhaps art was more than letters and pixels after all. Who knew?
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The internet is now absolutely *jam packed* with AI slop, endless reams of videos and articles and images.
We achieved infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters and so I ask: where is Hamlet?
Perhaps art was more than letters and pixels after all. Who knew?
We achieved infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters and so I ask: where is Hamlet?
Perhaps art was more than letters and pixels after all. Who knew?
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why would immigrants do this www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
December 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
why would immigrants do this www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
Nativity smashed, Mary figure ‘beaten’ at Evanston church: ‘God’s on the side of the vulnerable’
Vandals destroyed Lake Street Church of Evanston’s Nativity. It replaced Mary with a sign saying she’s in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Vandals decapitated and smashed the statue of Mary in an Evanston church’s outdoor Nativity scene Friday, and the church responded by replacing it with a sign saying Mary was beaten & dragged away in front of her son and is being held in immigration detention.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/15/n...
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![“There’s a lot of value in bringing in tech talent,” Donald Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, told Nextgov/FCW. “That said, part of the reason why there’s a need for tech talent in government right now is because [Department of Government Efficiency] drove out some very talented individuals who were already in government.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2rrp7amblhg3xoly5n5huiqv/bafkreig6nmddob7x5fkbufgwjgdzttcfhjzxihrnndmnajy234b6bpk4py@jpeg)
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I'm arguing against interest here as someone who makes his living producing various kinds of video content, but I believe if you want to think clearly about something, the written word is much more valuable than video content is.
Video is MUCH better at manipulating the audience than words.
Video is MUCH better at manipulating the audience than words.
December 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I'm arguing against interest here as someone who makes his living producing various kinds of video content, but I believe if you want to think clearly about something, the written word is much more valuable than video content is.
Video is MUCH better at manipulating the audience than words.
Video is MUCH better at manipulating the audience than words.
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At this time of year & esp today, I often contemplate how to translate the NT's John 1.5: "The light shines in the darkness/shadows, & the dark does not κατέλαβεν it." It's translated as overcome/comprehend: but it's a wrestling verb: grapple or pin. Darkness just can't wrap its mind around light.
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
At this time of year & esp today, I often contemplate how to translate the NT's John 1.5: "The light shines in the darkness/shadows, & the dark does not κατέλαβεν it." It's translated as overcome/comprehend: but it's a wrestling verb: grapple or pin. Darkness just can't wrap its mind around light.
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Old Man vs the SEA
December 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Old Man vs the SEA
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.