Eric Bottorff
@torff.bsky.social
Adjunct of economics and philosophy / You’ll Never Walk Alone
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New limits on school loans could narrow physician and nurse pipeline, educators warn — NPR
Under new Trump administration rules, students won't be able to borrow as much for medical or nursing school or some other health professions.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Another economic own-goal apple.news/A4kDRrpp4R_u...
National parks announce ‘America-first’ upcharges for foreign visitors — The Washington Post
The National Park Service's new America-first pricing policy will see foreign visitors pay more to access popular national parks, including Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Another economic own-goal apple.news/A4kDRrpp4R_u...
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Israel has killed two Palestinian children in Gaza every single day since the so-called ceasefire
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Israel has killed two Palestinian children in Gaza every single day since the so-called ceasefire
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feds in st. paul today
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
feds in st. paul today
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Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Friendly reminder that striking workers are asking you not to patronize ANY Starbucks store.
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
If you're traveling this week, your airport definitely has other options. Zero reason to even think about crossing a picket line!
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DSA is officially over 90,000 members strong (and counting)!
Be part of the movement. Join us.
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Be part of the movement. Join us.
dsausa.org/join
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
DSA is officially over 90,000 members strong (and counting)!
Be part of the movement. Join us.
dsausa.org/join
Be part of the movement. Join us.
dsausa.org/join
"A clearsighted analysis of the systemic class war that the 1 percent is waging on the rest—and without penalty."
Really anxious to get my hands on a copy of this. Loved her previous book "Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics"
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Really anxious to get my hands on a copy of this. Loved her previous book "Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics"
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
CRIME AND NO PUNISHMENT | Kirkus Reviews
A distinguished political scientist condemns the “social murder” of America’s working people committed by corporations, the wealthy, and the state.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"A clearsighted analysis of the systemic class war that the 1 percent is waging on the rest—and without penalty."
Really anxious to get my hands on a copy of this. Loved her previous book "Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics"
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Really anxious to get my hands on a copy of this. Loved her previous book "Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics"
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
“Every breath you take…”
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Every breath you take…”
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ahmed. Ahmed was a driver but he lost his car and his home. He is trying to take care of his four children. Fires who is in dental school, Mohammed who finished his final year of high school, Halal, a 7th grader and Bisan, a 5th grader.
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ahmed. Ahmed was a driver but he lost his car and his home. He is trying to take care of his four children. Fires who is in dental school, Mohammed who finished his final year of high school, Halal, a 7th grader and Bisan, a 5th grader.
Smaller divide: people who listen to podcasts vs people who read the transcript of podcasts.
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Smaller divide: people who listen to podcasts vs people who read the transcript of podcasts.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
And now we got to a live shot of the NYPD leadership reacting to the news of someone being appointed to a position of power who wrote a (brilliant) book calling for the abolition of the police
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And now we got to a live shot of the NYPD leadership reacting to the news of someone being appointed to a position of power who wrote a (brilliant) book calling for the abolition of the police
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Lab-leak explanation for RFK Jr continues to gain ground.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Lab-leak explanation for RFK Jr continues to gain ground.
My wife bought a large bag of sugar from Costco and the first thing my stupid brain thought of was this.
youtu.be/Ti5AkLup1mI
youtu.be/Ti5AkLup1mI
The Simpsons: First you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women!
YouTube video by Inconceivable Media
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November 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
My wife bought a large bag of sugar from Costco and the first thing my stupid brain thought of was this.
youtu.be/Ti5AkLup1mI
youtu.be/Ti5AkLup1mI
The amount of energy we as a society spend on removing leaves from grass really seems excessive.
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The amount of energy we as a society spend on removing leaves from grass really seems excessive.
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I know I've posted this before, but:
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I know I've posted this before, but:
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
America's Air Bud approach to regulation ("Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball") is extremely poorly suited to digital technology and all of the world is going to suffer the consequences. www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
America's Air Bud approach to regulation ("Ain't no rules says a dog can't play basketball") is extremely poorly suited to digital technology and all of the world is going to suffer the consequences. www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
"The ground problem is a linguistic gap: politics in all its forms, including law, is a mode of language use, and we share language only among humans."
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lpeproject.org/blog/what-ca...
What Can Politics Make of Nature?
Alyssa Battistoni’s Free Gifts argues that capitalism limits our freedom to decide how to value the nonhuman world. Politics, as the domain in which we choose the terms of our collective life…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The ground problem is a linguistic gap: politics in all its forms, including law, is a mode of language use, and we share language only among humans."
lpeproject.org/blog/what-ca...
lpeproject.org/blog/what-ca...
"To believe Meta’s books, one must accept that Meta lacks the power to call the shots that matter most, that there’s reasonable doubt it will stay beyond four years, and that it probably won’t have to honor its guarantee—all at the same time."
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
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AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"To believe Meta’s books, one must accept that Meta lacks the power to call the shots that matter most, that there’s reasonable doubt it will stay beyond four years, and that it probably won’t have to honor its guarantee—all at the same time."
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...