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Eric Knowles
@ericdknowles.bsky.social
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Social and political psychologist. NYU professor. Music appreciator. Californian in Manhattan.

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 23h
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 1d
I fucking love @thehandsomefamily.bsky.social

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The House Carpenter
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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 2d
They’ve been blasting boats in the Gulf of Mexico; maybe something analogous on land? Jesus, I hope not.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 2d
Seems to be nothing but empty desert in the trapezoid. My only guess is that the Trump administration is planning some spectacular immigration-related border operation.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 6d
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 7d
Tip o' the hat to Drudge.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 10d
The accusations against Trump in the latest Epstein dump are beyond lurid. DOJ took them down after 20 minutes, but plenty of people got screenshots. Stomach-churning.

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Epstein files: Allegations of rape, murder, involving Donald Trump
The Justice Department, on Friday, released documents among 3.5 million pages from the latest batch of Epstein files that it was willing to part ways with.
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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 11d
Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive — because of its diversity and not in spite of it.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 11d
This, from @adamserwer.bsky.social, is unimprovable:

The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once.

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 12d
“DARVO is an acronym for Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender, a manipulative tactic used by perpetrators to avoid accountability for their actions.”

Reposted by Robert C. Richards, Eric D. Knowles, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 12d
I wrote about the New York Times refusing to call Neo-segregationists by their true names, the DARVO style of writing about race, and some great articles and books I read this week.

If you haven't subscribed to my newsletter with @hebagowayed.bsky.social yet, now is the time.
The New York Times Does PR for Segregationists
The paper of record casts a legal movement that is repealing Civil Rights era reforms as one committed to anti-discrimination.
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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 12d
IKR?

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 12d
Thinking of making this my profile banner.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 15d
"Abolish ICE" ≠ "abolish the police." The former won't get the pushback the latter did.

People are realizing that ICE is nothing more than an internal paramilitary doubling as a full-employment program for precarious men seeking an outlet for violent urges. It needs dissolution.
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15d
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support.

46% support
43% oppose

80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support. 46% support 43% oppose 80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE. Independents are +8 on the question.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 15d
If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
DARVO - Wikipedia
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15d
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support.

46% support
43% oppose

80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE.
Independents are +8 on the question.
New poll — Abolishing ICE continues its historic surge of support. 46% support 43% oppose 80% of Democrats and 15% of Trump voters support abolishing ICE. Independents are +8 on the question.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 15d
Waddup, @tonytula.com!

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 15d
Tony Tulathimutte had these life-hacky tech-bros' number back in 2008. From his story "Our Dope Future":

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 15d
I would like to know less than nothing about the Melania documentary, thanks very much.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 18d
Alex Pretti and Renee Good were motivated by a desire—maybe even a need—to put their bodies between the powerless and those who would abuse them. It's an astonishingly beautiful thing. The existence of human beings like this is this government's shame.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 18d
Abolish the bejeezus out of ICE. Not a close call.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 18d
*Pretti

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 18d
I'm not one to point out bothsides-y journalistic framings, but this upsets me. The administration has not been found to "advance one-sided narratives." It has been found to spread lies and smears. Calling Good or Pretty domestic terrorists bent on murder is outright, wholesale fabrication.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 19d
What's happening in Minnesota is one reason the Reconstruction Amendments banned insurrectionists from holding office. Unfortunately, the originalists on the Supreme Court interpreted the plain language of the amendment to mean its opposite.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 21d
My wife is apparently commanding NORAD now.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 22d
Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader
Photographer @mostafabassim1 photographed this boy walking home alone with a snack being "randomly" approached by DHS. "After he was unable to produce documentation proving his citizenship, agents informed him that he was under arrest." He said, "Can I just go home?" Answer: No.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 23d
Agree that we shouldn’t outsource the whole process to machines. Maybe LLMs could be an adjunct to human analysis, almost like radiologists currently use automated image analysis as a first pass.

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 23d
It is, as they say, an empirical question!