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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 1h

Please proceed Governor

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1h

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone who wants to feel nostalgic (for me its basically my grad school years) should start listening to All Songs Considered's series on the music that defined the show over the past 25 years.

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 1d

Tempted to start a new account that just lists the names used by fake tinder profiles.

Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 1d

Going to squeeze as much joy as I can out of articles like this and those althat are sure to follow www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

‘Let’s do the f***ing news’: Bari Weiss causes ‘eye rolls’ with CBS News rallying cry

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers told The Independent that Bari Weiss’ ‘cringey’ comments on the editorial call literally caused eyes to roll.

www.independent.co.uk

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 1d

Just got a job alert that Texas A&M is hiring a history prof at the assoc level. How many people with tenure would be willing to go there right now?

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 5d

We’re not suppose to live like this. It is exhausting.

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 5d

Would still love to see it

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks!

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 5d

A sex-blind admissions policy at selective universities will not go the way that the Trump administration thinks it will.

Under the compact, a mix of nine public and private universities would receive favorable terms for government aid if they agreed to conditions like banning consideration of race or sex in hiring and admissions, capping international undergraduate enrollment, requiring that applicants pass admissions examinations and suppressing grade inflation. Universities with large endowments would be asked to waive tuition for students interested in the hard sciences.

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 5d

lol

NPR @npr.org · 5d

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

n.pr

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 5d

I thought it was woke for the govt to pressure tech companies. Sorry I misunderstood everyone

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

Apple has removed from its App Store several programs that alert users to sightings of immigration agents amid a furious pushback from the Trump administration over the services.

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

Trump administration officials have issued several legal threats over ICEBlock, a popular app that allows users to alert others to the presence of nearby immigration agents.

nyti.ms

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 5d

Would you mind sharing your syllabus? Would love to see an example.

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 6d

I have seen some of those and most are very practice oriented. But I will see if I can find the historian you mentioned. Thank you!

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 6d

Russ is getting off on this. He loves the pain.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Johnson: "Russ does this reluctantly. He takes no pleasure in this. Russ has to sit down and decide which policies, personnel, & programs are essential & which are not. That's not a fun task and he's not enjoying that responsibility...if they keep the govt closed, it's gonna get more & more painful"

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 6d

I'm developing a new course on the history of policing (with England, France, and USA as cases we will use) and am surprised that I'm not coming up with many examples of already-existing courses. Anyone teach something like this? #skystorians

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 7d

Leopards. Faces. Etc

Reuters @reuters.com · 7d

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League reut.rs/48715Qp

FBI cuts ties with Anti-Defamation League

The FBI has cut ties with advocacy group Anti-Defamation League, Kash Patel, the bureau's director, said on Wednesday.

reut.rs

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 7d

In better news absolutely stacked @criterion.bsky.social channel lineup this month

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 8d

I remember learning about jury nullification in college and being blown away by how much power we all had www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump’s Politicized Prosecutions May Hit a Roadblock

When the president puts his political enemies on trial on pretextual grounds, jurors have the option of refusing to convict.

www.theatlantic.com

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 9d

viziers are really running the white house

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 9d

I'm doing some study abroad approvals and let's just say that AI writing seems to be much more wildly accepted in other anglo systems.

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 9d

Final rip to bioware.

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 9d

Whole lot of games are going to become insipidly, performatively anti-woke.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 9d

As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.

Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 9d

Gotta spend billions of dollars somehow

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 10d

I think this is key. Klein has no actual expertise is anything (despite his insistent claims to the contrary).

Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 10d

And this is what I mean about white male mediocrity. Klein has been a legacy media elite since when—his mid-20s?

What does he know that gives him such influence? How helpful is his centrist nonsense?

He was rewarded for mediocrity and now his ass is hanging out because he doesn’t have the range.

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 11d

For 26 but especially 2028 it's time for Democrats to make clear that the current Supreme Court will have to be reformed (expanded in number, reformed in structure) to allow popular govt to continue in the United States. Not so much a litmus test as precondition for any other promise to be credible.

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Andrew Israel Ross @aiross.bsky.social · 11d

A fundamentally un-American understanding of the role of the university

flosam2013.bsky.social @flosam2013.bsky.social · 11d

You’re right. But the public pays for it. And if the public elects politicians who represent them, then the university will do what they are told. Or pay for it themselves

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