Carter Neal
@carter-neal.bsky.social
Teaching-Stream Professor, English, University of Waterloo.
Southerner in Southern Ontario
Phd, Indiana University: C19 American Studies/Literature, Philosophy of Friendship
BA, University of Virginia: American Studies
Southerner in Southern Ontario
Phd, Indiana University: C19 American Studies/Literature, Philosophy of Friendship
BA, University of Virginia: American Studies
Full fascism.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Full fascism.
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“Today’s rushed appointment of Scott Beardsley as University of Virginia president by UVA’s Board of Visitors, with little meaningful faculty input, is an affront to the entire UVA community in a time of crisis.”
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
Rushed UVA Presidential Appointment an Affront
Rather than heeding calls to pause the search until a fair and transparent process can be initiated, the board regrettably chose to push through an appointment without a duly constituted membership. T...
www.aaup.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“Today’s rushed appointment of Scott Beardsley as University of Virginia president by UVA’s Board of Visitors, with little meaningful faculty input, is an affront to the entire UVA community in a time of crisis.”
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
— joint statement from
@proftwolf.bsky.social & @rweingarten.bsky.social
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Wahoos4UVA right on the nose
December 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Wahoos4UVA right on the nose
Click "file upload" button.
Click "file upload" text in popup.
Click "my computer".
Click "upload".
Click Documents, folder, file name.
Click "open".
Click "Add".
Repeat for each student.
Can AI help with this utterly silly system?
Click "file upload" text in popup.
Click "my computer".
Click "upload".
Click Documents, folder, file name.
Click "open".
Click "Add".
Repeat for each student.
Can AI help with this utterly silly system?
December 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Click "file upload" button.
Click "file upload" text in popup.
Click "my computer".
Click "upload".
Click Documents, folder, file name.
Click "open".
Click "Add".
Repeat for each student.
Can AI help with this utterly silly system?
Click "file upload" text in popup.
Click "my computer".
Click "upload".
Click Documents, folder, file name.
Click "open".
Click "Add".
Repeat for each student.
Can AI help with this utterly silly system?
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I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
December 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I love my two blackout drunk Minnesota sons
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"This man is a grifter and a thug," a resident arriving with his dog at the Kennedy Center shouted. "Where is Congress? Are you as upset as I am? This is a desecration of this building!"
December 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"This man is a grifter and a thug," a resident arriving with his dog at the Kennedy Center shouted. "Where is Congress? Are you as upset as I am? This is a desecration of this building!"
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
The section in Matthew where this ("eunuchs by birth") comes up is a defense of women & a criticism of divorce. The disciples are like, but Jesus, treating women like that would wreck marriage! The point Christ is making is that men who can't treat women fairly shouldn't aspire to marriage.
Olson went on to, uh, explain the context, but I promise it is not especially illuminating. Lots of discussion of “eunuchs,” just to give you a sense of where this man’s head is at while the Senate considers him for a life-tenured seat on the federal bench.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The section in Matthew where this ("eunuchs by birth") comes up is a defense of women & a criticism of divorce. The disciples are like, but Jesus, treating women like that would wreck marriage! The point Christ is making is that men who can't treat women fairly shouldn't aspire to marriage.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
I'm late to this, but Mavis Staples' 2025 album "Sad and Beautiful World" is quite an achievement. 86 years young, and yeah, we got to have peace and we got to have joy.
December 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I'm late to this, but Mavis Staples' 2025 album "Sad and Beautiful World" is quite an achievement. 86 years young, and yeah, we got to have peace and we got to have joy.
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WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
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Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!
This is disturbing.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is disturbing.
"Sir, you wouldn't come to this committee and say something you can't prove. I know. I know you wouldn't do that. But you did."
An administration of liars....
An administration of liars....
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Sir, you wouldn't come to this committee and say something you can't prove. I know. I know you wouldn't do that. But you did."
An administration of liars....
An administration of liars....
Does he think that the first 10 months of Lincoln's presidency were "good"?
(I know, I know...but C'mon.)
(I know, I know...but C'mon.)
Trump: "Already they are saying better than Lincoln, better than Washington, better than everybody. The best 10 months ever in the history of the presidency."
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Does he think that the first 10 months of Lincoln's presidency were "good"?
(I know, I know...but C'mon.)
(I know, I know...but C'mon.)
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In case you missed today’s hearing. There were some incredibly powerful stories told by the five main witnesses. You’ve seen many of the videos of what happened to them, now hear from them in their own words.
Also grateful for how many members of the House and Senate showed up to uplift the issue.
Also grateful for how many members of the House and Senate showed up to uplift the issue.
December 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
In case you missed today’s hearing. There were some incredibly powerful stories told by the five main witnesses. You’ve seen many of the videos of what happened to them, now hear from them in their own words.
Also grateful for how many members of the House and Senate showed up to uplift the issue.
Also grateful for how many members of the House and Senate showed up to uplift the issue.
I'm marking papers, and one thing I keep thinking about is both the words that chatbots overuse (delve, crucial) and the errors they never make. For instance, a student used "detest" instead of "deter" in a paper.
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm marking papers, and one thing I keep thinking about is both the words that chatbots overuse (delve, crucial) and the errors they never make. For instance, a student used "detest" instead of "deter" in a paper.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
After not bothering for a long time, I looked this Wurman guy up, and it's a bit on brand that he cut his teeth attacking the homeless before moving on to attacking literal babies.
The legal academy is in an interesting state of moral crisis.
The legal academy is in an interesting state of moral crisis.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
After not bothering for a long time, I looked this Wurman guy up, and it's a bit on brand that he cut his teeth attacking the homeless before moving on to attacking literal babies.
The legal academy is in an interesting state of moral crisis.
The legal academy is in an interesting state of moral crisis.
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
The ability to smile and say these things in the paper of record means that we have lost the moral battle for the soul of the nation. The process of redemption will not be easy or painless. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The ability to smile and say these things in the paper of record means that we have lost the moral battle for the soul of the nation. The process of redemption will not be easy or painless. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/u...
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Aujourd'hui, nous nous rappelons les quatorze jeunes femmes dont les vies ont été volées à Polytechnique Montréal il y a 36 ans.
Leurs noms nous rappellent les conséquences dévastatrices de la violence fondée sur le sexe et la responsabilité qui accompagne notre souvenir.
Leurs noms nous rappellent les conséquences dévastatrices de la violence fondée sur le sexe et la responsabilité qui accompagne notre souvenir.
December 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Aujourd'hui, nous nous rappelons les quatorze jeunes femmes dont les vies ont été volées à Polytechnique Montréal il y a 36 ans.
Leurs noms nous rappellent les conséquences dévastatrices de la violence fondée sur le sexe et la responsabilité qui accompagne notre souvenir.
Leurs noms nous rappellent les conséquences dévastatrices de la violence fondée sur le sexe et la responsabilité qui accompagne notre souvenir.
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Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
December 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Geneviève Bergeron, 21
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20
Hélène Colgan, 23
Nathalie Croteau, 23
Barbara Daigneault, 22
Anne-Marie Edward, 21
Maud Haviernick, 29
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, 31
Maryse Laganière, 25
Maryse Leclair, 23
Anne-Marie Lemay, 22
Sonia Pelletier, 28
Michèle Richard, 21
Annie St-Arneault, 23
Annie Turcotte, 20