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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
"In a statement, the University of Oklahoma said it supported the decision by the director of the school’s First Year Composition program to suspend the second instructor." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
University of Oklahoma Removes a Teacher It Says Urged Students to Protest
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"In a statement, the University of Oklahoma said it supported the decision by the director of the school’s First Year Composition program to suspend the second instructor." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
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Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Your man couldn’t even find an image of the cover of the book he was pretending to listen to
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Hopeful story for the Halloween season: Bob Ross saving public television from beyond the grave
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts in federal funding. https://cnn.it/4h0nDET
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts | CNN
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for public television stations suffering from cuts in federal funding.
cnn.it
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Hopeful story for the Halloween season: Bob Ross saving public television from beyond the grave
Kipling, really?
September 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Kipling, really?
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Anyone else feeling the increasing pressure of internal self-censorship these days? It’s an embarrassing injury every time we can’t express our views for fear of governmental power.
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Anyone else feeling the increasing pressure of internal self-censorship these days? It’s an embarrassing injury every time we can’t express our views for fear of governmental power.
they all came out of the woodwork…
September 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
they all came out of the woodwork…
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If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.
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a thought i have reading @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s wonderful piece is that one reason the administration wants to erase any mention of the worst of our past is because it is intent on recapitulating those atrocities www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
a thought i have reading @clintsmithiii.bsky.social’s wonderful piece is that one reason the administration wants to erase any mention of the worst of our past is because it is intent on recapitulating those atrocities www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How much of a pay cut are NC state employees getting?
August 16, 2025 at 4:48 AM
How much of a pay cut are NC state employees getting?
“An electorate that has lost the capacity for long-form thought will be more tribal, less rational, largely uninterested in facts or even matters of historical record, moved more by vibes than cogent argument and open to fantastical ideas and bizarre conspiracy theories.”
Opinion | Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good
www.nytimes.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
“An electorate that has lost the capacity for long-form thought will be more tribal, less rational, largely uninterested in facts or even matters of historical record, moved more by vibes than cogent argument and open to fantastical ideas and bizarre conspiracy theories.”
“As long as we’re talking about violence, this spring the medical journal the Lancet estimated that Doge’s dismantling of USAid could result in more than 14m deaths, a third of them children, by 2030.”
Wrote about the most violent day in D.C.'s history, January 6, 2021, the current takeover of that city by the guy who instigated it, the right-wing snowflakes complaining they're afraid to walk down the street, and why the right fears and loathes cities (and lies about why). Bonus Epstein finale.
Trump’s DC takeover is a move of staggering hypocrisy | Rebecca Solnit
Donald Trump is concocting a drama in DC because he would like us to really stop talking about the Epstein files
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
“As long as we’re talking about violence, this spring the medical journal the Lancet estimated that Doge’s dismantling of USAid could result in more than 14m deaths, a third of them children, by 2030.”
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Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
August 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:
"Practice follows policy and reward structures." -Wardle
Students aren't cheating because they have AI, but because colleges are broken | Opinion
Opinion: If you're alarmed about college students cheating en mass by using artificial intelligence, take a deep breath.
www.cincinnati.com
August 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Practice follows policy and reward structures." -Wardle
best new earworm in a while #ryandavis
RYAN DAVIS & the Roadhouse Band "New Threats from the Soul", by Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
7 track album
sophomorelounge.bandcamp.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
best new earworm in a while #ryandavis
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Did a little more analysis of North Carolina's Registration Recovery Project voter list (for background, see the @bryanranderson.bsky.social Anderson story ⬇️) & posted it at @oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social:
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/an-a...
#ncpol #electionadministration
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/an-a...
#ncpol #electionadministration
July 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Did a little more analysis of North Carolina's Registration Recovery Project voter list (for background, see the @bryanranderson.bsky.social Anderson story ⬇️) & posted it at @oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social:
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/an-a...
#ncpol #electionadministration
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/an-a...
#ncpol #electionadministration
ain’t no class war distraction like a culture war
As culture wars flared up under Trump, North Carolina lawmakers passed these anti-trans bills • NC Newsline
Six months into Trump’s term, North Carolina Republicans have passed several measures attacking trans rights, viewing it as a winning issue.
ncnewsline.com
July 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
ain’t no class war distraction like a culture war
“You guys need to have counsel from a multi-partner firm that is going to be able to possibly field potential lawsuits that could possibly come from all this,” [Large] told the board during its July 8 meeting.”
Fontana Regional Library addresses upcoming issues ahead of split
As the Fontana Regional Library sizes up a monumental change coming into the focus over the hill like a band of Vandals looking to sack Rome, its outgoing attorney, Rady Large, offers a simple piece o...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“You guys need to have counsel from a multi-partner firm that is going to be able to possibly field potential lawsuits that could possibly come from all this,” [Large] told the board during its July 8 meeting.”
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Utah Voucher Program Ruled Unconstitutional
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June 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ripple pfps.org/utah-voucher...
Ursula Le Guin (2014): “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
June 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Ursula Le Guin (2014): “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.”
The equivalent of how many federal jobs? abcnews.go.com/US/spacex-la...
SpaceX to launch 9th flight test of Starship spacecraft after last 2 sent debris falling back to Earth
SpaceX's ninth flight test for its Starship spacecraft is scheduled to take flight on Tuesday evening after the last two launches sent debris falling back to Earth.
abcnews.go.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The equivalent of how many federal jobs? abcnews.go.com/US/spacex-la...