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Anna Gát @annagat.bsky.social · Jun 10

On Thursday, Interintellect goes ABUNDANCE!

A deep dive into how to do the economy better 🍇

Hosted by @ericara.bsky.social | In partnership with Otterpine Books helping indie authors worldwide!

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Generation Hope: How Inclusive Economics can help us thrive— A conversation with Arunjay Katakam

Climate crisis, economic instability, and vast income inequality across the globe — it is easy to get discouraged by the scale and complexity of the challenges we face. A new book argues there is also...

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American Religion @amrel.bsky.social · Jun 5

We are now accepting submissions for the 5th annual American Religion Dissertation Prize. More details here, and spread the word!

www.american-religion.org/announcements

Announcements — American Religion

www.american-religion.org

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Jun 4

Fantastic.

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · May 13

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress

I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · May 11

Ages 0-4 are the most important, emotionally & intellectually, in human development.

Yet, in the US, we have a very high rate of childhood poverty and a broken child care system.

Congratulations to New Mexico for leading the way forward for high quality, free child care. Other states must follow.

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · May 12

Awful. All the unstructured play to him!

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · May 12

I love how the kids say “search it up” — feel right.

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · May 12

GD this is most precise critique of a whole line of reasoning I can imagine.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · May 11

If dictatorship was really based on charisma, these would be the United States of Natasha Lyonne.

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · May 11

My book has a pub date and website!

Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · May 11

"[D]elivers new and significant insights into how conservative leaders employed the 'liberal media' claim to build a movement that came to dominate US politics and policy formation."

Coming this Fall! MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA, by @ajbauer.bsky.social. bit.ly/4iQN62F @columbiaup.bsky.social

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · May 11

Happy Mother’s Day!
(sound on)

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 30

Congratulations!! Very much looking forward to reading and sharing this work. ❤️‍🔥

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Fernando Domínguez Rubio @fdrubio1977.bsky.social · Apr 29

Today is publication date for our Fragilities volume!

"At a time when it may be easy to fall into a defeatist melancholia, if not outright pessimism, the book is an invitation to think from fragility to build life-affirming politics and ethics"

It's got an amazing line-up & it is open-access! 🤓

Fragilities: Essays on the Politics, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Maintenance and Repair

An original essay collection that explores the generative dimensions of fragility, which can help reveal new life-affirming politics and ethics.At a time w

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 24

Hello!! Nevertheless! ⭐️

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 23

Paul! We did not get to meet and say hello! Hi!

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 18

Come! @reecepeck.bsky.social and @rushkoff.com have written some of the very best stuff for understanding the styles and coalitions that bind and sustain the current right.

Institute for Public Knowledge @ipk.bsky.social · Apr 18

Join the IPK and the Global New Right Working Group on April 22nd at 5:30 PM for a lecture by @reecepeck.bsky.social, “More than Money and Algorithms: The Cultural Roots of Trump’s Alt-Media Strategy,” in conversation with @ericara.bsky.social and @rushkoff.com.

ipk.nyu.edu/events/discu...

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 18

April evening, NYC 2025
It’s good to have the light back.

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 18

Come! @reecepeck.bsky.social and @rushkoff.com have written some of the very best stuff for understanding the styles and coalitions they bind and sustain the current right.

Institute for Public Knowledge @ipk.bsky.social · Apr 18

Join the IPK and the Global New Right Working Group on April 22nd at 5:30 PM for a lecture by @reecepeck.bsky.social, “More than Money and Algorithms: The Cultural Roots of Trump’s Alt-Media Strategy,” in conversation with @ericara.bsky.social and @rushkoff.com.

ipk.nyu.edu/events/discu...

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 17

Incoherence isn’t so much a sign of hypocrisy as coalitional speech. The voice of the politician speaks many ways at once. It’s all umbrella and dog whistle, or strategic ambiguities — necessarily so.

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 17

Purity fights are about shaping coalitions as power contests. The aim is to set the boundaries of the “we” and/or to decide who gets to run the club. Internal contests and contradictions are constant and normal, as is damage and violence caused to the members.

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 17

Incoherence isn’t so much a sign of hypocrisy as coalitional speech. The voice of the politician speaks many ways at once. It’s all umbrella and dog whistle, or strategic ambiguities — necessarily so.

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 17

I love the phrase “keep your powder dry.”

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erica robles anderson @ericara.bsky.social · Apr 13

Waking up to a downstairs piano-violin father-son duet.

Perfect Sunday.

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · Apr 13

Friday DOGE fired almost everyone at NEH.
UVA, VaTech, etc should be staffing up with this expertise ASAP. Also NIH, NSF, NEA.

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