@garbleman.bsky.social
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welp I sent an email
May 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
welp I sent an email
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(also, literally no historian denies that africans were active in the slave trade. the point is that the *transatlantic slave trade* was the product of european involvement and that it was a unique permutation of the trade such that it transformed half the globe)
May 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
(also, literally no historian denies that africans were active in the slave trade. the point is that the *transatlantic slave trade* was the product of european involvement and that it was a unique permutation of the trade such that it transformed half the globe)
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see also 'Marriage reduces crime'. Here the research states "We find that the desistance process tend to start up to several years before marriage" - so doing less crime makes you a more attractive marriage partner. Not the same at all. academic.oup.com/bjc/article-...
Crime and the Transition to Marriage: The Role of the Spouse’s Criminal Involvement
Abstract. Influential perspectives in life course criminology maintain that marriage leads to desistance from crime, and the mechanisms are largely related
academic.oup.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
see also 'Marriage reduces crime'. Here the research states "We find that the desistance process tend to start up to several years before marriage" - so doing less crime makes you a more attractive marriage partner. Not the same at all. academic.oup.com/bjc/article-...
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While I've mixed feelings about Joseph Heath, this is a very good and provoking essay josephheath.substack.com/p/why-the-cu...
Why the Culture Wins: An Appreciation of Iain M. Banks
(reprinted)
josephheath.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
While I've mixed feelings about Joseph Heath, this is a very good and provoking essay josephheath.substack.com/p/why-the-cu...
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I thought this by David Bell was useful, explaining how previous iterations (Buckley, Douthat) fought over the Ivy League and higher education, but this one is instead against it. davidabell.substack.com/p/why-this-a...
Why This Assault on the Universities is More Serious than Earlier Ones
Although it has faded from the headlines in the last few weeks, amidst the endless tsunami of Trump news, the administration’s assault on elite universities has not abated.
davidabell.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I thought this by David Bell was useful, explaining how previous iterations (Buckley, Douthat) fought over the Ivy League and higher education, but this one is instead against it. davidabell.substack.com/p/why-this-a...
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Mark, let’s imagine you or I pointedly ignored a judge’s ruling to cease to act illegally and also vilified the judge for making the judgment whilst refusing his/her injunction to undue the harm we had done in the first place, what do you think would happen?
May 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Mark, let’s imagine you or I pointedly ignored a judge’s ruling to cease to act illegally and also vilified the judge for making the judgment whilst refusing his/her injunction to undue the harm we had done in the first place, what do you think would happen?
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Kelvin is waiting to board his plane this morning. bsky.app/profile/mari...
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Kelvin is waiting to board his plane this morning. bsky.app/profile/mari...
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shoutout to certain of my peers who called this overblown back in 2016 slate.com/news-and-pol...
What Gave Us Donald Trump Is What Gave Us Dylann Roof
On June 16, 2015, Donald Trump took the stage at his eponymous tower in New York City and announced his bid for the White House. His message was clear....
slate.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
shoutout to certain of my peers who called this overblown back in 2016 slate.com/news-and-pol...
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" .. China and European countries are offering positions for scientists laid off, fired or pushed out by Trump and DOGE’s mass culling of federal workers and funding. The massive U.S. “brain drain” is a “brain gain” for other countries."
www.democracynow.org/2025/5/21/br...
www.democracynow.org/2025/5/21/br...
Trump’s Brain Drain: Scientists Look to Move Abroad Amid Cuts to Research Funding in U.S.
Cuts by the Trump administration are beginning to “chase” U.S.-based scientists at federal agencies and research institutions out of the country. “We’re draining our scientific talent,” says environme...
www.democracynow.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
" .. China and European countries are offering positions for scientists laid off, fired or pushed out by Trump and DOGE’s mass culling of federal workers and funding. The massive U.S. “brain drain” is a “brain gain” for other countries."
www.democracynow.org/2025/5/21/br...
www.democracynow.org/2025/5/21/br...