Alex Halavais
@halavais.bsky.social
flâneur, bricoleur, professor of wisdom, master of none, seeker of autonomy
I propose that we call a word that is nearly a palindrome a "reverb."
May 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I propose that we call a word that is nearly a palindrome a "reverb."
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
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Incredible news on TDOV.
The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Incredible news on TDOV.
The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The 9th Circuit has denied the government’s request to enforce its transgender military ban.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Reposted by Alex Halavais
California’s world-class public universities and promise to protect people’s rights should be an example for the rest of the country. But Trump is attacking both.
I’m running for governor to stand up to his bullshit
I’m running for governor to stand up to his bullshit
April 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
California’s world-class public universities and promise to protect people’s rights should be an example for the rest of the country. But Trump is attacking both.
I’m running for governor to stand up to his bullshit
I’m running for governor to stand up to his bullshit
"You’ve got to just band together and say an attack on one university is an attack on all universities. And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."
Columbia's capitulation was Stanley's final straw.
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"You’ve got to just band together and say an attack on one university is an attack on all universities. And maybe you lose that fight, but you’re certainly going to lose this one if you give up before you fight."
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The full statement from the family of R.E. Burke clarifies that there were no grounds whatsoever for the British cartoonist to be detained by ICE for almost 3 weeks – she held a valid ESTA, had broken no rules or laws in the US, and was ready & able to return home.
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
Comic Creator RE Burke: Her Visa Story
Full family statement after her welcome return to the UK
downthetubes.net
March 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The full statement from the family of R.E. Burke clarifies that there were no grounds whatsoever for the British cartoonist to be detained by ICE for almost 3 weeks – she held a valid ESTA, had broken no rules or laws in the US, and was ready & able to return home.
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
downthetubes.net/comic-creato...
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Insulting.
Navajo Code Talkers were American heroes whose unbreakable code helped carry the U.S. to victory in WWII and saved countless lives.
www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
Navajo Code Talkers were American heroes whose unbreakable code helped carry the U.S. to victory in WWII and saved countless lives.
www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
March 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Insulting.
Navajo Code Talkers were American heroes whose unbreakable code helped carry the U.S. to victory in WWII and saved countless lives.
www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
Navajo Code Talkers were American heroes whose unbreakable code helped carry the U.S. to victory in WWII and saved countless lives.
www.axios.com/local/salt-l...
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America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
March 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.
I was bummed when this came on the market for so much (let alone the costs to maintain it). I really wish ASU had bought it to use as a meeting space, but alas, no luck.
A Tour of the Final Home Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright: The Circular Sun House
A Tour of the Final Home Designed By Frank Lloyd Wright: The Circular Sun House
Some remember the nineteen-nineties in America as the second coming of the nineteen-fifties. Whatever holes one can poke in that historical framing, it does feel strangely plausible inside Frank Lloyd...
www.openculture.com
March 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was bummed when this came on the market for so much (let alone the costs to maintain it). I really wish ASU had bought it to use as a meeting space, but alas, no luck.
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A 10-year-old U.S. citizen girl recovering from brain cancer, was detained at an immigration checkpoint while heading to an emergency medical checkup and promptly deported. Thanks to Trump and Musk.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
March 13, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A 10-year-old U.S. citizen girl recovering from brain cancer, was detained at an immigration checkpoint while heading to an emergency medical checkup and promptly deported. Thanks to Trump and Musk.
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
Was looking for images of the X ddos, but all I can find is this...
March 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Was looking for images of the X ddos, but all I can find is this...
I am concerned with efforts to out-simplify the right: embracing patriotism and simplistic solutions. We need to do the hard thing: Make America Less Stupid. Draping the left in the flag is easy. Encouraging critical thinking and raise the importance of improving intelligence.
March 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I am concerned with efforts to out-simplify the right: embracing patriotism and simplistic solutions. We need to do the hard thing: Make America Less Stupid. Draping the left in the flag is easy. Encouraging critical thinking and raise the importance of improving intelligence.
This poster, which was designed in 1939 to be posted should an occupation occur, is available as an SVG on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fr...
March 1, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This poster, which was designed in 1939 to be posted should an occupation occur, is available as an SVG on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fr...
This is our new deputy FBI director: internet troll threatening liberal "pussies" who are going to "find out" what comes next.
February 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This is our new deputy FBI director: internet troll threatening liberal "pussies" who are going to "find out" what comes next.
"... and the rules of the game are made from instant to instant by the arbitrary decree of the Queen. It is a world like this that the scientist must conform to in totalitarian countries, no matter whether they be those of the right or the left." - Norbert Weiner, 1950.
February 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
"... and the rules of the game are made from instant to instant by the arbitrary decree of the Queen. It is a world like this that the scientist must conform to in totalitarian countries, no matter whether they be those of the right or the left." - Norbert Weiner, 1950.
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Red Accelerationism (R/acc) seeks to rapidly advance technology—AI, automation, and biotech—to dismantle capitalism and create a post-scarcity, post-labor society for all. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
AI Is Not the Enemy—Capital Is
Luddite Reactionary demands a return to the cave..
substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Red Accelerationism (R/acc) seeks to rapidly advance technology—AI, automation, and biotech—to dismantle capitalism and create a post-scarcity, post-labor society for all. substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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Another great opportunity for #NiceWhiteLadies (incl those w/ freckles) to wake up!
Maybe it's early...
But this took me out 🤣
But this took me out 🤣
February 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Another great opportunity for #NiceWhiteLadies (incl those w/ freckles) to wake up!
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Federal workers should stage a massive strike, shut down the government, and push back on Elon‘s bullying.
February 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Federal workers should stage a massive strike, shut down the government, and push back on Elon‘s bullying.
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Ok. This site is a super cool way to inform and resist www.wethebuilders.org
We are the builders
We find the truth and tell the truth
www.wethebuilders.org
February 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ok. This site is a super cool way to inform and resist www.wethebuilders.org
Gotta wonder how many Trump-voting parents realized the E in DEI was how their kids were going to be able to afford to go to college...
At Least 10 Student Loan And Federal Aid Programs Run By The Department Of Education May Be Cut
Republicans are looking to cut or eliminate nearly a dozen student loan and federal aid programs administered by the Department of Education. Here are the details.
www.forbes.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Gotta wonder how many Trump-voting parents realized the E in DEI was how their kids were going to be able to afford to go to college...
Can we assume that Stephen Miller's "Operation Second Look" has verified that both the First Lady and Elon Musk at no point violated immigration law before obtaining their citizenship?
February 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Can we assume that Stephen Miller's "Operation Second Look" has verified that both the First Lady and Elon Musk at no point violated immigration law before obtaining their citizenship?