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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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one more thing...he's talking like it's December 2024! Ds don't need to do shit to win elections except sit there and watch people hate Trump. They just got a 13 point swing in a hyper red TN district!
The Ds don't need some slick savior. they need someone who will fight fascism. for fuck's sake.
The Ds don't need some slick savior. they need someone who will fight fascism. for fuck's sake.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
one more thing...he's talking like it's December 2024! Ds don't need to do shit to win elections except sit there and watch people hate Trump. They just got a 13 point swing in a hyper red TN district!
The Ds don't need some slick savior. they need someone who will fight fascism. for fuck's sake.
The Ds don't need some slick savior. they need someone who will fight fascism. for fuck's sake.
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the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
the birthright clause was not just written to wipe dred scott off of the books, it was written to repudiate the *idea* behind dred scott, you might say the larger *ideological project* of dred scott. and the whole of section 1 of the 14th amendment is a constitutional statement of political equality
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There's no way to sum up my feelings in response to this without saying something super cringey like CINEMA IS A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THIS PHILISTINE KNOWS NOTHING OF THE SOARING BEAUTY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT but there you have it.
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
There's no way to sum up my feelings in response to this without saying something super cringey like CINEMA IS A RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THIS PHILISTINE KNOWS NOTHING OF THE SOARING BEAUTY OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT but there you have it.
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
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horseshoe theory isn't really a thing...except to the extent that certain fash curious folks on the left and right want it to exist or to bring it into being.
December 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
horseshoe theory isn't really a thing...except to the extent that certain fash curious folks on the left and right want it to exist or to bring it into being.
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re ryan grim and the various iterations of glenn greenwaldism...
the way this works isn't so much that they get seduced by the right as that they were already dreaming of a realignment of left and right populism against an imagined bland/evil center. 1
the way this works isn't so much that they get seduced by the right as that they were already dreaming of a realignment of left and right populism against an imagined bland/evil center. 1
December 7, 2025 at 1:59 AM
re ryan grim and the various iterations of glenn greenwaldism...
the way this works isn't so much that they get seduced by the right as that they were already dreaming of a realignment of left and right populism against an imagined bland/evil center. 1
the way this works isn't so much that they get seduced by the right as that they were already dreaming of a realignment of left and right populism against an imagined bland/evil center. 1
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Feds gassed and tackled people in Elgin today, the same day Kristi Noem was in Chicago for a Christmas photo op, after a few weeks of relative quiet.
I'm remembering that old story about groundskeepers at Versailles who would only turn the palace fountains on when the king came by.
I'm remembering that old story about groundskeepers at Versailles who would only turn the palace fountains on when the king came by.
PHOTOS: Feds deploy tear gas in Elgin as hourslong standoff ends in man's arrest
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Feds gassed and tackled people in Elgin today, the same day Kristi Noem was in Chicago for a Christmas photo op, after a few weeks of relative quiet.
I'm remembering that old story about groundskeepers at Versailles who would only turn the palace fountains on when the king came by.
I'm remembering that old story about groundskeepers at Versailles who would only turn the palace fountains on when the king came by.
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Such blatant petty white nationalism on display. There’s no level too small for them to engage in this discursive terrorism.
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
National parks cut free entry for MLK Day, add Trump's birthday
NPS changed its free admission days in 2026, removing MLK Day and Juneteenth while adding Trump's birthday.
www.usatoday.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Such blatant petty white nationalism on display. There’s no level too small for them to engage in this discursive terrorism.
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
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Look, broadly speaking, I'm pro automated vehicles. When the tech is ready, there are many use cases & goodness knows human drivers are dangerous. But it's bonkers to me that companies get to treat our streets as test beds, and us as test subjects, without our consent.
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Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin | TechCrunch
The agency already opened an investigation in October over Waymo's performance around school buses. Waymo said it issued a software update to its fleet to improve performance.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Look, broadly speaking, I'm pro automated vehicles. When the tech is ready, there are many use cases & goodness knows human drivers are dangerous. But it's bonkers to me that companies get to treat our streets as test beds, and us as test subjects, without our consent.
share.google/JVa2i9taTHwU...
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I honestly believe yall don’t know how human engagement works.
No, normative judgements about a stranger’s relations — they’re weird! — isn’t the same. It’s also not normal or pro-social. If you did it to me in person, I would hit you. Possibly metaphorically. Possibly not.
No, normative judgements about a stranger’s relations — they’re weird! — isn’t the same. It’s also not normal or pro-social. If you did it to me in person, I would hit you. Possibly metaphorically. Possibly not.
wasn’t that just anecdotal evidence that differed from yours? How is that anything but ”normal engagement “?
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I honestly believe yall don’t know how human engagement works.
No, normative judgements about a stranger’s relations — they’re weird! — isn’t the same. It’s also not normal or pro-social. If you did it to me in person, I would hit you. Possibly metaphorically. Possibly not.
No, normative judgements about a stranger’s relations — they’re weird! — isn’t the same. It’s also not normal or pro-social. If you did it to me in person, I would hit you. Possibly metaphorically. Possibly not.
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I think of this post about once a week.
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I think of this post about once a week.
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These supporters of murder are moral freaks and it is important to say so
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
These supporters of murder are moral freaks and it is important to say so
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“In LA, CA a man’s father was abducted and disappeared by ICE.
While trying to find him using a GPS tracker in his car, they find his now stolen truck being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter while he is off-duty (12/2 or 12/3)”
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While trying to find him using a GPS tracker in his car, they find his now stolen truck being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter while he is off-duty (12/2 or 12/3)”
www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
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December 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“In LA, CA a man’s father was abducted and disappeared by ICE.
While trying to find him using a GPS tracker in his car, they find his now stolen truck being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter while he is off-duty (12/2 or 12/3)”
www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
While trying to find him using a GPS tracker in his car, they find his now stolen truck being driven around by an ICE Bounty Hunter while he is off-duty (12/2 or 12/3)”
www.reddit.com/r/PublicFrea...
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The world's wealthy liberal democracies looked the other way on FIFA's corruption for years because they didn't think corruption in sports was a big deal or worth addressing, and now find themselves looking at FIFA as a powerful, increasingly-integrated part of the far-right anti-democracy movement.
December 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The world's wealthy liberal democracies looked the other way on FIFA's corruption for years because they didn't think corruption in sports was a big deal or worth addressing, and now find themselves looking at FIFA as a powerful, increasingly-integrated part of the far-right anti-democracy movement.
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My current career plan is to pathologize a personality trait, which I then pivot into a personal brand, creating daily content to cultivate intense parasocial relationships that eventually lead to sponsorship deals and, if I play my cards right, cult-adjacent murders.
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My current career plan is to pathologize a personality trait, which I then pivot into a personal brand, creating daily content to cultivate intense parasocial relationships that eventually lead to sponsorship deals and, if I play my cards right, cult-adjacent murders.
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the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
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perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls
I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
perils of structuring your political beliefs according to political winds and issue polls
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It turns out the “culture war” was the point all along, just like Black people said it was.
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
It turns out the “culture war” was the point all along, just like Black people said it was.
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If you are born here, and you are subject to our laws, you're one of us. You're an American, and you have all the rights that Americans have, from the moment of your birth. Period. No exceptions.
That's what the Fourteenth Amendment says, and it's fucking beautiful.
That's what the Fourteenth Amendment says, and it's fucking beautiful.
December 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
If you are born here, and you are subject to our laws, you're one of us. You're an American, and you have all the rights that Americans have, from the moment of your birth. Period. No exceptions.
That's what the Fourteenth Amendment says, and it's fucking beautiful.
That's what the Fourteenth Amendment says, and it's fucking beautiful.
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The states should also defy it, not only on principle but because it's literally impossible, our vital records system simply does not even contain the information needed to know if anybody is or isn't in the categories Trump made up in his decree.
I feel like if the Court tries to nullify birthright citizenship then House Democrats should commit to impeaching all the Republican justices as soon as they get a majority. Even if the Senate won’t convict, make them make a spectacle out of it.
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The states should also defy it, not only on principle but because it's literally impossible, our vital records system simply does not even contain the information needed to know if anybody is or isn't in the categories Trump made up in his decree.
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One more thought about this which is that if the Court attempts to nullify the entirety of the Fourteenth Amendment then I think the liberal justices should also resign and publicly acknowledge that the Court is now wholly illegitimate.
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One more thought about this which is that if the Court attempts to nullify the entirety of the Fourteenth Amendment then I think the liberal justices should also resign and publicly acknowledge that the Court is now wholly illegitimate.
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If nothing else this would dramatize for the public the fact that the Supreme Court is now little more than an arm of the Republican Party.
I feel like if the Court tries to nullify birthright citizenship then House Democrats should commit to impeaching all the Republican justices as soon as they get a majority. Even if the Senate won’t convict, make them make a spectacle out of it.
December 6, 2025 at 3:21 AM
If nothing else this would dramatize for the public the fact that the Supreme Court is now little more than an arm of the Republican Party.
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Here's a better headline for Axios: "How Trump has normalized racism and racist slurs." Why can't some journalists just call a thing what it is? https://loom.ly/hiKWr58
How Trump flipped America's race conversation
Language that once was disqualifying is now a fixture of national political discourse.
www.axios.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here's a better headline for Axios: "How Trump has normalized racism and racist slurs." Why can't some journalists just call a thing what it is? https://loom.ly/hiKWr58