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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 8h

Another year, another year that the Macarthur Foundation overlooks my genius

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 2d

Oz is right about the criminal elements - wonder if he has heard of the guy behind Columbia/HCA

Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 2d

What @jonmladd.bsky.social says is correct. But the thing that stands out to me is that the cooption and capitulation *hasn't* increased Republicans' media trust.

Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 4d

At the time, scholars of this topic noted that, in Trump's first term, the independence of institutional media orgs from him went with a surge in trust in the media from Democrats. Major media org's cooption and capitulation in Trump's second term has gone with a drop in Democrats' media trust.

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 5d

Courage that leads to such bad decisions is no virtue, sir

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 5d

ok yeah this rocks

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 6d

Oh for sure. And after a nice respite the electric scoots are back on campus as well

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 6d

Also why do I care if he's mournfully breaking laws vs. gleefully breaking laws? The OMB Director's mood is immaterial to the unlawful actions he's taking

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 6d

Facts. Will say there are a lot of things that society seems to be okay with that amaze me

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 6d

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles

lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles

The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

lastcampaign.substack.com

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 6d

This suuuucks.

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 7d

FIFA tightly guarded 2026 World Cup ticket prices.

Now, The Athletic reveals costs for each game, at each venue, at every stage of the tournament.

Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 7d

Guess I've been midwest pilled as well, because I didn't even notice!

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 13d

Im begging the NYT to spend time talking to people who actually teach and work at universities. Especially ones that don't have billion dollar endowments.

My issues are AI use, crumbling infrastructure, vanishing staff, unfunded state mandates, a customer service model of education...

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 16d

strange bedfellows. People saying Newsom can get away with this are making John Calhoun’s argument about nullification

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 16d

How is this guy not on an NFL roster? Unreal.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 16d

A guy on tik tok onside kicks into random things

Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 18d

Sorry, American here. But pubs are open at 7am?!

I’m not judging. I’m just impressed

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 19d

Politico: what? You mean these entertainment magazines?

No! Entertainment publications that are doing the actual political reporting and commentary that you're supposed to be doing.

Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 19d

Politico, I'm begging you to be more like Rolling Stone, Wired, Defector or The Ringer

bsky.app/profile/nate...

Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 19d

please save of us from this kind of "reporting"

EXCLUSIVE
Weighted vest women are the 2026 swing voters
Meet the new midterm swing voters: They broke for Donald Trump in 2024, they're a toss-up for 2026 — and they're wearing weighted vests all over your neighborhood.

(Politico)

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 19d

Yeah and Wired as well

Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 19d

One of the many things that this era’s postmortem will have to account for is that this kind of criticism is coming from sports websites (the Ringer, Defector, etc) and fashion magazines (Teen Vogue) than from the mainstream media outlets of record.

The Tell-Tale Brian Phillips @brianphillips.bsky.social · 19d

I wrote about the Kimmel situation

The Age of Corporate Capitulation Won’t Work

Donald Trump came for Jimmy Kimmel. Disney folded immediately. It’s not just bad morals. It’s bad business.

www.theringer.com

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 21d

Begging the pundit class to actually talk to people involved in higher education

Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 21d

Poll of college students after Kirk's killing reveals a different picture of what is happening. The vast majority don't like him and only a tiny minority would indicate that his shooting was in anyway "justified" puck.news/wp-content/u...

Survey data showing responses to two questions.

First question: To what extent to you agree with Charlie Kirk's views?
10% strongly agree; 20% somewhat agree; 17% somewhat disagree; 53% strongly disagree.

Second question: Do you think the murder of Charlie Kirk was justified?
4% definitely justified; 11% probably justified; 22% probably not justified; 63% definitely not justified.

Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 21d

With each slice, G and D get better and better.

a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his mouth open .

media.tenor.com

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 21d

If you’re having a bad day, just know that somewhere, there’s a dude driving a 8-3” tall van in a parking garage with a maximum clearance of 8-2”.

*that somewhere is K-State

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26d

Any risk we expect a second-grader to accept by going to school should be expected of the rich and powerful as well.

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 27d

Good stuff! Wins these days are few and far between. Hope you’re having an extra scoop of ice cream tonight

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Nate BOO-rkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social · 28d

Thoughts and prayers

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