The Prince Ali
@princeali.bsky.social
Crafty soft tossing southpaw. Baseball ⚾ devotee, jazz snob, wannabe cool dad, basketball fan 🏀 (off-season fun until spring training arrives)
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Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso) https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.1115
December 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises (recto); Persian Verse (khamriyya) (verso) https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.1115
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Their complaints are getting cyclical. Nothing going on to write about? Time to play up white grievances & tears reliably.
Fact | You can't write something predicated in the utterly ludicrous assumption that white men are being excluded from publishing unless you are racist.
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Their complaints are getting cyclical. Nothing going on to write about? Time to play up white grievances & tears reliably.
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OP thinks AI is conscious and should be allowed to vote but also wants to make it write emails and pick his wife’s Christmas present for eternity
it’s hard to think of a bigger grift than the claim that predictive text aka gAI is ‘conscious’ and thus “deserve rights” like the ability to vote
December 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
OP thinks AI is conscious and should be allowed to vote but also wants to make it write emails and pick his wife’s Christmas present for eternity
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We should ask why it’s so easy for terms and concepts like “Heritage American” and “Western Chauvinism” are met with earnest analysis and exploration while academic theory produced by Black scholars are summarily dismissed by people reading introductory texts if that.
December 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We should ask why it’s so easy for terms and concepts like “Heritage American” and “Western Chauvinism” are met with earnest analysis and exploration while academic theory produced by Black scholars are summarily dismissed by people reading introductory texts if that.
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No chance until Starmer and Reeves are gone. A pair of over promoted clueless neoliberals, out of their depth and titing about pretending they know what they're doing.
Labour living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around.
Fascism awaits. Tariff wars, UK is outside the biggest trading block (EU). Poverty/Inequality rising.
Finance industry deregulated, mega crash incubating.
Must abandon neoliberalism. Need redistribution.
Fascism awaits. Tariff wars, UK is outside the biggest trading block (EU). Poverty/Inequality rising.
Finance industry deregulated, mega crash incubating.
Must abandon neoliberalism. Need redistribution.
Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around | Larry Elliott
Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum and things may get worse before they get better, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
No chance until Starmer and Reeves are gone. A pair of over promoted clueless neoliberals, out of their depth and titing about pretending they know what they're doing.
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This is related to the idea that if white people don't have 100% of high-prestige jobs, awards, recognition etc it's evidence of discrimination against whiteness. It's where "great replacement" logic leads you. bsky.app/profile/donm...
I see this on the right - the idea that the existence of foreign academic staff and faculty are evidence of discrimination against natives. It's not discrimination, its selection: academia is a global marketplace, the US is the biggest center of that market. So yes, some foreign talent will win.
Striking nativist editorializing by the federal judge who just upheld the $100,000 tax on high-skill immigrants.
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is related to the idea that if white people don't have 100% of high-prestige jobs, awards, recognition etc it's evidence of discrimination against whiteness. It's where "great replacement" logic leads you. bsky.app/profile/donm...
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A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
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Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
Palestinian doctors graduate in ruins of Gaza's destroyed al-Shifa Hospital
Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
www.aljazeera.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Ceremony held at hospital destroyed by Israel highlights toll of two-year war on Gaza's medical system.
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the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
December 26, 2025 at 11:45 AM
the graduation of a cohort of gaza’s new medical professionals in front of the ruins of al shifa hospital. No words, really.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Charity represents the failure of public policy.
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Albanese serves hot meals with a side of hope for Christmas lunch
Armed with gloves, apron and tongs, politicians from across the aisle gathered to serve festive fare at the Rev Bill Crews Foundation in Sydney
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Charity represents the failure of public policy.
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
So one of the worst examples of political hypocrisy is politicians getting photo ops performing meal services for people who they have kept living in #poverty. #inequality #homelessness #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Toyotathon started as a pagan holiday
December 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Toyotathon started as a pagan holiday
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I remember students complaining about hand cramps when I was proctoring finals as a TA thirty years ago.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I remember students complaining about hand cramps when I was proctoring finals as a TA thirty years ago.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
And uh, you’re not supposed to “like” the final exam.
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ahaha holy shit I was not up on this. Not surprised!
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ahaha holy shit I was not up on this. Not surprised!
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Only Keir Starmer's Labour could arrest the world's most famous climate activist for holding a placard
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Only Keir Starmer's Labour could arrest the world's most famous climate activist for holding a placard
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
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Once upon a time the NBA gave us special Christmas Day uniforms—now we get nothing, not even a lousy fruitcake. The excellent hoops journalist @wtevs.bsky.social asked me to write about this for her "Basketball Feelings" Substack, and I ran with it.
www.basketballfeelings.com/p/what-happe...
www.basketballfeelings.com/p/what-happe...
What happened to the NBA's Christmas Day uniforms?
The league is at peak uniform volume, but in the churn of endless branding and marketing we've lost the charm.
www.basketballfeelings.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Once upon a time the NBA gave us special Christmas Day uniforms—now we get nothing, not even a lousy fruitcake. The excellent hoops journalist @wtevs.bsky.social asked me to write about this for her "Basketball Feelings" Substack, and I ran with it.
www.basketballfeelings.com/p/what-happe...
www.basketballfeelings.com/p/what-happe...
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Ten health breakthroughs in 2025.
10 breakthroughs in medicine in 2025
It’s been an incredible year: the first patient-specific medicine, new antibiotics, transplant breakthroughs — and maybe the first treatment for Huntington’s.
breakingground.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ten health breakthroughs in 2025.
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The story of how New York City's Radio City Rockettes began in St. Louis (Missouri Rockets)
How New York's Radio City Rockettes began in St. Louis
The longest-running precision dance company in America, the Rockettes were created here and debuted in St. Louis in 1925.
www.stltoday.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The story of how New York City's Radio City Rockettes began in St. Louis (Missouri Rockets)
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The reality for the other students is that they are no longer enrolled in a psychology class. It is a Psychology plus My Personal Christian Beliefs class.
Every class at OU is now a My Personal Christian Beliefs class.
Every time any student raises such beliefs, instructors have to accept them.
Every class at OU is now a My Personal Christian Beliefs class.
Every time any student raises such beliefs, instructors have to accept them.
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The reality for the other students is that they are no longer enrolled in a psychology class. It is a Psychology plus My Personal Christian Beliefs class.
Every class at OU is now a My Personal Christian Beliefs class.
Every time any student raises such beliefs, instructors have to accept them.
Every class at OU is now a My Personal Christian Beliefs class.
Every time any student raises such beliefs, instructors have to accept them.
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The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
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The Beaneater, by Annibale Carracci, 1580s
December 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Beaneater, by Annibale Carracci, 1580s
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
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at long last, society has finally progressed beyond the need for quentin tarantino
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
at long last, society has finally progressed beyond the need for quentin tarantino
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It's the weekend, baby
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It's the weekend, baby