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Trump’s appointees often seem to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs, @ashleyrparker.bsky.social writes. They “perform near-daily tone poems to a certain type of MAGA masculinity, publicly pantomiming their professional responsibilities.”
JD Vance keeps saying "the left" won't engage his arguments on Abrego Garcia. Here is a piece that attempts to directly and systematically challenge one of Vance's core assertions: That Abrego Garcia already got due process and was deemed eligible for deportation:
newrepublic.com/article/1941...
And he has to live that long. Don’t give up hope!
It is good knowing I have made a positive contribution to the field
Conspiracy theories are folklore! Like myths, they offer explanations for why the world is a certain way. Did ancient people genuinely believe myths? If people can believe in pizza gate, the idea that Zeus became a shower of gold to impregnate Danae doesn't seem so farfetched a belief.
what could possibly go wrong
Trump has declared economic war on Europe.
To our democratic allies respond in the Canadian way - cancel trips, boycott bourbon and any American product.
Let your purchases send a message to the oligarchs.
Or folklooking?
This video concludes my three-part discussion on the folkloristics of superstition by encouraging storytellers to view writing superstition-based conflict in three ways. #folklore #folkloristics #superstition
The new Folklore & Fiction website is live! You'll find it at the link below, and I hope you'll sign up for the archive and monthly newsletter. Many thanks to my husband and in-house web developer for doing such beautiful work.
#FolkloreAndFiction #Folkbyte #Folkloristics #Folklore
ICYMI: I've set up a feed to capture #folklore scholarship. You can contribute by using the hashtags #folkloristics, #folklorist, #folklorescholar, or #folklorescholarship. You need not be a Folklore PhD, but posts should be topical. Also, please share the feed so others can find it. TY!
From my folklore history and theory class this week
MORE REPORTING: Two of the senior D.C. attorneys demoted today were the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Federal Major Crimes section.
These attorneys oversaw prosecutions involving "illegal firearms, narcotics, kidnappings, robberies, frauds, threats, child exploitation, human trafficking." 4/
DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details—Even Domestic Violence talkingpointsmemo.com/news/doge-ga...
Remember: Tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-meaning-of-tyranny
"Chez Fifi" is the name of a non-existent place that Seinfeld would build a whole episode around. One of Jennifer Aniston's dates on Friends would offer to take her to a place called "Chez Fifi."
But no actual place with a name like this has or does or will ever exist.
Folklore and the Digital online conference: following our ‘Digital Folklore’ conference in June 2024, we're holding a one-day online conference on ‘Folklore and the Digital’ on Saturday 29 March, 09:30-17:30 GMT. Tickets £30 (£20 for FLS members with Promo Code) folklore-society.com/event/folklo...
Our new website is live! Please visit and learn all about the project, the team and what we hope to achieve: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk
English National Folklore Survey! Great to see our project website up and running for this AHRC project led by David Clarke. With @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, Sophie Parkes-Nield, Chris Bader & Diane Rodgers. More anon!
www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk
BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism.
As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽
Zelenskyy and Mertz shake hands in an ornate indoor setting, marked by golden details and an elegant atmosphere.
Friedrich Merz, Germany's new chancellor, pledged support for Ukraine will be a top priority for his government and that it must "win the war".
"Victory means restoring territorial integrity" and "we are not neutral, we are not standing aside. We are on the side of Ukraine.” #GermanElection #CDU
Happy Twin Peaks Day! #davidlynch #twinpeaks
DOGE lists 1,125 canceled contracts, claiming $7.2 billion in savings—but many were already completed, meaning no money was actually saved. In fact, 417 contracts saved $0, and another 51 added up to less than $1 million.
Misinformation spreads fast—sharing to set the record straight.
one thing that's worth pointing out about the current wave of constituent fury at Republican town halls: the reason you're primarily seeing those viral moments in ruby red districts is because every Republican whose district is even remotely competitive is actively hiding from their constituents
> @ironstache.bsky.social
Of course he will.
Love this pic.
