Elizabeth Svoboda

Who's the better writer? An original human author or the bot that stole writings from a near infinite pool of authors and paraphrased it in a way that seems human?

"Pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity" is downright poetic.

Poof!

Now do the politicians.

San José State University Sues Trump Admin Over Anti-Trans Threats—Refusing to Capitulate The Trump regime said San José State had to break state law to discriminate against trans students, but the university said it isn’t budging.

1. Major news out of San Jose State University.

The University has REJECTED Trump's demands to ban trans people from bathrooms, dorms, and other facilities.

This comes after Trump threatened them for once having a trans student athlete.

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Is it a Texas thing?

He did, however, say "nucular."

I think that's about right. (And now I'm curious what the Venn diagram of authoritarians and Milgram followers is.)

I agree. The multiple interviews also indicate that the FBI considered Doe 4 at least somewhat credible

They both seem fairly credible to me, based on recent reporting that confirms some of the details in Doe 4's story. (And the independent existence of each allegation helps bolster the other's credibility, too.)

But not all Democrats are actually left-wing. Many consider themselves more moderate.

"Democratic" doesn't necessarily mean "left-wing." Many Dems consider themselves more moderate.

It won't surprise you to learn that authoritarianism and racism are highly correlated.

Which polling? I guess it depends on exactly how you define authoritarian, too. Bob Altemeyer, who researched authoritarianism for many years, always commented on how rare left-wing authoritarians were in the samples he drew for his studies (mostly in the U.S. and Canada).

Yep. Bush's approval floor during the Iraq war, as I recall, was a good 10+ points lower than Trump's approval is now

Almost all authoritarians in current Western societies are right-wing. Left-wing authoritarians are about as rare in the U.S. as California condors.

Yes, this is quite true. It's a global phenomenon. And seeminglyconsistent across time (1/3 is about the authoritarian fraction social scientists found in the 50s and 60s too)

This 37% zone where Trump has settled is close to the percentage of people who are authoritarian (about 1 in 3, per social science studies)

I say this every year, but:

The uni students I'm teaching are thoughtful, intelligent, will make everything they encounter better.

With a new addition for 2026:

They deeply hate AI.

Key Details of 13-Year-Old Trump Accuser’s Accounts Are Verified The newly corroborated details suggest the woman was truthful about numerous aspects of her life.

There is apparently credible evidence that the president of the United States is a pedophile. The comforting phrase “accused him without evidence” no longer fits this situation, and journalists must resort to the more perfunctory “hasn’t been formally charged.” www.thedailybeast.com/key-details-...

Justin Fox Deposition (Part 3) in MLA-ACLS-AHA Lawsuit about the NEH YouTube video by ModernLanguageAssoc

It's stunning how ignorant the DOGE bros were who were sent into agencies. Justin Fox cannot even articulate in his own words what his "present understanding of DEI" is: he can't even formulate a coherent sentence about it. I wouldn't hire him for basic tech support. #NEH
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I'm finding the Beehiiv website design platform hair-pullingly hard to use. Of course, that could just be my own lack of skills.

Surprised they are combining "Protestant" and "Nondenominational Christian" here. Mainline Protestants are very different, theologically and politically, from nondenom Christians, who are often evangelical or fundamentalist. The growth trajectories are very different too.

🚨FBI Interviews of Epstein/Trump accuser.🚨 Read for yourself. Time to subpoena Trump. ⬇️

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Folks who didn’t grow up in American evangelicalism & think that “we’re at war to kick off Armaggedon” story sounds far-fetched—it isn’t. There are many folks—lots now in positions of power—who desperately want war in the Middle East because it’s required by their interpretation of Biblical prophecy

And this redaction violates the law that Congress passed and Trump signed. Why is no one enforcing the Epstein Files Transparency Act as it was written?

🐳🎵 stop reposting accounts that don't source their infooo 🎵 🐳

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

It's been over three months and the Trump administration still hasn't fully released the Epstein files and are overly redacting and trying to hide what they do release because that's exactly what you'd expect for someone who is "innocent."

"Since the end of WWII, the US has generally done an abysmal job of educating its children, much less its adults, about what fascism was, is, and could yet become. It’s deeply troubling that there had to be any debate as to whether Donald Trump’s MAGA movement was fascist in character."