Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
After his trial runs in LA and DC, Trump is now reportedly planning to permanently keep 600 National Guard troops on standby to deploy into any American city facing protests.
This is the stuff fascism is made of.
About the best pre-game take I’ve seen on tomorrow’s “summit” in Alaska.
its crazy how dominant germany was in science (especially chemistry) in the 19th century, it was basically the international language for scientists, people came from all over the world to train at heidelberg etc, and then....
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Bracing reading. Though Agent Orange’s tariff and mass deportation policies will accelerate inflation, other less discretionary forces, with climate change being the big one, will likely keep it moving higher…
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A little?!
US to revoke student visas over ‘pro-Hamas’ social media posts flagged by AI – report www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is really chilling.
The wise and understated Timothy Snyder on why Trump’s “peace initiative” is not serious. 5 simple tests in 2 minutes of video. Incisive. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Canceled my Washington Post subscription. No thanks, meddling oligarchs!
The ever clear-eyed and insightful Timothy Snyder nails MuskTrump’s use of “fraud” as a political tool to delegitimize government. Must read. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Bracing words from Poland’s eloquent Foreign Minister. We Americans should be ashamed to the core that our previous role as an advocate of order and (mostly) reliable defender of democracy and justice has been terminated.
Why are the headlines NOT “Israel violates ceasefire agreement”?! While the facts detailed in these two stories more or less tell the same story, the headlines fail to accurately identify which party is violating the agreement.
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It’s like insane asylum level crazy clown makeup… 🤡
What a despicable bully.
Holy New Mexico Sunset!
Inspiring and reassuring protest today in and around Union Square Park. Thousands turned out in spite of the cold to express their disgust with grifter Trump and his unelected billionaire sponsor Musk.
How about the lunatics don’t get to run the asylum instead? How about criminal behavior is addressed BEFORE elections so that people can vote accordingly? Grifters gonna grift. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
History, perspective, wisdom, and just a little bit of hope from the incomparable M Gessen. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
This is who these people are. JD Vance and Elon Musk should be ashamed, but that's part of the Catch-22 here. They have no shame. Also, note the clown in the bronze face paint. How is walking around like that not considered certifiably crazy?
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It’s really bracing to see just what an outlier the US healthcare system is for all the wrong reasons. substack.com/@etopol/note...
Intentionally destroying the international order the US helped to build. #ForShame
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Note to world. The xenophobic buffoon is not acting in the best interests of the US or the world and does not speak for us. l.smartnews.com/p-iDPNDrb/Yk...
So Trump is openly talking about an active role by the US in perpetrating ethnic cleansing in Gaza. #NotInOurName #ForShame
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At a local service shop getting my car inspected. Fox News on the tv, ofc. An anchor interviewing a rightwing sane-washing “economist” carefully (ie w maximum positive spin) acknowledging the potentially catastrophic impact of Trump’s incredibly self and other destructive imposition of tariffs .
And now for something rather more bracing from the clear-eyed Timothy Snyder who minces no words as he describes the ongoing Coup. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Hello world! Shutting down by enshitified Meta accounts and coming over where the sky is bluer. Here’s a little something I saw last night to celebrate the shift.
Hey @emollick.bsky.social, long-time reader, first-time commenter. Thank you for your always enlightening and provocative (in a good way!) work. From an assessment POV, a wide variety of ecologically valid benchmarks would be truly meaningful. How about an open source benchmarking collaborative?
