Rebecca Spang

I love how the vocabulary of “collect” and “release” makes it sound as if retail prices are migratory birds to be tagged and tracked.

History will never forgive us if we abandon Ukraine.

Nor should anyone else.

But possibly with a greater illusion/conviction of knowledge at the same time. Hence, pernicious to the second degree.

Not to be tendentious and I am willing to consider that it may be good that voters don’t _think_ of themselves as “ideological.” But they’re understanding of what things are necessary for happiness and how those things should be priced? That’s an ideology

Not to be tendentious and I am willing to consider that it may be good that voters don’t _think_ of themselves as “ideological.” But they’re understanding of what things are necessary for happiness and how those things should be priced? That’s an ideology

I am glad you understood

We had a ten-year-long debate over using the word “fascism” and the Coast Guard just…tweeted it out.

I admit. When we're trying to drive from Indiana to Maine in a hurry, I do sometimes mutter "Why does there have to be Ohio?" BUT there has to be Ohio because from 1840-1940 it was the third or fourth most populous state. Amazing history and cities galore. A fine home for the ANS

How Mediterranean Economies Were Shaped in the Early Middle Ages The clichéd image of the premodern Mediterranean economy is stagnation until the twin forces of capitalism and Industrial Revolution kick-started growth an

My review article, "How Mediterranean Economies Were Shaped in the Early Middle Ages" in the American Historical Review is out. This was a lot of fun and I try to make sense of 500+ years of recent economic histories. Find it: doi.org/10.1093/ahr/.... 1/

Sign the Petition Save Geology at the University of Leicester

For generations the Univ of Leicester has been a global leader in geology, Earth science & climate research

Now *the entire program* is on the chopping block

Some of the world's best paleontologists are facing layoffs

Sign this to stop this madness:

www.change.org/p/save-geolo...

The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.

In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:

The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.

If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.

We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.

1880 Maine gubernatorial election - Wikipedia

There's SO MUCH American history I don't know [because I thought I was cool and edgy in college, so I studied European history instead].

For instance, in 1880, a Greenbacker won the Maine gubernatorial election by ~200 votes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1880_Ma...

Where are all the free market types? Turning the most powerful economy in the history of the world into a hotbed of crony capitalism with a rigged justice system

Both the most and the least believable of “plot twists” but here we are.

Happily we’re still (always) in the middle of the story.

i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly

This is the best. Thank you

Indiana Daily Student Indiana Daily Student

www.idsnews.com

Can I recommend the Indiana Daily Student? They’ve been getting a lot of grief lately and responding _brilliantly_.

an evil group of sorcerers, let's call it Yensid Corp., has snagged most of the fantastical creatures using cruel IP magic and enslaved them with contracts that may be extended indefinitely by the Wizard Senate. only the fae, which are open source, can free the enslaved mythic creatures...

Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less." She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards. They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it. This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil. The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option. "We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents. "We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""

The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.

Redistricting rift growing among Indiana Republicans • Indiana Capital Chronicle Indiana Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday made his most overt political threat to recalcitrant Republican state senators over congressional redistricting by saying he could look for ways to “compel” them to ...

Indiana's Senate voted today to adjourn by a vote of 29 to 19, with 19 Republicans joining the chamber's 10 Democrats to defy the governor's wish that the state re-gerrymander asap.

indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/11/18/r...

I can't believe I didn't think to repost this earlier!

Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...

this has got to be one of the best things the onion has done in years

ANOTHER Republican state senator in Indiana says he's been swatted... as state legislators resist calls to redistrict to create more favorable GOP districts

"a new birth of freedom..."

Since the USA keeps failing at Reconstruction, maybe we need a Renaissance? I mean, Harlem got to have one...

She wasn't the focus of what I was doing--her married surname was Osborn and the people two doors down were also Osborns [in whom I was interested]. This was far southwestern Virginia in 1900; she was listed as knowing neither how to read or write. I do keep thinking about her though.

That's such an "Elizabeth" insight. Thank you! I miss you

I would be inclined to translate it more vernacularly as "You don't have to hope in order to try, you don't need to succeed to keep trying" OR "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again!"

And who was it who said: "if at first you don't fricassee, fry fry a hen!?"