No matter how long I live after we get through this dark chapter, I will never get over the immorality, the amorality, the corruption, the criminality and the cruelty in service to one of the worst humans to ever walk the earth.

The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control

This is spot-on.

The UVA "deal" might be the worst/most dangerous (so far). With the help of UVA's leadership, Trump coerced a leading U.S. university to foreswear all efforts (including 100% lawful measures) to achieve diversity.

A betrayal of our values.

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when its definitely not a hostage situation

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.

Truly feels like the pace of the whole “wheels coming off” thing is accelerating

One thing about me is that I do believe art/music/etc are fundamental parts of being human and necessities, not luxuries, going all the way back to Lascaux Cave and Neanderthal flutes, and that those things probably become MORE important during times of strife, not less.

D. All of the above. Esp. Okkervil River, Wolf Gang, One Republic…

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Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.

New research supporting the radical proposition that trying to learn something works better than not trying.

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"we need to teach kids critical thinking"

Babe the arts classes that you constantly devalue *are* the critical thinking classes. What do you think things like history and English class are for‽

Screenshot: ACCESS TO PATRON INFORMATION Any person is entitled to view their own library account information in person with positive identification in our libraries. The records of minors with their own cards are also considered to be private to those persons.

my library's policy.

Librarians like to say that book bans interfere with parents' direction of their children's reading. But also, by letting minors be patrons, librarians do not collude with parents' control over their children's reading.

The freedom to read is radically democratic. 📚

Why not an early morning thread using this data to explore the concept of "identity-protective cognition," and why understanding how it operates may be vital to understanding the role of misinformation in our digital age? This will get two likes, surely, but here goes...

Line graph showing the daily sea-ice extent in the region of Baffin Bay and Labrador Sea from late 1978 to November 2025. The thick black line represents 2025, while the previous years are displayed in decadal-grouped colors. Ice growth is significantly slower than ever and ice cover is record low

Arctic map showing the average sea-ice concentration over the first 19 days of November 2025. For comparison, the mean sea-ice extent over the same days for 1981-2010 is represented by an orange contour. The ice cover is significantly more withdrawn toward north in entire Atlantic sector.

Halfway through November,
and Arctic sea ice is missing in the Atlantic sector:
Hudson Bay,
Baffin Bay & Labrador sea (fell out of the "normal" zone),
and the Barents Sea.

Reps. Sara Jacobs, Young Kim to Improve and Localize U.S. Foreign Assistance | U.S. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs Of California's 51st District The Official U.S. Congressional website of Congresswoman Sara Jacobs

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“He Must Have Got This From K.” How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence

Here is my read of the "peace plan" and how Kirill Dmitriev played the American media to force this thing into being -- with an incompetent White House scrambling to make it seem like this was somehow coordinated and well-planned. open.substack.com/pub/macspaun...

The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine

We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
(video)
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Reporter: Are affirming that you think Trump is a fascist?

Mamdani: We’ve spoken about—

Trump: That’s ok, you can just say it.

Federal immigration agents plan Raleigh operations as early as Tuesday, mayor says Federal immigration agents are on the ground in Raleigh and plan to conduct operations in the area as soon as Tuesday, according to Raleigh Mayor Janet Cowell.

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What happens when housing supply is driven by markets? Home prices in America won’t come down without systemic reform

What happens when supply is driven by markets?

‘big lenders & builders have sometimes created artificial scarcity designed to bolster profits rather than build homes.. strong case that rethinking financialisation & concentration could help solve affordability’ www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

🇺🇦 Zelensky: A historic agreement has been prepared with France.

There will be a significant strengthening of our combat aviation, air defense, and other defense capabilities.

Gestapo

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That man should end up in front of a tribunal when Trump and his gang are gone

This photo by @jimvondruska.bsky.social for @reuters.com is burned into my mind.

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