Christopher Zorn

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

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In view of the SNAP crisis, providing pantry stable items to those in need. Please take what you need and leave what you can, no perishible items please.

📣 IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY PANTRY ASAP IF YOU ARE ABLE

There is definitely "no place like Nebraska": U. of Nebraska-Lincoln (@unlincoln.bsky.social) is recommending the elimination of my Dept. of Statistics along with 5 other departments and other cuts. These recommendations include laying off 50+ tenured faculty--no other university does this. 1/

Conspiracy Abolition Virginia Law Review, 2026 69 Pages Posted: 7 Aug 2024 Last revised: 26 Feb 2025 Evan D. Bernick Northern Illinois University - College of Law Date Written: July 24, 2024 Abstract Criminal conspiracy seems as American as apple pie. Every state criminalizes conspiracy, and there are dozens of federal conspiracy statutes. The crime of conspiracy is the darling of prosecutors across the political spectrum. It has been wielded against poor Black teens and White TV moguls; anti-carceral and anti-abortion activists; rap stars and a President. Conspiracy's hold on U.S. criminal systems is firm. This Article seeks to break that hold. The crime of conspiracy promotes surveillance of and violence against poor people of color. It is a menace to freedom of expression, the right of a criminal defendant to confront an adverse witness, and the rule of law. Its purported social benefits remain unsubstantiated; its social costs have been understated when they have not been outright ignored. And it can't be reformed. It should be abolished.

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Assistant Professor, Political Science APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Dorking fan, 54, answers call to play in goal as club wrestles with injury crisis Terry Dunn, 54, has answered an emergency call from his National league South club after 28 years in retirement

Lower league football (soccer) >= minor league baseball

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Greg Gutfeld will never outshine Stephen Colbert Fox News tries to credit Gutfeld's show for Colbert's cancellation — but the facts tell a different story

Check out this great piece by @mcclennen65.bsky.social in which I played a small part:

www.salon.com/2025/08/09/n...

OMG #COYS

Well this is weird.

(Link: constitution.congress.gov/constitution/)

Political science friends: help a sister out. #polisky #polmeth #politicalscience

Stephen Colbert wasn’t CBS’s first satirical sacrifice Caving to pressure from two presidents, the network fired the Smothers Brothers in 1969

Chk out my new piece on the first time that CBS sacrificed satire and caved to pressure. It is a good reminder that they may be cancelling Colbert, but satire will adapt and thrive.

#colbert #colbertcancellation #satire #smothersbrothers #CBS #Paramount

www.salon.com/2025/07/25/s...

IT'S LIVE

ATTN: If you’re one of the 1,000 FBI agents who reviewed the Epstein files, feel free to reach out to me via signal (in my bio). I’ll keep you anonymous- as I have the thousands of current and former federal workers who have sent me tips. Please share this widely. 🙏🏻

Colbert - South Park crossover, who’s in?

Lots of fallacies (Robinson Crusoe, ecological, continuum, ludic, Baconian, prosecutor’s, etc.)

Medium or Substack?

Happy “Berhalter Out” Day to all who celebrate! #USMNT #Greggg

US court strikes down ‘click-to-cancel’ rule designed to make unsubscribing easier Rule would have kept businesses from forcing customers through lengthy chats or other barriers to cancellation

All Republican appointees (two Trump, one Bush Sr.).

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Add: law professors.

It’s no wonder they suck more now…

I’ve never said it isn’t. But I’ve said it shouldn’t be for decades, and I’ll stand by that.

Trump’s Massive Deportation Plan Echoes Concentration Camp History Trump’s language about immigrants “poisoning” the U.S. repeats past rhetoric that led to civilian detention camps, with horrific, tragic results

www.scientificamerican.com/article/trum...

Happy birthday to the greatest articulation of critical American patriotism, Frederick Douglass’ “What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July” www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

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Just for everyone who sees this? This is exactly the level of rigor and dedication NYT has practiced in regards to its entire body of work on trans kids, affirmative action, and progressive policies. this is what they've always been. They just fluked up where everyone could see it this time.

US supreme court clears way for deportation of migrants to South Sudan Court halts ruling that allowed migrants to challenge removal to countries where they could be in danger

Shameful.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...