Nate Kruger

The "compact" is a threat, with the administration explicitly stating that it plans to disfavor universities that don't sign in areas from foreign student visas, student loans, federal contracts as well as grants, and even tax [501(c)(3)] status.

It's a maximalist plan of 1st Amendment violation.

So many people told me that “from the river to the sea” is genocidal because it means Israel doesn’t get a state. Now that Netanyahu says he won’t allow a Palestinian state, what does that make y’all?

RIP president redford

whatttttttttt

REPORTER: Mr. President, my condolences to you, Sir. My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. [unintelligible] How are you holding up over the last day and a half, Sir? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there, you see all the trucks? They've just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they ve been trying to get, as you know, for about 150 years. And it's gonna be a beauty. Absolutely magnificent construction. We just started, so it'll get done very nicely. And it will be one of the best anywhere in the world, actually.

oh well, onward and upward

Doxcare A step-by-step guide explaining how to protect yourself from online stalkers, why it's important, and what to do if you are targeted for doxxing.

If you are on the TPUSA list of professors or are an otherwise visible left academic, I strongly recommend reviewing your digital footprint. Is your address public information? What about your family members?

crimethinc.com/2020/08/26/d...

NYT metro section really hitting us with the one-two w/ scoops tonight huh?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/n...

This is all making me think of India Walton’s advice to Zohran: “Moderating is what got us here… I pivoted fairly quickly… to try and integrate myself into the party, because I thought that was the way to build a broad-based coalition… It sort of ate away from our message from the inside out.”

If Mamdani has inspired people by speaking authentically and honestly about issues, then pretending that the NYPD isn't that bad could alienate some of his base: bsky.app/profile/jben...

sorry it’s just like, even eric fucking adams cofounded an organization about racism in the NYPD. what are we doing here

New Yorkers Keep Dying on Rikers Island. Does Anyone Actually Care? Will public officials ever stop the deaths in City jails? Will New Yorkers ever make them?

"Mamdani's... policy priorities are about affordability, not jail reform. And while there are powerful interests invested in keep[ing] the jails full, there is not... a corresponding political bloc demanding Rikers closure that is powerful enough to inspire fear or loyalty in an elected official."

It's disgusting. This, plus walking back his opposition to getting rid of the SHSAT is hard to stomach for me. Sure we'll keep our school system segregated, sure we'll keep the racist NYPD goons, but yay cheaper groceries! Starting to make sense why he's allergic to polling well with Black voters.

I want my money back @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Barrack Obama, DNC leaders etc are going to publicly cry a lot more about this violence than they ever have about any snipers, bombings or lynchings in Gaza.

“Violence has no place in America!” they will say, on their way to the Raytheon shareholders meeting.

We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.

If the far-right misogynist with a bad haircut wants to villainize independent women, Jezebel is more than happy to be the hag of his nightmares.
www.jezebel.com/we-paid-some...

For the White House, the strike on a boat in the Caribbean is a laughing matter. For a senior Pentagon official, it's a "crime" and an "attack on civilians."

Full story: theintercept.com/2025/09/05/p...

‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight back

Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, warned of a more “militant” response on campuses in the fall – including possible mass strikes.

“We’re going to need to politicize this fight. It’s not an economic strike on our job conditions – it’s a political strike for the future of the sector.”

#DefendHigherEd

This is heartbreaking. I would not be who I am without countless teachers who went the extra mile to help me learn. I can't imagine many people would be. So, so much is lost if we turn this over to chatbots.

My favorite part has to be the ending where they go on about how complicated this all is and how really every debate over stuff like this is impossible to resolve. Like it's really not that complex! Their model is the residual variance of a linear regression with two controls...

A somewhat frustrating sidenote -- WAR was developed as a compilation of metrics that were all researched and found to be positively related to wins. The point was to cut out the noise, and conglomerate + weight known factors in winning. Their "WAR" is the opposite! It's 100% noise! It's hot garbage

Split Ticket’s WAR model is hot garbage.

But beyond the quant body slam we see below, ANY “wins above replacement” model applied to campaigns is hot garbage.

Why? Because electorates are different; NYC is not Oregon.

WAR comes from baseball where ev pitcher-batter matchup uses the SAME rules.

Got into a back and forth with one over a regression question, went to their page and they're retweeting matt yglesias shit about how the CJS isn't racist (using a working paper that only analyzed grand juries lmfao)

It's like they live in another world

Thanks for writing this out. Every time I see that model I want to pull my hair out

Do Moderates Do Better? Uncovering Bias in Split Ticket’s WAR Scores

We took a close look at Split Ticket's WAR metric, which has become influential in Democratic circles for suggesting moderates significantly outperform progressives.

Our finding: The metric contains systematic biases that overstate the advantage of moderation. A corrected model shows no advantage.🧵

When opportunity structures matter for unfolding the sociopolitical development of adolescents and young adults Recognizing the significant roles of youth in social change efforts, research has increasingly aimed to clarify the processes that promote critical action among young people. Studies on sociopolitica....

Do you want to know more about factors associated with civic engagement and collective action? Check out our (@natekruger.bsky.social) latest article on the topic: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“Louisiana has an incarceration rate comparable to any 20th century police state” is a 100% true statement you almost never hear

“Children… are telling our staff that they want to die and go to heaven because they hear that that’s where there’s food.”

Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy at Save the Children International, warns that “mass starvation” is spreading across Gaza.

More than 100 aid groups warn of 'mass starvation' in Gaza amid Israel's war with Hamas A statement released by the 115 aid groups warned of "record rates of acute malnutrition" in the Gaza Strip.

I am sickened by what we’re seeing in Gaza right now. The IDF has blocked aid while shooting people waiting in food lines for what little aid is actually coming from the sham Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. Israel needs to lift its blockade and the U.S. needs to stop sending bombs.