Alex J. Parton

The modern paradox: “while capitalism affords us the science to decode nature’s laws, its momentum denies us the ability to abide them in any rational way.”

Read here: thereclamationmag.substack.com/p/ecology

#philosophy #environment #capitalism #PhilSky

DEI programs for the American Dream have been cancelled. It's gonna save trillions.

Here’s the longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize. The longlist for this year’s International Booker Prize 2025 has been announced. The annually given prize recognizes international literature in translation. The winning book will receive a £…

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Snow is cute at first, but after the first few times, everyone is ready for spring.

Brooklyn: The New Global Destination For Expats Seeking A Vibrant New York Lifestyle Brooklyn is a destination that's attracting global residents.

Global neoliberalism strikes again. Welp, I'm priced out.

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Billionaires Should Not Exist Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

"The self-made myth conceals the multitude of barriers to wealth accumulation and reinforces the notion that if you’re poor, it’s because you’re lazy or made bad choices."

@teenvogue.bsky.social with the facts.

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I was in a cafe sitting next to two friends - a young man and young women - setting up Hinge dating app accounts, when the man went on a rant about the possible pronouns one could choose. Don't worry, he qualified it with, "Look, I'm a progressive, I'm an ally, but..."

I'm glad to hear some people are enjoying this gloomy, joyless adaptation. Dorfman's criticisms ring true, I think, if you have ever read the book and been enchanted by it. The adaptation has its merits - cinematically - but does not come close to capturing the essence of Gabo's masterpiece.

Can we stop with the life hacks?

David Lynch, who brought surrealism into the cineplex, dies at 78 The renowned director mixed melodrama and horror in movies such as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He helped trigger a TV revolution with “Twin Peaks.”

Breaking news: David Lynch, the surrealist filmmaker who bridged the mainstream and avant-garde, exploring the sinister recesses of the human psyche with an unsettling blend of melodrama, whimsy and nightmarish horror, has died. He was 78.

Oh I guess democracy died in the dark, huh?

Are men’s reading habits truly a national crisis? The questionable statistic at the heart of the “men don’t read fiction” discourse.

"When it comes to prestige, the literary man appears to be thriving — he’s just, crucially, less likely to also be straight and white than he used to be."

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Maybe bigger cars will solve the problem. Sorry, bigger SUVs.

I've found that academics are *much* more weary of embracing AI, even those that code (in whatever capacity) compared to people in industry. It's a useful tool that can potentially help you learn and do things you didn't know how to. We just need to recognize that it also has huge limitations.

I am begging computer scientists to read more broadly and deeply. It's great that you've discovered image-based sexual abuse, but sociologists, gender-based violence scholars, psychology, comms studies, etc. have been doing this work for at least a decade now. READ US.

#AcademicSky

"I am using my moratorium powers to prevent insurance companies from canceling or non-renewing policies in wildfire-impacted areas, so people don’t face the added stress of finding new insurance during this horrific event,” the state’s Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a statement.."

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Nerd Alert: I made my first data dashboard with R using Shiny and Flexdashboard. It shows K-5 chronic absenteeism in NYC public schools for the last ten year by demographics. Check it out: alexjparton.shinyapps.io/NYC_chronic_...

#datascience #education

Check out this amazing @theonion.com article. Oh...wait..

F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.

The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...

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Adorno is rolling in his grave at all of his fans. I personally love to put on some jazz music and read him.

"The massive wage disparities aren’t explained by differences in types of work. Hickel says it’s often assumed that the Global South provides low-skilled labor...in return for high-skilled work in the Global North from scientists, engineers, lawyers, and others with advanced degrees."

BREAKING: Amazon warehouse workers in Garner, NC have filed for a union election after three years of organizing.

If they win, RDU1 would be the second unionized warehouse in the U.S.

Pretty sure wealth Trumps health in this situation.

Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.

Just premium snake oil right there.

No one should have a billion dollars.

Tweet from Alex Press: “NYPD literally locking arms to protect Amazon’s operations lol” 5-6 NYPD officers locking arms with signs from striking Amazon employees are seen in the background.

This post from @alexnpress.bsky.social is just too on the nose of how law enforcement is used and implemented to protect the capital of the obscenely rich.

Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season Thousands of workers will walk off the job on Thursday morning, in the crucial final days of the holiday season, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table to negotiate contracts.

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How could Canadians be pissed? Canada is going to be a US state!