β¦ until morale improves
28.02.2026 21:57 β π 21 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Posts here speak only for myself. Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek. http://jacobtlevy.com
β¦ until morale improves
28.02.2026 21:57 β π 21 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Folks look at you like youβre crazy when you say weβre in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then itβs Saturday & senior Senators donβt know why or how or even exactly where weβre at war.
Reverse Enabling Act:
A United States senator from the president's own party, one who serves on the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has no idea what's going on as America goes to war with Iran.
28.02.2026 20:22 β π 5458 π 1737 π¬ 187 π 56We seem to have collectively decided, gradually and mostly out of apathy, that presidents can launch flagrantly unconstitutional wars of choice without congressional approval and there just wonβt be any consequences. Would be nice if this is where we start reversing the trend.
28.02.2026 17:39 β π 716 π 160 π¬ 10 π 8Democrats should promise that every refugee, asylum seeker, and green card holder illegally deported, arrested, sent to CECOT, or sent to a third country can come back to the U.S. with a fast track to citizenship.
28.02.2026 17:28 β π 1044 π 240 π¬ 13 π 2Whereas he hated *both*!
28.02.2026 20:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βPresident Trump's decision to bomb Iran is indefensible. This was not about preempting an imminent threatβit was a strategically misguided power play, with no discernible endgame,β Cato Instituteβs Jon Hoffman says.
28.02.2026 15:00 β π 1471 π 462 π¬ 69 π 41"We're going to hold ourselves accountable as well," Hegseth said in the video. "As a final message to our warriors, the Ivy League faculty lounges may loathe you, the so-called elite of academia may mock your patriotism and disdain your sacrifice, but never forget that we the War Department have your back."
Fuck you, Pete. Iβve taught social theory to career officers whose shoes you arenβt fit to shine.
28.02.2026 14:56 β π 498 π 82 π¬ 20 π 12right, yes, that's the actually successful version of the joke!
28.02.2026 14:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I like to distract myself from the terrifying political news by reading the ridiculous political news.
28.02.2026 13:49 β π 2542 π 524 π¬ 89 π 25everything's a commodity to you. Money, money, money.
28.02.2026 14:43 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0The donation isn't ruled out; it just won't be tax-deductible!
28.02.2026 14:40 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Every so often you run into one of those policies that makes you speculate about the sequence of events that led someone to decide that the policy was necessary.
28.02.2026 14:32 β π 95 π 16 π¬ 10 π 0
You sound like an unhinged person if you in plain words describe whatβs happening, but the Trump admin demanded Anthropicβs AI be able to kill things for it w/out human approval and also do mass surveillance.
Anthropic said no, and now the admin is trying to destroy the company in retaliation.
In a long tweet about Anthropic, Pete Hegseth, through the offical "SecWar" Twitter account says "the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropicβs models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic."
Hegseth is wholeheartedly endorsing the core premise of fascism: industry, as part of the private sphere, must be subordinated to the military objectives of the state.
27.02.2026 23:11 β π 2570 π 865 π¬ 78 π 52if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying
27.02.2026 23:12 β π 9741 π 2769 π¬ 201 π 129I donβt run across this as often as you do but every so often I get remindedβ¦
27.02.2026 22:39 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Very talented and, fortunately for us, very prolific. If you were a regular reader of DC at anytime from the 1970s to the 1990s, you had the luxury of seeing a ton of her coloring work. In addition to her interior work, she colored a crazy amount of their covers. R.I.P.
27.02.2026 19:56 β π 299 π 78 π¬ 7 π 1I miss shame.
27.02.2026 21:15 β π 670 π 114 π¬ 21 π 2Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.
27.02.2026 21:09 β π 34 π 2 π¬ 7 π 10
βThe damage being done to the research enterprise across our top US universities stands in marked contrast to the systematic efforts in China to support major scientific initiativesβ
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Congrats to Benjamin Netanyahu, the worst prime minister in Israeli history by a wide margin
27.02.2026 13:40 β π 968 π 183 π¬ 30 π 7
Cover of The Lancet:
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"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adultsβRachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebeβliving in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
26.02.2026 17:46 β π 440 π 56 π¬ 16 π 0It is not.
26.02.2026 18:05 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I know, reich?
25.02.2026 14:53 β π 4906 π 826 π¬ 315 π 122"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adultsβRachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebeβliving in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
26.02.2026 03:40 β π 76 π 5 π¬ 4 π 14"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adultsβRachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebeβliving in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
23.10.2025 09:43 β π 78 π 3 π¬ 2 π 12LOL
26.02.2026 03:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adultsβRachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebeβliving in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
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