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@cassiciacum.bsky.social

Making Texas higher education great again. While avoiding β€œcontroversial topics.” No more teaching Latin grammar I guess….πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

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the whole point of globally intertwined economies is it’s an even better deterrent than nukes!

until you elect a giant pack of coddled, know-nothing fuckwit narcissists

09.03.2026 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

i now estimate the chance of the average price of diesel reaching $5/gal in the next month at 85%

08.03.2026 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 185    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10
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In accepting his WGA award, Stephen Colbert named and said something funny about each of his 20 writers so they’d be hired when his show ends πŸ₯Ή

@wgaeast.bsky.social
#WGAAwards

09.03.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 524    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10

We are governed by idiots, dependent on idiot boxes to function:
"A documentary about Jewish women’s slave labor during the Holocaust? The focus on gender risked β€œcontributing to D.E.I. by amplifying marginalized voices.”"

08.03.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 593    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

Iran's leadership has chosen Mojtaba Khamenei, the previous leader's son and aide, as the new supreme leader. So President Trump's war has succeed inreplacing one Supreme Leader Khamenei with another who is younger, healthier, just as hardline and has close ties to the IRGC.

08.03.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 207    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 5

Bombed a school & then, 30 mins later, bombed it againβ€”ensuring any kids who survived & any rescue workers would be killed

β€œPeople were pulling out children’s arms and legs. People were pulling out severed heads”

One of the worst war crimes in modern history.

It was a schoolβ€”not an IRGC base.

08.03.2026 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think this deserves at least as much sustained attention from US media as Claudine Gay's dissertation

08.03.2026 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4843    πŸ” 1478    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 17

The article also points to the corruption of the selection process for new NEH grants.

07.03.2026 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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If you don’t have an HEB near you, I just feel sorry for you.

07.03.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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When DOGE Unleashed ChatGPT on the Humanities

Huge NYT article on the back story of those two weeks in March/April 2025 when DOGE illegally terminated hundreds of NEH grants. Gift link!!

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

07.03.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1246    πŸ” 514    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 58
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Um, Fort Campbell middle school would like a word. We have many schools on bases, and Bolton knows it. More ghoulish nonsense from war Hawks to justify the murder of little girls.

07.03.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3608    πŸ” 1350    πŸ’¬ 424    πŸ“Œ 118

Sorry bud, I just can't give you your $175B. Left it in my other jeans.

06.03.2026 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An advance look at the cover for next week’s issue: β€œWar-a-Lago,” by Barry Blitt. #NewYorkerCovers

06.03.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 291    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 14

So immigrants were β€œtaking our jobs”…

but now fewer immigrants means fewer jobs?

The math on their propaganda never works.

06.03.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2096    πŸ” 691    πŸ’¬ 240    πŸ“Œ 48
a graph of year-on-year change in US Blue Collar Employment

a graph of year-on-year change in US Blue Collar Employment

The US continues losing blue-collar jobsβ€”year-on-year job losses have hit 238k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace, while growth in construction remains low

06.03.2026 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 12

The print press should always quote him exactly and TV should quote him exactly too, the way they do here:

06.03.2026 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 220    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hegseth: "The dumb, politically correct wars of the past were the opposite of what we're doing here. They had vague objections with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement. No more."

05.03.2026 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1344    πŸ” 321    πŸ’¬ 813    πŸ“Œ 762
US Employers Unexpectedly Cut Jobs, Unemployment Rises
February data call labor market stabilization narrative into question

US Employers Unexpectedly Cut Jobs, Unemployment Rises February data call labor market stabilization narrative into question

Congrats to everyone who voted for Trump and a Republican Congress "for the economy." This is what you get, a sputtering job creation engine that can't make progress like before and keeps rolling backwards.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

06.03.2026 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1137    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 36
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Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

I sense twice as many Gen Z dudes will not be getting anywhere near a woman anytime soon

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

06.03.2026 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1538    πŸ” 184    πŸ’¬ 107    πŸ“Œ 37

Let’s hope it’s last rites.

05.03.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0
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Screw Covid, I'm going to Sturgis. Troy Tassier is a professor of economics at Fordham University and the author of The Rich Flee and the Poor Take the Bus: How Our Unequal Society Fails Us during Outbreaks.

"Screw Covid, I'm going to Sturgis!" The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, held in August 2020, was the epitome of the individual choice mindset. Of course it spread cases outward and caused infections, illness, and death. A new research paper allows us to watch the Sturgis Covid wave spread across the US.

05.03.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 114    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 13
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the β€œemergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...

DHS invoked the β€œnational emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem.

(Published Nov. 2025)

03.03.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2390    πŸ” 1188    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 96
Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile

Kristi Noem's "Open to Work" LinkedIn Profile

05.03.2026 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 7230    πŸ” 1133    πŸ’¬ 126    πŸ“Œ 125
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β€˜We Are in a Crisis’: Why Louisville’s Leaders Are Proposing a Cap on Sports Spending The university says it’s struggling to cover the growing costs of competition, and the government needs to act quickly before sports are shuttered nationwide.

The University of Louisville deserves credit for being the first Power Four athletic program to propose a cap on athletics spending. It's also strategic as they fall farther behind the SEC and Big Ten in terms of resources.

05.03.2026 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-02) 1-8-18
(Member of Energy/Commmerce Sub-Health Committee)

    Q: Where does Rep. stand on CHIP? A: Wants CHIP Reauthorized.
    Q: Would Rep. sign clean CHIP bill? A:Supports CHIP bill w/off-sets.
    Supported every repeal of healthcare.
    Doesn't believe an ACA fix such as Collins proposal would be approved in the House.
    Feels focus should be on DACA and infrastructure.
    Was a no on Medicare extension deal.

Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK-02) 1-8-18 (Member of Energy/Commmerce Sub-Health Committee) Q: Where does Rep. stand on CHIP? A: Wants CHIP Reauthorized. Q: Would Rep. sign clean CHIP bill? A:Supports CHIP bill w/off-sets. Supported every repeal of healthcare. Doesn't believe an ACA fix such as Collins proposal would be approved in the House. Feels focus should be on DACA and infrastructure. Was a no on Medicare extension deal.

My meeting with Congressman Markwayne Mullin on 1-8-18. I ALWAYS take notes. SHARE EVERYWHERE! A Mullin appointment will be devastating to us ALL!

05.03.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 277    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
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He wasted no time...

05.03.2026 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 980    πŸ” 123    πŸ’¬ 194    πŸ“Œ 183

BREAKING: @aoc.bsky.social just came out swinging in the House E&C hearing against dangerous & misguided "age verification" legislation (aka online ID checks) that would force everyone to upload government ID or get a face scan before accessing content or posting online.

Video incoming. This is big

05.03.2026 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1412    πŸ” 313    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 21

Correction. Orwell never said this. He did however, warn that: "political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” (That's Politics and the English Language, one of my favorite essays)

05.03.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3635    πŸ” 971    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 11

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

05.03.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 7351    πŸ” 2030    πŸ’¬ 155    πŸ“Œ 88
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous β€˜Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

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