Eric Knowles

Exactly. I think he realizes that the "socialism" label is meaningless to voters at the level of actual policy. Social security, Medicare, and the ACA were all pinko commie this or that until people started to love them. The Dem establishment is so chickenshit.

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

I'm so impressed by Mamdani. He's doing the two things Dems need to win: (1) talking to anybody and everybody, and (2) prioritizing accrual of political power over ideological jousting.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Nothing puts the lie to anti-DEI propaganda as concisely as the white male mediocrity brought in to replace women and people of color. Instead of Lloyd Austin (4-star general, combat vet), we get Pete Hegseth (Fox host, domestic violence perp, security nightmare).

Abolish.

@oracogan.bsky.social

@la-witch.bsky.social!

I'm not a mentor, I'm an IDEA DOULA.

My heart breaks for the families and loved ones of the two teenage girls who tragically lost their lives last night atop the J train.

This tragic incident is a stark reminder of the dangers of subway surfing, which continues to take the lives of too many young New Yorkers every year.

Abolish

Cris de dégoût

My student, Graham Stevenson, just released a new album, Cris de dégoût. Graham performs as Grumpus, singing and playing all the instruments. The album is awesome. Please give it a listen and, if you like it, let others know!
open.spotify.com/album/4uUU55...

How about no

In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?

If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?

Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.

Just dropping this here for future reference.

Until recently, I don't think I properly appreciated how great a band R.E.M. was. I don't love everything they did, but they are indispensable. And a perfect band for vinyl.

Are we entering the authoritarian overreach stage—in which a leader, high on his own supply, can’t see his own precarity? If opinion keeps moving in this direction, MAGA will be voted out. But when defeat becomes imminent, fascism turns to force to cling to power. No matter what, it'll be ugly.

Found this men's room in Prague this summer.

Seems relevant: Middlemist, R. D., Knowles, E. S., & Matter, C. F. (1976). Personal space invasions in the lavatory: Suggestive evidence for arousal. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 33(5), 541–546. doi.org/10.1037/0022...

(I mean abolish. Not defund or reform. Too much out-and-out thuggery to remain a thing.)

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Thrilled to see this work by @shargou.bsky.social and Jaime Napier out in SPPS!

Across 13 countries, they find that neoliberal policies (labor deregulation and reduced gov spending) predict stronger individualist attributions for poverty (e.g., poor people are lazy).

journals.sagepub.com/home/SPP

The first act of the next president should be to abolish ICE.

Likewise, Jenni.

Good gosh those look amazing. They’re warm, aren’t they? I can almost smell them from here.

At least some good is coming of it … I’d be happy to stress-eat what you got!

If you’re finding it hard to escape nagging, low-level anxiety rooted in a vague sense of impending catastrophe … hey, I feel you.

Great column today!

I asked ChatGPT if there was anything it's like to be it, and it said "no," so I guess that's settled.

I can't imagine a satisfying answer to the hard problem of consciousness (i.e., one that makes matter's ability to create experience any less mysterious).

Has anybody else read Tony Tulathimutte's _Rejection_? I found it to be hilarious, poignant, beautifully written — and (obviously) extraordinarily lurid. It made me want to log off permanently, which makes it a self-help book.

_Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe_

_Mutter mit totem Sohn_