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Alex Sieber

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Political Science Graduate Student at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee website: https://www.sieber-research.com/

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Anyone impressed with CNN's new "Kalshi Prediction Tracker"...?

23.02.2026 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
THE STRANGER | Official UK & IRE Trailer - In Cinemas 10 April
YouTube video by Curzon THE STRANGER | Official UK & IRE Trailer - In Cinemas 10 April

youtu.be/nLoFzIoLpQA?...

11.02.2026 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you think the major U.S. military deployment to South America gives China the opportunity it needs to invade Taiwan?
#polisky

30.12.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
30.12.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish the Packers could forfeit the game to avoid incurring more injuries.

28.12.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Germany rearms, modernizes military after decades of embracing the peace dividend
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Germany rearms, modernizes military after decades of embracing the peace dividend

youtu.be/6lvr9TIrVf4?...

17.12.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I πŸ’™ Bluesky.

09.12.2025 00:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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89% of Democrats and 19% of Republicans hope to see a woman president in their lifetime.
(@today.yougov.com)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251121-top...

21.11.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5

Meanwhile, the new Ken Burns documentary is amazing.
#pbs

18.11.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains

Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/m...

15.11.2025 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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FIFA Will Award Its Own Peace Prize Next Month in Washington

Gross.

FIFA Will Award Its Own Peace Prize Next Month in Washington www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...

06.11.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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And they laughed at him.

06.11.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: A MOMENT OF REFLECTION IN THE LONGUE DURÉE

31.10.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Journal of Political Philosophy Officially Ends - Daily Nous "The Journal of Political Philosophy will cease publication effective January 1, 2026." That's from an email sent by the journal's publisher, Wiley, earlier today, calling the move "a difficult decisi...

RIP

dailynous.com/2025/07/28/j...

26.10.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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People in prison explain what music means to them β€” and how they access it Three people incarcerated at prisons across the U.S. spoke to NPR's Morning Edition about how music helps them reconnect with the past, endure the present and envision the future.

People in prison explain what music means to them β€” and how they access it. Story via @npr.org

23.09.2025 18:29 β€” πŸ‘ 45    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Ali's draft card could fetch up to $5M at auction Muhammad Ali's unsigned Vietnam-era military draft card is coming up for sale and could draw an estimated $3 million to $5 million.

www.espn.com/boxing/story...

19.09.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Swimming is the closest thing I have to a religion. It’s one of life’s few experiences where the world isn’t pushing you back. A good swim means losing all sense of time." – Judith Butler

10.09.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s Time for Complementary Currencies By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Introduction Zohran Mamdani’s landslide win was not just a local upsetβ€”it was a turning point. It proved that member-led, volunteer-powered campaigns c…

Intro to complementary currencies @moneyontheleft.bsky.social

moneyontheleft.org/2025/07/28/i...

02.09.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
AI Data Mines in Wisconsin – Manitowoc Minute Special Report
YouTube video by Charlie Berens AI Data Mines in Wisconsin – Manitowoc Minute Special Report

www.youtube.com/shorts/ez7YV...

29.08.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

My job as a professor is not to create a serviceable worker. My job is to help foster thoughtful citizens or community members.

If that sounds fanciful it’s bc corporate interests have spent decades framing how we talk about education so they don’t take the heat for immiserating labor conditions.

18.08.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1281    πŸ” 423    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 19
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Opinion | The Truth About Detransitioning

The Truth About Detransitioning www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/o...

11.08.2025 04:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

Check out "Trans-Exclusionary Reactionary Feminism and the Politics of Ressentiment" from Signs and read how trans-exclusionary feminists' definition of womanhood is shaped by "ressentiment." Find it here: ow.ly/8NTH50WttHN @signsjournal.org

30.07.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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A Party's Brand Is Built on Trust. So Why Are Democrats Treating Their Supporters Like Marks? The Fundraising Frenzy Invades Text Messages

The line between online political fundraising and an outright scam feels like it's disappeared. I wrote about the deceptive tacticsβ€”the fake "400% matches," the guilt trips targeting the vulnerable, the absurd narrativesβ€”and why the Democrats’ embrace of these tactics is harming the party brand.

27.07.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 152    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 20

update: Morgan Wallen is in Miami.

26.07.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My cat worships a printer because she thinks it is also a food dispenser. πŸ–¨οΈπŸ™πŸ˜Ί

26.07.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It looks like a woodpecker.

20.07.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"... Needless to say, no one who shares a
delusion recognizes it as such."

20.07.2025 03:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it time to bring back natural philosophy? - ABC listen Once upon a time, what we now call scientists were known as "natural philosophers". These were people who studied the physical universe through observation and logic, using philosophical methods and r...

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

19.07.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You need an intervention.

14.07.2025 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kevin Okoth Β· The Pessimist’s Optimist: Beyond the Postcolony Achille Mbembe is the pessimist’s optimist: he delivers a devastating analysis of the contemporary moment while never...

"But Mbembe has already made up his mind. For him, neo-sovereigntism has little to do with Pan-Africanism. In fact, it represents its opposite: a retreat into a limited and parochial vision of the world."

The Pessimist’s Optimist www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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