Ben Chappell

Civil War documentary voice over, please

For academics ditching academia . edu, I am hoping this spot takes off: hcommons.org. Let's connect there.

Chicago for capital of the u s

Maybe a leading journalist is like a work of art. I might not be able to define it exactly, but when I'm not looking at one, I can tell.

Winning heading of the day

A small table with two books and a plate of apple slices. The books are how fascism works by Jason Stanley and unsettling by Gilberto Rosas.

There are days of great privilege when my work is to read. I am in the academic labor movement not only to save those days for myself but so that anyone who wants them will have at least some of those days in their lifetime.

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement?

The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy.

At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

Mood

#organize
#rebels

If someone says class struggle, do you think of Psych 210?

Was silence not an option?

That's a win. Freedom of speech is not the exclusive property of citizens.

Screen capture of a panel of text, reading Trump sent troops to Portland because right wing media told him to "I spoke to the governor, she was very nice. But I said, well wait a minute am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening? President Donald Trump" Oregon sues to block deployment of troops.

Omg

the very definition of antifa - protecting communities by acting as the target

ICE is political violence

Opinion | Civility Is a Fantasy

Roxane Gay's tour de force of an op ed.

🎁post.

This is really bad since generative AI is automating bullshit production

Unbelievable…

Swisher: "Nexstar is trying to do a very large merger with Tegna, and so they will do whatever it takes."

Cooper: "That's an important point, because that merger would require the approval of the FCC."

“Let’s save pessimism for better times." -Eduardo Galeano, thanks to Marike for quoting him

A black metal sculpture with twisting limbs reaching up under a bright sky with clouds

A person in grey cap, sunglasses, and a blue shirt standing solemnly in front of a metal engraved portrait of Ida B. Wells.

Ida B Wells memorial, Chicago

Molly Ivins, dressed in a sort of satin blouse with a neckthing that I'm going to call a scarf?. She's smiling with every cell in her body. Beaming radiantly the joy of being righteous and kind at the same time. Her eyes closed almost to a squint, and every pearly white on display. Gods bless you, Molly, you were a hell of a person.

My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote:
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."

There will either be a revolution within the Democratic party, or a revolution without the Democratic party

KUnion Busting: 427 Days Without a Contract Over a year after winning their union, there is still no contract in sight for faculty and academic staff as KU management stalls negotiations.

Coverage of the UKansas faculty union bargaining, by an independent student weekly weeklyroseku.blogspot.com/2025/08/kuni...

Na na na nuh na

Everybody gets a Nobel participation trophy, right?

It's not a 180, it's only revealing more starkly what was always there

Bandname: Deep State Sandwich

salt the ground it sprouted from

I've discovered a beautiful workaround for avoiding annoying AI Overview results on internet searches. I just typed in "What the fuck is Gemini," and AI informed me that it had no overview available for that search. The exact right reddit thread was top of the list, though. You're welcome.

“I was gonna fight for liberation but we didn’t get the grant :(“ pin

professional activists and institutional intellectuals be like: