@jessealexander.bsky.social
Thought you’d get a kick out of this casting call ad!

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.

We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

American opinion about the US is probably at an all time low, too

A screenshot of Facebook comments. The first, from somebody named Marcella, says "Wake up America! The encroachment is insidious and dangerous to our ideals and beliefs." In reply, Soren says "That's why we turned French when they started offering French classes, right?" Replying to Soren, somebody named Ken says "The French don't have a record of colonizing and conquering countries; and forcing their culture on the natives. Arabs do."

People are melting down at a Tribune article about CHSD 230 considering adding Arabic to its language learning electives. I wasted time in the comments, which I normally avoid doing since it's useless and awful, but it led to possibly the funniest thing anybody's ever said to me about France.

Great example of why people should not be allowed to type while drinking.

Good morning.

This is a reminder that, back in 2021, all Dems voted for a bill that would have banned gerrymandering nationwide.

Guess who voted against it? Every Republican. Because they want to cheat and rig the game.

So it's time to sink to their level and outcheat them. It's the only way now.

If you want a weird but true fact to talk about:

Dexter Holland, lead singer of The Offspring, was instrumental in this. His doctorial thesis in molecular biology was sequencing mRNA in HIV. The paper was also heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.

Awesome reference!

I never expected that I would be a fan girl of two historians but here we are!

I've become addicted to the podcast, World War 2 Both Sides of the Wire. So thrilled to find that one of the hosts, @jessealexander.bsky.social is on here! I feel like he's my friend even though he has no idea who I am. As soon as I look up how to spell the other hosts name, I'll look for him, too!

YouTube video by WW2: Both Sides Of The Wire | Podcast Myths of the Second World War - Part 1 | WW2 Podcast Episode: 1

@jessealexander.bsky.social - this was an interesting podcast, recommended for WW2 buffs.
youtu.be/M78QL2C1q2w?...

Can you imagine the outrage if a Democratic Senator or AOC told a crowd, "Well, we're all gonna die," when asked about Medicaid cuts?

Yeah that just happened with MAGA Senator Joni Ernst.

Out of the news by tonight.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

"Replacing the SSA’s core infrastructure with an entirely new system all at once is performing a high-wire act without a net, only it’s not DOGE staffers who risk falling—it’s the Social Security beneficiaries who depend on that social safety net."

People should be calling this what it is, which is a crypto bailout. They're cutting cancer research so they can bailout rich, degenerate gamblers bsky.app/profile/ronf...

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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Did you get an answer at Cornyn's office? I just got a busy signal. Got an answering machine for Cancun Cruz and left a message which will probably get deleted.

I called my equally worthless Texas Reps, left a message for one, busy signal for the other.

Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out.

This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

He is going to say "pinky swear you will protect our border. And buy more booze and stuff from us. "

They will say yes. Won't actually buy the stuff. And he will declare victory

Trumpenomics

Trump’s NLRB Purge Is About Much More Than Crushing Organized Labor Trump’s assault on the NLRB took the form of two firings, one of which is far more disturbing than the other.

If the president could fire board members at will, he would effectively wrest control of monetary policy from the experts, risking serious damage to the economy.

PROP - PR Over Policy.

Don't confuse them.

He is flooding the zone. He knows that media will cover everything he does. Getting people upset. Which helps give him more coverage of the upset people. All just talking about him.

Dems need to be strategic.

My message to Zuck

Snapshot: Joe Biden Pardoning His Son is Not the Real Outrage The intense criticism is misguided when the next president has already proven that he will abuse his power with abandon to serve his own interests

“Democrats complaining about Biden's pardoning of his son tells me how deeply many are misjudging the danger and urgency of this moment.“

www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-j...

The UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Killing Revealed Something Dumb About America His death shows that there is a stark disconnect between Wall Street and reality.

wrote about the (temporary) stock surge that UnitedHealth saw after Brian Thompson's murder, how the company's valuation depends on concerted exploitation, and why Americans continue to feel bad even when the stock market is supposedly "good": slate.com/technology/2...

Trump aides explore plans to boost Musk effort by wresting control from Congress The White House could challenge or seek to change a 1974 law that blocks presidents from choosing which programs to fund.

I fear the U.S. government may actually collapse. When you look at who he’s picking, what they plan to do, who they plan to fire, how under-resourced and understaffed and perpetually anxious the remaining employees will be, how much institutional memory is being washed away, the utter lawlessness...