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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

Excellent essay by @sivav.bsky.social.

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com

If I could afford a semester of unpaid leave, I would not be around next semester. I'd step down from every single thing and just disappear.

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data Sep. 3, 2025

Judge's house on fire

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

3 hospitalized following reported Edisto Beach fire, SLED investigating The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a house fire that hospitalized three people Saturday afternoon.

“Judge Diane Goodstein is known for her recent ruling that blocked the Trump regime from accessing all sensitive information about South Carolina voters.”

www.live5news.com/2025/10/05/3...

People going "America was always fascist" or "it's been like this since the 1980s" or making related claims don't seem to realize it, but they're telling everyone that nothing different is happening, nothing worse than usual, so if you weren't up in arms about eg 2013, you shouldn't be now either.

Meet Moon Man: The alt-right's racist rap sensation, borrowed from 1980s McDonald's ads - Salon.com Once he was a harmless if idiotic Mickey D's pitchman — but now he's Moon Man, the alt-right's hip-hop hero

www.salon.com/2016/10/25/m...

man up: the new misogyny and the rise of violent extremism

this is well worth your time — a quick read despite the heavy subject matter. misogyny is killing us (all too often quite literally) and the ideas are being planted so early among boys. incredible work @milleridriss.bsky.social, thank you

Ford CEO says $2 billion in tariff costs prevents more US investments Ford CEO Jim Farley says tariffs on imported parts are driving up costs on the company's cars.

Ford CEO on tariffs: “I mean, it's frustrating 'cause we're the most American auto company, and we export the most, and yet, we have this $2 billion headwind, which prevents me from investing even more in the US.”

finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-ce...

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

Can't wait to read this!

AI 'Actress' Tilly Norwood Will Be Signed by an Agency 'In the Coming Months,' Her Creator Claims A computer-generated actress named Tilly Norwood will be signed by an agency "in the coming months," a claim made at the Zurich Summit by her creator, little-known actress, comedian and digital produc...

This is so incredibly f#%king stupid. She. Is. Not. Real!

www.thewrap.com/ai-actress-t...

Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.

“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for ⁦‪@WSJ‬⁩ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”

This! 1000 percent!

who is the commander of the Louisiana National Guard again? bsky.app/profile/andr...

David Cross folks.

From an expert on terrorism. Shame on The Atlantic and now Axios for running with this whack study and their sensational headlines that only help Trump’s crackdown on democracy.

Trump posted an AI video of himself promising "medbed" access for all, but they don't exist. This fantasy technology was made popular by conspiracy theory believers, including some Q followers, who swore the government was keeping them from us, but Trump would change that. Another promise fulfilled?

Presidents don't use war rhetoric against their own nation. Authoritarians do.

Mornin, @thehill.com

Texas Tech Moves to Limit Academic Discussion to 2 Genders

“I’m emotionally shellshocked right now,” said one professor in the Texas Tech system. “What does it say about academic freedom? It says we don’t have it.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

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Cover of book which contains an abstract design of cubes with bright striped colors.

I'm often underwhelmed by psychoanalytic accounts of conspiracy theories; they're overcommitted to paranoia as an animating affect (when I contend it's suspicion and intrigue). But Alenka Zupančič's book on disavowal is a lucid account with smart insights on conspiracy theories & misinformation.

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

165M voters asked for this

This country might now make it to the next election! This is a blatantly authoritarian move.

We have so dehumanizing and demonized immigrants in this country. These acts of state violence happen every day now. And I feel it will get much worse while our leaders fail to see the seriousness of this moment.

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

In case you are unfamiliar with Sinclair, here's a quick and funny way to bring yourself up to speed, courtesy of John Oliver's @lastweektonight.com.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtN...

It looks like Sinclair and NexStar may soon face the same kind of backlash that ABC/Disney and Target have experienced in the U.S. A local boycott of their advertisers could have an even greater impact, since these companies aren’t as broadly diversified.