Dr. Christine Beavers

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This is a great thread on how we got here.

People are sometimes surprised that Trump and other reactionary politicians don't have consistent policies.

They shouldn't be. Reactionaries hate abstract systems and coherence. They don't understand NATO, USAID, public broadcasting, literature, or science. So these things must be destroyed.

Close to 100% of people have no clue how right-wing psychology works or how the modern world aggravates and fuels it.

This guy gets it.

Read this thread. Retain it. Base your strategies and tactics on it.

If you do, you'll be about 50 years ahead of the curve.

17 ways to celebrate MLK Day with art and activism in Chicago: blockclubchi.co/4qSQKNR

More specifically, it was college-educated Black women — not those with less education or advanced degrees — who lost the most ground. In 2024, 74 percent of Black women with bachelor’s degrees were employed; that rate fell to 71 percent in the first nine months of 2025, while the rate for employed white women with bachelor’s degrees fell less than one percentage point during the same period

I could do basic or advanced. Currently working on something simple in geometry but twinned with a strong sub lattice.

In these hellacious times, would anyone be interested in some nice peaceful times on twitch, working through problematic crystal structures? #chemsky

Cultural Regions of the US

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.

"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.

The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment Earlier today we wrote about Trump’s extraordinary admission that he was basing military deployment decisions on old Fox News footage and lies from his advisors. But there’s an even mor…

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It's real bad, and so many people are just sleepwalking towards disaster.

Thanks, New Yorker

I think it’s very interesting how emphatically these conversations are about inevitability—it’s time, it’s happening, like it or not, and in particular, a sense of: “You have to.”

When it comes to treating an AI product as a person, I assure you that I do not have to. And you do not have to.

If you've ever laughed at a post about writing or fanfiction, this fine human is probably responsible. Please help!

Yes!

Limbless, Slippery RFK Jr.: ‘Becoming An Eel Is A Sign Of Good Health’

Limbless, Slippery RFK Jr.: ‘Becoming An Eel Is A Sign Of Good Health’ https://theonion.com/limbless-slippery-rfk-jr-becoming-an-eel-is-a-sign-of-good-health/

it genuinely sucks so much in this country how often you only learn about a super fucking cool person because something horrifying has happened to them

ICE just snatched up the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools

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There was no "battle" at Wounded Knee.

It was a massacre.

Over 300 Sioux people, many women and children, were butchered.

Hegseth is praising and rewarding the murderers.

How is this Christian, MAGA?

My apologies😂😂

Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?

How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep:
1. Horses and the joys of horse ownership
2. Crystallography
3. Being an American in the UK

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep

1. Watergate

2. Best time loops / time travel in film and TV

3. Weird Catholic saint lore

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