Nick Carnes

An enduring problem for those of us who regularly code politicians' occupational backgrounds.

Because they axolotl questions.

what asshole assigned all this work to my students #evergreen

This is a big exception, because I generally don't like axolotls.

Spoiler alert!

Finishing up a book manuscript with @noamlupu.bsky.social and my 7yo designed this incredible cover. The book isn't about axolotls PER SE but I'm sure we can figure out how to make this work.

Incredible.

For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.

"About 243,000 more children under 5 years have died or will die this year than in 2024" due mostly to DOGE's illegal dismantling of USAID

The Furor Over Trump’s Boat Attacks and a Particular Follow-Up Strike, Explained

MURDER!
Ryan Goodman, a New York University law professor & former Pentagon lawyer: “Even under a law of armed conflict, they were all civilians, & we are not actually in armed conflict. Either way, it was all murder.” @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

My initial reaction was to admire the skill needed to paint such a beautiful gas rationing sign. Look at it -- it's expertly designed and hand-painted, practically a work of art. You never see that any more. Maybe I *do* miss the 70s!

A corrupt president pardons a corrupt member of Congress for corrupt reasons. With multiple guilty pleas establishing a bribery-laundering scheme, Hakeem Jeffries still called the case “thin” and sought cover in a bribery-plagued Supreme Court.

A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.

OK I’ve put together the list. Shame on all of them:

Ford CEO Jim Farley
Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa
General Motors plant manager John Urbanic
National Auto Dealers Association Chairman Tom Castriota
Transportation Sec Sean Duffy
Deputy transportation Sec Steven Bradbury
1/2

A tweet by journalist Peter Baker stating that Trump launched a xenophobic tirade calling Somalis “garbage,” describing the remarks as unusually blatant even for him. Below is a photo of Trump speaking angrily at a meeting, with American flags behind him.

No people are “garbage.” That is the language of fascists. We need to rein this racist lunatic in.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_t...

This is so, so easy. You just say:

"No one is garbage."

"That's not the right thing to say about a person or a group of people."

"I don't agree with that statement."

When people brazenly refuse to challenge the dehumanization of entire groups, you know something is deeply, deeply wrong.

How far down do I need to scroll to find coverage of the TN-7 election, which would be nonstop, above-the-fold & masthead editorial panic (at the Paper of Record & everywhere else) about Democrats In Disarray & Denying Political Reality if the shoe were on the other foot?

Curation Bubbles - Curation Bubbles By Jon Green, Duke University; Stefan Mccabe, George Washington University; Sarah Shugars, Rutgers University; Hanyu Chwe, Northeastern University; Luke Horgan, Northeastern…

Read the latest #APSR article, Curation Bubbles, exploring how information on social media is characterized by networked curation processes in which users select other users from whom to receive information.

Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.

"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Mapped every investor mortgage in the US in 2024 (HMDA data).

Draw on any market --> get instant stats.

Areas that stand out:
- Exurbs (north of Dallas)
- Vacation areas (Florida 30A)
- Low-income urban (Memphis)

Interested in this data? Send me a note.

Pure, unmitigated hate.

Statement from NU AAUP on the University’s “Resolution Agreement” BY JACKIE STEVENS Northwestern University’s Interim President Henry Bienen announced on Friday the university had violated commitments to its faculty and students in order to appease an autoc…

NU AAUP Condemns Resolution Agreement between the United States of America and Northwestern University, including $75 Million Extortion Payout. academeblog.org/2025/12/01/s...
@academemagazine.bsky.social

Starting a purely consultant run college. All degrees will come with an AI concentration. We will break free from academic silos by having centers. Each faculty member will be empowered with an entrepreneurial spirit to teach the largest classes. Students will intern as administrative assistants

*you're

The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.

2+7= _ I caNnot aNswer this qwestion, as it is agaiNst My reLigious principles. ٠١٨٨ IT'S WORTH A SHOT. aMI, 7 january 1986 NAITION

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Showed a student his grade in my MS Excel spreadsheet and he expressed surprise that Microsoft had created its own version of Google Sheets.

stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.

Introducing whimsy into the day by signing a long bureaucratic email with "Gobble gobble"