If the relationship to language is social, and if there is a machine that abstracts our language only to re-inscribe it, then that relationship-to-language becomes a “thing” — a manufactured commodity —that overshadows our relationship to language as a participatory social activity
before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend
And just being in the classroom.
“Am I watching things on television that are different from what's happening?” is the defining quote of the Trump era
Harvard sociologist/polisci Theda Skocpol explains how the vast expansion of ICE in BBB may be Trump's secret weapon to overcome the barriers of federalism and complete his autocratic takeover of the American state. (History from Germany & Hungary in 20s/30s.) talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/criti...
The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.
That’s awesome!!!
Boom.
There is no fiercer advocate
for saving both the past and future of public media. Plus. A good reading for any media studies course.
I was completely useless for about 48 miserable hours.
I met Mallory McMorrow when she was first running for state senate. Her energy, intelligence, caring, and can-do-sensibility led me to do those things I hate the most: canvassing and phone banking. I’m *thrilled* to see her enter the race for US Senate.
I think about this constantly. I’m wondering how much of that is tied to the structure of feeling that shaped growing up in the 70s and 80s.
The line at my local Walgreens suggests everyone got the warning message this morning - pick up ur prescription before 4 today or it will vaporize into a wispy powder of nothing. (Okay; to be fair - they just said it would be returned to the stock)
I love everything about this, Carly!
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.
Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.
Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.
See how this works?
For no particular reason, I googled childless couples. And this is what it’s AI produced for an answer:
That’s more like it.
This is a way better metaphor.
W. T. F?
Breaking: The basket of deplorables has been upgraded in status to bucket of abominables.
A clear overview of where we are and could be headed on the coup scale.
www.liberalcurrents.com/is-it-a-coup/
Cliff notes on gender/sexuality: If you need a set of laws/orders determined by executive fiat to compel enforcement of an ostensibly “natural” gender binary, was it really natural in the first place?
Yep
Posted something about maybe using die ins as a form of protest. My brother (2 years younger than me) reached out immediately thinking I’d gone off the deep end, and my father posted “what is this”. And. We all lived in the same house when this was happening.
Yep. It’s devastating.
Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
I miss mine everyday.