Just going to reiterate that in 2016 Trump inherited the lowest murder rate of any president in 50 years. He set reality aside, gave his “American Carnage” inaugural address, and was then the first president in 30 years to leave office with a higher murder rate than when he started.

the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that

How to be a man The right story narrative about male attractiveness is grounded in Social Darwinism and free market economics. Can progressives tell a better story?

OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...

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Me, born in 1993, getting a little too nostalgic for how things were when I was a kid

Am I crazy or does he set weird deadlines like this on high-visibility issues and just … let them pass? Ukraine? Tariffs?

These arguments are presented as if they’re referring to poor confederate conscripts but when pressed they’re talking about people like Robert E Lee, who was an unequivocally evil person

Fight or Flight: The Impact of Post-Tenure Evaluations on Faculty Productivity and Selection 30 Pages Posted: 19 May 2025 Simon Quach University of Southern California Zhengyi Yu University of Southern California - Department of Economics Date Written: May 15, 2025 Abstract This paper examines the labor market effects of Florida's 2022 post-tenure review policy, which weakened tenure protections at public universities. Using a differencein-differences approach, we compare faculty outcomes in Florida to nearby states. We find the policy increased faculty exits-particularly among high-performing researchers-indicating a brain drain rather than improved selection. Additionally, we detect no productivity gains among incumbents and observe a decline in the research output of new hires. Overall, the findings suggest that reducing tenure protections negatively affects the research capacity and competitiveness of public universities.

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500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens.

Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

Not to get all Andy Rooney, but derby horses used to be called stuff like “Papa’s New Shoes” or “Lucky Lamppost.” I have no time for horses named “Solemnity.”

I was a 23-year-old young man in 2016. Have people just forgotten American culture from 2000-2010? For a while there, you could be a nationally-successful stand-up comic whose whole schtick was demeaning differently-abled people. Or saying shit like “turn the Middle East into a parking lot.”

I was 28 in 2016 and this is an insane characterization of what growing up as a white man in my cohort was like. Demonstrative of how out-of-touch the cultural right is with actual American life www.theredneckintellectual.com/p/right-wing...

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A short article of mine on civil-military relations and democratic backsliding had been accepted for publication in the journal "Connections".

Then I received an email that the editors can't publish the paper unless I "remove the case study/examples of the United States" (1/x)
#CivMilSky

This chart was made in America by skilled artisans.

It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.

Remaining clean-shaven and wearing contact lenses

Good day to remember that a US President has no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever. It’s not like war powers or pardons. It’s entirely delegated by Congress to deal with emergencies. GOP Congress cld modify that law tonight and bring this to a screeching halt.

No FGs or extra points for KC. Butker’s probably up in the box at this point.

Great Super Bowl for haters. Just perfect.

JD Vance will really be like "you believe in loving thy neighbor? That pales in comparison to my strategy, loving my family first" and then not love his family.

I also don’t think most Americans, including politicians and media members, understand just how extreme Musk’s politics actually are. Which is crazy to say about someone who did a Nazi salute on national tv

On the bright side, big day for the iron lung industry

As Trump Bites Into Hot Dog, Undercurrent of “Eating Hot Dog” Surfaces

Feels so obvious as to not need saying, but: AI shouldn’t be used to make government decisions because AI cannot be held accountable.

Department of Transportation now working Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas

Was born in the 90s but a lot of today’s politics seem similar to how the 80s are described:
- old president from the entertainment industry does irreparable harm to American society
- unabashedly selfish and regressive conservative youth movement
- same people in the Senate

Starting to see the Henry Ford comparisons now

Third, Roman Hlatky and @joshlandry.bsky.social analyse data from 257 international crises from 1949-2001 to explore how ethnically motivated domestic pressure incentivises leaders to militarily support co-ethnics abroad during #InternationalCrises.

Agree in principle, but Phase 10 is good

A lot of people have been saying no one is worth $27 million/year. But I disagree. Prime Tim Duncan was worth well over $27 million/year. A bargain.