Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

#talesofthelatehuman #collapsology

Feast of the Ass

Rochester Institute of Technology, Drop ICE: RIT, cut your contracts with ICE's corporate enablers Hilton & Enterprise. We students, faculty, and staff are appalled by ICE’s trampling upon the human rights of communities across our country. And we refuse to to stand by as our school continues to be bound up with this a...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Rochester Institute of Technology, Drop ICE: RIT, cut your contracts with ICE's corporate enablers Hilton & Enterprise.. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/df...

MLA 2027 Special Session Proposal–Tales of the Late Human: Extinction, Disposability, and the End-Times Subject What does it mean to survive under late capitalism—and for whom does survival remain possible? This panel takes extinction not as a future horizon but as a present condition: a slow, stratified pro…

Received some great proposals for my CFP on Capitalism of Late Humans. Here is the full proposal. Abstracts are attached at the bottom of the post. Hope to see folks at #MLA2027 in LA.

Call for Papers Capitalism of Late Humans: Confronting Extinction (MLA 2027) Deadline for Submissions: March 21, 2026 Organizer: Dr. Amit Ray/Rochester Institute of Technology Contact: axrgsl at rit dot edu This panel explores capitalism’s role in accelerating human e…

amitray.net/2026/03/09/c...

We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct

It starts. @thergenrader.bsky.social

The New York Times is garbage.

When using CC-licensed material, one condition of all CC licenses is attribution—users must credit the author and note the source and license 🙌.

His debates with Derrida are the stuff of legend, but his career ended in ignominy.

@nolski.bsky.social and I have just published a new paper on #AI and #agnotology in First Monday. firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...

The US health care industry in one graph.

Hey, at least they’re giving the land a vote in their maps—finally, representation for dirt and trees!

Cory Doctorow has a great post on this topic: pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u...

WPFF

A packed house here at the Little Theater to kickoff the 13th Annual Witness Palestine Film Festival. Today’s screening is ‘No Other Land.’ For more information, check out their website. wpff.us

An important fact that I'll repost from time to time.

This was NOT a blowout election.
Harris got 71,247, 193 votes.
DJT got 74,838,183 votes.
As ever, the electoral college did its worst.

LOTS of people didn't want DJT.
LOTS of them are ready to push back.
You are not alone.
#WeWillPushBack