I really wish more people had paid attention when several observers tried to warn about the technofascist and eugenicist tendencies of thiel and karp and that group, for rolling up on two decades, now.

And i *Really* wish the media & political actors would take the threat of them seriously, today 😕

Where is the lie?
But also, people like to think they are special, and what they are going through is special, and if there is anything historians can establish with tedious frequency it is that no, none of us are special and historical precedent echoes and coughs its way through the decades.

it’s 2026 how are you inviting speakers with 6 weeks notice

could we be less rude, just, broadly

the big fascism is shitty
we can choose not-shitty in our small interactions, yes?

Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.

calls for “viewpoint diversity” are little more than demands for a quota system for political conservatives who otherwise could not hack it www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

you don't say

It’s literally this joke from Parks and Rec

Maine becomes first US state to pass data centre construction ban Closely watched legislation could provide a blueprint for others considering moratoriums

‘The state’s legislation … would prohibit construction of data centres using at least 20 megawatts of power until late 2027 so that environmental and economic impacts could be properly evaluated.’

Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide, shared a bombshell with reporters that the outgoing leader had diverted taxpayer funds to bankroll the American Conservative Political Action Conference. trib.al/ct7GGV3

it just lifts my heart to feel heard. thanks, ICE lawyer. 💜

there it is

So Jared Leto's the cop lol

Goodbye America. Thank you for jazz, blues, rock n’ roll, musicals, pharma, Levi jeans, peanut butter, big fluffy towels, abstract expressionism, beat poetry, going to the Moon, and pre-AI tech.

Acyn « @Acyn X.com VANCE: What they have done is engage in this act of economic terrorism against the entire world. As the President showed, two can play at that game.

checkmate, fellow terrorists

This is why Russ Vought defunded USAID, attacked NEA and NIH, caused CPB to commit suicide, is defund the Dep’t of Eduction, is trying to kill the CFPB, has attacked NIH and NSF, tried to kill the IMLS, closed the Kennedy Center and just yesterday took over the Presidio to turn it back to a prison.

I am once again asking

We're in the alternate timeline where the Catholic Church is fighting fascism and the Jewish state isn't.

Lord, I see what you’ve done for others

based tbh

the proceeds from the art piece @profirmf.bsky.social and I (mostly IRMF) commissioned for _Religion Is Not Done With You_ went to PCRF

high recommend

a man singing into a microphone with the words " because that " written below him ALT: a man singing into a microphone with the words " because that " written below him

best colleague ever, hype game on point

right. The point in ME posting is that I, too, have an essay in here

“The Benefit of Illiteracy: Navigating Privilege, Fostering Religious Literacy and Creating Equity”

Cover for _Modeling Religious Pluralism_. White cover, blue text. Edited by Simran Jeet Singh.

new book alert! at an affordable $26, it’s a volume with a ToC to die for, spearheaded by @simranjeetsingh.bsky.social

preorders here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope." Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war. A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic. Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

Officials Release Design for 250-Foot Arch in Washington, as Trump Seeks Another Imprint

Historian here “This looks like a knockoff on Albert Speer's 1937 design of a massive triumphal arc for Germania.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/u...

They spent a decade complaining about safe spaces and then made a robot to give you compliments and tell you your mp3 of farting noises is Brian Eno

Thrilled to announce my book, SEASONS OF FURY, will be out on August 25. Based on years of reporting and archival research, this book is a narrative history that follows four families to trace the rise of Islamophobia in the US.

You can pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/672414...

A white supremacist international.

I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru...

these are the stupidest people to ever live