but the fact of the matter is that with the notable exception *of* the mid to late 20th century, every major change in our political system and government has been a partisan or ideological political project.
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Along with a heart-healthy diet, 30 minutes of enemy smiting each day reduces your risk of stroke by 90%.
Economics can either enable the slide toward fascism, or defend affordability, dignity, and democracy.
I wrote ANTI-FASCIST ECONOMICS with my baby by my side—a constant reminder that the future should be livable for all.
Out in October with Random House.
what is the charge. what crime has been done
The circle of death is:
Cut faculty (or non-replace) so you offer fewer classes so fewer people enroll so you cut faculty so you offer fewer classes so fewer people enroll so then the market has spoken.
Skip the article about/from the employees of the Yale corporation and read this from SUNY Geneseo
www.geneseo.edu/enrollment-m...
Our new album is out today! A sincere request to help spread the word!
Hampshire College to close permanently after fall 2026 semester Emma McCorkindale
While Hampshire’s case is in some ways unique, it is amazing to think that in a single lifetime - about 70 years - the US founded the greatest public and liberal arts college system in the world and then destroyed it, to build prisons, give tax cuts to the rich, and own the libs
sometimes I think the democratic party is some kind of absurdist art installation, where the stated goal is to win elections and the actual goal is to never do that
Happy Friday. Registration for Jane's Walk NYC is now open. I will be once again facilitating a walking tour as part of the festival. I am offering an abridged version of our Radical Black Women of Harlem tour on May 2 at 11 am - www.mas.org/events/radic... - Registration is free. Don't placehold.
“The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all the people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.”
Birthday of Worcester’s own Frances Perkins, born this day in 1882
Appropriate since snakes do not have arms.
I've run out of responses.
A functioning country would have already handed out life sentences so far down the line of succession that some of the verdicts would be the first time you ever heard their names.
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the realest part of The Metamorphosis is how on top of everything he is still expected to show up at the office somehow
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
This is so, so well-articulated.
And all four gold-crowned night herons are back! In the same tree as last year!! My pictures are crummy, but this is awesome.
Red-bellied woodpecker squawking at the fish crows while I wait for the bus!
I cannot bawl very heartily and work very recklessly at one and the same time.
Oh no. NSF Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program shuttered.
This one leaves me winded. A good story from 2025 by @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social offers insight into what we are losing: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Always believe in yourself.
Imagine if I had given up the first time they told me to get off the table.
Bette Davis as Elizabeth I in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
current status:
feeling sorry for myself because I'll never have a really good opportunity to say "Don't 'Your Majesty' me!"
Why do we live in such a childish, stupid country? A country that wastes its money on useless billion dollar aircraft carriers, when it could be spending those tax dollars to actually help its citizens like sane countries.
Do you know how much more weird shit would exist if we weren't constantly terrified of where the next dollar comes from? I'm driving around in second gear all the time.
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Very busy day ahead, but what if instead I sat in the park with Merlin? So many new birds around, singing their heads off!
I said this in replies elsewhere, but I want to say it loudly here.
Anything other than a fullthroated affirmation of birthright citizenship in this country by SCOTUS is an act of treason. It is grounds for immediate impeachment. It is a violation of every oath they have made.
And formally, according to our law,
Depose him