“By stripping the right to asylum, nations are creating a growing underclass of placeless, rightless people to police in perpetuity, and an ever-greater policing apparatus with which to crack down on them—and, increasingly, everyone else.”
Absolutely essential reading on global borders and asylum.
Getting real "look on my works ye mighty and despair" vibes from the Palantir CEO.
Nothing really about a society that has the joy of creation, of collaboration, that explores new ways to think and feel and express. Just showing off that "we are BETTER than them."
This is about the Palantir manifesto released based on a book the CEO came out with. Fascism is really into "spectacles" or as they call it "wonders." It reminds me of the way Prager U seems to enshrine the Western Canon like a parent putting kids' drawings on a fridge w/ magnet.
I saw this in isolation, not the thread context, and thought you were criticizing Reich for mocking RFK Jr.'s speech issues
Who won that "Emu War" again?
A picture of me, with salt and pepper beard and wearing a blue-green polo shirt, holding a copy of Chana Prescod-Weinstein's "The Edge of Space-Time: Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie"
I picked up @chanda.blacksky.app's new book!
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did on J6 🩸🩸🩸
THIS IS WHAT AN INSURRECTION LOOKS LIKE ⬇️⬇️⬇️
BREAKING: 50 House Democrats have officially filed legislation that would create a commission to hold “a medical examination of the President to determine whether the President is mentally or physically unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office.” trib.al/cuMH3Y4
THE POPE SHOULD STAY OUT OF POLITICS!
Also, we need our legislators to pass legislation requiring prayer in schools!
#Satire
Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise.
He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media.
The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
Chanting: CLOT, CLOT, CLOT!
“viktor orban has more integrity than the US president” is not a phase i thought i’d ever say but here we are
The end of Viktor Orbán’s autocratic regime is a victory not just for Hungary, but for people who value democracy around the world. Congratulations to Tisza, to incoming leader Péter Magyar, and to Hungarians everywhere.
Polls are closed in Hungary with 77.8% voter turnout.
Wow!
Here’s hoping Orban goes down!
The ultra-wealthy can’t cheat death, but they can use death to cheat taxes. Let me explain.
After the sloppy and inept execution of Trump’s failure in Iran last week, I hope the precise and letter-perfect execution by NASA this week reminds the world that the United States is still capable of high levels of competence, in spite of its ridiculously incompetent and stupid president.
NASA is one of the best things about this country. Hope. Innovation. Exploration. Wonder. Give them, the post office, and the national parks service all the money from ICE
Notice how the most celebrated and successful space mission in *decades* was run by at least 50% “DEI hires”—not all white men? And not even all Americans. Maybe diversity *is* strength . . .
Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that.
Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best.
Welcome home, Integrity crew!
This thread is hilarious. And I am 58 years old going on 8 apparently.
SUNY Chancellor John B. King @sunychancellor.bsky.social announces SUNY's "absolute & unwavering commitment" to DEI: "Some are cowering & backing away. We cannot and will not. We will not retreat, we will not back down... DEI is in our DNA." Super grateful & proud to teach @ SUNY!
The federal government is literally striking words from official record based on them being too “woke” and pundits are arguing if the wokeness is what went too far
Congress is completely useless at this point.
Before I became an American, I was Lebanese. Parts of my family live in Lebanon.
Anyway, you don't need those bona fides to feel this way, but what is happening in Lebanon right now is a complete outrage. The people there, who mostly are just trying to carve out a living, don't deserve this.
Long-wavelength radio astronomy is some of the only science that would get a major benefit from being on the lunar far side. The Moon blocks radio noise from the Earth & presents the possibility of ground-based astronomy with no atmospheric interference. (Of course there are many other challenges!)
Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:
There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon.
You are being lied to
