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My only MAHA adjacent belief is that microwaves are a Mephistophelean technology that should in most cases be avoided

Plowing through this constitutional precedent, whereby he's claimed the sovereign right to make war, along with his apparently successful seizure of much of the power of the purse, completes a coup making Trump a kind of dictatorial leader the US has never had before.

Broad Coalition Files Suit to Stop Latest Unlawful Move in Trump-Vance Administration Crusade Against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Executive Order Targets Essential Federal Contractors with Unconstitutional Threats

My union @uam-umd.bsky.social did such a good job beating our bosses in the statehouse this year that we figured we'd go ahead and beat the White House too.

With allies from across higher ed and the good people at @democracyforward.org we're suing to stop the latest illegal anti-DEI order.

This looks like it’s from the last half hour of an @oncinema.bsky.social Oscar special

Hating Theory Today Abstract. Drawing on nearly a decade of research, this essay investigates the hatred of theory on the political right. The phobic fascination with theory is over a century old. Yet, in recent years, i...

@moiraweigel.bsky.social wrote one of the most enlightening (and earliest) pieces on Alex Karp's fashy PhD. She now has written this luminous piece that gives a persuasive materialist account of the right wing assault on theory. Truly brilliant stuff.

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Ja irgendwie - man tut das Fischfilet in Mehl und Ei rein und dann wendet es in geriebener Süßkartoffel und frittiert das ganze in Pflanzenöl

It is. I grew up going there. Located in a very innocuous strip mall. Highly recommend it next time you’re in the area.

Sweet potato-encrusted corvina on top of mixed greens, vegetables and herbs in a lime vinaigrette. Inspired by a similar dish at Food Shack in Jupiter, FL.

America’s True Fascist Architectural Legacy It’s not the kitschy White House ballroom—it’s logistics warehouses converted to ICE detention centers.

wrote about the most important architectural legacy of the Trump administration: the conversion of logistics warehouses into detention centers www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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For those hereabouts scrambling to remediate course materials in order to meet the end of the month deadline for compliance with new federal ADA Title II standards, here is the endgame as I see it: 🧵

U.S. scientific funding on the pathway to the German austerity model

Decker vs. Dracula VHS cover, featuring an illustration of Gregg carrying a crucifix and a candelabra in a castle. Dracula’s portrait looms in the background. 1OTH ANNIVERSARY VFA COLLECTION GREGG TURKINGTON PRESENTS: Decker vs. Dracula He could crack any code... time to crack open the casket. STARRING: GREGG TURKINGTON JAMES DEAN JOE ESTEVEZ TIM HEIDECKER MARC PROKSCH

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VHS clamshell, back cover, featuring screenshots from the movie Decker vs. Dracula Despite its controversial production, DECKER VS. DRACULA remains a universally acclaimed classic ten years later. This 10th Anniversary Edition has been newly restored by the experts at the Victorville Film Archive, and is brought to your home theatre using state-of-the-art, industry standard VHS technology. Featuring an All-Star cast, including James Dean (East of Eden, 3rd Annual On Cinema Oscar Special), Gregg Turkington (Deck of Cards, Ant-Men 1 & 2), Joe Estevez (Werewolf), Tim Heidecker (The Fantastic Four, Decker: Classified, Decker: Port of Call Hawail, Decker: Unclassified, Decker: Unsealed, Decker: Mindwipe), and Marc Proksch (celebrity impressionist), DECKER VS. DRACULA is a timeless masterpiece where horror meets action in a blood-curdling VFX showcase. Follow along as Special Agent Jonathan Kington thwarts Dracula's plan to destroy the world, alongside his colleagues Special Agent Jack Decker & President Jason Davidson. 2015, 52 minutes, Hi-Fi Stereo, Unrated SPECIAL FEATURES: • Theatrical Trailer • The "Lost Episodes" • Never before seen Behind-The-Scenes footage • Director's commentary from VFA Movie Buff Gregg Turkington [credits block and FBI warning]

Made a fake Decker vs. Dracula VHS cover to bring to the @oncinema.bsky.social show this week! Started as a goofy little screenshot paintover and then I got VERY carried away:

If you’re a fellow academic, a good reminder to join AAUP, UCW or whatever union is available to you to advocate for your rights.

Something that's unclear to me but maybe obvious to economists: When people say they feel "poorer", how much is "poor" serving as a metaphorical stand-in for feeling more anxious and more uncertain about the future, etc., which wealth ordinarily shields one from (to some degree)?

Carrot-ginger soup with crème fraiche, and roasted chicken Provençal with Roma beans

Barbed X, the everything app!

Glad to see more people rethinking literary form.

Voila!

bronzino bondage

the problem with politics remains that you can’t trust anyone who wants to be in charge. you need to pick someone at random for governor, maybe the night manager of the 24 hour mcdonalds

Photo of Resignation letter from Dr. Martin Peterson

First Plato—now Dr. Peterson—out the door at Texas A&M!

Who’s next?

Here is Dr. Peterson’s letter of resignation, which he just shared with the faculty.

Tim Sands to step down as president of Virginia Tech Sands, who has been at the university’s helm for 12 years, is credited with helping to land Amazon’s HQ2 project for Virginia and strengthening Virginia Tech’s ties to Roanoke’s b…

Very glad he waited to step down until after the gubernatorial election, but I have a feeling this is still going to be a shit show

Die Demokratie ist massiv bedroht, aber was für 1 Fügung, dass den Leuten parallel durch KI-Allgegenwart sanft jedes Interesse an Wahrheit & außerdem die Fähigkeit zum kritischen Denken abtrainiert wird, woran auch noch einige aus der Wissenschaft bereitwillig mitwirken, was soll schon schiefgehen?

The obvious answer here is that the student protest movement was broadly smeared as anti-semitic and aligned with terrorists, and a variety of institutions from government, media and the universities acted as if that smear was true, threatening, suspending, expelling and even deporting students.

Libertarians dreamed of the zone as a way to escape the state but it became the favored tool of state capitalism; now the same has happened with crypto.

A striking contrast to the increasing numbers of Trump administration officials who live in "Green Zone"-style military housing to sequester themselves from the (regrettably) imaginary pitchfork-wielding rabble.

Every one of these propaganda centers struggles in the so-called marketplace of ideas. No surprise. They're drafting off the status of people they hate, subsidizing substandard intellectuals, and making slush funds for potato-faced jetski dealer legislators. Every normal person smells a fake.