Alex Kingsbury
@alexkingsbury.bsky.social
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Writer, journalist. New York Times contributing writer. Formerly New York Times editorial board, Boston Globe, US News&World Report, WBUR.
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A lot of folks would crush like soda cans if they had to be Black for a week.
The civil rights movement lasted decades. The abolition movement took centuries. And lemme tell you, the adversity level was *a lot* higher than this. Watching so many fold already is blowing me.
The civil rights movement lasted decades. The abolition movement took centuries. And lemme tell you, the adversity level was *a lot* higher than this. Watching so many fold already is blowing me.
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for my @newyorker.com column this week, I wrote in praise of TextEdit and extremely simple software that just does what you tell it to in the era of over-helpful AI assistants and automation www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
TextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software
The bare-bones Mac writing app represents a literalist sensibility that is coming back into vogue as A.I. destabilizes our technological interactions.
www.newyorker.com
a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society
What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.
the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)
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Ify Nwadiwe
@ifycomedy.com
· 13d
The thing that’s most annoying about this dynamic is that doing propaganda should be easier than fixing policy! Let’s try it!
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It is frankly strange to think the modal US higher ed experience has anything to do with residential 4 year colleges and universities where full-time students don't work and spend their time on campus politics.
It is frankly strange to be this obsessed with college if you no longer attend one and do not work in education. More people in legacy media need to be told that.
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Jack Jenkins
@jackjenkins.me
· 16d
Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago
(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...
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You can't do either without a warrant. There is no public evidence or reliable reports indicating that Jack Smith sought or obtained court-issued warrants or subpoenas to trace or track GOP senators' phone conversations.
At Bondi hearing, Sen. Josh Hawley calls the pulling of phone toll records "tapping," which is an entirely different thing. You can't "tap" phone calls from 2021 in 2023, you can just look at what numbers they called.