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Professor G

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Formerly KingsCowbothat. History professor. Alabama fan, Hawkeye stan. “Socrates realized he was the wisest man in Athens because he alone was prepared to admit his own ignorance.”

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · Jan 25

Things can get better but they are not going to get better on their own. We have to accept that we are responsible for making things better, and that may include sacrifice. I am willing to accept that sacrifice, and while I am still figuring out what that means, I am willing to find the #GoodTrouble

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 21m

This administration essentially abolished the EPA and is okay with corporations pouring forever chemicals in our waterways and land.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 5h

Clearly not well. Reached for the aid even before he started to fall, so he knew he was going down, he didn’t just trip.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 6h

83 year old Senator Mitch McConnell just tripped and fell while being asked about ICE

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Any Doubts @anydoubts.bsky.social · 5h

Original "No Kings" Protest
#wesaynokings

Colored illustration of the Boston Tea Party, depicting colonial protesters disguised as Indigenous people aboard a ship in Boston Harbor at night. They are shown throwing crates of tea overboard into the water. A large crowd on the dock cheers and raises their arms in support. Other ships are visible in the background, and a multi-story building is shown on the left side. The caption below the image reads: "The Destruction of the Tea at Boston Harbor."

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 8h

It’s … beautiful bsky.app/profile/prit...

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · Aug 11

I present to you, “Tears of Lincoln”

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 8h

The absolute dumbest, least capable people….

Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 9h

Glenn Beck says that after he aired a show on Antifa, FBI agents acting on the behest of Kash Patel came to get tips. Here's who the segment targeted, largely through strained connections and guilt by association: www.mediamatters.org/glenn-beck/g...

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 9h

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, we need more “I’m not trapped in here with you, your trapped in here with me” energy in this moment

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 10h

This information has existed for free on the internet for decades now, but suddenly it’s now more easily understood because an algorithm is regurgitating it to you?

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 22h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

www.forbes.com

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Jeremy Stanley @jeremydstanley.com · 11h

And are you married?
I was married, but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

Yea, I’ve been keeping up with the UK to some degree. I am not intimately familiar with the ends and outs of your politics, it sucks that y’all seem to be following our trajectory especially since Labor won the last election but are doing fuck all to counter right wing bullshit

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

Am I crazy, or is this racist shit accelerating at a geometric rate?

Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

/3 But this is the core oooh-look-at-me-aren’t-I-a-little-freethinker masturbatory stuff that brings the clicks.

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👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 1d

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

I know. Put it right next to all the others… 😵‍💫

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

I will personally drag his ass out if it comes to that.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

this ballroom is the best evidence that trump doesn’t intend to leave

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d

Exclusive: More than three dozen organizations and individuals are expected to attend a dinner with Trump on Wednesday after opening their checkbooks to support a $250 million White House ballroom.

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

An adversarial press is far better than a compliant one.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

(AP) — Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to government-imposed restrictions on their work, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power.

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/pent...

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 1d

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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Owen Barcala @obarcala.bsky.social · 1d

The "don't call us Nazis" crowd sure has a lot of swastikas

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Recession-Plagued Nation Demands New Bubble To Invest In https://theonion.com/recession-plagued-nation-demands-new-bubble-to-invest-i-1819569940/

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

Notably ambiguous regarding his feelings about slavery?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Brooke Rollins: "Charlie Kirk is in a way the modern day Thomas Jefferson."

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

I know irony has been dead a long time, but these guys keep going out of their way to piss on its grave

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 1d

It’s very simple. All I want is a nine and three football team and to overthrow the government.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

For an admin run by a President who apparently loves show tunes, no one in it seems to have ever heard of Barbara Streisand.

Anyway, what’s that you’re talking about EVERYWHERE? The “No Kings” protest? I’ll go look that up now.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "This crazy No Kings rally this weekend, which is gonna be the farthest left, the hardest core, the most unhinged in the Democratic Party, which is a big title. No Kings equals no paychecks."

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

King George III in early 1776

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

Who the fuck is “the government” in this context. Is it not our god king?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Bessent: "The government is standing in the way. We've tried to get it out of the way. The Democrats have not been able to shut President Trump down in the courts. They've tried to shut him down in the media ... we need to get the government out of the way."