Aaron Ross Powell ☸️
@aaronrosspowell.com
Host of the ReImagining Liberty podcast. Writing about political ethics. Radical liberal. He/him.
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Why Elites Believe in Racial IQ Differences and Evolutionary Psych
Both help deflect critiques of elite status being less earned than elites want to think.
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Lots of elites, more than you think and more than publicly admit, believe science proves there are racial IQ differences or evolutionary psych proves women are less likely to succeed in certain professions. This has nothing to do with the quality of the science, and everything to do with deflection.
The way to ensure that student writing is, in fact, student writing, and not LLM writing, is to encourage students, earlier than we typically do, to develop an authorial voice.
The Answer to Student AI Writing Slop is Authorial Voice
LLMs are bad at sounding unique. So we should help young writers to develop their own unique prose style.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The way to ensure that student writing is, in fact, student writing, and not LLM writing, is to encourage students, earlier than we typically do, to develop an authorial voice.
This is basically like being able to publish a one off article to Medium or Substack, except the data is stored in a way that you own it, and can take it with you if the underlying platform vanishes or becomes a place you don't want to be.
New: *Looseleaf* publishing — a way to publish standalone Leaflets on AT Protocol! 📝🍃
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
We started with publications on atproto; now we're bringing it all together so _anything_ you write on Leaflet, incl single documents / posts, can be 'atprotated' :)
Learn more in thread! ⬇️
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is basically like being able to publish a one off article to Medium or Substack, except the data is stored in a way that you own it, and can take it with you if the underlying platform vanishes or becomes a place you don't want to be.
I don't get these kinds of posts. Bracket the reason for the pile-on. The fact is Bluesky offers plenty of powerful tools for stopping one if it starts, or letting it go while you see none of it. And those tools aren't opaque The link to them is right at the bottom of all your posts.
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I don't get these kinds of posts. Bracket the reason for the pile-on. The fact is Bluesky offers plenty of powerful tools for stopping one if it starts, or letting it go while you see none of it. And those tools aren't opaque The link to them is right at the bottom of all your posts.
We need full-throated defenses of liberalism right now. And, watching the success of the @liberalcurrents.com fundraiser, it's encouraging to see how many people agree. gofund.me/50ba1838d
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We need full-throated defenses of liberalism right now. And, watching the success of the @liberalcurrents.com fundraiser, it's encouraging to see how many people agree. gofund.me/50ba1838d
My advice when engaging intellectually with politics is that if you're going to have a strong opinion about a particular ideology, or a whole constellation of them, you put in the work to make it at least a minimally informed one.
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My advice when engaging intellectually with politics is that if you're going to have a strong opinion about a particular ideology, or a whole constellation of them, you put in the work to make it at least a minimally informed one.
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well we aren't going to do better than this
you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
well we aren't going to do better than this
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
Watched Blade Runner tonight and I have to say, Harrison Ford's acting super power is he can get beat up and then, more so than any other leading man, look positively miserable about it.
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Watched Blade Runner tonight and I have to say, Harrison Ford's acting super power is he can get beat up and then, more so than any other leading man, look positively miserable about it.
Trump is now basically just late career Steven Seagal.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Trump is now basically just late career Steven Seagal.
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Samantha Hancox-Li is the most essential thinker of 2025 and anything that supports her is good.
Something that definitely happened last year is that @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com got on CNN. It's true—we have video.
And, that happened because of an article she landed in a larger publication.
Big platforms lead to big audiences for liberal ideas. Build one: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
And, that happened because of an article she landed in a larger publication.
Big platforms lead to big audiences for liberal ideas. Build one: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Gorilla Channel Governance
YouTube video by Liberal Currents
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November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Samantha Hancox-Li is the most essential thinker of 2025 and anything that supports her is good.
They are not onto something. And scientists who believe they are need to spend more time reading philosophy of mind.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
They are not onto something. And scientists who believe they are need to spend more time reading philosophy of mind.
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Aaron's podcast is superb. Listen and subscribe here: pod.link/1614436300
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Aaron's podcast is superb. Listen and subscribe here: pod.link/1614436300
If you've enjoyed my podcast any time in the last year, you should know that a pretty big chunk of those episodes were based on articles from @liberalcurrents.com. It's an extraordinary publication, and they're raising money to take it to the next level. I encourage you to support it.
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
gofund.me
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If you've enjoyed my podcast any time in the last year, you should know that a pretty big chunk of those episodes were based on articles from @liberalcurrents.com. It's an extraordinary publication, and they're raising money to take it to the next level. I encourage you to support it.
Idaho is America's Taliban Afghanistan, except it's ruled by white Christian nationalists.
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Idaho is America's Taliban Afghanistan, except it's ruled by white Christian nationalists.
One of the residents in the retirement community my mom lives in keeps a grim reaper outside their door.
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
One of the residents in the retirement community my mom lives in keeps a grim reaper outside their door.
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The work that they are doing is important.
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The work that they are doing is important.
Reposted by Aaron Ross Powell ☸️
They’re good, people! Give them some support!
Larger media outlets have wavered since the first Trump term, but we've remained steadfast in our categorical rejection of MAGA in all its aspects and our affirmation of liberal democracy and the principles that it rests on.
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
In the second Trump term, we are growing: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
They’re good, people! Give them some support!
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is basically an HP Lovecraft story in that it's largely about an eccentric man locked reading documents of hidden lore and piecing together a story that will shatter his world.
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" is basically an HP Lovecraft story in that it's largely about an eccentric man locked reading documents of hidden lore and piecing together a story that will shatter his world.
This is Franklin. If you sit or lie down anywhere, he will show up, roll his belly into the air, and insist that rubbing it is easily more important and worth your time than whatever else you were planning to do.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This is Franklin. If you sit or lie down anywhere, he will show up, roll his belly into the air, and insist that rubbing it is easily more important and worth your time than whatever else you were planning to do.
"There's no joy to be found anywhere in the world, but please get out there and fight for it" is not a winning message. Nor is it a psychologically astute, wise, or worthwhile one. The reason we fight is to make more points of joy, and so we have to hold fast to the ones that are still here.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"There's no joy to be found anywhere in the world, but please get out there and fight for it" is not a winning message. Nor is it a psychologically astute, wise, or worthwhile one. The reason we fight is to make more points of joy, and so we have to hold fast to the ones that are still here.
What comes after Trump? It won't be a return to the status quo but instead a new American Reconstruction. Today on the show I'm joined by The UnPopulist's @andycraig.bsky.social and @shikhadalmia.bsky.social to discuss what that reforged American democracy will look like.
ReImagining Liberty 094: A New American Reconstruction
A conversation with Andy Craig and Shikha Dalmia
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November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What comes after Trump? It won't be a return to the status quo but instead a new American Reconstruction. Today on the show I'm joined by The UnPopulist's @andycraig.bsky.social and @shikhadalmia.bsky.social to discuss what that reforged American democracy will look like.
I just donated to @liberalcurrents.com's newly launched startup fund. Liberal Currents is one of the few truly indispensable publications in our illiberal political moment, and helping them grow feels like a civic duty. gofund.me/f29325485
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
gofund.me
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I just donated to @liberalcurrents.com's newly launched startup fund. Liberal Currents is one of the few truly indispensable publications in our illiberal political moment, and helping them grow feels like a civic duty. gofund.me/f29325485
#1 is silly, but putting Waiting for Guffman in the top 5 more than makes up for it.
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#1 is silly, but putting Waiting for Guffman in the top 5 more than makes up for it.
With MTG leaving Congress, maybe there will finally be room for more innovative and elegantly designed CCGs to find an audience.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
With MTG leaving Congress, maybe there will finally be room for more innovative and elegantly designed CCGs to find an audience.
At some point that true crime putting on makeup podcast woman is going to have to start committing crimes herself in order to have stories for episodes. If she hasn't already.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
At some point that true crime putting on makeup podcast woman is going to have to start committing crimes herself in order to have stories for episodes. If she hasn't already.