Alex Norris
@acxn.bsky.social
Echo chambers are good and I'm here to create one. Future failed academic.
Also I'm not the Welsh comic artist, but I hope they join soon too.
Also I'm not the Welsh comic artist, but I hope they join soon too.
The meritocratic myth in America fuses together people with skills and people with money into one class. That's what our elite universities do. If the rich can pull off this illusion, they can convince everyone that the only way you get rich is by being brilliant. But the truth is there to see.
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The meritocratic myth in America fuses together people with skills and people with money into one class. That's what our elite universities do. If the rich can pull off this illusion, they can convince everyone that the only way you get rich is by being brilliant. But the truth is there to see.
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This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is really well done. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Broke: Violating the Constitution
Bespoke: doing a 100% all-achievements Violating the Constitution speedrun
Bespoke: doing a 100% all-achievements Violating the Constitution speedrun
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Broke: Violating the Constitution
Bespoke: doing a 100% all-achievements Violating the Constitution speedrun
Bespoke: doing a 100% all-achievements Violating the Constitution speedrun
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This case will be taught for decades in torta law classes
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This case will be taught for decades in torta law classes
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The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The haters said they couldn't do it. And they were right. Honestly, great call from the haters.
I like that when he says what it would not be like--going into Russia or China or North Korea or Iran--he pointedly does not mention any of the countries we actually went into and got stuck in.
November 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I like that when he says what it would not be like--going into Russia or China or North Korea or Iran--he pointedly does not mention any of the countries we actually went into and got stuck in.
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All New Yorkers are currently being assigned to ten-member ujamaa cells we will send out invitations when that process is completed
Ok so when is the first Central Park struggle session? I need to book my Amtrak ticket
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
All New Yorkers are currently being assigned to ten-member ujamaa cells we will send out invitations when that process is completed
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this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
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(to the tune of Eleanor Rigby) 🎶socialist muslim🎶
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
(to the tune of Eleanor Rigby) 🎶socialist muslim🎶
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I am hearing that on his deathbed Dick Cheney received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada.
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I am hearing that on his deathbed Dick Cheney received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada.
Be careful, kids. Because when you get your shiny new degree and your shiny new job, no one has to tell you that you are wading through the blood of al-fasher to deliver some stale talking points about the Muslim brotherhood. It's easy to lose all your credibility before your career even starts
Jewish Insider is now running a "what about" piece against those who are critical of the US-backed UAE's relationship to the Sudanese RSF.
Anti-Israel activists, lawmakers ignore Muslim Brotherhood, Iran links to Sudan’s SAF
As they denounce the UAE’s alleged backing of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, far-left lawmakers have passed over the Muslim Brotherhood affiliations and foreign backing of the rival Sudanese Armed Forc...
jewishinsider.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Be careful, kids. Because when you get your shiny new degree and your shiny new job, no one has to tell you that you are wading through the blood of al-fasher to deliver some stale talking points about the Muslim brotherhood. It's easy to lose all your credibility before your career even starts
I've also noticed this with preparedness. When I was in college, students knew basically everything, could teach the class if they wanted to. Now students have no idea, and if anything are confidently wrong.
something weird I've noticed over the past couple of years: college students used to be adults, but are now children. it's strange. I'm even seeing grad students, who used to be adults, now be children. whereas people who used to be old, like postdocs, are now normal? maybe TikTok is to blame.
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I've also noticed this with preparedness. When I was in college, students knew basically everything, could teach the class if they wanted to. Now students have no idea, and if anything are confidently wrong.
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Obvious to say this, but the actual function of the smear job isn't to make us ask about his aunt, it's to show us the words "hijab" and "9/11" in a headline with his photo.
October 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Obvious to say this, but the actual function of the smear job isn't to make us ask about his aunt, it's to show us the words "hijab" and "9/11" in a headline with his photo.
The year 3000:
Our war and climate ravaged world has finally pulled itself together. Human civilization clustered at the poles has slowly rebuilt, and we are looking toward the stars once again. We send people into orbit, searching for truth among the satellite wreckage.
Our war and climate ravaged world has finally pulled itself together. Human civilization clustered at the poles has slowly rebuilt, and we are looking toward the stars once again. We send people into orbit, searching for truth among the satellite wreckage.
As absurd as his claims are (he desperately wants to be cool SciFi but just doesn’t get it), and ridiculously pathetic the idea of his of Nazi pet robot’s encyclopaedia coming into existence is — pay attention to his ongoing talk of colonisation — spreading HIS pet’s knowledge across space and time.
October 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The year 3000:
Our war and climate ravaged world has finally pulled itself together. Human civilization clustered at the poles has slowly rebuilt, and we are looking toward the stars once again. We send people into orbit, searching for truth among the satellite wreckage.
Our war and climate ravaged world has finally pulled itself together. Human civilization clustered at the poles has slowly rebuilt, and we are looking toward the stars once again. We send people into orbit, searching for truth among the satellite wreckage.
No spend, only tax
i'm fine with a deeper focus on economic issues over social issues but man does plank 2 give the game away
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
No spend, only tax
As always there is a relevant xkcd
![Transcript from Explain xkcd: What tech people think scientists need help with:
[Cueball, Ponytail, and Megan are facing a second Cueball and Hairbun. Ponytail is gesturing with her hand out. The second Cueball has his finger raised.]
Ponytail: Please–our data, it's too complex! Can your magical machine minds unearth the patterns that lie within?
Cueball 2: We shall marshal our finest algorithms!
What scientists actually need:
[The two Cueballs, Ponytail, Megan, and Hairbun are in the same position as before. The second Cueball no longer has his finger raised.]
Ponytail: For a few weeks in June, the lab was infested by wasps, so we had to take pictures of the equipment through the window.
Ponytail: How do you get graphs from a Polaroid photo into Excel?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rpw4qtexyfrti5u76hkdzcsl/bafkreiddptszqo67fqmwn24omvx6r4dlqch7obkxitlnkl6gk5mixjph5m@jpeg)
October 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
As always there is a relevant xkcd
A piece of contract work I did got the feedback that I should talk more about how the sunni-shi'a divide affected things. The project was on the state of politics in Algeria. Lots of people need to learn a second thing about Islam.
I’m Muslim and didn’t even know there was such a divide until reading a TIME magazine article in my dentist’s office in the mid-2000s that had a map of Iraq with the populations divided. Asked my parents about it!
In my experience, this has always been a particular object of western fascination.
In my experience, this has always been a particular object of western fascination.
Mamdani is a Twelver Shia, and most of the mosques in New York City are Sunni. Despite this, Mamdani overwhelmingly won the Sunni and Shia votes in the primary, and has been warmly received at every Sunni mosque where he has spoken. Cuomo is trying to introduce division where it does not exist.
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A piece of contract work I did got the feedback that I should talk more about how the sunni-shi'a divide affected things. The project was on the state of politics in Algeria. Lots of people need to learn a second thing about Islam.
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The most Republican guy is the guy who owns the used car dealership, a tanning salon, and a boat in a place that has been economically decimated by deindustrialization
See, for instance:
See, for instance:
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The most Republican guy is the guy who owns the used car dealership, a tanning salon, and a boat in a place that has been economically decimated by deindustrialization
See, for instance:
See, for instance:
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OK I ran it at the individual level with CES data. Here (w/ and w/o survey weights) for 16 income bins, with the highest bin being incomes >$500k
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
OK I ran it at the individual level with CES data. Here (w/ and w/o survey weights) for 16 income bins, with the highest bin being incomes >$500k
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There's something kind of pathologically neoliberal about turning a paper into your vanity mouthpiece but insisting that it turn a profit while doing so.
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
There's something kind of pathologically neoliberal about turning a paper into your vanity mouthpiece but insisting that it turn a profit while doing so.
There's something kind of pathologically neoliberal about turning a paper into your vanity mouthpiece but insisting that it turn a profit while doing so.
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
October 23, 2025 at 5:14 AM
There's something kind of pathologically neoliberal about turning a paper into your vanity mouthpiece but insisting that it turn a profit while doing so.
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Thrilled for my first Food & Wine byline! I talked to nine Best New Chef alumni about where they like to eat in Austin.
www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...
www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...
Austin
A generation ago, Austin was a sleepy hippie town known for its music scene, Tex-Mex, and barbecue.
www.foodandwine.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Thrilled for my first Food & Wine byline! I talked to nine Best New Chef alumni about where they like to eat in Austin.
www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...
www.foodandwine.com/best-new-che...
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It's like they always say: no enemy survives first contact with my plan
Let’s get rid of dice, who needs to simulate chance as part of war?
May 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It's like they always say: no enemy survives first contact with my plan
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