Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷
@gabriellehecht.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Anti-disciplinary
Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures• http://bit.ly/41wDJzD
Gobernanza residual: Cómo Sudáfrica presagia futuros planetarios• https://bit.ly/488OkV7
1st gen*2 •cisbi♀•proud parent of🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧠♾️ •😈🐇stan
Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures• http://bit.ly/41wDJzD
Gobernanza residual: Cómo Sudáfrica presagia futuros planetarios• https://bit.ly/488OkV7
1st gen*2 •cisbi♀•proud parent of🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧠♾️ •😈🐇stan
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Headshot: “character head” of a screaming man, sculpture by Franz Xaver Messerschmidt h/t @mlobelart.bsky.social
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
Banner: silhouette of the back of a 60 yo woman raising her arms in the face of thuinder clouds. Mapungubwe, South Africa
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Extremely difficult news here today, I'm sorry to say.
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Extremely difficult news here today, I'm sorry to say.
“Swift has more to lose than most. Despite critical brickbats for The Life of a Showgirl, she has never been more popular, at least commercially.”
She’s so fucking rich that she has too much to lose by speaking out? Nah
How about: she can afford to lose, since she’ll still be filthy rich?
She’s so fucking rich that she has too much to lose by speaking out? Nah
How about: she can afford to lose, since she’ll still be filthy rich?
Franklin the Turtle is braver than Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s silence on the Trump administration using her music speaks volumes | Alim Kheraj
Official Trump social media accounts have been using The Life of a Showgirl snippets to promote his agenda. Why has Swift, who once wanted ‘to be on the right side of history’, said nothing?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“Swift has more to lose than most. Despite critical brickbats for The Life of a Showgirl, she has never been more popular, at least commercially.”
She’s so fucking rich that she has too much to lose by speaking out? Nah
How about: she can afford to lose, since she’ll still be filthy rich?
She’s so fucking rich that she has too much to lose by speaking out? Nah
How about: she can afford to lose, since she’ll still be filthy rich?
When even economists formally declare that you’re too slimy for them (after condoning you for decades).
I mean, that’s quite a bar to reach, Larry.
I mean, that’s quite a bar to reach, Larry.
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
When even economists formally declare that you’re too slimy for them (after condoning you for decades).
I mean, that’s quite a bar to reach, Larry.
I mean, that’s quite a bar to reach, Larry.
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Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Historian here. More a comment than a question, inevitably on military history, by a man, who thinks I give a shit. Dozens of times.
But I have a new riposte: Sorry, I’m not here for this conversation. You can’t always use it, but when you can, it rips
But I have a new riposte: Sorry, I’m not here for this conversation. You can’t always use it, but when you can, it rips
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Historian here. More a comment than a question, inevitably on military history, by a man, who thinks I give a shit. Dozens of times.
But I have a new riposte: Sorry, I’m not here for this conversation. You can’t always use it, but when you can, it rips
But I have a new riposte: Sorry, I’m not here for this conversation. You can’t always use it, but when you can, it rips
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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Thank you, @mboaz.bsky.social, for the cite to my third-country removal tracker.
I updated it this morning with a new map and a new entry.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
I updated it this morning with a new map and a new entry.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Thank you, @mboaz.bsky.social, for the cite to my third-country removal tracker.
I updated it this morning with a new map and a new entry.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
I updated it this morning with a new map and a new entry.
hardghistory.ghost.io/tracking-all...
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Once again: this is not something that "threatens" academic freedom, though it will doubtless be reported that way. This is only possible where academic freedom has already ended.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Once again: this is not something that "threatens" academic freedom, though it will doubtless be reported that way. This is only possible where academic freedom has already ended.
Pro tip:
If you receive an auto-reply that says any version of "sorry, no time, this is my only reply," take them seriously.
Don't be that guy.
(Sorry, but it's always a guy who thinks that somehow they're special enough to be exception.)
Why yes, this is a subtweet.
If you receive an auto-reply that says any version of "sorry, no time, this is my only reply," take them seriously.
Don't be that guy.
(Sorry, but it's always a guy who thinks that somehow they're special enough to be exception.)
Why yes, this is a subtweet.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Pro tip:
If you receive an auto-reply that says any version of "sorry, no time, this is my only reply," take them seriously.
Don't be that guy.
(Sorry, but it's always a guy who thinks that somehow they're special enough to be exception.)
Why yes, this is a subtweet.
If you receive an auto-reply that says any version of "sorry, no time, this is my only reply," take them seriously.
Don't be that guy.
(Sorry, but it's always a guy who thinks that somehow they're special enough to be exception.)
Why yes, this is a subtweet.
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This is why you NEVER EVER use a company provided anything for doing anything personal. I have a SCAD laptop and i wont even check my emails on it let alone pay stuff. Thats just common sense
Normal and great
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
> Microsoft triggered a viral furor when it revealed a Teams update to tell your company when you’re not at work. Now Google has done the same. Forget end-to-end encryption. A new Android update means your RCS and SMS texts are no longer private.
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
Google Starts Sharing All Your Text Messages With Your Employer
Warning — what happens on your Android phone, doesn’t stay on your Android phone.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is why you NEVER EVER use a company provided anything for doing anything personal. I have a SCAD laptop and i wont even check my emails on it let alone pay stuff. Thats just common sense
Seeing topic of “USian” again.
call yourself “Americana” in, say, Chile? 5 ppl will jump down your throat if you’re lucky (other option = they permanently write you off). Best to flatly call yourself a gringa, ppl will give a real smile
As a 🇵🇷 it’s a fine line to walk; we both are & aren’t gringos
call yourself “Americana” in, say, Chile? 5 ppl will jump down your throat if you’re lucky (other option = they permanently write you off). Best to flatly call yourself a gringa, ppl will give a real smile
As a 🇵🇷 it’s a fine line to walk; we both are & aren’t gringos
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Seeing topic of “USian” again.
call yourself “Americana” in, say, Chile? 5 ppl will jump down your throat if you’re lucky (other option = they permanently write you off). Best to flatly call yourself a gringa, ppl will give a real smile
As a 🇵🇷 it’s a fine line to walk; we both are & aren’t gringos
call yourself “Americana” in, say, Chile? 5 ppl will jump down your throat if you’re lucky (other option = they permanently write you off). Best to flatly call yourself a gringa, ppl will give a real smile
As a 🇵🇷 it’s a fine line to walk; we both are & aren’t gringos
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The Department of Justice wants to join a cruise ship industry lawsuit against Hawaiʻi’s new green tax on visitors to the islands (via @civilbeat.bsky.social) https://grist.org/politics/hawai%ca%bbis-green-fee-is-latest-climate-change-effort-challenged-by-trump/
grist.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Department of Justice wants to join a cruise ship industry lawsuit against Hawaiʻi’s new green tax on visitors to the islands (via @civilbeat.bsky.social) https://grist.org/politics/hawai%ca%bbis-green-fee-is-latest-climate-change-effort-challenged-by-trump/
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Leopards, faces, etc.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Leopards, faces, etc.
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Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
‘We Intended the Strike to Be Lethal’ Is Not a Defense | National Review
The laws of war, incorporated in the federal war crimes statute, prohibit the killing of people who have been rendered hors de combat.
www.nationalreview.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Fox News legal contributor Andy McCarthy knocks down Hegseth's defense:
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
"Neither Hegseth’s statement nor the explanation attributed to Bradley ... makes legal sense.
...
It cannot be a defense to say, as Hegseth does, that one has killed because one’s objective was 'lethal, kinetic strikes.'"
The timing of this expo is….
At the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new show on Marie Antoinette, the lack of historical artifact about the late Queen’s true self is compounded by a reluctance to include any sociopolitical background. When focusing on style, who needs to hear about nasty old revolutionary history anyway?
Who Was Marie Antoinette Beneath All That Silk and Spectacle?
History has never really known her as a person, and that isn’t about to change here.
hyperallergic.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The timing of this expo is….
Agnotology is everywhere
I mean OF COURSE people’s decisions will be affected by climate risk. They should be.
I mean OF COURSE people’s decisions will be affected by climate risk. They should be.
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Agnotology is everywhere
I mean OF COURSE people’s decisions will be affected by climate risk. They should be.
I mean OF COURSE people’s decisions will be affected by climate risk. They should be.
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Edvard Munch’s The Sun, 1909
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Edvard Munch’s The Sun, 1909
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
The 17 yo who threw flour on extreme rightwing asshole Bardella is being ordered to take a workshop on citizenship. Tho seems to me he’s already mastered that…
Can’t wait to see the court order for the 74yo who smashed an egg on Bardella’s head.
Can’t wait to see the court order for the 74yo who smashed an egg on Bardella’s head.
Jordan Bardella porte plainte après avoir reçu un œuf sur la tête, une personne interpellée
Ni les gendarmes ni le parquet n’ont été en mesure de préciser si l’homme de 74 ans gardé à vue a été aperçu parmi un groupe de manifestants anti-RN, comme l’a affirmé le Rassemblement national.
www.lemonde.fr
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The 17 yo who threw flour on extreme rightwing asshole Bardella is being ordered to take a workshop on citizenship. Tho seems to me he’s already mastered that…
Can’t wait to see the court order for the 74yo who smashed an egg on Bardella’s head.
Can’t wait to see the court order for the 74yo who smashed an egg on Bardella’s head.
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This the false equivalence fallacy. Shameful and irresponsible to draw such a parallel, in my opinion.
It’s so very easy to weaponize uncertainty:“We just can’t know if it’s safe, so better not to act at all”. Everyone is glad when the precautionary principle is used as a cudgel against something they already dislike, but the problem comes when it’s used to ban something you know works-like vaccines🤓
November 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This the false equivalence fallacy. Shameful and irresponsible to draw such a parallel, in my opinion.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape