Jeremy Neill
@jeremyneill.bsky.social
Historian, casual photographer, hockey fan, transplanted Mainer 🗃️
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This is the shit that kills me. Worship of the neoliberal golden calf demands every dept must be “practical,” revenue positive, and is reduced to black ink in a ledger. And then you play the game and make money and no, it’s still not good enough, times are tough. We can’t win playing by their rules.
“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This is the shit that kills me. Worship of the neoliberal golden calf demands every dept must be “practical,” revenue positive, and is reduced to black ink in a ledger. And then you play the game and make money and no, it’s still not good enough, times are tough. We can’t win playing by their rules.
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I love the Dropkick Murphys because "Irish-American" + "gen X" + "punk rocker who's been at it for 30 years" should be the formula for the most racist guy alive but instead Ken Casey is constantly giving interviews where he's like "fascists are demons from hell and that's where they belong"
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I love the Dropkick Murphys because "Irish-American" + "gen X" + "punk rocker who's been at it for 30 years" should be the formula for the most racist guy alive but instead Ken Casey is constantly giving interviews where he's like "fascists are demons from hell and that's where they belong"
I just donated to my local pet pantry - families are going to go through some heartbreaking choices in the next few weeks.
In addition to money donations to food banks & food aid for people, please also consider donating money or food & litter to pet food pantries. Many people who rely on SNAP to feed themselves will now need to redirect $ to buy groceries that they would have spent on pet food before.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I just donated to my local pet pantry - families are going to go through some heartbreaking choices in the next few weeks.
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Released 47 years ago today
Alternative Ulster, the second single by Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers "Alternative Ulster" from "Best Served Loud - Live At Barrowland"
#punk #punkrock #stifflittlefingers #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Alternative Ulster, the second single by Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers "Alternative Ulster" from "Best Served Loud - Live At Barrowland"
#punk #punkrock #stifflittlefingers #history #punkrockhistory #otd
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Released 47 years ago today
Alternative Ulster, the second single by Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers "Alternative Ulster" from "Best Served Loud - Live At Barrowland"
#punk #punkrock #stifflittlefingers #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Alternative Ulster, the second single by Stiff Little Fingers
Stiff Little Fingers "Alternative Ulster" from "Best Served Loud - Live At Barrowland"
#punk #punkrock #stifflittlefingers #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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The situation with Blackboard - now its owner is bankrupt and it's coming under new private equity ownership and control - is serious enough the UK agency for HE tech is advising all affected universities to seek assurances regarding data security inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/s...
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The situation with Blackboard - now its owner is bankrupt and it's coming under new private equity ownership and control - is serious enough the UK agency for HE tech is advising all affected universities to seek assurances regarding data security inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/10/s...
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I’ve been rewatching the Coen Bros filmography this month and while drawing a Barton Fink illustration, it struck me how much their films feel like Far Side cartoons: funny, strange, clever, yet frequently inscrutable. Anyway here’s a thread!
September 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’ve been rewatching the Coen Bros filmography this month and while drawing a Barton Fink illustration, it struck me how much their films feel like Far Side cartoons: funny, strange, clever, yet frequently inscrutable. Anyway here’s a thread!
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v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
September 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
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This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
The Political Awakening of the Oyster Farmer Gunning for Susan Collins
Graham Platner’s campaign launch has been a sudden sensation. But what he’s building now is rooted in the work of a lifetime.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This story has it all: aquaculture, Black Flag, Bernie Sanders, Star Trek as policy, John Hodgman, male tears, and a candidate citing Luthen’s monologue from Andor.
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
Meet Graham Platner, the Maine oysterman trying to crack the senate. @grahamformaine.bsky.social
newrepublic.com/article/1996...
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random highlight from Brazil’s American football league:
August 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
random highlight from Brazil’s American football league:
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
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“My general sense is that we should assume we are being recorded at all times,” said Clara Brenner, a partner at venture capital firm Urban Innovation Fund. “Of course, this is a horrible way to live your life.”
sfstandard.com/2025/08/05/a...
sfstandard.com/2025/08/05/a...
AI wearables are quietly listening to everyone in Silicon Valley
Discreet devices and software are recording everything. Is it legal? And do you consent?
sfstandard.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“My general sense is that we should assume we are being recorded at all times,” said Clara Brenner, a partner at venture capital firm Urban Innovation Fund. “Of course, this is a horrible way to live your life.”
sfstandard.com/2025/08/05/a...
sfstandard.com/2025/08/05/a...
Underrated 90s banger
August 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Underrated 90s banger
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The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic Spam Machine
How a single consulting firm extracted $282 million from a network of spam PACs while delivering just $11 million to actual campaigns.
open.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The annoying spam texts destroying the Democratic brand:
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
$678M raised through those spam tactics
$282M to one consulting firm: Mothership Strategies.
$11M to actual campaigns (1.6%)
The party isn’t just treating donors like marks—it’s being fleeced itself yet continues to back Mothership.
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Love moments like this. Public Enemy meets Mavis Staples ❤️
July 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Love moments like this. Public Enemy meets Mavis Staples ❤️
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GO! MY LABUBU MISSILE! KILL!
July 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
GO! MY LABUBU MISSILE! KILL!
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"My daddy is coming home on July 14th"
📽️ Happy #ConAirDay to all who celebrate
📽️ Happy #ConAirDay to all who celebrate
July 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"My daddy is coming home on July 14th"
📽️ Happy #ConAirDay to all who celebrate
📽️ Happy #ConAirDay to all who celebrate
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Parents insist their kids go to college to get business degrees. Administrators respond by defunding the humanities and social sciences, while hiring business profs at ~2X what historians get paid. Meanwhile, businesses say over and over that they want to hire humanities and social science majors.
Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.
July 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Parents insist their kids go to college to get business degrees. Administrators respond by defunding the humanities and social sciences, while hiring business profs at ~2X what historians get paid. Meanwhile, businesses say over and over that they want to hire humanities and social science majors.
My current top ten
June 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
My current top ten
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How profoundly sad. The kids deprived of reading Calvin and Hobbes are the kids who need them the most. My brother put it best: "We know we’re fucked when they come for your cartoon stuffed tigers."
Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America
The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.
pen.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
How profoundly sad. The kids deprived of reading Calvin and Hobbes are the kids who need them the most. My brother put it best: "We know we’re fucked when they come for your cartoon stuffed tigers."
Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
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ICE agent points gun directly at the head of innocent civilian—just for taking picture of his license plate.
He drew his gun with one hand—while fumbling to open the car door with the other.
The "agent" did not seem to be aware someone else was already recording his vehicle.
Pasadena, California.
He drew his gun with one hand—while fumbling to open the car door with the other.
The "agent" did not seem to be aware someone else was already recording his vehicle.
Pasadena, California.
June 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
ICE agent points gun directly at the head of innocent civilian—just for taking picture of his license plate.
He drew his gun with one hand—while fumbling to open the car door with the other.
The "agent" did not seem to be aware someone else was already recording his vehicle.
Pasadena, California.
He drew his gun with one hand—while fumbling to open the car door with the other.
The "agent" did not seem to be aware someone else was already recording his vehicle.
Pasadena, California.
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Newsletter: We are in the era of the Business Idiot, where middle management has seized power, breeding out true meritocracy and value-creation in favor of symbolic growth and superficial intelligence. This piece ties together everything I've ever written.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
The Era Of The Business Idiot
Fair warning: this is the longest thing I've written on this newsletter. I do apologize.
Soundtrack: EL-P - $4 Vic
Listen to my podcast Better Offline. We have merch.
Last week, Bloomberg profiled ...
www.wheresyoured.at
May 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Newsletter: We are in the era of the Business Idiot, where middle management has seized power, breeding out true meritocracy and value-creation in favor of symbolic growth and superficial intelligence. This piece ties together everything I've ever written.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-t...
RIP to a legend
A supercut of every time Norm entered Cheers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXED...
Cheers | Every Time Norm Peterson Enters the Bar
YouTube video by Peacock
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
RIP to a legend
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Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
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Sucks that the Met Gala is raising all this money just to pay it to Bobby Bonilla
May 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Sucks that the Met Gala is raising all this money just to pay it to Bobby Bonilla