jwwr
@jwwr.bsky.social
What they call an ‘applied’ social scientist. Disciple of Brandolini's Law. Also captivated by invariably BS-infused politics and media, which is a bit of a contradiction. The only ‘abundance’ is stupidity. Everything else is precious. Long-termist.
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What a headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:04 AM
What a headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 PM
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
Yeah, that’s grounds for an immediate disengagement and blacklsit on citations from me.
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Yeah, that’s grounds for an immediate disengagement and blacklsit on citations from me.
Kick the back of my seat one more time mf
November 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Kick the back of my seat one more time mf
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VINDICATED ❤️VANESSA
Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.
This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️
Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.
This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️
November 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
VINDICATED ❤️VANESSA
Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.
This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️
Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.
This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️
"More than 70,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run health ministry says"
Our governments are failing us.
Our governments are failing us.
More than 70,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run health ministry says
Two young brothers were among the latest killed - reportedly in an Israeli air strike as the Gaza ceasefire remains fragile.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"More than 70,000 killed in Gaza since Israel offensive began, Hamas-run health ministry says"
Our governments are failing us.
Our governments are failing us.
43 years later, and here we are.
Geoff Bastow - Tomorrow's Fashions [UK, Library, Synthpop, Electronic] (1982)
https://redd.it/1mk4ys2
https://youtu.be/z6NqJ6ua6rs
https://redd.it/1mk4ys2
https://youtu.be/z6NqJ6ua6rs
Geoff Bastow - Tomorrow's Fashions [UK, Library, Synthpop, Electronic] (1982)
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
43 years later, and here we are.
Common Australian male transactional greeting:
“Hello mate, how are you?”
“Good. Yourself?”
This ear pollution combines two side-effects of a 40yo dysfunctional education system: 1) conflation of subject and reflexive pronouns, 2) the conceit that reflexive pronouns sound more sophisticated.
“Hello mate, how are you?”
“Good. Yourself?”
This ear pollution combines two side-effects of a 40yo dysfunctional education system: 1) conflation of subject and reflexive pronouns, 2) the conceit that reflexive pronouns sound more sophisticated.
November 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Common Australian male transactional greeting:
“Hello mate, how are you?”
“Good. Yourself?”
This ear pollution combines two side-effects of a 40yo dysfunctional education system: 1) conflation of subject and reflexive pronouns, 2) the conceit that reflexive pronouns sound more sophisticated.
“Hello mate, how are you?”
“Good. Yourself?”
This ear pollution combines two side-effects of a 40yo dysfunctional education system: 1) conflation of subject and reflexive pronouns, 2) the conceit that reflexive pronouns sound more sophisticated.
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
Because of course he does.
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Because of course he does.
“Thousands of protesters gather as German far-right party sets up new youth organization”
Thousands of protesters gather as German far-right party sets up new youth organization
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in the western German city of Giessen, some clashing with police as the far-right Alternative for Germany’s new youth organization is set to kick off its found...
apnews.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
“Thousands of protesters gather as German far-right party sets up new youth organization”
Spectacular thread.
Ok! There are actually people who are going to speak against this motion!
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Spectacular thread.
Sydney real estate is full of architects having this exact same experience.
Trump’s ever-growing vision has caused tension with contractors. His architect has taken a step back as the president personally manages the project.
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Sydney real estate is full of architects having this exact same experience.
Advertising poster at a train stop in Dresden: “The better alternative for Germany: Austria. Skiing etc. where everyone is welcome.“
Comment: “ wow. I just realised where the fun stopped for me.”
Comment: “ wow. I just realised where the fun stopped for me.”
Wow. Grüße aus Dresden, ich hab gerade mal wieder gemerkt, wo der Spaß für mich aufhört.
November 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Advertising poster at a train stop in Dresden: “The better alternative for Germany: Austria. Skiing etc. where everyone is welcome.“
Comment: “ wow. I just realised where the fun stopped for me.”
Comment: “ wow. I just realised where the fun stopped for me.”
This is the slowest and most performatively foot-dragging way of gradually shutting this disaster down.
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will be appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
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The Aukus nuclear submarine deal and Australia’s involvement in military conflicts will be considered by a secretive new committee of federal parliament, dubbed a “closed shop” by the Greens over plans to exclude minor parties and independents.
Labor and the Coalition are preparing to pass legislation to establish a joint House and Senate committee on defence as soon as Thursday, with a makeup mirroring the powerful parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is the slowest and most performatively foot-dragging way of gradually shutting this disaster down.
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Demonstrators have blocked roads at 16 points around Giessen, while the first AfD delegates arrive under police protection. Up to 50,000 participants are expected for the day. The situation in the morning.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/UXL8
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/UXL8
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Demonstrators have blocked roads at 16 points around Giessen, while the first AfD delegates arrive under police protection. Up to 50,000 participants are expected for the day. The situation in the morning.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/UXL8
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/UXL8
When I’m in the seat behind the exit row and the guy in front tilts his seat back
Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
When I’m in the seat behind the exit row and the guy in front tilts his seat back
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The obscene, performative cruelty against the world's most vulnerable people will continue until Britain is great again.
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The obscene, performative cruelty against the world's most vulnerable people will continue until Britain is great again.
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Barghouti has been kept in jail by Israel for more than 20 years. He has frequently been kept in solitary confinement without access to his family, and has allegedly suffered four major beatings inside prison since 2023.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A global campaign is being launched to secure the release of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner seen by many as the best hope of leading a future Palestinian state, as negotiations continue in the context of the current Gaza ceasefire.
A global campaign is being launched to secure the release of Marwan Barghouti, the Palestinian prisoner seen by many as the best hope of leading a future Palestinian state, as negotiations continue in the context of the current Gaza ceasefire.
Global ‘Free Marwan’ campaign calls for Palestinian political leader’s release
Locked away in prison for decades, Marwan Barghouti is a longstanding advocate for a two-state solution
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Barghouti has been kept in jail by Israel for more than 20 years. He has frequently been kept in solitary confinement without access to his family, and has allegedly suffered four major beatings inside prison since 2023.
Hey Siri, define ‘white lady tears’
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hey Siri, define ‘white lady tears’
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The US was *never* a true democracy. Voting was never compulsory, never exceeded ~60%, and intensive ‘voter suppression’ has always been a feature of the system.
This myth that the Americans are somehow ‘losing’ their democracy is bizarre.
This myth that the Americans are somehow ‘losing’ their democracy is bizarre.
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy
How our public sphere has drifted from reality to a “simulated” democracy—and what it might take to pull it back
www.theatlantic.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The US was *never* a true democracy. Voting was never compulsory, never exceeded ~60%, and intensive ‘voter suppression’ has always been a feature of the system.
This myth that the Americans are somehow ‘losing’ their democracy is bizarre.
This myth that the Americans are somehow ‘losing’ their democracy is bizarre.
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#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#OnThisDay in 1859, Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species was first published.
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
Much of the original manuscript was used as scrap paper by Darwin's children. On the back of this painting of a house is an original manuscript page from Origin!
#CambridgeUniversityLibrary (DAR 185)
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Drug criminalization is not and has never been about protecting people from the negative consequences of drug abuse.
President Hernandez was serving 45 years in prison for a plot to distribute 400 tons of cocaine before Trump pardoned him. Meanwhile, Trump is murdering fishermen in small boats for allegedly smuggling far smaller amounts.
“Additionally, I Will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that | greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly.”
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Drug criminalization is not and has never been about protecting people from the negative consequences of drug abuse.