Wallet Inspector MetaBlueSky ♨️
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Cynic watching the world burn with popcorn and whisky. Living sci-fi is always going to be worse than reading it.
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To note very bluntly my view of the next span of years, I will quote Neville Chamberlain: "It is the evil things we fight against, brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression, and persecution and against them I am confident the right will prevail."
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PETER THIEL IS A PHILOSOPHY MAJOR AND A LAWYER.
November 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
PETER THIEL IS A PHILOSOPHY MAJOR AND A LAWYER.
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All it takes to debunk this by the way is thirty seconds of thinking about climate change. No disrespect to the humanities here, which I am a believer in and defender of, but we are not going to invent a hermeneutic that even tells us climate change is happening, much less how to solve it.
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
All it takes to debunk this by the way is thirty seconds of thinking about climate change. No disrespect to the humanities here, which I am a believer in and defender of, but we are not going to invent a hermeneutic that even tells us climate change is happening, much less how to solve it.
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Don’t want to harass OP but here’s the text of the blocked post
November 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Don’t want to harass OP but here’s the text of the blocked post
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Science and technology are not “capitalism.” They are not capitalist “ways of synthesizing information,” except in the sense that they can be useful to capitalism, which is certainly true, but the humanities are also useful to capitalism. You think companies can’t use people who know how to read?
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Science and technology are not “capitalism.” They are not capitalist “ways of synthesizing information,” except in the sense that they can be useful to capitalism, which is certainly true, but the humanities are also useful to capitalism. You think companies can’t use people who know how to read?
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You people have got to stop saying this kind of thing. I’m sorry that 15 years ago a CS professor said something obnoxious in a faculty meeting but the idea that humanities degrees are “not tied to capitalism” while STEM degrees are is some of the purest bullshit I’ve ever seen in my life.
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You people have got to stop saying this kind of thing. I’m sorry that 15 years ago a CS professor said something obnoxious in a faculty meeting but the idea that humanities degrees are “not tied to capitalism” while STEM degrees are is some of the purest bullshit I’ve ever seen in my life.
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
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the thing about unleashing endless threats of violence on people who don’t do what you want is that it works a lot of the time but when it doesn’t you end up with people extremely committed to telling you to shove it up your ass
A new post by a Republican state Senator in Indiana, saying she will "not cave" on redistricting as she shares that she was just the target of a pipe bomb threat to due "DC political pundits."
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
the thing about unleashing endless threats of violence on people who don’t do what you want is that it works a lot of the time but when it doesn’t you end up with people extremely committed to telling you to shove it up your ass
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the pardon power as it currently exists has to go, man, there just isn’t any way that the way which trump has used it can be consistent with small-d democratic governance, it just can’t.
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
the pardon power as it currently exists has to go, man, there just isn’t any way that the way which trump has used it can be consistent with small-d democratic governance, it just can’t.
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This explains so much of what we are seeing.
After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is facing a new challenge: Corrections officers are jumping ship for more lucrative jobs at ICE.
By @keribla.bsky.social
By @keribla.bsky.social
As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Leave in Droves for ICE
Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This explains so much of what we are seeing.
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China has a problem when, for politicians in neighboring poewrs, getting into a huge spat with them is a risky but viable way to *boost* your approval ratings at home, and keeps getting moreso.
Takaichi stays high at 75% approval
Was her statement on "survival-threatening situation" regarding Taiwan contingency appropriate?
Yes 55%
No 30%
How was the first meeting with Trump?
Approve 69%
Disapprove 18%
asia.nikkei.com/politics/jap...
Was her statement on "survival-threatening situation" regarding Taiwan contingency appropriate?
Yes 55%
No 30%
How was the first meeting with Trump?
Approve 69%
Disapprove 18%
asia.nikkei.com/politics/jap...
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
China has a problem when, for politicians in neighboring poewrs, getting into a huge spat with them is a risky but viable way to *boost* your approval ratings at home, and keeps getting moreso.
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"Why is there grade inflation? Why do our courses lack rigor?'
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Why is there grade inflation? Why do our courses lack rigor?'
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
"Also we will immediately throw any graduate student TA or instructor who upsets an influential constituency under the bus, no matter how obviously manufactured their outrage is." 🤷♂️
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Idk man, the guy with crusader tattoos who spent his whole career defending war criminals who executed prisoners of war sounds exactly like the kind of guy who would order "Kill everybody. Kill the survivors."
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "I don't think Secretary Hegseth would be foolish enough to make this decision to say, 'Kill everybody. Kill the survivors,' because that's a clear violation of the law of war."
November 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Idk man, the guy with crusader tattoos who spent his whole career defending war criminals who executed prisoners of war sounds exactly like the kind of guy who would order "Kill everybody. Kill the survivors."
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I think it’s important to constantly remember that some of the most important wins are going to get glossed over cause they seem boring. Don’t let them be glossed over.
www.thedailyelm.com/p/three-wins...
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www.thedailyelm.com/p/three-wins...
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Three Wins Today: Nov 30, 2025
I promise these wins aren't as boring as they sound
www.thedailyelm.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I think it’s important to constantly remember that some of the most important wins are going to get glossed over cause they seem boring. Don’t let them be glossed over.
www.thedailyelm.com/p/three-wins...
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www.thedailyelm.com/p/three-wins...
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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this is just rank cowardice, the student very obviously disregarded the instructions and the assignment to antagonize her peers and instructors and provoke this exact reaction, society simply can’t function when the people in charge scurry like kicked dogs every time some troll bully says boo
November 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
this is just rank cowardice, the student very obviously disregarded the instructions and the assignment to antagonize her peers and instructors and provoke this exact reaction, society simply can’t function when the people in charge scurry like kicked dogs every time some troll bully says boo
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you have to be able to look bad faith in the eye and say absolutely not, even if that bad faith is coming from the highest levels of government
if you can’t, you do not - in any meaningful sense - have an institution, and all the kids who go there will learn is to weaponize bad faith themselves
if you can’t, you do not - in any meaningful sense - have an institution, and all the kids who go there will learn is to weaponize bad faith themselves
this is just rank cowardice, the student very obviously disregarded the instructions and the assignment to antagonize her peers and instructors and provoke this exact reaction, society simply can’t function when the people in charge scurry like kicked dogs every time some troll bully says boo
November 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
you have to be able to look bad faith in the eye and say absolutely not, even if that bad faith is coming from the highest levels of government
if you can’t, you do not - in any meaningful sense - have an institution, and all the kids who go there will learn is to weaponize bad faith themselves
if you can’t, you do not - in any meaningful sense - have an institution, and all the kids who go there will learn is to weaponize bad faith themselves
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even if you want to give in, there is no level of appeasement that will satisfy these people and get them to leave you alone
they don’t even want to take over your institution, they want to burn it to the ground and replace it with homeschooled propaganda
they don’t even want to take over your institution, they want to burn it to the ground and replace it with homeschooled propaganda
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
even if you want to give in, there is no level of appeasement that will satisfy these people and get them to leave you alone
they don’t even want to take over your institution, they want to burn it to the ground and replace it with homeschooled propaganda
they don’t even want to take over your institution, they want to burn it to the ground and replace it with homeschooled propaganda
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do they want to keep doing that in a world where the dems are willing to actually punish them for it, is the thing. the logic of trump-collaboration is primarily based on the assurance that dems won’t punish anyone for complying with or engaging in illegal acts
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
do they want to keep doing that in a world where the dems are willing to actually punish them for it, is the thing. the logic of trump-collaboration is primarily based on the assurance that dems won’t punish anyone for complying with or engaging in illegal acts
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the Biden administration's mistake was passive aggressively treating the WHCA with contempt. they ought to be openly humiliated
Citizens will be happy to hear that the WHCA's long national nightmare of unreturned emails is finally over,
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
the Biden administration's mistake was passive aggressively treating the WHCA with contempt. they ought to be openly humiliated
The WHCA deserve everything the regime does to them and then some.
Citizens will be happy to hear that the WHCA's long national nightmare of unreturned emails is finally over,
November 30, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The WHCA deserve everything the regime does to them and then some.
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an absolute classic instance 'we can't do this good thing because this good thing isn't full communism'
Problem is, if they did that, they would have to become anti-capitalist, because capitalism at the end of the day is one huge scam. Owners steal the surplus value produced by workers and enrich themselves, which then is used to reshape society through laws, regulations, advertising and PR.
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
an absolute classic instance 'we can't do this good thing because this good thing isn't full communism'
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Note two things about GOP Rep. Mike Turner's solid remarks on Hegseth's reported order:
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
Rep. Mike Turner on the double strike to comply with Hegseth's orders: "If that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that would be an illegal act…This is completely outside of anything that has been discussed with Congress and there is an ongoing investigation."
November 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Note two things about GOP Rep. Mike Turner's solid remarks on Hegseth's reported order:
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress
1) Turner: "I agree that that would be an illegal act."
2) Implicitly confirms the Washington Post's reporting that this information has been kept from Congress