Toni Bradfield
@tonibradfield.bsky.social
Just a simple woman making my way through the galaxy in a state of ordinary misery and rage.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Wake me when it's more than just questioning him and doing nothing about it.
Now Senate Armed Services Committee and House Armed Services Committee - vow "vigorous oversight" and "full accounting" of Secretary Hegseth's alleged "kill them all" order and double-strike operation.
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
Rare joint statements by GOP Chairman and Ranking Member on both committees
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000 confirmed deaths, as Israel keeps up daily attacks despite agreeing to truce.
aje.io/kunho7
aje.io/kunho7
Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000 as Israel keeps up attacks despite truce
Israeli drone attack kills two Palestinian children in southern Gaza, medics report, as humanitarian crisis deepens.
aje.io
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Gaza death toll surpasses 70,000 confirmed deaths, as Israel keeps up daily attacks despite agreeing to truce.
aje.io/kunho7
aje.io/kunho7
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Bodily autonomy & civil rights are not a fucking OPINION, however. That is not up for debate or to be negotiated. We know exactly who you are targeting here.
Which candidate yet has had the spine to tell right wing & even centrist DEMS that their bigoted OPINIONS do not dictate the laws or science?
Which candidate yet has had the spine to tell right wing & even centrist DEMS that their bigoted OPINIONS do not dictate the laws or science?
There is an extraordinary sense of entitlement behind the belief that there ought to be political party that aligns 100% with your own opinions.
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Bodily autonomy & civil rights are not a fucking OPINION, however. That is not up for debate or to be negotiated. We know exactly who you are targeting here.
Which candidate yet has had the spine to tell right wing & even centrist DEMS that their bigoted OPINIONS do not dictate the laws or science?
Which candidate yet has had the spine to tell right wing & even centrist DEMS that their bigoted OPINIONS do not dictate the laws or science?
TBR!!
A great essay on why close reading is a more radical methodology than most people think and why university managers don’t like those of us who teach it!
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
TBR!!
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I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm flummoxed by the underground movement to rehab cancelled figures. There's a rumor that a studio head is planning to begin bringing cancelled people back. It's bananas. The industry has contracted, leaving writers, directors and actors scrambling for work and we're making space for sex criminals?
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Seems weird and bad that this is how these companies are hitting trillion dollar valuations, you know?
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Seems weird and bad that this is how these companies are hitting trillion dollar valuations, you know?
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to John Yoo!
”John Yoo may have done some bad things, but he also did some good things.
“John Yoo did horrendous things. Even he says this is horrendous.”
See the difference?
“John Yoo did horrendous things. Even he says this is horrendous.”
See the difference?
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to John Yoo!
Yes!!
I’m only going to say this once (more):
“even this person with terrible opinions thinks that this is terrible“ does not “hand it to” that person. Those are different words and concepts and forms of argument.
“even this person with terrible opinions thinks that this is terrible“ does not “hand it to” that person. Those are different words and concepts and forms of argument.
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Yes!!
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Either Northwestern was not previously providing the care they thought was in the best interest of children or they have agreed to stop providing the best care when faced with extortion. The behavior is shameful and unfit for a university or a medical provider.
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Either Northwestern was not previously providing the care they thought was in the best interest of children or they have agreed to stop providing the best care when faced with extortion. The behavior is shameful and unfit for a university or a medical provider.
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I grew up about 4 km from the fire in Hong Kong. I have no words for what happened, but I’m proud of Hongkongers for helping each other: building a real-time rescue map, donating essentials, and housing those suddenly homeless.
Hongkongers built their own SOS map as seven towers burned
When a fatal fire tore through seven high-rise towers in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, thousands of families were glued to a single webpage that offered updates far more quickly than official governmen...
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I grew up about 4 km from the fire in Hong Kong. I have no words for what happened, but I’m proud of Hongkongers for helping each other: building a real-time rescue map, donating essentials, and housing those suddenly homeless.
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Get Ready for a Puke-Filled Winter: Norovirus Is Back With a Vengeance gizmodo.com/get-ready-fo...
Get Ready for a Puke-Filled Winter: Norovirus Is Back With a Vengeance
CDC data indicates that norovirus is back on the warpath and getting plenty of Americans sick.
gizmodo.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Get Ready for a Puke-Filled Winter: Norovirus Is Back With a Vengeance gizmodo.com/get-ready-fo...
Oh no
Trump says Venezuela airspace to be closed on.ft.com/44F3q2e
Trump says Venezuela airspace to be closed
Move comes after military build-up by US forces in region
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Oh no
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This person clerked for Judge then Justice Neil Gorsuch, given one of the most prestigious jobs in the American legal system, twice. A real meritocracy we’re running here.
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This person clerked for Judge then Justice Neil Gorsuch, given one of the most prestigious jobs in the American legal system, twice. A real meritocracy we’re running here.
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What we are seeing in law schools, and really across the field of education (as well as journalism and legal practice) is Gleichschaltung, people and institutions prematurely bending the knee, and pretending all this is normal. It is not.
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What we are seeing in law schools, and really across the field of education (as well as journalism and legal practice) is Gleichschaltung, people and institutions prematurely bending the knee, and pretending all this is normal. It is not.
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Moreover, it is impossible to teach respect for the law or even to teach about the law when the government is breaking the law. This is my biggest gripe with the current state of legal education in this country. How can you teach Con Law without criticizing the illegal acts of government?
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Moreover, it is impossible to teach respect for the law or even to teach about the law when the government is breaking the law. This is my biggest gripe with the current state of legal education in this country. How can you teach Con Law without criticizing the illegal acts of government?
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My answer is, if your government is breaking the law, then laws don’t mean anything. You can’t say, this person is a crook or that person is a fraud, based on charges laid by a government that is itself criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM
My answer is, if your government is breaking the law, then laws don’t mean anything. You can’t say, this person is a crook or that person is a fraud, based on charges laid by a government that is itself criminal.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This is a good article. It asks the question: “if your government is breaking the law, what do laws mean? Can any be relied upon once some are breached? How do you tell the difference between living in such a society and hiding in it?”
What Chicago's fight against ICE can teach us all about how to resist oppression | Zoe Williams
A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentality, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... This is a good article. It asks the question: “if your government is breaking the law, what do laws mean? Can any be relied upon once some are breached? How do you tell the difference between living in such a society and hiding in it?”
I was expected to read multiple books *a week* in college. Surprised, alarmed, and dismayed by the current trends.
November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I was expected to read multiple books *a week* in college. Surprised, alarmed, and dismayed by the current trends.
Fantastic quote!
"We have classrooms because you have to learn how to sustain a thought aloud— exposed to others and to your own ineloquence— to see that other people can help you reach where you can’t quite go and to see that you can help others reach better clarity…”
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Fantastic quote!
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I'd encourage educators to work from the standpoint that AI was, from the off, intended as an assault on their institutions. The Venn diagram between AI evangelists and people who want to replace democracy with techno-feudalism is a circle.
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'd encourage educators to work from the standpoint that AI was, from the off, intended as an assault on their institutions. The Venn diagram between AI evangelists and people who want to replace democracy with techno-feudalism is a circle.
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I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
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I am forever explaining assignments which, to me, feel fairly basic. I do offer some creative options, which need a bit more context. But so many of my students seem unable to follow instructions, even when I return to them multiple times, write them down, or turn them into games or quizzes.
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I am forever explaining assignments which, to me, feel fairly basic. I do offer some creative options, which need a bit more context. But so many of my students seem unable to follow instructions, even when I return to them multiple times, write them down, or turn them into games or quizzes.