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The Weekly Read is "The Possible Form of an Interlocution" by Nahum Dmitri Chandler, which reflects on the correspondence between W. E. B. Du Bois and Max Weber. Read the entire book for free now! #sociology #LiteraryStudies
The Possible Form of an Interlocution: W. E. B. Du Bois and Max Weber in Correspondence
In The Possible Form of an Interlocution, Nahum Dimitri Chandler provides an epistemological and theoretical elaboration of the correspondence between W. E
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December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Weekly Read is "The Possible Form of an Interlocution" by Nahum Dmitri Chandler, which reflects on the correspondence between W. E. B. Du Bois and Max Weber. Read the entire book for free now! #sociology #LiteraryStudies
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Nice discussion of Jayna Brown's Black Utopias!
Rinaldo Walcott considers Sam Cooke and power, connection and promise in Black music.
A Practice of Speculative Imaginings: On Sam Cooke and the Art of Utopia
Sometimes in a moment of overwhelming emotion you hear a song. You finally hear it. You don’t just get the meaning of the lyrics, or feel the beats and the rhythm, but you hear the unutterable in t…
buff.ly
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nice discussion of Jayna Brown's Black Utopias!
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"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds reut.rs/3MFJWnW
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds
The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
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Donald Sassoon, Revolutions: A New History - @versobooks.bsky.social, November 2025
www.versobooks.com/products/337...
www.versobooks.com/products/337...
Revolutions
Revolutions is a sparkling account of political upheaval and the power of history. We think of revolutions in terms of fleeting events, such as the Fall of the Bastille or the Storming of the Winter P...
www.versobooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Donald Sassoon, Revolutions: A New History - @versobooks.bsky.social, November 2025
www.versobooks.com/products/337...
www.versobooks.com/products/337...
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"There is a link between finance and paranoia, and that link may well be inescapable." www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
April 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
"There is a link between finance and paranoia, and that link may well be inescapable." www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Trump claims his ICE raids are going after the "worst of the worst".
But his own DOJ admits that over 97% of immigrants detained in Chicago have no criminal record.
It was always about cruelty, not public safety.
But his own DOJ admits that over 97% of immigrants detained in Chicago have no criminal record.
It was always about cruelty, not public safety.
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Trump claims his ICE raids are going after the "worst of the worst".
But his own DOJ admits that over 97% of immigrants detained in Chicago have no criminal record.
It was always about cruelty, not public safety.
But his own DOJ admits that over 97% of immigrants detained in Chicago have no criminal record.
It was always about cruelty, not public safety.
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The law of the past cannot be eluded,
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The law of the past cannot be eluded,
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The #ExecutiveFunctionTheft of having to opt out.
Feeling annoyed at the cognitive cost of having to dismiss all the offers of "AI" assitance every time I use Acrobat to provide feedback on documents my students wrote. (NO I do NOT want an "AI" summary of this. In what world???)
Decided to check settings:
Decided to check settings:
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The #ExecutiveFunctionTheft of having to opt out.
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Mallarme's Swan https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-motherwell/mallarmes-swan-1944
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Mallarme's Swan https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-motherwell/mallarmes-swan-1944
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“order is the boat we step into for the crossing : when we
get out, nothingness welcomes us”
get out, nothingness welcomes us”
November 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
“order is the boat we step into for the crossing : when we
get out, nothingness welcomes us”
get out, nothingness welcomes us”
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I’m excited to bring Amaryllis and the music from About Ghosts to Europe. Hope to see you there!
October 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I’m excited to bring Amaryllis and the music from About Ghosts to Europe. Hope to see you there!
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The US has 4.8 million families with children living below the poverty line. Elon Musk's net worth could lift them all out of poverty eight times over. Whether to do that is a political choice.
Child poverty in 2024 was a $62 billion problem
Child poverty is a big problem for children and their families, but a small problem for a rich country to solve.* Last year, child poverty in the United States was a $62 billion problem. Is that a …
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October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The US has 4.8 million families with children living below the poverty line. Elon Musk's net worth could lift them all out of poverty eight times over. Whether to do that is a political choice.
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After having listened to @danieldenvir.bsky.social double episode interview with Melinda Cooper (which I can't recommend highly enough), I was reminded to renew my annual contribution to @thedigradio.bsky.social thedigradio.com/podcast/coun... So grateful for this podcast.
Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper
Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...
thedigradio.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
After having listened to @danieldenvir.bsky.social double episode interview with Melinda Cooper (which I can't recommend highly enough), I was reminded to renew my annual contribution to @thedigradio.bsky.social thedigradio.com/podcast/coun... So grateful for this podcast.
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
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ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
My latest video for @propublica.org.
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They are here on Bluesky, @scotnational.bsky.social.
A first look at tomorrow's front page of The National 📰
How genocide happened
How genocide happened
October 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
They are here on Bluesky, @scotnational.bsky.social.
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Seen in Maywood, Illinois
October 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Seen in Maywood, Illinois
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Beside the Sea No. 64 https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-motherwell/beside-the-sea-no-64-1963
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Beside the Sea No. 64 https://www.wikiart.org/en/robert-motherwell/beside-the-sea-no-64-1963
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.