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What a great idea! We need to do this somehow.....
An increasing number of bookstores in Japan are leasing out their shelves to book lovers to allow them to sell the works they want to recommend, fostering communities of such “shelf owners.” 👉 ebx.sh/CY9y2V
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What a great idea! We need to do this somehow.....
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“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
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Probably not ideal to publish a long piece on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving… Would you help me spread the word?
I wrote about some persistent myths regarding what’s happening in American society and politics we desperately need to discard:
I wrote about some persistent myths regarding what’s happening in American society and politics we desperately need to discard:
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
The Myth of a Rightward Realignment
Let’s discard some stubborn misconceptions about Trump’s support and what happened in the 2024 election that are obscuring our understanding of a profound de-alignment
steady.page
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Probably not ideal to publish a long piece on Wednesday night before Thanksgiving… Would you help me spread the word?
I wrote about some persistent myths regarding what’s happening in American society and politics we desperately need to discard:
I wrote about some persistent myths regarding what’s happening in American society and politics we desperately need to discard:
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NEW: I wrote about Thermify's HeatHub technology, which acts as a mini data centre. Installed in sheds or outhouses, it gets hot enough to heat people's homes!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/sheds-and-...
www.thereengineer.pro/p/sheds-and-...
Sheds and garages to become mini data centres in low-cost heating drive
A UK firm says distributed computing can tackle fuel poverty
www.thereengineer.pro
November 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
NEW: I wrote about Thermify's HeatHub technology, which acts as a mini data centre. Installed in sheds or outhouses, it gets hot enough to heat people's homes!
www.thereengineer.pro/p/sheds-and-...
www.thereengineer.pro/p/sheds-and-...
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"Everyone knows data centers use a lot of water. What’s less known is how they can poison the drinking water that remains."
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Everyone knows data centers use a lot of water. What’s less known is how they can poison the drinking water that remains."
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I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I really don’t think we can overstate the harm that the tech ethos of move fast and break things (followed by the unsaid “and then just move on”) has done beyond tech. Government, ngos, universities, public schools that have invited the folks who think like this in keep ending up gutted
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November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
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"Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
November 21, 2025
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian people today.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"Not only does this agreement sell out Ukraine and Europe for the benefit of Russia—which attacked Ukraine—it explicitly separates the U.S. from NATO, a long-time goal of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin."
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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"Examples of Unlawful Orders:
- Targeting or intentionally harming civilians
- Torturing or abusing detainees
- Falsifying operational or legal records
- Engaging in unauthorized political or domestic law enforcement actions"
Read the full article:
- Targeting or intentionally harming civilians
- Torturing or abusing detainees
- Falsifying operational or legal records
- Engaging in unauthorized political or domestic law enforcement actions"
Read the full article:
A good primer on every service member's duty to refuse unlawful orders, including examples of unlawful orders, and key legal precedents:
Orders Under Fire: When Following Command Becomes a Legal Risk in Today’s Military
Amid rising concerns over leadership disputes at the Pentagon, shifting policies, and operational uncertainty, service members are facing a growing question: What happens when an order from the top do...
www.militarydefense.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"Examples of Unlawful Orders:
- Targeting or intentionally harming civilians
- Torturing or abusing detainees
- Falsifying operational or legal records
- Engaging in unauthorized political or domestic law enforcement actions"
Read the full article:
- Targeting or intentionally harming civilians
- Torturing or abusing detainees
- Falsifying operational or legal records
- Engaging in unauthorized political or domestic law enforcement actions"
Read the full article:
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
librarytechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
librarytechnology.org/pr/31973
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It does. It's a form of lying. And lying about lying. bsky.app/profile/oliv...
reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."
www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It does. It's a form of lying. And lying about lying. bsky.app/profile/oliv...
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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11/15/1873 — b. Sara Josephine Baker, American physician, public health administrator, and suffragist. The first woman to receive a doctorate in public health; she improved public health care and reduced infant mortality considerably in New York City #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
11/15/1873 — b. Sara Josephine Baker, American physician, public health administrator, and suffragist. The first woman to receive a doctorate in public health; she improved public health care and reduced infant mortality considerably in New York City #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed #MedSky
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giving this a timely bump. deadline is in a few days 👇
18 year olds can get a free 30-day pass to travel all across the European Union. Closing date for applications is 13th November.
18-year olds can travel for up to 30 days during the travel period, which is planned to start on 1 March 2026.
Spread the word, folks.
18-year olds can travel for up to 30 days during the travel period, which is planned to start on 1 March 2026.
Spread the word, folks.
Born in 2007? #DiscoverEU with a free travel pass
The EU is offering 40 000 DiscoverEU travel passes to 18-year-olds to explore Europe. The applications are open until 13 November 2025.
commission.europa.eu
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
giving this a timely bump. deadline is in a few days 👇
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ICE ADMITTED they had mistakenly yanked them as they drove to school BUT CONTINUED TO HOLD THEM!
November 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
ICE ADMITTED they had mistakenly yanked them as they drove to school BUT CONTINUED TO HOLD THEM!
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My assessment of where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
Revolutionary Escalation, Semi-Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here.
New piece:
Escalation, Authoritarian “Normalization,” or a Democratic Turnaround?
One year after the election: What we can say with certainty about the state of the Trumpist assault, where uncertainty lies, and where America might go from here
steady.page
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My assessment of where America stands, one year after the election.
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
A fascistic movement controls the government; they are building an authoritarian state; but they have not been able yet to extend authoritarian rule across society. A democracy no more, but not a consolidated autocratic regime yet:
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Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
October 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Elie Mystal on why the GOP needs the illusion of a Trump third term
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Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power.
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Please do *not* circulate this story that the NC GOP does not want circulated.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.
Please, they have threatened you nicely, please.