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@lefaucheux.bsky.social
Dad, teacher, and translator from south Louisiana.
Same story at non-elite state universities. No one reads anything or knows how.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Same story at non-elite state universities. No one reads anything or knows how.
I mean don’t get me wrong, I would *personally* enjoy getting whisked out of the grind from time to time to stay in hotels and see new places in peace, but no one else would lol.
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I mean don’t get me wrong, I would *personally* enjoy getting whisked out of the grind from time to time to stay in hotels and see new places in peace, but no one else would lol.
Yeah that’s kinda cool I guess, but I know some guys who have to travel a lot and it seems to SUCK for their wives and kids.
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Yeah that’s kinda cool I guess, but I know some guys who have to travel a lot and it seems to SUCK for their wives and kids.
Okay how about “origins of the word in its currently fashionable usage”
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Okay how about “origins of the word in its currently fashionable usage”
Good reminder that jus soli citizenship is not only important in the US, but its absence in many other countries is a human rights violation. No one should ever face deportation or second-class rights from the place they were born and grew up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Good reminder that jus soli citizenship is not only important in the US, but its absence in many other countries is a human rights violation. No one should ever face deportation or second-class rights from the place they were born and grew up.
Simply one of the greatest films ever made.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Simply one of the greatest films ever made.
they may be willing to hand over a drunk Fox daytime host though
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
they may be willing to hand over a drunk Fox daytime host though
Which is like, crazy, because *so much* of it was explicitly developed in a European and/or LatAm context, and those are the places that have seen political movements explicitly based on it.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Which is like, crazy, because *so much* of it was explicitly developed in a European and/or LatAm context, and those are the places that have seen political movements explicitly based on it.
Is this a case where those further down the chain of command should be held accountable as well?
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Is this a case where those further down the chain of command should be held accountable as well?
Oh yeah, charge everyone who can be charged. However, I suspect that a lot of what ICE and CBP are doing is technically legal ... but none of them should remain in their jobs after this.
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Oh yeah, charge everyone who can be charged. However, I suspect that a lot of what ICE and CBP are doing is technically legal ... but none of them should remain in their jobs after this.
Yeah but at this point there are certain institutions that are so corrupted that anyone remaining should be shunned from government work for life (and polite society), if not necessarily charged with anything.
November 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Yeah but at this point there are certain institutions that are so corrupted that anyone remaining should be shunned from government work for life (and polite society), if not necessarily charged with anything.
What is this from?
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
What is this from?
Not sure of the numbers, but the overall point, that wherever state capacity actually existed, some form of what we call “welfare” existed is still true and Badenoch’s claim is shockingly illiterate.
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Not sure of the numbers, but the overall point, that wherever state capacity actually existed, some form of what we call “welfare” existed is still true and Badenoch’s claim is shockingly illiterate.
Almost certainly AI slop too
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Almost certainly AI slop too
It's seen as at least *a* function of the state for as long as states have existed.
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's seen as at least *a* function of the state for as long as states have existed.
But even so, the Roman Empire was already doing (at least in Rome and its environs) it even before Christianity came along!
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
But even so, the Roman Empire was already doing (at least in Rome and its environs) it even before Christianity came along!
Also, to the extent that this *didn't* happen it was when there was no state at all, and even then it was a major responsibility of the Church
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Also, to the extent that this *didn't* happen it was when there was no state at all, and even then it was a major responsibility of the Church
Motivation is a hell of a thing
November 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Motivation is a hell of a thing
And it only stopped because the wheels came off of the whole thing (for other reasons)
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
And it only stopped because the wheels came off of the whole thing (for other reasons)
Crazy how the New Testament clearly shows the emergence of a non-denom conservative evangelical church called like "Gracesong at the Hills" and it took over 2000 years for Christians to see the light.
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Crazy how the New Testament clearly shows the emergence of a non-denom conservative evangelical church called like "Gracesong at the Hills" and it took over 2000 years for Christians to see the light.
I have to go to Lowe's later so I can fix some things over the weekend.
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I have to go to Lowe's later so I can fix some things over the weekend.