Marc LeVan, MBE
@phaedrus74.bsky.social
3L at Maryland Law School; politics and political theory; animal rights; abolitionist veganism; social ecology; environmental justice; views are mine
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They’re just stating their price. We’ll have a Mar a Lago Comedy Festival and they’ll get in line
“I voted for none of this."
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Prominent influencers, including Theo Von, Joe Rogan, and Andrew Schulz, are starting to distance themselves from the president they helped propel to the White House.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
October 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
They’re just stating their price. We’ll have a Mar a Lago Comedy Festival and they’ll get in line
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We shall see if one of the most unpopular presidents in American history who is presiding over an economy he’s trying to wreck and the poisoning of our diplomatic relations can consolidate a dictatorship. I’m pretty skeptical he has the juice, especially in his decayed state.
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We shall see if one of the most unpopular presidents in American history who is presiding over an economy he’s trying to wreck and the poisoning of our diplomatic relations can consolidate a dictatorship. I’m pretty skeptical he has the juice, especially in his decayed state.
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Don’t call the US a banana republic. Because of tarrifs banana stocks are running low.
September 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Don’t call the US a banana republic. Because of tarrifs banana stocks are running low.
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“Let’s find common ground” he says to a man using troops to pacify cities controlled by his opponents, carrying out mass deportations & extra-judicial killings, rigging elections, using the FBI to silence & intimidate critics, & sending masked men to snatch people off the streets. Out of his depth.
Hakeem Jeffries: "Donald Trump promised that he would lower housing costs on day one. Here's a suggestion for the Trump administration: try to legislate, and maybe we can find common ground in order to get something done for the American people."
September 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Let’s find common ground” he says to a man using troops to pacify cities controlled by his opponents, carrying out mass deportations & extra-judicial killings, rigging elections, using the FBI to silence & intimidate critics, & sending masked men to snatch people off the streets. Out of his depth.
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Aren't there penalties for lying to the Court?
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
August 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Aren't there penalties for lying to the Court?
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NEW: The Texas legislature passed an anti-trans bill which restricts restroom use in public buildings across the state.
Instead of addressing residents' needs like disaster relief, Texas politicians used a special session to attack trans rights.
Our communities deserve better.
Instead of addressing residents' needs like disaster relief, Texas politicians used a special session to attack trans rights.
Our communities deserve better.
August 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
NEW: The Texas legislature passed an anti-trans bill which restricts restroom use in public buildings across the state.
Instead of addressing residents' needs like disaster relief, Texas politicians used a special session to attack trans rights.
Our communities deserve better.
Instead of addressing residents' needs like disaster relief, Texas politicians used a special session to attack trans rights.
Our communities deserve better.
“Some nonhuman animals I love. Some I like. And some scare the hell out of me. But I would fight for the interests of them all.”
— Steven M. Wise
— Steven M. Wise
Justice for urban wildlife isn’t about tolerance. It’s about respect.
Cities Are Not Just Ours
Urban sprawl is expanding into habitats across the planet.
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Some nonhuman animals I love. Some I like. And some scare the hell out of me. But I would fight for the interests of them all.”
— Steven M. Wise
— Steven M. Wise
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You don't live in a world where they are at risk, you live in a country where they are at risk. America choses to have gun violence inflicted on their children.
August 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
You don't live in a world where they are at risk, you live in a country where they are at risk. America choses to have gun violence inflicted on their children.
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Will spend the rest of my life considering how we were rushed into "going paperless" for the good of the environment only for the next generation of digital tools to become far worse for the environment.
August 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Will spend the rest of my life considering how we were rushed into "going paperless" for the good of the environment only for the next generation of digital tools to become far worse for the environment.
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Someone mentioned to me the other day "that philosophy thing with the boat" and I knew exactly what she was talking about because I am a freak.
August 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Someone mentioned to me the other day "that philosophy thing with the boat" and I knew exactly what she was talking about because I am a freak.
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Sweeps exacerbate homelessness — they can be traumatic, dangerous, and leave people without belongings and vital records.
Unhoused people need housing and services, not sweeps.
Unhoused people need housing and services, not sweeps.
August 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sweeps exacerbate homelessness — they can be traumatic, dangerous, and leave people without belongings and vital records.
Unhoused people need housing and services, not sweeps.
Unhoused people need housing and services, not sweeps.
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Not only will Trump go down in history as a blight on America, the same will be true in geography, health science, literature, area studies ….
August 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Not only will Trump go down in history as a blight on America, the same will be true in geography, health science, literature, area studies ….
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I’m grumpy because the Internet is making me want to defend Rawls. This is distracting me from the paper attacking Rawls I’m trying to write.
August 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I’m grumpy because the Internet is making me want to defend Rawls. This is distracting me from the paper attacking Rawls I’m trying to write.
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Kilmar Ábrego García released from jail and traveling back to Maryland
Kilmar Ábrego García released from jail and traveling back to Maryland
Private security contracted by his attorneys are bringing Kilmar Abrego Garcia from Tennessee to Maryland, though his future in the United States remains uncertain.
buff.ly
August 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Kilmar Ábrego García released from jail and traveling back to Maryland
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Neither he nor anyone else gets to decide which residents of Washington DC are or are not "part of the city."
If people did get to make this kind of judgments, I'd say that Stephen Miller is not part of my country. But unfortunately, I would be wrong.
If people did get to make this kind of judgments, I'd say that Stephen Miller is not part of my country. But unfortunately, I would be wrong.
Stephen Miller: "All these demonstrators that you've seen out here in recent days, all these elderly white hippies, they're not part of the city and never have been ... we're gonna ignore these stupid white hippies that all need to go home and take a nap because they're all over 90 years old."
August 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Neither he nor anyone else gets to decide which residents of Washington DC are or are not "part of the city."
If people did get to make this kind of judgments, I'd say that Stephen Miller is not part of my country. But unfortunately, I would be wrong.
If people did get to make this kind of judgments, I'd say that Stephen Miller is not part of my country. But unfortunately, I would be wrong.
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MAGA, at its core, is a cult of abuse. The right to abuse, the justification for abuse, the dopamine rush they get from abusing others, is built into every policy, every program, every line of rhetoric. They identify with abusers because they want to abuse people.
August 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
MAGA, at its core, is a cult of abuse. The right to abuse, the justification for abuse, the dopamine rush they get from abusing others, is built into every policy, every program, every line of rhetoric. They identify with abusers because they want to abuse people.
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Most animal exploitation happens in wealthy or urban areas, not remote communities. It's not "middle class sensibility" to reject needless use of animals. If you aren't in survival mode, you're responsible for your choices.
August 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Most animal exploitation happens in wealthy or urban areas, not remote communities. It's not "middle class sensibility" to reject needless use of animals. If you aren't in survival mode, you're responsible for your choices.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced last week that the US federal government is terminating US$500 million worth of grants for mRNA vaccine research.
We must never, ever, forget that millions are alive today, or in better health, because of this life-saving technology.
go.nature.com/4msX3WL
We must never, ever, forget that millions are alive today, or in better health, because of this life-saving technology.
go.nature.com/4msX3WL
Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility
The rest of the world is not following the US government’s dangerous path, and will stick with the technology that helped the world out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
go.nature.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced last week that the US federal government is terminating US$500 million worth of grants for mRNA vaccine research.
We must never, ever, forget that millions are alive today, or in better health, because of this life-saving technology.
go.nature.com/4msX3WL
We must never, ever, forget that millions are alive today, or in better health, because of this life-saving technology.
go.nature.com/4msX3WL
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While I understand the impulse to make the bad people go away - these 'deals' are unethical and just stupid. The extortionists will use them as a basis to take more. | Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare
theconversation.com/exactly-what...
theconversation.com/exactly-what...
Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare
Harvard University is the latest school that is nearing an expensive settlement with the Trump administration. The different deals are complex, but share a few similarities.
theconversation.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While I understand the impulse to make the bad people go away - these 'deals' are unethical and just stupid. The extortionists will use them as a basis to take more. | Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare
theconversation.com/exactly-what...
theconversation.com/exactly-what...
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Was reminded of Bentham’s argument that fear of crime can be a worse harm than crime itself. Everyone can be affected by fear of crime but relatively few people experience serious crime. And fear of crime can easily be manipulated for nefarious purposes.
August 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Was reminded of Bentham’s argument that fear of crime can be a worse harm than crime itself. Everyone can be affected by fear of crime but relatively few people experience serious crime. And fear of crime can easily be manipulated for nefarious purposes.
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Baltimore: “So far gone”
August 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Baltimore: “So far gone”
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Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science
go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
go.nature.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science
go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
go.nature.com/4mzL1KV
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The "Happy Egg Co.," where the eggs have smiles while the chickens are miserable and hidden from view (then brutally killed).
August 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The "Happy Egg Co.," where the eggs have smiles while the chickens are miserable and hidden from view (then brutally killed).
Happy to announce that my MBE thesis is now publicly accessible via the Johns Hopkins library: jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/items/c1519a...
Two-Eyed Seeing: Weaving Bioethics with Deep, Social, and Indigenous Ecologies
This thesis proposes Etuaptmumk, or "Two-Eyed Seeing" (TES), as a methodological framework for reimagining bioethical principles in environmental contexts. While canonical bioethics—founded on respect...
jscholarship.library.jhu.edu
August 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happy to announce that my MBE thesis is now publicly accessible via the Johns Hopkins library: jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/items/c1519a...
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BREAKING: A federal court ruled that an Arkansas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom and library is unconstitutional.
The law is blocked for our clients’ school districts while the case continues.
The law is blocked for our clients’ school districts while the case continues.
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
BREAKING: A federal court ruled that an Arkansas law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom and library is unconstitutional.
The law is blocked for our clients’ school districts while the case continues.
The law is blocked for our clients’ school districts while the case continues.