PUREKIMMINESS
@purekimminess.bsky.social
True to the Kimminess
Conflict/methods/pol econ
teaching and rocking research methods
I don't know about this living in interesting times...feels exhausting
"I'm incredible....cuz I does what I do."
-Craig Mack
Conflict/methods/pol econ
teaching and rocking research methods
I don't know about this living in interesting times...feels exhausting
"I'm incredible....cuz I does what I do."
-Craig Mack
Pinned
It's incredible the number of people who expect you to willingly participate in your own subjection.
And when you fight back, they act like you are being unreasonable that you refuse to allow your subjugation without contestation.
And when you fight back, they act like you are being unreasonable that you refuse to allow your subjugation without contestation.
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The CEOs of Ford and Stellantis, as well as senior executives from other auto manufacturers, standing beside him while Trump goes off on another vicious racist rant about African immigrants. Not one of them had the courage or the dignity to walk away.
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Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The CEOs of Ford and Stellantis, as well as senior executives from other auto manufacturers, standing beside him while Trump goes off on another vicious racist rant about African immigrants. Not one of them had the courage or the dignity to walk away.
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galloway doesn't care about helping men. he cares about helping patriarchy, because patriarchy means rule by rich white cishet guys like scott galloway.
No, Guardian, why are you fluffing him and his his creepy interest in young men's sex lives?
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
galloway doesn't care about helping men. he cares about helping patriarchy, because patriarchy means rule by rich white cishet guys like scott galloway.
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Bernie Moreno, who is saying here that Republicans are the party of the working class & that Democrats are the party of millionaires & billionaires, is a millionaire who owned a luxury car dealership & used taxpayer resources for a joyride in his $3.4 million Aston Martin.
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Bernie Moreno, who is saying here that Republicans are the party of the working class & that Democrats are the party of millionaires & billionaires, is a millionaire who owned a luxury car dealership & used taxpayer resources for a joyride in his $3.4 million Aston Martin.
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‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
‼️ I said this about the current Supreme Court and some people looked at me crazy but I stand by it
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
as I believe I said at the time they're doing antebellum shit well post-bellum
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This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Trump calls Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) "garbage," says that Somalians don't belong in the U.S. because they "do nothing but complain... do nothing but bitch"
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is racist and dangerous. Last I checked, Somalians are Black and Rep. Omar is a colleague. Where are the @housedemocrats.bsky.social? The @blackcaucus.bsky.social ?
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
Do not allow these insults to go unanswered.
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
Because you're an adult you fucking muppet. You gotta pay the magic forward.
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
a load-bearing component of “the magic of Christmas” is the invisible domestic labor of moms
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
you are now realizing how much she was doing for you and instead of just thanking her you’ve decided it’s about the decline of civilization
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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We're doing pogroms in America now
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
We're doing pogroms in America now
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America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
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LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Lane Kiffin expected to take LSU job as Ole Miss sets team meeting: Source
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
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Aus and NZ universities see this and are like "oh hell yes we love doing shit our faculty don't want!"
Depressing late Friday holiday news dump: Northwestern agrees to pay $75 million to the federal government.
The faculty vote against doing this, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social points out, was 595-4.
That's the kind of margin where going the other way reflects a major failure of university governance.
The faculty vote against doing this, @heidikitrosser.bsky.social points out, was 595-4.
That's the kind of margin where going the other way reflects a major failure of university governance.
Here’s the text of the Northwestern settlement with the DoJ, which includes a $75 million financial component / payoff (cc @profmarkovic.bsky.social):
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Aus and NZ universities see this and are like "oh hell yes we love doing shit our faculty don't want!"
Why did I get an collector style email from @spsanews.bsky.social saying my membership renewal is "outstanding"?
I didn't plan on and don't wish to renew right now.
I certainly don't "owe" them $.
And deffo not planning on renewing it now.
I didn't plan on and don't wish to renew right now.
I certainly don't "owe" them $.
And deffo not planning on renewing it now.
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Why did I get an collector style email from @spsanews.bsky.social saying my membership renewal is "outstanding"?
I didn't plan on and don't wish to renew right now.
I certainly don't "owe" them $.
And deffo not planning on renewing it now.
I didn't plan on and don't wish to renew right now.
I certainly don't "owe" them $.
And deffo not planning on renewing it now.
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The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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A good example of my point is global governments deciding they can’t possibly maintain mail service when many of them were doing day and night post runs when men were on horseback. They want you to believe this is some new intractable problem that they can’t put a letter in the same bag as parcels
"Denmark gets ready to cancel Christmas cards" www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A good example of my point is global governments deciding they can’t possibly maintain mail service when many of them were doing day and night post runs when men were on horseback. They want you to believe this is some new intractable problem that they can’t put a letter in the same bag as parcels
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
$53M is 575 assistant professors. Or more than thirty percent of the total number of full-time faculty at LSU.
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The magnitude of the change over time is striking.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The magnitude of the change over time is striking.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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Jamal Hinton and Grandma Wanda officially celebrate Thanksgiving together for a 10th year. 🦃
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Jamal Hinton and Grandma Wanda officially celebrate Thanksgiving together for a 10th year. 🦃
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people are angry that chatbots are being thrust on them; that the industry is unregulated; that it’s deskilling young people; is being used as a weapon against labor and popular gAI is built on theft of the work of millions of artists and authors.
You don’t get to demand civility.
You don’t get to demand civility.
Wow 80% bad-faith responses, and people lecturing the creator of Flask here and the creator of Django/datasette in the comments on why AI is useless for software engineering...
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
people are angry that chatbots are being thrust on them; that the industry is unregulated; that it’s deskilling young people; is being used as a weapon against labor and popular gAI is built on theft of the work of millions of artists and authors.
You don’t get to demand civility.
You don’t get to demand civility.
Brown n serve biscuit sandwichs
Smeared with ocean spray canned cranberry sauce
And stuffed with homemade dressing (but using jiffy & stove top)
IFYKYK
Cuz you can move up income brackets and move out the midwest
But you'll always be a working class midwesterner at ❤️
Smeared with ocean spray canned cranberry sauce
And stuffed with homemade dressing (but using jiffy & stove top)
IFYKYK
Cuz you can move up income brackets and move out the midwest
But you'll always be a working class midwesterner at ❤️
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Brown n serve biscuit sandwichs
Smeared with ocean spray canned cranberry sauce
And stuffed with homemade dressing (but using jiffy & stove top)
IFYKYK
Cuz you can move up income brackets and move out the midwest
But you'll always be a working class midwesterner at ❤️
Smeared with ocean spray canned cranberry sauce
And stuffed with homemade dressing (but using jiffy & stove top)
IFYKYK
Cuz you can move up income brackets and move out the midwest
But you'll always be a working class midwesterner at ❤️
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem