Sam B. Rambling
@sambramble.cryptoanarchy.network
Disabled itinerant archivist moving into chaplain work. Cascadia made me, Third Coast raised me. MLIS Drexel 2014. Former associate prof in archives at Virginia Tech + doc student at UA ischool. rant.li/sambramble
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The hotline provides accurate, helpful counseling & information on military discharges, AWOL & UA, and GI Rights:
1-877-447-4487
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Anyway what you probably need right now is not politics but a bunch of tiny lambs being hooligans and miscreants.
March 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Anyway what you probably need right now is not politics but a bunch of tiny lambs being hooligans and miscreants.
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And also as a major plank in their “that’s why it should be illegal for anyone to transition, and we should coerce them by any possible means to desist or die” campaign.
For many, they’ve spent way too long watching creeps use “birth rates” as an entry point into “and that’s why people with uteruses shouldn’t have human rights” - and in our current fascist crisis in the USA, perhaps its best to table those discussions until the eugenics Nazis are out of office.
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
And also as a major plank in their “that’s why it should be illegal for anyone to transition, and we should coerce them by any possible means to desist or die” campaign.
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People should read this book: lsupress.org/978080717730...
The Most Absolute Abolition
Finalist for the Harriet Tubman PrizeJesse Olsavsky’s The Most Absolute Abolition tells the dramatic story of how vigilance committees organized the Underg...
lsupress.org
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
People should read this book: lsupress.org/978080717730...
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This, plus doubling land-grant colleges, fully funding the USPS, and building hella rail, would be my domestic policy in addition to promoting a return to Art Deco architecture and design. Vote for me.
UBI, universal healthcare, a right to housing, access to public transit, universal pre-K, and investment in public schools all could do the trick but the framing here is “feminists haven’t tackled this,” www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
As birthrates tumble, some progressives say the left needs to offer ideas and solutions
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in.
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
This, plus doubling land-grant colleges, fully funding the USPS, and building hella rail, would be my domestic policy in addition to promoting a return to Art Deco architecture and design. Vote for me.
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Black Women birthing activists like myself have been addressing this for years because we are now 350% times more likely to die on birthing tables than ANY OTHER GROUP IN THIS COUNTRY BUT I GUESS BLACK RADICALISM ISNT THE TYPE OF “PROGRESSIVE” NPR thinks is valid *sigh*
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Black Women birthing activists like myself have been addressing this for years because we are now 350% times more likely to die on birthing tables than ANY OTHER GROUP IN THIS COUNTRY BUT I GUESS BLACK RADICALISM ISNT THE TYPE OF “PROGRESSIVE” NPR thinks is valid *sigh*
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They aren't wrong.
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
They aren't wrong.
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For years, many of us have tried to get people to care about criminalization with only limited success. We made the point that criminalization is fascism's fuel. And I really really hope that more people now understand this.
January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
For years, many of us have tried to get people to care about criminalization with only limited success. We made the point that criminalization is fascism's fuel. And I really really hope that more people now understand this.
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isn't it wild how we actually live in a world with cyberpsychosis, but instead of being able to get cybernetic limbs it comes from a chat program that "yes ands" too hard
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
isn't it wild how we actually live in a world with cyberpsychosis, but instead of being able to get cybernetic limbs it comes from a chat program that "yes ands" too hard
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I promise that you are smarter than the AI. I don’t care what they’re telling you on TikTok. I don’t care what they’re telling you on YouTube. You’re smarter than the AI.
I believe in your ability to sharpen your research skills and thinking skills. I know you have the self-efficacy to do that.
I believe in your ability to sharpen your research skills and thinking skills. I know you have the self-efficacy to do that.
January 13, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I promise that you are smarter than the AI. I don’t care what they’re telling you on TikTok. I don’t care what they’re telling you on YouTube. You’re smarter than the AI.
I believe in your ability to sharpen your research skills and thinking skills. I know you have the self-efficacy to do that.
I believe in your ability to sharpen your research skills and thinking skills. I know you have the self-efficacy to do that.
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I need a spirit of research to take over and the spirit of leaning on ChatGPT to get up off y’all.
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
I need a spirit of research to take over and the spirit of leaning on ChatGPT to get up off y’all.
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This is downstream from all the demonization of colonial studies we saw last year
Framing a violation of international law in the way of “4 easy steps to optimise your skincare routine” is a new level of ghoulishness.
I don’t even know what to say at this point.
I don’t even know what to say at this point.
January 13, 2026 at 12:27 PM
This is downstream from all the demonization of colonial studies we saw last year
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Angelo Villagomez highlights concerns over the expedited timeline for public comments on deep-sea mining in the Northern Mariana Islands.
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
www.nminewsservice.com/villagomez-c...
Villagomez warns of rushed timeline as deep-sea mining process advances near Marianas
Angelo Villagomez, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, told NMI News Service’s Good Morning Marianas that a federal deep-sea mining push is moving too fast, with public comments due...
www.nminewsservice.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
Gateway to Freedom
The dramatic story of fugitive slaves and the antislavery activists who defied the law to help them reach freedom., Gateway to Freedom, The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad, Eric Foner, 9780...
wwnorton.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We are dealing with an institution modeled on slave catching and the great news is that we also have resistance models
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
This is a great book about the Underground Railroad in an urban environment, New York City:
wwnorton.com/books/gatewa...
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We have a group in this country that operates as a new ethnic group. This new ethnic group has a different set of values and beliefs than most in this country, and the West.
This group sees the cultural artifacts of Americans not of their ethnic group as "ideological."
This group sees the cultural artifacts of Americans not of their ethnic group as "ideological."
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 2:22 PM
We have a group in this country that operates as a new ethnic group. This new ethnic group has a different set of values and beliefs than most in this country, and the West.
This group sees the cultural artifacts of Americans not of their ethnic group as "ideological."
This group sees the cultural artifacts of Americans not of their ethnic group as "ideological."
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There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
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"Does the fortress become a penitentiary?"
- Wendy Brown (2017) "Walled States, Waning Sovereignty"
- Wendy Brown (2017) "Walled States, Waning Sovereignty"
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
"Does the fortress become a penitentiary?"
- Wendy Brown (2017) "Walled States, Waning Sovereignty"
- Wendy Brown (2017) "Walled States, Waning Sovereignty"
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I should add that whenever the Journal has commissioned me since then there's been no political push one way or another. To wit: www.wsj.com/economy/slav...
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I should add that whenever the Journal has commissioned me since then there's been no political push one way or another. To wit: www.wsj.com/economy/slav...
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interestingly to me, you can actually see the impact of this brief at oral argument rn
bc Idaho is now saying 'okay yes there is a history of de jure discrim against trans people, but it wasn't explicit like it was against Black people' which is...a v different position to be in, I think!
bc Idaho is now saying 'okay yes there is a history of de jure discrim against trans people, but it wasn't explicit like it was against Black people' which is...a v different position to be in, I think!
Importantly, the history of anti-trans discrimination isnt just history
The scholars' brief shows the link between a dark past that Amy Coney Barrett can no longer plausibly deny, and a darkening future that she & her conservative colleagues are helping to create
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trans...
The scholars' brief shows the link between a dark past that Amy Coney Barrett can no longer plausibly deny, and a darkening future that she & her conservative colleagues are helping to create
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/trans...
This Is the History of Anti-Trans Bigotry Amy Coney Barrett Doesn’t Want to Talk About
Barrett thinks transgender people have been subjected to “relatively little” discrimination. This amicus brief aims to set the record straight.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
interestingly to me, you can actually see the impact of this brief at oral argument rn
bc Idaho is now saying 'okay yes there is a history of de jure discrim against trans people, but it wasn't explicit like it was against Black people' which is...a v different position to be in, I think!
bc Idaho is now saying 'okay yes there is a history of de jure discrim against trans people, but it wasn't explicit like it was against Black people' which is...a v different position to be in, I think!
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“The future is yet unwritten, but by understanding what political repression looked like then, we can recognize it and figure out how to fight it now. As Mandel noted, once we see censorship for what it is, it’s our responsibility to get that across to the American people.”
It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
“The future is yet unwritten, but by understanding what political repression looked like then, we can recognize it and figure out how to fight it now. As Mandel noted, once we see censorship for what it is, it’s our responsibility to get that across to the American people.”
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It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
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Literal astronaut versus Guy who can't even do a pull up right
BREAKING: Senator Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth, DOD, and others over Hegseth's censure of Kelly and effort to reduce his retirement grade, alleging violations of the First Amendment, due process, Speech & Debate Clause, and federal laws.
Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.
Kelly is represented by Arnold & Porter.
January 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Literal astronaut versus Guy who can't even do a pull up right
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Last reskeets: As a child of politically literate West Africans, I can tell you this goes alllllll the way back to the day the Portuguese landed on our coasts and only saw bodies and goods, not peoples and cultures. And even before (see antisemitism).
Oligarchy did not begin in 2016. Y’all late.
Oligarchy did not begin in 2016. Y’all late.
January 12, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Last reskeets: As a child of politically literate West Africans, I can tell you this goes alllllll the way back to the day the Portuguese landed on our coasts and only saw bodies and goods, not peoples and cultures. And even before (see antisemitism).
Oligarchy did not begin in 2016. Y’all late.
Oligarchy did not begin in 2016. Y’all late.
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“In interviews, some Afro‑Venezuelans offered their support for Maduro’s government, while others cautioned against romanticizing his rule as truly serving the poor. At the same time, they all firmly rejected U.S. military intervention
More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.
https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/
https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/
Why Afro-Venezuelans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Venezuela
More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.
capitalbnews.org
January 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
“In interviews, some Afro‑Venezuelans offered their support for Maduro’s government, while others cautioned against romanticizing his rule as truly serving the poor. At the same time, they all firmly rejected U.S. military intervention
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