Simon Balto
@simonbalto.bsky.social
Professor, author.
Steady with your hope now.
Steady with your hope now.
Reposted by Simon Balto
Now in print! THE BODY CAMERA ISSUE features design by @cmy-kay.bsky.social, illustrations by Andrew Mulhearn, a special intro essay by @simonbalto.bsky.social, and writing from @scottgordonwi.bsky.social, @stinadale.bsky.social, and Kay Reynolds. Come get it today at Madison Print and Resist!
The body camera issue – Tone Madison
Our second-ever print edition accompanies our ongoing coverage of surveillance and transparency.
tonemadison.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Now in print! THE BODY CAMERA ISSUE features design by @cmy-kay.bsky.social, illustrations by Andrew Mulhearn, a special intro essay by @simonbalto.bsky.social, and writing from @scottgordonwi.bsky.social, @stinadale.bsky.social, and Kay Reynolds. Come get it today at Madison Print and Resist!
Reposted by Simon Balto
I am very excited to have this out in the world today. Extremely grateful to @simonbalto.bsky.social for writing the intro, @cmy-kay.bsky.social for masterminding the whole thing, @stinadale.bsky.social for writing and editing, and Andrew Mulhearn for an all-new batch of illustrations!
Now in print! THE BODY CAMERA ISSUE features design by @cmy-kay.bsky.social, illustrations by Andrew Mulhearn, a special intro essay by @simonbalto.bsky.social, and writing from @scottgordonwi.bsky.social, @stinadale.bsky.social, and Kay Reynolds. Come get it today at Madison Print and Resist!
The body camera issue – Tone Madison
Our second-ever print edition accompanies our ongoing coverage of surveillance and transparency.
tonemadison.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I am very excited to have this out in the world today. Extremely grateful to @simonbalto.bsky.social for writing the intro, @cmy-kay.bsky.social for masterminding the whole thing, @stinadale.bsky.social for writing and editing, and Andrew Mulhearn for an all-new batch of illustrations!
Reposted by Simon Balto
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
Reposted by Simon Balto
whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
March 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
whether they’re retiring or not this should be the last term for each of them
Reposted by Simon Balto
Democrats built their entire party structure on polite deference, seniority, and chasing bipartisanship—as opposed to elevating the most talented and passionate politicians.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
Primary Every Democrat
It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.
newrepublic.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Democrats built their entire party structure on polite deference, seniority, and chasing bipartisanship—as opposed to elevating the most talented and passionate politicians.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
...Leaving too many pale, stale (and, frankly, male) lawmakers in prominent positions.
Reposted by Simon Balto
This is not a victory for "centrists" or "moderates" over "the Left" or the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. This is a faction of accommodationists, people entirely incapable of imagining anything but politics-as usual, and outright collaborators sabotaging those who wish to fight back.
March 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is not a victory for "centrists" or "moderates" over "the Left" or the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. This is a faction of accommodationists, people entirely incapable of imagining anything but politics-as usual, and outright collaborators sabotaging those who wish to fight back.
Reposted by Simon Balto
I cannot tell a lie.
I have to say: Chuck Schumer is a weak man and a fool. This was the one cudgel Dems had. Now it's up to the courts which we new from the beginning were at best going to slow some things down. There's 18 hours left to somehow bring additional pressure to bear. It will be really hard to do that.
March 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I cannot tell a lie.
Reposted by Simon Balto
these are the exact kinds of struggles you'd expect from three dipshits who've never held down a real job between them
March 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
these are the exact kinds of struggles you'd expect from three dipshits who've never held down a real job between them
Ever since I landed back at Wisconsin, the highlight of my year professionally is getting to orchestrate this lecture series in celebration of our friend Doria Dee Johnson. I could not be prouder to have the incomparable Kelly Lytle Hernández lecture in Doria’s name next month. Please join us.
March 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Ever since I landed back at Wisconsin, the highlight of my year professionally is getting to orchestrate this lecture series in celebration of our friend Doria Dee Johnson. I could not be prouder to have the incomparable Kelly Lytle Hernández lecture in Doria’s name next month. Please join us.
Great to have the homie @eveewing.bsky.social at the Madison Public Library. A great event celebrating her great new book.
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Great to have the homie @eveewing.bsky.social at the Madison Public Library. A great event celebrating her great new book.
Reposted by Simon Balto
Most money for US aid to Ukraine went to US manufacturers. It is literally American industry, and part of the funding was for expanding US industrial capacity.
It's next level lying. Lies wrapped in lies, stacked in a pile of BS. Reality inverting lies. Piss-on-my-leg-and-tell-me-it's-raining lying.
It's next level lying. Lies wrapped in lies, stacked in a pile of BS. Reality inverting lies. Piss-on-my-leg-and-tell-me-it's-raining lying.
Vance has, for years, used this technique where he mischaracterizes the position of his opponents by taking it to an extreme that they never advocated, then arguing w/that fictitious position. Supporters don’t want “permanent” shipments, nor did we advocate de-industrialization.
March 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Most money for US aid to Ukraine went to US manufacturers. It is literally American industry, and part of the funding was for expanding US industrial capacity.
It's next level lying. Lies wrapped in lies, stacked in a pile of BS. Reality inverting lies. Piss-on-my-leg-and-tell-me-it's-raining lying.
It's next level lying. Lies wrapped in lies, stacked in a pile of BS. Reality inverting lies. Piss-on-my-leg-and-tell-me-it's-raining lying.
Reposted by Simon Balto
So Musk’s people, who misread $8 million as $8 billion, who counted the same contracts multiple times and counted as savings programs that ended last year, claim that their AI is finding lots of Social Security fraud.
Why should anyone worry?
Why should anyone worry?
March 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So Musk’s people, who misread $8 million as $8 billion, who counted the same contracts multiple times and counted as savings programs that ended last year, claim that their AI is finding lots of Social Security fraud.
Why should anyone worry?
Why should anyone worry?
Reposted by Simon Balto
Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of a Black teen, and shuttered public clinics and schools. Cuomo covered up COVID nursing home deaths and harassed women. These men heard "now is the time of monsters" and decided to attempt a comeback. They both belong in hell.
March 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of a Black teen, and shuttered public clinics and schools. Cuomo covered up COVID nursing home deaths and harassed women. These men heard "now is the time of monsters" and decided to attempt a comeback. They both belong in hell.
Reposted by Simon Balto
remember when this guy covered up a brutal police killing? i do!
Ex-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spouts transphobic talking points to Bill Maher.
"Look, in seventh grade, if I had known that I could have said the word ‘They’ and got in the girls bathroom, I would have done it."
"Look, in seventh grade, if I had known that I could have said the word ‘They’ and got in the girls bathroom, I would have done it."
Ex-Chicago mayor rips current city leaders for focus on bathroom and locker room instead of crime, education
During HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel blasted city leadership for failing the city on safety and educational standards.
www.foxnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
remember when this guy covered up a brutal police killing? i do!
Reposted by Simon Balto
POSTDOC ALERT! Postdoc in the history of modern medicine or public health at Wisconsin: details at the link below. 2 years, excellent conditions. #Skystorians #HistMed #medhum please repost widely!
mhb.wisc.edu/2025/02/25/p...
mhb.wisc.edu/2025/02/25/p...
Postdoctoral Fellow: History of Modern (19th century-present) Medicine or Public Health
Position Requirements: PhD in history of modern (19th century-present) medicine or public health or closely related field, geographic area and specialty open. All requirements for the PhD, including t...
mhb.wisc.edu
February 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
POSTDOC ALERT! Postdoc in the history of modern medicine or public health at Wisconsin: details at the link below. 2 years, excellent conditions. #Skystorians #HistMed #medhum please repost widely!
mhb.wisc.edu/2025/02/25/p...
mhb.wisc.edu/2025/02/25/p...
A local restaurant is advertising muffalettas (my favorite sandwich in the world) as a special this week for Fat Tuesday. They say that one serves 4-6 people and if we're being honest I can't read that as anything other than a very specific challenge to me personally.
March 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A local restaurant is advertising muffalettas (my favorite sandwich in the world) as a special this week for Fat Tuesday. They say that one serves 4-6 people and if we're being honest I can't read that as anything other than a very specific challenge to me personally.
Reposted by Simon Balto
Pretty ambivalent about joining another social media platform after getting kicked off Elon’s, but I was thinking this morning about the time when @profsuddler.bsky.social tried to convince me that Memphis is in the Midwest and I needed more people to know about this.
February 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Pretty ambivalent about joining another social media platform after getting kicked off Elon’s, but I was thinking this morning about the time when @profsuddler.bsky.social tried to convince me that Memphis is in the Midwest and I needed more people to know about this.
Reposted by Simon Balto
now including @simonbalto.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟
starting a US carceral history starter pack. I’m a little under caffeinated this morning so lmk if you want to be added go.bsky.app/HYbh9m3
February 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
now including @simonbalto.bsky.social 🌟🌟🌟
Reposted by Simon Balto
A month from today, I'll be @uwmadison.bsky.social discussing my new book. Come on out if you're in the Madison area! 🗃️
February 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A month from today, I'll be @uwmadison.bsky.social discussing my new book. Come on out if you're in the Madison area! 🗃️
Reposted by Simon Balto
I would like to emphasize that the governor of the state of NY, a democrat, intervened in college activities, something she has no business in, for political reasons. This is authoritarianism. Period. And the coverage is not nearly as forceful as that reality requires.
February 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I would like to emphasize that the governor of the state of NY, a democrat, intervened in college activities, something she has no business in, for political reasons. This is authoritarianism. Period. And the coverage is not nearly as forceful as that reality requires.
Reposted by Simon Balto
"The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of “POC,” an acronym often used for “people of color” but in this context meaning “point of care”"
Ted Cruz said he’d found $2 billion in “woke” science grants, but his team used keyword searches that flagged things out of context, like a grant to develop a device to treat severe bleeding that mentioned “victims” and “trauma.”
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude meth...
www.propublica.org
February 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"The grant appears to have been tagged for the repeated use of “POC,” an acronym often used for “people of color” but in this context meaning “point of care”"
Reposted by Simon Balto
He certainly did try to convince @simonbalto.bsky.social of that.
Pretty ambivalent about joining another social media platform after getting kicked off Elon’s, but I was thinking this morning about the time when @profsuddler.bsky.social tried to convince me that Memphis is in the Midwest and I needed more people to know about this.
February 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
He certainly did try to convince @simonbalto.bsky.social of that.
Pretty ambivalent about joining another social media platform after getting kicked off Elon’s, but I was thinking this morning about the time when @profsuddler.bsky.social tried to convince me that Memphis is in the Midwest and I needed more people to know about this.
February 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Pretty ambivalent about joining another social media platform after getting kicked off Elon’s, but I was thinking this morning about the time when @profsuddler.bsky.social tried to convince me that Memphis is in the Midwest and I needed more people to know about this.