Tim Waligore
@waligore.bsky.social
Political theory professor. Interests: Indigenous sovereignty, global justice, Kant & modern political theory, reparations, climate justice. Reposts & links to stories =/= endorsements. Views not employer's. He/him.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Just a reminder that the people who run AI companies talk like this when amongst themselves and when you ask me if I'm anti-AI, well, I'm anti whatever the fuck this is
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Just a reminder that the people who run AI companies talk like this when amongst themselves and when you ask me if I'm anti-AI, well, I'm anti whatever the fuck this is
Interesting. I wonder about the field/area if digital humanities (which came before ChatGPT) feels about so-called AI?
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The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
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November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Interesting. I wonder about the field/area if digital humanities (which came before ChatGPT) feels about so-called AI?
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
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Larry Summers cozied up to the rich and powerful — including a convicted sex offender. He cannot be trusted in positions of influence.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Larry Summers cozied up to the rich and powerful — including a convicted sex offender. He cannot be trusted in positions of influence.
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The Washington Post, everyone!
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The Washington Post, everyone!
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Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
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Every few years I feel compelled to post about the best hotel hack ever, because every time I post about it, it turns out to be new to lots of folks …
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Every few years I feel compelled to post about the best hotel hack ever, because every time I post about it, it turns out to be new to lots of folks …
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I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
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Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
What does "applied liberal arts" mean?
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
What does "applied liberal arts" mean?
I refer to my Mom's cousin as my "uncle" because he's older and of different generation. And he lives on the Upper East Side.
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I refer to my Mom's cousin as my "uncle" because he's older and of different generation. And he lives on the Upper East Side.
Why not dislike both?
I still can't get over the fact that the people who think Buttigieg briefly working for McKinsey is disqualifying are somehow caping for a blackwater mercenary with a death camp tattoo who said he loved to fight in colonial wars.
We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Why not dislike both?
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Caligula's unorthodox style raises eyebrows among some liberal Romans.
-New York Times, 39 AD
-New York Times, 39 AD
October 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Caligula's unorthodox style raises eyebrows among some liberal Romans.
-New York Times, 39 AD
-New York Times, 39 AD
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Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
October 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Why did Indiana University attack and cut its own student newspaper?
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
Well, in a twist of irony any English professor would call clichéd, it turns out IU did it because they were angry about the students' reporting on a FIRE report naming IU as the worst public university for free speech in the US.
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On a deadly serious note, the President cannot rely on external, private sources to fund spending as an end-run around Congress’ constitutional power of the purse. If he can, we no longer have a republic.
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
On a deadly serious note, the President cannot rely on external, private sources to fund spending as an end-run around Congress’ constitutional power of the purse. If he can, we no longer have a republic.
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A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
To anyone who I said, midway through seeing the episodes, that the latest season of love is blind is worth sticking with - ummm. I'm sorry
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
To anyone who I said, midway through seeing the episodes, that the latest season of love is blind is worth sticking with - ummm. I'm sorry
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Kant's scatological imperative.
me: one problem w/Kant’s Categorical Imperative is life is chaos. You can’t predict stuff! How do you make up rules for things you can’t imagine? What if you wake up & the president has posted a video of himself pooping on people?
students: haha that wouldn’t happen
me:
students:
students: oh no
students: haha that wouldn’t happen
me:
students:
students: oh no
October 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Kant's scatological imperative.
Omg. These people on 'love is blind' are exhausting (right now Annie makes Nick look good in comparison!)
October 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Omg. These people on 'love is blind' are exhausting (right now Annie makes Nick look good in comparison!)
Hmmm
RFK JR: There are many other confirmations -- there are two studies that show children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism. It’s highly likely because they are given Tylenol
October 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Hmmm
The official album for Love is Blind
October 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The official album for Love is Blind
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Pretty accurate, no?
October 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Pretty accurate, no?