it's like we've built (with slave labor) the worst possible theme park with no services, then trapped everyone in it for rich people to watch and laugh as we destroy ourselves for their enjoyment then someone comes out to blame you for not having a grandfather who stole a food cart or whatever
I wrote something: “Male Historians Explain Things To Me: masculinity, expertise and the academy”. With a huge debt to Rebecca Solnit, Sara Ahmed, Siri Hustvedt, Professor Lucy Robinson and many other feminists before me. www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
The acceptable position in the mainstream press right now is to get duped by fascists as everyone screams “you’re being duped by fascists,” do an incalculable amount of harm to present and future people who are different in any way, then, weeks later, damage done, blow the lid off your own failure.
I kind of think the Jordan Peterson types are right that there’s a deep hunger among some young men to explore their masculinity and it’s pretty unfortunate that they’ve been duped into thinking weeping beef Professor and homophobic UFC fighter are better options than “guy in town who is good dad”
I follow a lot of archaeology/anthropology folk for fun interesting science stuff bsky.app/profile/indy...bsky.app/profile/dsaa...bsky.app/profile/oliv...
The only reason the Y2K bug didn't break everything was the dedicated and heroic efforts of a massive number of people in the two years leading up to the actual changeover, and we are already seeing effects of the equivalent 2038 bug starting to happen
“i am running into a new year / and i beg what i love and / i leave to forgive me” — Lucille Clifton
I think this is the best articulation of the idea that "free speech" in terms of political debate is a tool. nymag.com/intelligence...
Free speech is a public utility, not a guarantee of justice. It’s time for the left to stop expecting it to serve its values.