Great thread from @profjessblankshain.bsky.social#civmilsky
Ok, I've seen this piece on military obedience shared enough that I feel the need to respond. tl;dr I agree that "obey all legal orders" can feel like a dangerous oversimplification at times, but this goes way too far in the opposite direction #CivMilSky 1/? www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/o...
The prospect of a second Trump administration has rekindled an important debate from four years ago.
Absolutely heartbroken to learn of Dikembe Mutombo's untimely passing. A story: one day in 2010, I got the most random phone call to my office at Morehouse. It was Dikembe's personal assistant, asking if I'd be willing to meet at his office to talk about the D.R. Congo. Obviously I said yes. (1/n)
Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, the "larger than life" center who played 18 NBA seasons, has died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the league announced Monday.
Hey friends, Chuck's put together a linktree of orgs in east TN helping with the recovery. Please help if you can, bc there's a lot of work to do and it'll take a while. (higher ed folx, note there's a link to support students at Tusculum if you're so inclined). Please feel free to share widely!
All of this. Parsons is raising important questions, but I think his answers are too pat. 1/
Ok, I've seen this piece on military obedience shared enough that I feel the need to respond. tl;dr I agree that "obey all legal orders" can feel like a dangerous oversimplification at times, but this goes way too far in the opposite direction #CivMilSky 1/? www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/o...
The prospect of a second Trump administration has rekindled an important debate from four years ago.
Every reporter who wrote about the META partnership research published by SCIENCE should write a follow up on how Meta hoaxed academics into writing false research reports by giving academics access when META had purposefully fudged the data pipelines. www.umass.edu/news/article...
Though Facebook can limit untrustworthy content, the new research suggests it often chooses not to.
The GOP is strategically employing lawsuits during the last weeks of the election that launder falsehoods through the courts, disenfranchise voters, and create chaos that will likely generate more false rumors to justify contesting election results they don’t like. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/u...
Republicans are filing a barrage of election lawsuits in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. The cases may be a road map for a legal battle over the results.
Utah’s elections chief, Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson, barely survived a Republican primary challenge from a conservative challenger seeking to restrict mail voting and voter access. Henderson is favored in November: boltsmag.org/electio...
Candidates are debating how easy to make mail voting and direct democracy. And in some states, election deniers are still bidding to take over the system.
What's unfolding in Western NC and E Tennessee is a disaster of monumental proportions--please keep the people there in your thoughts and help as you can. BUT ALSO: Project 2025 wants to dismantle NOAA (weather tracking/warnings), FEMA, and effective governance in general. Remember that as you vote
Khan's tenure at FTC has been amazing. She's made it one of the most important centers for progressive policymaking in the Biden administration. Harris needs to publicly back her to the hilt
My latest: New polling shows that roughly 80 percent of Democrats feel the government should be doing more to take on corporate monopolies. Still, prominent party donors are urging Kamala Harris to dump Joe Biden's star antitrust enforcer. www.wired.com/story/ftc-ch...
New polling shows roughly 80 percent of Democrats feel the government should be doing more to take on corporate monopolies. Still, prominent party donors are urging Kamala Harris to dump Lina Khan.
We could do city-sized heat pumps apple.news/AnbaQQNQXTV6...
If switching one home to a heat pump improves energy efficiency, why not whole cities? September 24, 2024 In the United States, home heat pumps have been gaining traction (and government subsidies) as...