surlyurbanist.bsky.social

I’m glad folks are holding his feet to the fire, but Christ we could’ve done this at confirmation, could’ve done this at any point in the past 7 months with the cuts at HHS and outright political pressure on researchers both internal and external

If this isn’t the most stereotypical American state of being. Proudly ignorant in a way that is truly breathtaking.

The irony is not lost on me that a central pillar of US capitalism for the past century may collapse due to its refusal to defend a Black woman…the past half decade has been a parade of institutional failure at vital points

In seriousness, vast American innumeracy is a legitimately existential problem. We have massive propaganda apparatuses, true, but a non-trivial proportion of people who don’t know basic fractions is actually a huge threat to liberal democracy. You simply can’t think about policy in any serious way

Baltimore County, I presume…

I knew he was gone but Musk campaigning for Tommy Robinson is *nasty* work

Broad Street Line is basically shutdown due to someone caught walking on the tracks #philly #septa