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Naunihal Singh@naunihal.bsky.social |
514 followers 493 following 139 posts
Professor, writer, magpie, bad at introducing myself. Author of "Seizing Power: The Strategic Logic of Military Coups"
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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WTF. The electric company in Texas doesn't have a map of outages so people have been using the Whataburger App to figure out who lost power. This is like when Homer was using the Krusty Burger map when they got lost at sea.
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Chris Levesque
@levesque-chris.bsky.social
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Louisiana plantation where historic slave revolt started now under Black ownership
www.npr.org/2024/07/09/n...
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Natalie Weiner
@natalieweiner.bsky.social
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the so-called "migrant crisis" is extremely me sowing/me reaping but for colonialism and it is frustrating that that obvious conclusion is sometimes (not here) treated as obscure
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Jonathan Cohn
@jonathancohn.bsky.social
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"In 1863 and 1867, revisions to the Judiciary Act sought to rein in a supreme court that was potentially pro-slavery. Now, we need to rein in one that is pro-authoritarian." newrepublic.com/article/1834...
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Chris Levesque
@levesque-chris.bsky.social
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What this article leaves out is that if you hand your unlocked phone to a police officer, they can legally search it. Unless companies develop a method that allows you to show officers insurance cards and driver license without unlocking the rest of your phone, don't.
www.zdnet.com/article/digi...
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Paul Guinnessy
@paulguinnessy.bsky.social
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What they are overlooking in this article is everywhere these expats are based, provide free or cheap healthcare and transportation because their voters (and unions!) encourage it instead of tax cuts like in the US.
apple.news/AqMXhmo3nSBS...
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Howard Eissenstat
@heissenstat.bsky.social
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At least they have finally dispensed with the figleaf of "Judeo-Christian"
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Good Authority
@goodauth.bsky.social
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Black support for Harris has been weaker than Black support for Biden over the past four years.
Here's why replacing Biden with Harris may not mobilize Black voters: goodauthority.org/news/replaci...
Reach the latest from @tesler.bsky.social and Samantha Canty.
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Avishay Ben-Sasson-Gordis
@avishaybsg.bsky.social
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As Netanyahu consolidated his personalist brand of politics, Likud eventually stopped publishing elections platforms altogether. If you vote for them, you know what you're voting for, and it's not the policy.
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Seth Masket
@smotus.bsky.social
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That’s a photograph of Dolley Fucking Madison
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emptywheel
@emptywheel.bsky.social
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Nuclear scientists were seen at the White House at least once a day last month. From this we can only conclude the president is a nuclear warhead.
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Nathan K. Hensley
@nathankhensley.bsky.social
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Goldman Sachs report on AI: not designed to solve the problems it purports to solve; only 1/4 of tasks it wants to automate will be profitable to automate; uses so much ⚡️ that existing & near-term grids can’t support it
via @brianbergstrom.bsky.social
www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence...
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Margaret Sullivan
@sulliview.bsky.social
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