Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 6hI can no longer hope, short of the Eschaton, to see Ditka driving the bus 010
Reposted by Charles Mathewesjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22hjesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent 448168562611
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 22hWho could imagine a bigger one. This seems a sane & obvious thing to say, which is why it'll probably be controversial 000
Reposted by Charles MathewesThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 08/10/2026For some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricane's severity can be found at the local Waffle House.bit.lyThe Waffle House Index helps Southerners — and FEMA — gauge a storm's severityFor some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricane’s severity can be found at the local Waffle House. 3678
Reposted by Charles MathewesDavid Sterman @davidsterman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Between this and watching people who have been dismissive of campus antisemitism and protestor actions finally see some of the horror because it targeted Mamdani, just have had it today. So much has been excused. And too many have allowed overreach to blind them. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...nytimes.comReligion Professor Accused of Harassing Colleague With Antisemitic PostsThe professor at Haverford College in Pennsylvania was charged with cyberstalking in connection with what federal prosecutors say was a series of threatening messages to a co-worker. 021
Reposted by Charles MathewesThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026Breaking News: The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson. nyti.ms/4yCUebHnyti.msAnne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in LiteratureThe writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan. 17414114
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This stuff about Haverford College religion professor Guangtian Ha is bad, really really bad. I hope a reputable news outlet produces a readable article on it soon. Unbelievable stuff, but in this context, to me, all too believable. 060
Reposted by Charles MathewesIsaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you want to know why Jews are suspicious of you when you're just trying to be a well-meaning antizionist gentile, consider that these two things were written by the same man, Guangtian Ha, a (currently suspended) religion professor at Haverford 2638793
Reposted by Charles MathewesAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026Troy Jackson after Collins takes credit for rural healthcare cuts in big beautiful bill not being as bad as they could've been even though she voted to advance the bill: "Sen. Collins is like an arsonist who helped set the fire, and then she wants credit for bringing a cup of water to put it out" 243105292441
Reposted by Charles MathewesLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This strikes me as really fuckin bad 441125236
Reposted by Charles MathewesDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026“Massive spending on data centers is crowding out investment in everything else in the economy.” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/ai-versus-...paulkrugman.substack.comAI Versus Everything ElseThe hyperscaler boom is crowding out other investment 26620
Reposted by Charles MathewesMax Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The share of children who died before they were 5 years old in 1950 and 75 years later. Africa: 33% ↘ 6% Asia: 25% ↘ 2.5% Oceania: 9.3% ↘ 2% Latin America: 21% ↘ 1.5% Northern America: 3.8% ↘ 0.6% Europe: 10.5% ↘ 0.4% Globally: 23% ↘ 3.5% 8417142
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You can stay, Matt! But yes, all conversations have a natural end point. Be well. 100
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WLD...youtube.com"Stone Cold Stunner Compilation | Best Stone Cold Steve Austin Moments (1996-2023)"YouTube video by NEED FOR SPEED 000
Reposted by Charles MathewesRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.ms.nowOutgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump. 25797533036
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Not sure it's "academic" framing so much as "sane" framing. Of course people gonna resist: 000
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Yeah, he's not demanding that anyone MUST meet someone else to PLEAD their case. He's inviting people to talk to each other more than they do. You're misrepresenting what he is proposing. But that's our reflex on social media. Which is why imho he is more right than you (or others) think. 210
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Predictable that this is generating anger, but it's more right than almost all of the reply guys are 100
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I thought this was a very nice review of Habermas's work. I'd recommend it as a place to start for a novice reader of JH. 000
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If anyone actually cares (and that's a big if), there's actually a lot of good work on this by Philip Tetlock, I'd start with this: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...press.princeton.eduExpert Political Judgment 000
Reposted by Charles MathewesBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This what a real wave looks like. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmAC...youtube.comNYT/Siena Just Dropped a Bombshell Senate PollYouTube video by The Bulwark 719540
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Just tried to call him, looks like he is changing his number or something, alas 0251
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's what happens when people who think they have gravitas because they can code meet people who actually have, you know, gravitas 020
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There's a certain kind of philosopher who looks to find the most counter-intuitive and batshit crazy thing and then argue strenuously for it, because they value arguments over reality, and this guy's also into "cognitive science" to boot. Oh well. 040
Reposted by Charles MathewesChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 840197386221
Reposted by Charles MathewesMerle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New thread on various aspects of university budgets at top 50 research universities. It is all available online via HERD (ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/high...). There is a time lag to collected data, but such as it is. One budget fact per day until I get bored.ncses.nsf.govHigher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey 2024 | NCSES | NSFHigher Education Research and Development Survey 172
Reposted by Charles MathewesDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In which I take issue with the notion that colleges place too high a value on writing. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/im-a-colle...danieldrezner.substack.comI’m a College Professor. Writing is Pretty Damn Important.It’s hardly the only thing -- but it’s a very important thing! 610519
Reposted by Charles MathewesJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A good case from @dickpolman.bsky.social that this man’s selfish short-sightedness set us on path to where we are today. Excruciating insights on the wreckage of a legacy. dickpolman.substack.com/p/ralph-nade...dickpolman.substack.comRalph Nader is still a pariah. He deserves to be.Tilting the ‘00 race to Bush was his original sin. We’re still suffering the consequences. 24053898
Reposted by Charles MathewesJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Official monthly data is in, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year! 171158243
Reposted by Charles MathewesMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17472441992
Reposted by Charles MathewesFast Casual TBogg+ @tbogg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt before his whole world collapsed…static.klipy.comBasketball Shot FailALT: Basketball Shot Fail 2484
Reposted by Charles MathewesDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes. 1242796542
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good book, one of the rings is Fenelon: www.nyrb.com/products/thr...nyrb.comThree RingsA memoir, biography, work of history, and literary criticism all in one, this moving book tells the story of three exiled writers—Erich Auerbach, François Fénelon, and W. G. Sebald—and their relations... 110
Reposted by Charles MathewesDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Bessent has now transformed himself into the Baghdad Bob of bonds.” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclow...paulkrugman.substack.comThe Beclowning of Scott BessentAnother Trump enabler pays the price 819448
Reposted by Charles MathewesBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One obvious point about the Republican rats desperately deserting the sinking Trump ship: They're still rats. 361023163
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I personally love the old Oxford World's Classics hardbacks--little blue books. They're the best for travel too, as they fit in a jacket pocket. 110
Reposted by Charles MathewesThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026What’s Rustling In That Leaf Pile? 211574298
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I v much respect @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social's work & I hope there is some larger evidence for what Rauschenbusch says here--a "great awakening" on the religious left--but I think that, since this script has played out repeatedly since 2005's "God's Politics," I'm going to withhold assent for now 000
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What can we say, this technology makes a lot of us a little sick, and a few of us very sick. Sorry it happened to you. 000
Reposted by Charles MathewesEduardo Porter @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The backlash against AI and its data centers is built on a profound discomfort. It's fueled by a brooding distrust of a political system that allowed a clutch of weird, sci-fi addled plutocrats to pursue a civilization-threatening project behind people’s backs. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...theguardian.comDemocracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’ 2184
Reposted by Charles MathewesPhil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Iowa has had a Republican governor for the last 16 years. He could have retired at any time after he turned 77. 1628448
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yeah, I think that's part of the core of what college teachers (aka me) should be doing 010