Reposted by David KaibJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 22mQuestion for any historians (or historian-like people) on here: Any recommended articles about the 19th century US Populists' thinking on money and banking? I've read Lawrence Goodwyn and Michael Kazin. But there must be lots of more recent stuff. Thanks! 113
Reposted by David Kaibabdullah @ashihipar.bsky.social · 19hthe great thing about this website like twitter is that you have people making lots of threads asserting expertise when this is just some guy 181
Reposted by David Kaibprince egregious, heir apparent @sonofahurricane.bsky.social · 2hMy influence is extending to the children (student worker, tried to protect his identity) 051
Reposted by David KaibLocal Observer 🇮🇶🇵🇸🍉 @observer46664.bsky.social · 6h"America is no longer occupying Iraq" etc. 0214
Reposted by David KaibDan Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 4hMan it's such a balm to finally have some healthy masculinity on display. In the insane racist spotlight he and Zohran share, no less! 0284
Reposted by David KaibDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 9h“If one supposes that there is only one answer, it is natural to view politics as a process of weeding out false alternatives” - Rodrigo Nunes 153
Reposted by David KaibPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 50mI am going to say what I've been saying for some time. If they succeed in restricting and criminalizing abortion pills, more people are going to die. ALSO, I think that the public is overly complacent right now. 215756
Reposted by David Kaibc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 10hOmigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him. 2639881356
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 9h“If one supposes that there is only one answer, it is natural to view politics as a process of weeding out false alternatives” - Rodrigo Nunes 153
Reposted by David KaibDr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 19hThe same men who will be like "of it's so serious, why didn't they come forward sooner?" will also put literal bounties on the heads of survivors. They know why. They are why. 0276
Reposted by David KaibMike Cook @mikecook82.bsky.social · 16hMe bursting into a Michelin star steakhouse clutching a wet, uncooked hotdog in my hand: “I’ve revolutionized food!” 336827
Reposted by David Kaib#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 19hOnly 11 Democrats voted for it in 2024. 653886
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 22hICE Camps Are Not Untouchable. Here’s How Communities Can Push Backtruthout.orgICE Camps Are Not Untouchable. Here’s How Communities Can Push Back.“You can do something. It is within reach. You can have an effect,” says journalist John Washington. 0115
Reposted by David KaibDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are many places in which Democrats are in power. It’s not just a thing that can happen in the future after an election. 2162
Reposted by David Kaibabdullah @ashihipar.bsky.social · 23hyou can see re: the ruling on the NYC pied-a-terre tax vs the upcoming Medicaid changes - who is not expected to prove things to the government/who the government is expected to do the leg work for vs. who is expected to prove and document everything to the government 012644
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Historically a lot of tech adoption was about being perceived as ahead of the curve, but so much of ‘AI’ talk is baselessly insisting we are all at the end of the curve. 061
Reposted by David KaibAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AAUP, AFT, and HELU have a plan draft! College For All, in expansion now for 2026 and 2028 www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...aaup.org 216448
Reposted by David KaibDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895408928
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There are many places in which Democrats are in power. It’s not just a thing that can happen in the future after an election. 2162
Reposted by David KaibI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026The fact that the preferred political movement of the free speech set immediately set about establishing “western civics centers” while gutting the rest of the humanities and supports for marginalized students really does tell you what the source of their concerns really were 112729
Reposted by David KaibAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@washingtonpost reported earlier that hospitals insurance costs next year are projected to spike by the most in 2 decades, partly "due to medical providers’ increased use of artificial intelligence to find more claims they can bill for" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... 510966
Reposted by David KaibÉireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Let a million imagined universities bloom 0115
Reposted by David KaibÉireann @eireannmor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Who will organize an "another university is possible" conference with me? 15113
Reposted by David KaibNatalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Essentially it's the same as thinking customer service can be handled by all the well defined cases in a menu tree--an assumption that's ok if you're the provider and do not actually need people to be helped. But AI agents are like trying to get me to willingly call Comcast on a regular basis 311913
Reposted by David KaibDavid Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What people want is not fixed. 0114
Reposted by David KaibNoah Zazanis @noahzazanis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A comrade from my harm reduction organizing needs (pro-bono) help w/ an eviction case in Porter County, IN. Legal aid didn't take her case, and she's been having an exceptionally hard time navigating trial pro se due to a TBI. She specifically needs someone who can be present in person. 11410
Reposted by David KaibCarly Goodman @carlygoodman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Congratulations, we have created a world where teenagers cannot exist with each other in space, where we use “safety” to destroy sociality, youth, and development. 1424494
Reposted by David KaibAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 28/09/2026I think students should read full books. 1065274
Reposted by David KaibBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 28/09/2026"We really want people talking about how I spent years harassing a woman over a couple thousand dollars in medical debt before she was arrested" - Sitting US Senator 1534
Reposted by David KaibPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Run on the platform of “public goods shared in common and distributed to everyone.” That's it. 122251
Reposted by David KaibLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Slut-shaming is rape culture. Focus on the abusers but don’t dismiss the role of this form of hate in perpetuating our culture of abuse. How have you seen this play out and have you been a part of it? 533856
Reposted by David KaibShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For 9 years this cat has attempted to get me to feed him at 4 am every day and for 9 years he has not succeeded one time and his only takeaway has been well it's certainly not happening if I don't try again, and I'm starting to find him quite inspirational 482105206
Reposted by David KaibShay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Thinking about how we are definitely going to see an escalation after the midterms, regardless of the result. I think November-January will be pivotal for US democracy and I hope everyone is connected with a local civic organization that takes the threat seriously. 0217
Reposted by David KaibMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Getting sympathetic profiles in major media outlets? 26611
Reposted by David Kaibcmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student! 29484479
Reposted by David KaibPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Kelly Lytle Hernandez has a new book out called "Racist By Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control." wwnorton.com/books/978132... - I'm looking forward to reading it when I have chance in a couple of months.wwnorton.comRacist by DesignA revolutionary new history that exposes the "whites-only" roots of the American immigration regime., Racist by Design, Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control, Kelly Lytle Hernández, 9781324117094 07122
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If this ad I keep seeing is anything to go by , Vindman is remarkable juiceless. 170
Reposted by David KaibAdam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Congratulations Phillies 038645
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Phillies trying to give us some hope before they crash and burn again 010
Reposted by David KaibKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026Every three weeks it’s like but white supremacists who mostly care about testosterone and killing minorities were supposed to fix the economy 231927456
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026‘The Center’ is people who think Trump has a point but the left doesn’t. 0121
Reposted by David KaibPrison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Incarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not “Trauma-Informed” Prisons. Story via @truthout.orgtruthout.orgIncarcerated Women Are Pushing for Decarceration, Not “Trauma-Informed” PrisonsOrganizers discuss how they are fighting new women’s prisons in Vermont, Massachusetts, and Illinois. 02711
Reposted by David Kaibmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026there’s major media coverage of this happening to a new woman every year or so and they’re always so surprised. it won’t be different for you, babe. it never is. 18981139
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Christopher Tomlins correctly says law is a modality of rule. 140
Reposted by David KaibGrumpy D Kelson @grumpykelson.myatproto.social · 30/10/2024I'll bet you were all taught in school that The Law was something that was intended to constrain the powerful and not that The Law was the set of levers by which the powerful exercised power. 16413
Reposted by David Kaibsp0ka @sp0ka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026How are these two things in the same paragraph 0103
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“the Orange Order, a group hugely supportive of Northern Ireland being part of the U.K.” Not sure this fully captures what is going on here.apnews.comTensions run high in Northern Ireland after contentious march given go-aheadBritish Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called for calm in Northern Ireland after a contentious parade got approval from the High Court in Belfast. 3112
David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I finally finished the Revolutions Podcast so we don’t have to worry about spoilers anymore. 1130