Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialPresent & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 17/09/20262027 diaries are now online, and yes we have Hobonichi classics. All shipping worldwide. www.presentandcorrect.com/collections/... + A couple more designs will be added tomorrow. Many more at the link 48715
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJoe Mason @moreorloess.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm reposting so you have to see this again even if you don't like it: Under these miserably wet woods and others nearby in central Wisconsin there is an amazing variety of soils. Here are those mapped in a small area half a mile to the south. Some are probably exhumed ancient weathering profiles. 3244
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJerome Alexander Horne @jahorne.bsky.social · 13/09/2026First time biking the NCR Trail North to York, PA! 4333
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMark Histed @markhisted.org · 13/09/2026MIT wants to remake education around what AI can't do. They propose oral exams and to center social interactions. I cannot help but notice this is the *opposite* of the K-12 “school reform” edtech movement—which wants to put kids in front of computerized tests & collect data. Short 🧵 218559
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@thebulwark.com did a supercut of all the prior times Trump said he was going to give Americans a $5000 check or whatever. It is glorious 861886844
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.social(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 11/09/2026An cupla focal.. 2208
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 09/09/2026this whole book.... dang you can come for her review of that movie when you have also spent enough time with not only the original works in their original languages, but literally every pop culture representation 121319
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialCatherine Duigan @cduigan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The dovecots of #Anglesey - once important sources of meat, eggs, feathers and fertiliser but also status symbols #heritage #agriculture #YnysMôn #gentry #Penmon #Boderwyd #pigeons #estates #gentry #architecture #Wales #Cymru 1244
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialElaine Treharne @etreharne.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The backside! The Bayeux Tapestry was one of the things I covered in a seminar on "Medieval Britain in Eight Objects" a few years ago. What I particularly love about it is the back. You can tell a lot from behind the scenes! 2355
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/09/20265 minute warning! 2335
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMichael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's hard to believe that Howard Lutnick said "the #1 product in America that uses water is cattle." What's hard to believe about it is that for once Lutnick is telling the truth. Cattle are draining the Colorado River! Cattle are parching our aquifers! www.joemygod.com/2026/09/lutn...joemygod.comLutnick Claims Data Centers "Don't Use Water" [VIDEO] - Joe.My.God.“One of my favorite things is when people talk about data centers using water. The number one product in America that uses water is cattle. “I mean data centers don’t use water. This is propaganda by ... 1143
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialPaul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026TIL that Saudi Arabia is planning to build a whole new downtown centered around a massive cube building that will measure 400mx400mx400m... I don't understand how that is physically possible newmurabba.com/en#DiscoverN... 33785
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 30/08/2026Men will suggest "vassalage for young people" before making the case for "broad based tax rises". 18452117
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026If you haven’t heard, @trufelman.bsky.social and I started a new podcast about fashion and philosophy. Each month, we read canonical text — Voltaire, Rousseau, Hegel — and talk about how the author's ideas help us understand why we dress the way we do. 372250315
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJonathan Koomey @jgkoomey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Gave a keynote at the Ohio Manufacturer's Association annual energy conference yesterday, in Columbus, OH. www.koomey.com/koomey_blog/...koomey.comMy keynote address for the Ohio Manufacturers' AssociationI had a lovely time in Columbus, Ohio yesterday (August 27, 2026), doing a keynote for the Ohio Manufacturers' Association annual energy conference. The talk was titled "Electricity Demand Growth and ... 075
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialNnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“HOW TO LIVE IN THE AGE OF A.I.” ALLLLLL This. 100%!!! 😊❤️ 4485181
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Finally participated in a well-established Internet Foodie rite of passage and got me some Rancho Gordo beans Excited to see if they live up to the hype 12103
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialCengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 20/08/2026"Did they use the federal government to do their dirty work of getting rid of tenants?" Listen to reporters @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social & Seb Rotella explain to @jlussenhop.bsky.social @propublica.org how they investigated the US government's mass raid on a Chicago apartment building last fall.propublica.orgThe True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment BuildingTrump officials claimed they successfully arrested members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in a dramatic midnight raid. We uncovered a very different story. 217788
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialElizabeth Blasius @blaservations.bsky.social · 19/08/2026My column in MAS Context returns with a deep dive on "Inland Architect," a publication with many dramatic iterations that published on and off from 1883 until 1999, chronicling the rise of Chicago and the Midwest as centers for architecture--and providing a home for journalism and criticism.mascontext.comThe Highs and Lows of “Inland Architect”Published on and off from 1883 until 1999, Inland Architect chronicled the rise of Chicago and the Midwest as centers for architecture and provided a home… 1174
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialM. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A long-vacant lot turns into six homes in Sacramento. (2020➡️2025) 319010
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/08/2026Folks: here's a meaty long read for you on how Australia's data centre industry lobbied (successfully) to kill regulations that would force them to cover their new demand with renewables And how (this is spicy) the desire within some climate/energy spaces to see data centres as 'cleantech' helpedketanjoshi.coHow Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to to freely polluteData centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry’s hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them? 13413260
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763122015
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMichael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 15/08/2026We got that one grill scrubber that doesn’t impale your GI tract 💪 2171
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 14/08/2026The new film “The Brink of War” is “a welcome corrective to the liberal orthodoxy about Reagan,” but it takes too many liberties with the historical record, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues.bit.lyA Cold War Movie That Gives Too Much Credit to Ronald ReaganThe Brink of War, a new film about the Reykjavik summit, is too kind to the Gipper. 1186
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialG Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 13/08/2026I have reanalyzed polling microdata from two surveys in Wisconsin, generously shared with me by State Navigate, and put the results up Strength In Numbers for all to learn from. As far as I know this is the only public autopsy from Tuesday's miss www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-08-13...gelliottmorris.comI re-analyzed the raw data from Wisconsin's primary polls. Here's what actually went wrong.What raw data from Wisconsin's Democratic primary reveals about demographic weighting, late movement, and who answers polls 1529789
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJon Worth @jonworth.eu · 13/08/2026I'm a bit late to this, but I have now finally watched the ZDF film about German railways with Dunja Hayali www.zdf.de/play/reporta... DB is furious about it - press reaction here, scroll down www.deutschebahn.com/de/presse/Ne... But it's actually not too bad, as I see itzdf.deWarum unsere Bahn so oft versagt – Dunja Hayali auf Spurensuche | ZDF-DokuVerspätungen, marode Infrastruktur und Sicherheitsmängel: Dunja Hayali fragt, warum die Deutsche Bahn in der Krise steckt – und was sich ändern muss. 2335
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I enjoyed this. ordinaryabundance.comordinaryabundance.comOrdinary AbundanceA walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new. 753422910
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialThomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Article @ellensteinke.bsky.social @chi.streetsblog.org on successful advocacy efforts led by @betterstreetschicago.org before CMAP’s Transportation Committee that helped prompt IDOT/CDOT to withdraw their North DuSable Lake Shore lakefront park expressway plan. chi.streetsblog.org/2026/08/10/c...streetschicago.org 0122
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.social🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Totally getting [REDACTED] by Bert and Ernie on the long international flight. 6192
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJames Gryboski @jgryboski.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Spotted sandpiper portrait Shoop Park, Racine, WI August 2026 #birds #shorebirds #greatlakes #wisconsin #naturephotography #monochrome #blackandwhite 0142
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026A Senate candidate talking about the Powell memo???? Pinch me, am I dreaming???? 13068161938
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialDuke Kaboom @freelarrydoby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026If you prefer a more elevated meal the tasting menu at Bussia is also consistently excellent 011
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialEl rey de los cuñaos @mrdanielbro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Not a restaurant as such but Cafe Krom for a beer and oswenworst is a must 011
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialraJames @rajames.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Moeders was a delicious and wholesome experience. Bring a picture of your mother and they'll put it on their wall 151
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Make sure you hit an Indonesian place, one with rijsttafel (rice table) if possible. Try Blauw:restaurantblauw.nlIndonesian restaurant Amsterdam & Utrecht | Restaurant BlauwAt Blauw we make you happy with the vibrant colors and tastes of authentic & innovative Indonesian food. From Indonesian street food to traditional dishes. 3182
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialBen McKenzie @benmckenzie.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Yes, I’m still going to see “The Odyssey”. variety.com/2026/film/ne...variety.comBen McKenzie Says Major Streamers Were Scared to License His Anti-Crypto Documentary, So He Found a Different Way to Reach AudiencesBen McKenzie, "The O.C." star turned documentarian, is releasing his film about cryptocurrency in a unique way. 25927149
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/08/2026The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it. 670252238961
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I made this specifically with teaching in mind. It not only links the pages (with bibliographies) of the pod episodes I've done on technofeudalism, but it includes some shorter suggested readings which might make good pairings (but would also work on their own).theamericanvandal.substack.comWhat is Technofeudalism?A landing page for teachers, students, and scholars. 0135
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 16/03/2026You could possibly also add Diagonalism (Slobodian ((again)) and Callison), The Rot Economy (Zitron) and above them all as a kind of maybe too-hazy meta-label, Polycrisis (popularised by Tooze). 191
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Could not agree more. While I think of Mirowski on a longer timeline that most of the above, "Against Mechanism," "More Heat Than Light," and "Machine Dreams" absolutely anticipate our current predicaments. And "Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste" describes the epochal shift as well as any single text. 173
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 15/03/2026The thing is, I think these are all fundamentally correct & completely reconcilable political economies of the contemporary. 1828565
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMagdalena Donea | 🇷🇴 🇬🇷 🏳️🌈 ♿️ @maggy.kia.net · 02/08/2026In the intro communication theory classes I've taught, this is one of our central topics. The practice of note-taking is a form of thinking, much like writing is in general. A lot of figuring out happens as you take notes, especially with practice and especially longhand. 1/2 14611
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Not every grid is fading. Texas went the other way: clean won 8% of days in 2019, 56% so far in 2026. Clean Energy Stripes are now live, an interactive site covering different U.S. grids, plus open-source code so anyone can make their own: johnbistline.com/clean-energy... 22613
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The battery energy storage market is set to grow by just the six-fold by 2030. www.businessgreen.com/news/4533458...businessgreen.comGlobal battery energy storage capacity tipped to rise six-fold by 2030GlobalData forecasts compound annual growth rate of 42 per cent through to the end of the decade, as demand for flexible grid services soars 34821
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialMagdalena Donea | 🇷🇴 🇬🇷 🏳️🌈 ♿️ @maggy.kia.net · 26/07/2026"Violence against women begins and ends with silencing; the two are not separate phenomena; a voice is what a human being has when that human being also has rights and membership in society..." -- @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, whose voice is always clear despite our horrors.lithub.comPenelope Speaks: Rebecca Solnit on the Western Literary Tradition of Silencing WomenThe following first appeared via Rebecca Solnit’s Meditations in an Emergency. Last weekend, the film The Odyssey was released and the Tate brothers were arrested in Florida at the behest of the Br… 224474
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialTPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 23/07/2026Josh Marshall: "We live in an age of atomization and rage. Organization and institution-building is the path back."talkingpointsmemo.comDemocratic Activism in an Anti-Institutional AgeA few days ago I wrote about popular constitutionalism and Slate’s new... 0349
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Much of the U.S. economy is now based on A.I. — or, more specifically, expectations that A.I. will pay off very big in the near future. But it’s becoming a house of cards. We're facing a five-alarm fire that you need to know about. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-cras… 961600589
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 22/07/2026We are delighted that Benjamin Nathans’ To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause is the winner of the Gold Medal in World History, presented by the Independent Publishers Book Awards! Learn more here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... 0113
Reposted by @humbug30.bsky.socialJoanna Wyld @joannawyld.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The only film inspired by Greek epic literature I'll ever need youtu.be/LCgHX5i6Ph4?...youtu.beThe Twelve Tasks of Asterix (full HD original ratio) (1976)YouTube video by Animation and Music Time Tunnel 1235
