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Unhinged email from someone I don't know because of a LinkedIn post is enough for me to never use it again. Complain about Bluesky all you want, but I have yet to receive such an email from it (please don't be the first!)

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 4h

It’s increasingly clear that higher admins at many universities don’t respect (maybe don’t even like) the mission of higher education generally

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 19m

Ok, I've done this experiment enough times (and it is replicable) to say with highest confidence that when I'm in a foul mood, ice cream makes me feel better. Eat ice cream. Even in the morning.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2h

if Trump does manage to catalyze the destruction of fossil capital (politically speaking) the Marxist histories of this era written 40 years from now are going to be magnificent

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 4h

dude has been screaming- I am racist! For years and people are like- oh he must not know how this comes across. If i got only a fraction of the grace given to racist white dudes…

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 20h

every time I'm on I'm confused about who it's for and you're totally right- fail-upwards admin class 😂

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 23h

No one should be able to spend this much money in an electoral system. We can have democracy or we can have billionaires. Either/or not a both/and situation. Also, what a fucking loser.

theguardian.com

Elon Musk becomes biggest donor of US midterms cycle with $366m spent

Musk’s midterm donations, mostly for rightwing candidates and causes, surpass his contributions to Trump in 2024

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It seems that there is a shift from those struggling to straight up disengagement in my class. It's larger- 50- but not really this level before

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

this is what I'm experiencing. Not really lost or overwhelmed, just total disengagement

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm not trying to shame students/ be a way for people to brag about what a great teacher they are. I'm wondering if there has been a shift where we are losing a not insignificant portion of students

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I'm seeing a real bifurcation in the classroom this quarter that is more pronounced than ever. The students that are motivated are doing the reading, coming to class, participating, etc. The rest are more disengaged than ever and not even doing the bare minimum. Anyone else getting this?

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

for their sakes, I hope so 😂

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

People are going to read this, nodding along, without realizing that they are the ones being talked about in this piece. Can’t fight climate change without taking on capitalism. Say it with your whole chest.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I also argue that liberals find themselves allied with the petroauthoritarian right because both factions share the commitment to protecting capital above all other considerations, including the human future on this planet. 2/n

What allies the authoritarian right and the center-left is their commitment to protecting capital above all. Decarbonizing will likely create millions of new jobs in the U.S. and establish new industries and services worldwide. Economic studies show that phasing out fossil fuels and creating a net-zero economy inside ecological boundaries will lead to better economic outcomes than doing nothing. Climate impacts are already contributing to inflation, costing U.S. households between $400 and $900 per year, on average. And continued climate change will likely curtail economic growth. By one estimate it could make growth roughly 23 percent smaller than it would have been otherwise; by another it could worst-case contract the global economy so percent over the next 40-50 years. And these economic effects are already starting to occur. The costs of this summer's heat waves and fires in Europe are projected actually to zero out the continent's entire projected growth for 2026. But none of that poses much of a current financial threat to members of the global capital faction, which is to say ruling-class asset holders and rentiers, who can afford the current costs of climate change while watching their stock portfolios grow to record highs from the Al boom / bubble. However, asset holders and rentiers do face an economic threat from the phaseout of fossil fuels, and for the fossil fuel industry itself, that threat is existential.

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

“Disgusting ecoterrorists is what I call all them. Next time it happens I say everybody should be on rooftops & wear masks & be protected & take ’em out.” That’s what a bar patron in ND said when I asked his feelings about the Standing Rock protests 10 years later 1/ drilled.media/news/the-pro...

drilled.media

What Standing Rock’s Propaganda War Means Today - Drilled

Ten years after the standoff, exclusive documents reveal that digital mercenaries targeted local communities and stirred up anti-protest sentiment.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).

There's a trap on your ballot in California. Here's how to get past it.
1. Prop 40: 250 billionaires pay with they owe so hospitals, schools, and food assistant survive the federal cuts. Vote yes.
2. Props 41 and 42: paid for by billionaires to cancel prop 40. Vote no.
3. Tell one person, because the confusion is the plan.
Yes I'm 40. No on 41 and 42.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My new grad student bought me a quarter of ice cream to celebrate tenure and since I now commute to campus, I had no choice but to eat it all. Also, I know everyone brags about their grads but I really have two of the best.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

“There’s a special circle in hell for insurance companies.”

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I assigned When the Levees Broke and it’s depressing how the same issues persist. The insurance fights, for instance, could be today. As someone says, “Insurance companies are a joke.”

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A cybertruck just drove by and it was rattling so bad like a car that’s about to fall apart. Not only are you a loser for buying one, you’re a total asshat whose bumper is going to fall off and create road obstructions

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“Billionaires will move out of state.” 1) good. 2) there’s not that many of them. We’re not facing some kind of apocalypse if they do.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Tell Newsom to go fuck himself. Yes on 40!! No on 41 and 42. Especially 42- fuck you. A wealth tax is the polite approach.

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profspur @profspur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

If you take a run at someone and push them over it should be a red card immediately

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Bentancur is a dipshit but the fact that he gets sent off for that and Shaw doesn't is absolute bullshit

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Even Sweet Baby is saying- you have to make that shot!

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Tech bros don’t care about any public service. So we have to show there are more of us than them

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

“Spurs are at the point of desperation.” Six minutes in?!?!

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Figs are the ones for me. I’d never realized what they were supposed to taste like until I moved here.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is amazing, congratulations!!

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The aggression I see from the pro permitting reform people (*cough* dudes *cough*) is giving me IRA flashbacks. And how did that turn out.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anything that this administration supports is by nature going to be horrible for people and planet and those that are pretending otherwise are either bought by industry or so incredibly naive about politics that they should not have sharp objects hear them.

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J. Mijin Cha @jmijin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Universe, when is this man's time going to be up?? WHEN

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