Reposted by Louis RömerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Anyway, if you’re an acquisitions editor right now I hope you’re looking for (and heavily subsidizing) the next Barbara Ehrenreich and Mike Davis. Because I’ve got a hunch… 328224
Reposted by Louis RömerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 7hsent this to everyone. 422463
Reposted by Louis RömerLis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 14hFox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel? 2734679657
Reposted by Louis RömerAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 6hAs with Mamdani, you simply can not make someone with this much kindness-coded rizz look menacing. 38320
Reposted by Louis RömerEugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As if everything else wasn't crazy enough as is, the plane hijacking alert on Dubai-Tel Aviv flight and all the subsequent drama turned out to a result of a brawl on the plane. Between the pilotsynetnews.comDubai-Tel Aviv flight lands in Saudi Arabia after pilots brawl in cockpit, triggering hijacking alertFlydubai jet with 174 passengers lands in Saudi Arabia after cockpit fight triggers hijacking scare, prompting Israel to scramble fighter jets 4183
Reposted by Louis RömerAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026The more I learn about this Cornell situation, the angrier I get because it's SO normalized in academic environments. 61068225
Reposted by Louis RömerBenjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is exactly one large, well funded organization in NYC that makes me feel unsafe specifically as a Jewish person, and it’s the ADL 215728
Reposted by Louis RömerMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It is notable, and also we should organize to have him thrown out of the Democratic caucus. Let him become a Republican if he wants this so bad. 422328
Reposted by Louis RömerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Significant numbers of leftists think Mayor Mamdani has betrayed the left by putting out an anti-antisemitism plan at all, and groups that claim to fight antisemitism like the ADL are giving Mamdani zero credit because he has not suddenly endorsed Zionism, and I am caught between and I am tired. 23847152
Reposted by Louis Römer🕷️Spectre of Communism🕷️, MSW (NOT A MAN) 🥯🌹 @acabcalloway.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My take is that antisemitic stuff in irl left organizing spaces has dramatically cratered since 2017, but has since exploded by individual people unattached to any org/group on social media. The people crashing out over (((Talmudic Zohran))) don't do anything except Post. 1013310
Reposted by Louis Römerstewardish.bsky.social @stewardish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If the left is responsible for stopping 15 year olds from saying dumb shit while the right isn’t even responsible for what the literal President says, humanity is fucked. Sometimes people are wrong on the internet. 112611
Reposted by Louis RömerFrank Frankly @frankwild.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Read this. It matters. Monopoly destroys common sense. 04020
Reposted by Louis RömerCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11370592021
Reposted by Louis RömerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The collapse of support for Trump in the Rio Grande Valley is a big story of the moment. It's more deserving of our attention than what some centrist tweeted somewhere, believe it or not. 541194
Reposted by Louis RömerKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Another thing about fraternities is that the hazing rituals where slightly older young men would physically, mentally emotionally and sometimes even sexually abuse slightly younger young men have always disturbed and upset me greatly. And it’s really telling that I’ve seen men defend those too 573356468
Reposted by Louis RömerNathan Newman @nathansnewman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Honestly, this video by Mamdani is proving incredibly useful since it is outing the actual antisemites on the left. Anyone reacting with hostility to a pretty banal announcement of an anti-bias panel should generally be ejected from all progressive political circles. 0213
Reposted by Louis RömerMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thank God for Zohran Mamdani and Abdul el-Sayed, who are unbelievably good examples for what principled anti-Zionism rooted in care for human rights and dignity including that of Jews looks like. 530627
Reposted by Louis RömerBen Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's funny that one loud camp is (predictably) saying that Mamdani’s antisemitism plan is not Zionist enough, while another is claiming it's (somehow) too Zionist. What both overlook, because neither really care, is the project of fighting antisemitism in NYC on its own terms 215127
Reposted by Louis RömerEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Definitely click through on this story for the quotes from the Third Way spokesperson, who AGREED Democratic candidates should NOT adopt Republican language on trans issues. I was floored - even tried to get Billie to put it in the headline. This is not just analysis, these quotes are news. 201310425
Reposted by Louis RömerBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here. 3242301119
Reposted by Louis RömerGeoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The fundamental problem here is that a lot of elites (and especially men) have been socialized in such a way that they don't think most other people (and especially women) have the same sort of interiority as them. Musk shouting about "NPCs" is an expression of a sort of class consciousness here... 1364
Reposted by Louis RömerGeoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It brings me no joy to say that you can't educate people out of beliefs that they refuse to be educated out of... 1596
Reposted by Louis RömerMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Genuinely psychotic reactions and also unfortunately the people paid to fight antisemitism think these people are their allies in the fight against holding Israel accountable for anything. 427627
Reposted by Louis RömerAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4930461071
Reposted by Louis RömerYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026STOP calling Israel The world's ONLY Jewish state It's a nation state therefore there's only one like every other nation state Unless you don't actually think Jews are a nation In which case what are you talking about 4387
Reposted by Louis RömerOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026swearing aside, the strategy of just making the right stand by the things they say to each other seems pretty good. that was the secret sauce behind the "weird" messaging way back when (that they abandoned for whatever reason) 311058156
Reposted by Louis Römer🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 29/09/2026Really odd that we accept that judges can just tell elected officials they're not allowed to levy taxes. 25621
Reposted by Louis RömerAlyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Dudes! Zo's not even just saying *chag sameach* (the generic Jewish wish for the holiday) - he found out how Bukharian Jews in Queens give each other sukkot blessings & he wrote it in Latin & Cyrillic characters. And he really loves helping people celebrate!🌟🍋🌿 2265
Reposted by Louis RömerSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I think a not too insignificant amount of Trump voters really did buy the whole “he will not start wars” schtick 541380154
Reposted by Louis RömerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Awful: The Supreme Court just let Trump's third-country deportations move forward. Still a shot at stopping them later but unlikely. Reminder: If Dems win power, they can and should defund both the white-nationalist Office of Remigration and third-country deportations, as I argue in this piece: 31631212
Reposted by Louis RömerKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The deep truth of contemporary reactionary politics is that, though they mouth dismissal of postmodernism, feminism, CRT, & intersectionality, they actually believe in all of it but simply want to liberate their exercise of the relevant forms of arbitrary power from any iota of guilt. 45712
Reposted by Louis RömerAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 312879640
Reposted by Louis RömerKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The important scholars of these literatures have given the forces of reaction a clearer self-understanding which they have since put into action in their contemporary political projects. 0103
Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oh wow, elite institutions are really leaning into the anti-intellectualism 0194
Reposted by Louis RömerJoshua Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · 29/09/2026Professoring is so weird, like I took a bunch of classes in linguistics and then I taught a bunch of courses in linguistics and then wrote a two-hundred page thesis in linguistics and now like a quarter of my job is just making decisions about university and departmental curriculum 2597
Reposted by Louis RömerDavid Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026SCOOP A Pentagon influencer called liberal women a "pestilence" who will end western civilization. He's also: • Praised dictators like Franco and Pinochet • Said people without kids should not be allowed vote • Called immigrants "semihuman savages" www.wired.com/story/a-pent...wired.comA Pentagon Influencer Called Liberal Women a ‘Pestilence’ Who Will End Western CivilizationKurt Schlichter was part of a task force rooting out so-called woke ideologies at the military’s war colleges. He has called to bar childless adults from voting. 54727315
Reposted by Louis RömerDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 29/09/202610/17/23 is specifically the date of the al-Ahli hospital bombing when the IDF killed upwards of 500 Palestinian civilians. Western media collectively agreed that it was prudent to cast doubt on the reported casualty figures, so "Hamas-run ministry of health" became a thing. 15839
Reposted by Louis RömerBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The past week has made me think that the legal and cultural environment around campus sexual assault is even worse now than it was 25 years ago, when it was already very bad 2215
Reposted by Louis RömerDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026It’s always been my view that she should run for Senate. She can handily win and keep this seat. And she’d be the right hand a democratic president needed and a legendary lioness of the senate besides. She’s shown real talent as a legislator & the caucus respects her. 371096111
Reposted by Louis RömerTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks. 331886305
Reposted by Louis RömerDeva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026De-skilling professions that support human wellbeing. 26527
Reposted by Louis RömerMikhail Gorbaechev @mikhailgorbaechev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026GODDAMN IT THIS IS AMERICA 2962189
Reposted by Louis Römer@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think it’s fair to say that the student journalists at Cornell are braver than the news networks who just gave up on their WH pool ban even though CNN is still being denied access. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 352503775
Reposted by Louis RömerSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Here’s Chris Rufo and his podcast co-host addressing “the Indian question,” a reference to “the Jewish question.” That question was whether Jews could be incorporated into European society, and the Nazis were the ones who claimed to have developed the “final solution” to that “problem.” 561183321
Reposted by Louis RömerGeoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I remember when I was doing research on the 'marriage crisis' in the Middle East, a couple of elders once scoffed at the very idea. One guy asked if I knew what "doesn't deserve the hoof" meant and then explained, 'at a feast, the best meat goes to the most honored guests and so on... 1142
Reposted by Louis RömerAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026Let the history books show that STUDENT reporters brought national attention to unchecked abuse. I hope that their cups and opportunities forever overfloweth.This is courage.abcnews.comDistrict attorney reopens case of alleged Cornell University 'gang rape'Prosecutors in central New York say they are reopening the case of alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity. 31391374
Reposted by Louis Römerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026this is legitimately very funny 83124921889
Reposted by Louis RömerMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ooooooo, that was nice. Just donated to @angieforfl.bsky.social. (And before doing that I ran my scanner for Democratic malware.) 321017
Reposted by Louis Römerdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 28/09/2026evgeny morozov was right about everything 0164
Reposted by Louis RömerAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026lol let's talk about how tradwives were a scam to begin with, since they performed financial dependence even though they were financially independent. 🙃 631766