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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 10h

Second consecutive day with a double rainbow.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11h

The term “remigration” is associated with the extreme right and only came into widespread usage in 2023-4. Even Germany’s AfD avoided using the term in 2024 for fear of scaring away voters. Today the US government is celebrating the “victories” it’s racked up in the “ethnic cleansing” column.

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Net negative migration for the first time in HALF a CENTURY.
Americans are amassing victories NEVER seen before thanks to President Trump.
We will continue to grow our efforts to fulfill the mandate given to this administration.
REMIGRATION REPORT
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3.3+
MILLION REMOVALS
INCLUDING DEPORTATIONS AND VOLUNTARY REMOVALS
ASYLUM DENIAL AT 94%
250,000
VISAS REVOKED
REVOKED
TRAVEL BANNED
FROM 39 COUNTRIES
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AGREEMENTS
NATURALIZATIONS
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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 17h

“Sure, Indian-American students have Texas accents, cowboys hats, and enjoy football, but that can’t be real assimilation because I noticed them.” I wonder if he asked himself why he noticed them.

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 17h

I just listened to them, and that part jumped out at me too, as well as their avoidance of Bo French’s history of racist comments.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.

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Chris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a Thing

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17h

The literal argument here is that you're not assimilated if white people are racist against you because of who you are or how you look. bsky.app/profile/jame...

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 18h

I’m gonna see if I can find my genealogy to the 1600s too ;)

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 20h

Someone please stop this. "They were nuclear and drugs. They were doing drugs, but they were doing the nuclear. These drug factories/nuclear factories were hit so hard.” www.mediaite.com/media/tv/tru...

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Trump Claims He Bombed Iran Partly Because ‘They Were Doing Drugs’

President Donald Trump offered a new explanation for his war with Iran, alleging the country was "doing drugs."

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 21h

Two profs posted their academic genealogy on their lab door, which is a neat idea.

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Had a talk with my sons about Cornell and similar incidents. I told them ahead of time it would be awkward, but I’d be neglectful if we didn’t address it. They said they’ve already been talking about it with friends, and know how messed up it was.

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nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.

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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OMB's focus on NIH and NSF, which has confused a lot of folks, pretty much boils down to stopping money going to universities.

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Are we in the upside down world? How is this even a consideration?

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trump and Hegseth have killed 230+ people on boats in the Caribbean and Pacific with no proof they did anything wrong, no congressional approval, no nothing. Just 2 unhinged fascists ordering our military to commit murder. Vote against all Republicans for the sake of all that is decent.

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

October And the trees are striped bare From all they wear What do I care? October And kingdoms rise And kingdoms fall But you go on And on... youtu.be/49tPvvsc7No?...

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October (Remastered 2008)

YouTube video by U2 - Topic

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I played the original the year it came out. Now my daughter plays her favorite version. What a beautiful game.

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Ellen Leffler @ellenleffler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My department at University of Utah is recruiting new faculty, with "Human" and "Genetics" broadly defined. It is a fantastic place to start a lab, with collaboration, creativity and conviviality encouraged. Applications due Oct 16. Please share and apply! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Some estimates were much higher than 115,000 Iraqi deaths, especially after accounting for indirect deaths.

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So much vulnerability for such enormous reward.

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In my anxiety attack period, a helpful phrase was "remember the blue sky," the premise being calm is always there just behind the clouds. 1. I wonder if that was the inspiration for this place. 2. New England hasn't seen a blue sky in a long time. 3. I'm feeling much better now.

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Night Court: Feeling Much Better Now

ALT: Night Court: Feeling Much Better Now

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Rachel Hall-Clifford, PhD, MPH, MSc @rahallclifford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🆘Per a bulletin from Guatemala Human Rights Commission: 1st shipment of arms from the US to Guatemala in decades has just been received 🆘 Extrajudicial killings and repression of Guatemala's Indigenous communities are high and rising, recalling the 36 yr genocide. Your US taxes at work. #NuncaYa 🤍🩵

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Well, you see, I have to stay on the White Supremacist Child Porn Rape Victim Doxxing site because that’s where my community is”

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mullin is lying. These were not identified as "high-risk" nations, and it was not "tougher vetting" that cut entries. The absolute number of denials is LOWER now than under Biden. They just aren't even processing applications, and you owe every American sponsor an answer.

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Pat Savage @patrickesavage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One reason I'm so upset about Henrich's report is that anthropology is THE main example used to justify the Vanderbilt report's wild claims of "deterioration in scholarly standards" throughout the humanities (see osf.io/ta6kg). And it turns out to be almost completely unfounded. What a travesty.

The report’s conclusions are somewhat unclear, since the title is vague and it contains no abstract or executive summary of conclusions. However, the following paragraph mostly summarizes the main conclusions:
“…there is serious scholarship in every field we have studied, and at their best, the humanities and the social sciences are as rigorous and as fruitful as they have ever been. Taken as a whole, however, our review of the disciplines paints a mixed picture. Every field we have studied shows some signs of the pathologies sketched above: a deterioration in scholarly standards fueled by the substitution of political criteria for properly scholarly criteria in the assessment of research and a more general repudiation of long-standing ideals of rigor and objectivity. In some fields (e.g., philosophy) the problems are largely confined to a single subfield focused on a charged topic. In others (e.g., history), while there are streams of scholarship in which standards have been politicized in problematic ways, they run alongside more dominant streams in which a wide range of views is tolerated, and appropriately scholarly standards are brought to bear. In the most extreme cases (e.g., anthropology), we see a widespread deterioration in scholarly standards grounded in a pervasive repudiation of ideals of objectivity together with a toxic intellectual climate in which reasonable dissent on politically charged topics is routinely suppressed and punished.”

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A recent assessment by the UN Satellite Centre found that the number of destroyed structures across Gaza has increased by 9% since a “ceasefire” took effect nearly a year ago. Overall, about 82% of structures in Gaza…have been damaged, and about two-thirds of those have been destroyed.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026

ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.

A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A deep dive into one of the pieces of evidence provided in the anthropology section of the Vanderbilt report

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The temptation to unplug from contantly being bombarded with the world’s problems is real.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is certainly a different opinion to the Vanderbilt report: “corporate libertarian donor networks, fossil-fuel companies & conservative think tanks intensified campaigns targeting university governance…embedding donor-aligned scholars, building research centers insulated from faculty oversight…”

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I use this in one of my lectures on anthro and war.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Vought is breaking the law but he is not “going rogue.” At his confirmation hearings, Vought told Republicans he would do this and they voted for him anyway. If they want to stop him, they still can via impeachment. They won’t.

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Patrick Clarkin @patrickclarkin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'll have my grandkids run out for a hug, then I'll tip my cap to the 11 students who decided to show up that day.

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