Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9hAI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP. Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down. "AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago. We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out. 45918240
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 14hAbsofreakinlutely They Should...... 439151014047
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 9hWe’re training volunteers across the US to defeat Trump’s next coup attempt before, during, and after the election!! Join us: Linktr.ee/NoKingsFall ❌👑 27271108
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 23h“Since Reconstruction, Louisiana has elected four African Americans to Congress. And you’re looking at all of them. Four.” Even though nearly a third of Louisiana’s population is Black. 114127
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...newrepublic.comThe Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly TooThe paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today. 411614420
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialMark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Unsung Women Behind America’s Most Celebrated Civil Rights Protest The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/b...nytimes.comBook Review: ‘How Bright the Path Grows,’ by Marcia Chatelain (Gift Article)The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Marcia Chatelain revisits the 1963 March on Washington, placing overlooked Black women at the center of the story. 1333106
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It's a show about Black music and the white music industry. And gangs. And politics. And capitalism. And art. But for one West Coast hip-hop head, FX's "The Drop" is a love story. #TheDrop #HipHop #SnowfallSaga #BlackSky #ContrabandCampdlvr.itOn ‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga,’ Los Angeles and the Romance of Hip-Hop in the ’90sAs someone who’s loved the West Coast for a while, “The Drop” represents a version of the ’90s hip-hop story I’ve been waiting for. 1373
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Donald Trump hasn't just conned his MAGA followers. Corporations, legacy media and even the Democratic Party have all capitulated to his unconstitutional power grab.dlvr.itSuckers, Simps and MAGA Marks: How Donald Trump Made America His BitchThe White House press ban is the inevitable result of corporate media’s capitulation to the MAGA cult. 115739
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026dlvr.itThe Wake-Up Call: White PeopleContrabandCamp Editor-In-Chief Genetta Adams joins Michael Harriot for a discussion about journalism, politics and why it’s important to call a thing a thing. 0318
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Evangelicals" are no more likely to pray, attend church, or even believe in a higher power than Black protestants or Hispanic Catholics. They don't share a common doctrinal or religious philosophy. So why do pollsters, pundits and political media perpetuate the myth of "evangelical Christians"?dlvr.itMedia’s Little White Lie: There’s No Such Thing As an ‘Evangelical Christian’How evangelical Christianity became part of the biggest myth in American media. 612834
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sunday's @washingtonpost op-ed on why “The Great aWOKEning is over" was so absurd, I thought it was a parody article... Until I saw who wrote it 9 years ago, that same columnist wrote a piece whitesplaining why I should "be careful" who I called a white supremacistdlvr.itThrowback Thursday: Megan McArdle Can’t Tell Me Shit About White SupremacyBefore Jeff Bezos hired her, the whitest white woman who ever whited dedicated an entire column warning me to “be careful” who I called a white supremacist. 410622
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialJared @jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A federal district court just held that police use of Flock cameras without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 181537416
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 237101573233
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Nat Turner was a terrorist. At least, that's what they'd expect the Black community to call him if it were today. He was born October 2, 1800....or 236 years ago today. And somehow they expected a man born enslaved to never want to rebel. To escape. To take revenge. 18654174
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This is the same man who took out a full page ad for the death of the so-called Central Park Five for essentially the same crime. 47026
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I did not have "Donald Trump doxxing Tom Cotton over daylight savings" on my Bingo card. But I support it, I guess? Both making daylight savings permenant and making Tom Cotton miserable. 4074066
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/10/2026Katie Phang: "Get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding me? You think it's a good use of taxpayers time and money to be able to do illegal redactions and withholds that are now forcing me to have to go and sue? Are you joking? But this is how Todd Blanche thinks." 484150564392
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialChristina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Elated that my next book, Imagining Whiteness in the Pan-American South, is under contract with the University of Georgia Press. This project began over 25 years ago with an article, “What Color is Cuban?” and still feels just as timely. 2226
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialChristina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“At Monticello, descendants of enslavers and descendants of the enslaved are attempting to fashion a family from a fractured past.” 0148
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Liberty or Dream? 🏀 Aces or Valkyries?nytimes.comMatchups, predictions for 2026 WNBA semifinals: Liberty or Dream? Aces or Valkyries? (Gift Article)What are the big questions each team must answer? 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh My! 🤦🏽♀️ time.com/article/2026...time.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 000
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In some ways, the biggest difference between me and a person who is "successfull in media" is this clip right here. Thompson is summoning every ounce of her strength to sit there and listen to sports praise of a sexual predator. I'd... lose my shit and get fired. 361183173
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My newsletter is up. Eric Schmitt should be mocked and John Roberts should be hounded and I will not be persuaded otherwise. www.thenation.com/article/poli...thenation.comEric Schmitt Deserves to Be Mocked ForeverIn this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent relives the senator’s glorious face plant. Plus: whyt John Roberts’s also deserves our mockery. 31972179
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 02/10/2026How is this that much different than what happened to Timothy Hood in 1946? The circumstances were obviously different but the outcome the same www.wsbtv.com/news/local/j...wsbtv.comJury acquits ex-deputy in shooting death of Airman from AtlantaThe ex-deputy argued it was self-defense. The prosecution said Sr. Airman Roger Fortson posed no threat. 22010
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I hate everything about this. 3386
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The people who "don't see color," or the ones who ask "why does everything have to be about race?" are LIVID at this ad. You wanna know why? Because not only did they use a white guy, they didn't use any Blacks. No "welfare queens." That's literally it. But it's not about race 3369
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026Amazon Prime customers who experienced slower deliveries because they lived in majority-Black neighborhoods will receive millions of dollars in refunds after the company settled a lawsuit brought by the District, said D.C.’s attorney general’s office.washingtonpost.comD.C., Amazon settle lawsuit over deliveries to majority-Black neighborhoodsThe attorney general’s office, which announced an $8 million settlement had been reached, sued the online retailer in 2024, alleging ‘deceptive conduct.’ 06623
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 02/10/2026talk about common sense legislation.... 1406
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026"There are economists who study numbers, and then there are economists who ask what the numbers are hiding. Opoku-Agyeman has built her work around that distinction." WOW. 🥹 Grateful to The IMPACT Magazine for the kindest profile of #TheDoubleTax and me. Black-owned media FTW. #blackskytheimpactmagazine.comThe Cost of Being a Black Woman in America Is More Than a Pay Gap: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman Is Measuring the Double TaxThere are economists who study numbers, and then there are economists who ask what the numbers are hiding. Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman has built her work around that distinction. A doctoral candidate … 7691187
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialChristina Proenza-Coles @proenzacoles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In 1944 Rosa Parks organized against sexual violence and led the NAACP’s investigation of the six men who sexually assaulted a young mother in Alabama. See Jeanne Theoharis, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks. 1158
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialThe Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026By the end of his term, he will have replaced the White House with a Golden Calf. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...washingtonpost.comTrump says Secret Service wants him to ‘take down’ Oval OfficeThe president also said he is looking into designating the White House room as a “federal landmark,” potentially preserving his changes. 65316
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialBob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This Day in History... October 2, 1967: Thurgood Marshall, the architect and executor of the legal strategy that ended the era of official racial segregation, is sworn in as the first Black Supreme Court justice. Now known among racist MAGA people as "DEI Hire." www.history.com/articles/thu...history.comThurgood Marshall - Movie & Education | HISTORYThurgood Marshall was a successful civil rights attorney, the first African American Supreme Court justice and a prom... 23518
Reposted by @professorcrusoe.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My man looks like Poochie the Rockin' Tech Supporttheguardian.comExclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails revealPalmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts 4193124483
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Katt Williams Can Explain How He Made an Enemy of Dr. Seuss.nytimes.comKatt Williams on His Favorite Books and New Memoir (Gift Article)It’s one of many surprises in “Nine Lives, No Wives, and 69 Concubines,” the comedian’s new memoir, and a testimonial to the power of reading. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Combined WTA 1000 events, one rung below a Grand Slam, will all award equal prize money in 2027, as pledged in 2023.nytimes.comWomen’s tennis reaffirms equal prize money pledge at WTA 1000s, reduces mandatory events for top 50 (Gift Article)Combined WTA 1000 events, one rung below a Grand Slam, will all award equal prize money in 2027, as pledged in 2023. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Unpublished A.I. Apocalypse Novel That Spawned Something New in Hollywood.nytimes.comThe Unpublished A.I. Apocalypse Novel That Spawned Something New in Hollywood 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026China’s Push Into A.I. Has Led to a Problem: Too Much Usage.nytimes.comChina’s Push into A.I. Has Led to a Problem: Too Much Usage (Gift Article)As citizens embrace the technology for entertainment, relationships and even farming advice, the government is stepping up efforts to set limits. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Japan Raises Residency Fees 2,000 Percent Amid ‘Anxiety’ Over Foreigners.nytimes.comJapan Raises Residency Fees 2,000 Percent Amid ‘Anxiety’ Over Foreigners (Gift Article)Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is making it harder for immigrants to stay in the country. Critics say she is hurting Japan’s ability to address labor shortages. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Inside the Trump Administration’s U.F.O. Hunt.nytimes.comInside the Trump Administration’s U.F.O. Hunt (Gift Article)Finding evidence of alien life would be “the biggest discovery ever made by humanity,” one expert said. But so far, there’s a lot of blurry photos and unconfirmed reports. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A Shot Rang Out. M.L.K. Went Down. And a Reporter’s Instincts Kicked In.nytimes.comA Shot Rang Out. M.L.K. Went Down. And a Reporter’s Instincts Kicked In. (Gift Article)Earl Caldwell was staying at the Memphis hotel where the civil rights leader was killed. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Democrats Go On Offense in Red Districts, While Trump Retrenches in Safe Spots.nytimes.comDemocrats Go On Offense in Red Districts, While Trump Retrenches in Safe Spots 030
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Forget the Shushing. Librarians Have a Whole Lot to Say.nytimes.comLibrarians Discuss the Challenges and Triumphs of Running a Library Today (Gift Article)We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us. 042
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Are Democrats Worried About the Wrong Rich People?nytimes.comAre Democrats Worried About the Wrong Rich People? (Gift Article)As billionaires become a popular political target, a new book urges Washington not to lose sight of a much larger, and quieter, group of wealthy business owners. 010
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Congress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain.nytimes.comCongress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain (Gift Article)Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026These Things Are Computers. Stop Talking About Them Like They’re Human.nytimes.comOpinion | These Things Are Computers. Stop Talking About Them Like They’re Human. (Gift Article)If we want to figure out the proper way to control A.I. models, we need to recognize what they really are. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Truckers Are ‘Just Trying to Hang On’ When a Fill-Up Tops $1,000.nytimes.comTruckers Are ‘Just Trying to Hang On’ When a Fill-Up Tops $1,000 (Gift Article)Truckers are among the hardest hit by the soaring cost of diesel fuel. High prices are forcing some to stay on the road for months and others to park their rigs. 001
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Trump Administration Has Gone After a Mailman and a Cyclist. Who’s Next?nytimes.comOpinion | The Trump Administration Has Gone After a Mailman and a Cyclist. Who’s Next? (Gift Article)The Justice Department is trawling to find perpetrators on whom to pin conspiracies. Ordinary citizens are being ensnared. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026When White People Like Hannah Gann Pretend to Be Black.nytimes.comOpinion | When White People Like Hannah Gann Pretend to Be Black (Gift Article)Rachel Dolezal is now a type. 010
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I.nytimes.comOpinion | Six Charts That Show Just How Much We Need A.I. (Gift Article)All the worry about artificial intelligence should not obscure this key point: If we don’t develop it, we’ll be a lot worse off. 000
professorcrusoe.bsky.social @professorcrusoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We Are Clueless About What’s Coming.nytimes.comOpinion | We Are Clueless About What’s Coming (Gift Article)Nick Bostrom is no longer worried about the apocalypse. Now he’s worried about utopia. 000