Reposted by Red Rock DesertsJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026"When in doubt, draw a distinction." Not sure where he got it, but in grad school one of my teachers taught me that. This (long) thread is about the key distinctions I rely on as a critic. There's a Twitter version from 2021. This one builds on that one. I will post them one at a time. Ready? 13844243
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/12/2025Hey, if you are generally supportive of trans people and self-determination but don’t necessarily know much about it, let me explain something that a trans friend & roommate explained to me in 2004. This is why health care for trans kids is so important. 15215
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsMatthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 13/12/2025So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verifiedirishtimes.comAt least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher 3920721155
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 453818933
Reposted by Red Rock Deserts"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Gonna take a moment to expand on a footnote on "a truly intellectually defensible definition of 'the West.'" The tendency for historians has been to abandon the term as it is mostly used in indefensible ways to 'other' the Islamic world. But I think 'what could this term do' is a useful exercise. 411614
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 05/11/2025The thing to understand about the wave of transphobia plaguing our politics right now is that it does not nourish itself on the hatreds of ordinary voters. It nourishes on their indifference. 219345
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsDan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 02/11/2025As a biologist, It really is a great analogy. Also trees. It's like saying, "There are trees and grass, you have to be one or the other." Ok... where is the line that defines "is a tree?" what about bush-like grasses? Palm trees? NON-tree palms? What about horsetails and their tree-like ancestors? 8631259
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 27/10/2025It’s not just that they don’t have to turn off SNAP benefits — they’re not legally allowed to. They legally must use the contingency fund. The admin is pretending they can’t use it even though their own guidance from a month ago (that they’ve since deleted) contradicts that. 221392574
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 26/05/2025We don’t need to wait for permission. We need to act like democracy is ours to reforge. Because it is. 113625
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsTodd Jones @toddrjones.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Here are some ways the world has gotten better. 17653222
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/03/2025CARTOON OF THE DAY #2 🇺🇸 (From @adamzyglis.bsky.social ) 9983252757
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 27/03/2025I can’t emphasize enough that cynicism is a dictator’s best friend. Stay outraged. Believe in and work for democracy. 393019694
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsResistance Rangers @resistancerangers.altgov.info · 26/02/2025Park rangers want YOU to help us protect our parks! This Saturday, 3/1, in solidarity with the 50:50:1 movement, plan a protest in support of your closest national park. Do it at 12 noon your time, or whatever best fits your secret plan 👀🤠😏 #ProtectOurParks #SaveOurParks #RehireRangers 38973389
Reposted by Red Rock DesertsLydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 26/08/2024To anyone who thinks the right wing war against trans people is a fringe issue, please follow this terrific series by The 19th. The core aims of this movement, if achieved, will have a profound impact on all of us. 19thnews.org/2024/08/the-...19thnews.orgThe toll of America's anti-trans warTo understand how the anti-trans agenda could reshape all of our lives, The 19th set out to examine how the laws and rhetoric behind it are impacting Americans. 22930459
Red Rock Deserts @redrockdeserts.bsky.social · 14/08/2024I have nothing in particular worth saying, just felt like I should have at least ONE post here, so here's a picture of the Mojave Desert. 0180