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Tim Gibson

@tim-gibson.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Communication and Cultural Studies, George Mason University. Past President, Virginia Conference, AAUP

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My entire life I've heard centrists scolding leftist candidates with "oh, but how will we pay for all that? isn't your agenda unreasonable? shouldn't we run on a modest proposal for means-tested tax rebates?" Then Mamdani gets elected and makes it all look pretty easy. No wonder they hate him.
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Abolishing ICE is the first step. The next step is prosecution, and reparations to victims from the personal assets of ICE agents and the regime members who supported them.
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Do you hate academic reading and writing? Do you hate them so much that you’ll buy an app to turn them into tiktoks and slop for you? Try this one simple trick: Do something else
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In the early 90s, it felt like progressive cultural politics was about reducing the salience of gender in everyday life. Never expected that in 2026 the project of constructing and defending one's gender identity would once again define selfhood and politics. I miss the goal of gender abolition.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Unreal. The NYTimes is still going through the sham of fact checking "both sides." It is the dumbest example of false equivalence. Here the Big Lies of MAGA are implicitly "balanced" by tsk tsking a Sherrod ad that states (tho w/o footnotes) that GOP anti trans ads are propaganda (Ofc they are!)
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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Giants Pitchers Protested Pride Night and Got a Warning. Colin Kaepernick Knelt for Black Lives and Lost His Career. open.substack.com/pub/historyc...
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Giants Pitchers Protested Pride Night and Got a Warning. Colin Kaepernick Knelt for Black Lives and Lost His Career.
San Francisco Giants players protested their team’s Pride Night and went unpunished. Throughout history, sports leagues have come down far harder on athletes who stood up for marginalized people.
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Cleveland Browns QB depth chart
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CVJ @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/06/2026
now in video form: youtu.be/fOVt5CrAEvk
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Pete Hegseth is Trying to Resegregate the Military
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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Steve Morgan @steveve.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I know everyone loves the Obamas, but I can't get over what a crushing disappointment he was as a politician and party leader.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Happy for Flav!
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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Forget Cruyff, Gullit and Van Basten this is the best ever moment in Dutch football.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I don't think it is a mystery. He won over the Republican establishment by delivering exactly what they've always wanted. He's used his power to deliver for the oligarchy. The spectacle is for the rank and file who came on board out of misdirected class resentment
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Christian @christianed2.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
At some point people are going to look back at what is happening and what was allowed to happen in the country and the world and wonder how stupid were the people to vote for such a disgusting person and why did the people who could have stopped him do nothing
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Don't take the bait Resist the "white trash" critique Working class resentment against liberal elites is their rocket fuel
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The Cocky One @cockymf.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
NYC home of the NBA Champs. Let's celebrate!!!
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StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎 @stacescases2.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
MEDIA
CBS News boss Bari Weiss poised to
oversee CNN editorial operations:
report
CNN: OWNED BY A RIGHT-WING BILLIONAIRE.
CBS: OWNED BY A RIGHT-WING BILLIONAIRE.
FOX: OWNED BY A RIGHT-WING BILLIONAIRE.
WAPO: OWNED BY A RIGHT-WING BILLIONAIRE.
WSJ: OWNED BY A RIGHT-WING BILLIONAIRE.
AH YES, TELL ME MORE ABOUT HOW THE
MAINSTEAM MEDIA IS "FAR LEFT."

RAWAMERICA
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Wellness™ movement has reached its destination
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BigFatSammiches @widespreadcards.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Kansas chiefs and the Hammond bears are just 2 reasons why sports team owners are not your friends. Holding the cities that made them rich and famous hostage is some bullshit.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
⚽️ CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕 (From @dennisgoris.bsky.social )
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The elimination of shared governance at universities is directly connected to the consolidation of power and degradation of democratic institutions that we’re seeing at the national level
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/06/2026
And this is the killer part, this industry wide instinct is exactly what paved the way for the Bari’s of the world.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Important thread. The intellectual diversity critique has always been a grift. Its goal is to inject mediocre and ideological scholarship into the academy and drain away resources from rigorous, peer reviewed humanities scholarship.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
See also: The Smiths
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Butterflies Katz ⓥ @butterflieskatz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Seattle Street Artist’s mural Tribute to Alex Pretti; veteran nurse killed by Border Patrol officers #StreetArt #mural #AlexPretti #tribute
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The Visibility Brigade @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
When community members gathered at Delaney Hall in Newark to expose the inhumane conditions inside, they were met with aggression from the State Police. Turning a blind eye to human suffering and responding with force against demonstrators is a failure of leadership. @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 31/05/2026
The goal is twofold: 1) Create a permanent spoils system in which all considerations of merit are eliminated, and science is administered by politicians. 2) Eliminate all funding for any science that contradicts Christian fundamentalism
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This Day in Labor History: May 30, 1937. Chicago police opened fire on strikers in front of the Republic Steel mill, killing 10 workers. Let's talk about the Little Steel Strike and the Memorial Day Massacre, the last major event of murderous anti-union state violence in the US!
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
What's really astonishing is not the far right authoritarian party doing this, but the near-total lack of <loud public collective action> by university chancellors & presidents to oppose this existential crisis. Almost impossible to overstate how total a failure of leadership this is.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
One unforgettable experience of the late 2000s was playing the online multiplayer version of Wii Mario Kart and getting absolutely destroyed by 10 year olds from Japan
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
NFL fans carefully following updates from voluntary mini camps are the true weirdos. Trekkies and Bronies got nothing on these people
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A great opportunity to be Trump's arch nemesis. Comment by noon on June 3. savingplaces.org/monumental-a...
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Public Comment Period: Proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle | National Trust for Historic Preservation
Members of the public have the opportunity to provide input on a proposed Monumental Arch at Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery. The National Trust has raised concerns about the proposed...
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Evergreen post. The Democratic party's main function since 1972 has been to constrain the Left.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
How blessed, truly blessed, are we to have Paul freaking McCartney still walking among us, singing with voice intact, and once again giving us joy and hope? Thank the gods for letting me share 55 years on the planet with this man.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
F**k Ben-Gvir. The people he's taunting and abusing were illegally captured hundreds of miles away from Israel, in international waters. The IDF boarded their ships, kidnapped them, and brought them to Israel so this genocidal maniac could strut and act the tough guy. It is an OUTRAGE.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.
Rule:
The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising,
translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. AI use is prohibited for any use for
any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course
materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class
content—into generative AI systems. AI can be used for research on papers ONLY for the
limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources.
Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their
submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of
prohibited AI use
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 21/05/2026
Saw someone respond to the idea of DC statehood with “so should every major city be its own state?” and yeah don’t threaten me with a good time.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Cartoon by Nick Anderson. (Follow him on Substack: nickanderson.substack.com)
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
🤬Jim Crow 🤬 The confederacy 🤬 SCOTUS
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Kelsey 🪲🏴‍☠️ @11lizzie.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
happy P00P weekend series to all who celebrate
Phillies at Pirates scorebug says P0 0P
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We all know why. The oil and gas industry has a chokehold on the Republican party, one third of the Democratic party, Congress, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court. Trump's judicial appointments go deep into the whole system and get trained up by Koch-sponsored law professors.
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
If only Gillibrand would ask Netanyahu the same question about Gaza. That very same Air Force supplies Israel with the weapons they use to bomb schools, hospitals, and universities. But not a peep from Gillibrand.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
It really is inexcusable that the NYT maintains a "free speech on campus" reporter who DOESN'T COVER OFFICIAL, POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED CENSORSHIP OF SPEECH ON CAMPUS. At some point you're actively deceiving the public, no?
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Every second, $6,000 in fossil fuel subsidies are handed out globally. That’s $5 trillion/year. Renewables? Barely a fraction. We have 6–7 years to halve emissions. The industry has zero years of conscience. Share if you’ve had enough. 🌍✊
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The truth is that hetero men need hetero women WAY more than the reverse. Women do just fine without us, but men fall apart alone. 90% of traditional gender ideologies are about distracting women from that basic fact.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
“For the good of society, your son will work in the trades. Oh, my son? My son will be a titan of politics and industry. For the good of society, your daughter will be a tradwife. Oh, my daughter? My daughter will host a lucrative rightwing podcast.”
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Intrusive, scheming spyware grifter who studied social theory under verbose bore Jurgen Habermas tells everyone else to forget about that sort of thing and drill for oil in Texas. Leave the thinking to me and my weird pals, we'll run things from now on!
unusual whales @ @unusual_whales •20h
Palantir CEO Karp: "The average Ivy League grad voting for [the NYC mayor Mamdanil is annoyed their education is not that valuable, and that the person who knows how to drill for oil has a more valuable profession"
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
beautiful to see this meme in real life
comic: a crow doing stand-up comedy yelling CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW. a heckler yells BOOO GET BETTER MATERIAL! the crow nervously looks down at his cards with jokes on them and they're all just CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social
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Tim Gibson @tim-gibson.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
No one could self-consciously assume the imagined pose of what a serious rock star might look like quite like Bono
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