Posts by xankarn@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #Azs1tIpGNPaFjshqro by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-03T13:56:26Z
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@historyofpunkrock Be fanatic!
(DIR) Post #B06IIYfPIF1ZL3B2Z6 by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-08T11:26:07Z
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One branch: Shut down. One branch: Starve ‘em. One branch: Yep. US federal govt has forfeited all its obligations and voided the social contract. #uspol #democracy
(DIR) Post #B06IIa3C9He9d7JYHZ by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-08T11:30:41Z
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Today, I am taking students to Monticello, the Thomas Jefferson Plantation near Charlottesville, VA. Pretty sure he had some thoughts on what to do in situations like this one. Meanwhile, we will take the Slavery at Monticello tour, to consider the “paradox of liberty” and what truth-telling contributes to justice. #uspol #democracy
(DIR) Post #B06IIfrMYBkNe9pBfk by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-09T00:10:34Z
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What a day. Can’t overstate the importance of the work being done at Monticello to recalibrate the site and unpack the lives of the 607 enslaved people who lived, worked, and died there to make Jefferson’s life of learning, leisure, and service possible.Despite a system that denied and violently suppressed their humanity, we can imagine the richness of their lives and hear their voices at this site. The Hemings family and many others.
(DIR) Post #B06IIoBrZqtnU3Tfjk by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-09T00:28:04Z
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If you want to learn more about the education programs at Monticello, and what kinds of tours are now offered there, the first chapter of Clint Smith’s How the Word Is Passed gives a brilliant and stirring encapsulation. https://www.clintsmithiii.com/how-the-word-is-passed
(DIR) Post #B06IIwW0cpldIqxsFU by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-09T13:33:08Z
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Props to all the brilliant, dedicated people working to make Monticello one of the country’s most important public history sites. If a visit is possible, you’ll be richly rewarded. And BIG thanks to @Lyle who put me in touch with one of the program managers two years ago, when I took a previous group.
(DIR) Post #B08rsIdMGa3skXuuIq by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-10T17:15:09Z
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@notwhatwethink @the5thColumnist I’m curious to know about your sources for this. How is it you know what Jack Smith’s investigation and scuttled legal case uncovered?
(DIR) Post #B0NwIiOQaYYnbB9yjY by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-18T22:27:07Z
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There is no bottom with this complete moral blank.
(DIR) Post #B0NwInpuLoVqTr3UlE by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-18T22:31:49Z
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When you excuse or condone the killing of a “controversial” journalist, you’re not a 1A person. When you’re not a 1A person, you’re not a Constitution person. When you’re not a Constitution person, you have voided your presidential oath and are, therefore, impeachable. We knew all this, but Trump is the nauseating stomach bug that keeps giving.
(DIR) Post #B0NwItU9Lcfo06vCgC by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-18T22:56:25Z
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“Things happen,” says the man who ordered that flags be flown at half staff for Charlie Kirk. https://www.nytimes.com/video/embedded/admin/100000010532023/18vid-WH-35237.html?smid=url-share https://www.nytimes.com/video/embedded/admin/100000010532023/18vid-WH-35237.html?smid=url-share
(DIR) Post #B0cty4ab8kp0aHL9tY by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-11-26T04:39:06Z
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@historyofpunkrock Drums out front is punk as hell.
(DIR) Post #B1IdLq8H0J5U7D9i2i by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-12-16T07:50:49Z
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@historyofpunkrock Minutemen - What Makes a Man Start FiresFugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing Black Flag - My War
(DIR) Post #B1PWmXjYB9IvIa65Bo by xankarn@mastodon.online
2025-12-19T15:33:58Z
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@sobegh @bmacDonald94 Vltava cryptid!
(DIR) Post #B1ynE2u93oeu3kXcjA by xankarn@mastodon.online
2026-01-05T15:59:18Z
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@Nonilex Run Mark Kelly against JD Vance or whatever MAGA garbage person appears on the 2028 ballot (assuming there is one).
(DIR) Post #B25PDYh71QN0cjiQYi by xankarn@mastodon.online
2026-01-08T19:39:19Z
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@moira “Absolute immunity” isn’t a thing, except in the wet dreams of fascists.
(DIR) Post #B2Rn0asA0UCHjDu21A by xankarn@mastodon.online
2026-01-19T15:43:27Z
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@Nonilex Thin-skinned, emotionally stunted, intellectually impoverished, and seemingly unstable.
(DIR) Post #B2rWhRHebTjkeDAwVM by xankarn@mastodon.online
2026-01-31T20:50:01Z
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@koutropoulos Unconscionable. The silence of #HigherEd is deafening here.
(DIR) Post #B35I1Ncj8v1DzKWPoW by xankarn@mastodon.online
2026-02-07T15:46:12Z
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Still too much despair about "useless Dems" and a "broken system." The critiques are well placed, but the posture is too often deflated/defeated.Here's the next generation. Get behind them. Encourage and support them. It IS our country. Still. LFG.https://progressive.org/magazine/bolder-voices-for-a-democratic-future-nichols-20260205/
(DIR) Post #B35I1VO8H4684NksAy by xankarn@mastodon.online
2026-02-07T15:48:28Z
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"While it surely will be resisted by many Democratic Party leaders and donors, the shift toward bolder approaches and policies has the potential to shape a more genuine and consequential politics—for the party and the nation. That’s not a turn of events that will come easily for a Democratic Party that is famously resistant to change—and too frequently lacking courage. But it is a necessary change."
(DIR) Post #B3AIaDgb3PBR5pkCpM by xankarn@mastodon.online
2026-02-10T02:09:53Z
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Why does MAGA undermine science? Deny and erase history? Poison the information ecosystem?1. Because authoritarians must be the only source of truth.2. Because disoriented subjects depend on the regime for security. 3. Because nihilism is an effective way to divide and rule. MAGA wants us mind-fucked and swindled. No facts. No truth. No democracy.