New York City is the most perfectly "American" place in the nation, just one wave of newcomers after another, gradually building up the culture, one remarkable cultural collision after another.
MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration
There were some ugly claims on X that Janeese was the candidate of white “transplants” while McDuffie was the choice of longtime Black residents. But it looks like McDuffie will only win ward 3 (wealthy, white) while Janeese will carry every other ward (including majority-Black wards 7 and 8).
Kevin M. Kruse
how loudly can the subaltern speak? tone policing, violence, and the (un)knowing of working class lifeways - JD Vance, Gender Studies Quarterly, 2026
Mark Joseph Stern
Academic freedom assessment across the world.
The US is on a steep decline, below >120 countries
www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
Teacher with school tour group outside the Supreme Court: ok everybody! Who can tell me what the Supreme Court does?
16yo, under his breath: fuck things up
During Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 Antarctic expedition, Mrs. Chippy, a robust tabby, joined the crew aboard the Endurance. Despite her somewhat misleading name, Mrs. Chippy was a male cat, beloved by all.
I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +
