emeritus @uchicago. The Measure of Man: Liberty, Virtue and Beauty in the Florentine Renaissance @rowman.com https://xitter.cf/t.co/RCfNqKoyz7 He/him.

Joined October 2008
The great dealmaker has given Putin every reason not to negotiate.
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What is grab-'em-by-the-you-know-what dude imagining doing with that finger and Husted's behind?
Donald Trump’s “favorite rhetorical theme lately is an unexpected one: the official presidential dreamboat rankings,” @helenlewis writes. At the link, she explores what’s behind his musings about the relative hotness of male politicians, soldiers, and even protesters. theatln.tc/MNIpibYv 📸: Alex Wong / Getty
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Larry Rothfield @[email protected] retweeted
Trump: "I alone could secure a prisoner release from Russia without giving anything in return" Trump literally ten minutes later: "Now you idiots know why I had to waive sanctions on Russia, no shot I got that prisoner release otherwise"
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who said it? i can’t tell from this post. was it perhaps the president ?
The term “Shylock” is rooted in a longstanding antisemitic stereotype. Regardless of intent, its use can reinforce harmful tropes about Jews and normalize language that has long been used to target the Jewish community.
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The term was used (for at least the second intent in as many years) by President Trump. forbes.com/sites/siladity… Important context to point out the user of the term regardless of intent.
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Larry Rothfield @[email protected] retweeted
voters: I have to choose between food and getting to work Paxton: (slurring) talafreako wants to trans your kids Ramaswamy: amy acton was raped by her stepfather. can she be trusted to lead? Trump: ever stare at the small of a man’s back
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Don't believe the polls. Run scared. Call your friends. Figure out who might slough off voting. Offer to buy them lunch if they go to the polls with you.
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Trump says that if Republicans lose in North Carolina he will use the power of his office to deny US Marine Corps veterans’ claims for medical treatment for cancer and other life threatening diseases resulting from decades of water contamination by toxic chemicals at Camp Lejeune
Trump on Camp Lejeune water contamination claims: "If we win the House and Senate, I am directing the Department of Justice to settle all remaining legitimate claims as soon as possible ... if we don't win, there's no money."
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Eric Pratt, the republican running for Angie Craig's open seat in MN-02, left the AI restating his prompt on his website. "The President is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs." lmfao
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Allegory of grad student seminar interventions.
ที่สวนสัตว์ซานดิเอโก ในระหว่างการบรรยายโดยผู้ดูแลสวนสัตว์นักท่องเที่ยวเริ่มมารวมตัวกันหน้ากระจกเพื่อชมตัวนากให้ชัดชึ้น ในตอนนั้นเอง แม่นาก ตัวหนึ่งเดินเตาะแตะเข้ามาและอวดลูกน้อยของมันอย่างภาคภูมิใจ ไม่กี่วินาทีต่อมา พ่อนากก็เข้ามาสมทบด้วย แต่เนื่องจากไม่ได้มีลูกน้อยให้อุ้ม มันจึงโชว์ก้อนหินก้อนเล็กแทนราวกับมันเป็นของมีค่าที่พิเศษมาก และนั่นก็ทำให้ผู้ชมต่างอมยิ้มในความน่าของพ่อนากไม่แพ้กัน ในขณะที่ผู้ดูแลได้อธิบายว่า ตัวนากในบางครั้งก็ผูกพันกับสิ่งของต่าง ๆ รอบตัวมัน อย่างเช่นก้อนหินมีค่าก้อนนี้ที่มันอยากโชว์ใหักับผู้คนได้เห็น
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เรื่องนี้เป็นเนื้อหาไวรัลที่แพร่หลายไม่มีหลักฐานยืนยันจากสวนสัตว์ซานดิเอโกอย่างเป็นทางการ ภาพประกอบถูกระบุว่าเป็น AI generated ในหลายแหล่ง newsbreak.com/maxine-3456341… instagram.com/p/DYIgKdajPld/
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Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
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Trump's remarks were made the same day Russia conducted a drone strike killing six civilians including children in a Kharkiv region park, plus missile and energy infrastructure attacks leaving hundreds of thousands without power. kyivindependent.com/what-russias-d… kyivindependent.com/russian-drone-… kyivindependent.com/russia-strikes…
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When I'm in a performance review at work and they ask me where I see myself in ten years.
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Rat, sinking ship.
Representative Max Miller, one of President Trump’s closest allies in the House who has been besieged by allegations of domestic violence....came out against the war in Iran on Wednesday night during a meet-and-greet at a pub in Parma nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/po…
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The truly grotesque thing about Musk spending $300 million on this election is that it is the equivalent for him of someone worth a million dollars spending $300.
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Russian Kosmos 2612 and ICEYE-X36 (providing Ukraine military support) are now in perfect sync with each other. The Russian military satellite is intentionally stalking and tracking the Western radar satellite. Keeping a satellite "bumper-to-bumper" in this manner allows Russia to intercept or jam data transmissions, physically inspect Western technology, or quickly pivot to execute a kinetic or non-kinetic anti-satellite (ASAT) attack with very little warning or fuel expenditure. Kosmos 2612 executed a series of highly precise, fuel-heavy maneuvers to force itself into a "coplanar" orbit—matching ICEYE-X36's exact altitude (~555 km), speed, and inclination (~97.8°). The ICEYE-X36 satellite is giving the Ukraine military support.
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America: We need to kill the humanities so we don’t lose the AI race to China China: Every child shall read Jane Eyre
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ICE run over U.S. citizen riding his bike—break his arm. Agents handcuff him behind his back without calling paramedics. They inflict even more injuries—send him to the hospital in serious condition. Then agents detain another U.S. citizen—for yelling at them on the sidewalk. Man with the broken arm's daughter says he was hit on his e-bike by an unmarked car. He was then tased twice and pinned to the ground—currently receiving treatment at the hospital. Multiple ICE vehicles were running through stop signs—speeding the wrong way down one-way streets. All on a weekend afternoon with kids playing outside. Incident occurred near the intersection of East 56th Street & Elm Avenue in Long Beach, California. Stop ICE Net doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length, English translated, and credited video here to help raise awareness.
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Calling Medicare a mistake is a great rallying cry for Vivek and other Republican candidates. Good for you guys!
Q: Were Medicare and Medicaid mistakes? Vivek Ramaswamy: I believe they were. I think the evidence would show that it has harmed the very people that it was created to actually help
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-Patriot interceptors delivered to the US Army over 225 months (Sep 2001–May 2020): 1,795 -Patriot interceptors fired in the Iran War’s first 7 months (Feb 28–Sep 30, 2026): ~1,800
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Secret Service had to scramble and chase down Trump to bring him back when he wandered past his car after his rally.
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