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  1. Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
    wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

  2. Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
    wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

  3. Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
    wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

  4. Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
    wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

  5. Americans are having to hide receiving basic healthcare like vaccines (not to mention abortions.) This sounds like the underground railroad that used to run when slavery was legal to help people escape. Unbelievable. #giftArticle #populism
    wapo.st/4ha2Ccj

  6. "The far right does not emerge outside mainstream political culture. Its nationalism, authoritarianism and populism draw on ideas with deep roots in Australian life."

    thenewdaily.com.au/news/politi

    #auspol #nationalism #authoritarism #populism #onenation

  7. "The far right does not emerge outside mainstream political culture. Its nationalism, authoritarianism and populism draw on ideas with deep roots in Australian life."

    thenewdaily.com.au/news/politi

    #auspol #nationalism #authoritarism #populism #onenation

  8. "The far right does not emerge outside mainstream political culture. Its nationalism, authoritarianism and populism draw on ideas with deep roots in Australian life."

    thenewdaily.com.au/news/politi

    #auspol #nationalism #authoritarism #populism #onenation

  9. "The far right does not emerge outside mainstream political culture. Its nationalism, authoritarianism and populism draw on ideas with deep roots in Australian life."

    thenewdaily.com.au/news/politi

    #auspol #nationalism #authoritarism #populism #onenation

  10. Kaikille tiededenialismia episteemisen populismin muotona miettiville iloinen uutinen, että Christobal Bellolion tuore SERRC-artikkeli tarjoaa Alexandre Billonin SE-artikkelia ruotiessaan ravitsevaa ajankulua useammaksikin toviksi,

    social-epistemology.com/2026/0

    Kirjoittaja johtaa Chilessä tutkimusprojektia ilmastokriisin poliittisista haasteista.

    #serrc #tiede #science #denialism #populism #society #epistemology #criticalThinking #standpoint #tieto #knowledge #conspiracy #valistus #enlightenment #understanding #wisdom #climate #research #tutkimus

  11. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
    -- H. L. Mencken

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Politics #Populism #Stupidity

    #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #360panorama #NewMexico

  12. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.
    -- H. L. Mencken

    #Wisdom #Quotes #HLMencken #Politics #Populism #Stupidity

    #Photography #Panorama #BartolomeIsland #PinnacleRock #Galapagos

  13. The three structural trends shaping the AI crisis in higher education

    1. The sociotechnical transformation of AI. It’s not simply that the technology is improving, it’s that the space for reflexivity is diminishing because the burden of articulation in chatbots is going down, inline automation tools are being built into everything and wearable AI blurs the boundary between human and technology.
    2. The political economy of the bubble. Either the investment bubble will burst, ranging from a ‘correction’ through to a systemic crisis, or the big AI labs will go to IPO. In either case there will be a new attention on business fundamentals and likely many firms getting destroyed in the process. It means that current offers aren’t stable (particularly from smaller startups) and that current pricing models will without a doubt change significantly.
    3. The political economy of higher education. In the UK context there’s a financial crisis in the sector which is going to get progressively worse. If we’re moving towards a post-pandemic economy defined by ecological and economic volatility globally then higher education will be under structural attack. It will be very difficult to reopen funding settlements while degree-based models contingent on the expectation of economic advantage will rapidly struggle if degrees no longer offer any advantage

    What do I think follows from these for what universities do under present conditions?

    • We can’t lock in reliably until the post-crash/IPO pricing models are much clearer than they are now. Otherwise we’re embedding products for we can reasonably expect the prices to be ratcheted up a few years down the line.
    • The prospect for securing the existing assessment system is extremely limited in the medium term and the long term. It’s not going to be possible to separate out technological practice from non-technological practice in the manner which assessment security presupposes. This means that we urgently need to begin working towards assessment reform.
    • The manner in which we respond to the first two challenges will be shaped by the financial and political pressures the sector is under. A dash for productivity through automation risks locking in unreliable system and incurring much greater costs later, as well as further undermining assessment integrity in a way which accelerates the declining (perceived) value of our degrees. A failure to address assessment integrity (and to be seen to do so) furthermore hands ammunition to critics of the sector for whom ‘ChatGPT degrees’ will figure alongside ‘woke degrees’ as economc criticism fuses with culture war criticism.

    #AI #bubble #higherEducation #hypeCycle #inequality #platformCapitalism #platformUniversity #populism
  14. Loss - the belief in progress and the reality of experiences of loss.

    * Grievance-fuelled violence at home and psychological harm reduction

    "The family violence workforce is stretched in Western societies... 20 out of 38 reviewed cases of fatal family violence were "grievance-fuelled"...The Fixated Grievance Perpetrator Intervention Pilot brings together experts in forensic psychology and psychiatry, criminology, policing, perpetrator intervention and victim support."

    World-first trial testing whether counterterrorism strategies can prevent domestic homicide >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-05-25/dv-
    #violence #FamilyViolence #grievance #loss #ressentiment #precarity #masculinity #entitlement #resentment #anger #GenderBasedViolence #homicide #DV #terror #CrisisOfReproduction #crimes #HarmReduction #therapists #psychologisation

    * The role of loss within society
    Andreas Reckwitz 's book 'Loss, A Modern Predicament, The first comprehensive study of the role of loss within society", 2025 explains loss not only from a psychological perspective, but also from a sociological one.

    "Loss has come to occupy a central position in late modernity – whether in the consequences of climate change or the entrenchment of negative expectations about the future, the ‘losers’ of post-industrial modernisation or the collective processing of ‘historical wounds’ and of who is acknowledged as the victims and perpetrators of these crimes, in a heightened psychological awareness of vulnerability, in political populism, a nostalgia for things past, or programmes of resilience."

    "Loss is the bread and butter of populism." >>
    res.cloudinary.com/suhrkamp/im
    #loss #progress #ProgressNarrative #improvement #credibility #modernity #stagnation #precariousness #experience #inequality #StatusAnxiety #SocialHierarchy #CollectiveExperiencesOfLoss #populism #nostalgia #socioanalysis #ClimateDisasters #PolyCrisis #WesternModernity #future #book

  15. A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

    The government must be the trustee for the little man because no one else will be. The powerful can usually help themselves — and frequently do.

    Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
    Speech (1955-10-29), “The Crisis in Agriculture,” Democratic Rally, Duluth, Minnesota

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #adlaistevenson #commonman #commonpeople #generalwelfare #government #hoipolloi #littleguy #littlepeople #power #powerful #publicpolicy #selfaggrandizement #trustee #populism

  16. I recently read a couple of Elmore Leonard crime novels -- "Riding the Rap" and "Out of Sight".

    I don't read that much contemporary fiction, nor do I have a deep background in crime fiction as a genre, so you'll have to make do with the remarks of a relatively ill informed reader.

    I can see why Leonard is a both popular and respected writer. He knows how to structure a gripping narrative, and his dialogue rings true.

    On a more critical note, I can imagine these two novels providing future students of US culture with material for a study of the anxieties and aspirations of middle class white men in an America seemingly riven with disorder.

    In "Riding the Rap", Leonard's background as a writer of westerns comes across; the US marshal protagonist brings order to a lawless frontier by acting on his own initiative rather than a mere agent of a federal bureaucracy. Here though, the frontier is no longer in the west, but in Florida, and the threatening nonwhite others are no longer American Indians but a Puerto Rican hitman and a Black Bahamian immigrant who, as part of his assimilation to Black America, adopted an Islamic name.

    Leonard's depiction of racial attitudes intersects with his representation of socioeconomic class distinctions. The two nonwhite criminals act for a while as henchmen to a drink and drug addled wealthy white playboy, whose kidnapping plan drives the plot forward. His exploitation of his senile mother's wealth and the revelation of her ugly racist attitudes point to the class and status tensions that exist between a decadent white upper class and the Appalachian coalmining heritage of the US marshal protagonist.

    These racial and white populist themes recur in "Out of Sight", where middle aged, middle class, white bank robbers are contrasted with African American home invaders, the latter being characterized by their cruelty, treachery, idleness, lust, and greed.

    In both novels the middle aged male protagonist beds a much younger female character; some readers might find these glimpses of the fantasy life of ageing men unintentionally ludicrous.

    I think I'll reserve final judgment on Leonard until I've read another of his books. "Swag" is supposed to be good, but neither my local second bookstore nor my libraries have it available at the moment, and I don't want to pay full price for it.

    #Books #ElmoreLeonard #USLiterature #CrimeFiction #RidingTheRap #OutOfSight #Race #Racism #Populism #USCulture

  17. Pierre Poilievre already limits journalists to one question with no follow up so as to control rhe narrative and record clickbait for his fascist “X” followers.

    His vitriol for left wing “radical woke” media now has him banning all press but his loyalist partisan groups.

    Make no mistake, this is straight out of Trump’s playbook. Pierre will defund the #CBC while boosting right wing #RebelNews and other partisan media as our only “acceptable” Canadian news sources.

    #PierrePoilievre has fully embraced the populist division of Canadians as his key winning strategy.

    Those of us who continue to question his motives or intentions are soon to be ignored and banished from his palace if he is given power.

    Under Poilievre’s Canada, those deemed “woke” will be targeted and discriminated against as part of Conservative policy, with no questions allowed.

    This is not my Canada. This is not my Prime Minister.

    #JustLikeTrump #JustLikeADictator #NeverVoteConservative #JustLikeFascists #HateCampaign #discrimination #populism #waronwoke #waronpublicmedia #NoQuestions #NoTransparency #NoSecurityClearance #cdnpoli #canpoli

    @Byrnejmf

  18. Pierre Poilievre already limits journalists to one question with no follow up so as to control rhe narrative and record clickbait for his fascist “X” followers.

    His vitriol for left wing “radical woke” media now has him banning all press but his loyalist partisan groups.

    Make no mistake, this is straight out of Trump’s playbook. Pierre will defund the #CBC while boosting right wing #RebelNews and other partisan media as our only “acceptable” Canadian news sources.

    #PierrePoilievre has fully embraced the populist division of Canadians as his key winning strategy.

    Those of us who continue to question his motives or intentions are soon to be ignored and banished from his palace if he is given power.

    Under Poilievre’s Canada, those deemed “woke” will be targeted and discriminated against as part of Conservative policy, with no questions allowed.

    This is not my Canada. This is not my Prime Minister.

    #JustLikeTrump #JustLikeADictator #NeverVoteConservative #JustLikeFascists #HateCampaign #discrimination #populism #waronwoke #waronpublicmedia #NoQuestions #NoTransparency #NoSecurityClearance #cdnpoli #canpoli

    @Byrnejmf

  19. Pierre Poilievre already limits journalists to one question with no follow up so as to control rhe narrative and record clickbait for his fascist “X” followers.

    His vitriol for left wing “radical woke” media now has him banning all press but his loyalist partisan groups.

    Make no mistake, this is straight out of Trump’s playbook. Pierre will defund the #CBC while boosting right wing #RebelNews and other partisan media as our only “acceptable” Canadian news sources.

    #PierrePoilievre has fully embraced the populist division of Canadians as his key winning strategy.

    Those of us who continue to question his motives or intentions are soon to be ignored and banished from his palace if he is given power.

    Under Poilievre’s Canada, those deemed “woke” will be targeted and discriminated against as part of Conservative policy, with no questions allowed.

    This is not my Canada. This is not my Prime Minister.

    #JustLikeTrump #JustLikeADictator #NeverVoteConservative #JustLikeFascists #HateCampaign #discrimination #populism #waronwoke #waronpublicmedia #NoQuestions #NoTransparency #NoSecurityClearance #cdnpoli #canpoli

    @Byrnejmf

  20. Pierre Poilievre already limits journalists to one question with no follow up so as to control rhe narrative and record clickbait for his fascist “X” followers.

    His vitriol for left wing “radical woke” media now has him banning all press but his loyalist partisan groups.

    Make no mistake, this is straight out of Trump’s playbook. Pierre will defund the #CBC while boosting right wing #RebelNews and other partisan media as our only “acceptable” Canadian news sources.

    #PierrePoilievre has fully embraced the populist division of Canadians as his key winning strategy.

    Those of us who continue to question his motives or intentions are soon to be ignored and banished from his palace if he is given power.

    Under Poilievre’s Canada, those deemed “woke” will be targeted and discriminated against as part of Conservative policy, with no questions allowed.

    This is not my Canada. This is not my Prime Minister.

    #JustLikeTrump #JustLikeADictator #NeverVoteConservative #JustLikeFascists #HateCampaign #discrimination #populism #waronwoke #waronpublicmedia #NoQuestions #NoTransparency #NoSecurityClearance #cdnpoli #canpoli

    @Byrnejmf

  21. Pierre Poilievre already limits journalists to one question with no follow up so as to control rhe narrative and record clickbait for his fascist “X” followers.

    His vitriol for left wing “radical woke” media now has him banning all press but his loyalist partisan groups.

    Make no mistake, this is straight out of Trump’s playbook. Pierre will defund the #CBC while boosting right wing #RebelNews and other partisan media as our only “acceptable” Canadian news sources.

    #PierrePoilievre has fully embraced the populist division of Canadians as his key winning strategy.

    Those of us who continue to question his motives or intentions are soon to be ignored and banished from his palace if he is given power.

    Under Poilievre’s Canada, those deemed “woke” will be targeted and discriminated against as part of Conservative policy, with no questions allowed.

    This is not my Canada. This is not my Prime Minister.

    #JustLikeTrump #JustLikeADictator #NeverVoteConservative #JustLikeFascists #HateCampaign #discrimination #populism #waronwoke #waronpublicmedia #NoQuestions #NoTransparency #NoSecurityClearance #cdnpoli #canpoli

    @Byrnejmf

  22. "We must confess that our adversaries have a marked advantage over us in the discussion. In very few words they can announce a half-truth; and in order to demonstrate that it is incomplete, we are obliged to have recourse to long and dry dissertations."

    — Frédéric Bastiat, Economic Sophisms, First Series (1845)

    @socialpsych

    #halfTruth #quotes #sophisms #truth #postFactual #fakeNews #propaganda #Hasbara #complotism #reality #populism #socialMedia #antisemitism #judeoPhobia #Paris #liberalism #optimistSchool #Bastiat

  23. The enduring personality cult of Narendra Modi

    The formula for the Indian prime minister’s brand of populism was developed in Gujarat, a “laboratory for Hindu nationalism”. (An excerpt from 'Gujarat Under Modi: Laboratory of Today’s India' by Christophe Jaffrelot (Hurst Publishers, February 2024).

    #BookExcerpt #gujarat #NarendraModi #communalism #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #modi #BJP #RSS #hindutva #fascism #populism #history #IndianHistory #books #bookstodon #histodon #india #ChristopheJaffrelot

    himalmag.com/politics/christop

  24. Well, it is a good article. It claims the emergence and success of "populism" is NOT the result of changes in what people think but it is more the result of changes in the information space and in the political process. The reservoir have been almost constant but recently ways have been found to transform the reservoir into votes... And there is more. Worth reading.

    @tinkebell #JesseFrederik #populism

  25. @dangillmor “And those people should not be listened to who keep saying 'the voice of the people is the voice of God', since the #riotousness of the crowd is always very close to #madness.” *

    Cf. Elon's misquote: Alkuin wrote this to #Charlemagne (798). He was opposed to #voxDei tweets.

    *Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit. ✍🏻 Alkuin of York (735-804)

    #voxPopuli #voxDei #populism
    sigmoid.social/@silke/10937278

  26. “And those people should not be listened to who keep saying 'the voice of the people is the voice of God', since the #riotousness of the crowd is always very close to #madness.”

    Dear #Elon: Alcuin wrote this to #Charlemagne (798). TL;DR he was opposed to #voxDei tweets.

    Latin original:
    Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.
    ✍🏻 Alkuin of York (735-804)

    #voxPopuli #voxDei #populism #propaganda #riot

    twitter.com/_SilkeHahn/status/