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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. 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
  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. ‘The Most Radical Thing About Master of None’s Islam Episode Is That It Isn’t About Religion’: slate.com/culture/2017/05/mast. slate.com/culture/2017/05/mast ‘What’s the Monarchy for?’ bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00 Religions? Can monarchs and or governments protect the people from the stupidity and projected popularity of celebrity death cults? Not if their rights depend on driving the finance of ecocide. Defenders of Empire’s faith, masters of none! Popular monarchs by consent, the great absurdity: psychopathic narcissists with nuclear codes! #Populism ? #SemiticPeople #MuslimFear #JewishFear #ChristianFear #ReligiousHateAndFear #religious ?#ReligiousDeathCults #HateAndFear #NewKindsOfMonarchy #EarthFirst #ApocalypticBlackmail #HydraUnbound #CelebrityDeathCults #StupidMobs #EmpireOfMonarchs #PhilosopherKings #Oligarchs #Plutocrats #FreedomFrom #TheGreatAbsurdity #TheFederation #RepublicsSovereignty

  14. New release!

    In 'The Birth and Death of Liberal Democracy in Hungary', Emilia Palonen explores Hungary’s post-communist #political transformation. The book is published in the Pro et Contra series and is freely available in #openaccess at: doi.org/10.33134/pro-et-contra

    #democracy #authoritarianism #polarisation #populism #illiberalism #OAbooks #politicalscience #culturalstudies #Hungary

  15. Trump Vows to End Birthright Citizenship and Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters in NBC Interview - The New York Times

    nytimes.com/2024/12/08/us/poli

    Guess the narcissistic megalomaniac needs impeachment before he even is inaugurated...

    #trump #populism #hatemonger

  16. Most analysts expected #Modi to brush aside #India’s enervated & poorly funded opposition parties, some of which had their #bank accounts frozen & their leaders #jailed by the govt in the run-up to the #election.

    Yet the mood shifted dramatically as early vote counts trickled in Tues morning & indicated that the #BJP might not single-handedly secure the 272 seats needed in the 543-member #LokSabha lower house, as it comfortably did in 2014 & 2019.

    #geopolitics #democracy #strongman #populism

  17. This, by @rbreich, confirms my view that right-wing populism is, in large part, the result of the left abandoning class struggle. I am fully aware that class is uncool in contemporary political discourse, but it remains very, very real.

    #populism #nationalism #WorkingClass #ClassPolitics

    robertreich.substack.com/p/ric

  18. Holland, see on mingi igav maa, kus on tulbid, puukingad ja tuuleveskid, eks? Noh, võib-olla. Küll oli aga viimaste provintsivalimiste tulemuseks BoerburgerBeweging ehk lühendatult BBB ehk Farmer-Kodanike Partei võit, mis tähendab, et nad võivad ka senatisse saada. Veel hiljuti marginaalne partei võib hakata riigi suunda muutnud. Milline on aga BBB agenda?

    Täpsemalt:

    "Hollandi valitsus kavatseb 2030. aastaks kärpida mürgiste heitmete, eelkõige nitraatide ja muu põllumajandusega seotu kogust poole võrra. Muu hulgas tähendaks see ilmselt ka Hollandi kuulsate kariloomade arvu vähendamist. Põldurid ja loomakasvatajad nägid selles plaanis BBB ärgitusel ja ka ilma selleta linnastunud eliidi otsest rünnakut maainimeste elatusvahendite vastu.

    Protesti märgiks tulid tänavaile traktorite kolonnid, laotati asfaldile sõnnikut ja muud hea-paremat ning lõpuks hääletati BBB poolt. See erakond nimelt astus otseselt valitsuse kavade vastu. Ehk teisisõnu oli populistlikuks tituleeritud poliitiline jõud leidnud hoova, millega valijad enese poole kallutada.

    Kaugemalt vaatajad kaldusid aga kohe järeldama, et populismi tõusul Euroopas on maha pandud järjekordne teetähis… Seda eriti Euroopa Liidu keskkonnakavade kontekstis. Eks meil Eestiski ole plaan panna riik ja rahvas suurt osa eluasemeid soojustama juba vastuseisu tekitanud. Jääb vaid oodata, kuidas see vastuseis erakonniti jaotub ja kuhu see kanaliseeritakse."

    #poliitika #populism

    epl.delfi.ee/artikkel/12016388