Eric Knowles
@ericdknowles
Social and political psychologist. NYU professor. Music appreciator. Californian in Manhattan. ericdknowles.com [research] github.com/eric-d-knowles [code]
It’s noteworthy, but shouldn’t be, that it’s now politically acceptable to regard Palestinian lives as having value.
Good opportunity for D.S.A. Democrats to channel their inner Milchicks and invite their neoliberal colleagues to devour feculence.
Once in a while, I like to pop over to X to see what’s going down in that mess. I can report that nothing—not a single thing!—has changed. Here’s one of the more venerable grifters misattributing the right’s lack of ideological constraint (Converse, 1964) to open-mindedness.
I find it reassuring that a mere 38.4% of my fellow Americans are in a cult.
The trend is incredibly important and encouraging. Since 2009, approval of labor unions has risen from 48% to 68%. That's a massive swing over just 16 years, and the increase is almost perfectly linear. This shows why the Democratic Party needs to embrace anti-neoliberal left-populism.
Alternative framing: Democratic administrations distribute disaster aid fairly, while Republican administrations are biased against blue states.
How about Rennie Sparks or Brett Sparks or Mitski or St. Vincent or Joanna Newsom? David Byrne isn't even on the list, and he's a critical favorite. No Jeff Tweedy, either. Although he voted—and, cutely, included himself.
Platner's polls have bounced back after last month's tattoo+Reddit revelations, and he now leads Mills by 30+ points. Lots of folks claim that Collins will crush Platner in the general election, citing all the same reasons that *haven't mattered a bit* in the primary. The logic here escapes me. 🤔
Coercing a country into opening shipping lanes by destroying its ability to produce electricity almost certainly illegal under international law. I hope the @nytimes.com is working on a piece about how the President of the United States is threatening war crimes. Citations: 1/
If war crimes still existed in any practical sense, this would be one.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on how organizations can help Minnesota defray the costs of Trump's ICE incursion: "Hold your next convention here." @spspsc.bsky.social should get a Minneapolis conference on the books! (after Philly?)
It's increasingly clear that the United States killed roughly 175 school children in Iran—and you can bet none of the ghouls who did this are going to lose sleep over it. I hate this timeline so much.
Tony Tulathimutte had these life-hacky tech-bros' number back in 2008. From his story "Our Dope Future":
I would like to know less than nothing about the Melania documentary, thanks very much.
I'm not one to point out bothsides-y journalistic framings, but this upsets me. The administration has not been found to "advance one-sided narratives." It has been found to spread lies and smears. Calling Good or Pretty domestic terrorists bent on murder is outright, wholesale fabrication.
The fact that anyone cares what the government of Israel says is one of life’s great mysteries.