orrwalk.bsky.social
Virologist-in-training. Views, opinions, and occasional vitriol my own and are not sponsored or cosigned by any employing agency.
👤 Joined on 18 November 2024
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@orrw.bsky.social@orrw.bsky.social → @orrwalk.bsky.socialI was on a call this morning with two non-news media people. And neither of them--despite being NYC-based and politically left-leaning--had heard about the ongoing political attacks on higher ed. It was both shocking and a good reminder of how easy it is for folks to miss what's going on.
Show Posttrump is a *product* of where the republican party *was already headed*, whatever the party looks like when he finally croaks will not look like the republican party of whatever magical thinking past schumer is conjuring up here
Show PostIt is, in fact, possible for a small number of dedicated individuals to affect real change by putting pressure on a system's weakest points. It is exactly what Trump and his ilk have been doing since 2015.
Show Postto be a little more of a political scientist about this: the net winners of Biden economic policy were lower income workers, who didn't or couldn't connect their situation to politics, and the net losers were higher income workers and employers, who sure as hell did.
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