There's something uniquely contemptible about the University administrator stratum and their resort to arguments from 'safety', which we can all see is just the safety of their jobs, and of the feelings of the donor class

I’m not an academic, so can’t sign, but I definitely encourage my academic followers to do so. Her pro-Hamas words are repugnant, but her firing undermines academic freedom everywhere.

Some random malthusian keeps graffiti-ing this line on a bridge along the route I walk my dog. The city paints it over. Then the Masked Malthusian puts the exact same graffiti up again. Rinse and repeat. It’s happened at least three times so far.

Principled left politics

Montreal’s the best. “As my plane roared skyward … I took one last look at this great city where I had found so much happiness,” Robinson said. “‘I don’t care if I never get to the Majors,’ I told myself. ‘This is the city for me. This is paradise.’”

“The paraglider left” is a great term. It’s like when Tankies take wing

compactmag.com/article/how-th…

I am pleased to share our latest Canadians for Nuclear Energy report

'A Big Deal: Leveraging investment in CANDU as Canada negotiates the future of its nuclear sector.'

Few decisions have been as consequential for Canada's nuclear sector as the upcoming nuclear technology…

Terrible day of repression in Iran today. Widespread attack on women who are not covering their hair in Tehran and other cities. Moral police vans all over the place. People who have expressed antiwar sentiments threatened online.

Netanyahu: “Pro-Palestinian protesters are all Hamas supporters.”

“Leftist” philosophy podcaster/useful idiot: “Yes, that’s absolutely true. Like Jodi, I do support Hamas.”

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It is possible to oppose both Netanyahu *and* Hamas. Indeed; it’s the only coherent left position.

[1] Friday, April 12, al-Mughayir; settlers set fire to the home of a family who’ve been recently forcefully displaced from Khirbet Jib'it, destroying their tents, kitchen, & all their equipment. They physically assaulted several members of the family & harmed their flocks.

Unfortunate outcome in the elective pay regs. The idea of moving money from Treasury accounts to agency accounts based on credit-worthy activity is totally doable as an accounting matter. We just need to make it more explicit in the statute next time around.

USPS for example cannot use federal tax incentives to build their own rooftop solar and storage installations to help charge EV fleet. That would need to be contracted out to for-profit biz or state govts or nonprofits in order for big cost decrease to apply. Insane.

Great short piece on L’affaire Jodi Dean, hypocrisy, and the need to defend the civil rights even of hypocrites.