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Moshik Temkin
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Historian. Concerned neighbor. "Warriors, Rebels, & Saints: The Art of Leadership from Machiavelli to Malcolm X" out in Nov '23 from
@HachetteUS
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Literature belongs to everyone, even historians. And some fine works of history have been written by literary scholars. No reason why it can’t be done the other way around.
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Ariel Mae Lambe
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I'm a historian. I do history. I might use a novel as a source, but generally as a primary source for the purpose of writing history. Am I allowed to take a canonical novel and propose new *literary* analysis of a central motif? For a semi-historical piece I'm writing? Be blunt.
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We are not ready for the levels of idiocy that this technology is going to unleash
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🌴 🌺 ⛅️ Miles Klee 🐠🦉🦂
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A university instructor decided to check if his senior students were cheating, incorrectly assumed ChatGPT could accurately detect if they were, and failed an entire class when it wrongly confirmed his suspicions. Now their diplomas are being withheld. rollingstone.com/culture/cultur
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This is a straw man “debate”. MAGA exists and many vote for it because our political class has promoted policies that have hurt and degraded our democracy in countless ways. You can have the American political economy or you can have a healthy democracy, but you can’t have both.
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David Atkins
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also, i think that in the past 7 years the "econ anxiety" vs "bigotry" argument has resolved in favor of "bigotry." The GOP is a car dealership owner's son party, a boat owner's party, a mcmansion & truck party. So while broad econ is important as policy, it doesn't move MAGAs.
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I don't care how many of these clips people put up, there is no way you can ever get me to listen to the sound of this guy's voice
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nikki mccann ramírez
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Musk doubles down on his claims that there's no evidence the Allen, Texas mall shooter had white supremacist beliefs, and that @bellingcat "does psy-ops" professionally.
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New justification for preemptive killing just dropped
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New York Times Opinion
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“What if Penny had stood down and done nothing at all? Would everyone — including Neely — have emerged from that subway car unscathed?” asks @DavidAFrench. “We can’t know for certain, and that lack of certainty creates the conditions for violence.” nyti.ms/44VNZkW
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Just sitting here wondering if history offers any explanation for why Japanese people aren't enthusiastic enough for The Economist about fighting a total war against China over Taiwan
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James Miles
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Will Japan fight if war breaks out over Taiwan? In one poll, just 11% of Japanese respondents said their country should fight alongside America. economist.com/asia/2023/05/1 economist.com/asia/2023/05/1
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@moshik_temkin
This is a straw man “debate”. MAGA exists and many vote for it because our political class has promoted policies that have hurt and degraded our democracy in countless ways. You can have the American political economy or you can have a healthy democracy, but you can’t have both.
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David Atkins
@DavidOAtkins
Replying to @DavidOAtkins and @CoreyRobin
also, i think that in the past 7 years the "econ anxiety" vs "bigotry" argument has resolved in favor of "bigotry." The GOP is a car dealership owner's son party, a boat owner's party, a mcmansion & truck party. So while broad econ is important as policy, it doesn't move MAGAs.
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A lot of things that are branded “extreme left” in America are actually just variations on the idea that people should be treated like human beings
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Jacobin
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Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar want schools to abolish “school lunch debt” and feed all children at school free of charge. In a decent society, that would be uncontroversial — yet every Republican and many Democrats haven’t signed on. jacobin.com/2023/05/univer
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New Turkish leader that it will take westerners years to learn how to pronounce his name just dropped
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Timur Kuran
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Apparently, Erdoğan has instructed Anadolu News Agency to keep him up by 10% until he speaks to the nation. Also: Unconfirmed reports that he’s negotiating transition terms with the opposition. Immunity from prosecution? Meanwhile, mounting signs of a round 1 Kılıçdaroğlu win.
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Why are the French in the streets? Not because it's a "national sport" but because their President is behaving like an authoritarian and the elites around him suffer from an "allergy to the people". I wrote about the crisis in France for
@JoDemocracy
journalofdemocracy.org
Why the French Strike | Journal of Democracy
Macron is strong-arming the public to accept unpopular reforms. The French are protesting because it is one of the only ways left to check executive power.
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When people in power tell you some profession is a “calling”, it’s because they don’t want want to pay them what they deserve
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Mayor Eric Adams
@NYCMayor
Teaching is a calling. You don't do it for the money, you do it because you believe in the kids that come into your classrooms. The largest school system in the country is only as strong as the teachers behind it. Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek to all our amazing NYC teachers!
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Some of the worst takes I see from historians and other scholars, usually at the richest and most elite institutions, are variations on the argument that whenever liberals in power did something economically radical, which benefitted the poorest, they were actually being racist
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Ben Railton
@AmericanStudier
& I’m honored to have that column featured in
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@artcrimeprof
@edrabinksi
@KhalilGMuhammad
@Gwennally1
@mary_hamil
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historynewsnetwork.org/article/185648 This week's Top Ten of opinion writing by historians/about history feat. Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof Emily Drabinski @edrabinski @KhalilGMuhammad Trevor Jackson @GWHistoryDept Gwen Nally @Gwennally1 with Mary Hamil Gilbert @mary_hamil +++
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Moshik Temkin
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A lot of things that are branded “extreme left” in America are actually just variations on the idea that people should be treated like human beings
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Jacobin
@jacobin
Bernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar want schools to abolish “school lunch debt” and feed all children at school free of charge. In a decent society, that would be uncontroversial — yet every Republican and many Democrats haven’t signed on. jacobin.com/2023/05/univer
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Nothing shows the huge and growing gap between our elites and the ordinary public better than the conviction of so many pundits, academics, and media types that THIS guy was going to be the GOP nominee, and even President
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Just sitting here wondering if history offers any explanation for why Japanese people aren't enthusiastic enough for The Economist about fighting a total war against China over Taiwan
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James Miles
@jarmiles
Will Japan fight if war breaks out over Taiwan? In one poll, just 11% of Japanese respondents said their country should fight alongside America. economist.com/asia/2023/05/1 economist.com/asia/2023/05/1
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One thing that you will never hear from our most prominent political “analysts” in the media is that the biggest reason Trump still dominates on the Republican side is because the rest of that party, and all their other potential candidates, are completely useless and corrupt
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@moshik_temkin
Some of the worst takes I see from historians and other scholars, usually at the richest and most elite institutions, are variations on the argument that whenever liberals in power did something economically radical, which benefitted the poorest, they were actually being racist
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One thing that you will never hear from our most prominent political “analysts” in the media is that the biggest reason Trump still dominates on the Republican side is because the rest of that party, and all their other potential candidates, are completely useless and corrupt
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Silo Schmilo. CNN did it for the money and that’s all these guys really care about
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Acyn
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Cooper: You have every right to be outraged today and angry and never watch this network again. But do you think staying in your silo and only listening to people you agree with is going to make that person go away?
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Silo Schmilo. CNN did it for the money and that’s all these guys really care about
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Acyn
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Cooper: You have every right to be outraged today and angry and never watch this network again. But do you think staying in your silo and only listening to people you agree with is going to make that person go away?
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When people in power tell you some profession is a “calling”, it’s because they don’t want want to pay them what they deserve
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Mayor Eric Adams
@NYCMayor
Teaching is a calling. You don't do it for the money, you do it because you believe in the kids that come into your classrooms. The largest school system in the country is only as strong as the teachers behind it. Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek to all our amazing NYC teachers!
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