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Nothing but questions
I try not to read The Chronicle of Higher Education because it is, incredibly, worse rightwing propaganda than the New York Times, often (for example). But a few former colleagues were sharing around this post about how students can't read anymore (one of many such articles of late)
Lost in translation
Who is responsible for creating understanding?
5 songs for when you have a lot on your mind
A soundtrack for trying to process it all
Normalizing the not-good-enough
All the little insults that add up to injury
Keep asking questions
Welcome to the mess inside my head
Closing chapters, starting new books
Q1 Reflections + Transitioning RRPG
[RRPG] What's the price of loyalty?
Hirschman Part 3: the final installment
What am I missing?
What to do when your news and media "diet" has gaping holes, and why you should care
Finding worthy challenges
Staying focused on "the work" is also about fighting boredom and bullshit
So you're thinking about going to No Kings...
Questions to consider before political action
We have a Prairieland verdict. What now?
The Prairieland verdict is devastating. But the takeaway message may not be what you think it is.
Reading should be hard
In a world that shuns critical thinking, inquiry, and perspective-shifting, training your reading is a non-negotiable skill.
RRPG
[RRPG] Use your voice, or exit stage left?
Part 2 of Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
bites
When everything feels impossible
Notes from a nihilist sensibility
Part of being kind is being mean to fascists
You don't have to tolerate Nazis, actually.
A case for comparison
Why drawing distinctions and parallels is key for your political toolkit
RRPG
[RRPG] What do we do in a moment like this?
Turns out 1970s political economy has a lot to say about our political repertoires and confronting political decline
I'm glad you're here. But where have you been?
How to approach political awakenings and the newly radicalized
RRPG
Pathways to political life
Invest in your political education. Hone your political skills. Burn down the world that doesn't serve you. Build a new world that frees us all.
Flipping the script
Who's writing the story of your life, and why isn't it always you?
personal thoughts
Against all binaries
Throw out the script and be more than "this or that."
personal thoughts
25 for 2025
5 favorites in 5 categories to cap off the year 2025
personal thoughts
It's the end of December
Must be time to think about death, again.