Warren, Biden and Buttigieg dangerously close to going broke
Nevada Culinary Union Members Defy Leadership To Back Bernie Sanders
Harvard—Home of Alan Dershowitz—Says the Wealth Tax Economist Is Too Much
Joe Biden Claims He Was Arrested in South Africa in the 1970s 《Pathetic》
Beforeigners is great, but I feel that the jokes would be funnier if I understood Old Norse…
A number of interesting recent sci-fi/fantasy series deal with issues of racism, migration, and refugees: Carnival Row, Beforeigners, Picard, etc. They are good, but why can’t we have more shows that tell the stories of actual migrants or refugees?
SPIDER WOMAN - The Story of Navajo Weavers and Chanters, first published in 1934, is currently free on the Kindle store. (Thanks to Alex Golub for the tip!)
Blockades a genius assertion of Indigenous power: UBC-based First Nations thinker Glen Coulthard
Here’s the Medicare-for-all study Bernie Sanders keeps bringing up
The US denying visas to both Hajo Funke and Eyal Weizman is very worrisome. They are academics who were invited to attend (separate) events in the US. Weizman studies state violence and Funke studies right-wing populism.
Natural gas is a much ‘dirtier’ energy source, carbon-wise, than we thought
Bloomberg Is Wealthier Than The Bottom 125 Million Americans
Michael Bloomberg’s Surveillance Of Muslims Sets Dangerous Precedent For His Presidential Run 《First posted in December, but more relevant than ever.》
Welcome my partner in crime, the anthropologist @alexgolub to micro.blog! If there are any other anthropologists here, say “hi” so we can follow you.
⭐️ John Oliver Makes the Definitive Case for Medicare-for-All
Michael Bloomberg and the Dangers of ‘Any Blue Will Do’ Politics
Where’s the Savior? “The daylight between Mike Bloomberg and Donald Trump can be measured in the rays of sun that shine out of a billionaire’s ass.”
Four Deaths in One Family Show Danger of Wuhan’s Home Quarantine Policy
Seattle is so far gone on inequality we’re beyond the movie ‘Parasite’
Mead had anthropology mansplained to her by a Navy officer at a party on board the boat the night they arrived in Samoa: “I discovered that the most boring thing in the world is to listen to someone talk to you about your specialty.” #godsoftheupperair #anthrotwitter
Ugh, Sapir thought Mead should give up her own fledgling career to support his and even wrote to her TA (Benedict) and advisor (Boas) to try to get them to stop her from going off to do fieldwork, saying she needed psychiatric help! #godsoftheupperair #anthrotwitter