Professor Power
16thC after it was cool. Any pronouns except 'it.' Political theorist (ops =/= my employer's). Tired Jew. Solo parent. Curmudgeon extraordinaire.
- Reposted by Professor PowerSeth Meyers takes #ACloserLook at Trump's response to Kaitlan Collins questioning him about the Epstein scandal www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7O3...
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- Reposted by Professor PowerToday's edition of "is it Elon Musk's Twitter feed, yesterday's Tucker Carlson monologue, or an article from The White Sentinel in 1960 written by a white Christian nationalist who ran a paramilitary training camp for neo-Nazis and Klansmen in Colorado?"
- Because strong-man authoritarianism & fasicsm is just the endpoint of patriarchy, which is still in the foundations of everything.
- Reposted by Professor PowerReally nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
- Reposted by Professor PowerNY Gov. Kathy Hochul’s press office has entered the fray in the best way.
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- Reposted by Professor PowerThe ICE killings in Minneapolis evoke Selma but the day-to-day tactics in Minneapolis remind me of the Birmingham Bus Boycott: a grinding, continuous, citywide and logistically demanding effort of non-cooperation over months to break an unjust status quo.
- Reposted by Professor PowerThe US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
- Reposted by Professor PowerThis isn’t some anonymous tip. This is sworn testimony, under penalty of perjury, from someone who said Trump threatened to kill her if she exposed Epstein’s sexual abuse.
- Reposted by Professor PowerI understand the reasons why it’s more jarring and consequential to see it happen among billionaires, but the kind of shrugging disinterest or impishly approving encouragement of sexual abuse among Epstein’s circle is the same dynamic that happens in less powerful milieus.
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- Reposted by Professor PowerFirefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off
- Got yelled at* in Russian when I was out and about today further confirming that middle age is settling on me like a cracked vinyl head covering on a babushka. *in fairness, not literal yelling, but everything sounds aggressive when it's chirped at you in Russian in the middle of No Frills.
- Reposted by Professor Powerpeople who are just now realizing chomsky is bad
- Reposted by Professor PowerJoin us May 8 and 9 for a weekend about liberalism, ethics, religion, and the good. Feat: @jamellebouie.net, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social @sarahposner.bsky.social and more Attendance is free, but registration is required. More here: www.pulaskiinstitution.org/events/for-g...
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- Oh wow, one reason I don't pay much attention to the Grammy's is probably the distance between the music recognized and the music I actually like. I guess better late than never. www.clashmusic.com/news/the-cur...
- Reposted by Professor PowerThe powerful front page of the reformist newspaper Sazandegi features the names of 3,000 individuals who, according to government reports, were killed during the protests in Iran. #Iran #IranProtests2026
- I didn't quite understand Tu b'Shvat until I saw the first almond blossoms popping up on the trees in J'lem. We may be buried under half a metre of snow in Canada, but my tradition carries the life cycles of The Land with it everywhere. And also the reminder to pay your taxes. Happy Tu b'Shvat!
- At base, patriarchy is a pederastic cult of penis worship coupled with deep, literal gynophobia & irrational aversion to vulvas [those gross, "complex" & "variable" "mum-pums" - unlike entirely uniform & simple penises]. Zero actual attraction to women who exist purely to be subordinated.
- O cool The hypothesis that the elite were trying to segrigate trans people from society purely to keep us as sex slaves was real, but only for trans women since they see trans men as undesirable for sex and want them eliminated which is EXACTLY THE POLICIES AND RHETORIC WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW
- Reposted by Professor Powerso the guy sharing gross transphobic slop with Epstein here is Robert Trivers, the scientist who invented the specious yet popular "parental investment" theory, in which sperm are cheap so men want to f*ck lots of women, but eggs are expensive so women are looking for a man with "good genes"...
- O cool The hypothesis that the elite were trying to segrigate trans people from society purely to keep us as sex slaves was real, but only for trans women since they see trans men as undesirable for sex and want them eliminated which is EXACTLY THE POLICIES AND RHETORIC WE'RE SEEING HAPPEN RIGHT NOW
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- Reposted by Professor PowerTENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN OP-ED: In our society we have too often accepted the heckler’s veto, allowing the perfect to be the enemy of the good and making the refusal to forgive our highest virtue TENURED YALE PROFESSOR IN AN EMAIL: hii jfefrey Can I come to rape party w/a plusone this weekend
- Reposted by Professor Power“The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted nude images on its website, showing young women or possibly teenagers whose photos were contained in files related to the wealthy sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
- Reposted by Professor PowerA reminder that the Kennedy Center is the literal and legal and congressional designated presidential memorial to JFK. This would be like Trump tearing down the Lincoln Memorial to build something “better.”
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- Reposted by Professor PowerTroublemaker is my middle name.
- Reposted by Professor PowerThe post-Me Too era has really taught me that the underlying issue with the persistence of sexual violence isn’t exactly women’s credibility, as the “believe women” slogan suggested, but rather with rape’s moral status. It’s not that people think it doesn’t happen. They think it doesn’t matter.
- It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls www.justice.gov/epstein
- Reposted by Professor PowerMarching now to the ICE facility "ICE out of Portland! ICE out of everywhere"
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- Reposted by Professor PowerAcademics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
- Reposted by Professor Power"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."
- Reposted by Professor PowerIf you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.
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- Oh no! But she's only like 70-ish!? Sad news for Canada and the world. 😢
- I mean, I've always thought the whole idea of 'spoilers' was stupid, but the fact that there are now millions of people resolutely refusing to read The Long Game whilst insisting no one reveal anything about it WHILE REWATCHING HR 100x really need to be put on time out. Good art cannot be 'spoiled.'
- One thing the HR fandom explosion has brought home for me: I really hate people who are obsessed w the idea of 'spoilers' - esp. for books that have been out for YEARS. If a piece of art is only enjoyable as a 'surprise,' it's probably shitty art. Why should we have to avoid talking about things?
- BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps. This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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- Reposted by Professor Powertoday i wrote for @flaminghydra.com about how movies should be gayer (and stop drafting actresses for 5 line parts to prove main characters aren't gay for each other) flaminghydra.com/issue-491/#w...
- Reposted by Professor PowerMayor Gergely Karácsony of Budapest could teach a few American institutions how to deal with fascism. Rather than roll over to a Pride ban, he led a march of hundreds of thousands in Budapest. Now, he's being charged under their anti-Pride law. But he won't be deterred. Our latest story.
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- PSA: use water with a bit of BABY SHAMPOO (not milk!) to wash eyes that have been pepper sprayed: www.instagram.com/reel/DUG-Dn2... (let's make this common knowledge)
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- Watched the 1st episode of Starfleet Academy & my thoughts are: 1. Pirates + super hot young prodigy w [missing] mommy issues + funny flying droids making weird noises = way to Star Wars-y. 2. W/ all the nods to ancient Greece, it should be WAY more queer than a Rufus Wainright vocal cameo.
- Reposted by Professor PowerSacrificing the health of your children to own the libs and because nobody is the boss of you
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- Reposted by Professor PowerICE isn’t just brutal. It’s also big business. From 2008 to 2021 ICE spent *$1.2 billion* on geolocation tracking, $561M on data analysis, $252M on government databases, and $97M on data brokers. Most of that went to companies who will lobby for this system to stay in place.
- I think when we speak about the Evian Conference or even remember Canada's infamous "none is too many" response, we still forget how thoroughly & easily the world always convinces itself that the Jews deserve to be punished. jewishjournal.com/commentary/o...
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