Michael Kevane
Economics professor, Santa Clara University. Political economy of Burkina Faso, Sudan, and Puerto Rico, university governance, and housing issues in San José, CA. Posts here are strictly personal opinion. Also, libraries and reading: www.favl.org
- I have been writing letters of recommendation for just shy of thirty years— 17 students this year alone— in ratios that more or less track the majority-women population of liberal arts students. Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
- This is not "how men behave." This is Gelernter's version of Trump saying "locker room talk"— a projection of his own pathologies onto a whole gender in order to buff up his own manly-man credentials in his mind.
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- The more I hear about 'Melania,' the more I think about @csittenfeld.bsky.social, who wrote fine books fictionalizing the lives of Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton, and I wonder how she'd go about writing a novel of this woman's life in a grasping, grifting, gross family of lies, excess, and abuse.
- Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
- JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate. Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards. With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43. Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
- Photos from Sherigu community library in Ghana
- 🔴 Tougan : La culture au service de l’union pour la 3e édition du Festival Toa Yaka Plus de détails ici👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿 burkina24.com/2026/01/31/t....
Kenya: The accidental librarian keeping Kibera's kids in books rfi.my/COsq.BS- In Hayward, California, there is a historical landmark to one of the first Ukrainian immigrants to the U.S. who arrived in 1865. KQED just published a story on Agapius Honcharenko, you can read or listen to here. www.kqed.org/news/1207143...
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- In my research, I discovered that Honcharenko was the first individual recorded in the US Census as born in Ukraine, in 1880. The Ukrainian diaspora has long been fascinated with him, and in 1999 his former homestead became a California landmark, furthering his recognition among the American public.
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- I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
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- Image credited to Garrett Peterson, CRNA colleague of Alex Pretti, of his colleagues at the VA hospital where he worked.
- so bari definitely got the heads up that noem is being shitcanned, right?
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- I’ve never been prouder to be a Minnesotan.
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- Do better. Call your buddy George W. Bush and show up together in Minneapolis. Don’t just write statements. DO something with your megaphone.
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- You know what's a really good album that everyone's forgotten about? HLLLYH by The Mae Shi. We're not hurting for music about the book of Revelations, but this album is one of my favorites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUKA...
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- The prevailing consensus over the last year was that anyone calling for a general strike was ridiculous and ignorant and it would never work here, and maybe that’s true nationally, I dunno, but I bet those people wouldn’t have seen tomorrow in MN coming either
- One court decision, two different headlines. Guardian on the left, NY Times on the right. Which one more directly conveys information and the stakes to the reader?
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- Worth your time to listen to the whole thing
- A YouTube link for those looking for it. No words. youtu.be/btqHDhO4h10?...
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- Aw. Bluesky’s favorite publication covered Bluesky’s first viral play-by-play horror story ❤️❤️❤️ people.com/passenger-sa...
- This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
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- Eric Swalwell answering a question on how the next governor of California will protect Californians from ICE. “They're going to lose their immunity. They're not going to be able to drive. I will take your driver's license. Good luck walking to work, assholes.”
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