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I am really excited to bring you The Third Time Rita Left, a 4-part saga about a missing cat. A child-sized mannequin abandoned in a barn. Exhuming a dead cat. Strangers joining the search. In the Inner States podcast feed, starting tomorrow. @wfiu @eartheats #Rita #missingcat
If it’s hard to imagine getting elected as a Dem in rural Indiana, you’ll understand why so few people try. That hasn't stopped people though. On the latest Inner States podcast, we look into what they hope to accomplish, and how they're trying to do it. indianapublicmedia.org/inner…
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Alex Chambers retweeted
I just found out that Bill Watterson (the genius behind Calvin and Hobbes) gave a commencement speech in 1990 and it's incredible
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It's what launched the career of her VP.
It's what, thru the 2012, kept Plains Senate seats blue.
It's what names the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor and North Dakota Demo-Nonpartisan League Party.
No way of knowing progressive populism works.
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Replying to @Tyler_A_Harper
I made a similar case two months ago: Harris should have embraced populism because it’s the part of the left agenda that is actually broadly popular! Unlike paling around with crypto barons and war mongers, which will win precisely zero rust belt voters.
Alex Chambers retweeted
That one was in January with @chalexambers for Indiana Public Media! A great podcast!
Here's that same idea in @madebyhistory in August: time.com/7013555/tim-walz-de…
This storm is what we call “ progress”
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Reading Tolstoy is one of the best, most enjoyable things I think a human can do. Many people agree! To do it, you need a relatively large amount of control over your own time and attention. Why would a capitalist society spend tons of money to teach people that?
Replying to @BigMeanInternet
Why would American employers want young people to be able to sit down and read Tolstoy?
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After 30 years of Intensive First-Year Seminars, IU will be ending the program. idsnews.com/article/2024/10/…
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Who knew Clippy would be the one to speak truth to power in the new Tiny Cabinet?
The point of @DebsMuseum is to celebrate Eugene Debs and his vision, sure. But it doesn't hurt, I think, to get a sense of the living people (okay, particular person) behind that either. Turns out she's also pretty awesome. indianapublicmedia.org/inner…
Thanks @camdenburd! This kinda goes without saying, since it's got everything, but I'll add:
If you listen all the way through, you'll find it also has a tuna sandwich from Jimmy Johns.
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The IU Board of Trustees will discuss President Whitten’s performance & compensation today.
Whitten earns $702,000 a year, and her bonus could be +$175,000.
The bonus would come after many no-confidence votes & arrests of 57 protesters last spring. Story coming @WFIUWTIUNews
James C Scott died? Anna Tsing was his partner?! You’d think that PhD I got woulda taught me something
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I’ve never been as interested in civics as I should be, which is why I want to talk about it.
Bloomington City Councilmember Isak Asare helped me see how protocol, which is among the most boring topics around, is intimately intertwined with justice. indianapublicmedia.org/inner…
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Ruth Wilson Gilmore speaking straight truth at @socialismconf, “Capital and Abolition.”

























