Of Bookish ThingsDec 24
The #Italian philosopher, #BenedettoCroce (25 February 1866 –20 November 1952) coined the term #Onagrocrazia (literally "government by asses") to emphasize the #Antiintellectual and boorish tendencies of parts of #BenitoMussolini's #FascistRegime. Croce also described Fascism as malattia morale (literally "moral illness"). #Fascism #History #ItallianFascism #TrumpRegime #TrumpFascism
Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 18
@MikeDunnAuthor that's why you have #AntiIntellectual #Christofascists like #PeterThiel offering money to drop out!
Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 2

@Spoon EXACTLY THAT!

Because #fascism is #antiintellectual by design…

Show threadKevin Karhan Oct 18

@mimir You can thank the #CopyrightMafia and #Antiintellectual #politicans who refuse to understand #Education as #CriticalInfrastructure for that.

Show threadKevin Karhan Jun 2, 2025

@tante also shit like #ChatGPT doesn't provide amy transferable skills.

  • It's even worse than choosing the 1st #InstantAnswer from #DuckDuckGo's search results as that has the non-zero chance of them to actually read up things and even browse the context.

"#AI" doesn't provide context. It's the digital version of an annoyed parent shouting "I sez so!" and thus is anti-#creativity and #antiintellectual.

  • Kinda like asking any "Oracle" and blindly trust it!
Christopher SchroederMay 26, 2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/may-24-2025

"While President Donald J. Trump might well have his own reasons for hating a university famous for its brain power, the anti-intellectual impulse behind Trump’s attacks on higher education has a long history in the United States."

#HeatherCoxRichardson #trump #universities #antiintellectual

May 24, 2025

On Thursday the Trump administration told Harvard University that because it had not handed over information on foreign students’ protest activities, violent activity, and coursework, the university had “lost [the] privilege” of enrolling foreign students.

Letters from an American
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 25, 2025
“While President Donald J. #Trump might well have his own reasons for hating a #university famous for its brain power, the #anti-intellectual impulse behind Trump’s attacks on higher education has a long history in the #UnitedStates.” #Harvard heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-24-202...

May 24, 2025
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Show threadKevin Karhan May 23, 2025
@cbarbermd no, it's #facism which is always #antiintellectual!
Randall Gess🇨🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈May 4, 2025

France and the EU capitalizing on the US war on science.

#Trump #WarOnScience #antiintellectual #universities #research

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/france-eu-us-based-scientists-come-to-europe-emmanuel-macron-ursula-von-der-leyen

France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe

Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown

The Guardian
AnthonyMay 2, 2025
Still waiting to see if I'll be affected by this NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones. I've been doing work under an NSF grant for a few months now.

#NSF #NSFFunding #funding #FederalFunding #GrantFunding #science #ScienceFunding #AntiScience #AntiIntellectual #USPol
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.