Mastodawn

Not all men but always a man … #ulmen

On the nationalist spectacle the Trump Admin is performing for the #250th https://thesouthern.com/opinion/for-america-s-250th-donald-trump-wants-a-national-spectacle-over-local-remembrance/article_a4b39985-c43d-549d-9a5e-022e9ccb9d08.html

For America’s 250th, Donald Trump wants a national spectacle over local remembrance

As a teen in a small Illinois town, America’s bicentennial in 1976 fascinated me. The official logo marking the 200 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence was omnipresent —

Southern Illinoisan

MaxGawlich Mar 5

KSM #Weimers verfolgt sein rechtskonservatives
Programm mit deutlich weniger tam tam als die kameraden in Ungarn oder Polen, aber zielsicher. denn in Zeiten wo 1/3 unter 40 rechtes Gedankengut zugibt, steht der Feind offensichtlich links…
https://54books.de/drei-buchhandlungen-oder-schnelle-ausschluesse-in-verdachtsprueffauler-zeit/

Drei Buchhandlungen oder schnelle Ausschlüsse in verdachtsprüffauler Zeit - 54books

Ein Kommentar von Niels Penke Wie jedes Jahr sollten sich 118 Buchhandlungen sollten sich über eine symbolische wie finanzielle Anerkennung durch den Kulturstaatsminister…

54books

MaxGawlich Mar 4

“Fun Fact: Every School in KatyISD has an armed Security Guard“ - don’t know what is the most disturbing part of this statement, the armed person at my kids school, that they think it’s a good thing or that they present it as “fun fact” #texas

MaxGawlich Feb 27

Liberal and centrist Media Outlets all to often act surprised when #fascist and authoritarian views emerge in their midst, while the evidence in particular for #LawEnforcement is well known and can be easily be found with waivers of the blue line flag
https://www.nybooks.com/online/2026/02/14/authoritarianism-from-below-trump-city-takeovers-police/

Or here : https://www.akweb.de/bewegung/staat-oder-rechte-bewegungen-wer-sind-die-treiber-des-faschismus/

Authoritarianism from Below

As National Guard troops and federal officers swarmed Washington, D.C., in August, sent by President Donald Trump to confront what he declared a “crime

The New York Review of Books

MaxGawlich Feb 27

Dan Lew Feb 27

I'm joining the culture war, on the side of culture.

MaxGawlich Feb 25

Extensive paper by Molly Henderson on baseless claims of environmental pollution by #mifepristrone #reproductivehealth https://nursingclio.org/2026/02/25/in-pursuit-of-purity-environmental-affects-reproduction-and-the-promise-of-bodily-sovereignty/

In Pursuit of Purity: Environmental Affects, Reproduction, and the Promise of Bodily Sovereignty

In The New York Times on October 10, 2025, an article titled “The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills” described a growing concern regarding “abortion po…

Nursing Clio

MaxGawlich Feb 25

Petrikas Feb 24

I don't usually praise Y takes, but this one is rather excellent.

MaxGawlich Feb 23

The Skeptator Feb 23

Wenn wir eines Tages wieder selbst denken müssen, möchte ich einer von denen sein, die das noch können.

MaxGawlich Feb 23

Zur Kahlschlag Politik in die Social Sciences und Humanities in Texas, wo sich #TexasAM und Texas State #TSU selbst gleichgeschaltet haben schreib Matthew Dennis https://nursingclio.org/2026/02/18/texas-am-womens-and-gender-studies-and-academic-common-sense/

Texas A&M, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Academic Common Sense

I can’t believe I’m writing this, but at least it keeps my fingers on the keys, not scratching my head or tearing my hair out. And I know that my words here will have no impact on the policies that…

Nursing Clio