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Joe Feagin
@profjoefeagin.bsky.social
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Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University; researcher on systemic racism and the white racial frame

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Joe Richard Feagin is an American sociologist and social theorist who has conducted extensive research on racial and gender issues in the United States. He is currently the Ella C. McFadden Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University. .. more

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 7h
"Ultimately, no matter how intelligent machines become, biologically the human brain ..wins. It has ..86 billion neurons and 600 trillion synapses, many more than .. artificial equivalents. The brain doesn't need to pause .. is constantly adapting to new information."
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Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 8h
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Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 8h
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Steve Rattner warns the GOP: Health care cuts will hit red states the hardest
The former Treasury official said the data, which shows GOP-led states use ACA subsidies at a higher rate, has put Republicans under pressure.
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 8h
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/s...
Nobel Prizes This Year Offer Three Cheers for Slow Science
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 8h
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Federal judge slaps back ICE in Chicago; must show probable cause, no more “collateral arrests."
Good news: A federal judge in Chicago has sharply curtailed ICE’s ability to make arrests without warrants, siding with plaintiffs in a long-running class-action lawsuit. The ruling, tied to a 2022 co...
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Pierre Alquier @pierrealquier.bsky.social · 8h
"Guys, I'm stretching my legs and wings and you can see my body is made of silk. Love you."
Little egret.
#birds
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RNS @rns.org · 8h
A federal judge in Illinois has issued a temporary restraining order barring government agents from using a number of forceful tactics against faith-based demonstrators who have been protesting outside a Chicago-area ICE facility.
Judge bars ICE from taking some violent actions against religious activists, journalists
(RNS) — The suit was primarily brought by journalists who allege they have been targeted by federal agents, but the list of plaintiffs also included the Rev. David Black, a Chicago-area Presbyterian…
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Yanyun Huang @yanyunh.bsky.social · 8h
It's that time of the year blue jays ask for protraits. 🪶💙
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h
U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h
#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 11h
Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 13h
Donald Trump is attacking jobs in producing hydrogen fuel for buses, fertilizer for local farms, insulation from recycled materials, and more — all across Washington.

We’re working with the Attorney General’s Office to fight this illegal action.
Text at top: Donald Trump attacks jobs First headline from Bellingham Herald: Federal grant cuts strip $102 million from Whatcom County clean hydrogen project Second headline from Tri-City Herald: Trump's $7.5B energy cuts take $157M out of prized Richland project Third headline from The Chronicle: Trump administration cuts $46M in funding for projects in Lewis County
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 16h
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 16h
systemic racism
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16h
Without comment.

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 16h
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chrisbritt.bsky.social @chrisbritt.bsky.social · 1d
#ICE #immigration #trump #chicago #portland #news

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 16h
Without comment.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17h
COLUMN: “My own coverage will increase to over $1,000 a month… voices of the majority are ignored”

AK Garr raising alarms for small business owners and self-employed Tennesseans if Congress does not extend ACA marketplace subsidies.

www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 17h
ignorance of math?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 17h
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not legal of course
‘We took the freedom of speech away’: On First Amendment, Trump says quiet part loud
A week after the White House boasted that Trump “is a strong supporter of free speech,” the president’s legal gibberish pointed in the opposite direction.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump: "We're gonna be reducing the cost of medicines by 100%, 200%, 300%, 500% and even more than that."
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 17h
CBS was the home of Walter Cronkite, “the most trusted man in America.”

This week CBS announced it will be the home of new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, a right wing firebrand who made her name by getting professors fired for criticizing the Israeli government.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/danger-lur...
Danger Lurks As CBS Capitulates To Right Wing Extremism
As corporate media and the White House blur into one unholy entity, we must be intellectually armed and ready to fight the increasing disinformation war
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 18h
I have looked at this a ton and he's right! There are NO rigorous peer reviewed studies showing faculty political leanings translate into skewed teaching or any form of vindictive grading or censorship on a systemic scale. Yes there are anecdotes, no there is NOT evidence of a widespread issue. 🗃️
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 18h
It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 19h
Top Trump Education Officials Are Dismantling Public Schools: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of Empty School Buildings’ talkingpointsmemo.com/news/top-tru...
Top Trump Education Officials Are Dismantling Public Schools: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of Empty School Buildings’
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 1d
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How the Supreme Court could aid the GOP's redistricting games
If the court rules quickly enough in a key voting rights case, it could allow yet another round of partisan redistricting before the 2026 midterms.
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 1d
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Republicans are screwing up the shutdown, while Democrats are winning
POLITICO: Trump's off-script comments cause shutdown headaches for GOP President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front agains...
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 1d
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The issue that got Trump elected is now his biggest threat
President Donald Trump won in 2024 because of the economy. He promised voters he’d lower prices on Day 1, and people foolishly believed him. But what does he care? A candidate has one job—to get ...
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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 1d
the people's America, again and again now
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Massive protests taking place right now in Chicago against Trump this evening.

Keep it up!

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Joe Feagin @profjoefeagin.bsky.social · 1d
what is US law on cases like this?
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d
Mike Johnson is lying. Swear-in Rep elect Adelita Grijalva. Release the Epstein files.
Congresswoman-elect calls out Mike Johnson for REFUSING to swear her in
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d
The acting CDC Director has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health. Trump has no knowledge, training or experience in science/public health.

Both are calling to make the MMR vaccine into 3 separate shots, which makes absolutely no scientific or public health sense.
Acting CDC boss wants to break up MMR vaccine into three shots
Jim O’Neill joins President Donald Trump’s call for three distinct measles, mumps and rubella shots, claiming a separation would ‘reduce the risk of side effects’ and ‘maximize parental choice’
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