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Global Expression, FIRE. Book: Authoritarians in the Academy, @hopkinspress.bsky.social (August 2025). https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/53835/authoritarians-academy Signal: sarahemclaugh.01. Go birds.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · Aug 19

Pub day! My new book, Authoritarians in the Academy at @hopkinspress.bsky.social, is now officially out and available for purchase. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...

photo of my holding a copy of my book Authoritarians in the Academy

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 1d

logging off for a family wedding and planning to spend some hours blissfully touching grass, so let me know on monday if the eagles fire someone this weekend

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 1d

I have taken a baseball bat to my soul

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

What's going on?
It's annoying or not interesting
⚫️I'm in this photo and I don't like it
I think it shouldn't be on Facebook
It’s spam

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

there is a difference between performing in a country and performing at the behest and pay of a country AND signing a contract that you won’t disparage said country

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · Jun 18

POV: you're a baseball and this is the last thing you see

klye schwarber outside a wawa pointing at a delicious iced beverage

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

if you’re screaming at people asking you about performing for the Saudi government, and not that same government that tortures women for having the audacity to push back against their oppression, maybe you’re the “phony” person. Just a thought! Anyway, enjoy the paycheck dude.

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

this whole routine where you crassly lash out at people who piss you off doesn’t quite work as well when it’s people pointedly asking about your being paid well to perform at the behest of some of the world’s worst human rights offenders

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Bill Burr, for being paid handsomely to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival for Saudi Arabia’s “oppressed people.” Very courageous.

Does he actually believe the total nonsense coming out of his mouth? Come on, man. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

Bill Burr is lashing out at critics for slamming his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. During an interview on the “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” podcast, Burr said he does not “give a fuck what all these phony fucking people are saying.”

“The general consensus is, ‘How dare you go to that place and make those oppressed people laugh, you fucking piece of shit. I can’t believe you went to that place. I can’t find it on a map, and this bot said I was upset about it so now I am,'” Burr said about the outrage over the festival. “It’s one thing to wear clothes made by sweatshop labor. It’s quite another to go to the factory and make ’em laugh. I can’t believe how much anger I had about this issue after it went viral

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

very reasonable imo

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

it’s very simple: good things should happen to sports team I love and bad things should happen to sports teams I don’t. Is that so much to ask?

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

this is a sentence that has never been said before and I think it needs to be commemorated when a new thing enters the world

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

we shall kruk together again soon

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

watching the Phillies from my hotel so as to not subject some poor patrons of an OKC bar to whatever may unfold tonight. you’re welcome, Oklahoma

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

lol I did not know that!

Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve had a nice time in OKC and one of the highlights has been the butterflies EVERYWHERE. so lovely.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3d

very interesting what is not allowed these days. in this case, basic archiving of real videos

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 3d

My new @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social piece tells how DHS continues to deny that citizens have a right to videorecord its agents and raids even in the face of overwhelming court precedent that the First Amendment protects their right to do so. Nor is it just a matter of positions taken in court. /5

DHS Says Videotaping ICE Agents Is Illegal. Federal Courts Disagree.

Filming law enforcement serves important goals central to a free republic.

thedispatch.com

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 3d

lol: About five minutes later, the arresting officer approached him again. “He said: ‘I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news.’ I said: ‘What’s the good news?’ He said: ‘I’m de-arresting you.’

“And I said: ‘What’s the bad news?’ He said: ‘It’s going to be really embarrassing for me.’

Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 3d

It isn't just that you can't express verbal support for Palestine Action. You may also not even be free to simply question the government's decision to ban it. This is the most basic political expression — challenging how leaders govern. And yet.

Rick @rick-sco.bsky.social · 3d

Yeh, you can't even disagree with the action of declaring Palestine Action a terrorist group. Pretty sure they will just try to arrest anyone with the words Action & Palestine in what they deem to be the wrong order at this point. Some politicians are really in need of swift replacement.

Woman 'arrested' over 'I oppose proscription of Palestine Action' sign

A PROTESTER has claimed she was arrested for holding a sign saying “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”.

www.thenational.scot

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s video of the incident

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 3d

Can you hold up a photo of this guy holding a magazine cover? Probably not!

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Sarah McLaughlin @sarahemclaugh.bsky.social · 3d

So you can: print the magazine, buy the magazine, read the magazine, but it becomes a criminal act to hold it in public.

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