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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 23h

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 2d

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

www.wired.com/story/mark-b...

He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

www.wired.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 2d

It is great when you find an article that hits the mark, isn't it? I am working all day on my post-viva responses report. Have a terrific day percolating about your data. #PhDSky #JustKeepSwimming

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 5d

Number of Detained Immigrants with No Criminal History Continues to Grow
Here's the latest ICE detention data with key findings and graphics.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/number-of-...

Number of Detained Immigrants with No Criminal History Continues to Grow

Here's the latest ICE detention data with key findings and graphics.

austinkocher.substack.com

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Vic Clarke (she/her, they/them) @vicclarke.bsky.social · 4d

This was a really fun project to supervise! Conducted by Karen Jones for her MA Music Therapy dissertation. Coauthored with @jazztoad.bsky.social "I’m Coming Out": The Role of Music in LGBTQ+ Identities | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy share.google/ew4XJFpHDXLe...

"I’m Coming Out": The Role of Music in LGBTQ+ Identities | Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy

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Eilidh Beaton @eilidhbeaton4.bsky.social · 5d

📣 The chapter Matt Lister and I co-authored on refugee family reunion is now out in the Handbook of Migration Ethics. Our paper surveys several important questions & issues worthy of further consideration in this under-explored topic.

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Refugees and Family Unification

The topics of refugee protection and family migration have both received significant attention in the philosophical literature. However, until recently, issues at the intersection of these two subjects were rarely discussed. In this entry, we outline and explore some...

link.springer.com

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suzan ilcan @suzan-ilcan.bsky.social · 5d

Italy’s Border Immigration Paradox

Italy's Borders Immigration Paradox: Rising Numbers, Falling

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 7d

Be kind. Also, do not hold on to feelings, talk them out, or they will harm your body. Be kind to you as you are kind to others.

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Mike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social · 12d

So I just happen to have published this article on when and why it works to call anti-immigrant policies racist. And this is, uh... not how you do it www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11d

This is really hard to read. And the thing that is sitting with me the most about it is that it has always legal and possible to do this for decades. The only thing preventing this from having been the norm was a sense of humanity.

This is why we need structural reform. Not just a change in admin.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 11d

This passage nearly broke me.

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Juliet Liu @juliet.social · 10d

I'm starting to think we need to bring back a constructive form of shame, which @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social makes a great case for in this excellent piece:

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 10d

Brilliant! 🤜🤛 There is so much relief and sense of accomplishment afterwards, isn't there? I know how much work goes into the Progress Review work; it is no small feat. Enjoy your well-deserved day of rest tomorrow.

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you so much.

Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 10d

Momentum, I have to agree, is key to deep immersion and meaningful progression. In case no one has told you today, you are doing great! I am also tasked this week with delving back into my data. I'm finding it interesting. Less than a month left! Going to spend this evening with thesis work. #PhDSky

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 10d

*That* is a good idea! 💡 #PhdChat

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 14d

🙋‍♀️ I am joining you. #PhDSky I am going to do a bit of research and reading for a few hours. For the rest of the day, I will work on my thesis. This is also the big push for me in my #PhD journey.

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 18d

I removed myself just now, too. How rotten of them.

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 18d

Thank you so very much! I am crossing mine also. 🤞

Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 18d

Happy working, Rosemary. I'm in as soon as I get the thesis back (hopefully today!). #PhDSky #PhDStalled

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 19d

Oh yes, formatting. 🤦‍♀️ Fix one thing, mess up five other things. 🙃

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 19d

I'm a bit stalled as one of my supers has my thesis to give me feedback, so I am unable to work on it. If I work on another copy, and then the feedback is returned, I won't know where all my changes are to add them to the feedback copy. Frustrating as my hard deadline is in mid-October. #PhdSky

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Kit boO'Connell (🎃For Hire👻) @kitoconnell.com · 22d

“This can’t be interpreted…as anything else but an attack directly on trans kids.”

In my first byline for @teenvogue.com, I spoke with trans students, with Texas teachers, and those who support them about this troubling law that's singling out trans, enby and gender nonconforming young folks:

Some Texas Schools Are Making Teachers Deadname Trans Students After New Bill Passed

“This can’t be interpreted as anything else but an attack directly on trans kids.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Taylor Brooks @taylorbrooks.bsky.social · 22d

It’s exciting. May the entire journey be adventurous and fun!

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 23d

Impassioned plea for more mixed-methods research (quant & qual) from @timharford.ft.com

"The hard data is never as eloquent as a good story. Humboldt would measure the cactus but also sketch it; drag his barometer up a volcano, but spin a yarn about the epic climb."

www.ft.com/content/d419...

The UK’s problems aren’t caused by immigration

It’s not hard to see how so many came to worry about the issue. But the data isn’t there

www.ft.com

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