Cathy Day
@daycathy.bsky.social
The kind of Hoosier who leaves--but then I came back. Liberal Arts evangelist. Daylily enthusiast. Cool, wine aunt. Rescue-dog mom. Recovering workaholic.
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January 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM
She's got a theme song now! www.threads.com/@thecathyric...
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My graduate ethics course was canceled after I refused to censor discussions of race, gender, and sexuality. Ethics is about people and power, not scripted silence. This is bigger than one class. I address it in my next video, premiering at 5:00 PM today.
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Texas A&M CANCELED My Ethics Course: I Refused to CENSOR my RACE.
YouTube video by The Bright Professor
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January 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
My graduate ethics course was canceled after I refused to censor discussions of race, gender, and sexuality. Ethics is about people and power, not scripted silence. This is bigger than one class. I address it in my next video, premiering at 5:00 PM today.
youtu.be/wP_W3AHcDxY
youtu.be/wP_W3AHcDxY
I wish Marge Gunderson, Brainerd's Chief of Police from Fargo, would go down to the Cities and take care of this. She could do it, too.
Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
January 15, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I wish Marge Gunderson, Brainerd's Chief of Police from Fargo, would go down to the Cities and take care of this. She could do it, too.
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I am just a pollster, standing in front of a bunch of elected Dems, asking them to lead on public opinion rather than hedge and tiptoe and moderate for fear an imaginary future backlash that will probably be manufactured by the right wing ecosystem anyway, regardless of what Dems do or don’t say.
January 15, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I am just a pollster, standing in front of a bunch of elected Dems, asking them to lead on public opinion rather than hedge and tiptoe and moderate for fear an imaginary future backlash that will probably be manufactured by the right wing ecosystem anyway, regardless of what Dems do or don’t say.
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Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 AM
Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.
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Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.
January 13, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Elected officials have to stop posting like bystanders who have no power.
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I was wondering if we'd start seeing more stories of ICE/CPB harrassing the Hmong, who as a reminder, came here b/c they helped US in Vietnam War and also b/c we BOMBED THE SHIT out of their homelands.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I was wondering if we'd start seeing more stories of ICE/CPB harrassing the Hmong, who as a reminder, came here b/c they helped US in Vietnam War and also b/c we BOMBED THE SHIT out of their homelands.
Well, I guess it's something. I just googled "What did Democratic leaders in the US do today besides send me emails and texts asking for money?" The result: gave some press conferences.
BREAKING: Minnesota, Minneapolis, and St. Paul sue Noem and others over DHS immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota, seeking TRO to block the surge and stop unlawful actions detailed in the complaint.
January 13, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Well, I guess it's something. I just googled "What did Democratic leaders in the US do today besides send me emails and texts asking for money?" The result: gave some press conferences.
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This is such an interesting idea. The “ridealong” is such an established genre binding journalism to law enforcement. Great to see @zeteo.com flip this on its head and bind journalism to mutual aid and community care, real “news you can use.”
We did a ride along. Not with law enforcement. But with the Minneapolis residents defending their communities from those very officers.
@premthakker.bsky.social's front-row seat at ICE's psychological warzone in Minnesota — and how residents are banding together against it:
@premthakker.bsky.social's front-row seat at ICE's psychological warzone in Minnesota — and how residents are banding together against it:
January 12, 2026 at 7:16 AM
This is such an interesting idea. The “ridealong” is such an established genre binding journalism to law enforcement. Great to see @zeteo.com flip this on its head and bind journalism to mutual aid and community care, real “news you can use.”
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
You can't even take some time to go shower, cut your toenails, and put goo on your face without things in this country getting worse WAY worse.
January 12, 2026 at 1:29 AM
You can't even take some time to go shower, cut your toenails, and put goo on your face without things in this country getting worse WAY worse.
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
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"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them." - Bp. Rob Price of Dallas, 1/1/2026
January 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
"I urge any who are involved in the administration of the current immigration enforcement regime at any level to seek the counsel of their clergy, given my urgent pastoral concern for the moral and spiritual injury that their participation is causing them." - Bp. Rob Price of Dallas, 1/1/2026
I have to teach all day tomorrow. Somehow.
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I have to teach all day tomorrow. Somehow.
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The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
January 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The woman killed by ICE was Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year old who was the mother of a 4-year old child whose father already died a few years ago.
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
The Star Tribune talked to her mother. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
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DHS now confirming in a. statement that an ICE officer did shoot and kill someone at the site of a raid.
January 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
DHS now confirming in a. statement that an ICE officer did shoot and kill someone at the site of a raid.
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This was published in the dead week between Christmas and New Year’s. If you work in education & were, reasonably, taking a break, maybe you missed it.
Don’t miss it.
Don’t miss it.
The ‘Crisis of the Humanities’ Is Over. That’s Not a Good Thing.
All of higher ed now suffers the attacks of politics and technology.
www.chronicle.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
This was published in the dead week between Christmas and New Year’s. If you work in education & were, reasonably, taking a break, maybe you missed it.
Don’t miss it.
Don’t miss it.
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From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Give me your eyes. I need sunshine. youtu.be/uJiQrpzHeM8?... This album kinda saved my life 20 years ago. Glad that gay hockey show has helped it find a new audience.
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything [Live at SPF30]
YouTube video by Sub Pop
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January 6, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Give me your eyes. I need sunshine. youtu.be/uJiQrpzHeM8?... This album kinda saved my life 20 years ago. Glad that gay hockey show has helped it find a new audience.
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RFK Jr's HHS had a press call to announce they were — based on no new data — overhauling the childhood vaccine schedule. Senior officials at HHS answered questions but refused to go on the record, saying we could only attribute the quotes to "officials." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots
The U.S. no longer broadly recommends vaccines for flu, hepatitis A and B, and RSV. Health officials say the guidance aligns with that of peer countries.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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time to make the syllabus
a man standing in front of a door with the words " time to make the donuts " above him
ALT: a man standing in front of a door with the words " time to make the donuts " above him
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January 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
time to make the syllabus
Time to rewatch AGORA. m.imdb.com/title/tt1186...
January 1, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Time to rewatch AGORA. m.imdb.com/title/tt1186...
I haven't listened to Guided by Voices since I broke up with my grad school boyfriend in 2001, but for some reason, tonight I need Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes. Time then was so slow, and now it's so fucking fast.
a man sings into a microphone with the words i am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me
ALT: a man sings into a microphone with the words i am an incurable and nothing else behaves like me
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December 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I haven't listened to Guided by Voices since I broke up with my grad school boyfriend in 2001, but for some reason, tonight I need Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes. Time then was so slow, and now it's so fucking fast.