Emma Banks
@emmitabanks.bsky.social
Anthropologist. Assistant Prof Bucknell University. All opinions are my own.
CHINGA LA MIGRA
CHINGA LA MIGRA
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Reminder about "They're here ILLEGALLY"
Being undocumented is a civil offense, not a criminal one. That's why they're not entitled to a court-appointed lawyer, why it's "civil detention" not a jail, why it's not in the criminal code, etc. Other civil infractions are things like parking tickets.
Being undocumented is a civil offense, not a criminal one. That's why they're not entitled to a court-appointed lawyer, why it's "civil detention" not a jail, why it's not in the criminal code, etc. Other civil infractions are things like parking tickets.
February 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Reminder about "They're here ILLEGALLY"
Being undocumented is a civil offense, not a criminal one. That's why they're not entitled to a court-appointed lawyer, why it's "civil detention" not a jail, why it's not in the criminal code, etc. Other civil infractions are things like parking tickets.
Being undocumented is a civil offense, not a criminal one. That's why they're not entitled to a court-appointed lawyer, why it's "civil detention" not a jail, why it's not in the criminal code, etc. Other civil infractions are things like parking tickets.
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Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas State Senate special election with 57.2 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Lee Wambsganss. The district was traditionally Republican, and the GOP candidate was publicly backed by Donald Trump. #Texas
February 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas State Senate special election with 57.2 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Lee Wambsganss. The district was traditionally Republican, and the GOP candidate was publicly backed by Donald Trump. #Texas
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UPDATE: @donlemonofficial.bsky.social arrested by the Trump regime for doing journalism
Any media member/outlet silent about this attack on the first amendment should hang up their pen and go do something else
Any media member/outlet silent about this attack on the first amendment should hang up their pen and go do something else
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM
UPDATE: @donlemonofficial.bsky.social arrested by the Trump regime for doing journalism
Any media member/outlet silent about this attack on the first amendment should hang up their pen and go do something else
Any media member/outlet silent about this attack on the first amendment should hang up their pen and go do something else
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The USA, where the summary execution of an unarmed man can now be justified by the actual president, because on a separate occasion he kicked the tail light of a "very expensive government vehicle."
January 30, 2026 at 7:24 AM
The USA, where the summary execution of an unarmed man can now be justified by the actual president, because on a separate occasion he kicked the tail light of a "very expensive government vehicle."
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The arrest of Don Lemon is yet another alarming attack by the Trump administration on Americans’ First Amendment rights.
A free press is fundamental to democracy. This is unacceptable & we will continue to fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A free press is fundamental to democracy. This is unacceptable & we will continue to fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest
Lemon’s lawyer said he was taken into custody after attending protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service earlier in January
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The arrest of Don Lemon is yet another alarming attack by the Trump administration on Americans’ First Amendment rights.
A free press is fundamental to democracy. This is unacceptable & we will continue to fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
A free press is fundamental to democracy. This is unacceptable & we will continue to fight back. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It shouldn't be brave to tell the truth
Bucknell's institutional neutrality is acquiescence to autocracy - The Bucknellian
In the United States, the slow creep into autocracy has turned into a free fall. The use of state violence and repression has become so frequent, we can’t keep up with every new incident. This past we...
bucknellian.net
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM
It shouldn't be brave to tell the truth
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Neil Young. Still showing us the way all these years later..
If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”
If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”
January 27, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Neil Young. Still showing us the way all these years later..
If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”
If you haven't heard, he gifted his entire catalog to Greenland for free. He says he hopes it will "ease some of the unwarranted stress…you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government,”
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#GVerse #Attention
Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''
JD Vance: ''Yes''
Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''
Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''
JD Vance: ''Yes''
Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''
January 26, 2026 at 12:54 AM
#GVerse #Attention
Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''
JD Vance: ''Yes''
Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''
Reporter: ''So you agree that people who break in and vandalize a building should be prosecuted?''
JD Vance: ''Yes''
Reporter: ''Ok, I'm just checking, because you helped raise money for people who did so on January 6th''
This weekend, I dissociated from our political horror show by watching a livestream of a man risking his life by climbing a skyscraper. What stage of dystopia is this?
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 PM
This weekend, I dissociated from our political horror show by watching a livestream of a man risking his life by climbing a skyscraper. What stage of dystopia is this?
Hey university admins, you up?
Pretty much everyone on IG who has been carefully quiet about politics is speaking out.
It’s. Weird.
I’m not on there all that much, but I think people have finally been given social permission to say the uncomfortable thing.
I think they realize not speaking up will be read as acceptance.
It’s. Weird.
I’m not on there all that much, but I think people have finally been given social permission to say the uncomfortable thing.
I think they realize not speaking up will be read as acceptance.
January 26, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Hey university admins, you up?
It feels like the right time for a new @tedleo.bsky.social album. Currently sharing Shake the Sheets with my students
January 26, 2026 at 8:24 PM
It feels like the right time for a new @tedleo.bsky.social album. Currently sharing Shake the Sheets with my students
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The latest OPEN ACCESS volume of Environment and Society is live! View the TOC and more for Vol. 16 here: bit.ly/4qJD0Wq
Featuring research by:
@emmitabanks.bsky.social
@falsocuaderno.bsky.social
@christinahoicka.bsky.social
@zeynepoguz.bsky.social
@ohalpern.bsky.social
@azshutter.bsky.social
Featuring research by:
@emmitabanks.bsky.social
@falsocuaderno.bsky.social
@christinahoicka.bsky.social
@zeynepoguz.bsky.social
@ohalpern.bsky.social
@azshutter.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The latest OPEN ACCESS volume of Environment and Society is live! View the TOC and more for Vol. 16 here: bit.ly/4qJD0Wq
Featuring research by:
@emmitabanks.bsky.social
@falsocuaderno.bsky.social
@christinahoicka.bsky.social
@zeynepoguz.bsky.social
@ohalpern.bsky.social
@azshutter.bsky.social
Featuring research by:
@emmitabanks.bsky.social
@falsocuaderno.bsky.social
@christinahoicka.bsky.social
@zeynepoguz.bsky.social
@ohalpern.bsky.social
@azshutter.bsky.social
I would write "if I have to read one more AI-generated annotated bibliography..." but I will in fact be reading many more
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I would write "if I have to read one more AI-generated annotated bibliography..." but I will in fact be reading many more
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This ad about how great Google Gemini is ends by telling us how Ted, the protagonist and a big James Blunt fan, “found something he didn’t even know he was looking for” at a James Blunt concert where James Blunt is playing not “High” by James Blunt but “She’s So High” by Tal Bachman.
Just Ask Google
YouTube video by Google
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September 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This ad about how great Google Gemini is ends by telling us how Ted, the protagonist and a big James Blunt fan, “found something he didn’t even know he was looking for” at a James Blunt concert where James Blunt is playing not “High” by James Blunt but “She’s So High” by Tal Bachman.
Year 30 (?) of going back to school and doing it after a sabbatical is giving me the sads
August 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Year 30 (?) of going back to school and doing it after a sabbatical is giving me the sads
