kim hébert
@kimberlyhebert.bsky.social
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kim hébert
@kimberlyhebert.bsky.social
· Oct 14
“She was not an outcast as much as a cast out, a been-gone, a far-away, a woman with a will to be outside of society, a fantasy.
High or low, she could be something she could make up on her own.”
— Thulani Davis, “The Blues Talk Back”
High or low, she could be something she could make up on her own.”
— Thulani Davis, “The Blues Talk Back”
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the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
Rep Sarah McBride on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by David Steinglass
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
the full speech is something to see & is one of the reasons it is good to have a trans member of congress
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
youtu.be/5LqVMCW4e0c?...
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What this will mean, in practice, that if you are deemed an enemy of the administration, they will pore through your citizenship application paperwork looking for some reason to retroactively disqualify you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
Trump Administration Aims to Strip More Foreign-Born Americans of Citizenship
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
What this will mean, in practice, that if you are deemed an enemy of the administration, they will pore through your citizenship application paperwork looking for some reason to retroactively disqualify you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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When climate change takes a flavor from the world.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
New England’s shrimp fishery to shut down for the long haul after years of decline
Fishing regulators are extending a shutdown for New England’s historic shrimp fishing business, effectively shuttering an industry that fell victim to warming oceans.
www.pressherald.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 AM
When climate change takes a flavor from the world.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
My in-law family has told me about the tiny, intense pink shrimp that were harvested in stormy seas in Maine winters.
Now warming oceans have reduced the shrimp population to almost nothing, and the fishery has been officially closed.
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Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pauline Copes Johnson, a descendant of Harriet Tubman, has died at 98.
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
She spent a lifetime guarding that legacy from the small city where Tubman spent her final years
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/11/t...
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The funny thing to me is that we rushed so hard to "get kids back into schools" exposing them to COVID bc "distance learning is learning loss" for them to stare at a screen and talk to the autofill program that guesses wrong.
We could have put that money to air filtration and teacher salaries.
We could have put that money to air filtration and teacher salaries.
The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process
The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process
AI tutors are often held up as an ideal, but prioritizing individualized teaching can detract from the benefits of learning in social environments.
buff.ly
December 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The funny thing to me is that we rushed so hard to "get kids back into schools" exposing them to COVID bc "distance learning is learning loss" for them to stare at a screen and talk to the autofill program that guesses wrong.
We could have put that money to air filtration and teacher salaries.
We could have put that money to air filtration and teacher salaries.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Happy 50th Anniversary to Parliament’s fourth studio album ‘Mothership Connection’ originally released December 15, 1975 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @jesseducker.bsky.social here: album.ink/ParliamentMC
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy 50th Anniversary to Parliament’s fourth studio album ‘Mothership Connection’ originally released December 15, 1975 | Listen to the album + read our tribute by @jesseducker.bsky.social here: album.ink/ParliamentMC
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
OFFICIAL Statement from AAUP-TNS on Cuts to Faculty and Staff 12-9-25
The New School - Austerity Cuts to the Bone A Statement from the Leadership Council of AAUP-TNS On December 3, 2025, New School President Joel Towers and Provost Richard Kessler issued voluntary sep...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Last week, the New School issued voluntary separation & early retirement offers to 40% of the full-time faculty & the majority of non-union staff. These cuts to the bone are an ideological attempt to decimate historic spaces of critical inquiry & social justice. Share our statement tr.ee/qQBIDCpIuj
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And NH is an interesting comparator because it's been one of the most chill places compared to say Utah and Texas, where people are allowed carry guns into classrooms and faculty aren't allowed to ban them
Trust me, it's different when you know your students are welcomed to bring a gun to class
Trust me, it's different when you know your students are welcomed to bring a gun to class
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
And NH is an interesting comparator because it's been one of the most chill places compared to say Utah and Texas, where people are allowed carry guns into classrooms and faculty aren't allowed to ban them
Trust me, it's different when you know your students are welcomed to bring a gun to class
Trust me, it's different when you know your students are welcomed to bring a gun to class
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“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
www.texastribune.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.”
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
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“Assess your own risk” was the most anti-public health slogan any public health official ever dreamed up.
December 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“Assess your own risk” was the most anti-public health slogan any public health official ever dreamed up.
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TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
The secret airport deportation program denies victims any semblance of due process.
www.motherjones.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
TSA is forwarding names, photos, and flight info to ICE
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US legal citizenship is a complex topic. Here's what I hope my book helps people understand. 1. Before the 14th Amendment included birthright citizenship, one's access to rights/privileges/protections was not based on legal citizenship--it was based on race, gender, social class, membership in 1/
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
US legal citizenship is a complex topic. Here's what I hope my book helps people understand. 1. Before the 14th Amendment included birthright citizenship, one's access to rights/privileges/protections was not based on legal citizenship--it was based on race, gender, social class, membership in 1/
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Don’t forget that the ACA eliminated annual and lifetime payment limits. Those limits are devastating if you have a chronic illness, like hemophilia, or cystic fibrosis, or cancer.
December 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Don’t forget that the ACA eliminated annual and lifetime payment limits. Those limits are devastating if you have a chronic illness, like hemophilia, or cystic fibrosis, or cancer.
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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May the ghostly cries and lamentations of every enslaved person who worked there haunt this boutique hotel's owners, managers, and guests unto the last days of their lives.
Birdwood plantation is being rebranded as a “mansion” “rumored to have been constructed by some of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson's own builders” turned into a luxury hotel that can booked for weddings. Smh.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/b...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/b...
Birdwood estate outside Charlottesville reborn as luxury boutique hotel
Birdwood, a 195-year-old mansion just west of Charlottesville, has been transformed into a boutique luxury hotel. Reservations are already being taken.
dailyprogress.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
May the ghostly cries and lamentations of every enslaved person who worked there haunt this boutique hotel's owners, managers, and guests unto the last days of their lives.
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2025 has been a long 5 years...
December 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
2025 has been a long 5 years...
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An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
December 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
An ICE Air flight carried migrants from Alexandria, LA, to the US Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay today—the first migrants held at GTMO since October 17.
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ICYMI — New York Young Republican Club's president Stefano Forte says they’re prepared to endorse Trump for a third term in 2028, despite what the constitution plainly says 🤔
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
ICYMI — New York Young Republican Club's president Stefano Forte says they’re prepared to endorse Trump for a third term in 2028, despite what the constitution plainly says 🤔
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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This is who we're up against. This was not long ago. Your grandparents.
William and Daisy Myers moved into the massive, all-White suburban development of Levittown, PA (Bristol Township). They bought the home privately in the Dogwood Hollow section. This simple act of homeownership immediately triggered a "riot." (cont)
allthatsinteresting.com/william-levi...
allthatsinteresting.com/william-levi...
The Racist Origins Of America's Suburbs And The Story Of The First Black Family To Move In
When Bill and Daisy Myers became the first black family to move into the "perfect" community of Levittown, the dark, racist underbelly of suburbia came out.
allthatsinteresting.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is who we're up against. This was not long ago. Your grandparents.
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If you’ve never thought about whether you’d use your body in an attempt to protect children who aren’t yours,
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
If you’ve never thought about whether you’d use your body in an attempt to protect children who aren’t yours,
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
now’s a good time to stop talking and listen.
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Thoughts and Prayers for the economy, apparently
The Department of Labor held its first-ever prayer service for its employees this week, in a highly unusual move that mirrors an initiative at the Pentagon.
The service included a speech by Yaakov Menken, a right-wing orthodox Jewish rabbi, according to a Department of Labor employee.
The service included a speech by Yaakov Menken, a right-wing orthodox Jewish rabbi, according to a Department of Labor employee.
Department of Labor hosts first-ever prayer service, including a message from a right-wing rabbi | CNN Politics
The Department of Labor held its first-ever prayer service for its employees this week, in a highly unusual move that mirrors an initiative at the Pentagon.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Thoughts and Prayers for the economy, apparently