october krausch
@octoberk.bsky.social
freelance sociologist, writer, facilitator, editor. they/them. organizing with Detroit Peer Respite & Abolitionist Book Club. proud union member Freelance Solidarity Project & Rutgers PTLFC-AAUP-AFT. https://www.octoberk.com
on signal: @freeze.16
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Repression of Palestine Solidarity on Campus Enabled Anti-Migrant Escalation
Faculty are forming support networks to connect with each other to protect students and end the genocide in Palestine.
truthout.org
my latest is out today. higher ed right now is a difficult place to be, and Palestine is at the heart of it. some faculty, however, are working hard to create networks of support and solidarity despite the difficult terrain.
truthout.org/articles/rep...
truthout.org/articles/rep...
folks should click on this and read a bit, not necessarily to learn the words but the slang words that are necessary paint a vivid (and disturbing) picture of prison life
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
folks should click on this and read a bit, not necessarily to learn the words but the slang words that are necessary paint a vivid (and disturbing) picture of prison life
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This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
at least they also eat their own!
November 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
at least they also eat their own!
saw a couple pieces of good news today and tried to share each one, because we need that reminder right now.
also saw a couple good ideas for actions around ICE and detention that can be replicated - Home Depot actions, sign posting where ICE has kidnapped people
also saw a couple good ideas for actions around ICE and detention that can be replicated - Home Depot actions, sign posting where ICE has kidnapped people
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
saw a couple pieces of good news today and tried to share each one, because we need that reminder right now.
also saw a couple good ideas for actions around ICE and detention that can be replicated - Home Depot actions, sign posting where ICE has kidnapped people
also saw a couple good ideas for actions around ICE and detention that can be replicated - Home Depot actions, sign posting where ICE has kidnapped people
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The annual holiday solidarity let's incarcerated parents and their kids know that they are not forgotten, but ensuring moms & dads inside can give gifts to their kids during holiday visits. Join us! www.target.com/gift-registr...
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The annual holiday solidarity let's incarcerated parents and their kids know that they are not forgotten, but ensuring moms & dads inside can give gifts to their kids during holiday visits. Join us! www.target.com/gift-registr...
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Same for literary studies. Non-tenure-track lit studies scholars I know you're out there and publishing articles and books. And if you're tenure-track and know NTT authors, let me know about their work! I can reach out and confirm that they're cool with being listed.
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Same for literary studies. Non-tenure-track lit studies scholars I know you're out there and publishing articles and books. And if you're tenure-track and know NTT authors, let me know about their work! I can reach out and confirm that they're cool with being listed.
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Good news—Dr. Abedini has been released!!! Thanks to everyone who shared and mobilized 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good news—Dr. Abedini has been released!!! Thanks to everyone who shared and mobilized 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
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This month, federal troops were deployed to Democratic-led cities throughout North Carolina, even as a federal judge ruled the administration’s 30-day takeover of Washington, D.C., this summer was unlawful. https://capitalbnews.org/trump-national-guard-city-updates/
A City-by-City Breakdown of Trump’s Immigration Raids and Troop Deployments
The Trump administration has deployed federal troops into at least nine cities, and there are no signs of a slowdown.
capitalbnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This month, federal troops were deployed to Democratic-led cities throughout North Carolina, even as a federal judge ruled the administration’s 30-day takeover of Washington, D.C., this summer was unlawful. https://capitalbnews.org/trump-national-guard-city-updates/
major travel season is coming up. i will repeat my request from last year that whatever precautions you normally take, you try to do at least one step up during this more contagious time of year and when so many want to see their families! mask at the pharmacy, on the flight, at the grocery store
Glad to see this @wired.com guide on high quality masks! A KN95 can help protect you and your loved ones from COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, especially during this busy travel season. I only wish Wired wrote about the pandemic in the present tense 🙏😷
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
www.wired.com/story/best-d...
15 Good N95, KF94, and KN95 Face Masks to Buy Right Now
Flu season is here. These are the best disposable face coverings we’ve tested—and where you can find them.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
major travel season is coming up. i will repeat my request from last year that whatever precautions you normally take, you try to do at least one step up during this more contagious time of year and when so many want to see their families! mask at the pharmacy, on the flight, at the grocery store
the successful pushes against these 287g agreements is really hopeful!
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
the successful pushes against these 287g agreements is really hopeful!
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hello 👋 Not to brag, but I don't fuck my sources, I write nice things, _and_ my newsletter costs less than Lizza's, so sign up, why don't you: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/
i promise i don’t mean to high horse this but if you’re thinking about giving lizza ten bucks there are a lot of good independent journalists whose work you could subscribe to for a month instead
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
hello 👋 Not to brag, but I don't fuck my sources, I write nice things, _and_ my newsletter costs less than Lizza's, so sign up, why don't you: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/
very useful book!
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Use code PUP30 at checkout
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November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
very useful book!
please help Rami and their children however you can </3
The war is still burning… but my children are running out of time.
Every day the bombing shakes us, the cold hurts them, and hunger steals their strength.
Naser urgently needs his daily treatment.
Please, I beg you, don’t let their hope fade.
Save my children 💔
chuffed.org/project/155233
Every day the bombing shakes us, the cold hurts them, and hunger steals their strength.
Naser urgently needs his daily treatment.
Please, I beg you, don’t let their hope fade.
Save my children 💔
chuffed.org/project/155233
November 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
please help Rami and their children however you can </3
i think it would be great if more people read this annotated indictment of the RICO case against folks involved with Stop Cop City created by @interruptcrim.bsky.social , just for a sense of how the state treats opposition in this country
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
An Annotated Version of the Indictment Filed Against #StopCopCity Organizers — Interrupting Criminalization
An annotated version of the indictment filed against #StopCopCity organizers, featuring critical information and context, questions for discussion, and more.
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
i think it would be great if more people read this annotated indictment of the RICO case against folks involved with Stop Cop City created by @interruptcrim.bsky.social , just for a sense of how the state treats opposition in this country
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/resources-al...
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The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
jfc
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
jfc
i am HERE FOR THIS
troll these motherfuckers mercilessly. they are a total waste of political space and they should feel bad about it!!!
troll these motherfuckers mercilessly. they are a total waste of political space and they should feel bad about it!!!
"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered" defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
i am HERE FOR THIS
troll these motherfuckers mercilessly. they are a total waste of political space and they should feel bad about it!!!
troll these motherfuckers mercilessly. they are a total waste of political space and they should feel bad about it!!!
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🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: If you've been thinking about joining @prisonculture.bsky.social for this monthly drop-in space for people who are taking consistent community action, this Nov. 30 session is your last chance! Learn more and register:
Another World Is Possible Activist Drop In Space: November — Interrupting Criminalization
An informal accountability group or space for people who are and/or who want to take consistent community action and want to reflect with others, hosted by IC co-founder Mariame Kaba. (All times in…
www.interruptingcriminalization.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🗓️Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4-6 PM ET: If you've been thinking about joining @prisonculture.bsky.social for this monthly drop-in space for people who are taking consistent community action, this Nov. 30 session is your last chance! Learn more and register:
my take on reacting to that guardian article is this: just always assume the police/the state already know what you are doing for anything that is planned with more than 8 people that you know well in personal life.
no one in that group did anything wrong that we need to worry about in our groups!
no one in that group did anything wrong that we need to worry about in our groups!
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
my take on reacting to that guardian article is this: just always assume the police/the state already know what you are doing for anything that is planned with more than 8 people that you know well in personal life.
no one in that group did anything wrong that we need to worry about in our groups!
no one in that group did anything wrong that we need to worry about in our groups!
grateful for all the resources IC puts into the world.
New resource⚡️ Block it! Don’t Build It. Don’t Fill It. Don’t Fuel It.
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
A mini-toolkit to take action to slow down and disrupt the government’s kidnapping, detention, and deportation machine.
Info on strategies/tactics, ways to take action, and more:
www.interruptingcriminalization.com/block-it
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
grateful for all the resources IC puts into the world.
i wish that when you reply "stop to end" to texts from DNC front groups it wasn't like "stop texts" but more like "stop what you're doing (bc it's dumb)"
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
i wish that when you reply "stop to end" to texts from DNC front groups it wasn't like "stop texts" but more like "stop what you're doing (bc it's dumb)"
please read, share, and fund movement journalism! we are out here working our asses off to make media for us that actually respects human dignity.
Movement journalism isn't just a nice thing to have: It's essential to expose injustice, uplift movements, and share visions for our collective futures.
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment?
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
please read, share, and fund movement journalism! we are out here working our asses off to make media for us that actually respects human dignity.
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My last freelance piece of the year published yesterday in @boltsmag.org, taking a look at how Illinois' name change law still disproportionately impacts trans people with criminal histories. boltsmag.org/illinois-nam...
In Illinois, Trans People With Criminal Records Still Face Hurdles to Changing Their Names - Bolts
Illinois earlier this year removed obstacles that some trans residents face when changing their name, with legislators lifting more of the restrictions faced by people with criminal convictions. The ...
boltsmag.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My last freelance piece of the year published yesterday in @boltsmag.org, taking a look at how Illinois' name change law still disproportionately impacts trans people with criminal histories. boltsmag.org/illinois-nam...
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Badge of dishonor: “Among the universities recommended to remain in the program are Columbia University, MIT, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia and University of Texas at Austin.”
It’s an honor for GW to be on this list of schools to be banned from State Dept programs for having decent hiring and ethical practices. Hope it stays that way. Complying with Trump’s bigoted demands and open racism is shameful.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
State department to cut 38 universities from research program over DEI policies
Trump administration proposal would exclude elite schools that use diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Badge of dishonor: “Among the universities recommended to remain in the program are Columbia University, MIT, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia and University of Texas at Austin.”
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It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!
We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!
contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
2024 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
contingentmagazine.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It’s that time of year friends! Thanks to @erinbartram.bsky.social and our friends at @contingent-mag.bsky.social, Laura and I are putting together a list of 2025 articles & books by contingent & indie lit critters. DM, reply, email me @ suny press. And spread the word!!