Jeffrey Fearing, Ph.D
@photoprof.bsky.social
Photographer, professor, cinefile, dog lover, book lover, proud girl-dad, proud three-time Howard grad…
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
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Update: DOJ haw now sued 18 states.
My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5.
This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026.
More soon.
My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5.
This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026.
More soon.
DOJ has sued Maine, Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont for access to its most sensitive voter data.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
My firm has moved to intervene in 10 of those cases. We are working on the last 4.
December 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Update: DOJ haw now sued 18 states.
My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5.
This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026.
More soon.
My law firm has already filed to intervene to defend voters in 13 of the first 14 cases. We are working on the remains 5.
This is an insane effort by DOJ and we are a small firm. But we are committed to protecting free and fair elections in 2026.
More soon.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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It’s here! For @letterboxd.social, I wrote a special starter pack about the rarest of gifts.
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
Home for the Holidays: Sixteen Black Christmas films to add to your rotation this winter • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
From jolly rom-coms to chaotic family romps and religious gems, Robert Daniels celebrates sixteen Black Christmas films to add to your holiday rotation.
letterboxd.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s here! For @letterboxd.social, I wrote a special starter pack about the rarest of gifts.
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
Here are 16 Black Christmas movies to cheer up your holiday!!
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Zohran Mamdani’s universal child care plan “will not be easy to implement, but if he learns from the mistakes that have derailed past efforts, he could pull off something remarkable,” Rachel Cohen Booth writes.
Zohran Mamdani’s universal child care plan “will not be easy to implement, but if he learns from the mistakes that have derailed past efforts, he could pull off something remarkable,” Rachel Cohen Booth writes.
Opinion | How Mamdani’s Child Care Plan Can Succeed
If he learns the right lessons, the mayor-elect could pull off something remarkable.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Zohran Mamdani’s universal child care plan “will not be easy to implement, but if he learns from the mistakes that have derailed past efforts, he could pull off something remarkable,” Rachel Cohen Booth writes.
Zohran Mamdani’s universal child care plan “will not be easy to implement, but if he learns from the mistakes that have derailed past efforts, he could pull off something remarkable,” Rachel Cohen Booth writes.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"Subsidies alone aren’t a solution; they simply buy us time," Zack Cooper writes. "The point is to use that time to build a system in which coverage is affordable because care is affordable."
"Subsidies alone aren’t a solution; they simply buy us time," Zack Cooper writes. "The point is to use that time to build a system in which coverage is affordable because care is affordable."
Opinion | The Health Care Debate We Really Need
The high cost of health care in America is suppressing wages, driving job losses and fueling inequality.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"Subsidies alone aren’t a solution; they simply buy us time," Zack Cooper writes. "The point is to use that time to build a system in which coverage is affordable because care is affordable."
"Subsidies alone aren’t a solution; they simply buy us time," Zack Cooper writes. "The point is to use that time to build a system in which coverage is affordable because care is affordable."
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The U.S. women’s national hockey team captures the 2025 Rivalry Series with a dominant 10-4 win over Team Canada ‼️
It's the Americans’ first Rivalry Series win since 2019-20.
It's the Americans’ first Rivalry Series win since 2019-20.
December 11, 2025 at 4:55 AM
The U.S. women’s national hockey team captures the 2025 Rivalry Series with a dominant 10-4 win over Team Canada ‼️
It's the Americans’ first Rivalry Series win since 2019-20.
It's the Americans’ first Rivalry Series win since 2019-20.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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NEW INTERVIEW: “THE CASE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL” with ex insurance exec @wendellpotter.bsky.social
“The work I was doing was to mislead people.”
He helped stop universal health care and propped up a cruel system — then he had a crisis of conscience (in TN)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFsimP...
“The work I was doing was to mislead people.”
He helped stop universal health care and propped up a cruel system — then he had a crisis of conscience (in TN)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFsimP...
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
NEW INTERVIEW: “THE CASE FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL” with ex insurance exec @wendellpotter.bsky.social
“The work I was doing was to mislead people.”
He helped stop universal health care and propped up a cruel system — then he had a crisis of conscience (in TN)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFsimP...
“The work I was doing was to mislead people.”
He helped stop universal health care and propped up a cruel system — then he had a crisis of conscience (in TN)
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DSFsimP...
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the only thing that doesn’t appear to be illegal race discrimination to the conservative legal movement is actual racist discrimination
worth noting here that the position of the conservative legal movement is that trying to remedy environmental racism is itself illegal race discrimination
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
December 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
the only thing that doesn’t appear to be illegal race discrimination to the conservative legal movement is actual racist discrimination
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Another example I love:
Letter below is by surgical oncologist and professor Dr. Michael Baum about how a character explaining chaos theory in a Tom Stoppard play sparked an expansion in his understanding of breast cancer, leading to exploration of adjuvant therapy that protects distant organs.
Letter below is by surgical oncologist and professor Dr. Michael Baum about how a character explaining chaos theory in a Tom Stoppard play sparked an expansion in his understanding of breast cancer, leading to exploration of adjuvant therapy that protects distant organs.
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Another example I love:
Letter below is by surgical oncologist and professor Dr. Michael Baum about how a character explaining chaos theory in a Tom Stoppard play sparked an expansion in his understanding of breast cancer, leading to exploration of adjuvant therapy that protects distant organs.
Letter below is by surgical oncologist and professor Dr. Michael Baum about how a character explaining chaos theory in a Tom Stoppard play sparked an expansion in his understanding of breast cancer, leading to exploration of adjuvant therapy that protects distant organs.
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Political corruption. Vast inequality. Giant monopolies. Ultra-wealthy elites. Conspicuous consumption.
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Political corruption. Vast inequality. Giant monopolies. Ultra-wealthy elites. Conspicuous consumption.
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
These problems defined the Gilded Age of the late 1800s. And they're dominating America again today.
But we have the power to fight back. https://youtu.be/Nmq7QqqY4vo?si=F3dxZcPJJRcBXB1O
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The arrest warrant for the country's former president comes amid a closely-fought election.
Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernandez after US pardon
The arrest warrant for the country's former president comes amid a closely-fought election.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The arrest warrant for the country's former president comes amid a closely-fought election.
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of course bari’s promoting the guy who disrespected ta-nehisi coates on air because he told the truth about israel
Scoop: Tony Dokoupil will be the next anchor of the "CBS Evening News." Details in @status.news: link.status.news/4oMkPgS
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
of course bari’s promoting the guy who disrespected ta-nehisi coates on air because he told the truth about israel
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"According to the Illinois Sunshine Database, Scott, Ald. Emma Mitts (37th Ward), Ald. Anthony Beale (9th Ward), Ald. Stephanie Coleman (17th Ward), Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd Ward), and Ald. Greg Mitchell (7th Ward) have received thousands of dollars in donations from the Sacks"
NEW — With Mayor Johnson and a fraction of the Chicago City Council seemingly at an impasse, one question surrounding the budget debate is why some alders would choose implementing regressive fees on working people over taxing corporations.
thetriibe.com/2025/12/alte...
thetriibe.com/2025/12/alte...
Alternate Chicago budget from 26 alders leans on regressive fees. Why? • The TRiiBE
Proposing increased garbage fees and liquor taxes poses less of a risk for some alders
thetriibe.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"According to the Illinois Sunshine Database, Scott, Ald. Emma Mitts (37th Ward), Ald. Anthony Beale (9th Ward), Ald. Stephanie Coleman (17th Ward), Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd Ward), and Ald. Greg Mitchell (7th Ward) have received thousands of dollars in donations from the Sacks"
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"detention feels like torture, and for me, it was only three days. Many women in those cells had been in the system for months, even a year."
I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
www.thecut.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"detention feels like torture, and for me, it was only three days. Many women in those cells had been in the system for months, even a year."
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Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ has been nominated for 7 #GoldenGlobes
• Best Director
• Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)
• Best Screenplay
• Cinematic & Box Office Achievement
• Best Actor (Comedy/Musical)
• Best Song
• Best Score
• Best Director
• Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)
• Best Screenplay
• Cinematic & Box Office Achievement
• Best Actor (Comedy/Musical)
• Best Song
• Best Score
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ has been nominated for 7 #GoldenGlobes
• Best Director
• Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)
• Best Screenplay
• Cinematic & Box Office Achievement
• Best Actor (Comedy/Musical)
• Best Song
• Best Score
• Best Director
• Best Picture (Comedy/Musical)
• Best Screenplay
• Cinematic & Box Office Achievement
• Best Actor (Comedy/Musical)
• Best Song
• Best Score
Just finished Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell.
Was recommended to me and I’m grateful. I give a new (to me) author or book 30 pages to grab me and this thriller had me from the jump. These 358 pages flew by. Kudos to the author.
#BookSky
#LisaJewell
#Thriller
📚💙
by Lisa Jewell.
Was recommended to me and I’m grateful. I give a new (to me) author or book 30 pages to grab me and this thriller had me from the jump. These 358 pages flew by. Kudos to the author.
#BookSky
#LisaJewell
#Thriller
📚💙
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just finished Then She Was Gone
by Lisa Jewell.
Was recommended to me and I’m grateful. I give a new (to me) author or book 30 pages to grab me and this thriller had me from the jump. These 358 pages flew by. Kudos to the author.
#BookSky
#LisaJewell
#Thriller
📚💙
by Lisa Jewell.
Was recommended to me and I’m grateful. I give a new (to me) author or book 30 pages to grab me and this thriller had me from the jump. These 358 pages flew by. Kudos to the author.
#BookSky
#LisaJewell
#Thriller
📚💙
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Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
December 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Finland ended homelessness with a housing first strategy that gave people apartments before they secured employment
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
Now they’re proposing a 4 day work week and 6 hour work days
True work life balance
Meanwhile in the US, people work two jobs and can’t afford food or healthcare.
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I wrote about the new theatrical release of KILL BILL as one movie with an intermission. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kill...
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
This is a tremendous visceral experience, with radiant colors, slate-somber black-and-white, and geysers of crimson blood.
www.rogerebert.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I wrote about the new theatrical release of KILL BILL as one movie with an intermission. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/kill...
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What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
December 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
December 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”
- Garry Kasparov
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"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
‘A sad, cruel moment’: 58 Florida children leaving US amid parent deportations
“The only losers are the children.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"The small figures huddled together at Miami's airport carried backpacks, stuffed animals and suitcases. One wore a silver cross necklace. Families of the travelers – ages 3 to 15 – have been torn apart this year by Trump's deportation campaign..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...