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Amy Laura Hall
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Amy Laura Hall @profligategrace.bsky.social · Sep 4
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More on the sudden and unexpected cancellation of Dr. Leonard Bright's class...
further statement from Dr. Leonard Bright
January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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aaup.org
"This is happening. It is real. Universities will be targeted and brought to heel. Republican politicians want to ensure that the next generation of college graduates — if they graduate at all — will quickly and uncomplainingly administer the Gilded Age fantasies of our billionaire class."
The knucklehead agenda: GOP leaders engineer pillaging of Kansas universities • Kansas Reflector
Kansas legislative leaders looked at the smoldering crater of ESU and decided: We want that for all Kansas schools.
kansasreflector.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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tamu-aaup.bsky.social
ETHICS IS NOW CANCELED AT TEXAS A&M

Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....
Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright concerning the Bush School of Government and Public Service
January 14, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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cmcknichols.bsky.social
Just mind/boggling the U.S. in 2026
wrigleyfield.bsky.social Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 1d
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand

You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen

*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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cmcknichols.bsky.social
Amazing and important news in Ohio #OSU @aaup.org @osuaaup.bsky.social www.acluohio.org/press-releas...
Federal Judge Orders Ohio State University to Remedy Violation of Student’s Constitutional Rights - ACLU of Ohio
A federal judge in the Southern District of Ohio ruled in favor of our client, Guy Christensen, in our lawsuit challenging Ohio State University’s decision to expel him for engaging in protected polit...
www.acluohio.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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socialistboat.dad
thanks, Zohran said it bsky.app/profile/cand...
January 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
profligategrace.bsky.social
This is very helpful and helpfully detailed North Carolina history. History that still shapes the present.
January 14, 2026 at 4:13 PM
profligategrace.bsky.social
Wow. Brilliantly put. Thank you.
socialistboat.dad jam @socialistboat.dad · 11d
It's a big day for those fluent in the good grammar of civility looking to deploy decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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cooperlund.online
Just got off the phone with my mom, who is now doing mutual aid in Minnesota. There's something happening out there in America.
January 14, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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cooperlund.online
My apolitical aunts have started sharing anti-ICE content in the family groupchat
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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nikitagill.bsky.social
And yes, I do strongly believe the United States practices a form of digital imperialism globally through its monopoly of tech and US foreign policy around tech regulation. They ensure their propaganda is enforced everywhere in this manner and misinformation cannot be stymied, damaging our elections
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22] He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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zeteo.com
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:
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM
profligategrace.bsky.social
2017
January 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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elnopower.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Alternate Grok Reality – Mother Jones share.google/do1gs0WdDk49...
Elon Musk’s alternate Grok reality
Amid a scandal over nonconsensual sexual images, Musk says his AI chatbot is a force for "truth and... beauty."
share.google
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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drkyliesmith.bsky.social
Today is publication day! The Open Access version is now online so you can read for free on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social With huge thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social Go to jimcrowintheasylum.com
Jim Crow in the Asylum | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship - Manifold Scholarship
<h3>Untangling the relationship between race and psychiatry in the American South</h3> There is a complicated history of racism and psychiatric healthcare in the Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama...
jimcrowintheasylum.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
"Fuck your lives, literally" - federal government
January 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
Davis School District (UT), which is one of the school districts in the state responsible for nearly every single book banned statewide, was too busy obsessing over books to protect actual kids being actually groomed in the district.

kutv.com/news/local/l...
Lawsuit claims school district failed to protect girls who reported grooming by coach
A group of six current and former students at Davis High School is suing the Davis School District, alleging officials failed to protect them after they reporte
kutv.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
profligategrace.bsky.social
'Archives Are Participatory': Talking With North Carolina's New State Archivist indyweek.com/news/culture...
'Archives Are Participatory': Talking With North Carolina's New State Archivist
Kelly Policelli on advocating for public history, a day in the life of an archivist, and how her office is preparing for America 250.
indyweek.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM
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nynurses.bsky.social
Day 1 of #NYCNurseStrike! Thousands of nurses walked the picket line in the largest nurses strike in NYC history.

Thank you to everyone who joined us to demand fair contracts with the safe staffing, healthcare benefits, and real workplace protections for nurses and patients.
January 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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lindseyboylan.bsky.social
“You can’t divorce this from the experience of COVID in New York. COVID tested our healthcare system & tested nurses in particular. They last went on strike in 2023 & continue to face chronic understaffing, leaving them feeling overextended,”

Me from @nynurses.bsky.social picket line
Thousands of nurses go on strike in New York City
Nurses were joined by elected leaders, including the city’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, as contract negotiations failed.
www.aljazeera.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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chowleen.bsky.social
Please read and share.
There is also widely-circulating video of the unlawful arrests of these Minnesota activists (and U.S. citizens).
Good morning, My name is Brandon Siguenza, and I am a US citizen from Minneapolis. Yesterday, while doing legal observation, ICE stopped their cars to harass my friend and me. They sprayed pepper spray into the vent of our vehicle. We held our hands in the air and told them we were not obstructing, that the car was in park and they were free to drive forward and away. There was no active immigration raid. They returned to their cars, and drove forward a bit, then decided to stop again. They surrounded us, smashed the windows of our car, opened the doors (they were unlocked), ripped my friend and l out of the car and arrested us on charges of obstruction. I was put in an unmarked SUV, separated from my friend. As I was put in the back seat an ICE agent tore the whistle off my neck and said "I'll be taking this, I might need it later." My phone was knocked out of my hand while being arrested. As we drove away I asked the driver and the passenger if they wouldn't mind buckling my seatbelt, as they were driving erratically. I was ignored. I asked them if I could have the handcuffs loosened, as I was losing circulation, and was told no. At one point the passenger realized his own driver's license was in the backseat next to mine, and tried to surreptitiously grab it without me seeing it. We were taken to the Whipple federal building, where I saw dozens of brown people being processed in an unheated garage. I was frisked, told of my charges, and saw buses and vans being prepped. I later learned that these were being filled with detainees and driven to the airport for deportation. As we were led in, I noticed that the building was very busy. I got the impression that one of the 2 agents bringing me around was being trained. At multiple points throughout my stay, government agents were unable to open doors, not sure where they were meant to be going, and overall confused and overwhelmed. They couldn't figure out how to use the building phones, or complained about a lack of … The people in the cells were extremely scared. We heard people screaming "let me out!", crying, wailing and terrified screams. There were cells with as many as 8 people. I have no way of knowing how long they have been there, if they were allowed any contact with the outside world, or if they were being brought food or water. Most people were staring at the ground with almost no energy. I was not allowed to talk to anyone imprisoned. I distinctly remember seeing a desperate woman. She was staring at the ground with her head in her hands crying, hopeless, while her friend or family member sat on a bathroom seat observed by 3 men. My friend and I were put in an area for "USCs," which we eventually learned meant US citizens, separated by gender. We were imprisoned for 8 hours, during which my friend was never allowed a phone call. I was allowed to call my wife and tell her where I was. During my interview with Special Agent William and Special Agent Garcia, they asked me to empty my pockets. When I pulled out gloves, Agent William said those were meant to be taken when I was processed, and complained about having to fill out the form again. He frisked me once more, where he found glass in my pocket from when our car window was shattered. He filled out the form listing my personal items again, but put the wrong date. I was read my rights, I pleaded the fifth and was led back to my cell. Food, water, and bathroom breaks were extremely difficult to acquire. I would ask over the intercom provided in the cell for a bathroom break, be told someone was on their way, then ask again 20 minutes later, be told someone was on their way, wait another 20 minutes, etc. Eventually they either turned off the intercom or it stopped working, because no one would respond. I could get water and bathroom breaks by pounding on the glass when someone happened to walk by and beg them directly. Hours would go by without anyone checking on us. I am vegan and the only food they offered were turke… I was in the cell alone for between 1 and 2 hours, then another man was put into my cell, whose shirt was ripped open from his arrest, and an injured toe, who was carried aggressively into an unmarked car during his arrest. After about 4-5 hours, another man was brought in who had a cut on his head from his arrest. He told me he was tackled by 4 or 5 agents during his arrest. At no point was he offered medical assistance. Later I was told that a lawyer was here to see me, and I was able to speak with him in a visitation room. The special agent told me that the door could not be closed all the way, so it was cracked during my interaction with my lawyer. I got the impression that they were not used to having lawyers present, and were trying to follow procedure as best they could. I asked an agent if the other detainees were allowed lawyers and was not answered. At one point, 3 men from the department of Homeland Security Investigations brought me into a cell. They insinuated that they could help me out. After inquiring several times what exactly they meant they finally told me that they could offer undocumented family members of mine legal protection if I have any (I don't), or money, in exchange for giving them the names of protest organizers, or undocumented persons. I was shocked, and told them no. Finally, after hours of detention, I was told to follow an agent. At no point was I told whether or not I was being charged, or where I was going, but I was led out of the building. I asked if I could use a phone to call my wife to pick me up, and was told I could not. After pleading for several minutes eventually Special Agent William let me use his phone to call my wife. As I was escorted off the property by government agents, I was told to turn right. I was escorted to the protest area, where 5 minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, l minutes later, tear gas was deployed and I was struck by a paint ball gun. I was not protesting, I was simply being released without charges after an 8 hour detention. I was on the other side of the street, as instructed by the agents that released me and the agents shouting orders over a bullhorn. A passerby who was tear gassed was panicking and having an asthma attack, so I helped her find a medic to get her an inhaler. I used a stranger's phone to co-ordinate pickup, and was picked up by my wife. During my detention I knew that I was being released. I knew that as a citizen of the United States I have legal protection. The hundred or so other people being detained had no such protection. At this time I don't need your help, it is the families that are being separated, abused, terrorized, harassed and killed that need your help. If this is happening to me, an American citizen born in the United States, then what is happening to the people in here that have no one calling lawyers on their behalf? That have no constitutional rights to due process? What is happening to the people that they will never be released to see their families, go to their jobs, or walk through their city ever again? Please take care of yourselves, your family, and your community. I am safe and healthy, if you feel compelled to help, please offer your help to the Immigrant Defense Network at https://immigrantdefensenetwork.org/. If you know someone detained by ICE, call or text CAIR-MN at 612-206-3360 for 24/7 legal intake.
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
English documentary photographer Janette Beckman, #TracyChapman, New York, 1988 #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring the head and shoulders of musician Tracy Chapman
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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commondreams.org
One expert asserted that the vote to subpoena Seth Harp "is clearly designed to chill and intimidate" journalists from reporting on government policies and practices.
Lawmakers Vote to Subpoena Journalist Who Named Delta Force Commander
One expert asserted that the vote to subpoena Seth Harp "is clearly designed to chill and intimidate" journalists from reporting on government policies and practices.
www.commondreams.org
January 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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commondreams.org
We can’t continue to treat care as a kind of expensive hobby rather than a productive contribution to our collective future, @nancyfolbre.bsky.social tells C. J. Polychroniou.
Will Employers Invest in Our Kids?An Interview with Nancy Folbre
​Children are getting more expensive for parents even as investment in future workers is becoming less cost-effective for employers. What should be done about it?
www.commondreams.org
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM