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Houston and the Permanence of Segregation is out!
Historian and professor on weekdays. Ororo Munroe been my homie. My posts are my personal views and/or evidence-based research. I do not speak for or represent my employer in any capacity here.
Historian and professor on weekdays. Ororo Munroe been my homie. My posts are my personal views and/or evidence-based research. I do not speak for or represent my employer in any capacity here.
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Two Rice University undergrads (freshmen!) built a digital mapping tool to track ICE activity. Students are OK.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
How 2 University Freshman Are Tracking ICE Enforcement Actions Across the Country
With ICE Map, Rice University students Jack Vu and Abby Manuel hope to help communities understand where immigration enforcement activity is happening and how it unfolds in real time.
www.thenation.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Two Rice University undergrads (freshmen!) built a digital mapping tool to track ICE activity. Students are OK.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Gulf of Mexico ❌
Gulf of America 🫡
New Mexico ❌
Old America 🫡
Gulf of America 🫡
New Mexico ❌
Old America 🫡
February 14, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Gulf of Mexico ❌
Gulf of America 🫡
New Mexico ❌
Old America 🫡
Gulf of America 🫡
New Mexico ❌
Old America 🫡
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
Spoiler alert: They are racists who like to opine on the "lesser intelligence" of non-white people because, as all racist scientists have done, they begin with the assumption of white superiority.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Spoiler alert: They are racists who like to opine on the "lesser intelligence" of non-white people because, as all racist scientists have done, they begin with the assumption of white superiority.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
The files reveal the disgraced financier’s interest in “race science.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
Spoiler alert: They are racists who like to opine on the "lesser intelligence" of non-white people because, as all racist scientists have done, they begin with the assumption of white superiority.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Spoiler alert: They are racists who like to opine on the "lesser intelligence" of non-white people because, as all racist scientists have done, they begin with the assumption of white superiority.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
*reads the news*
It's like a season of Scandal and I would very much appreciate it if Shonda Rhimes and Peter Novak took their foot off the pedal for a few episodes or just cut to the Iranian assassination storyline.
It's like a season of Scandal and I would very much appreciate it if Shonda Rhimes and Peter Novak took their foot off the pedal for a few episodes or just cut to the Iranian assassination storyline.
February 12, 2026 at 8:21 PM
*reads the news*
It's like a season of Scandal and I would very much appreciate it if Shonda Rhimes and Peter Novak took their foot off the pedal for a few episodes or just cut to the Iranian assassination storyline.
It's like a season of Scandal and I would very much appreciate it if Shonda Rhimes and Peter Novak took their foot off the pedal for a few episodes or just cut to the Iranian assassination storyline.
As a black person in America, I am not shook. This vertigo the rest of y'all are starting to feel has been (and, I have long relented, will continue to be) a defining feature of America for me and mine.
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
As a black person in America, I am not shook. This vertigo the rest of y'all are starting to feel has been (and, I have long relented, will continue to be) a defining feature of America for me and mine.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Stanford is doing this because it wants to
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Stanford is doing this because it wants to
"Suspected" is doing a lot of work to make this 2% look better than it ever could be.
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
www.huffpost.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:02 AM
"Suspected" is doing a lot of work to make this 2% look better than it ever could be.
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The land of the Free? Get out while you still can! 🫡
February 9, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The land of the Free? Get out while you still can! 🫡
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"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE
In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Z’s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"TikTok’s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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some good reporting on this
February 8, 2026 at 11:34 PM
some good reporting on this
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Bad Bunny like
a cartoon character pointing at a map of the united states
Alt: Yakko naming countries of the world
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Bad Bunny like
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“We couldn’t use the word ‘black’ in Black History Month. We would have to abbreviate it,” she said. “I was very angry and baffled because this is a Historically Black College and University, and for them to say we can’t use the word ‘black’ was kind of insane.”
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“We couldn’t use the word ‘black’ in Black History Month. We would have to abbreviate it,” she said. “I was very angry and baffled because this is a Historically Black College and University, and for them to say we can’t use the word ‘black’ was kind of insane.”
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
Here we go again: new revelations of Trump's pedophilic activities coming out of the Epstein files and murder and mayhem by his bootlickers in Minnesota and what does he do? Distract everyone with a hackneyed racist trope about black people being apes.
Are you not tired of being played?
Are you not tired of being played?
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Here we go again: new revelations of Trump's pedophilic activities coming out of the Epstein files and murder and mayhem by his bootlickers in Minnesota and what does he do? Distract everyone with a hackneyed racist trope about black people being apes.
Are you not tired of being played?
Are you not tired of being played?
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If I can share this...
![Nathan Pyle comic strip. Two bald eagles are sitting in easy chairs. One is reading a newspaper, the other is drinking a cup of coffee. Their conversation:
“Do you think the owl is a predator?”
“Of course not. He’s never bothered me.”
“Exactly. [pause, drinks coffee] No idea what Mr. Mouse was going on about.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sqrfvc3whmkz5btcmapky63d/bafkreiflpqd3mngrxv5rstmxjgdvflzc5chofm4exfeptfxawjtrreurhy@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 6:10 PM
If I can share this...
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It's almost stunning how Epstein single handedly makes the reformed centrists drop everything they're doing to become as weird as humanly possible
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
It's almost stunning how Epstein single handedly makes the reformed centrists drop everything they're doing to become as weird as humanly possible
Or he's trolling. Because he's a troll.
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Or he's trolling. Because he's a troll.
These are the groups of voters who looked at the guy who said he grabbed women "by the pussy," committed adultery and never repented, campaigned on nativism, put Neil, Amy, and Brett on the Supreme Court and resurrected abortion bans, did felonies, and led and insurrection and said, "Yep. Good man."
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
These are the groups of voters who looked at the guy who said he grabbed women "by the pussy," committed adultery and never repented, campaigned on nativism, put Neil, Amy, and Brett on the Supreme Court and resurrected abortion bans, did felonies, and led and insurrection and said, "Yep. Good man."
Jean Grey, is that you?
February 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Jean Grey, is that you?
Measles outbreaks in SC, TX, and NM.
New measles exposure in Oklahoma.
Record breaking infections, outbreaks, and cases in the United States.
"The United States is experiencing its largest measles resurgence since 1992, when over 2100 cases occurred."
"...the first death of a child in a decade."
New measles exposure in Oklahoma.
Record breaking infections, outbreaks, and cases in the United States.
"The United States is experiencing its largest measles resurgence since 1992, when over 2100 cases occurred."
"...the first death of a child in a decade."
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Measles outbreaks in SC, TX, and NM.
New measles exposure in Oklahoma.
Record breaking infections, outbreaks, and cases in the United States.
"The United States is experiencing its largest measles resurgence since 1992, when over 2100 cases occurred."
"...the first death of a child in a decade."
New measles exposure in Oklahoma.
Record breaking infections, outbreaks, and cases in the United States.
"The United States is experiencing its largest measles resurgence since 1992, when over 2100 cases occurred."
"...the first death of a child in a decade."
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Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
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I collected ~416 Jim Crow Statutes in Alabama, 1876-1903. Here is a link to the Google Drive folder containing the Excel spreadsheet, MS Word Project Explainer, and AL course of study lesson plans for grades 4&11.Pls use freely https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TjEqwwlaL7NtfCLTxcAGL77oPz-aip9e
November 16, 2024 at 3:25 PM
I collected ~416 Jim Crow Statutes in Alabama, 1876-1903. Here is a link to the Google Drive folder containing the Excel spreadsheet, MS Word Project Explainer, and AL course of study lesson plans for grades 4&11.Pls use freely https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TjEqwwlaL7NtfCLTxcAGL77oPz-aip9e
"We will create an even darkester path. It will be a path of orgasmic sadism. We will use the memory of the Holocaust as a shield, we angels of death. We will rip children from their parents. We will let the sick die and slaughter the righteous. And we'll lie to your face. Hail the Apocalypse!"
Legitimately a feat of carefully calculated writing to issue a Holocaust Remembrance Day statement of this length without mentioning either (1) the people who perpetrated the Holocaust or (2) the people against whom they perpetrated it
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"We will create an even darkester path. It will be a path of orgasmic sadism. We will use the memory of the Holocaust as a shield, we angels of death. We will rip children from their parents. We will let the sick die and slaughter the righteous. And we'll lie to your face. Hail the Apocalypse!"