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Dr. Karen Carr

@quatrus.bsky.social

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anarchafeminist archaeologist PhD Michigan, Prof. Emer. Portland State (((she/elle))) Land back. Articles and (award-winning!) books at http://linktr.ee/karen.eva.carr. Coming soon: a history of gender and money, and a new take on ancient slavery.

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · Nov 15

My most recent book that has actually been published is Shifting Currents: A World History of Swimming (Reaktion 2022). (available here: a.co/d/7rCKdSL)

Shifting Currents explores centuries-old global tensions around race, class, and power through people's changing experiences with swimming.

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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 9h

in the later american empire, power was contested between two rival sporting factions, the reds and the blues

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

Judge rules ICE repeatedly violated consent decree over ‘warrantless arrests’ www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/f...

Federal judge in Chicago finds ICE repeatedly violated consent decree over ‘warrantless arrests’

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022…

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 9h

Beginning to think this weekend is when I'll put the winter blankets on the bed.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 18h

Sen. Ruben Gallego: "Adelita Grijalva was elected in a landslide...Speaker Mike Johnson is coming up with all these reasons why she shouldn't be sworn in...because she's going to be the 218th signature on the discharge petition for the Epstein files."

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no one sees me anyway @dhighl5184.bsky.social · 12h

Don Winslow:

They want to go after "Antifa" because it has no leader, no organization, no bank accounts, etc...

This way they can say anyone is Antifa.

This way they can do anything they want.

That's it. That's the whole Tooth Fairy/Santa Claus/Antifa fantasy.

It's to go after YOU.

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 19h

Fairbanks Alaska knows what's up

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 12h

They should give the Nobel Peace Prize to antifa.

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Todd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 14h

Mark Bray and Yesenia Barragan, and the family, have safely embarked on their trip to Spain after being questioned by DHS.

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 1d

Those of us who were saying #abolishICE for the past decade knew what we were talking about

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 13h

I mean this sincerely: If the presence of the National Guard at Union Station is supposed to make it feel safer, they could patrol the dark parking lot at 10:30 at night instead of hanging out in front of the closed Starbucks or whatever.

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 12h

Happy to say I got both flu and covid vaxx today at Safeway (in Oregon) without any difficulties. You can do it too!

Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 13h

I know they don't usually stop you. They're there though, and if they are looking for your car they can stop you.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14h

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 1d

Antifa doesn’t exist but the Epstein files do.

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 16h

Claim and celebrate ALL the victories

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 14h

Oh, phew!

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 15h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 15h

Okay this just seems like showing off now.

NYTimes headline: "Bats Catch Migratory Birds and Eat Them in Midair" - with partial photo of bat.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 16h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 15h

The hardships of war: I managed to make myself leave the warm blankets and get my wallet so I could contribute to a fundraiser for Mark Bray and his family.

"Help us leave safely" on FreeFunder

Click here to support "Help us leave safely" by Dara on FreeFunder!

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 16h

there are US officials when you leave the US for Canada, as well as Canadian ones. If he is stopped there, he's all alone, without the resources of JFK and NYC around him.

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Orddu, Orwen, or Orgoch @troynovaunt.bsky.social · 1d

Apologies to the 3A I was unfamiliar with your game

Peel @rhpeel.bsky.social · 1d

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Tweet about the third amendment allowing businesses to refuse to grant ICE access to bathrooms

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

Breaking News: A judge restricted deploying troops in the Chicago area, saying the Trump administration accounts used to justify it were “simply unreliable.”

National Guard Live Updates: Federal Judge Restricts Troop Deployment in Chicago Area

The Trump administration’s attempts to justify a military presence were “simply unreliable,” the judge said. A federal appeals court is weighing a similar case regarding National Guard troops in Portland, Ore.

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 19h

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h

thinking about how fucked up it is to give kids measles on purpose and then withhold tylenol from them

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 19h

Well, nor me, today. But maybe the news will be better tomorrow.