Dr. Rine Vieth 🚐
@rinewithoutacat.bsky.social
move with care • researches anti-genderism, migration, law, govt, religion • makes comics, posters, podcasts, zines, balcony gardens • multilingual, mixed-methods • personal acct, but I cite my sources • they // iel
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As some of you know, I'm working on a project looking at anti-gender/anti-trans politics and its impacts on SOGI asylum/refugee policymaking in Canada and the UK.
I'm looking for interviewees to discuss their experiences as legal professionals, community supporters, and NGO workers.
Please share!
I'm looking for interviewees to discuss their experiences as legal professionals, community supporters, and NGO workers.
Please share!
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This was eye-opening for me.
Really just fantastic reporting by @matinastevis.bsky.social today: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
She Tried to Leave America. She Entered an Immigration Hall of Mirrors.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This was eye-opening for me.
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Not only are walks in the park good for exercise and clearing one’s mind, you might just run into unexpected cuteness
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Not only are walks in the park good for exercise and clearing one’s mind, you might just run into unexpected cuteness
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Some great news for your Tuesday! A federal court has granted a nationwide class action injunction ordering the federal government to stop refusing to hear requests for release on bond to immigrants who originally entered across the border.
@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social New decision in this case appears to give classwide relief to people the govt now says are not amenable to bond, under the govt's bananas interpretation of everyone as arriving (for bond)* www.courtlistener.com/docket/70895...
*but not for CAA relief!
*but not for CAA relief!
Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873 - CourtListener.com
Docket for Lazaro Maldonado Bautista v. Ernesto Santacruz Jr, 5:25-cv-01873 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Some great news for your Tuesday! A federal court has granted a nationwide class action injunction ordering the federal government to stop refusing to hear requests for release on bond to immigrants who originally entered across the border.
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It’s wild to break story after story about the Trump administration meddling with solar and wind permits
And then hop on the phone with a member of Congress who told me he read all the stories and now it’s his top priority.
Anyway, that happened today. Read my big exclusive today in @heatmap.news
And then hop on the phone with a member of Congress who told me he read all the stories and now it’s his top priority.
Anyway, that happened today. Read my big exclusive today in @heatmap.news
Trump Is the Biggest Wild Card in Permitting Reform
Congress is motivated to pass a bipartisan deal, but Democrats are demanding limits on executive power.
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s wild to break story after story about the Trump administration meddling with solar and wind permits
And then hop on the phone with a member of Congress who told me he read all the stories and now it’s his top priority.
Anyway, that happened today. Read my big exclusive today in @heatmap.news
And then hop on the phone with a member of Congress who told me he read all the stories and now it’s his top priority.
Anyway, that happened today. Read my big exclusive today in @heatmap.news
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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This is similar nonsense to how the Trump admin talks about addressing historic backlogs in the immigration courts.
The solution to backlogs are to hire more judges and staff, not to abolish due process. It’s not that hard!
The solution to backlogs are to hire more judges and staff, not to abolish due process. It’s not that hard!
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is similar nonsense to how the Trump admin talks about addressing historic backlogs in the immigration courts.
The solution to backlogs are to hire more judges and staff, not to abolish due process. It’s not that hard!
The solution to backlogs are to hire more judges and staff, not to abolish due process. It’s not that hard!
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The best thing about having a cat is when he’ll walk in the room carrying a slice of ham but you don’t have any ham in the house. Where’d you get the ham little guy?
November 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The best thing about having a cat is when he’ll walk in the room carrying a slice of ham but you don’t have any ham in the house. Where’d you get the ham little guy?
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the way university administrators pit staff and faculty against each other, and reward this dynamic, is really, really bad
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
the way university administrators pit staff and faculty against each other, and reward this dynamic, is really, really bad
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Very excited to share that today is publication day for my first monograph!! Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration is published as a part of Bristol University Press's Law, Society, Policy series.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...
Queering UK Refugee Law
Queering UK Refugee Law - Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration; In the context of a global backlash against migrant and LGBTIQA+ rights , this book examines the experiences of LGBTIQA+ people in...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Very excited to share that today is publication day for my first monograph!! Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration is published as a part of Bristol University Press's Law, Society, Policy series.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...
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Our new issue of @transformanthro.bsky.social is out! Featuring an editorial by me and Christen Smith, unpublished manuscripts and translations from Marlene Cunha, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, and Ellen Irene Diggs, and articles by Pyar Seth and Nala Williams. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tra/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Our new issue of @transformanthro.bsky.social is out! Featuring an editorial by me and Christen Smith, unpublished manuscripts and translations from Marlene Cunha, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, and Ellen Irene Diggs, and articles by Pyar Seth and Nala Williams. www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tra/2025...
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debating sending holiday cards this year because it feels like it aligns with my increasingly analog values and helps the post office
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
debating sending holiday cards this year because it feels like it aligns with my increasingly analog values and helps the post office
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Current resources are insufficient to meet the needs of seniors in Quebec. By 2035, 111,000 more seniors may not have access to home care services or a living environment adapted to their needs.
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
Support needs for Quebec seniors will skyrocket; the crisis is already upon us
Current resources are insufficient to meet the needs of seniors in Quebec. By 2035, 111,000 more seniors may not have access to home care services or a living environment adapted to their needs.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Current resources are insufficient to meet the needs of seniors in Quebec. By 2035, 111,000 more seniors may not have access to home care services or a living environment adapted to their needs.
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level — which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individual platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/m...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/m...
Meta pitching app store age verification law to Liberal government
OTTAWA — Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level — which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individua...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level — which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individual platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Instagram
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/m...
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/m...
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Reminded today by @imaniperry.bsky.social of the Ida B. Wells quote “The people must know before they can act…”; the second half of which is “…and there is no educator to compare with the press.”
Reflecting on the gap between knowing and doing, and the enormous variability of the press.
Reflecting on the gap between knowing and doing, and the enormous variability of the press.
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Reminded today by @imaniperry.bsky.social of the Ida B. Wells quote “The people must know before they can act…”; the second half of which is “…and there is no educator to compare with the press.”
Reflecting on the gap between knowing and doing, and the enormous variability of the press.
Reflecting on the gap between knowing and doing, and the enormous variability of the press.
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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I have doomscrolled enough and you probably have too.
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I have doomscrolled enough and you probably have too.
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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 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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...
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On Nov. 22, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor at University of Oklahoma, was boarding a flight to attend the Middle East Studies Assn mtg in Washington, D.C. when he was detained by ICE.
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
On Nov. 22, Vahid Abedini, an Iranian Studies professor at University of Oklahoma, was boarding a flight to attend the Middle East Studies Assn mtg in Washington, D.C. when he was detained by ICE.
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
OU Prof Joshua Landis says "he has been wrongfully detained because he has a valid H-1B visa."
QC has no free access to the COVID vaccine, but if you get sick you'll have limited access to a doctor, and limited food options to meet your needs if you're hospitalized.
I want so much better for all of us, especially religious minorities and disabled people who will take the brunt of this.
I want so much better for all of us, especially religious minorities and disabled people who will take the brunt of this.
This is a very Christian bill that claims "secularism" to broaden a (still-new) mask ban, limit access to prayer rooms in higher ed, and ban meal options in public institutions on the basis of religion.
At best, this is another attack on public health + minorities.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
At best, this is another attack on public health + minorities.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New secularism bill to ban prayer in schools, restrict offering of religion-based meals | CBC News
The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures expanding its secularism rules across public institutions, including a ban on prayer rooms in universities and CEGEPs and restricting the offe...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
QC has no free access to the COVID vaccine, but if you get sick you'll have limited access to a doctor, and limited food options to meet your needs if you're hospitalized.
I want so much better for all of us, especially religious minorities and disabled people who will take the brunt of this.
I want so much better for all of us, especially religious minorities and disabled people who will take the brunt of this.
This is a very Christian bill that claims "secularism" to broaden a (still-new) mask ban, limit access to prayer rooms in higher ed, and ban meal options in public institutions on the basis of religion.
At best, this is another attack on public health + minorities.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
At best, this is another attack on public health + minorities.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New secularism bill to ban prayer in schools, restrict offering of religion-based meals | CBC News
The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures expanding its secularism rules across public institutions, including a ban on prayer rooms in universities and CEGEPs and restricting the offe...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This is a very Christian bill that claims "secularism" to broaden a (still-new) mask ban, limit access to prayer rooms in higher ed, and ban meal options in public institutions on the basis of religion.
At best, this is another attack on public health + minorities.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
At best, this is another attack on public health + minorities.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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It looks like Western has five lots of these. There are 4,400 masks per lot, so 22,000 N95s that they apparently don't need.
"Reason for being auctioned - No longer required"
"Reason for being auctioned - No longer required"
@westernu.ca @westernualumni.bsky.social
Can you pls find a way to make these available to students? We’re in the era of frequent illness now and Western parent FB groups are FULL of reports of student sickness.
Many of the viruses we know are airborne & can be stopped in their tracks with these:
Can you pls find a way to make these available to students? We’re in the era of frequent illness now and Western parent FB groups are FULL of reports of student sickness.
Many of the viruses we know are airborne & can be stopped in their tracks with these:
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It looks like Western has five lots of these. There are 4,400 masks per lot, so 22,000 N95s that they apparently don't need.
"Reason for being auctioned - No longer required"
"Reason for being auctioned - No longer required"
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Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”