Uniped Professor
@unipedprofessor.bsky.social
Teacher, Professor, lover of art history, historian, and poet. I believe in constitutional republics and the power of democracy.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
From Vonnegut’s third novel ‘Mother Night’
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
From Vonnegut’s third novel ‘Mother Night’
Frank Gehry dies at 96. The architect defied gravity and convention www.npr.org/2025/12/05/5...
Frank Gehry, whose designs defied gravity and convention, dies at 96
Gehry transformed modern architecture with exuberant buildings such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Guggenheim Museum. "I've always been for optimism and architecture not being sad," he said.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Frank Gehry dies at 96. The architect defied gravity and convention www.npr.org/2025/12/05/5...
There better be human rights violations trials after this administration is out of power.
Internal memo halts oversight of prison rape protections for trans inmates www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Internal memo halts oversight of prison rape protections for trans inmates www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
There better be human rights violations trials after this administration is out of power.
Internal memo halts oversight of prison rape protections for trans inmates www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Internal memo halts oversight of prison rape protections for trans inmates www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
I didn't learn about the Tulsa Massacre until college. This was not in our history books. A stark example of how history was purposely hidden for so long. Right up there with Rosewood and Ocoee here in Florida.
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Oldest living survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre dies at 111 years old | CNN
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I didn't learn about the Tulsa Massacre until college. This was not in our history books. A stark example of how history was purposely hidden for so long. Right up there with Rosewood and Ocoee here in Florida.
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/24/u...
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According to a review of both the 2023 and 2025 Coast Guard civil rights policies by Newsweek, the older version directly listed swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags as examples of potential hate incidents. The new version drops...
According to a review of both the 2023 and 2025 Coast Guard civil rights policies by Newsweek, the older version directly listed swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags as examples of potential hate incidents. The new version drops...
Coast Guard ends hate symbol labels for swastikas, nooses: report
USCG won't classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols, shifting them to “potentially divisive."
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November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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According to a review of both the 2023 and 2025 Coast Guard civil rights policies by Newsweek, the older version directly listed swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags as examples of potential hate incidents. The new version drops...
According to a review of both the 2023 and 2025 Coast Guard civil rights policies by Newsweek, the older version directly listed swastikas, nooses, and Confederate flags as examples of potential hate incidents. The new version drops...
Between the House and Senate, only one Congressman voted against it. Also, remember that President Trump had the power to order the release of the files since January when the judicial seal on them was released. This never had to come down to votes in...
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Congress acts swiftly to force release of Epstein files, and Trump agrees to sign bill
Both the House and Senate have acted decisively to pass a bill to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Between the House and Senate, only one Congressman voted against it. Also, remember that President Trump had the power to order the release of the files since January when the judicial seal on them was released. This never had to come down to votes in...
apnews.com/article/epst...
apnews.com/article/epst...
Ahh, so it's only indoctrination when it's real history that they don't like.
The new teaching benchmarks, have alarmed some educators and experts on McCarthyism, who say the standards appear deeply ideological and...
apnews.com/article/flor...
The new teaching benchmarks, have alarmed some educators and experts on McCarthyism, who say the standards appear deeply ideological and...
apnews.com/article/flor...
What to know about how Florida will teach McCarthyism and the Cold War
Students in Florida’s public schools will soon be learning an interpretation of McCarthyism and the Cold War that is steeped in rhetoric of that era.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Ahh, so it's only indoctrination when it's real history that they don't like.
The new teaching benchmarks, have alarmed some educators and experts on McCarthyism, who say the standards appear deeply ideological and...
apnews.com/article/flor...
The new teaching benchmarks, have alarmed some educators and experts on McCarthyism, who say the standards appear deeply ideological and...
apnews.com/article/flor...
Uh oh, somebody is worried that with the most recent congressperson sworn in, there are now enough votes for the Discharge Petition in the House of Representatives to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. The only people who don't want that information released are...
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Uh oh, somebody is worried that with the most recent congressperson sworn in, there are now enough votes for the Discharge Petition in the House of Representatives to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. The only people who don't want that information released are...
This is the exact opposite of the Marco's Pizza Pepperoni Inflation report that I ordered. But they did in fact deliver it in under 30 minutes. So we get official data from Door Dash now instead of the data that used to be released by BLS before they fired their data chief for being too...
November 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is the exact opposite of the Marco's Pizza Pepperoni Inflation report that I ordered. But they did in fact deliver it in under 30 minutes. So we get official data from Door Dash now instead of the data that used to be released by BLS before they fired their data chief for being too...
We're getting teabagged by the Arctic
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We're getting teabagged by the Arctic
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To put the state of the US in gaming terms:
Most of us are playing a buggy, overtuned survival horror game, while a select few can afford the DLC that turns it into a cozy farming sim with the sole objective of getting the highest score you can.
Most of us are playing a buggy, overtuned survival horror game, while a select few can afford the DLC that turns it into a cozy farming sim with the sole objective of getting the highest score you can.
November 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
To put the state of the US in gaming terms:
Most of us are playing a buggy, overtuned survival horror game, while a select few can afford the DLC that turns it into a cozy farming sim with the sole objective of getting the highest score you can.
Most of us are playing a buggy, overtuned survival horror game, while a select few can afford the DLC that turns it into a cozy farming sim with the sole objective of getting the highest score you can.
Whoever donates it to his ballroom will get a airforce base here in the USA ( isn’t that how it works?)
November 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Whoever donates it to his ballroom will get a airforce base here in the USA ( isn’t that how it works?)
🤣 As an amputee I find this hilarious.
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
🤣 As an amputee I find this hilarious.
If one photo captures the entire Trump era, this is it.
October 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If one photo captures the entire Trump era, this is it.
Why do they keep calling us...?!
This. This is why. This is what they say when they think no one else will know.
Walk and quack like a duck...
This. This is why. This is what they say when they think no one else will know.
Walk and quack like a duck...
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Why do they keep calling us...?!
This. This is why. This is what they say when they think no one else will know.
Walk and quack like a duck...
This. This is why. This is what they say when they think no one else will know.
Walk and quack like a duck...