Ailish Hopper
@ailishhopper.bsky.social
Poet, writer, multidisciplinary artist | 🐚 bridger | working on a book about the US after ethnonationalism 🌱
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Even with broad public support, no major museum has taken up the genocide in Gaza. No large institution I know of has put on an exhibition about Palestinian artists or Palestinian lives.
www.equator.org/articles/how...
www.equator.org/articles/how...
How Gaza Broke the Art World • EQUATOR
The former editor of Artforum, fired in the wake of 7 October, reckons with two years of division, fear and silence
www.equator.org
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Even with broad public support, no major museum has taken up the genocide in Gaza. No large institution I know of has put on an exhibition about Palestinian artists or Palestinian lives.
www.equator.org/articles/how...
www.equator.org/articles/how...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Fwiw I think the “apologize for being white” thing is very clearly about making sure white people don’t feel an obligation to alleviate past injustices or make society fairer. Ultimately to do that you have to raise taxes and the billionaires holding Vance’s leash don’t want that.
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Fwiw I think the “apologize for being white” thing is very clearly about making sure white people don’t feel an obligation to alleviate past injustices or make society fairer. Ultimately to do that you have to raise taxes and the billionaires holding Vance’s leash don’t want that.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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I fear people don't know what it means to be part of a minoritized group. not being listened to/believed is a universal experience of minoritization
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I fear people don't know what it means to be part of a minoritized group. not being listened to/believed is a universal experience of minoritization
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"I actually think that we have to recognize that this is not just a left versus right moment," Patrick Gaspard says. "This is not a Democrats versus Republican moment. If we really do believe that there's an existential threat to our democracy, we gotta look for defectors."
December 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
"I actually think that we have to recognize that this is not just a left versus right moment," Patrick Gaspard says. "This is not a Democrats versus Republican moment. If we really do believe that there's an existential threat to our democracy, we gotta look for defectors."
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I think that people are saying a lot of things about the pronouncements being made at the Federal level that need context because they are not going to play out evenly at the local level.
December 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I think that people are saying a lot of things about the pronouncements being made at the Federal level that need context because they are not going to play out evenly at the local level.
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“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
December 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“When the German nation was, thanks to the inflation instigated and carried through by Jews, deprived of the entire savings which it had accumulated in years of honest work..when we were divested of the whole of our colonial possessions”
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
Adolf Hitler, 1939
There’s not much difference
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All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
December 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
All the centers they’re cutting add up to less than $7 million in spending.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
UNC athletics budget is $185.4 million for the 2025-26 fiscal year.
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
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"We really have to this paradigm shift, where we think of our news media, especially local journalism, the same way that we think of public education, libraries, public parks. There are these public goods that we would never leave entirely up to the market," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"We really have to this paradigm shift, where we think of our news media, especially local journalism, the same way that we think of public education, libraries, public parks. There are these public goods that we would never leave entirely up to the market," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
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just five more days of losing light gm bsky
December 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
just five more days of losing light gm bsky
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This year has been a clinic in the reality that lots of people with good analysis don't have actual ideas about what people should do.
December 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This year has been a clinic in the reality that lots of people with good analysis don't have actual ideas about what people should do.
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I'm spending my PhD researching just this question of what careers in tech "for good" or "in the public interest" look like. Just published an op-ed this weekend about one option: go do tech and/or data work for a non-profit! localnewsmatters.org/2025/11/30/b...
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I'm spending my PhD researching just this question of what careers in tech "for good" or "in the public interest" look like. Just published an op-ed this weekend about one option: go do tech and/or data work for a non-profit! localnewsmatters.org/2025/11/30/b...
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Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Some people have asked what I mean when I talk about the need for anti-corruption reforms. Here are some ideas.
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NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” Adam Serwer argues. https://theatln.tc/cmuUQ5Rh
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The longevity of the Mafia in Italy serves as a warning that, once this style of rule embeds itself in the state, it is “very difficult to extract,” Adam Serwer argues. https://theatln.tc/cmuUQ5Rh
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
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I'm going to restrict myself to one (two part) comment, which is:
1) the entire range runs from execs making 290x what their workers make to execs making 350x what their workers make, and
2) this should frame everything else such execs encourage you to be mad about
1) the entire range runs from execs making 290x what their workers make to execs making 350x what their workers make, and
2) this should frame everything else such execs encourage you to be mad about
C.E.O. pay increased last year, and the disparity with what employees are paid is the highest since companies began reporting this measure.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...
June 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I'm going to restrict myself to one (two part) comment, which is:
1) the entire range runs from execs making 290x what their workers make to execs making 350x what their workers make, and
2) this should frame everything else such execs encourage you to be mad about
1) the entire range runs from execs making 290x what their workers make to execs making 350x what their workers make, and
2) this should frame everything else such execs encourage you to be mad about
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Native tribes on banning Kristi Noem from reservations: ‘She’d be charged with trespassing’ | South Dakota | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
Native tribes on banning Kristi Noem from reservations: ‘She’d be charged with trespassing’
The far-right governor’s comments about Indigenous Americans have crossed a line for all nine tribes in her state
www.theguardian.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Native tribes on banning Kristi Noem from reservations: ‘She’d be charged with trespassing’ | South Dakota | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
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"a pop-up shop … was set up on-site with campaign-style merchandise on Army property. Soldiers were seen purchasing clothing and tchotchkes, including 'Make America Great Again' chain necklaces to faux credit cards labeled 'White Privilege Card: Trumps Everything.'"
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"a pop-up shop … was set up on-site with campaign-style merchandise on Army property. Soldiers were seen purchasing clothing and tchotchkes, including 'Make America Great Again' chain necklaces to faux credit cards labeled 'White Privilege Card: Trumps Everything.'"
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Follow this thread to learn how this image was created a few days ago by a proud white supremacist and antisemite who is now crowing about its use by the US government.
This is a real thing being posted and circulated by the Department of Homeland Security, referring to undocumented immigrants as “foreign invaders” and urging good Americans to turn them in.
(I’ll leave it to BlueSky historians to find comparisons to WWII era materials.)
(I’ll leave it to BlueSky historians to find comparisons to WWII era materials.)
June 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Follow this thread to learn how this image was created a few days ago by a proud white supremacist and antisemite who is now crowing about its use by the US government.
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Imo, a reason why most people own little wealth in Nordic countries. Fundamentally, wealth is not needed to lead a good life or give your children a future
This is one reason I am always skeptical of proposals for reducing wealth inequality by broadening asset ownership. From my point of view, a better goal is reducing the scope of life that is organized through wealth. jwmason.org/slackwire/th...
May 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Imo, a reason why most people own little wealth in Nordic countries. Fundamentally, wealth is not needed to lead a good life or give your children a future
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First point to note-- the headline automatically signals that the NYT agrees with Trump's assertion that these White South Africans are facing life-threatening persecution.
2) The story does not give readers context about the international definition of refugee.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
2) The story does not give readers context about the international definition of refugee.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 AM
First point to note-- the headline automatically signals that the NYT agrees with Trump's assertion that these White South Africans are facing life-threatening persecution.
2) The story does not give readers context about the international definition of refugee.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...
2) The story does not give readers context about the international definition of refugee.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/w...