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Andrea Constant @andreaconstant.bsky.social · 5d

Ahhh, the annual countdown for PAA submissions 😅

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Origins OSU @originsosu.bsky.social · 16d

September 15th to October 15th marks #HispanicHeritageMonth! This month, scholar Andrew Mitchel reviews the relationship between the United States, the Dominican Republic, and the game that both love.⁠

#Baseball #DominicanRepublic

The Dominican Republic and the United States: A Baseball History

Over the past century, baseball has become a truly global game.

origins.osu.edu

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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 17d

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.

www.rollingstone.com

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Sumitra Badrinathan @sumitra.bsky.social · 18d

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.

i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 18d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 19d

🚨With the McNair program on the chopping block, Chandra Reyna @isutriomcnair.bsky.social reflects on the ways her own GED-to-PhD journey exemplifies McNair's power to enrich our intellectual and social worlds:
contexts.org/blog/ged-to-phd-mcnair/

#sociology #highereducation #McNairProgram

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Heather Farmer, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 @drheatherfarmer.bsky.social · 20d

I wanna signal boost this - I am looking to recruit a prospective PhD student to join my Stress and Health Equity lab at the University of Delaware in HDFS. My research concerns biopsychosocial mechanisms of health across the life course with an emphasis on stress and coping.

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Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · 21d

On Thursday, October 2 at 6:30, join Courtney Thorsson as she discusses her book THE SISTERHOOD in a virtual conversation as part of the Schomburg Conversations in Black Freedom Studies. go.shr.lc/3KsLuR9 @courtneythorsson.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

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Kay Thee Abortion Doula, PhD.♎ @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · Sep 2

Check it: “Misogynoir is vast and shows up more frequently than we may realize, and it has impacted Black women and Black nonbinary, agender, and gender-variant folks for centuries, but that does not mean that it cannot be mitigated.”

Kay Thee Abortion Doula, PhD.♎ @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · Sep 1

New Post from your favorite Community Safety and Support Steward at @blackskyweb.xyz explaining Misogynoir, how we are working to moderate reports of it, and resources for you all to learn more about it!

S/O to my first post using @leaflet.pub !

leaflet.pub/7949ab92-a18...

What is Misogynoir? A deeper look into the anti-black racism and sexism that impacts Black Women and Black nonbinary, agender,and gender-variant folks

By Dr. Kay Coghill, Community Safety and Support Steward - Blacksky Algorithms

leaflet.pub

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 28

70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.

His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary

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Andrea Constant @andreaconstant.bsky.social · Aug 27

My first day of community college was 11 years ago 😵‍💫 where has the time gone?

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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is so sad and scary and awful. ChatGPT helped him end his life. As a mom, my heart breaks.
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.

www.nytimes.com

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Andrea Ritchie @dreanyc123.bsky.social · Aug 26

Criminalization of unhoused people.
Criminalization of disabled people & people w/ unmet mental health needs.
Criminalization of migrants.
Criminalization of youth.
Criminalization of underresourced Black communities

The D.C. occupation shows in real time how criminalization is a vector for fascism

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joie de vivremaxxing @bigolegeek.bsky.social · Aug 24

I belong where I'm wanted.

Not where I'm familiar, not where I'm expected to be, not where I've been before. I go where I'm shown my presence is not just desired but treasured.

cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · Aug 24

idk, i just...

if someone isn't treating me well--not *mistreating* me, but also not reciprocating my energy--why would i maintain the connection??

i understand it may be a reflection of how they view themselves, but i'm not sure it means i should sit in limbo, either

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Andrea Constant @andreaconstant.bsky.social · Aug 24

Year five of the PhD really starts this week LOL.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Defend the District” protest and Go-Go concert against Trump’s takeover at 14th and U St:

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Aug 15

By January, ICE will have the capacity to hold more than 107,000 people, internal agency documents show.

The documents outline the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion.

ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year

Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Andrea Constant @andreaconstant.bsky.social · Aug 16

Currently reading Hylton’s Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum. I’m only three chapters in and wow, this text is fascinating. Wicked, but brilliantly thought out and written.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 14

More photos:

An angle of two soldiers, a vehicle and a tourist bus

Several soldiers standing in front of a vehicle

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · Aug 12

DHS is recruiting using a not-so-subtle reference to a 1978 book from white nationalist William Gayley Simpson, Which Way Western Man?

Simpson's book was released under an imprint associated with the National Alliance, founded by Turner Diaries author William Luther Pierce.

Homeland Security
@DHSgov
Which way, American man?

http://JOIN.ICE.GOV

photo of uncle sam with his hat off at a crossroads with title "America Needs You, Join ICE Now"

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · Aug 12

Youth incarceration has dropped since 2000 but disparities have risen. Josh Rovner's @sentencingproject.bsky.social
report shows that tribal youth are at least 10 times as likely to be held in placement as white youth in Minnesota, the Dakotas & Wisconsin. www.sentencingproject.org/press-releas...

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The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 may be ending, but our virtual exhibit is still open! Browse our virtual exhibit and get 30% off & free domestic shipping using code EX57968: bit.ly/UCPEXASA

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Aug 12

You are not going to out "tough on crime" fascist Republicans. Because they don't actually care about *crime* - they care about racism and power.

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · Aug 10

Imagine being born in slavery and living up until 5 months before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Anna Julia Cooper is one of my favorite people in history. She was born on August 10, 1858, and lived to the age of 105.

I can't sum her up in a single post, but she was born 167yrs ago today

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Andrea Constant @andreaconstant.bsky.social · Aug 9

SSSP has been such a great experience thus far ☺️

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