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My Father’s Daughter

@aninsggirb.bsky.social

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ARCH/IA/LA assistant professor. landscape architecture for the health of all living beings via psychocultural & behavioral analyses. spatial restitution = belonging to place-wellbeing. cortisol reduction re-wilding. magazine editor.

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · Feb 1

I wrote: ‘Health equity and community care are essential to spatial justice. Care encompasses more than the absence of harm, but comprises multiple measurements of comfort — balance and alignment in body, mind, and spirit, resulting in feelings of contentment, belonging, and, purpose.’

Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · Nov 15

FIELD NOTES: REPAIR #4

The latest in the series, feat. words by Simon Sadler, @tamigraph.bsky.social, Nina Briggs, @kavitaurbanist.bsky.social, Aaron Cayer, Ifeoma Ebo, Elke Krasny, @johanpries.bsky.social, Kyle Spence, Phineas Harper & Gabu Heindl.

Observations on repair in a broken world:

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 1d

“…It is waging war on knowledge itself…. replacing procedural frameworks with the methods of sultanistic oligarchy.”

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 1d

I wanted to excerpt something from this piece, grab a pull-quote to post. But, as always, Newfield demands to be read in full. Just read it.

www.publicbooks.org/academics-mu...

Academics Must Seize the Means of Knowledge Production - Public Books

Trumpism has canceled the knowledge society.

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 1d

Good point

My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 1d

“There may have been a worse time in US history to be in higher education, but I’m not sure when…b/c deep study increasingly feels like insurrection, I wonder what might happen if we stopped defending our institutional patches & started flooding other fields w/critical visual analysis.” - Joan Kee

Art Spell @artspell.bsky.social · 4d

Today’s Editor’s Pick is 'Why Art History Must Leave Home' by Joan Kee for The Brooklyn Rail. How art history can move beyond academia to help us better understand power, society, and today’s turbulent current events.

Why Art History Must Leave Home | The Brooklyn Rail

There may have been a worse time in US history to be in higher education, but I’m not sure when. Working in art history, a field that faces constant skepticism even among those who claim to love learn...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d

All I ask is that you watch and listen for 2 mins.

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Amazing Grace

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 1d

insulting to anyone’s intelligence

My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 1d

essential read: @pemalevy.bsky.social does an excellent job of bringing it full circle & making it relatable & plain - that if read - no excuse for anyone to pretend, or think it’s temporary or it will revert back, or ‘it doesn’t affect me’. Your ‘normalcy’ is an illusion on the verge of collapse.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

When the Supreme Court blesses the Trump administration’s disregard for the law while maintaining the appearance that the law still applies, it enables a "dual state."

As @pemalevy.bsky.social writes, the "dual state" framework is how dictators exercise power while life appears mostly ordinary.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there.

Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 4d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 3d

“We once again use our equitable power (but not our opinion-writing capacity) to allow this Admin to disrupt as many lives as possible, as quickly as possible…the bald assertion of unconstrained exec power over countless families’ pleas for the stability our Govt has promised.” - Justice Jackson

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

Last month SCOTUS said ICE could detain immigrants based on race. Now they’ve all but ensured that 300,000 of them will have no legal protection if that happens. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans

Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Rudy🙏🏽

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 3d

That’s a threat

My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 3d

this ongoing unchallenged arrogant-comfort in inappropriate, disrespectful & invasive encounters w/BW in all settings must end. From backhanded compliments to full-on insults to illegal attacks, the micro & macro abuse of BW is always violent as onlookers ignore, defend or give pass. This is wrong.

My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 3d

this (and worse) was always the plan (project 2025) using immigration as the gateway to create a slave class via concentration camps - permanent incarceration as the expanded manufacturing/labor system across the country

My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 3d

“Sociopaths love power. They love winning. If you take loving kindness out of the human brain, there’s not much left except the will to win.”
— Martha Stout

The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 4d

We have allowed sociopaths and psychopaths to create a society in which only they can thrive.

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 4d

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Alt: MJB

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 5d

They plan on literally destroying everything & everyone opposing them - it’s a genocidal mentality that cannot be satisfied or satiated - buckle up, it will get worse

My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 5d

“We need a broader coalition - a democracy movement that will be focused on not just restoring but reforming our institutions & giving back power to the ppl…What are the new tactics, how do we think differently & how do we start to articulate different kinds of goals?” - @anneapplebaum.bsky.social

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 5d

A chill spreads

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Historian warns: 'A chill spreads' as Trump admin follows familiar authoritarian playbook

YouTube video by MSNBC

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 5d

“…it's really naive for us not to consider the possibility that this state, which has, by the way, 3-1/2 more yrs of rule. It's only been in power for 8 months.

It feels like 8 yrs. This has been a lightning strike of authoritarianism & there is no bottom to it right now. There is no bottom to it.”

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 5d

“Successful democratic movements depend, above all, on courage.”

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 5d

gift link - no paywall.

very much worth reading:

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Opinion | This Is What Autocrats Dread

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Chanequa Walker-Barnes @drchanequa.bsky.social · 6d

We are definitely not meant for this. And our nervous systems aren’t meant to be constantly exposed to global trauma, violence, and grief, either.

Nathan Daniel Hernandez @natedhernandez.bsky.social · 6d

I don't think people were meant to hear the opinions of hundreds of strangers within a few scrolls and swipes

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 6d

Yes…sort of

english.stackexchange.com/questions/59...

The origin of slang GOAT (in a field) for the "greatest of all time"

Lately, I have seen GOAT being used for people. Like: Lionel Messi is called the GOAT. Muhammad Ali boxed his way into our hearts and will forever be known as GOAT. John may end up being the GOAT....

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6d

This is more or less what the American Revolution was about

Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 8d

"I'll just go use official force to coercively raise my own revenue (a/k/a taxes!) and then spend it on whatever government stuff I decide I want to do" is complete and total executive tyranny, Congress reduced to nothing but a powerless sham legislature, a head of state with absolute power.

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 7d

Actually Cardassians are the fascists

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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 7d

Beware of the dangers of gaslighting. It’s imperative one maintain one’s grip on reality. This is a reminder of the value of truth & humanity’s capacity to endure & prevail where misinformation & manipulation are prevalent. Stand firm: #therearefourlights

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Alt: Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Chain of Command", a 2-part episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It aired as the 10th & 11th episodes of the 6th season. The 2nd part of the episode is noted for the intense performance of Patrick Stewart & its depiction of brutal torture & interrogation scenes. The episode has been frequently ranked among the 10 best in The Next Generation. In this episode, Captain Jean-Luc Picard is captured by the Cardassians & subjected to brutal interrogation by Gul Madred. The Cardassians are a militaristic & authoritarian species, often depicted as ruthless in their tactics. Madred’s goal is to break Picard’s spirit &extract strategic information from him. During the interrogation, Madred uses a particularly insidious form of psychological torture. He repeatedly shows Picard 4 lights & demands that he say there are 5. The lights are a clear & objective reality, but Madred’s insistence that Picard acknowledge a falsehood is designed to make him question his own perception & sanity. The interrogation scenes are intense & harrowing. Madred uses physical pain, deprivation & psychological manipulation to wear Picard down. The central focus becomes the lights. Every time Picard states that there are 4 lights, Madred increases the pressure, demanding that Picard admit there are 5. Throughout the ordeal, Picard remains defiant. Despite the immense physical & psychological pain, he refuses to concede to Madred’s false reality. His famous line, “There are four lights!” represents his unwavering commitment to the truth. This defiance highlights the strength of human spirit & integrity in the face of overwhelming oppression. While Picard’s final cry of “There are four lights!” suggests he never fully breaks, the episode’s ending reveals the toll the torture has taken. He admits that he could see 5 lights at one point, demonstrating the profound impact of the psychological torture.

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