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Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · Mar 9

Columbia grad student with a green card and a pregnant US citizen wife, abducted by ICE because of his political organizing, and now his lawyers can't find him.

Hey, @schumer.senate.gov. This is your constituent. Bring him back home.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Mar 9

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Mar 4

Now in German 🤓

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Mar 2

girls will be girls

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Feb 22

See you in court 🤩

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Trump Clashes With Maine’s Governor, Janet Mills, Over Trans Athletes

President Trump asked Gov. Janet Mills if her state would comply with the executive order he signed banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. He didn’t like her answer.

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Caro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · Feb 21

Extremely stoked to be organizing this conference highlighting philosophy done from queer perspectives at UC Santa Cruz this April! Especially glad to still have this happen given, you know... everything. Registration here, with a remote option: forms.gle/bhPt4xQ2jR5q...

Program for Day 1 of Queer AF conference @ UCSC, April 12-13. PDF version available at the bottom of this page: https://philevents.org/event/show/125782

Program for Day 2 of Queer AF conference @ UCSC, April 12-13. PDF version available at the bottom of this page: https://philevents.org/event/show/125782

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Feb 12

Immigrationequality.org has an emergency helpline for trans people who are detained by Immigration officials. Save this number to your contacts. Spread the word. 917.654.9696

- Immigration Equality

For over 25 years, we have worked to secure safe haven, the freedom to live openly, and equality for the LGBTQ community.

immigrationequality.org

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Feb 11

"And I wonder what all of you will decide to do now, besides gaping like fools, while we tables are burning—ablaze from the very fires you helped set." @talia-mae.bsky.social dailynous.com/2025/02/10/w...

While Tables Burn: On the (Non) Existence of Trans People and the Failure of Philosophy (guest post) - Daily Nous

“There are indeed consequences when we punch down or pretend that what is, in fact, a hostile attack, is merely ‘inquiry for inquiry’s sake.’ Aside from the emotional wounds we inflict on actual peopl...

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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · Feb 9

This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Feb 9

More of this, America.

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zoë @zo-e.xyz · Feb 10

Hey reminder that the folks who fund "he gets us" fund anti abortion and anti LGBTQ shit

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Feb 10

THAT WAS A PERVERSE BASTARDIZATION OF DEPECHE MODE

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Feb 9

Fuck you there’s 8 inches of fresh snow on the ground here 🤣

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Jan 31

Cali kitty not a fan of atmospheric rivers

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Jan 29

About to take off on a flight. To the surprise of literally no one, sitting in a middle seat bw 2 women means that I am automatically ceded both armrests. Fuck manspreaders all day every day.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 28

It's up on the WH site: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy

www.whitehouse.gov

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Jan 28

Love you!! 😘

Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Jan 28

This is apparently from @dansavage.bsky.social and it made me cry.

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Jan 23

Dinah channels the collective mood 🫠

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Jan 22

Gonna deactivate the fascist megaphones (FB, IG) for a minute. Entertain me here, loves?

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Dec 24

I know I know it's 2024 who even does flame wars anymore but I just couldn't help myself.

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Dec 24

I posted that diatribe against organized religion on the facebook wall of a guy I went to grad school with. Guess I touched a nerve. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Dec 22

Those of us whose interests have never been served by this history—i.e., those of us who aren’t cis straight men (which, unsurprisingly, also describes almost every theologian he cites (I counted 2 exceptions?))—might be forgiven for not finding religion’s dictates & rituals terribly meaningful.

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Dec 22

...misogyny, homophobia, and virtually every war of the past 2 centuries.

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Dec 22

It’s extraordinarily disingenuous of him to extoll the virtues of religion’s historically embedded direction and community and tradition while ignoring the fact that this history is DIRECTLY CAUSALLY RESPONSIBLE for the worst of our human atrocities—for tribalism, oppression, colonialism, ...

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Carol Hay (she/her) @carolhay.bsky.social · Dec 22

But the more I think about it, the angrier I get at his defense of organized religion as a mature, intellectually responsible, historically embedded path to the sublime, while spirituality without religion gets unfairly painted as an ahistorical navel-gazing rejection of universal moral truths.

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