Christine Derby
@christinederby.bsky.social
(she/her)
Educator. Reader. Writer. Scholar.
Slayer of the Vampires.
Educator. Reader. Writer. Scholar.
Slayer of the Vampires.
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There's a school of thought which suggests that the only way to disable the fascist movement is to stop shielding MAGA voters from the consequences of their actions.
Well, now that the GOP administration is disabling disease surveillance, response, and even basic research, there's no shield. 1/ 🧵
Well, now that the GOP administration is disabling disease surveillance, response, and even basic research, there's no shield. 1/ 🧵
We appear to be seeing an uptick of devastating flu-associated Acute Necrotizing Encephalitis in children this season. We've had reports here in No. Cal. Others out of Boston. We're piecemealing things together because there's no active surveillance for ANE, and CDC can't communicate with partners.
Neurologic Complications of Flu in Kids May Be Up This Year
Experts are talking about a potential small increase in a very rare condition
www.medpagetoday.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There's a school of thought which suggests that the only way to disable the fascist movement is to stop shielding MAGA voters from the consequences of their actions.
Well, now that the GOP administration is disabling disease surveillance, response, and even basic research, there's no shield. 1/ 🧵
Well, now that the GOP administration is disabling disease surveillance, response, and even basic research, there's no shield. 1/ 🧵
Autism does not need to be cured. Disabled people are people, not a drain on society. Fascist scum is though.
April 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Autism does not need to be cured. Disabled people are people, not a drain on society. Fascist scum is though.
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I see a lot of people falling into the "this is pointless" trap, and I can only say it so many ways — though I suspect I will have to write something specifically about it on this front — but the bottom line is that we must expect compliance. Anything less is just making noncompliance easier.
April 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I see a lot of people falling into the "this is pointless" trap, and I can only say it so many ways — though I suspect I will have to write something specifically about it on this front — but the bottom line is that we must expect compliance. Anything less is just making noncompliance easier.
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Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
April 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sen Van Hollen met with El Salvador's Vice President Félix Ulloa, who told him that the reason they are holding Kilmar Abrego Garcia at CECOT is because the Trump admin is paying them to do so.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
They also provided no evidence that Abrego Garcia is part of MS-13 or committed any crimes.
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Excellent Op-Ed by our former commissioner detailing how Trump and DOGE have actually increased the risk of Social Security fraud. Please read and share.
Elon Musk is creating Social Security waste, fraud and abuse
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are undermining the Social Security Administration’s efforts to prevent fraud, causing confusion and fear among beneficiaries, and creating a climate of uncertainty…
thehill.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Excellent Op-Ed by our former commissioner detailing how Trump and DOGE have actually increased the risk of Social Security fraud. Please read and share.
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Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
April 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reminders:
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
"Concentration camps" aren't the same as "extermination camps." Both were/are horrific.
Most Nazi camps were *outside Germany*, away from the eyes of German citizens.
Those trains? Were to, uh, deport the category of people whose lives were deemed unimportant.
Never again is now.
“Them, not me!”
The bipartisan belief that America would be a better place if *other people* worked in a factory.
www.ft.com/content/8459...
www.ft.com/content/8459...
April 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
“Them, not me!”
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Exiling people beyond the protection of US law without due process is not only unconstitutional, it's a rejection of the entire American revolutionary project. Sending people "beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences" is one of the grievances enumerated in the Declaration of Independence.
UPDATE: Trump seems to say for the first time that U.S. lacks ability to recover those sent to El Salvador if government deports someone erroneously. Says it’s totally up to Bukele. Seems to leave out that he could … ask Bukele to help fix an error. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
April 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Exiling people beyond the protection of US law without due process is not only unconstitutional, it's a rejection of the entire American revolutionary project. Sending people "beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences" is one of the grievances enumerated in the Declaration of Independence.
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Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.
April 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bring back *everyone* who was sent from the U.S. to CECOT in El Salvador. *No one* should be sent there. ALL their rights were violated. ALL of them should come home.
We’re at Thoughtcrime.
"Expected beliefs"???
"Rubio said that while Khalil's “past, current or expected beliefs, statements, or associations that are otherwise lawful," the provision allows the secretary of state alone to “personally determine” whether he should remain in the country."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Rubio said that while Khalil's “past, current or expected beliefs, statements, or associations that are otherwise lawful," the provision allows the secretary of state alone to “personally determine” whether he should remain in the country."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Marco Rubio memo cites Mahmoud Khalil's beliefs in justifying his deportation
Khalil, a Columbia graduate student who helped lead protests against the war in Gaza last year, was arrested by immigration authorities on March 8.
www.nbcnews.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
We’re at Thoughtcrime.
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Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Adolf Hitler's “Mein Kampf” is still on U.S. Naval Academy shelves. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Memorializing the Holocaust” are not.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office led to a purge of books that are critical of racism — but preserved volumes defending white power.
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🧵 Do Not let Trump rewrite history by denying the evil atrocities of the Holocaust.
Hitler, in a 1939 speech, prophesied the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." In the years that followed, he proceeded to boycott and shutter Jewish businesses, imprison and torture Jewish academics...
Hitler, in a 1939 speech, prophesied the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." In the years that followed, he proceeded to boycott and shutter Jewish businesses, imprison and torture Jewish academics...
April 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🧵 Do Not let Trump rewrite history by denying the evil atrocities of the Holocaust.
Hitler, in a 1939 speech, prophesied the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." In the years that followed, he proceeded to boycott and shutter Jewish businesses, imprison and torture Jewish academics...
Hitler, in a 1939 speech, prophesied the "annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe." In the years that followed, he proceeded to boycott and shutter Jewish businesses, imprison and torture Jewish academics...
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1. Trump has announced that transgender people are an "improper ideology," and has demanded that the Women's History Museum remove them or lose funding.
It is the latest in a government campaign to erase transgender people.
The latest from S. Baum.
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It is the latest in a government campaign to erase transgender people.
The latest from S. Baum.
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“Improper Ideology”—Trump Demands Women’s History Museum Remove Trans People or Lose Funding
The American Women’s History Museum must remove trans people from its exhibits and programming, or lose its federal funding, Trump says.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
1. Trump has announced that transgender people are an "improper ideology," and has demanded that the Women's History Museum remove them or lose funding.
It is the latest in a government campaign to erase transgender people.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
It is the latest in a government campaign to erase transgender people.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Have we any collective conscience left? Innocent people rounded up to rot, to endure torture, barbarism, and humiliation. All to show his white base he’s doing something about their racist fears.
I think we all already knew this truth, but to see it confirmed is a new feeling of horror.
I think we all already knew this truth, but to see it confirmed is a new feeling of horror.
April 7, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Have we any collective conscience left? Innocent people rounded up to rot, to endure torture, barbarism, and humiliation. All to show his white base he’s doing something about their racist fears.
I think we all already knew this truth, but to see it confirmed is a new feeling of horror.
I think we all already knew this truth, but to see it confirmed is a new feeling of horror.
Unconscionable!
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Unconscionable!
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I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...
April 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I was scheduled to give a talk on Palestine at a student conference at @notredame.bsky.social. The University rescinded my talk a week in advance citing an extremely flimsy excuse. It is truly disgusting. Attached is the letter I received and my reply, link below...
A 🧵 so well articulated.
An anti-trans stance in athletics is, at its core, a misogynist one. Segregating sports by gender has always been about upholding the myth that men are inherently better, stronger, faster. It’s propaganda, not biology.
An anti-trans stance in athletics is, at its core, a misogynist one. Segregating sports by gender has always been about upholding the myth that men are inherently better, stronger, faster. It’s propaganda, not biology.
I just want to point out that a big reason we have gender segregated sports is because men's egos couldn't handle finishing second to a woman.
April 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A 🧵 so well articulated.
An anti-trans stance in athletics is, at its core, a misogynist one. Segregating sports by gender has always been about upholding the myth that men are inherently better, stronger, faster. It’s propaganda, not biology.
An anti-trans stance in athletics is, at its core, a misogynist one. Segregating sports by gender has always been about upholding the myth that men are inherently better, stronger, faster. It’s propaganda, not biology.
Congrats, America! Sweatshops coming soon to a factory near you! Forget school and child labor laws, gets your kids screwing in screws all day everyday!
Lutnick: "The army of millions and millions of human beings screwing in little screws to make iPhones -- that kind of thing is going to come to America."
April 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Congrats, America! Sweatshops coming soon to a factory near you! Forget school and child labor laws, gets your kids screwing in screws all day everyday!
Amazing reminder that our power lies in the collective, in community.
WOW: Thousands are currently protesting in Boston. This is just one of more than 1200 'Hands Off' protests underway today across the nation as people rise up against the Trump-Musk regime. (via Rob Way)
April 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Amazing reminder that our power lies in the collective, in community.
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Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”
How to Protect Your Retirement Savings Now as Markets Plunge
If you’re within five years of retiring, either before or after, you’re at your most vulnerable financially. Here are steps to weather the volatility.
www.nytimes.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Here is the top comment on this article: “You are advising responsible honest people who have worked hard, saved all their lives… to scale down their retirement dreams because a one person has decided to destroy the US economy. Why not write an article about how to get rid of the real problem?”
The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum…
April 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum in schools. The DOE does NOT set curriculum…
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Imagine seeing this headline in 2003: “President Donald Trump sparks outrage directing WWE’s Linda McMahon to dismantle the Department of Education.”
March 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Imagine seeing this headline in 2003: “President Donald Trump sparks outrage directing WWE’s Linda McMahon to dismantle the Department of Education.”
Our allies are being told not to travel here. What else is there to really say?
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: I am here today to urge Canadians to avoid travel to the United States if at all possible and to call on our government to stand up for our citizens who are being denied their rights through arbitrary detention in the United States.
March 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Our allies are being told not to travel here. What else is there to really say?
Sickening
Court documents reveal an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement admitted that “many” of those who were removed from the U.S. under the Alien Enemies Act “do not have criminal records” in this country.
The documents were filed by the Trump administration, calling upon…
The documents were filed by the Trump administration, calling upon…
March 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Sickening