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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 3m

Still time to register! Join ASA for this FREE in-person event in DC @JHUBloombergCtr on Oct 21 w/Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social & Beth Pearson @warren.senate.gov to understand how sociological expertise can influence policy outcomes. Networking at 5:30 PM https://bit.ly/ASAMoment

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18h

cornell alums sign and share and fight and then some docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Alumni in Support of Cornell’s Independence, Democracy, and Academic Freedom

Please add your name below if you agree to be a signatory of the following message to be delivered to the Cornell Board of Trustees: Dear Members of the Cornell Board of Trustees, Ongoing attacks on A...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1h

Pope Leo’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

In Vatican meeting with El Pasoans, Pope Leo XIV offers support to migrants facing deportation - El Paso Matters

During a Vatican meeting, Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with migrants after hearing firsthand accounts gathered by El Paso’s Hope Border Institute and La Mujer Obrera about the human toll of U.S. ...

elpasomatters.org

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 2h

"It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher" ed.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 4d

Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 2h

🧵*10/8/2025 noncooperation thread*

A daily-ish thread of acts of noncooperation, noncompliance, defiance, & whatnot by individuals, communities, &/or institutions.

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The good people of Little Rock are busy today!

50501 Arkansas 🚫👑 @50501arkansas.bsky.social · 5h

10/8 - LITTLE ROCK

A day of action!☕️

Honk for justice on I-630 at Woodrow. 🏛️ Then, join the healthcare rally at Tom Cotton's office at 3:30 PM.

Tune into KABF 88.3 from 5-6pm for the latest.

Let's get LOUD,Little Rock! ✊️

#50501Arkansas #ThePeoplesProtestsAndMarchesAR #50501LittleRock

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 22h

One of the fundamental truths we need to acknowledge in this moment is that domestic violence is where fascists learned how to get away with their violence.

“What did you do to provoke him?” is exactly what victims hear when they try to seek help in an abusive relationship.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h

We need, in a word, virtue signaling -- we need to be signaling to one another, and to ordinary Americans, that this *is* fucked up and everyone *should* fight back. People need something to rally around & they're getting nothing.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16h

Send @rude1.blacksky.team and team your $$$$ because they are problem solving.

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 17h

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 20h

Hi, I'm a trans Californian who reported on the CA bills. This headline is misleading at best. You haven't noted that he has until the 12th to sign the other bills, leaving that out is irresponsible and fearmongers.

People can and should still pressure him on those bills.

bsky.app/profile/mady...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 20h

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 16d

My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Uncivil Democracy

How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities

press.princeton.edu

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 23h

(part of this MAY be that the under-$30k groups are poorer in 2024 than in 2016 - $30k goes less far - but I've looked based on income quintiles, etc, and it looks about the same.)

Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 23h

I've also been looking at this and it looks to me like a big part of the story recently is also a class one - turnout has been declining in low-income groups across race (but *less* among low-income whites), but steady or increasing among high-income people, including Black and Hispanic people.

Chart.
headline = Validated Turnout by Race and Income, 2016 - 2024, CES Overview of data = White people over 100k/year went from 62% turnout in 2016 to close to 80% in 2020 & 2024; Black & Hispanic people at 100k/year or more whent from ~50% turnout in '16 to close to 60% in 2020 & a bit higher in 2024.
White people earning less than 30k/year went from about 50% turnout in 2016 to closer to 40% turnout in 2024; Hispanic people at under $30k from ~35% in '16 to 25% in 2024; Black people at under $30k from a bit less than 50% in '16 to also close to 25% in 2024.

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Chris Warshaw @chriswarshaw.bsky.social · 23h

In recent years, white turnout has spiked. But turnout among Black and other non-white Americans has stagnated. @devincaughey.bsky.social, Bernard Fraga, @rpgriffin.bsky.social & I have a summary in @goodauth.bsky.social of our work on turnout in U.S. elections. goodauthority.org/news/2024-br...

2024 brought high voter turnout – but a growing racial gap

New data shows that while white turnout has spiked, turnout among Black and other non-white Americans has stagnated.

goodauthority.org

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Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 1d

Having a lot of convos in which someone complains that “no one is doing anything.” May I humbly suggest:
1) Find some of the MANY people who are doing things.
2) Ask what they need.
3) Do that.

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 1d

*10/6/2025 noncooperation thread*

SO many people! Doing SO many things!

In today's thread alone we have 📢
-a puppet theater educating audiences re: their rights re: ICE!
-lawsuits & exec orders!
- #NoKings protest!
-support for soldiers refusing orders!
-& all the ppl making all that happen 🫶

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Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 1d

Having a lot of convos in which someone complains that “no one is doing anything.” May I humbly suggest:
1) Find some of the MANY people who are doing things.
2) Ask what they need.
3) Do that.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 1d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 1d

Agree. In the full quote she describes herself as a "gay woman" - but I didn't like "gayness" or "lesbianism" as adjectives in the 2nd sentence, so I went with "queerness" anyway. Sigh.

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 1d

No!!

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 1d

I did not know until just now that Bari Weiss is gay and I wish I still didn't know.

I know that queerness doesn't guarantee good politics (neither does any identity) but I still find it disappointing.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 1d

I need more “late bloomer” stories! Tell me about the things that you did at 50+ that you never thought you’d do or finally got to do!

And if you have examples that aren’t you, bring ‘em!

Elliot Blake @elliotblake.bsky.social · 2d

I’m over 50, and my first TV show came out on Friday. My first book, a novella, will come out next year. I’m a late bloomer.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

Unlike Jesus, I have returned.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 1d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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