Daris M.
@darism.bsky.social
Professor, Researcher, Progressive, Fraghead, and Nerd.
I like food. I love books. I adore kindness. Opinions/Shares are my own.
I like food. I love books. I adore kindness. Opinions/Shares are my own.
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The far right may have declared open season on the sisterhood, but countless Black women are out here upskilling and sharpening the tools in our proverbial kits. Journaling, paper planning, *praying,* meditating, eating clean, getting our steps in, hydrating...
I would *not *want to be them. 😬
I would *not *want to be them. 😬
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The far right may have declared open season on the sisterhood, but countless Black women are out here upskilling and sharpening the tools in our proverbial kits. Journaling, paper planning, *praying,* meditating, eating clean, getting our steps in, hydrating...
I would *not *want to be them. 😬
I would *not *want to be them. 😬
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If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
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It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!
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My heart is with the family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom tonight, and the entire National Guard community.
Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace.
Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace.
Live Updates: National Guard Soldier Dies From Wounds in D.C. Shooting
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My heart is with the family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom tonight, and the entire National Guard community.
Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace.
Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace.
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Got emotional reading a passage about a little Black girl who wants to grow up to be a Dodger just like Jackie Robinson and thinks that Harriet Tubman looks like she had a good throwing arm
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Got emotional reading a passage about a little Black girl who wants to grow up to be a Dodger just like Jackie Robinson and thinks that Harriet Tubman looks like she had a good throwing arm
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
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Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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When talking about SNAP/WIC and any other program please don't use what is or isn't happening in YOUR specific state as universal truth. Some states will step in and cover costs... Others won't.
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
When talking about SNAP/WIC and any other program please don't use what is or isn't happening in YOUR specific state as universal truth. Some states will step in and cover costs... Others won't.
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BREAKING: Letitia James has been indicted on one count of bank fraud in Virginia, charge brought directly by Lindsey Halligan, just like the Comey indictment.
October 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
BREAKING: Letitia James has been indicted on one count of bank fraud in Virginia, charge brought directly by Lindsey Halligan, just like the Comey indictment.
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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
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
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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
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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Teaching has been such a joy this semester @huntercollege.bsky.social NYC, our living island laboratory. 💜
October 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Teaching has been such a joy this semester @huntercollege.bsky.social NYC, our living island laboratory. 💜
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
IKYFL!
The FDA plans to approve leucovorin in the coming weeks to treat autism symptoms, leaders in Trump’s health department wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.
FDA to approve drug to treat autism symptoms
In a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece, leaders in Trump’s health department also caution the public to balance the risk and benefits of taking acetaminophen during pregnancy.
www.politico.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
IKYFL!
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This.
I know it's frustrating when lawyers point out when something the administration is doing is not legal. But responding with "the law doesn't matter anymore" is really unhelpful and defeatist. Clarifying the law is important because it reminds us not to comply in advance and to resist and take action
September 19, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This.
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Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid
When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!
When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!
September 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Imagine in 2025, after all the times Black women warned literally everyone about everything that’s happening right now, announcing that Black women commentators are just very paranoid
When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!
When we have been right???????? This whole time????? About pretty much everything????????????!
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87-year-old Cecil Williams walked down the runway to "Neva Scared" during Actively Black and Spill's #NYFW show this weekend
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
September 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
87-year-old Cecil Williams walked down the runway to "Neva Scared" during Actively Black and Spill's #NYFW show this weekend
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
www.whatimreading.net/p/civil-righ...
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If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at [email protected] if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
September 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
If you're protesting ICE in Chicago, let me know at [email protected] if you need free legal training or legal support. If you're arrested protesting ICE, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.
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when you read specifically about all the horrific things done to Black people, it is an absurdity that there has not been major reparations. the Western world is a hypocritical and rotten world.
September 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
when you read specifically about all the horrific things done to Black people, it is an absurdity that there has not been major reparations. the Western world is a hypocritical and rotten world.
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No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
August 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
No matter what @MarshaBlackburn keeps saying, it’s not criminals they’re targeting.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/30/u...
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Prof. Pfaff always has the data.
It’s wild, absolutely wild, how for EVERY. SINGLE. CITY. Trump wants to militarize I can post data showing how crime is plummeting in all of them without any federal invasion…
… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.
Infuriating.
… and the press KEEPS stenographing the naked bad-faith claims about “fighting crime!” in the headlines.
Infuriating.
Giant YTD drops in Chicago for basically all crimes.
Huge 4-reductions in Chicago for all violence. Murders are down FIFTY PERCENT.
Property crimes are dropping, tho still higher than before. But MRAPs don’t stop theft.
This is all pretext. Yet the WaPo subhed frames it as a “crime” issue.
Huge 4-reductions in Chicago for all violence. Murders are down FIFTY PERCENT.
Property crimes are dropping, tho still higher than before. But MRAPs don’t stop theft.
This is all pretext. Yet the WaPo subhed frames it as a “crime” issue.
August 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Prof. Pfaff always has the data.
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Apparently learning about the Civil Rights movement is "inappropriate."
www.upworthy.com/parents-comp...
www.upworthy.com/parents-comp...
Parents complained about 'offensive' book, so the principal read it to the entire school
Apparently learning about the Civil Rights movement is "inappropriate."
www.upworthy.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Apparently learning about the Civil Rights movement is "inappropriate."
www.upworthy.com/parents-comp...
www.upworthy.com/parents-comp...
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An important part of our conversation is about how the Black community should cope with a sense of powerlessness in this challenging time. Here’s an excerpt with a lesson from the great Alabama civil rights lawyer Hank Sanders.
August 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
An important part of our conversation is about how the Black community should cope with a sense of powerlessness in this challenging time. Here’s an excerpt with a lesson from the great Alabama civil rights lawyer Hank Sanders.
Nothing like my @strictscrutiny.bsky.social favs @profmmurray.bsky.social & @leahlitman.bsky.social giving us the facts ✨
August 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Nothing like my @strictscrutiny.bsky.social favs @profmmurray.bsky.social & @leahlitman.bsky.social giving us the facts ✨
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The FDA warns public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination a radioactive isotope
FDA warns public not to eat possibly radioactive shrimp sold at Walmart
The FDA is warning the public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination with Cesium-137.
abcnews.link
August 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The FDA warns public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination a radioactive isotope
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I'm talking about 2026/2028 because I saw the disk horse when I logged in.
However, I think we may be a fair bit beyond electoral solutions for the pickle we find ourselves in as a nation. We've memoryholed the ramped up electoral suppression last year; all of that will be worse in 2026.
However, I think we may be a fair bit beyond electoral solutions for the pickle we find ourselves in as a nation. We've memoryholed the ramped up electoral suppression last year; all of that will be worse in 2026.
August 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'm talking about 2026/2028 because I saw the disk horse when I logged in.
However, I think we may be a fair bit beyond electoral solutions for the pickle we find ourselves in as a nation. We've memoryholed the ramped up electoral suppression last year; all of that will be worse in 2026.
However, I think we may be a fair bit beyond electoral solutions for the pickle we find ourselves in as a nation. We've memoryholed the ramped up electoral suppression last year; all of that will be worse in 2026.