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Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 20h

Please support public media while you still can. ❤️

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 23h

Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."

www.pbs.org

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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 20h

Just ask literally anybody who lives there or has ever lived there. They will absolutely let you know this fact.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 2d

One of my SOCY honors students, James Chapman, Jr., is completing a survey about hip hop/rap music and the effect of perceptions on Black masculinity. If you're interested in helping Junior, please scan the QR code to access the survey.

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Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 2d

One of my SOCY honors students, Martin Anaya, is looking for Mexican immigrant parents to participate in his research. If you (or someone you know) might be interested in participating, please reach out to Martin ([email protected]) directly.

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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · 4d

BREAKING: DC District Court just granted our emergency motion, filed with @immigrantjustice.bsky.social, stopping ICE from locking up unaccompanied immigrant children in adult detention centers once they turn 18.

Locking up young people in ICE jails only inflicts more harm on vulnerable youth.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 4d

"I cannot abide our repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference with cases pending in the lower courts while lives hang in the balance, I dissent." -- Justice Jackson www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke protected immigration status for thousands of Venezuelans

The Trump administration is trying to revoke a Biden-era policy that extended protections to thousands of Venezuelans.

www.nbcnews.com

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 4d

When this all ends, and it will, there can’t be any olive branches extended, especially for ICE. Accountability, punishment, defunding, and ridicule are the only things that need to be on the menu.

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Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 5d

A petition for alums of University of Arizona, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, and the University of Virginia!

Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now

Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.

alumni.controlshift.app

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Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 4d

This is disguising. Just a mile from my last place in Chicago. One of the most loving and peaceful neighborhoods I’ve ever called home. ICE continues to terrorize people who are just trying to live their lives. Seeing how Chicagoans are fighting back, makes me want to come back. ❤️ Keep fighting ❤️

dan sinker @dansinker.com · 5d

ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 9d

1. There's a lot of confusion about this out there. Let me make it easier:

There are two ways to keep the government open: The full FY26 appropriations bill for the entire year, and a continuing resolution to keep it open for a few months at current levels.

Both are part of negotiations right now.

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Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social · 22d

The headline of this article is becoming a theme of the higher ed movement and the anti-authoritarian movement in general: rank-and-file folks are forging ahead of our nominal "leaders."

Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 22d

UC employees, not waiting on leaders, sue Trump for 'financial coercion' over UCLA cuts

University of California faculty, students and staff on Tuesday sued President Trump over a $1.2-million penalty against UCLA and federal demands over campus changes. They argued that the actions are ...

www.latimes.com

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Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 22d

This QR code will also take you to their survey. Thanks!

Pictured is a QR code that will take users to this student's survey.

Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 22d

My SOCY honors thesis student is looking for participants to complete a survey about being queer, trans, and disabled, and intimate partner relationships. Please share this information with your networks!
Here is a link to the Qualtrics survey: qualtricsxm8bzyd3flc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

A screenshot of additional details about the survey, including the qualifications, which are that an individual identifies as queer/trans and disabled and has been in an intimate partner relationship in the past or is currently in an intimate partner relationship.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 26d

Must read

www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

A General Air of Anxiety - Boston Review

The Red Scare targeted my father. He taught me the meaning of resistance.

www.bostonreview.net

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Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 25d

IYKYK - www.stolpersteine.eu/en/the-art-m...

Stolpersteine | Stolpersteine

www.stolpersteine.eu

Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 25d

If you know anything about German/European history/the Holocaust, and public art, this looks eerily familiar. Please don’t let this become the new normal in our country. Stop ICE now and forever.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 26d

In Columbia Heights D.C., memorial signs are going up for residents abducted by the state.

(📸 Igor Bobic)

A sign on a tree reads:

"Nelson was taken by ICE on August 29 here at 7:20 am when walking to work."
"Nelson fue secuestrado por la migra aquí el 29 de Agosto a las 7:20 am cuando caminaba para su trabajo." (Translation: Nelson was seized by immigration here on August 29 at 7:20 am when he was walking to his job.)
"NEVER FORGET NO NOS OLVIDAMOS" (Translation: NEVER FORGET WE DO NOT FORGET)

A sign on a post says

ICE ABDUCTED SOME HERE 8/28/25 time: 1.00pm

IF YOU SEE ICE ACTIVITY OR KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS DETAINED CALL
202-335-1183

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 26d

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions.

Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

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Dr. Amanda A. Stewart @dramandastewart.bsky.social · 25d

❤️ www.thenation.com/article/acti...

On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance

At a moment when large-scale resistance can feel futile, there are other ways to oppose, engage, and fight back.

www.thenation.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28d

The Nazis did this with material written by and discussing Jews.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/positive-d...

"Positive Depictions" Of Trans People Banned In Alabama State Libraries Proposal

The code change that has been proposed does not ban negative depictions of transgender people, however. Public comment is open until October 14.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Sami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 28d

Turning Point USA made a literal watch list of professors, primarily women, queer folks and people of color, and made us targets of political violence. I’ve received hate mail and harassment and death threats off and on for nearly a decade in part due to that man’s organization so 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 27d

Today's shooting at Evergreen High is at least the seventh shooting at a Colorado school since Columbine

List: Colorado school shootings since Columbine

A list of all the school shootings that have occurred since the Columbine High School massacre.

www.denverpost.com

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 27d

I didn't learn about this until hours after it happened.

We've grown so numb and accustomed to children being shot at school in America.

It feels like many of us having given up even bothering to pretend to care.

Why do we choose to live like this? Why?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 28d

Three people were critically wounded in a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities say.

Three people were critically wounded in shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities say

Three teens have been hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities said Wednesday.

bit.ly

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27d

His work was calling for lynching of trans people.

Political violence is wrong no matter what and he constantly called for it.

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 28d

“The announcement came after a … backlash from Republican lawmakers and calls for investigations, a response from the U.S. Department of Justice, and a statement from the Texas A&M System chancellor pledging to discipline the professor.” I’m sure Bari Weiss’s CBS will cover this as cancel culture.

Gender-identity content in Texas A&M class leads to removals — The Texas Tribune

After the video fueled outrage, a professor was fired and two college leaders removed from their administrative roles for approving content inconsistent with the course’s description.

apple.news

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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · Aug 27

As we mourn today's Annunciation Church shooting, the reporting and photojournalism are almost too much to take in; sharing this gift link for those seeking good local coverage from Minneapolis. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

Live: Neighbors describe volley of gunfire in attack that killed two children, wounded 17

Sources identified Robin Westman, 23, as the shooter, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at the scene. One source told the Star Tribune Westman’s mother once worked at Annunciation.

www.startribune.com

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