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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 18h

I imagine Mack Brown is somewhere like that duck smokin a cig, shakin its head, and having a chuckle. I would be surprised if they don't just save face as well as a few mill and cut ties at the end of this season.

www.wral.com/sports/belic...

Divided locker room, disastrous results: Players, parents blame Belichick culture for UNC problems

Multiple sources with knowledge of the inner workings of Bill Belichick's program say that UNC football's losses are a product of a divided locker room, a disorganized coaching staff and a failure to ...

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 1d

Stephanie Ruhle cannot believe Cuomo came on her show and said this shit.

Audacity.

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IYKYK @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 1d

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 3d

The Angela Bofill ep of Unsung is on, and to know me is to know how my heart is FULL right now.

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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 7d

"If you have not experienced the kind of supercharged harassment this environment breeds, count yourself lucky. But don’t count yourself safe." As someone who was harassed by Kirk's hitlist, LISTEN to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social And take the call to action seriously www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Opinion | Mourn, or Else

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 3d

Is Bad Bunny hosting SNL tonight?

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 3d

It was! But my social battery has been on E for two weeks straight, so I had to go home after Bilal. I missed some great acts 😭

Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 3d

Just left Missy Lane's Block Party and passed Teedra Moses talkin to fans on the way out. Sis is every bit the baddie we know her to be.

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 4d

It's barely crawling to halftime of the Carolina vs. Clemson game. I just screamed "THROW IN THE TILE!!" at the tv.

At least the fans got to see Luda. 🤷🏾‍♀️

a woman says " whew chile " while wearing an orange jacket

Alt: a woman says " whew chile " while wearing an orange jacket

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 4d

She warned us.

"They would also be armed with powerful commercial databases such as LexisNexis Accurint and Thomson Reuters CLEAR, which knit together property records, phone bills, utilities, vehicle registrations, and other personal details into searchable files."

www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 4d

My goal across my classes this semester has been media literacy. I'll check back in December on how successful this was.

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Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 4d

I have bad or good news. You probably won’t live to see the end of the world. So, complacency and endless negativity doesn’t change the fact that you are going to have to get off your booty and push for a better world.

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so sorry.

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 5d

What was the reason for Beyond the Gates writers creating Banneker University? Was it to align with a Black historical figure? Was Howard not an option? I'm so curious re: this decision. Has someone asked? It's vexed me for two weeks now that I realized they weren't talking about the high school.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 5d

Man am I nostalgic for the days when building the perfect playlist felt like the most pressing challenge.

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 5d

AP photographers and CSPAN videographers doing some important journalism in this moment.

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 6d

Omg this is harder than I can find! I guess I might be anywhere from 5-7, which is a derivative of this (no tucks across each end, like here)
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steve harrington’s hair swoop @uxalchemist.blacksky.app · 6d

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 6d

There's a missing #4 (at least), and that is the one I do.

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Byron Woodfork @byronwoodfork.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like I'm screaming into the void on this!! The fact that this happened in the neighborhood I grew up in has my blood boiling!!

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 6d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 6d

Just in case you need some joy/laughs, the new season of Abbott Elementary starts now on ABC.

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 6d

We're hiring a postdoc in Duke GSF!!

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30734

Duke University, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies

Job #AJO30734, Duke Black Feminist Postdoc, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

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Nicki Washington, Ph.D. @drnickiw.bsky.social · 7d

One thing about me: Imma send that chicken and okra back to be dropped some more every single time.

*In my Maxine Shaw voice* When I say crispy, I MEAN IT!