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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell

@iaskquestions.bsky.social

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Feminist, theater history professor, dramaturg, parent of humans, lover of dogs, ally. Investigative journalism admirer. BLM🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ AAUP: One Faculty Opinions mine, not my employer’s. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781838673338

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 6d

Wtaf? That is absolutely wild.

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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 6d

Jon Lovett discusses the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 11d

Next up: Trump to give medals of honor to those who participated in the Mi Lai massacre.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11d

"Starting next month, Goop will be spinning into a global weapons manufacturing unit, as part of our acquisition by Lockheed Martin."

Attention Goop Employees: We’re Pivoting

My Dear Goopers, I have big news. If you’re not currently lounging in one of the office tranquility pods, I’d encourage you to do so. If you prefer...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 11d

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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals

The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack

The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a sec...

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · Jul 14

Kathryn Grody & Mandy Patinkin say what's on my heart every day.

"I ask you Jews everywhere all over the world to spend some time alone & think: Is this acceptable & sustainable? How could it be done to you & your ancestors & you turn around & do it to someone else?" The sound he makes at the end.

Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to Jews

YouTube video by The Interview

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jun 26

Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · Jun 20

The irony here is that this idiotic revisionism is coming directly from the heart of the so-called woke elite: faculty at an Ivy League university. Kinda gives the lie to the whole leftist/Marxists-dominate academia argument.

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · Jun 20

Is it possible that GOP operatives are the ones spamming me with bazillions of text messages to raise money for dems? I feel like the primary outcome of these campaigns is to piss off supporters of progressive causes.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jun 16

WE HAVE QUESTIONS…

This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they?

ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants.

How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · Jun 16

@utah.edu is CIS down?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Jun 9

We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation.

On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda.

Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · Jun 9

This just shows the need for humanities… buying into AI hype is an object lesson in their lack of imagination and basic critical thinking skills.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Jun 5

"The first movie ever made was released in 1887. That movie is called 'Air Bud,' and it is about a dog who is good at passing a three-dimensional sphere through a two-dimensional hoop, which is illegal."

I Love Movies, by Chat GPT

The first movie ever made was released in 1887. That movie is called Air Bud, and it is about a dog who is good at passing a three-dimensional sphe...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Jun 6

EXTREMELY BAD NEWS for economic research, per former BLS Commissioner @ericagroshen.bsky.social on LinkedIn.

BLS is suspending access to its restricted data "for the forseeable future." Applies to projects through the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers & onsite projects with BLS.
#EconSky

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David Fedman @dfeds.bsky.social · May 30

these visuals hardly do it justice, but just staggering to contemplate this scale of destruction. An estimated 60 percent of all buildings destroyed; 90 percent of housing gone.

90 percent of the population -- 1,900,000 people -- displaced

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The Onion @theonion.com · May 26

A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
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Congressman Glenn Ivey (MD-04) @ivey.house.gov · May 26

Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · May 20

BOOM!

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · May 23

He found the shade!

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Justice 🇺🇦 @loveon9.bsky.social · May 20

4/ U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy had already "...forbidden the Trump administration from sending foreign nationals to so-called “third-party countries,” rather than their country of origin..." #SouthSudan
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · May 20

NEW: The Trump administration abruptly deported as many as 12 migrants to South Sudan on a flight that departed Tuesday, lawyers say, accusing the administration of violating a court order.

www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Trump admin deports immigrants to South Sudan in violation of court order, lawyers say

Their lawyers say they learned of the deportation plan after receiving an abrupt notice Monday evening. By Tuesday morning, the men were already on a plane.

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · May 18

Trickle-down in one graph: golden shower. All rot leads to Reagan.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · May 17

A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · May 19

it would be cool if some members of the mainstream media cared as much about this administration lying about who's running the agency dismantling the federal government as they do about the former president’s age

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