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Trying to survive the polycrisis #DisabilityJustice #CovidIsAirborne #LandBack #BlackLivesMatter
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abolish ICE now and forever
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
abolish ICE now and forever
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The Gestapo (=ICE) has already contracted w/private corporations to hunt alleged undocumented persons & soon, if not already, innocent American Citizens
#Trump #FreedomDemocracyAndTheRuleOfLawRequiresVigilanceAndAction
theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
#Trump #FreedomDemocracyAndTheRuleOfLawRequiresVigilanceAndAction
theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
10 Companies Have Already Made $1 Million as ICE Bounty Hunters. We Found Them.
And they stand to make millions more in cash bonuses for surveilling and tracking immigrants in service of ICE’s deportation machine.
theintercept.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The Gestapo (=ICE) has already contracted w/private corporations to hunt alleged undocumented persons & soon, if not already, innocent American Citizens
#Trump #FreedomDemocracyAndTheRuleOfLawRequiresVigilanceAndAction
theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
#Trump #FreedomDemocracyAndTheRuleOfLawRequiresVigilanceAndAction
theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...
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In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In case you need a positive reminder:
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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#Pluribus spoilers
The way they used her culture and community to lure her in and then the way it dies with her individuality…
Diabolical…
The way they used her culture and community to lure her in and then the way it dies with her individuality…
Diabolical…
December 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
#Pluribus spoilers
The way they used her culture and community to lure her in and then the way it dies with her individuality…
Diabolical…
The way they used her culture and community to lure her in and then the way it dies with her individuality…
Diabolical…
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Spoilers for #Pluribus, but same, this scene was chilling and sad. The end of an entire culture, in a matter of moments, by the hive mind, after using that culture's languages and songs to manipulate a young girl to join it.
this scene shattered my heart into a million pieces #pluribus
December 24, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Spoilers for #Pluribus, but same, this scene was chilling and sad. The end of an entire culture, in a matter of moments, by the hive mind, after using that culture's languages and songs to manipulate a young girl to join it.
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Ok, so now that I’ve watched the season finale of Pluribus, I must observe that the themes of assimilation into whiteness and the wealth class are overwhelming.
I really want a truly left critic to write a piece on this show. No spoilers, but Manousos with that one alien zombie— WHEW.
#pluribus
I really want a truly left critic to write a piece on this show. No spoilers, but Manousos with that one alien zombie— WHEW.
#pluribus
I am still thinking about the choice to put Manousos into the Darien Gap on his quest to save humankind, about the creative decision to have him set fire to all he cares about as he sets out, about the alien zombies saving him when at death’s door instead of leaving him to die as unworthy, about
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Ok, so now that I’ve watched the season finale of Pluribus, I must observe that the themes of assimilation into whiteness and the wealth class are overwhelming.
I really want a truly left critic to write a piece on this show. No spoilers, but Manousos with that one alien zombie— WHEW.
#pluribus
I really want a truly left critic to write a piece on this show. No spoilers, but Manousos with that one alien zombie— WHEW.
#pluribus
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watching the virus wipe culture clean away in real time, to the sound of a crying baby goat. chilling stuff.
December 24, 2025 at 4:29 AM
watching the virus wipe culture clean away in real time, to the sound of a crying baby goat. chilling stuff.
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
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A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
A warning from the lawyer representing the unjustly fired Oklahoma TA! Beware of GFM scams: her client is NOT crowdfunding at this time.
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Henry Ford HATED Jazz because too many Jewish & Black Folks were a part of it. He pushed the Department of Education to make square dance part of the curriculum to counter Jazz.
December 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Henry Ford HATED Jazz because too many Jewish & Black Folks were a part of it. He pushed the Department of Education to make square dance part of the curriculum to counter Jazz.
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Wow! The end state is that these corporations don't want you to actually go the grocery store. They want you to shop for groceries online - because in the actual store it is harder to change the price for individuals. You see this in reduction of check out lanes, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxr...
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wow! The end state is that these corporations don't want you to actually go the grocery store. They want you to shop for groceries online - because in the actual store it is harder to change the price for individuals. You see this in reduction of check out lanes, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=osxr...
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To all my progressive friends: if you are not acknowledging the ongoing pandemic, if you are not making choices to help mitigate it, then you are not, in fact, fighting the good fight quite as much as you might think you are.
“ every rollback of protections, every mask ban, & every act of pandemic denial is a choice made in the service of the perpetuation of the very same systems of control & subjection that are responsible for the ongoing violence & abandonment of the pandemic” @reallandsend.bsky.social. Thank you
December 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
To all my progressive friends: if you are not acknowledging the ongoing pandemic, if you are not making choices to help mitigate it, then you are not, in fact, fighting the good fight quite as much as you might think you are.
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“The state wants us to believe that nothing can change, that Covid is both gone and here to stay, and that the deaths of over 7 million people worldwide are simply meaningless, “pulled from the future.” But this is a lie. These deaths are politically determined.”
Funny what happens when an entire society decides that social murder is super OK actually, & that "you do you" is a fine approach to public health. Almost like it gives eugenicists a leg up & another to stand on, or something.
blindarchive.substack.com/p/structural... h/t @reallandsend.bsky.social
blindarchive.substack.com/p/structural... h/t @reallandsend.bsky.social
Structural Violence and the Pandemic: An Update on Our Collective Reality
How to (still) give a fuck about Covid (even if you already gave up)
blindarchive.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“The state wants us to believe that nothing can change, that Covid is both gone and here to stay, and that the deaths of over 7 million people worldwide are simply meaningless, “pulled from the future.” But this is a lie. These deaths are politically determined.”
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More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
Gaza patients facing death as Israel continues to block medical supplies
More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
www.aljazeera.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
More than 1,000 Palestinian patients have died while awaiting treatment abroad, amid collapse of Gaza healthcare sector.
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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We need a position that's extremely anti AI but also very anti academics making a fetish out of 19th/20th century knowledge infrastructures & practices.
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
We need a position that's extremely anti AI but also very anti academics making a fetish out of 19th/20th century knowledge infrastructures & practices.
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Little makes me angrier than that we will let people suffer horrifically and die because science-ignorant kooks are en vogue.
Too many of us have lost our dearest, most profound human connections to cancer — and now the loved ones of 50k others per year will too…
…thanks to crackpot conspiracism.
Too many of us have lost our dearest, most profound human connections to cancer — and now the loved ones of 50k others per year will too…
…thanks to crackpot conspiracism.
"the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers"
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
December 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Little makes me angrier than that we will let people suffer horrifically and die because science-ignorant kooks are en vogue.
Too many of us have lost our dearest, most profound human connections to cancer — and now the loved ones of 50k others per year will too…
…thanks to crackpot conspiracism.
Too many of us have lost our dearest, most profound human connections to cancer — and now the loved ones of 50k others per year will too…
…thanks to crackpot conspiracism.
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(And also efff colonialism for the associated loss of language and culture, that still hurts)
December 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
(And also efff colonialism for the associated loss of language and culture, that still hurts)
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Betty was one of the most generous people I had the privilege of interviewing. An extraordinary person who lived an extraordinary life.
Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, nation's oldest park ranger, has died. She was 104
Betty Reid Soskin, one of the nation's most iconic park rangers, died peacefully at her home in Richmond on Sun., Dec. 21, 2025. She was 104.
richmondside.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Betty was one of the most generous people I had the privilege of interviewing. An extraordinary person who lived an extraordinary life.
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In response to feeling isolated by chronic illness and appreciative of remote access to community, I host online Co-Resting Groups. They provide a way to gently socialize and rest in community.
Interested or know someone who might be? Please have a look and share!
www.co-resting.org
Interested or know someone who might be? Please have a look and share!
www.co-resting.org
Co-Resting
virtual gatherings for community support
www.co-resting.org
December 23, 2024 at 11:15 PM
In response to feeling isolated by chronic illness and appreciative of remote access to community, I host online Co-Resting Groups. They provide a way to gently socialize and rest in community.
Interested or know someone who might be? Please have a look and share!
www.co-resting.org
Interested or know someone who might be? Please have a look and share!
www.co-resting.org
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What a clever strategy. F&ck ICE.
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
Inside the Protest Movement Keeping Immigration Agents Awake
'Immigrant families aren’t sleeping well right now either,' says Megan Newcomb, an organizer of a hotel demonstration.
time.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
What a clever strategy. F&ck ICE.
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
“The goal of the protests, Newcomb explains, is twofold: to pressure hotels to stop housing ICE agents and disrupt agents’ ability to operate efficiently. She adds that organizers verify through several sources before targeting a hotel where ICE agents are staying.”
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The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
New School “administrators have started to implement a plan to close, overhaul or merge about 30 academic programs or majors; pause nearly all admissions to doctoral programs; and offer buyouts or early retirement to what professors say is about 40 percent of the full-time faculty.”
Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The New School owns about a billion dollars worth of art, most of which is not on display. They could sell the two Warhols they own and raise $100 million tomorrow. But they’d rather close academic departments.
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The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester.
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
NEW: Public universities in red states, from Texas to Florida, are increasingly required to make their syllabi public. The University of North Carolina may be next. Does "syllabi transparency" help combat distrust in higher ed, or feed ill-informed suspicions of it? www.chronicle.com/article/when...
When Everyone Can See Your Syllabus
More states are requiring public colleges to make class syllabi available to the masses. Proponents say these measures boost higher ed’s credibility, while faculty fear being targeted.
www.chronicle.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester.
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier: