Nikki Draper
@nikkidraper.bsky.social
Lecturer in film studies and production. Based in SG. Eventually headed to MA. Raised in MS.
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Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
Frederick Wiseman has said this about the people in his films. They watch the cut within their institutions and think it’s fine bcs the behaviour is sanctioned in their in-group. As soon as the film is released and they see how they are viewed outside their circle, then they don’t like it.
Whipple: Wiles thought she was talking to someone who would give her a fair shake. And I did give her a fair shake. But the problem is, when you’re in that bubble, you wouldn’t recognize fair treatment when you see it—because crazy is crazy when you’re in that bubble.
December 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Frederick Wiseman has said this about the people in his films. They watch the cut within their institutions and think it’s fine bcs the behaviour is sanctioned in their in-group. As soon as the film is released and they see how they are viewed outside their circle, then they don’t like it.
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Lord, please never let me be hated by someone as skilled as that Vanity Fair photographer. Let all my haters be incompetent.
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Lord, please never let me be hated by someone as skilled as that Vanity Fair photographer. Let all my haters be incompetent.
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The Marshall Project is exploring how menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.
Tell Us What It’s Like to Go Through Menopause in Prison
Your insights will help inform a guide about the critical life stage that we’ll share with incarcerated people.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Marshall Project is exploring how menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.
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An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
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BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
We ain’t buying it: Why we boycott Target
For a long time, Target—that popular mega store that seemed to hit just the right combination of low prices and of-the-moment swagger—was everyone’s darling, the go-to spot for everything from groceri...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The Target boycott that AFT joined on Labor Day is seeing success. This holiday season, we're doubling down to demonstrate organized labor's economic power, as well as the consequences of ignoring the will of workers and the good of working families.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
I well and truly think people don’t realise the different ways we’re losing critical aspects of higher ed in the US is impacting our country. I don’t think we’ll recover from this in my lifetime.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I well and truly think people don’t realise the different ways we’re losing critical aspects of higher ed in the US is impacting our country. I don’t think we’ll recover from this in my lifetime.
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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MONUMENTS, an exhibit featuring decommissioned Confederate monuments paired with work by contemporary Black artists, opens in Los Angeles next week.
This is Karon Davis' Descendants (2025), showing her son, Moses, holding a squirming replica Confederate general
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This is Karon Davis' Descendants (2025), showing her son, Moses, holding a squirming replica Confederate general
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October 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
MONUMENTS, an exhibit featuring decommissioned Confederate monuments paired with work by contemporary Black artists, opens in Los Angeles next week.
This is Karon Davis' Descendants (2025), showing her son, Moses, holding a squirming replica Confederate general
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is Karon Davis' Descendants (2025), showing her son, Moses, holding a squirming replica Confederate general
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Yeah the speed of bubble cycles are now faster than our ability to pivot. We will just be approving an AI textbook for a program that won’t start until two years after AI mania has completely receded
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Yeah the speed of bubble cycles are now faster than our ability to pivot. We will just be approving an AI textbook for a program that won’t start until two years after AI mania has completely receded
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“We are in the fight of our lives and the fight for our history. We have to fight back in a time where erasure is very real,” said Dr. Daphne Chamberlain.
Emmett Till Center to Honor His Legacy With Events Across State
The Emmett Till Interpretative Center will continue its “Remembering Emmett” series with events across Mississippi in October and November.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“We are in the fight of our lives and the fight for our history. We have to fight back in a time where erasure is very real,” said Dr. Daphne Chamberlain.
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While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik
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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
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Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Good morning.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.
Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.
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Queen
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Queen
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The family of Trey Reed is seeking an independent autopsy following the Delta State University student’s death on Monday, when his body was found hanging in a tree on campus.
Trey Reed’s Family Calls for an Independent Autopsy After Tree Hanging Death
Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s family is seeking an independent autopsy after the Delta State University student was found hanging in a tree.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The family of Trey Reed is seeking an independent autopsy following the Delta State University student’s death on Monday, when his body was found hanging in a tree on campus.
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Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
September 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
I have a former colleague from PRC who was a boy and teen during the Cultural Revolution. He’s talked a little bit about the denunciations in classrooms at the time.
This sounds familiar.
This sounds familiar.
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
www.kbtx.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I have a former colleague from PRC who was a boy and teen during the Cultural Revolution. He’s talked a little bit about the denunciations in classrooms at the time.
This sounds familiar.
This sounds familiar.
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The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war
With foreign media barred, Palestinians have reported alone, facing the ‘most deliberate effort to kill and silence’ them ever
www.theguardian.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Guardian has today printed the names, and where possible, images, of all the media workers killed in Gaza, as part of an international day of action involving more than 150 media organisations.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Many of the records have never been seen by the public. They include reports, telegrams, case files and correspondence and documents from the NAACP, the White House, and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, among others.
Emmett Till Investigation Records Released 70 Years Later
Days ahead of the 70th anniversary of his killing, the federal government made public thousands of pages of records on the lynching of Emmett Till.
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August 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Many of the records have never been seen by the public. They include reports, telegrams, case files and correspondence and documents from the NAACP, the White House, and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, among others.
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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the world to read.
Displaced in Gaza
Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the ...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Palestinians are writing their stories, documenting both the horror of the war and the resilience of the people. Young people and Gaza elders are recording testimonies—narrating their stories for the world to read.