Dr. Nick Winges-Yanez
@nwiya.bsky.social
Critical disability studies, critical discourse, autistic, sarcastic as hell, queer polyam goth who squeals w glee at EVERY dog
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The only principles they care about are "fuck you i got mine," & whatever lets them physically & systemically degrade those they deem "other" while letting those they deem "like them" do whatever they want.
"Hypocrisy"— flouting norms they demand others adhere to— enacts/reifies their will to power
"Hypocrisy"— flouting norms they demand others adhere to— enacts/reifies their will to power
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The only principles they care about are "fuck you i got mine," & whatever lets them physically & systemically degrade those they deem "other" while letting those they deem "like them" do whatever they want.
"Hypocrisy"— flouting norms they demand others adhere to— enacts/reifies their will to power
"Hypocrisy"— flouting norms they demand others adhere to— enacts/reifies their will to power
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Want to get back at that prof who gave you an A- on an exam? Or maybe you don't think people of color or women should be professors?
Make up a story about antisemitism, plop it into an anonymous student evaluation, and watch as your prof's life is upturned faster than you can spell "fascism."
Make up a story about antisemitism, plop it into an anonymous student evaluation, and watch as your prof's life is upturned faster than you can spell "fascism."
And the following language: "Student course evaluations that are collected on an anonymous basis at the end of each semester will be regularly reviewed to identify any reports of antisemitism, which will be promptly referred to OECR for appropriate action."
July 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Want to get back at that prof who gave you an A- on an exam? Or maybe you don't think people of color or women should be professors?
Make up a story about antisemitism, plop it into an anonymous student evaluation, and watch as your prof's life is upturned faster than you can spell "fascism."
Make up a story about antisemitism, plop it into an anonymous student evaluation, and watch as your prof's life is upturned faster than you can spell "fascism."
wtf
“When the Department of Justice recently opened an investigation into George Mason University…. Professors quickly published a resolution supporting their president and the university’s efforts around diversity. Now, Justice Department officials say they will investigate the faculty, too”
Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
wtf
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It's Heritage *and* hate
🚨Conservative Group Requests Materials for Over 70 UNC Courses🚨
“It’s a violation of academic freedom…of individual free speech rights &… teaching…in the name of…a right-wing agenda.”
—Joan Scott, AAUP Committee on Academic Freedom
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
@unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social
“It’s a violation of academic freedom…of individual free speech rights &… teaching…in the name of…a right-wing agenda.”
—Joan Scott, AAUP Committee on Academic Freedom
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
@unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social
Conservative Org. Requests Materials for 70 Chapel Hill Courses
The Oversight Project, founded by the Heritage Foundation, is using an open records request to search for terms like “DEI” and “gender identity.” Faculty say it encroaches on academic freedom.
www.insidehighered.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's Heritage *and* hate
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Oh my god, Russell Vought is a straight up sociopath. There is no rationale for this than a profound sadism. And this man calls himself a Christian. Like Torquemada I guess. How did he get to be so damaged? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh my god, Russell Vought is a straight up sociopath. There is no rationale for this than a profound sadism. And this man calls himself a Christian. Like Torquemada I guess. How did he get to be so damaged? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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"Unclench your jaw, the trauma counselors say. I do, so I can scream like Laura Palmer."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes is looking at a man .
Alt: a woman with blonde hair and blue eyes is looking at a man .
media.tenor.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"Unclench your jaw, the trauma counselors say. I do, so I can scream like Laura Palmer."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/laura-palm...
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the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic
Emil Bove has been confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic
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I don't want to sugarcoat anything but it bears acknowledging loudly that day in & day out, despite literally everything, scholars keep researching, writing, & publishing work that, in ways big & small, implicit & explicit, via its sheer existence, is a defiant F U to the current administration.
July 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I don't want to sugarcoat anything but it bears acknowledging loudly that day in & day out, despite literally everything, scholars keep researching, writing, & publishing work that, in ways big & small, implicit & explicit, via its sheer existence, is a defiant F U to the current administration.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Education Dept. can carry out mass firings it began in March. So I'm here to remind you that we're continuing to report on changes at ED, including to its civil rights division. If you have been affected, we're listening: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Help Us Report on How the Department of Education Is Handling Civil Rights Cases
Have you recently filed a civil rights complaint or do you have a pending case? We need your help to get a full picture of how the dismantling of the Office for Civil Rights is affecting students, par...
www.propublica.org
July 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Education Dept. can carry out mass firings it began in March. So I'm here to remind you that we're continuing to report on changes at ED, including to its civil rights division. If you have been affected, we're listening: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
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This footage is bone-chilling. An occupying army rolling down the streets, traveling in fatigues and military vehicles with mounted guns. Imagine your family was in this park and having to explain to your child why dozens of heavily armed men, some on horseback, rounded you up like a human fox hunt.
July 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This footage is bone-chilling. An occupying army rolling down the streets, traveling in fatigues and military vehicles with mounted guns. Imagine your family was in this park and having to explain to your child why dozens of heavily armed men, some on horseback, rounded you up like a human fox hunt.
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Gonna have to expand the Supreme Court to 18 judges and pack it with 10 35 year old liberals to undo all the damage the Roberts court has done.
June 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Gonna have to expand the Supreme Court to 18 judges and pack it with 10 35 year old liberals to undo all the damage the Roberts court has done.
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The total amount of public land that Trump wants to make available for sale is equivalent to more than TWICE the size of CALIFORNIA.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The total amount of public land that Trump wants to make available for sale is equivalent to more than TWICE the size of CALIFORNIA.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
All to pay for tax cuts to some of the richest people in world history.
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I just think that a newspaper should tell the truth instead of playing politics.
The abiding faith of many here that if only the NYT had the right headline wording, or called Trump a liar a few hundred more times, Things Would Be Different is always bizarre. The swing voting NYT reader who hasn't heard Trump is bad is an imaginary creature.
June 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I just think that a newspaper should tell the truth instead of playing politics.
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Is this not what happened, though?
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Is this not what happened, though?
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assassinations, handcuffing a senator at press conference, marines detaining a civilian, and a military parade for the president’s birthday. rough week for democracy.
Governor Waltz has now confirmed that Hortman and her husband were killed in the attack.
June 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
assassinations, handcuffing a senator at press conference, marines detaining a civilian, and a military parade for the president’s birthday. rough week for democracy.
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Not great that all of the descriptions of someone “impersonating” law enforcement are just descriptions of what law enforcement are currently doing in our streets
June 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Not great that all of the descriptions of someone “impersonating” law enforcement are just descriptions of what law enforcement are currently doing in our streets
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Is anyone shocked the first American detained by the Marines is a Black man?
Yeah me neither.
Yeah me neither.
BREAKING: US Marines deployed to Los Angeles have carried out the first known detention of a civilian, the US military confirms.
It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
It was confirmed to Reuters after they shared this image with the US military.
June 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Is anyone shocked the first American detained by the Marines is a Black man?
Yeah me neither.
Yeah me neither.
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I think a lot about this credentialing question without good language for it (spoiler Dr. Cottom has the analysis + words). SES, race, gender expression, clothing/hair (the drag of class/geography) (It took me years to get the class/geography drag - now I can't unsee it.)
Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.
June 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I think a lot about this credentialing question without good language for it (spoiler Dr. Cottom has the analysis + words). SES, race, gender expression, clothing/hair (the drag of class/geography) (It took me years to get the class/geography drag - now I can't unsee it.)
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Mass deportation = Eugenics
Eliminating science from Dept of Health = Eugenics
Eliminating vaccines = Eugenics
Cutting Medicaid = Eugenics
Cutting Social Security = Eugenics
Eliminating medical research = Eugenics
Targeting LGBTQ = Eugenics
Scrubbing contributions by minorities = Eugenics
EUGENICS
Eliminating science from Dept of Health = Eugenics
Eliminating vaccines = Eugenics
Cutting Medicaid = Eugenics
Cutting Social Security = Eugenics
Eliminating medical research = Eugenics
Targeting LGBTQ = Eugenics
Scrubbing contributions by minorities = Eugenics
EUGENICS
June 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Mass deportation = Eugenics
Eliminating science from Dept of Health = Eugenics
Eliminating vaccines = Eugenics
Cutting Medicaid = Eugenics
Cutting Social Security = Eugenics
Eliminating medical research = Eugenics
Targeting LGBTQ = Eugenics
Scrubbing contributions by minorities = Eugenics
EUGENICS
Eliminating science from Dept of Health = Eugenics
Eliminating vaccines = Eugenics
Cutting Medicaid = Eugenics
Cutting Social Security = Eugenics
Eliminating medical research = Eugenics
Targeting LGBTQ = Eugenics
Scrubbing contributions by minorities = Eugenics
EUGENICS
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The Department of Energy is trying to get rid of accessibility requirements for new construction via rulemaking. This unprecedented move, which seems to be illegal, could be the blueprint for other federal agencies to follow. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
"If we don't put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.”
www.motherjones.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The Department of Energy is trying to get rid of accessibility requirements for new construction via rulemaking. This unprecedented move, which seems to be illegal, could be the blueprint for other federal agencies to follow. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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So Kristi Noem goes on Fox and lies that Sen Padilla didn’t ID himself, even though the video is there for all to see. But get what she’s saying: Assaulting and handcuffing someone for trying to ask a question is OK in any case? This is a criminal regime.
June 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
So Kristi Noem goes on Fox and lies that Sen Padilla didn’t ID himself, even though the video is there for all to see. But get what she’s saying: Assaulting and handcuffing someone for trying to ask a question is OK in any case? This is a criminal regime.
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Everything that yoy see is a lie. Trump is curating enthusiasm. It’s all a show for his ego and to give the appearance that he has the support of people he doesnt! www.military.com/daily-news/2...
Bragg Soldiers Who Cheered Trump's Political Attacks While in Uniform Were Checked for Allegiance, Appearance
As President Donald Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom.
www.military.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Everything that yoy see is a lie. Trump is curating enthusiasm. It’s all a show for his ego and to give the appearance that he has the support of people he doesnt! www.military.com/daily-news/2...
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Cop kneeling on a woman's neck while other cops use bikes to shield him from cameras. Philadelphia, PA 6/10/25
#ICEprotests #ACAB
#ICEprotests #ACAB
June 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Cop kneeling on a woman's neck while other cops use bikes to shield him from cameras. Philadelphia, PA 6/10/25
#ICEprotests #ACAB
#ICEprotests #ACAB
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Re: the big No Kings protests this weekend, remember that the corporate media, politicians, etc are obviously champing at the bit to be able to force a “good protestors vs bad protestors” narrative to discredit the anti-ICE/anti-genocide movement.
Do not let them. Embrace a diversity of tactics.
Do not let them. Embrace a diversity of tactics.
June 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Re: the big No Kings protests this weekend, remember that the corporate media, politicians, etc are obviously champing at the bit to be able to force a “good protestors vs bad protestors” narrative to discredit the anti-ICE/anti-genocide movement.
Do not let them. Embrace a diversity of tactics.
Do not let them. Embrace a diversity of tactics.