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Julene Tripp Weaver @trippweavpoet.bsky.social · Mar 10

My 4th poetry book, "Slow Now with Clear Skies," published by MoonPath Press June 2024!

Cover art and design for poetry book, "Slow Now with Clear Skies." Bright oranges, pinks & reds, golden hues, stacked city on the left margin, bottom has a small house with phone hanging down, top has a clock timed at 11. Right side has line structures near top. Art by Clare Johnson, design by Tonya Namura. Available online!

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Sharon Machlis @smachlis.bsky.social · 1d

This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 22h

"Systems that adjust to increasing lifespans in general with penalties for early withdrawal but fail to reflect subpopulations’ longevity differences are not “actuarialy fair” (Sanchez-Romero et al. 2020) and can function to redistribute wealth from nonwhite to white populations..."

Three Ways of Looking at Black–White Mortality Differences in the United States

Everyone agrees that US Black deaths happen earlier than white deaths on average, but it is surprisingly challenging to find the best ways to summarize, quantify, and compare this gap. This review arg...

www.annualreviews.org

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

A great breakdown of the numbers here, making clear the return was across society, not directly into govt coffers: bsky.app/profile/clar...

Clara Murray @claradoodle.bsky.social · 1d

Actually... from my reading of the artists' basic income report, the government did not earn money back from the scheme (although its costs were offset 37%)

Most gains were societal and came from putting the artists' improvements in wellbeing in € terms

assets.gov.ie/static/docum...

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

For everyone asking what defines "creative artist" for this scheme: bsky.app/profile/lone...
Also includes architects!

LoneWolf @lonelylupine.bsky.social · 1d

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme: Guidelines

The Basic Income for the Arts pilot scheme will run over a 3 year period (2022 – 2025)

www.gov.ie

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 2d

Celebrating a new era of community work with the Hallie Q. Brown Center in Rondo, Saint Paul.

#BlackSky

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d

A major reason why Republicans in Portland are "an endangered species" is that the OR GOP as an institution has become one of the more radically far right, state-level parties in the country. And in a state party gone off the deep end, the Multnomah county GOP stands out for its extremism.

Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 4d

This was lazy reporting, and the Times would have done better for its audience exploring why so many Portlanders voted in DSA council. Article includes nothing from these voters. Describing Republicans in Portland as an “endangered species” is a choice.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 2d

"Diagnosing the Divide: Innovations in Women’s Health"
is LIVE now.

The 2025 Harvard Radcliffe Institute science symposium will explore developments in research and clinical medicine related to X- linked cancers and factors that differentially affect the women’s lives.

#BlackSky

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parsnip & star machine @soowrites.bsky.social · 2d

Wow

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

New Yorkers deserve change they can measure in their own lives.

Our new Affordability Calculator shows exactly how much our plans would save your family on childcare, rent, and bus fare.

Check your savings → zohranfornyc.com/calculator

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 4d

This week for the first in my Spooky Season Monster Mash series, I watched a movie with the scariest monster I can think of: Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame in which the monster wraps himself in unjust laws and bible quotes to commit genocide and assault.
blackwhiteandread.com/monster-mash...

Poster for the animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). From the top of the bell tower, we see between the bells down into Paris blazing in orange. Quasimodo sits on the ledge reaching out for a dove.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 3d

Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possible, & thanks, all! 🗃️

blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

#ScholarSunday Thread 244 (10/5/25) – Black and White and Read All Over

Here it is, my 244th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more in comments below, share as widely as possib...

blackwhiteandread.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court for 20 years now.

In that time, his Republican-appointed majority has completely transformed America and its politics, with many of its most destructive opinions written by Roberts himself.

Taking stock of the Roberts court at 20—and the shadowy forces that built it

"Roberts will go down in history as the most destructive chief justice."

www.motherjones.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

Keep taking videos of what ICE is doing. @govpritzker.illinois.gov is right, document what’s happening. This is why they hate journalists so much.

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 4d

Contact me to bring this exceptional resource to your classroom.
@americanstudier.bsky.social

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 4d

Who wants a free copy?
#graphichistory

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 4d

We can fund health care and keep the government running, or we can shut everything down to raise prices on people.

To me, that’s a pretty easy choice.

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taber @kvetch.gay · 4d

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer, musician and member of Alderville First Nation, will discuss "Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead" with Dr. Uahikea Maile, a Kanaka Maoli scholar, organizer, and practitioner from Oʻahu.

Oct. 6th, 6:30pm CDT

Haymarket Presents: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Theory of Water

YouTube video by Haymarket Books

www.youtube.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 5d

🚨BREAKING: In a major blow to President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, the First Circuit Court of Appeals flatly rejected the administration’s attempt to enforce his executive order ending birthright citizenship. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

First Circuit Rebukes Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order as Unconstitutional

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Shelley Krause 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @butwait.bsky.social · 4d

Thought of you, @walterdgreason.bsky.social! Sending love...

O.J. Spivey @ojphilly.bsky.social · 5d

Paul Robeson House in West Philadelphia set to reopen with mission to educate, inspire www.phillytrib.com/news/local_n...

Paul Robeson House in West Philadelphia set to reopen with mission to educate, inspire

At the tail end of his life, famed singer, actor, activist and athlete Paul Robeson came to live in West Philadelphia in 1966 with his sister Marian R. Forsythe in

www.phillytrib.com

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 4d

Some of my best memories of West Philly focused on the Robeson House. Ecstatic to see it open again.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 5d

NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

projects.propublica.org

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 5d

Mask bans were introduced as anti-Klan measures as a way to police another group of armed men who disguised themselves while terrorizing a marginalized racial group.

Klan members also resisted compliance.

L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 5d

DHS posted their response on X: “To be clear: We will NOT comply with Gavin Newsom’s unconstitutional mask ban." LAPD has kept quiet, following several L.A. TACO requests for comment.

By Aisha Wallace-Palomares

The full story: lataco.com/masked-law-e...

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The Gray Sage @walterdgreason.bsky.social · 5d

When you teach hip hop studies, there are no limits to academic achievement.

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