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"The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other's light.” - James Baldwin

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This is the first time in 60 years that a president has deployed a state’s National Guard for a domestic operation without the governor’s request.

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There's a lesson here for a certain kind of conservative Asian American but their whole careers are often premised on not understanding that lesson, and acting like the lesson could never appear or apply to them.

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So damn proud of these kids for their courage. 💥 Hundreds of Milford, MA high schoolers walked out in protest today after ICE detained their classmate Marcelo Gomes Da Silva. Detained on his way to volleyball practice. Illegally. These students aren’t backing down—they’re rising up. #OnYourSide

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Please don't just say "Jonathan Joss's death was a hate crime THIS IS WHY WE NEED PRIDE MONTH." No. Jonathan Joss was queer and Comanche. This hate crime was because he was gay and Native. The two are intrinsically linked. THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO DISMANTLE COLONIAL AND CAPITAL AMERICA.

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My friend Patrick G. Lee is seeking funding to finish his amazing feature-length documentary of queer trans life in Seoul. I've been talking about it with him for years, it is exciting to see it so close to done. Please consider a pledge. seedandspark.com/fund/kqt#story

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Slashed and paused funding, mass firings and information purges have destabilized crucial infrastructure for survivors.

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"The rhetoric hurts," one former USAID worker told me. "We had the internships. We had the degrees. We had all the things that Black people, especially, are told to have to get these roles." I wrote about the psychological toll of massive federal cuts. capitalbnews.org/trump-federa...

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More than 3M people will lose SNAP benefits under GOP budget plan according to a nonpartisan report wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/05/26/r...

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“Gutting VA will result in delayed appointments and substandard care, leading directly to more veteran deaths. In fact, as reports and internal documents now prove, Elon Musk's wrecking ball is causing systems to fail, putting veterans at risk.” www.newsweek.com/veterans-gro...

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Five yrs out “demonstrators say they are still contending w/ intense trauma and long-lasting injuries... What’s more, settlement money has been swallowed by mounting medical debt, legal fees & other costs associated w/ being wounded.” Our dear Linda Tirado and so many others stories featured here

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My summer reading! fivebooks.com/best-books/f...

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From Pooh to Smokey to Cocaine Bear, how have bears so thoroughly captured the American imagination? Daniel Horowitz explores our fascination with bears in his new book, "Bear With Me," out in August. Read the introduction for free now. buff.ly/xiasSgz

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RFK Jr. ordered a review of mifepristone, one of two drugs used in medication abortions in the U.S. @rewirenewsgroup.com explains how the two medications work, and what experts say about their safety and efficacy rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/05/23/m...

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www.washingtonpost.com/education/20... Education Department must reinstate nearly 1,400 fired workers

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🚨Due to extreme 11th-hour additions, the reconciliation bill that was passed now seeks to ban Affordable Care Act health care plans from covering abortion and gender-affirming care for all Medicaid patients, including adults.🚨

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Full court press, people. Call them. Repeatedly.

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NSF Physics was cut by 85%, basically wiping out most of its capacity for supporting research. NSF Astronomy was cut by 53% Undergrad education was cut by 71% and research on learning by 79% Graduate education was cut by 100% to ZERO. #GiftLink ⚛️🔭 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social

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‘This was the book the judges really loved, right from our first reading’ We're delighted to announce that the winner of the #InternationalBooker2025 is Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi. Here's everything you need to know about the book: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

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WE PAID TO CREATE AND ACCELERATE THIS VACCINE IN RECORD TIME WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS AND NOW THEY ARE WITHHOLDING OUR INVESTMENT FOR NO EFFING REASON

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The cruelty of the layoffs has been devastating for federal workers. Imagine losing your income, insurance, and career without any forewarning or working under the impending RIFs every day. The ripple effects will hit everyone in America sooner or later.

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RFK Jr.’s anti-science crusade is already endangering lives, and it’s only the beginning. His rise, like Trump’s, is a direct threat to public health, medical freedom, and scientific progress. The attempt to overturn FDA approval of the abortion pill shows how far they’ll go.

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Remembering Vincent Chin who should be 70 years old today. Learn more about the story of Vincent and the ongoing movement for justice and the fight against anti-Asian hate in this handbook from the Vincent Chin Institute www.vincentchin.org/legacy-guide #APAHM

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Congratulations to our WGS grads who received this tote bag, which features some beloved banned words. Credit goes to Alix Brandon, the most creative WGS swag creator!❤️

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Preston Taylor Stone will be our new Helaine B. Allen and Cynthia Berenson Postdoctoral fellow in WGS! They will work on their book, "Queer/Indigenous/Horror: Sovereign Speculative Imaginaries and Cultures of Resilience and Retribution," and teach two courses. prestontaylorstone.com

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I love all the Somerville people replying with "Just in time for Porchfest!" somervilleartscouncil.org/porchfest/

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just so we’re all clear: the reason they keep using dolls as their example is because they’re trying to frame caring about material stuff as feminine and thus inherently shameful

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My daughter is graduating from Emory U with a degree in Environmental Science. She worked for 2 yrs at the Office of Sustainability Initiatives. Any opportunities in Madison, WI in this field? DOGE shut down so many doors like AmeriCorps, EPA, and more. :(

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@antonhur.com never sleeps! A new translation of Red Sword by Bora Chung of Cursed Bunny fame.

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The move is just one part of a wider war the administration has launched against the working class since assuming power.

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3 to 5 years of experience for an entry-level job. Rounds of interviews only to get ghosted. Lengthy applications that seem to disappear into the void. For @teenvogue.com's Work in Progress column, I talked to young workers and experts about why finding a job feels so impossible right now:

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Roamingbuffalo, a Citizen of the Abenaki Nation, will lead a Talking Circle for our international and graduate students and others during these very challenging times. Please join us on Friday, April 25 at 2:30 PM.

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Mimi Khúc @slothprof.bsky.social & Jina B. Kim discussing their new @dukepress.bsky.social #AAAS2025 disability studies books, “Dear Elia” & “Care at the End of the World”

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“My personal life story is very involved with this movie. Korea is a very conservative country. People never come out as gay, publicly or in front of their parents. But my first son happened to be [a] gay person, so I shared my experience between him and me….”Youn Yuh-Jung people.com/youn-yuh-jun...

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We do not have to take Trump’s bait on DEI, because they do not care about some policies being “problematic.” They are disengenously using DEI to target civil rights protections, DEI is a prextext, and it is not reasonable to concede they have a point when it only helps their reactionary push.

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"Not research as usual at Brandeis: Transformative knowledge production and community engagement in Burkina Faso, India, Peru, Senegal, and the US." The event puts a spotlight on transnational, collaborative, diasporic, and decolonial research conducted by faculty of color at Brandeis.

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Brandeis #10 in best small unviersities. Yes, Nobel prize winners but also amazing Black feminist alums and profs: Pauli Murray, Angela Davis, Patricia Hill Collins, Karen E. Fields, M. Jacqui Alexander, Hortense Spillers, Anita Hill, Shoniqua Roach etc. www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best...

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“These decisions do NOT mean that the Trump Administration’s mass terminations of probationary workers were legal…The decisions are about who can challenge the Trump Administration’s illegal mass layoff and what process they have to use to do so.” #fedlayoffs federalworkerrights.com/2025/04/11/w...

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The stay of the Maryland judge’s ruling on the probationary workers’ illegal layoffs is hell for these poor probies. Mass firings, reinstatements, mass firings. Salaries, health insurance, & other benefits all taken away. 💔 www.wmar2news.com/local/maryla...

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Thank you @antonhur.com for the generative conversation about your novel Toward Eternity. A STEM student admitted that she had not read a book in 2 years (!!), but she became so immersed in your novel that it took a loud phone call to startle her back to reality! ❤️❤️❤️

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The DNC should immediately ban dark money and corporate money from the party and every elected Democrat should publicly come out in support of it. If not, they need to stop using the “oligarchy” terminology. If you can’t rid yourselves of your own oligarchs, stop it.

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The Atlanta-based nonprofit Goodr, founded by Jasmine Crowe, models how society can address the problems of food insecurity & waste. My daughter fell in love with Goodr’s incredible work and wrote this article for the Emory Environmental Report: emoryenvironmentalreport.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/f...

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Folks, the goal is to tank the dollar. That’s a feature not a bug. Once again begging people to read through this very comprehensive guide to what we’re dealing with right now: www.vcinfodocs.com/venture-capi... (more on the dollar stuff in particular: www.vcinfodocs.com/implications...)

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NEWS: President Yoon REMOVED - UNANIMOUS DECISION

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