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9 months later, Princeton still refuses to drop charges against 13 students who held a peaceful sit-in protest in support of Palestine. Please sign in support of the students, especially @aditilrao.bsky.social who's bearing the brunt of the university's ire piad.nationbuilder.com?recruiter_id...

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

9 months later, Princeton still refuses to drop charges against 13 students who held a peaceful sit-in protest in support of Palestine. Please sign in support of the students, especially @aditilrao.bsky.social who's bearing the brunt of the university's ire piad.nationbuilder.com?recruiter_id...

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Damnatio mmmmoriae

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

This is a vehicle for Ken Paxton to challenge shield laws protecting abortion access in blue states. It's not enough to end abortion in their states, they must end it nationally. We can expect the Trump DOJ to side with Texas. www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...

submitted 96 days ago • 43 comments

Not on my 2024 bingo card: a plumbing crisis in my apartment complex forcing me to move mid-semester. 😣

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

I would add a couple of things to Lauren's good points re: abortion access. 1. If you want money to go DIRECTLY to funds, here's a way donate so that this happens: secure.actblue.com/donate/abort...

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment

Periodic reminder that the Bari Weiss's pretend University of Austin is so deeply committed to free speech that it teaches an edgy set of Forbidden Courses in a state where real universities are facing genuine censorship from the government led by the Governor attending the U of Austin graduation.

submitted 120 days ago • 7 comments

Israel destroyed 83% of plant life in Gaza by June this year. It destroyed 70% of its agricultural land. It damaged or destroyed 65% of water tanks and 47% of groundwater wells. Israel has deliberately tried to make Gaza uninhabitable. This is genocide.

submitted 121 days ago • 103 comments

Hello, new followers! Astrid and Nebula send their greetings

submitted 127 days ago • 2 comments

In less than two months, more than twice as many women and children have been reported killed in Gaza than in Ukraine after two years of war.

submitted 480 days ago • 67 comments

Off to #AARSBL2023 to talk about the Sibylline Oracles!

submitted 486 days ago • 0 comments

Happy Halloween from these put-upon creatures 🧡🖤

submitted 505 days ago • 1 comment

I feel like Italy needs to spend more time thinking about the Roman Empire

submitted 526 days ago • 11 comments

There's always next season... 🥲💙

submitted 535 days ago • 1 comment

What does seeing a parakeet on campus 10 minutes before your first discussion section of the semester portend?

submitted 553 days ago • 3 comments

Could we not?

submitted 557 days ago • 0 comments

Overheard as I was walking into the library today: "I think they're grad students." "Yeah, they look pretty old." Week 1 and already choosing violence...

submitted 559 days ago • 0 comments

As the day draws to a close, please enjoy this picture of Astrid, fully asleep while sitting up and lightly snoring

submitted 562 days ago • 0 comments

I think it’s easy for ppl on the outside to criticize what any given professor did or didn’t do when faced w. limited knowledge, no university guidance, & a panic-inducing situation which all of us know could happen to us but no one is ever prepared for. It’s harder to extend grace. But we can try.

submitted 567 days ago • 2 comments

I'm actually enjoying working on my teaching statement. I can't tell if that's a sign that things are going well or if I'm doing this all disastrously wrong.

submitted 572 days ago • 0 comments

The Kids Online Safety Act would wreck the internet as we know it and cause mass censorship of LGBTQIA+ ppl. Here's a great rundown. This bill could pass in the next few weeks so call your senators! https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/the-kids-online-safety-act-isnt-all-right-critics-say/

submitted 577 days ago • 15 comments

It’s always surprising to me when certain American academics make jokes about not knowing where ‘x state in the middle’ is as if it’s funny and not, I don’t know, at least embarrassing. And there’s always embedded elitism in those jokes. Always. Which they always deny.

submitted 578 days ago • 2 comments

My laptop has been ousted

submitted 580 days ago • 0 comments

Damn. I knew Hrdlička was terrible, but I didn't realize he was THIS terrible. Important read for biological anthropologists who aren't fully aware of his collection practices and racist ideas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2023/ales-hrdlicka-smithsonian-brains-racism/

submitted 581 days ago • 0 comments

Hello, fellow Twitter refugees

submitted 581 days ago • 2 comments