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mhodler.bsky.social
asst professor uri 🌊 | ex-swimmer | former bartender & bus-washer | miamioh uncg uiowa | race, gender, class, nation, & sport | views & typos = mine | he/him | cis
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The Times is turning its victim-blaming frame on Ukraine.

Pavement did a cover of this on Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYM...

Musk's whole deal is to pretend that no one knew how government bureaucracy worked before, like it was this big mystery box, and it's exactly that combo of stupidity and arrogance that pervades silicon valley and leads to them reinventing a city bus and thinking they're Isaac Newton

I wish news organizations would include the adjectives “unelected and unconfirmed billionaire activist” in their headlines about Musk’s actions

106 years ago this week, the US Army realized that it was hiring unqualified, uneducated, illiterate job candidates because of racial preferences… White men

remember when jemele hill lost her job for calling trump a white supremacist

By accepting Trump’s anti-Black premise and regurgitating the narrative that equates anything Black as DEI, the NY Times has become part of the propaganda machine

Hope thread

This is a bad headline. Gov. Mills said she’d comply with state and federal law in response to a veiled threat. Then the President made more explicit threats to her, primarily indicating that he would (illegally) withhold federal funds from Maine. She then said she’d see him court.

excited to see this special issue #SocialProblems intro on the Racism of Omission is out! by @victorerikray.bsky.social, @rorykramer.bsky.social and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. I've been telling people about this long before it was published academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...

A bunch of rich kids like the villainous Hawks from the Mighty Ducks

Jackie warned us.

movies you’ve watched more than 6 times, using GIFs only

Do i remind you now that the GM of USA hockey was forced out of his team in juniors because he called one of his players the n-word #4nations

I’m watching USWNT vs Colombia 🇨🇴 in the SheBelieves Cup. I hope my friends (like Mac) enjoy the hockey 🏒 tonight

A key argument for hosting conferences in the US — the relative ease of attendance compared to other countries — is being destroyed in real time. Lots of not-great things start to happen downstream fairly quickly because of that, a whole events industry facing a massive, artificial contraction.

As always, @chriswarcraft.bsky.social is a real one.

Not sure about anyone else, but (1) him falling himself “king” is the foundation for all the shit we’re dealing with, so it’s not a “distraction” (2) the only good monarchs are butterflies

There are two people in Congress-the chairs of the Senate & House Appropriations Committees-who have enormous power over the illegal impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress, which is sowing chaos across the US. They need to be relentlessly contacted at their offices, in person and by phone. 1/

"MAGA is explicitly a Nazi movement. You may have replaced a swastika with a red hat, but that is what it is." www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

So #BillCassidy, #SusanCollins and the rest of the Quisling caucus knew that #RFKJr was lying then. But they cowered under the hot breath of the man in the White House and capitulated as they always do. Now, all this is on them.

He’s on the dime!!

Well said by Dončić & @ccupo.bsky.social. This conversation needs to be happening throughout sports until change happens. The current path is unsustainable.

so far going anti-woke leads to less money and planes falling out of the sky

the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water

This is a program for teenagers with serious disabilities who are finishing high school and transitioning to their next steps in life. Trump just axed it, effective immediately, in the middle of the night, with no notice.

Just got over the flu. Very glad I got my shot to make it milder - and glad my wife got it too

Helping the actual rich is fine of course but not the culturally rich. www.welcometohellworld.com/wanting-the-...

Fowler to Shaw

jaysus

🎯🎯. It’s a good time for any university faculty to educate themselves as much as possible about their university operating budget and how that money flows to different units.

Hard to square this data with claims that DEI has run amok in higher ed.

While I agree it’s alarming this president is quoting Napoleon, we should remember that Napoleon was not invincible and was eventually defeated by a coalition and his government turned against him. Hell, Black folks defeated him. Napoleon failed to re-enslave the Haitians

The NAACP is re-mixing 1930s-era "don't buy where you can't work" campaigns to confront the neo-segregationists targeting DEI. apnews.com/article/blac...

The university that declares “We are not throwing trans kids under the bus, we are not ending diversity and inclusiveness efforts, and we are not opening our doors to ICE agents” would not only be uniquely heroic but would be doing some strong branding work on the cheap.

This is probably the most accurate take.

My dissertation was on the impact of Title VI (which prohibits racial discrimination) investigations on school practice & I spent months of my life understanding the Title VI regs, their history, and how they can revised. 1/4

Empire City was a fantastic podcast

Feels like a good moment to bring this back!

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

This is fascism.