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Went on a mental health walk to get a mental health burger with mental health fries and mental health milkshake. Jk. There was no walk.

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I'm really excited to be able to share the cover of my new book, "Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France," coming out in July with @cornellupress.bsky.social and available for pre-order at www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

submitted 5 days ago • 13 comments

The quality of global democracies hit an all-time low in 2024, and the U.S. continues to be seen as a "flawed democracy," according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual Global Democracy Index report.

submitted 4 days ago • 30 comments

Endorse.

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I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!

submitted 4 days ago • 304 comments

Posting this from months ago because we DO have homegrown experience with autocratic regimes in this country. In nearly half this country during the first 6 decades of the 20th century Black people lived under systems of cruelty, voter suppression, hate, state violence & corruption. Ask them!

submitted 4 days ago • 103 comments

The attack on DEI shows why liberals should stop arguing about "strategic" use of language forever. DEI stands for three uncontroversial virtues that most every American accepts, and the right still turned it into a vile slur. It doesn't matter what you say - they will poison it because YOU said it.

submitted 3 days ago • 342 comments

Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now. abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/abcnews....

submitted 4 days ago • 42 comments

1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired. This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all. Subscribe to support my journalism.

submitted 5 days ago • 71 comments

Not me finishing my lunch and all the snacks I’ve brought by 11:24am

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The book now has a cover! (And some very kind blurbs by @ayates.bsky.social & @andydenninghist.bsky.social) Check it out if you want to learn about how the French made the balloon into one of the quintessential artifacts of fin-de-siècle modernity. More info at mitpress.mit.edu/978026254980...

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

On this episode of #SustainabilityMatters, I share thoughts on the moral catastrophe of our moment, incl the hypocrisy of organiztns dumping DEI , of universities siccing cops on students & of higher ed leaders abandoning us when we need them most. Links to Spotify, Amazon Music or Apple below.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes everything seems pointless then I have one (1) cup of coffee and realize I was just tired

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you absolute fucking ghouls. you monsters. to be clear i am talking about the nyt

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Wtaf

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Whether it's the most powerful man in the world threatening to imprison journalists or kids at Oberlin asking for trigger warnings, illiberal speech norms abound on both sides.

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"Like the abolitionists of the 19th century arrayed against the planter class, today we need to break the economic, ideological and political foundations of billionaire rule." @lfelizleon.bsky.social for @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social inthesetimes.com/article/labo...

submitted 16 days ago • 22 comments

“The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, is stealing money from you to put in his pocket” has to be the easiest political argument ever www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...

submitted 18 days ago • 121 comments

here, let me help: After Purge, Trump Installs Himself as Chair of Kennedy Center

submitted 18 days ago • 35 comments

Looking for that perfect Valentine's Day gift to wow your partner? Want to give them something they'll cherish forever? Forget chocolates or flowers: What they really, secretly want is a critical appraisal of the Algerian War

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The worst part is he’s set a high functioning machine in motion that will carry on whether he’s in the oval or not.

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Brianna Keilar: Do you think that calling Elon Musk a dick is effective messaging? Congressman Robert Garcia: Well, he is a dick.

submitted 18 days ago • 1870 comments

A reality is that a ton of nonprofit organizations & other facilities are laying-off a ton of people, and sometimes outright shuttering, because they still haven't received federal funding they were contractually promises. Many websites are still not up. And a lot more. All despite court orders.

submitted 18 days ago • 28 comments

To be clear: the Attorney General said the U.S. had filed “charges,” but what they in fact filed was a civil lawsuit. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

submitted 18 days ago • 175 comments

I won’t stop posting this.

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Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

submitted 18 days ago • 1458 comments

We could just be reading great books, watching good movies, and eating fruit. Instead we have to survive/fight miserable power hoarders. What a waste of limited time.

submitted 18 days ago • 128 comments

All the good social medias are owned by fascists. I guess we have to go back to keeping our thoughts to ourselves

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Get your emergency supplies together, organized, and accessible. Do what you can afford. Even a little will go a long way. I cannot say this enough: our communities are going to be on their own in emergencies. The cavalry isn't coming, it will be dismantled.

submitted 19 days ago • 24 comments

The people who got us here are in fact not the ones who can get us out.

submitted 19 days ago • 37 comments

hold this funding and refuse to release it until USAID and NIH are restored

submitted 19 days ago • 6 comments

Folks are shocked that their institutions, after professing commitments to climate justice and DEI, are now caving to Trump and scrubbing all references. It's brutal. And it's the smallest taste of what our students felt when their universities called in the cops b/c they protested a genocide.

submitted 19 days ago • 26 comments

if you thought archives were problematic, wait till you see no archives

submitted 19 days ago • 6 comments

I think it's worth repeating plainly that a federal judge halted Musk's federal funding freeze nearly two weeks ago but funds are still very much being frozen in violation of the court order.

submitted 19 days ago • 183 comments

This is a fantastic idea. White conservatives should definitely pick a fight with Kendrick Lamar

submitted 21 days ago • 184 comments

“Oh, did a sportsball happen?” I whisper smugly from my vantage point on a distant cliff, the sounds of celebration in the village far below just barely audible over the lonely wind whipping my tattered cloak

submitted 21 days ago • 106 comments

Kendrick really proving that ridicule is praxis

submitted 21 days ago • 11 comments

Used skibidi toilet rizz incorrectly in a sentence. The shame.

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according to my very precise mathematical calculations, babies are comprised 137% of snot

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My latest. As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality. I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI. Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

submitted 25 days ago • 229 comments

Before folks start comparing this to European autocracies, pause and ask why so many folks - Black and white - didn’t know about the Tulsa Race Massacre. Or the Wilmington Coup. Or the Colfax Massacre. Or the Elaine, Arkansas massacre. Erasure has been a key tactic of white supremacy. Right here.

submitted 25 days ago • 187 comments

Every review of AI is like: This isn’t very useful and it makes it harder to do simple tasks than if I just did it myself. Riddled with errors. Can’t see anyone using this. I feel stupider having tried this. That said I believe it will soon make human cognition redundant and eradicate us all.

submitted 25 days ago • 137 comments

Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now: Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten... How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t... Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...

submitted 28 days ago • 83 comments

Describing an tsunami of racism as an “undercurrent” is definitely a choice. This headline actually makes it harder to understand what the segregationists are doing. Their is nothing subtle about attempting to destroy civil rights protections.

submitted 28 days ago • 12 comments

Let's all say it out loud. These people are fascists & this is a fascist take-over of the United States. You can couch your words more carefully, but the speed and ferocity of what is happening now is part-and-parcel of a coup. The GOP in Congress has surrendered. The Dems are out of their depth. 1/

submitted 30 days ago • 128 comments

Just spent a lovely morning recognizing the many winners of the 2024 CCWH awards & prizes. What an inspiring group of scholars! Proud to work with Co-President Jessica Pliley to lead an organization filled with people who invest in relationships & communities as part of their scholarly practice.

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