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twainbunny.bsky.social
Queer, trans/masc, nerdy academic, German Shepherd lover, kitty daddy, novice knitter, and fly fisher living in NYC and New Mexico.
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"The opposition is the majority."

"the most compelling and urgent existential questions require the arts and the humanities." bit.ly/4hLFwqB

This. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Yes, CUNY? All I've seen so far is capitulation even before a direct order...agreement in advance. And this kind of behavior from the academy...as if there is nothing to actually FIGHT for. No leadership.

For whomever might need a beautiful thing today: youtu.be/to6BoXLtS68?...

Every academic currently working in the US needs to read these replies. And I can't say that I blame them, honestly.

Deb Haaland, Ex-Interior Secretary, Is Running for Governor of New Mexico www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.

@rbhubbell.bsky.social says it’s time for the Dem MOC to implement a Shadow Cabinet. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has been sounding the alarm to do this. Robert’s suggestions who should be on it are in his article. We can add to it. @repjasmine.bsky.social comes to mind. Let’s do this! 202-224-3121.

"Authoritarianism is not a grassroots movement. It’s not an uprising of the people. It’s a top-down, elite-driven power grab designed to strip us of our rights, concentrate wealth, and silence dissent." open.substack.com/pub/antiauth...

Hope I can get to LA to see this! Or that it comes to NYC. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/a...

a good part of me thinks that in addition to everything else, the reason they are scrubbing these stories is they do not want disadvantaged kids to believe they can aspire to anything other than their designated “black” or “hispanic” or “woman” job

⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid. On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.

She's gone! Pamela Paul, according to the intelligencer, is out at the Times this spring due to job cuts at the NYT. She had previously published egregious falsehoods about transgender care and got upset with our outlet Erin In The Morning when challenged. nymag.com/intelligence...

It’s a coup. The sooner that congressional Democrats and the legacy media acknowledge that fact, the better we will be able to calibrate our response and mount an effective defense. (Robert Hubbell Feb. 8)

Cold Comfort: On Learning to Love Cold-Water Swimming opensecretsmagazine.com/p/eco-grief-...

When you solve for the wrong problem, not only do you not get the solution, you can cause harm. The President wasted water that was being saved for farmers for a PR stunt. This was harmful, ludicrous, and solved nothing.

academeblog.org/2025/02/05/r...

pushback works, part infinity +1 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...

everybody clap for elon and his fluff monkey. they "deleted" the office that now allows you to file your taxes for free as opposed to paying Turbotax

SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared — in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...

The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.

It is time to primary these mother fuckers...ALL OF THEM. SIlence = Compliance

"The prospect of ever-extendable consumer desire, characterized as 'progress,' promised a new way forward for modern manufacture, a means to perpetuate economic growth."

The coup rolls on, but we will prevail. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...

We've come to this point; it's a headline when one key republican criticizes Trump.

New York’s hottest club is The Corpse Flower at BBG

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

The speed with which companies are abandoning DEI is a clue about how shallow their commitment to it ever was.

As the Trump administration & many state governments appear poised to accelerate attacks on higher education as a public good, the AAUP urges colleges & universities to resist the coming onslaught of political interference & defend the core values of higher education. 🧵 www.aaup.org/news/against...

Origins in slavery. Know the history. Thx Justin Zimmerman.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Today is bad. Very bad, as many of you here have pointed out. Here is my dog, Granger, at home in New Mexico.