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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,, Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/02/2025

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/01/2025

We've created a tracker that covers all executive orders affecting LGBTQ folks along with federal and state legislation. We're at 334 anti-LGBTQ bills. docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Credit @alli.gay @erininthemorning.com @evanurquhart.bsky.social @miralazine.bsky.social @lizsaila.bsky.social

A screenshot of a multi‐column table listing several U.S. presidential Executive Orders relating to LGBTQ+ rights and antidiscrimination policies. Each row has columns for “Origin” (POTUS), “Number/Identifier” (e.g., EO 13988), “Title” (such as Preventing and Combating Discrimination…), “Action Type” (e.g., Broad Nondiscrimination, Military Nondiscrimination), “Summary” (key points of each order), and “Date Signed.” The listed orders span from early 2021 through early 2025, covering topics like preventing discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation, banning conversion therapy, rescinding prior harmful EOs, and restricting or expanding DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives.

A spreadsheet at the top shows columns tracking anti‐LGBTQ bills by status and year: total bills (334), 2025 bills (327), 2024 rollovers (7), how many passed committees (3), passed one chamber (5), passed both chambers (0), enacted (1), vetoed (0), failed (3), and carried forward (0). Below that, another header row lists different types of anti‐LGBTQ legislation (e.g., gender‐affirming care bans, pronoun bans, “Don’t Say Gay,” drag bans, bathroom bans) with the total count of each category (e.g., 55 for gender‐affirming care bans, 20 for pronoun bans, 14 for “Don’t Say Gay,” etc.). A color‐coded U.S. map spans the lower half, with states shaded from light orange to deep red according to how many anti‐LGBTQ bills they contain. Texas appears in the darkest red (46 bills), with lighter shades indicating fewer bills in other states. A note at the bottom right explains that the map shows total tracked bills per state, which does not necessarily reflect each bill’s likelihood of passage.

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Women in Legislative Studies @winls.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Please consider donating to this fund in honor of Dr. Mala Htun, and learn more about her legacy here: www.unmfund.org/s/1959/22/in...

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Mala Htun Memorial Academic Fund

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A new unhinged Grimace just dropped to get us through these tough times.

Purple Grimace with green Uncle O’Grimacy.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

We’re living through dark and serious times so I’m glad the New York Times sent me this news email blast.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Reporters: Please stop calling things DEI that are not DEI. This is only cementing the propaganda being used to legitimize the dismantling of all types of initiatives that are not DEI as well as legitimize efforts to end civil rights enforcement. Be specific with your language. Be accurate.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Great talking point for my gender and politics class for when we read bell hooks. Feminism is about ending oppression for ALL people.

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

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Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I laughed so hard when my friend explained to me how they watch other people play video games on Twitch. And yet here I am, watching other people’s livestreams of their birdfeeders.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Is anyone else being quietly haunted by the specter of their still unopened Fall 2024 faculty evaluations?

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

No one is coming to save us. We’ve got to be there for each other.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Now out in Perspectives — our article on autonomy in transnational feminist organizing. We find autonomous movements have potential to better serve marginalized populations of women. @slweldon.bsky.social @kaitlindktphd.bsky.social @summerforester.bsky.social @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

Article on transnational feminist organizing out now in Perspectives on Politics.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

You know you’ve reached a certain age when your college friends start putting “Happy New Year!” in the group chat at 10:30 p.m.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Gender imbalance in academe: "Women remain underrepresented among faculty in nearly all academic fields. Using a census of 245,270 tenure-track and tenured professors [...] we show that women leave academia overall at higher rates than men at every career age..." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty

Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

New iconic Christmas beverage just dropped

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

There is absolutely nothing in the world I would rather be doing on this peaceful Friday afternoon before break than trying desperately to understand what is happening with Editorial Manager and why it didn’t properly update my submission status.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/12/2024

NEW: Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. ⤵️

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If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds…

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

End of semester grading always reminds me of this episode of Community.

Television show Community episode “Minuses are Made up.”

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

My stress-induced bald spot can confirm this is true.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

the grift will continue until the consultancies and ed-tech partners have destroyed every.single.public.university. "$51 million dollars. That’s how much money the UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group between 2019 and 2023." www.wortfm.org/uw-system-sp...

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UW System spends millions on consultants - WORT-FM 89.9

The UW System paid Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group $51 million between 2019 and 2023, WORT found through an open records request.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

New planner day! I love the short time period when I can believe next year will be different and I will be organized.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

One week left to the semester + an article acceptance calls for a Wisconsin Old Fashioned

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Poli sci/ social science profs of Bluesky: I’m teaching UG methods this spring for the first time and building from scratch. I want the theme of the class to be “Being Curious” with an emphasis on asking good questions. Seeking good ideas, examples, etc.! #polisci #methods #teaching

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

How is it going two years into finding out I’m gluten intolerant? Last night I had a dream that I ate three loaves of Cheesecake Factory brown bread while riding a Ferris wheel.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

A tl cleanse for the end of Thanksgiving break Sunday scaries.

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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Yes to all of this. Fwiw, our survey respondents had A LOT to say about the particular reasons. We wrote up the results here: "Gendered devaluation underlies faculty retention", also led by @kspoon.bsky.social, with @danlarremore.bsky.social, @larivera.bsky.social and others. osf.io/preprints/so...

Screenshot of paper title, authors, and abstract: "Gendered devaluation underlies faculty retention" (2024), by Katie Spoon, Joanna Mendy, Maria Martinez, Mirta Galesic, Daniel B Larremore, Aaron Clauset, and Lauren A Rivera.
Abstract: "Women faculty experience academia differently from men in many ways, which can lead them to consider leaving their positions. Using a large-scale survey of 10,071 current and former tenure- track and tenured faculty, representing nearly all U.S. PhD-granting institutions and 29 diverse fields of study, we show that perceived workplace climate is the most gendered aspect of faculty life, compared to stress related to research pressures, work-life balance, and departmental support. Further, analyzing 6,615 free-text responses from the same respondents reveals that devaluation, both in formal evaluations and informal interactions, is the most gendered workplace climate factor. These patterns are especially salient among women of color and tenured women. Women report that devaluation is exacerbated when institutional leadership fails to respond to devaluation, leading many to leave their jobs. Our results highlight that successful remedies must involve organizational change rather than solely individual solutions."

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

TikTok be like: Hello, I’m Sandra and I’m a doctor of neurological brain and toenail sciences. Do you enjoy joyfully rubbing your feet together at night? Well. That’s because your parents were emotionally immature narcissists who created a deep hole in your psyche. And it can never be filled. Ever.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Could not get to my group chats fast enough to be the first to share this news.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

“It is incomprehensible to me, the fear that can affect men in political office…Can their jobs be so important to them, their prestige, their power, their privileges so important that they will cooperate in the degradation of our society just to hang on to those jobs?” -Shirley Chisholm, 1970

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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

NEW FROM ME: The government will do things that hurt people. But knowing exactly what it is doing — & therefore who’s most at risk — is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him. Here’s a start. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...

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Opinion | Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations

How big will the Trump administration will go, and how quickly?

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19/11/2024

These high childcare costs are pushing mothers not only out of the workforce but also--and maybe ironically--into political conservatism. Because moms pushed out of paid work often struggle with loss of identity. And because conservative Christian moms' groups often step in to fill that void. 1/🧵

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Trans people are beautiful Trans people are loved Trans people deserve equal protection under the law Trans people deserve to be free from violence

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This podcast rightly points out that we cannot divorce any of these conversations from societal beauty standards. BUT ALSO I would like to say the media is complicit in acting as though women’s real, lived-in bodies are just some extension of current beauty trends.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

When it’s Monday but your minor R&R finally comes through.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I often joke that one of my soft skills is being an “aggressive friend” but taking the time to create community where you are means everything to making it through perilous times.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Sometimes you’re having a rough day and then you witness an adult man comically falling off a skateboard.

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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

It's time to expand the Airbud franchise to put talented dogs into additional job positions: Apartment Manager, Air Traffic Controller, Secretary of State

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Amber Lusvardi @anlusvardi.bsky.social · 01/06/2024

The farmer’s market has finally returned so I can get out my most pretentious tote bags.

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