Reposted by Chris MaligaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Time for this classic again. 143154715176
Reposted by Chris MaligaRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 18hThe victims are always expected to be perfect, but the abusers certainly never have to be. 0213
Reposted by Chris MaligaNicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026With the evolving Cornell University story, I have been reflecting on my fourth and final year at St. Thomas University in 2015 in Fredericton. One of my professors, Jan Wong, wanted some of our class to work on an investigative series on rape on campus. 34826
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 30/09/2026Eating pomegranate and washing it down with pomegranate juice. 001
Reposted by Chris MaligaAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4830151053
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 29/09/2026Your life will be much better without this kind of "friend" in it. A fantastic reward in and of itself. 020
Reposted by Chris MaligaHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10130573618
Reposted by Chris MaligaNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026All of this is happening to college students at the very beginning of their adult lives. It shapes everything that comes after. And it shapes society for the rest of us too. Imagine what our world would look like if all of those women had been able to complete their educations, free from violence. 116726
Reposted by Chris MaligaNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Kat is right about all of this. One of the reasons that college sexual violence is uniquely devastating is because it changes the victim’s entire future. 4488133
Reposted by Chris MaligaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Campus rape is really widespread; statistics suggest a significant percent of women who go to college will be raped there; feminism opened up a good conversation about it around 2012-13; it's weird when people treated Cornell like an isolated rather than dramatic example of a pervasive problem. 412406521
Reposted by Chris MaligaRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“Why were these men allowed to “pursue their education in a secure and nourishing environment” and she was not? Why was she not informed of the outcome of her own Title IX investigation? Who benefited from the 23 months of elapsed time when the public knew nothing?”cornellsun.comEDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We WillThe Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies. 06819
Reposted by Chris MaligaDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Have you ever tried to read a scientific journal article and been told “you don’t have access, pay to download this article?” Did you know that the author of that article gets $0 if you pay? Instead, you can email the author and ask for a free copy! I’d be delighted to help and answer questions! 421918773
Reposted by Chris MaligaJohn Timmer @jtimmer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So, I turned my chaotic little developmental biology rant into an actual article that is hopefully somewhat less chaotic and a bit more approachable. 68432
Reposted by Chris MaligaJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 16/09/2026...Assumption #4 has been driving me batshit, yet no one seems to realize it: if you're worried trans ppl might potentially harm your Dem candidate's chances, then YOUR CANDIDATE MADE A BAD DECISION! so why not join us in trying to get them to reverse position? juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... 5624201
Reposted by Chris MaligaJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...juliaserano.medium.comOn Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Adsand more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses 231224514
Reposted by Chris MaligaGwendolyn Ann Smith @gwensmith.com · 17/09/2026New Transmissions! "Standing for nothing, receiving nothing" On Seth Moulton and other anti-trans democrats. www.ebar.com/story/170331...ebar.comTransmissions: Standing for nothing, receiving nothingI wanted to write about Congressmember Seth Moulton (D-Massachusetts) this time out, and how his recent primary loss was an object lesson for Democrats. 1276
Reposted by Chris MaligaMegan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The way Annie Dillard reframed the idea of the role of “discipline” in writing really shaped my understanding of the job — work, she wrote, “does not require discipline. It creates its own discipline.” I cannot recommend The Writing Life highly enough. RIP to the best. bookshop.org/a/109816/978... 011728
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 14/09/2026Spent some time updating my website for the first time in years. You can now view images from my current body of work, Fragile Hours. www.chrismaliga.comchrismaliga.comChris Maliga – Fine Art Photography 020
Reposted by Chris Maligadonni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If I ever told you “I know what you mean,” I was lying. I have no idea what anybody means 110123
Reposted by Chris MaligaDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below. 145136944892
Reposted by Chris MaligaLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 05/09/2026my latest: Massachusetts is one of the safest states for trans people—but multiple hospitals preemptively ended youth trans care over Trump admin threats to cut fed funding. on Wed, trans activists took their HRT at a govt office and refused to leave without a commitment to fight those hospitals.theguardian.comEven in safe-haven Massachusetts, trans care is at risk. Young people are fighting to protect itActivists are calling on the state attorney general to take action against hospitals that have ended gender-affirming care programs after Trump retook office 101411470
Reposted by Chris MaligaShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 12/09/2026one day, this administration will be effectively over. and we’ll probably do some collective pondering on what’s next. colleges could seize that opportunity to reassert the value of college as a public good as opposed to career prep. i think the ones that do will be the future of HE. 49519
Reposted by Chris MaligaMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026marks in my whale-books 48012
Reposted by Chris MaligaJessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 10/09/2026Really proud to have had the Texas Observer's cover story earlier this year about why trans inclusion in sport is good, actually. 2664213
Reposted by Chris MaligaMoby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It is not down in any map; true places never are. 222275
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 08/09/2026It's the 60th anniversary of Star Trek. Here is my favorite episode from every series: The Doomsday Machine (TOS) Yesteryear (TAS) Chain of Command (TNG) Rocks and Shoals (DS9) Equinox (VOY) The Andorian Incident (ENT) If Memory Serves (DISCO) Wej Duj (LD) Last Flight of the Protostar (PRO) 100
Reposted by Chris MaligaSpace Witches, Esq. @popelizbet.bsky.social · 07/09/2026kill the MAHA in your head, a non-exhaustive list: -stop using the word "chemicals" in a derogatory way. When criticizing specific types of chemicals, be specific. -stop saying "clean eating" for whatever diet you're on. food you're avoiding isn't dirty or bad just because you are avoiding it. 4552193
Reposted by Chris Maligashaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 07/09/2026the most sophisticated large language model is no closer to artificial general intelligence than an alarm clock, and it will never get any closer 372746388
Reposted by Chris MaligaRainesford Stauffer @rainesford.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"And a passing grade cannot account for an education system devastated by war, cannot give back the missing teachers, the stolen hours, the schooling Gaza’s children should have had."thenation.comGaza’s Class of 2026Gaza’s 2008 babies were born during an Israeli assault, grew up under blockade, and completed their final high school exams this summer during a genocide. 0115
Reposted by Chris MaligaSteve @snark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Every week the richest man in the world, who is both an unambiguous white supremacist and the largest Republican donor, posts heinous racist and antisemitic slop to the social media network he controls. Every week, reporters fail to treat this as a scandal worth their readers' time. 141422361
Reposted by Chris MaligaJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I looked at the donors above $5K for every ballot question committee in MA this cycle. 9 statewide ballot questions. Don't know of "no" committees for Q1, Q2, Q4, Q6, and Q7. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.comFunders > $5K for Ballot Q Committees (2026) 1163
Reposted by Chris MaligaDr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 04/09/2026Look at my tiny Moon painting! I photographed the Moon with my telescope, then used it as my reference 894160619
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 03/09/2026William Shatner finally decided to ask them some questions. 010
Reposted by Chris MaligaAndy Adams @flakphoto.news · 03/09/2026What a legend. RIP — Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...nytimes.comGloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large. 2262
Reposted by Chris MaligaMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“After receiving an ankle monitor, Bel could no longer play soccer without it beeping. He couldn’t be fitted for an ROTC uniform like his peers. At school, he was bullied and called a criminal.“prospect.orgA Casualty of a Cruel Immigration Policy - The American ProspectPierre Damas Bel, 20, committed suicide after being fitted with a tracking device by ICE. “That ankle monitor is what killed him,” a family friend said. 012065
Reposted by Chris MaligaAndy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Something we’ve lost in those 25 years is what Adult Swim really defined, a thrilling sense of weirdness where you really believed the bosses must have no fucking idea what’s actually on their network in the middle of the night. More than any one show, that FEELING was most influential on me. 131209301
Reposted by Chris MaligaGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Hey, Joan Vennochi: Ed Markey didn't "turn" Seth Moulton's tranpshobic comments into a human rights issue -- they *were* a human rights issue! Comments he never apologized for, by the way. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/01/o... 467397
Reposted by Chris MaligaDrew @brewsif.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The dunks on Seth Moulton are delicious and I hope Dem operatives see this as a clear signal that the change voters want isn’t inherently generational; voters want Dems who they feel will actually FIGHT for them and not preemptively compromise with an imaginary “centrist” voter a consultant made up 0123
Reposted by Chris MaligaLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It's not the only reason he fucking sucks but all my Massachusetts homies love and support trans people and rightwing Democrats can eat shit with this losing strategy. 1173277
Reposted by Chris MaligaEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Moulton tried to use our faces as a stepping stool into the Senate. He tried to leverage fear and hate to advance himself. The New York Times did everything they could to help him. But it doesn't work that way. Not in Mass. Get bent, asshole. 1276066
Reposted by Chris MaligaChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026you truly do love to see it 18903103
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 02/09/2026It's interesting how standing up for the rights of all people turns out to get people really excited to vote for you. 010
Reposted by Chris MaligaA Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 02/09/2026ONLY LOSERS ABANDON TRANS FOLKS 22499344
Reposted by Chris MaligaCraig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I wrote about J.D. Vance and how he is responsible for the death of Pierre Damas Bel, a 20 year old Haitian who was building a beautiful and inspiration life in Springfield, Ohio before Vance's disgusting, hateful slander upended his and hundreds of thousands of others' lives.craigcalcaterra.comBlood on J.D. Vance’s handsA young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands 5301105
Chris Maliga @chrismaliga.com · 01/09/2026That magical time of the year when I have to work long hours to wrap up the physical labor of getting everything ready for classes to start and also have to be vibrant and cheerful to greet the new students for orientation events. 010
Reposted by Chris MaligaPile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 01/09/2026I love how Werner Herzog is ALWAYS like this: 10869521791
Reposted by Chris Maligajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/09/2026the press has gotten completely habituated to the ugly and hateful behavior of the people in this government so i will be surprised if anyone ever asks hegseth why he thinks it is appropriate to mock children for wanting to learn, grow and maybe serve their country 13873141166
Reposted by Chris MaligaGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...prospect.org‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American ProspectOn July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries. 2219991176
Reposted by Chris MaligaA Tea Walks Home Alone at Night @teaberryblue.net · 31/08/2026This is one of the biggest reasons I’m opposed to means testing for things like free school meals. I grew up in a community with a lot of kids from wildly wealthy families who were abused & neglected by their parents. Kids of wealthy parents need to be protected, too 4651161