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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD

@debraguckenheimer.com
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Writer, activist, artist, teacher, sociologist, 🥄 , neurodivergent, disabled, queer, single mom. 🏳️‍🌈 Pronouns: she/they debraguckenheimer.com #livingwithableism #resist

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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 23/09/2026
I got multiple size envelopes, stamps and a printer. I did research to find the address for my election office. I registered and sent my annual email confirming. I got my ballot over email. I am ready to vote in the U.S. midterms! Voting won't fix everything. But it's still worth it. Let's go!
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J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
People keep calling Trump stupid, but the fact is, this regime has been extremely organized in achieving the goals of the Heritage Foundation & AFPI. Some of these hospitals were in blue states where people support trans care - but the far right was committed, &... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Hospitals Shut Youth Gender Clinics in Deal with Trump Administration (Gift Article)
At least six hospitals have struck agreements with the Trump administration to pay fines and stop providing gender-transition treatments to minors.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 20/09/2026
Berlin's Left party Die Linke wins local elections today. We may have a woman mayor who is reminiscent of Mamdami. I am proud today to be a Berliner. www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/liveb...
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Newsblog zur Berlin-Wahl: Eralp euphorisch nach Wahlsieg – Krach spricht von „katastrophalem Ergebnis“
Linke liegt deutlich vor CDU + SPD stürzt ab + BSW muss zittern + Zentralrat der Juden beunruhigt. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 20/09/2026
The brain is actually 2 separate organs. This is very hopeful for those of us with neurological conditions. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 19/09/2026
On my way to the Mad and Disabled Pride parade in Berlin, although possibly too exhausted to actually participate....ironically may be late as the bus is majorly delayed (as usual) and the U-Bahn near me isn't accessible.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 15/09/2026
They are openly planning on cheating the midterms.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 15/09/2026
Researchers, what is happening with changes to IRB? How do we protect abuse of humans in research? www.the-scientist.com/proposed-cha...
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Proposed Changes to Grant Rules Threaten the Future of Research: Scientists Must Act Now! | The Scientist
The Trump administration is seeking to politicize US federal science funding, but collective action can stop this grantpocalypse from happening.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/09/2026
Kremlev’s previously unreported relationship with Trump Jr. represents an extraordinary development: a member of Putin’s circle financially supporting the president’s son and gaining intimate access to the Trump family.
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 14/09/2026
There are concentration camps in the United States. What else will come out in the future? People are being put in cages too small to lay down, with no where to sit or use the bathroom. www.msn.com/en-us/genera...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Racism and sexism are old societal cancers. Without the ability to mass-screen the workforce each year for racial and gender inequities, those malignancies are likely to swell and spread unrecognized, undiagnosed, untreated, as they did in 1963. Which is the plan. theemancipator.org/2026/09/10/i...
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The Regime’s Plan to Make America 1963 Again: Quietly Ban Data
Weeks ago, I turned 44. My birthday arrived during one of the weightiest public comment periods in U.S. racial and gender history.   Between July 24 and August 24, the public submitted 2,856 comments ...
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 10/09/2026
If there was a significant chance that AI could end humanity, what would you do? eu.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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A researcher warned AI could end humanity. Congress is starting to freak out.
A Republican called on Congress to convene a special session on AI guardrails. A Democrat pleaded with his colleagues to "wake up" to an "emergency."
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The guy who said he'd end the Ukraine war in one day now says he'll give every adult American $5,000. Next he'll promise that Vladimir Putin will personally deliver the check to your door, and that Mexico will pay for it.
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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In my writing course "To What Problem is AI the Solution?" I always assigned the 2023 pause letter from the Future of Life Institute, signed by most of the people building AI and the rebuttal from the authors of the Stochastic Parrots article. Students wanted to weigh in on "who was right" but /1
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 08/09/2026
It's not journalism when newspapers repeat obvious lies. The New York Times is propaganda.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Apparently people are sharing this far and wide on social media, which I think is horrible. This could cripple ICE operations. PLEASE do not share this.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 04/09/2026
Okay what is this? Why did she decide to have her last interview on this corporate platform by a White man?
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 04/09/2026
Compare how this academic is treated in comparison to Professor Jason Arday. www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
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‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 03/09/2026
To honor Gloria Steinem, I will continue to find people striving for freedom for all people to live authentically. I will practice hope by engaging in resistance.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 01/09/2026
Reminder that many disabled people, single parents, workers, people who are taking precautions for their health, caregivers of disabled people, etc. vote by mail out of necessity. I vote by mail because I live abroad. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/us/politics/whistle-blower-voting-by-mail.html
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 30/08/2026
Eugenics
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 30/08/2026
I just witnessed a German man attack a Black man and his young son on the streets of Berlin. As the mom of kids of color who has returned to the city my Oma fled, i am shaken. A group of us stopped it. I am grateful for all of you resisting fascism and oppression with me.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 30/08/2026
When books are destroyed, we know what comes next. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
The AI company apparently found destructively scanning ‘all the books in the world’ easier than dealing with copyright in its quest for training data
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 29/08/2026
This models how science is being dismantled and replaced with absurd claims that support targeting scapegoats. The targeting is so wide that it claims that being educated and respectful around gender makes one violent. It is a part of a movement to label LGBTQ people, academics, etc. as terrorists.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 28/08/2026
"artificial intelligence poses a grave threat to jobs and human life, and that urgently addressing the risks should be “the world’s top priority.”. -Bill Gates
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 28/08/2026
I'm the next installment of pushing women and disabled people out of higher education while trying to break the system altogether.... www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Faculty Quit as Texas University Orders Them Back to Campus
The new policy, announced in June, is a response to a Texas law restricting remote work for public university faculty. The Texas AAUP says it has prompted chaos and tears.
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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Things you could do this week to honor the impact Dolly has had: *Donate to the Imagination Library or a local kids reading initiative *Read with a kid you care about *Support and protect LGBTQIA kids *Support a Black owned business *Schedule your vaccine appointments *Show up authentically as you
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Lana 🌺 ❤️💛💚💙💜 @mahalomalama.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No caption required…
5 Supreme Court Judges Raising The Confederate Flag While Trampling Over Paper That Says, Voting Rights Act
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 25/08/2026
He is reminding us that he is a pedophile. Also, content note for ableist rubbish.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 23/08/2026
We are in the stage of fascism where even those who are engaging in some kind of resistance are moderating their words and actions to stay out of trouble. The level of perceived and actual danger is high. I still believe in us, in resistance and in hope.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 20/08/2026
Jason Stanley is posting about Jason Arday that models uncritically the dynamics that drove Arday out of academia and to his death. debraguckenheimer.substack.com/p/jason-stan...
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Jason Stanley Models the Dynamics that Killed Jason Arday
How We Enact Systems of Oppression, Even When We are Experts
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 19/08/2026
Is this your line?
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 19/08/2026
"Criminal prosecution of scientists is a classic authoritarian tactic,"
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 19/08/2026
Datasets are being ALTERED and erased. If you have U.S. datasets, please save them for the future. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Trump 2.0 has deleted or altered nearly 400 US datasets, endangering public health, education and more
Health data appears to be most affected by administration’s attempt to wipe findings that don’t align with its priorities, tracker shows
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 18/08/2026
Talking about this doesn't mean there is nothing to do to stop it. We can bring democracy back. Don't give up. Just don't ignore what we are up against.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 16/08/2026
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Academia is Falling into Authoritarianism and How to Push Back
What Professor Jason Arday's Lynching Says About My Field of Sociology
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 16/08/2026
Sociologists, what is an appropriate response to our colleague being lynched? Both as individuals and as a field. How many actual cases of plagiarism have we witnessed by faculty that we remained silent about while we let this racist farce slide? We need to be talking about this.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 15/08/2026
Almost half of trans people in the U.S. want to leave. Many are trapped. Leaving is incredibly difficult, especially for those who are parents, disabled, without resources, etc.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 15/08/2026
How many disabled and elderly deaths will occur before we make a plan to make any attempt to address the impact on our lives?
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 13/08/2026
The U.S. military is focusing on giving testosterone to soldiers...but not basic needs like food and breaks.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 12/08/2026
"an “ecocide”, saying they were part of the military’s pattern of assaults on south Lebanon’s environment to degrade its ecosystem with munitions, fire and chemicals."
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 08/08/2026
Can someone explain to me why we are moving to silence people who talk about what's happening in the world if they aren't positive and solution focused (i.e. believing in quick and not systemic changesl) enough?
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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
US university hires world-renowned Israeli genocide expert to lead Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and then fires him when he says that Israel is committing genocide.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 07/08/2026
Is MAGA a death cult?
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 07/08/2026
Still don't want to mask?
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 07/08/2026
Women in the U.S. are being pushed out of the labor force in order to have babies - given the attacks on family planning.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 04/08/2026
This is not what democracies do. We need the international criminal court.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 04/08/2026
Having a pedophile run the country is leading toward a move to force little girls by law to have their genitals inspected.
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Debra Guckenheimer, PhD @debraguckenheimer.com · 04/08/2026
The party of "small" government is taking apart higher education. What will this mean for my own field of sociology and will we band together to do something?
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This paper shows that immigration enforcement can _increase_ crime. Undocumented immigrants already have the lowest crime rate, but tough-on-immigration policy makes immigrants less likely to report crime. So immigration enforcement worsens the problem it was ostensibly meant to solve
Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from
Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrantst
By FELIPE GONÇALVES, ELISA JÁCOME, AND EMILY WEISBURST*
We study the role of victim reporting in the production of public safety.
We examine the Secure Communities program, a crime-reduction policy that involved police in detecting unauthorized immigrants and increased deportation fears in immigrant communities. We find that the policy reduced the likelihood that Hispanic victims report crimes to police and increased offending against Hispanics. The number of reported crimes is unchanged, masking these opposing effects. We show that reduced reporting drives the offending increase and provide the first elasticity of offending to victim reporting in the liter-ature, calculating that a 10 percent decline in reporting increases offending by 7.9 percent. (JEL J15, K37, K42)
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