Reposted by Denise GillRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 14hTime for this classic again. 114121264133
Reposted by Denise GillGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 13hExcited to see how the Atlanta Hawkeyes do this year and whatnot. 361416124
Reposted by Denise GillBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We’ve now reached the point of “black site” hearings – secret, illegal hearings as part of Trump & Stephen Miller’s wretched crusade to detain & deport our immigrant neighbors. Quite literally: hidden tribunals that disappear people.thecityreporter.nycDHS Opens ‘Black Site Docket’ for Immigrants Without Lawyers at 26 Federal PlazaA reporter from The City Reporter was threatened with arrest while attempting to observe comings and goings from the new courtrooms, which have left advocates mystified and fearing the worst. 14691381
Reposted by Denise GillSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Joel Tenney is an Iowa pastor who gave the invocation for a Trump rally there in 2023. He's been to Mar-a-Lago and campaigned this summer with IA GOP gubernatorial Zach Lahn. He's got pics of himself with Trump and Vance. Oh, and also, he's an antisemitic white nationalist Holocaust denying Nazi. 16539208
Reposted by Denise GillR.T. Ester @shoutoutmapes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Congressional Black Caucus links up with Palantir to honor Shirley Chisolm's legacy 2820774
Reposted by Denise GillRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful. 47371673218
Reposted by Denise Gillgary’s anatomy @sablaah.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“I don’t have a problem with trans people, I just don’t think they should be able to use public bathrooms or play sports or get healthcare—“ ok so that’s segregation. you are functionally a segregationist. and you want me to believe that fights fascism somehow. ok. 172363528
Reposted by Denise GillFrankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 18/09/2026I'm really glad that Code Switch included this part of my interview, because I think these are the points that so often get lost in the discussion of trans panic and why the WNBA might be an ideal target for those anti-trans groups to latch onto. www.npr.org/2026/09/15/n... 9840327
Reposted by Denise GillKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I'm deleting most fundraising texts these days, but if you sent me one saying you had identified these consultants and promised never to work with them, I would give you the max 191816314
Reposted by Denise GillAnna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026lol everyone keeps taking cues from the group that got us into this mess. If your track record is destruction and theft, why should I listen to you?!!! Stop playing around and go listen to Black women, like bruh. @alondra.bsky.social @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team @ajlunited.bsky.socialstatic.klipy.comNene Painting a White ObjectAlt: Nene Painting a White Object 1443
Reposted by Denise GillMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Holy shit someone needs to set this to hype music it’s so good. 818432
Reposted by Denise GillColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? The Science Victory Fund: Data centers are bad! Cancer research is good! You should be able to see a doctor! Salad shouldn’t make you shit your pants! Voters: YES! Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 536979
Reposted by Denise GillAnil Dash @anildash.com · 17/09/2026I would like media to care more about the reality that tech tycoons want to kill people than what they’re imagining about AI wanting to kill people. We have multi-millionaires (with support from billionaires!) calling for ethnic cleansing, a thing that has happened in living memory. Not theoretical! 292660821
Reposted by Denise GillNYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 04/07/2025"Texans 17% more likely to be murdered than Californians Texans 34% more likely to be raped earn 13% less and pay 3.8% more in taxes" (overall) Every MSM only mentions the word "crime" right before an election! "Germans call this "a permanent bailout." We just call it "Missouri." 10642160
Reposted by Denise GillJames M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Wayne was my MA thesis and PhD dissertation adviser at Mizzou. He is kind, and good, and represents the best of what Mizzou is and has to offer. The Missouri state law that seeks to criminalize even the discussion of DEI is shameful, and so are those who support it. abc17news.com/news/educati...abc17news.comUniversity of Missouri investigating professor after video alleges DEI sympathiesCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri is investigating allegations of staff violating federal and state laws against diversity, equity and inclusion practices after a video reportedly showin... 016257
Reposted by Denise GillThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/09/2026JUST NOW: A confused, clearly not-there McConnell votes “AYE” after almost voting NO with Dems but getting *corrected* by handlers around him 110492833684
Reposted by Denise GillTransgender World @transgenderreport.com · 15/09/2026Governor Abigail Spanberger quietly ended a rulemaking process initiated in the waning days of former-governor Glenn Youngkin’s administration. The rule would have limited transgender students' ability to play sports and use facilities. www.wvtf.org/news/20... #transgender wvtf.orgSpanberger quietly kills Youngkin-era transgender rulemaking effort“There’s no legal authority to move forward with rulemaking and prior administrations may have tried to create lanes and we’re not doing that,” Gov. Abigail Spanberger said. 7769188
Reposted by Denise Gillandykimnj.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Stop calling this a DC makeover. This is an illegal desecration of our capital and a huge waste of American families’ money. DC is sacred ground, and we shouldn’t minimize the real damage being done. 292120505
Reposted by Denise GillAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It’s all identity politics, but since it’s largely white identity politics it’s fine and doesn’t count. It’s not something communist like police shouldn’t be able to get away with murder bsky.app/profile/chri... 91302209
Reposted by Denise GillCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/09/2026We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious. 42299591
Reposted by Denise GillTuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places: 1511464010102
Reposted by Denise GillKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026After reading some of the recent pubs and discourse around US higher ed.… I should just stop right here. But here are the three major fallacies of much of what’s out there, three contexts that are missing, and the one big thing that is driving me around the bend (actually already there, but). 1/ 10452183
Reposted by Denise GillKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/20263. That college is about reading for “the workforce.” No, it’s about development for the adult force. Of which work is a part. 4/ 651064
Reposted by Denise GillAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity. 191383648
Reposted by Denise Gilleb99 @eb99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia 323275494
Reposted by Denise GillSojourners @sojo.net · 11/09/2026An artist by the name of Maeril created a comic for anyone witnessing Islamophobic harassment in public. sojo.net/articles/wha...sojo.netWhat to Do If You See Islamophobic HarassmentA young artist by the name of Maeril created a fantastic comic for anyone witnessing Islamophobic harassment in public. 01113
Reposted by Denise GillOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026sikhs were beat up for supposedly being muslim. muslims were branded terrorist cells. democrats were sent anthrax and called pro-terrorist for opposing invading iraq. this post-9/11 unity you always hear republicans, democrats and the media talking about NEVER HAPPENED. 522223602
Reposted by Denise GillAleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 10/09/2026I’m a Texan trans kid who almost died because of Ken Paxton. The world should know what he’s done. This was very difficult for me to write, but given what's at stake, I cannot bear to stay silent about what I went through at Paxton's hands. He must not be rewarded for what he's done to trans kids.transiticsnews.comI’m a Texan Trans Kid Who Almost Died Because of Ken Paxton. The World Should Know What He’s Done.Regardless of Talarico’s recent statements on trans people, Paxton cannot be rewarded for the extreme suffering he’s inflicted on me and tens of thousands of Texan trans kids. 9164162555
Reposted by Denise GillAnil Dash @anildash.com · 10/09/2026Now is a good time for you to sign the petition demanding that the criminal who conspired to endanger first responders, and supported insurrection and election denial, be prohibited from attending 9/11 observances and disrespecting survivors and the city: c.org/DWLWktyGcjc.orgSign the PetitionBan Rudy Giuliani from 9/11 observances 218191
Reposted by Denise GillRebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026*Trigger Warning* Alaska Native youth die by suicide at more than twice the statewide rate. The Republican Governor vetoed a bill to expand school mental health services. ictnews.org/uncategorize...ictnews.orgSuicide deaths and attempts among Alaska youth continue at high rates, report shows - ICTThe 2025 fatality rate was the highest in a decade, despite numerous prevention programs 1139
Reposted by Denise GillSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026They would not be treated like New Yorkers. There was no one to kill in the name of their trauma. Instead, they would be hunted, a hunt fueled by the weaponized trauma of their neighbors. Kicking off 9/11 Week at FOREVER WARS, we return, again, to Little Pakistan.forever-wars.comReturn To Little Pakistan: The Reign of Terror in Brooklyn after 9/11 (Reprise)Pundits and politicians declared America united while "unity” preyed upon New York City’s Muslim communities. We must never forget. Part 1 in a series 114360
Reposted by Denise GillTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The idea that classrooms are chiefly spaces for product testing, and that it is irresponsible pedagogy not to enforce this, is both cynical and vile, and “fuck off” is a cogent response from any professional educator to any non-teaching salescreep or tech-but-not-subject-matter expert who voices it. 141171305
Reposted by Denise GillDavid DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 06/09/2026‘Springfield is under siege right now.’ ICE agents in Ohio have detained 2 Haitian pastors. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/31/s...ohiocapitaljournal.com'Springfield is under siege right now.' ICE agents in Ohio have detained 2 Haitian pastors. • Ohio Capital JournalMore than 40 Haitians in Springfield have been detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status earlier this summer. 8464296
Reposted by Denise GillMel @newthoughts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Same experience in other AI use scenarios—the people pushing it aren’t listening to the experts in the field. They believe any resistance to AI is ignorance or refusal to adapt to new tech instead of LISTENING to concerns about nuance AI doesn’t understand/can’t process accurately. Infuriating! 2864
Reposted by Denise GillThe Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just went to buy @gilduran.com's "The Nerd Reich" on Google Books, and discovered that the enshittification is so thorough that it's not safe to do so - I was very close to buying one that's actually AI slop with an identical title and author name. This is utterly insane. 36792306
Reposted by Denise GillMichael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 06/09/2026AI apologists to actual disciplinary experts & experienced teachers 1042878
Reposted by Denise GillThe Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 04/09/2026HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-ca…notus.orgHHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, EDOfficials at the Office of Minority Health told grantees that they’re prioritizing “root causes” of infertility and promoting exercise. 1861365815
Reposted by Denise GillRichard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Write it on the blackboard a thousand times: they will have to demolish the ballroom, the arch and so forth. They will have to make a show of it. You will get the usual sons of bitches saying we don’t do that in this country. We do now. That is not emotion, it’s politics. To do less is dereliction. 1162959670
Reposted by Denise GillTurp @turpin4prez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This story should have more attention. ASU's idiot coach brought in some military prick to run a grueling boot camp-style workout in the heat, which included restricting water intake. NHL prospect player suffers a heat stroke and is probably going to die from it. arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...arizonasports.comASU hockey player Matthew Mayich has no chance of recovery after heatstroke, attorney says - Arizona Sports"His body ceased functioning in a fundamental way, and this condition is irreversible," Robert Carey said. 611173548
Reposted by Denise GillJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026There it is: "More than half of the officers affected by Mr. Hegseth’s dismissals are Black or female in a force whose senior ranks are dominated by white male officers. Of the seven officers Mr. Hegseth removed from the Army two-star promotion list, two are Black and two are female"nytimes.comHegseth Targets 7 More Officers as His Frustrated Army Secretary Quits (Gift Article)The defense secretary’s cuts, which have hit about 10 percent of the military’s top officers, are dividing the Pentagon, officials said. 17508190
Reposted by Denise GillSara Nović @novicsara.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Nihilism is boring. Care about stuff. 17223
Reposted by Denise GillMari Ness, writer of things @mariness.bsky.social · 30/08/2026....the ongoing delights of being both a Hugo finalist and a wheelchair user. "The backstage is for walking participants," said directly to my face, as a wheelchair user. 761418492
Reposted by Denise GillRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago. 153109082686
Reposted by Denise GillDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We really needed this rain. #MidwestDadEnergy (recommend sound on). 810310
Reposted by Denise GillArife Kose @arifekose.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is very good.. I loved the relationship that @johannawinant.bsky.social establishes between close reading and speaking up and arguing for a case. She claims that the difference between a student's close reading of a Renaissance poem and a citizen's+ www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...bostonreview.netThe Claims of Close ReadingLiterary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical. 33613
Reposted by Denise GillSapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026And the companies behind this! Don’t even get me started. They are now *profiting* off of the CSAM they scraped and own in their databases, and profiting off every prompt that generates a virtual version. Class action lawsuit time honestly. This has got to be something we can fight. 252052
Reposted by Denise GillSapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It also opens the door to actual traffickers or possessors of CSAM to claim everything is AI generated when they actually had a child in their basement they exploited for a year. It encourages killing child victims, so recognition to a real child can’t be matched in court. 580197