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Jenn Lena

@jenniferlena.bsky.social
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Feminist, abolitionist, anti-racist collector of religious kitsch and novel experiences. Skeets are mine and mine alone, & u should hold my employer accountable for their words and deeds.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 17h
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I persist in thinking that participating in a strike is the highest form of civic education.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gerhard Richter, September, 2005 botfrens.com/collections/14377/cont…
Gift of the artist and Joe Hage
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I know Scott and his family and they are the real deal. Smart and wise, funny and humble. Scott wants to see Mississippi shine and his competition wants to hide from voters. She hasn’t done a town hall in SIX YEARS and has refused a debate. What you so scared of, Cindy?
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 22/09/2026
Newsom is a dipshit, a thread:
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Make a million dollars and open a shop that handles the (hospital, nursing, insurance, family and friend) correspondence and paperwork for Gen Xers who work full time and have sick parents. I’ll be the first client.
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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"For America to right itself, we need changes on the scale of Reconstruction and the New Deal. And I worry that’s not going to happen if Democrats and the broader anti-Trump left are taking their cues about what’s necessary and politically possible from the Times." newrepublic.com/article/2160...
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The Left Must Fight The New York Times’ Monopoly Too
The paper’s editorial vision is out of step with the robust liberalism needed today.
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No feeling quite compares to a brand new work shirt with a breast button that will not be tamed
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Burak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Come and join us @sriucl.bsky.social We’re looking for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science with a research agenda on the environment and/or climate change, and expertise in causal inference. See full details and apply 👉🏼 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL Social Research Institute recruitment poster for an Assistant Professor in Quantitative Social Science at the Centre for Quantitative Social Science. Applications close 30 October 2026.
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markpachucki @markpachucki.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In this moment of higher ed upheaval, the UMass Amherst Department of Sociology is initiating the Research Scholar Program to offer some safe harbor for recent sociology PhDs launched into an uncertain market. Share widely! (and imitation = sincerest form of flattery). @asanews.bsky.social
This program description details parameters of the UMass Amherst Sociology Department Scholar Program. As the description states, we cannot offer much, but what we can offer prospective Research Scholars is: (1) a listing on our department website, (2) use of our library resources, (3) an @soc.umass.edu email address, (4) permission to use departmental e-letterhead for professional correspondence, and (5) an invitation to any department intellectual events. Research Scholars will meet as a cohort twice over the course of the academic year (once in fall, once in spring). A brief one-page statement of interest, CV, and the names and contact information of 2 references should be sent to the Department Chair (David Cort, dcort@soc.umass.edu) by October 30, 2026. Applicants will be notified of the status of their application by mid-November.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And I know this thread is already long, so I’m going to wrap it up with a link to Sara Ahmed’s beautiful essay about how it’s actually okay for perpetrators to face the consequences of their actions—including exclusion from the social spaces where they abused their power.
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The Complainer as Carceral Feminist
I am often asked how my arguments about complaint activism relate to the projects of transformative and restorative justice as well as abolitionist feminism.
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Education Dept. Formally Removes Title IX Protections for LGBTQ Students A forthcoming amendment would define sex as an ‘immutable biological classification as either male or female.’ www.the74million.org/article/educ...
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Education Dept. Formally Removes Title IX Protections for LGBTQ Students
A forthcoming amendment would define sex as an ‘immutable biological classification as either male or female.’
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J Dierkes @dierkes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're hiring at School of Social Sciences at Univ of Mannheim Full Professorship (W-3) in Social Data Science and Social Science Methodology Apply by Oct 22 2026 www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/en/about/job... @methodsnet.bsky.social
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Job Vacancies
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Lucky LaRue @luckylarue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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ICE List Wiki
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JOB: Directorship of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology / Professorship of Material Culture University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/directo...
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Directorship of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Professorship of Material Culture
The Board of Electors invite applications for the Directorship of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and the Professorship of Material Culture from persons whose work falls within the general ...
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a new antibiotic, known as manikomycin, that may be a bulwark in the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. By attacking the ribosome in a never-before-seen way, manikomycin can evade the existing mechanisms pathogens have developed to resist antibiotics.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Apply now! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Deadline is Nov. 2.
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for a ninth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University.
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LSE Impact @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🗣️"Universities, therefore seem to be no more effective at translating evidence into practice than the institutions they aim to support." #AcademicSky #KnowledgeExchange #EvidenceBasedPolicy
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Universities rarely use research evidence in their decision-making, so why do they expect anyone else to? - LSE Impact
Despite universities’ important role as evidence-producing organisations, they rarely draw upon research evidence for internal decision making, why?
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s a real stunner tonight.
Sunset shot of Manhattan street, pink and blue and red
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just calmly reminding myself that there’s always some fucking nutsack willing to steal votes and just because this one guy did it, and was an armed employee of the government, it doesn’t actually mean that anything like a military junta is going to come out of, say, midterm elections. Exhale.
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Evie Nagy @evien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Open letter to people who plan panels: Long, deep, weary sigh.
Photo of FT Live Business of Entertainment panel comprised of five very white men.
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Philip Leventhal @philipleventhal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Erika Balsom, author of the recenlty published EDGES OF CINEMA, has an excellent essay on the forgotten New Wave auteur, Paula Delsol in @nybooks.com. bit.ly/46CNT3M @erikaaaa.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
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Sand Castles | Erika Balsom
To begin, a guessing game. The February 1967 issue of Cahiers du cinéma includes a “Dictionary of New French Cinema” comprising capsule commentaries on
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Seems like it should be part of the "are phones ruining the kids" debate that every marker of teen mental health has improved since 2021 www.cdc.gov/yrbs/youth-h...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m so deeply saddened that these hospital systems are preventing their physicians from “doing no harm.” Gender affirming care is life saving care.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
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Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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Cella @cellllla.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Please join us at Carnegie Mellon University and online on October 2nd, 2026 for the Community-Centered AI Infrastructure Summit, a statewide convening to consider the opportunities, challenges, and governance of AI infrastructure development in Pennsylvania. RSVP here: communityaisummit.org
Flyer for the Community-Centered AI Infrastructure Summit on Friday October 2, 2026 from 9-5pm at Mellon Institute Auditorium, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. Join residents, community organizations, policymakers, researchers, technologists, energy experts, and advocates from across Pennslyvania for a public convening. Organized by CMU, Data & Society, PA Climate Equity Table, and Center for Coalfield Justice, with support from the Block Center.
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Every day I’m getting a new mystery bruise or cut. At this rate, I’ll be mistaken for an MMA fighter by exams.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Last week all my students hand-wrote their own pledges, according to their terms, to write in my courses without AI. Some of them were quite moving—their anger at AI’s attempt to steal their educations, their determination to learn & create anyway.
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Ryan O'Horo @ryanohoro.com · 21/09/2026
et voilà, a portrait of Garrett Langley, CEO of Flock, rendered from leaked Flock license plate camera images. Plates were redacted before rendering.
Bust of a man, outdoors. In the background, sky, telephone pole, Flock safety camera and solar panel. Rendered from a mosaic of smaller images.Tight zoom of a mosaic of license plate camera images featuring a swath of red vehicles and an empty street in other areas.
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Chantal Hailey @chantalahailey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Nikole Hannah Jones article has invoked a lot conversation on race, school choice for Black families. I’ve been researching how black folks choose schools for 17 years, I have a lot of nuanced thoughts. Long thread. 1/
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Indige Tea 🦬🧡 : ✊🏾 @colouredwilde.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Hey everyone, can y'all be angry about the fact that clean drinking water is projected to run out in the next 10 years? With the peak of the crisis projected to hit us in 4 years. FOUR YEARS WSJ, and other publications, already trying to convince you to drink less than a 40oz bottle of water a day.
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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
President Trump is 0-2 against pools.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New Yorkers: any in person fun kids weekend Arabic classes? Ideally non religious? I’ll travel to queens or even Jersey (shallow though) Trying to get our kid more immersion than me or my dad speaking to him!
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships are open for application at the EUI. For established academics to pursue their research up to 10 months (3 months funded). Deadline 30 Sep www.eui.eu/apply?id=fer...
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Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships
Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships provide a framework for established academics with an international reputation to pursue their research at the EUIFellowshi
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Bart Penders @penders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Back of the envelope calculations: 3600 years of research time went into the collective application process. The research will fund 3200 years of research. We are 400 research years poorer as a result of this. 1/2
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Unlike the advocates for so-called "ideological diversity" and even "absolute free speech," who say & do next to nothing re: actual issues of student speech, @aaup.org & @osuaaup.bsky.social are standing up for student free speech, (despite OSU chalking ban & threats!) + supporting academic freedom
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They’re coming for the penises
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org
Screenshot of the Luddite Lab website. The word Luddite Lab is in the top left corner. The tables in the top read: Case Studies, Primers, Resource Library, Contact Us, and About. The text below reads: “The Luddite Lab Resource Hub provides resources for unions, labor organizations, and worker-organizers fighting AI and automation at work. The lab provides strategies for worker-led governance and oversight of new technology through case studies, primers, and a resource library.” Below, there are five cards: Case Studies (Stories from worker organizers resisting AI), Primers (Applied research insights into AI, automation, and the future of work), Resource Library (Additional resources from partners), Contact Us (Ways to connect with the Luddite Lab team), and About (About the Luddite Lab project and team)
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Piper Hutchinson @piperhutch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Faculty at Louisiana universities from certain countries will soon have to seek state permission to do their research under a new, far-reaching law that dramatically increases surveillance of researchers. #lalege #lagov #laed
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New Louisiana security council puts foreign researchers under microscope • Louisiana Illuminator
Faculty at Louisiana universities from certain countries will soon have to seek state permission to do their research under a new law
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Leopard and face, Ed Sheeran edition
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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
4-year postdoc(s) at Copenhagen Business School on project The Business of Corruption: Why Business Elites Collude or Combat Political Corruption, led by @mkjustesen.bsky.social. Start: summer 2027, deadline 18 September. www.cbs.dk/en/about-cbs...
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026
Shanah Tovah, New York! Wishing all Jewish New Yorkers celebrating a sweet, joyful and meaningful Rosh Hashanah. Here’s to a new year filled with health, happiness and blessings (and yes, even another Knicks championship).
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Real ones observe today to the sound of “we gon make it” which was 24-7 on Hot 97 for days after the towers fell
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Jenn Lena @jenniferlena.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In my organizing life (~1987-now), I have never participated in any group that got off on the right foot by hearing first from elders. I bet it’s different in less ageist communities than I’ve been in, but…
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