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Jill Hermann-Wilmarth @jillhdub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Working in solidarity often works better than trusting your own island

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James Ryan @jdryan08.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The combined undergraduate and graduate student populations of all Ivy League schools is about 140,000 students. The CUNY system alone is 250,000.

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

You know what would also help her afford her husband's cancer treatments? UNIVERSAL FUCKING HEALTH CARE JESUS FUCKING CHRIST HOW IS THIS GODDAMN COUNTRY STILL LIKE THIS MAYBE GRANDMA SHOULDN"T HAVE TO DELIVER FOOD LIKE A TEENAGER IF WE HAD A DECENT FUCKING SOCIETY!!!!!!!!!!

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

"Other countries are our property, and we dictate their behavior. You know, like women in marriage."

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Jill Hermann-Wilmarth @jillhdub.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Need some reminders of trans joy in these times? We hope you’ll read and share: thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/they-cant-...

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They Can't Have My Joy: On Trans Joy in These Times

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

students are also frustrated by rampant careerism. they *want* options; they *want* to pursue things that interest them; they *want* more than the credential from college. we saw this in 2020-21: why did students hate distance learning so much? because college is about more than completing credits.

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

fuck me for being this person, i guess, but public universities are a civic good and shouldn’t be run like businesses. and if you’re going to insist on running them like so, at least do some market research. students like their professors; they don’t want MOOCs taught by ChatGPT.

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

My university received a few years ago the promise of the largest single gift to a public university in U.S. history. It was equivalent to 12 hours of bombing Iran.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 27/02/2026

When academia's stars mistreat people, they're "punished" with relief from teaching, mentoring, and service responsibilities. This frees them to spend more time on the more valued work of research. And dumps less valued responsibilities onto colleagues, making it harder for them to become stars.

In a statement to The Crimson, Summers wrote that the decision to leave was “difficult” and that he remained “grateful to the thousands of students and colleagues I have been privileged to teach and work with since coming to Harvard as a graduate student 50 years ago.”

“Free of formal responsibility, as President Emeritus and a retired professor, I look forward in time to engaging in research, analysis, and commentary on a range of global economic issues,” he added.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

This is all happening because cis people have decided they are more in communion with pedophiles than their trans neighbors.

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Jill Hermann-Wilmarth @jillhdub.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

We watched a lot of Dawson’s Creek, and I am feeling super sad today. I was also a very young colon cancer patient—stage 3, age 34. I feel lucky to be here and also a responsibility to tell folks: get screened. As early as possible (1/2)

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 04/02/2026

in order to save this country we are probably going to have to do things that make rich men sad 😔

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Jill Hermann-Wilmarth @jillhdub.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

From the new post at Banned Resistance (written by an elementary assistant principal) “Allyship for queer and trans folks in my role begins with safety and dignity.” Link: thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/allyship-a...

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Allyship as an Educational Leader

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I don’t understand why colleagues stay silent when this happens.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026

Crockett: "Now my colleagues want to be the protectors of girls & women. I didn't hear them screaming this when Renee Good was killed in the middle of the street by the same people the vast majority of you just voted to give more money to. It was a lot of crickets, including about the Esptein files"

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.

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Sam Thielmonster @samthielman.com · 02/02/2026

Trans people are a danger to our children, according to, let’s see here, yes “Jeffrey Epstein,” noted children’s welfare advocate

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 01/02/2026

In 20-goddamn-18. She cares SO much about young girls.

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The Democrats didn’t flip a red seat in the Texas Senate. The PEOPLE flipped a red seat in the Texas Senate.

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Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2026

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

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Jill Hermann-Wilmarth @jillhdub.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

New post at Banned Resistance today about how sports are beneficial for everyone, including trans kids. We hope you’LL read, share, and engage thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/sports-are...

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Sports are for everyone (who wants to be sporty)

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

before you take any of the "Trump is pivoting/lamenting/lowering the temperature after the Pretti murder" stories too seriously, absolutely nothing has changed in Minneapolis: "an absolutely brutal day of raids and abductions" says one friend

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Timberwolves Clips @wolvesclips.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Target Center dunkers wear “ICE OUT” t-shirts

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Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 24/01/2026

Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Showing cross-racial solidarity is a potential death sentence. There are few things white supremacists hate more.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Yesterday, Minneapolis gave us hope. That’s what they’re trying to kill: the will of a people who are willing to fight them.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Rapid responders still out there, tracking ICE. In spite of everything, even now. Heroes

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city. If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 17/01/2026

"Although your paper does not exceed our length requirements, please cut exactly 796 words. At the same time, add significant discussion of Morales’s (2017) argument that Princess Zelda is the superior feminist character when compared to Princess Peach."

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Two Reviewers Provide Contradictory Feedback on Your Nietzschean Study of Early Mario Bros. Games

First Submission Reviewer #1 I enjoyed reading your article “Man, Superman, Super Mario,” a Nietzschean study of the early Mario Brothers games. I ...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2026

state-sponsored child trafficking

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care 🧵

ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

im starting to think this country has bigger issues than pronouns in bio and corporate diversity training videos

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Reece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

BREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth. My latest for @wired.com:

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MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Home Alone 3 looks awful

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

No I said don’t tread on *me*. You can get treaded on.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

You can’t “trust” a scholar who actually does all of their own thinking and writing without the hallucinating bullshit machine? What?

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18/12/2025

For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care. www.transyouthemergencyproject.org

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Trans Youth Emergency Project: Supporting Families of Trans Youth

Supporting families of trans youth nationwide through the logistical and financial burdens of navigating bans on gender-affirming care.

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

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First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition

Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Lmaoooo yeah he was there to tell people to stop being perverts. Shook his head the whole time

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Jill Hermann-Wilmarth @jillhdub.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

This week at The Banned Resistance, I wrote about repairing harm to the LGBTQ community with specific examples of what that might look like. We hope you’ll read, share, subscribe thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/repairing-...

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Repairing Harm

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Jill Hermann-Wilmarth @jillhdub.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I wrote at Banned Resistance this week about harm caused—often unintentionally—to LGBTQ+ folks. Next week I will follow up with ways to repair. We’d love it if you read, shared, subscribed thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/considerin...

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Considering Harm

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Tricia Romano @tromano.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

but Olivia Nuzzi was too in love

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.

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Jill Hermann-Wilmarth @jillhdub.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

New post! Banned Resistance co-founder Dr. Ryan Schey writes about how we can use the power of curiousity to push through panic in order to keep activist work sustainable. Please read, share, subscribe thebannedresistance.substack.com/p/on-not-pan...

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On (Not) Panicking

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Hannah Alpert-Abrams @halperta.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

This is just my opinion, but I don't think departments need to change their strategy for reading or grading student work. Departments need a strategy for responding to harassment and attacks.

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