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Lynne Tirrell

@lynnetirrell.bsky.social
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Professor of Philosopher @UConn, Language & Politics, Genocide, Human Rights, Feminism, Art.

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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
www.statnews.com/2025/10/21/c...
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NEJM and public health group are launching rival to CDC’s MMWR publication
Two institutions are coming together to create an alternative to the CDC’s vaunted Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
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Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
How the army of occupation is behaving itself in Chicago.
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Chicagoans say ICE agents responded to heckling with tear gas near school on busy street
CHICAGO — Andrew Denton was on his way to get lunch on Friday afternoon when he noticed people yelling at masked men in a white SUV near Funston Elementary in
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Criminals in the government, committed crimes against citizens while hiding their faces. I hope these families will issue a class-action lawsuit against ICE. people.com/ice-agents-o...?
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ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
This isn't new, but I think it matters even more today than it did in 2019. Call out the lies. Call out the cruelty. Don't let the licenses stand. blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
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Normalization—Practices Make It So
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Trumpists against Trump by Judith Butler. This is good... www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
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Judith Butler | Trumpists against Trump
Trump insists that the whole Epstein affair is a ‘hoax’ and that his own followers are ‘stupid’ and ‘weaklings...
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
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The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein
It’s not what you think it is.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
If the Big Bad Bill doesn’t fail in the House, see how many lose HEALTHCARE state by state. They won’t feel it until after the midterms, so talk to your Red State friends and family NOW.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Okay, folks, here you go. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The United States Bombed Iran. Now What?
President Trump is taking an enormous risk.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Don’t let their inflammatory language fool you. The costs are serious. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...
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Opinion | America Is No Longer a Stable Country
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Rich Dools Jr. (Rocky) @richdoolsjr.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Meanwhile, in every city across America!!! bsky.app/profile/kras...
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Watch this video as it zooms out to show the great lawn inits great emptiness. 47 is a zero.
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Don't take your rights for granted. Fight for them. Stand up against those who would deny them. Be strategic & wise. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
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So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Excellent & helpful historical perspective offered in this interview with from the insightful historian Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social. It draws on her latest book, "The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction 1860-1920". www.salon.com/2025/04/04/f...
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From the Confederacy to the Gilded Age: Manisha Sinha on the "sorry history" that inspires MAGA
Manisha Sinha spoke to Salon about Donald Trump's 19th-century vision and America's history of radical resistance.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Seen at yesterday's HANDS OFF rally in my small town. Wheelchair bound and under threat. The Regime doesn't care, but the American People DO care. Stop the violence being enacted by this evil Regime. Now. Especially if you have GOP folks in Congress-- pressure, pressure, pressure.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
It's inspiring to see the images of people in the streets all across America yesterday, and everyone should understand that it was happening in small towns everywhere too. Here's an image from my little town.#Inspiring #HandsOff
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Chris Prato @cjprato.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I wrote about the attention economy and the inescapable gravity of our modern, digital world. I hope you will give it a read. Shoutout to @chrislhayes.bsky.social and his amazing book 'The Sirens Call' that put a lot of my thoughts into words.
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Black Holes of the 21st Century
How Technology Hijacks Your Mind, and What to Do About It
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
IMPORTANT. Get the MMR vaccine if you haven't already. This is serious, often deadly.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Read this important and engaging new book by @aliadastagir.bsky.social! Order now. I love the balance between reporting the harms inflicted and wrongs done, on the one hand, & the stories of resistance on the other. Also appreciate the toolkit at the end. Kudos Alia! (Link to her website below.)
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
This helps put the bullying in perspective: Trump is weak and CAN'T actually function with Congress and the courts. Too dumb and too selfish. Overgrown baby. (Klein is more articulate than this post of mine!) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
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Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article)
Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
New BOOK, by the brilliant @michael-p-lynch.bsky.social on truth in politics & why we need truth for democracy. Insightful analysis and helpful forward-looking advice at the end. Destined to be classic, but URGENT reading now. PRE-ORDER, and it will arrive soon! bookshop.org/p/books/on-t...
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On Truth in Politics: Why Democracy Demands It
Why Democracy Demands It
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The Grievance Bullies Are in Power open.substack.com/pub/sperryt5...
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The Grievance Bullies Are in Power
During a very contentious Board of Education election in 2021, I came to call those who were trying to assume control of the Board, “Grievance Bullies”.
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Randall Eliason @rdeliason.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
It's striking how SCOTUS could decide the TikTok ban in a few days but delayed and sat on the question of presidential immunity for months. The Court can move quickly when it wants to. When it came to ensuring Trump could be brought to trial for Jan. 6, it just didn't want to.
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Mainer 📎 @mainelife.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Good night from ME.
Banksy art. A little girl seated Chris cross talking to a bluebird.  The caption reads; if you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Really looking forward to this book! Kudos @aliadastagir.bsky.social !!!
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John W. Farrell @johnwfarrell.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Quote of the Day: @anneapplebaum.bsky.social from her latest Atlantic article
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
This is a great idea, imported from the UK. Democratic leadership, please Make It So!
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Two Stanley Cups @johnburnsnc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Hey @washingtonpost.com - remember when you had some journalistic integrity? Less than four years after this headline, you couldn't bring yourself to endorse this traitor's opponent.
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coopmike48 @coopmike48.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
National Search Underway for Even One Person who Voted for Elon Musk open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
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National Search Underway for Even One Person who Voted for Elon Musk
“Something weird is going on," the leader of the manhunt said.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
We need independent journalists and public writing by scholars. Yes. open.substack.com/pub/sperryt5...
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Needed: Public Scholarship to Supplement Regular Media
All things politics; local, Connecticut and American, with occasional pieces on the food world, where I have spent over 40 years of my professional life. Join me on the journey.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This is very cool. The Linguistic Society of America uses this program, Sunflower Lanyards -- very promising. No image is coming up, but click the link! hdsunflower.com/us/
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A symbol for non-visible disabilities
The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower is a globally-recognised symbol for non-visible disabilities, also known as hidden disabilities or invisible disabilities. Some people choose to wear the Hidden Disab...
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Another important book from Michael Lynch— crucial for our situation.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Just looked at a Philosophy Starter Pack & am more fascinated by those of us omitted. Of course any such list is incomplete, but I wonder about the exclusions. (Trying to figure out how my followers doubled in 1 day, but it wasn’t from that!)
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Looking forward to reading this!
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I’m excited to be involved in this special session, Language, Conflict, & Peace, at the Linguistic Society of America in January. Linguist friends, join us!! web.cvent.com/event/40d941...
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LSA 2025 Annual Meeting. Online registration by Cvent
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
If the prospect of the next 4 years fills you with dread, read this. Doesn’t minimize the impending damage, but will help you get to work, wisely.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
See the glass ceiling? Our extremely competent women got to 48% but the rest of the voters would rather have a psychopath, convicted felon, rapist, conman who can't string together a sentence much less a paragraph. Penises rule, Misogyny reigns. Welcome to Gilead, MAGAts.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The USA had a chance to be better, but 71 million voters chose to align with hate & destruction. Whatever their motives, I don’t care — we know what their actions have unleashed on us all, especially on the most vulnerable among us. Stand up for Justice. No American Taliban. Stop the USA neoNazis.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Now the ACLU is bragging about all the rights they defend. They defend Nazis, but do they defend women and people of color? NO. Read @Mary Anne Franks' book, FEARLESS SPEECH, esp. Ch 2 for a chilling account of how they set up Amber Heard. They don't rate your support, & won't protect YOUR rights.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
On this anniversary of Kristallnacht 1938, it's time to face facts about US extremists, who are Out of Control. THIS IS EVIL, and we need to denounce and fight back. See what the MAGAts are doing. This is only the beginning. We need them to slither back under their rocks. www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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Racist text messages sent to Black recipients, including children, raise alarms in multiple states
Some messages said the recipient was going to a "plantation" and instructed them to show up at an address at a particular time "with your belongings."
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Good homework for what has happened and what's ahead. Great book, especially timely now. Core concepts of Resonances, Atunements, and Harmonization help explain how a lunatic's rants mobilized 30% of the eligible electorate. It's a Hustle. Worth your attention. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...?
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The Politics of Language
A provocative case for the inherently political nature of language
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 31/10/2024
PLEASE WATCH & then SHARE. Thanks. youtu.be/OrZ6AmtnKIU?...
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Vote! Sustaining Human Rights in the Face of Far Right Extremism
YouTube video by UConn Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
End the Electoral College. *EVERY* VOTE SHOULD COUNT EQUALLY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!! Hillary won the popular vote, but somehow DT won the EC, & imposed his death-mongering stupidity (e.g. saying to drink bleach😱). Eliminate the Electoral College! 1 citizen/1 vote, location shouldn't matter.
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
This Thursday, at UConn, so come if you're nearby. Comments by the fabulous Manisha Sinha. events.uconn.edu/human-rights...
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Jason Stanley on ‘Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future’
Jason Stanley, Yale Professor and bestselling author of How Fascism Works, discusses his latest book Erasing History as part of a worksho...
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
Excellent new book on Dangerous Jokes, by Claire Horisk. Insightful, clear, and beautifully navigates some pretty treacherous social terrain. I'll be using it in my graduate Phil Language course in Sept, because it is THAT GOOD. Kudos to Horisk. www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Jo...
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Lynne Tirrell @lynnetirrell.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Democracy under threat worldwide. This is terrible news from Senegal, a country with a strong democratic history. (No firewall, free article) www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/w...
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Senegal Parliament Delays Elections Until December After Opposition Showdown
President Macky Sall abruptly postponed elections scheduled for this month, and on Monday, legislators in the West African nation voted to allow him to stay in office months after his presidency is to...
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