Reposted by Michael Leo OwensMekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 11hAgain, I find the "No! Don't capitalize Black!🤡" conversation both mind-numbingly boring and not useful at all. It's not going to change what I do. I'm going to capitalize Black. And dudes that get mad about this, usually have never done anything meaningful to reduce racism in the real world. 1171
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensNicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...projects.propublica.orgMore Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublicaThe government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati... 141172548
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensOpinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 12h“WARNING. This area is being patrolled by the National Ballot Security Task Force.”: In the history of voter suppression in the United States, Republican tactics in the 1981 New Jersey gubernatorial race stand out. (Mark Krasovic) theconversation.com/armed-poll-w...theconversation.comArmed poll watchers: New Jersey’s 1981 racist voter intimidation campaign is a cautionary tale ahead of 2026 midtermsAn armed voter suppression campaign in New Jersey in 1981 finds echoes today in the Trump administration’s persistent efforts to suppress the vote and undermine trust in elections nationwide. 033
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensPat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 18hAmerica is currently a nation ruled by ignorants We have lost our way Take our country back to thriving on diversity, justice and hope 717062
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensTesla Takedown UK @teslatakedownuk.bsky.social · 11h"Putin, Musk, Trump, Erdoğan, Modi, Netanyahu. I’m quite politically active & I’m very preoccupied at the moment with the fact that most of the world is run by authoritarian men who are terrifyingly rolling back women’s rights, human rights, progress, civil rights, generating racism and homophobia"theguardian.comJuliet Stevenson: ‘Do I have a nemesis? Where do we start? Putin, Musk, Trump, Erdoğan, Modi, Netanyahu’The British actor on the genius of Bend It Like Beckham, the role she lost to Emma Thompson and why some actors get worse with age 0226
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 13hNo doubt this has occurred to other bystanders as well, but it would seem that a handful of billionaires dropping $150 million into a single state's election in an attempt to defeat a wealth-tax initiative just about makes the entire case for a wealth-tax initiative. 362615681
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 13hKnicks champion Karl-Anthony Towns marked World Mental Health Day by sharing his ongoing emotional journey following the death of his mother to complications from COVID-19.bit.lyKnicks champion Karl-Anthony Towns opens up about grief for World Mental Health DayKnicks champion Karl-Anthony Towns is still grieving the loss of his mother six years ago to COVID-19. 210513
Reposted by Michael Leo Owenscowvin.bsky.social @cowvin.bsky.social · 13hBillionaires can clearly afford to pay more taxes if they can spend this much on political influence. Tax the rich! If you're in California, vote for the wealth tax. 421463
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 20hAgain, I never again want to hear the Republicans claim the mantle of, or be referred to as, the "party of national security." This, as with threatening to invade our NATO allies, should have long ago immediately ended his presidency. It also should again now. 341505376
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yes this is stupid but it’s also a corrupt transfer of taxpayer money to a political ally www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...washingtonsun.comFBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train AgentsThe contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC. 411212290
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 09/10/2026So a book with two gay penguins will traumatize kids but a public execution wouldn't??? 12543771120
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 12h“Let’s use capital punishment the same way we use sports and television in this country to distract people and take their minds off how bad they’re being f*cked by the upper one percent.” - George Carlin www.mediaite.com/media/legend...mediaite.comLegendary Comic George Carlin Once Predicted Televised Executions to ‘Distract People’ From ‘How Bad They’re Being F*cked’Three decades before plans to livestream an execution were announced, George Carlin imagined that capital punishment could become televised entertainment. 413145
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 12hMaybe, just maybe, don’t literally cater to awful humans, as they will always prove to be awful humans. Stop being suckers!!! 020
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 12hParis, France Protesters demonstrating against what they call an overcrowded, ill-equipped and understaffed education system gather around the Monument à la République in Paris www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... 001
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 12hNantes, France Protesters clash with gendarmes as high school and university students attend a demonstration as part of a nationwide day of protests and blockades to demand better school conditions www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... 001
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 12hThe woman in the collarless red blazer behind him, after chuckling like a fool, mouthed… “That’s true.” 🥴 010
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13h"The United States military is far better than this. Senior officials should protest, and if necessary resign, rather than being complicit in the voyeuristic degradation of our democracy."lnk.thebulwark.comHegseth Wants You to Watch a Snuff FilmNeo-fascism as spectacles of violence. 42447122
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensUrban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social · 09/10/2026⏰🦉 14 days to save on the ICUA registration fee! Early Bird pricing ends 10/23/26 urbanaffairsassociation.org/conference/r... 001
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 141140656034
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4103506510566
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensOmar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“Our research suggests that Trump was not necessarily attracting male supporters who are as confidently masculine as the former president presented himself to be. Rather, our findings suggest that Trump appeared to appeal more to men who may be insecure about their manhood.” — Knowles & DiMucciopsychologytoday.comWhy Do Some Men Support Aggressive Policies and Politicians?Does the idea of "precarious manhood" contribute to aggressive politics? 1716139
Reposted by Michael Leo Owensgamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I think what frightens me most is that the sheer volume of things to be horrified by has become its own kind of protection for the people responsible. Nothing has to be explained or resolved becuase a story or a scandal or a tragedy only has to survive until the next thing happens in five minutes. 12397101
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Maybe hegseth watched ICE agents carry out public executions all year and thought people have become numb to it. 2731686
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Can't wait for rand paul to hear that rfk jr sent nearly $800K to a research project tied to the Russian plague lab so he can hold multiple hearings like he did with Dr. Fauci. 11548175
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensUrban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026📣 🏆️ REMINDER: Emerging Scholars! Apply by 10/16/26. More info: urbanaffairsassociation.org/awards/alma-... 011
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensUrban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026📣 🏆️ REMINDER: New! Distinguished Mentor Award. Nominations due 10/16/26. More info: urbanaffairsassociation.org/awards/disti... 011
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“Dear dark father, let us stand now unbowed and unfettered by arcane doctrines born of fearful minds and darkened times. Let us embrace the Luciferan impulse to eat off the tree of knowledge and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions of old.” 🤯🫢🤭😆😂🤣 120
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/10/2026Corruption. Tremendous. The biggest. Like you've never seen before. Billions and billions.lnk.thebulwark.com‘Trump Is the Picasso of Corruption’The grift is relentless, the conflicts are everywhere, and the public keeps getting stuck with the tab. 210842
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon 810206684618
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Ah yes, I remember when Trotsky wrote about how Russian workers should be replaced by low wage immigrants from China so that strong Russian boys would have more time to play girls ice hockey. It's right there in the manuscript. 571916303
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"WE'VE STORMED THE BASTILLE", shout the students. Recreating a historic day when the power of the French Monarchy was ended. 513554
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 08/10/2026static.klipy.comLord Farquaad: Some of You May DieAlt: Lord Farquaad: Some of You May Die but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make 1016635
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026“This that Black abundance. Y’all don’t even know.” Hahaha!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾jbhe.comFour Black Scholars With Academic Ties Named MacArthur Fellows | The Journal of Blacks in Higher EducationThe four Black scholars with current affiliations with American educational institutions are Ellora Derenoncourt of Princeton University, Rodney McMillian of UCLA, Maaza Mengiste of Wesleyan Universit... 010
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/10/2026This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff. 251055457
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensCartoon Movement @cartoonmovement.com · 08/10/2026Helpful AI. Today’s cartoon by Marian Kamensky. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #humanity #extinction 25733
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensDaily Trix @dailytrix.bsky.social · 08/10/2026One thing I respect about Trump is that he eventually makes everyone who supports or defends him — voters, Congresspeople, reporters, etc. — look like chumps. 2184
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026It’s really remarkable to me that 10 years into this people feel compelled to “clarify” Trump’s homicidal and often genocidal fantasies. It is deranged for the president to daydream about American cities in states he hates getting blown up. Full stop. 25690012076
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Cute baby. Love that Emory University t-shirt more!!! 100
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive. 231954499
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026Amy Miller, an attorney with Disability Rights Nebraska, travels the state helping elderly and disabled people vote. Congress funds the work. But a new White House proposal threatens the efforts of Miller’s group and more than 50 others like it.propublica.orgThis White House Plan Threatens Funding That Helps Disabled Americans VoteA new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr... 3283163
Reposted by Michael Leo OwensKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Zumiez is a chain of skate shops which works with Voto Latino and Skate to the Polls to help young people register and vote. Now they're a target of ICE. Registering new voters puts you on this admin's naughty list and they will punish you for it. www.rawstory.com/ice-zumiez/rawstory.comICE targets skateboarding store for helping register swing-state voters: reportFederal immigration investigators appear to have gone after Zumiez, the youth-oriented skate shop with locations in malls nationwide, after the company backed efforts to get people registered and voti... 211247
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you have never read, taught, learned it, here you go. Source: Brown University share.google/69MmOnfdecWQ...share.googleAppendix | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass | Manifold ScholarshipFrederick Douglass describes his youth as an enslaved person in Maryland and his desire to be a free man. 010
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026BTW IMHO more Americans need to read, teach, learn Douglass’s appendix to his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Hell, just read, teach, learn the appendix instead of the narrative!!! LOL 100
Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026“Never was there a clearer case of ‘stealing the livery of the court of heaven to, serve the devil in.’ I am filled with unutterable loathing when I contemplate the religious pomp and show, together with the horrible inconsistencies, which every where surround me.” 011