Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 23hSomeone in the local ad business missed the class on deictics in the poetry seminar! 140
Reposted by Meredith McGillAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AAUP, AFT, and HELU have a plan draft! College For All, in expansion now for 2026 and 2028 www.aaup.org/sites/defaul...aaup.org 216448
Reposted by Meredith McGillNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026But, needless to say, that is not a university: that’s a taxpayer-subsidized engine for private capital accumulation that retains the external form of a university —a beloved brand, taken over by private equity, that’s now different & worse, but keeps the old name—which is of course the whole point. 1146
Reposted by Meredith McGillBillThePony @billthepony.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Interesting that democrats would be wrong to bring universities "to heel" on wokeness. The obvious implication here is that fascism is a natural. State that resistance to fascism is the aberration 0214
Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026More ridiculous dahlia bounty. How I love this flower! 0140
Reposted by Meredith McGillLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Can't anyone here play this game?" --Casey Stengel 3271
Reposted by Meredith McGillPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What's in the works in Congress, Rep. Pressley in terms of abolishing ICE. Is there legislation ready to go if Dems win the Presidency in 2028? Is Congress starting to hold hearings to discuss HOW ICE will be abolished? How will the public be marshaled? 0195
Reposted by Meredith McGillMicah @rincewind.run · 20/09/2026if you are a Dem who for whatever reason does not feel comfortable actively defending trans rights (which you should) you have two good response options: 1. ignore it! just keep running ads about the economy 2. “I am focused on your pocketbook, my opponent is focused on children’s genitals” 10992203
Reposted by Meredith McGillGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 20/09/2026"My opponent wants to hire creeps to inspect your daughter's genitals if she wants to play soccer. I wouldn't trust him or any hired weirdo from his pedophile-protecting party alone in a room with any kid." Go on the offensive, you cowards! It's not that hard! 1347851228
Reposted by Meredith McGillJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I hate these liars with all of my heart 1234
Reposted by Meredith McGillemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026So this week we've learned: 1) The AI goons CONFESSED they were committing the biggest theft in history. 2) The data centers really are sucking up all the energy during an energy shock. 3) AI almost caused a World War. 151493522
Reposted by Meredith McGillSimon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Oh, this is a useful set of statistics. You can use it to assess just what sort of numbers of JOBS the Government means when it says we need the data centres in Ireland for the JOBS. You’d create more employment running a small chain of centras. 8310142
Reposted by Meredith McGillkenny mellman @kennymellman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Trans Rights Are Human Rights 0143
Reposted by Meredith McGillNathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026never forget that our universities fired and expelled people for opposing this 202822974
Reposted by Meredith McGillJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You really can’t say this kind of thing enough! 0257
Reposted by Meredith McGillkenny mellman @kennymellman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Monsters. Trans Rights Are Human Rights. 064
Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Have you been following @jonahssiegel.bsky.social ‘s slow walk through the Met? Highly recommended! 000
Reposted by Meredith McGillPSL_4Loko @psl4loko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The whole speech is good, but this part in particular is particularly relevant now. www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/publ... 5457178
Reposted by Meredith McGillMicah @rincewind.run · 18/09/2026this isn't "these guys are annoyed at regulation and if we tone it down they'll go back to being on our side" this is "elon is now the single biggest GOP donor and everyone else has had their brains cooked by group chats and have gone full fash" 3981133
Reposted by Meredith McGillMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:thehandbasket.coRepublicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problemA spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same. 10282582700
Reposted by Meredith McGillPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you're in NYC, you should come to the Abortion teach-in on October 3 so you can be in community with like-minded people and so you can be prepared should the Right criminalize Mifepristone in the coming months. Be ready for the fights ahead. 114763
Reposted by Meredith McGillLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u... Don't have time to fully comment on this article, but I would love to see a parallel article about the much more plausible assertion that the Republican party, from the President and the VP on down, has been captured by right-wing extremists.nytimes.comRepublicans, Facing Midterm Peril, Try to Brand Democrats as CommunistsCommunism, in the president’s hyperbolic telling, is a graver threat to the country than the Pearl Harbor or 9/11 attacks were. Whether this midterm strategy works is an open question. 1831260
Reposted by Meredith McGillAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/09/2026IT’S HERE! Out custom-engraved bottle of champagne is chilling as we speak! #WhenItHappens 4506850800
Reposted by Meredith McGillKarin 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 Meredith McGillKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/20263. Any discussion of public disillusionment that misses the above 2 *and* the specifically conservative dimension to this disillusion is disingenuous at best. 7/ 131921
Reposted by Meredith McGillMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If you want to be inoculated against the doom-vertising machine, I think this book does it extremely well. The talk of extinction, the pleas to government for guidance while simultaneously lobbying against regulation, it’s all part of a gambit. And we are not the target audience. 0269
Reposted by Meredith McGillColleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026For the 20th anniversary, back in 2021, American Libraries Magazine from the ALA compiled some information on libraries and archives lost that day. americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2021/09/01/w...americanlibrariesmagazine.orgWhat Was Lost | American Libraries MagazineAmerican Libraries looks at the libraries and treasures destroyed on September 11—and the archival work that came after this tragic event. 23914
Reposted by Meredith McGillLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"With notably rare exceptions, Mr. Trump usually frowns on election fraud." 78316
Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Worth a read — “Foreclosing the future in the name of the future is a potent intention for design and it’s on clear display with the data center buildout.” www.thetechbubble.info/p/the-future...thetechbubble.infoThe Future Is Not Tech-ForwardOn artificial intelligence, data centers, technological politics, and who gets to build the future. 120
Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Ok book history geeks / Gilbert and Sullivan fans, you’ll enjoy this one: www.facebook.com/reel/1592776...facebook.com 020
Reposted by Meredith McGillMatthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026And bear no consequences. That’s the key part. 1144
Reposted by Meredith McGillemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Reminder that we still don't know what happened to the stolen docs flown on a plane to Bedminster where Trump was hosting a golf tournament with the Saudis. 622732754
Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 05/09/2026@mattseybold.bsky.social : Twain shows up in this story too — he’s everywhere! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...nytimes.comPhoto of Road Runner Snagged by Coyote Shows That Cartoons Were a LieHere’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win. 172
Reposted by Meredith McGillThe Powell Nemo @thepowellnemo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026You don’t need the legislature if the judiciary just lets you illegally govern through executive order 0241
Reposted by Meredith McGillCaleb Smith @c-also.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Back to school! It’s time to register yourself for this year’s gathering of The English Institute, happening at Yale October 2-3. Look at this killer lineup, and the shared reading is from Nietzsche. Come on up! 253
Reposted by Meredith McGillAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Over 1,400 people were killed in gang-related violence in Haiti between April and June alone. The neighborhood struck in the latest attack had already endured an attack last month which left 105 people dead. Haiti is not safe for people to return to. Gift link: www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...miamiherald.comThey came in silence: Why killings, abductions in Haiti mountain town has U.N. worried“The mass killing in Kenscoff underscores the urgent need for national authorities to enhance the protection of the population, particularly communities living in areas affected by gang violence.” 9607188
Reposted by Meredith McGillTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026On the one hand, I follow legal victories against this administration with some relief. On the other hand, I know that litigating every aspect of the social contract means there isn’t one anymore. And so it’s hard for me to get out of bed these days, is what I’m saying. 9727123
Reposted by Meredith McGillAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/08/2026DeSantis stole $10M from poor children and funneled it into republican political campaigns. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/g...cbsnews.comGrand jury finds DeSantis administration "misappropriated" $10 million in taxpayer money to Hope FloridaA Florida grand jury found the DeSantis administration misappropriated $10 million in taxpayer money for political purposes. 22126581199
Reposted by Meredith McGillBonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So sad to think of all those who passed away from this disease this century and so happy for all those who will survive it now 👏 0182
Reposted by Meredith McGillManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly singing vaccine vaccine vaccine vaccine to the tune of Joleen is a favorite. Her support of BLM and LGBTQ rights was a pretty brave thing to do for a country music star. Trump and MAGAts trying to claim her now is obscene. 113028
Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP Dolly. She was an excellent person and a really good songwriter. Always appreciated this one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x87Z...youtube.comDolly Parton - Here You Come Again (Official Video)YouTube video by DollyPartonVEVO 082
Meredith McGill @mlmcgill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026That ignorant admins would do this, heedlessly, is mind boggling. None of what we value is safe from such thoughtless destruction. 050