Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026some descriptive statistics here on the civility industrial complex on college campuses that I haven’t seen analyzed before www.uncivilcollective.org/resources 7943343
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026not that you should expect anything more than rank idiocy from this pair of racists, but the idea that whiteness means a "high trust" society of "social cohesion" is some of the stupidest shit i have ever heard. these people live in a fantasy land that you could dispel by simply opening a book.talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 25561441144
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I tried to write about what is happening at Cornell and everywhere. deckerngongang.substack.com/p/the-world-...deckerngongang.substack.comThe world is a frat houseSexual assault remains pervasive because our organized society and economy are functionally nonconsensual. 000
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I hope that young woman bankrupts Cornell University. 704272596
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...londondaily.comBanksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London DailyExclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities 396422564
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026After taking YouTube off of all the devices in my house and Safari/Chrome from the iPad...our 5yo learned that if she asked Siri on the iPad for Shakira "Waka Africa", "she" would redownload safari which would then allow her to access YouTube. These new kids different. 000
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialBen Rothenberg @benrothenberg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026As a culture of silence pervades and persists in tennis, I’m thinking of Nina today. www.benrothenberg.com/p/alexander-...benrothenberg.comEchoes of a VoiceAn interview with the woman who broke the silence around Alexander Zverev at the Australian Open. 727684
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Aight Coco, I see the pace on that forehand! 000
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Federal prosecutors have reportedly opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the LA Clippers helped arrange secret sponsorship contracts for Kawhi Leonard that circumvented the salary cap www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u... 1720058
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialDanielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego. 37108272303
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I wrote about Dolly Parton in my latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com column. Thank you. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Greatest Story Dolly Parton Ever Wrote Was Herself (Gift Article)She didn’t see herself as a saint; she identified as something we needed even more: a writer. 662581649
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 25/08/2026While powerful, OG Nazi's are walking around comfy... the political machinery of both parties is fixated on convincing us that people like Hasan Piker and Mark Ruffalo are the most dangerous antisemites. 120
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 18/08/2026OK. @jamellebouie.net has a great takedown of our pundit class. Exhibit 1 is David Brooks. Guess what? Yale just hired him to teach undergrads. 1/ youtu.be/46tpqFxfomI?...youtu.beThe pundits have completely lost the plotYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 541168343
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialGenie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 19/08/2026Your understanding of karma is wrong because you learned it from white people 13273132
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialMike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026The @washingtonpost.com describes the deaths of an estimated 750,000 people to date as "messy" 20469421907
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Seems to me if you think you have divine sanction for your warmongering when it goes badly you have to consider the opposite proposition but they never seem to! 1446746983
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/03/2026“.. A handout picture released by the Iranian foreign media department of graves getting dug for the victims of a strike on an elementary school.” @reuters.com 21461223
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialDave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 03/03/2026After four days of hesitating, the president of France has joined the prime minister of Spain in saying that the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 attack on Iran is a violation of international law. But they are still the only 2 EU leaders to have done so. Will others join?politico.euUS strikes on Iran ‘outside international law,’ says MacronMacron joins Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez in calling the legality of the strikes into question. 387112232702
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialGabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 28/02/2026I think Im gonna sign up to be an election worker. I want the elderly like my mama and the kids to feel safe voting. 3887
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Responsibility and accountability are two very different things. With this latest admission, his previous denials and what is alluded to in the Epstein files...it's quite likely that the richest man/philanthropist in the world was significantly compromised. 2379
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Bill Gates reportedly apologized to his foundation staff over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and admitted he had affairs with two Russian womenhuffpost.comBill Gates Apologizes To Staff For Epstein Ties, Admits To 2 Affairs: WSJ 193976370
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialJason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social · 02/02/2026crazy that basically every person complaining about "woke overreach" over the last 12 years is also in the epstein emails being like "thanks for the pussy, jeff ;)" 4791651647
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 26/01/2026It's fair to ask, does he apologize if those maga nazis don't play his Hitler anthem in the club? 000
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Can y'all imagine the stuff that gets pitched to Terry Crews that he actually turns down? 000
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 23/11/2025If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America? 9693987811611
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars: 1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park… 203341472
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialRebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 15/10/2025And congratulations to @jamellebouie.net for winning the American Historical Association's Tikkun Olam Prize for promoting public historical literacy www.historians.org/award-grant/...historians.orgTikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy – AHAThe Tikkun Olam Prize for Promoting Public Historical Literacy honors individuals whose work has promoted literacy in public culture. 4603100
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Beisbol is so stressful. Almost nine years in Seattle and the one year I decide to start cheering for the Mariners I sign up for stress. 030
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 11/10/2025I’m genuinely surprised they didn’t just lie about this or not tell us. 000
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialThe A.V. Club @avclub.com · 27/09/2025Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on. www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...avclub.comComedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy FestivalComedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival 11191872749
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12/09/2025man they really didn't give a shit about that guy. as soon as it was clear they couldn't use his death to launch a purge they started to treat it like a nothingburger 484199334466
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 12/09/2025High school Facebook got quiet with the quickness. 000
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialChuck Tee @chutry.bsky.social · 10/09/2025One of those times when the actual quote is worse than the headline. 38420
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Watching Venus in the US Open doubles has me so hype! 000
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 29/08/2025James E. Ferguson II, Rights Lawyer Who Defended Busing, Dies at 82 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...nytimes.comJames E. Ferguson II, Rights Lawyer Who Defended Busing, Dies at 82 010
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025I said this elsewhere but the way that the white male dominated field of economics is defending Lisa should tell you how serious this move is. Not that they wouldn’t — her work is stellar — but this isn’t a case like Harvard where colleagues are willing to risk losing a colleague. 31520357
ngongang.bsky.social @ngongang.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Has anyone done a deep dive on the kids birthday party gift bag industrial complex? When did this become a thing we parents just all agreed to do?! 000
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 25/07/2025andscape.com/features/hul...andscape.comHulk Hogan’s legacy isn’t complicatedProfessional wrestling star's career is no match for his racism 215320
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 04/07/2025Will Meet The Press ask random other white politicians to condemn Trump's antisemitic language this weekend? Or does that only apply to Mamdani? 343986876
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations. 47123192787
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 29/06/2025This is why Hakeem and Gillibrand and the party line Dems and consultants hate Zohran. They say they want a "Joe Rogan of the left" and it's clear that the Dems do not need that at all. Zohran fucks up the whole grift game. He's pulling back the curtain and they're scared shitless. 15455291036
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/06/2025you know, if i were in the position of interviewing jeffries here, i would ask the congressman to specify exactly when and where mamdani used that language. 590130751887
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/06/2025we have an elite impunity problem and a lot of the people and institutions that nominally oppose Trump will burn down their own before admitting that this helped produce him 3354391197
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/06/2025looks like an objective assessment to me 499130252232
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/06/2025We confuse “you need to do something” with “I alone must be present for anything to be happening” Hell is already here. If people who organize don’t know you? You didn’t want to be known. You can change that. You cannot, however, choose to be unknown and then claim to not know what to do. 027042
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialTheDesk.net @thedesk.net · 19/05/2025Scoop: CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment that focused on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air, replacing it with a feature story on Cajun music. Story: www.msn.com/en-us/news/o... 30444762152
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This is America. 20155072519
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23/04/2025Sarah Stillman investigates a crisis of care in county jails: a scandal involving, at its worst, state-sponsored homicides of the country’s most vulnerable citizens.newyorker.comStarved in JailWhy are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care? 159939
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21/04/2025The L.A. Times names THICK one of the best non-fiction books of the last 30 years. I will be honest with you, even I cannot always believe that this is my life. Thank you. Very much. www.latimes.com/entertainmen...latimes.comThe 30 best nonfiction books of the last 30 yearsTo celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select the 30 best nonfiction books since the festival was inaugurated. 453644326
Reposted by @ngongang.bsky.socialjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/04/2025this is such good news. i think it is also an opportunity for democrats to state forthrightly that when they win power again everyone responsible for this crime will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law and will face the american people to answer for their lawlessness 280204983933
