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DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The sort of thing you get offered by a guy in a Hold Steady song

Description on a retail display that says CLEAN CANDY FROM OMAHA

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I finally have a reason to be glad my school uses D2L instead of Canvas

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

This is it. Part of why it has been tough for me to weigh in on the Epstein discourse is because we’re really just seeing an extreme manifestation of white patriarchy. The men involved have consolidated an obscene amount of power. But the violence itself is horrifically ordinary.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

The deadliest antisemitic attack in US history, the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, specifically targeted the Tree of Life synagogue because of their work with HIAS on refugee resettlement. Antisemitism and anti-migrant hatred are intertwined. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...

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Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Trump's backpedalling on Minnesota matters. It means he is not confident enough to try to impose and enforce a lie on his loyalists. He still feels that he must be responsive to media perception and public opinion, that he does not control the narrative. That's a massive setback.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Those in power have tried to convince us that resistance would be too tiring. But let Minnesotans teach you that it’s actually energizing to be a part of a movement to change society for the better. If you’re tired, get involved. You’ll be surprised by how quickly you start to feel better.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Chris Murphy: "This is really scary because what Bovino essentially told you is that if you just happen to be present when they are undertaking an operation, if you pull out your phone to record it, the use of force against you is justified. That is not true, it's not what the law says."

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/01/2026

I was a sensitive kid. I loved cats. I had OCD, undiagnosed. When I was 9, a fraternity brother tortured a cat to death in my hometown. The details even now are beyond imagination. archive.is/xdmUL I was traumatized for years from reading the news story. The torturer? Now the head of the NRA.

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Moti Rieber @rebmoti.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE's actions are so egregious that even Senate Democrats have begun to take notice.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

One basic lesson from political research is that secret police generally rely on mediocre men willing to do the dirty work of authoritarian regimes in order to advance their careers. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...

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Colin Brown @colinmbrown.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Do not snackrifice yourself for an institution that would not snackrifice itself for you, and in the end few of them will

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

So when the AHA says it's OK to use AI to summarize scholarship, the greatest risk this guideline poses isn't simply to the quality or accuracy of research; the hazard it poses is to the communal nature of the knowledge production. A pursuit that puts people across time & space into conversation 4/n

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

"universities across the US are shuttering their religion programs." that's all that goes through my mind when i see "bari weiss town halls about god." silly of me, but i believe religious literacy is a net plus for this country. and bari weiss ain't it, CBS.

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Bari Weiss’ Next CBS News Move: Town Halls With JD Vance, Sam Altman and Debates About God and Feminism

The news division is also planning a town hall with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore in the 'Things That Matter' series, with Bank of America lined up as a sponsor.

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I'm not a political scientist but I'm pretty sure "fake award from FIFA" is a pretty strong indicator of a country's slide toward authoritarianism

Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Priza trophy

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

i’m thinking about every non-white immigrant in the US this AM. what a rough week, and that in a year full of rough weeks.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/11/2025

"We followed everything we were supposed to do" Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

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Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Yes. This is how fascism operates: by constantly redefining the boundaries of The People and exercising brutal force against whoever finds themselves outside. No one is truly safe. You will find yourself on the outside at some point.

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Did Post Malone just drop an f-bomb on live TV? Anyway I can't understand any of his lyrics but it's great anyway. Somehow I don't think The Discourse on Post Malone will focus on that.

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This year at AAR/SBL, I spent most of my time in trauma studies sessions. It was so different from what I'm used to in historical critical sessions. No pettiness, no "more of a comment than a question," no throat-clearing. Panelists freely expressed vulnerability. There was humor and grace.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The problem with ICE is not that it's targeting people who aren't criminals. The problem with ICE is that it's an unaccountable secret deportation police. It cannot be reformed under a better president. It can be made less terrible, but the instrument of repression remains for the next tyrant.

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Say what you will about Gen Z and social skills, you know you're always happy when the person next to you on the plane is under 30.

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ben driscoll @daisyowl.com · 24/11/2025

maybe i am going insane

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

know what’s best about the mirrored keys? they “mirror” my argument, and thus gain new resonance if you read the book — just like “magic” does in early petrine literature. i mean, OUP crushed this cover design. PS: you should read my book! the inside is pretty too!

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

At least his location isn't undisclosed anymore 🔥🔥

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 03/10/2025

the federal government is running ethnic terror pogroms executed by washed out skinheads

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Prep soccer would be a lot more fun if dads could get booked

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Happy Residual Rapture Anxiety Day to all who celebrate

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2025

Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

It would be pretty awesome for every professor in Texas to talk about how there are more than two sexes in class today. They can pick you off one by one. But they can’t fire all of you at once. Solidarity is the only way through this.

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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

When Campus Reform and Turning point came after professors and created the professor watchlist, administrators didn't pay attention..Now they are being fired and attacked. Maybe institutions should have done more to protect academic freedom....

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2025

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

the obligatory second tweet after "monitoring and praying" to show you are very concerned. then maybe a third tweet before going back to talking about how some restaurant changed its logo or an M&M no longer wears sexy boots

At 8:22am, JD Vance tweets: "We’re at the WH monitoring the situation in Minneapolis. Join all of us in praying for the victims!"

Then at 1:53pm, JD Vance tweets: "Amazing testimony from a very brave little boy. We hope his friend Victor is OK." There's is an attached Fox News clip of a little boy talking about how his friend saved his life at this morning's Minneapolis church shooting.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

A reminder that this is what the path to a full ban on vaccines looks like. No one is banning vaccines for everyone overnight. Just like with abortion, they will carve off one group at a time and hope the those still eligible respond with gratitude and self-interest instead of anger and solidarity.

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Chris Jones @profchrismjones.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

If you're a guy, and there are any women who *actually* trust you, treat that like the highest achievement possible. You think a Nobel Prize is a bigger deal than that? There are a LOT of Nobel Prize winners who can't say that any women trust them.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Fall Enrollment for my independent course, Race, Media and International Affairs 101 begins *TODAY at 10 am EST*! Columbia cancelled my class on race and media, so I'm bringing it to the people. We have more than 4,000 people on the waitlist, so grab your spot! www.resistancesummerschool.com