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Houston and the Permanence of Segregation is out! Historian and professor on weekdays. Ororo Munroe been my homie. My posts are my personal views and/or evidence-based research. I do not speak for or represent my employer in any capacity here.

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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
At least 49 colleges have closed in the past 5 years, and this administration's xenophobic and anti-DEI policies are only accelerating the rate at which colleges must compete for a shrinking pool of students. And the president is still a rapist, by the way.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I read the introduction, and I'm hooked. Will be grabbing this one.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"I will comply with the law." Diary of a Wimpy Tenured Professor
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Oh, Jason. 🫩
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I don't think about Americans' financial situation." - Your President Clearly.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Our fellow citizens out in Arizona are going hungry since they've been knocked off of SNAP by new bureaucratic pressures placed on the states. Incompetence, hatred, and greed have taken food out of Americans' mouths to enrich a grifting rapist, to demolish the East Wing, to bomb people abroad.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
1 out of 7 DMV residents who have never had to access social safety nets like SNAP/food stamps have had to since DOGE and the Terrible Ugly Bill. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXZT... Americans are suffering a huge Trump-sized self-inflicted -ever-growing tumor.
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Federal job cuts still impacting families in DMV
YouTube video by DC News Now
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Christian Nightmares @christiannightmare.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is what a white supremacist sounds like👇
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What's that saying? Rapists of a feather defend each other because a woman is an object flock together?
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One more time for the cheap seats in the back!
Screenshot of article which reads:  Democrats 
and Republicans in the 1950s could agree on many things, as long as 
they also agreed that Jim Crow oppression in the American South was 
acceptable and that women belonged in the home. Once they started 
disagreeing about these things, and especially once they were no longer 
the only people allowed in the room, U.S. politics became significantly 
more contentious. Not everyone wanted to peacefully extend power to 
previously marginalized groups.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You have to accurately assess the problem to create proper solutions
Screenshot of article which reads: Partisan polarization is not the greatest threat to American democracy. 
It is a vivid and identifiable symptom of the real threat. And it is a popu-
lar frame because it blames no one. But because political polarization is 
a symptom, and not the root of the problem that ails us, “fixing” polar-
ization will not restore American democratic health.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything." And the rapist danced his way to the White House.
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Donald Trump's Signature Dance Moves
ALT: Donald Trump's Signature Dance Moves
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AAUP @aaup.org · 02/10/2026
Let's get this party started. #DefendHigherEd Starter Pack:
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 02/10/2026
Two prominent Christian influencers who built careers around faith and family have been arrested on child abuse charges, with Seth Day also accused of sexual assault of a child. A Christian platform is not evidence of moral character. www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/c...
cbsnews.com
North Texas Christian influencers, authors arrested for alleged abuse of teen girl, court documents say
The victim was taken to the Johnson County Children's Advocacy Center, where she shared the details of what she described as ongoing abuse.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i hate that we have to pretend like rules and ethics matter anymore. who gives a flying fck. there are rapists in the oval office.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/10/2026
“nearly”
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Google Gemini is SIGNIFICANTLY inferior to Google Assistant. I really hate this forced AI shit.
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh great -- glad to see that this Open Access piece on why White Americans support democratic retrenchment is now in an issue (with some great other folks!) at Political Behavior: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In 2013, the Daily Princetonian revealed that in 2008, Princeton University had paid to conduct a survey of students about sexual assault - then buried the results when *one in six* female undergrads reported unwanted vaginal penetration within the past year. That’s just under 17%.
dailyprincetonian.com
Survey quantifies sexual assault
More than 15 percent of female undergraduates reported experiencing non-consensual vaginal penetration during their time at the University, according to an unpublished survey conducted in 2008 by seve...
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
M orons A re G rifting A merica
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Remember how this was a "big" story 2 years ago and then it just fizzled out and there's been no court reform? The political class will never hold itself accountable. And the media class is overpopulated by sensationalists and understaffed by journalists. Where is the guillotine of old.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This was about VOTING RIGHTS‼️ "Carrion was one of hundreds of Tarrant County residents who’d turned up to speak out against a plan to close A THIRD of the area’s polling places." alt-text: Carrion, a Black man, being arrested for calling out the [white] judge for voting to close polling places
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Watch Body Cam of Man Arrested for Just Cussing at a County Meeting
Cops followed EJ Carrion home and arrested him in his drive way one week after he said 'bullshit' at a county meeting in Texas.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
emphasis on the cash. happy bday.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
@tedrall.bsky.social
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How adorable is he😍 Way to go little dude👏👍
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
ICE brutally detain woman's gardener-right in front of her house. 4 goons drag and violently pull man out of truck head-first. Kneel on his back after pinned down to pavement. "I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" he cries out. Incident occurred in Everett, Washington.
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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It turns out the real anti-Semites were the Zionists all along.
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The Good Place: Jason Mendoza's Bad Place Realization
ALT: The Good Place: Jason Mendoza's Bad Place Realization
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 18/09/2026
honestly some of the most apocalyptic impacts of "AI" will be shit like this, and most of the doomsday dipshits predicting SkyNet can't be bothered to notice or care
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Furry community:
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Mark Bednar, GOP strategist: “We’ve seen that a lot of Trump voters — they will crawl over glass to vote for the president.”
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Corey Vidal: Make It Happen Please
ALT: Corey Vidal: Make It Happen Please
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/09/2026
Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.
More recently in Craighead County — symbolically, at least, Ground Zero for the state’s attack on libraries, thanks to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) — the library announced several changes to circulation as it relates to minors. In a Facebook post, the library listed a number of changes to library policies, including:

Minors are prohibited from using the self-checkout kiosks;
Children under 13 years old may only check out materials from the designated children’s collection, while minors age 13-17 can only check out from the children or teen sections;
Minors may not check out DVDs at all; and  
Minors are prohibited from entering or purchasing anything from the Friends of the Library Bookstore.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So far, it's the episode I've paid the least attention to--not a knock on it at all--but maybe it's time for the pace to pick up.
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Saganomics @saganomics.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
When my wife’s Meta algorithms sniffed out that she’s pregnant a bunch of medical crankery started aggressively filing into her Facebook and Instagram feeds. “MAHA moms” happen because there is a lot of money being spent strategically preying on women going through a stressful experience.
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Blacklikewho @blacklikewho.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
As Stuart Hall taught us “migration is the joker in the globalization pack”. White supremacist arrogance thinks that only it can manage migration at its behest and to its benefit on this shared earth. But this earth belongs to all of us or none of us. Let people move as they please. No borders.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Is his mom the Manhunter? Cause, goodness. #Lanterns
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Just saw Kathy Castor's political ad. Long story short: "Hi Florida. I'm a Democrat you can trust because I support Republicans and break with my party when I vote." Typical Democrat shenanigans Not gonna get my vote like that.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
And my point in being technical is to say: - this country has a pattern of only "protecting" children when it advances the interest of those in power - it would behoove us to take longer historical views rather than reactionary ones, because this decision was inevitable, not an aberration
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"The US just legalized child pr0n this week" That's not... accurate. The lower court was bound by SCOTUS precedent from 2002 that said child pr0n that does not depict real children is not illegal. Congress did not close that loophole. It didn't "just" happen; this was never technically illegal.
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Christian Nightmares @christiannightmare.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Jesus Christ...
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If your Roku TV stopped playing sound from your hdmi input devices after the most recent update, Reddit has come to the rescue once again.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 25/08/2026
“[A State Department official called the painting] ‘very woke’ and ‘aesthetically terrifying.’” The painting:
A Kehinde Wiley portrait of four Dominicans — two men relaxed on the ground, two women standing, one subject of each gender having white skin while the other has darker skin. The four appear immersed in a backdrop of flowers — an aesthetic signature of Wiley’s work.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Excellent.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Florida's frontrunners in the Democratic gubernatorial primary are pro gun, anti-trans, and have no discernible agenda to make the state more affordable, nor any plant do anything about climate change. They have been very explicit about their political allergy to progressivism.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Florida's Democratic primary is today and the gubernatorial candidates are all running as blue Republicans. It's a shame that it doesn't matter which one of them wins because any and all of them are going to lose when the state elects its first black anti-black governor in November.
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Texas Public Radio @texaspublicradio.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
DFW said late Friday that plans to install the religious washing station had been canceled.
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Greg Abbott threatens Dallas, Houston airports’ grant funds over Islamic washing facilities
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One class fully prepped. Two more to go.
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no thrones on arakko @profponton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Lanterns premiere was fun.
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