Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571602056
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Scholars of colour described overpreparing for presentations, ruthlessly analysing their own results before exposing them to scrutiny, softening their conclusions or avoiding research on race altogether." The level of checks I go through often astounds some colleagues 120863
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Political campaigns are very good at taking from communities. They take our money, our time, our data, our attention. Then Election Day comes, and most of what they built disappears. We think campaigns should leave something bigger and better behind: 141032203
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 01/10/2026#OtD 1 Oct 1946 police in Daegu attacked Koreans demonstrating against US and Japanese domination following World War II, killing 3 and injuring many. Protesters responded with a mass counter-attack, killing 38 officers stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8151... 16027
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialThe Phantom Judge You Harshly 🎃💀🦇🧛♂️ @judgeyouharshly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A reminder that if you see someone stealing baby supplies in a grocery store YOU DIDN’T SEE A DAMN THING. 892065291
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialDan M 🇬🇧 @moodydaniel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A reminder if you see someone stealing baby supplies in a grocery store you live in a broken society. 3553
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJTony 🏳️🌈 @jtony.com · 30/09/2026It doesn’t have to be baby supplies. No matter what you think you saw, what you think they stole, who you think they are, you didn’t see anything. Mind ya biz. 3262
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJeremy @ansur9x.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At this point, I didn't see anything if they ran out with a full brisket. 1171
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialNeil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"For many Black scholars, academia is a burning house. If we cannot extinguish that fire, Black scholars will always bear a greater risk of being burned–& therefore have to insulate themselves against the risk more than others." @cydneydupree.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/blac...timeshighereducation.comBlack academics face extra scrutiny. Our research shows its consequencesScholars of colour told us they engage in strategies to make it harder for them to be dismissed as biased or lacking rigour, says Cydney Hurston Dupree 3204111
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialBeshearStan @beshearstan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026God I love Angie Nixon. I hope she wins 4559651114
reesehuffman.bsky.social @reesehuffman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🚨 👉🏾 What: How to be antiracist in the authoritarian age: a conversation with Ibram X Kendi 👉🏾 When: Monday, September 28, 2026 👉🏾 Time: 8-9 PM EST 👉🏾 Sign up to attend: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/1... 000
reesehuffman.bsky.social @reesehuffman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026More info on this virtual event: www.mobilize.us/surj/event/1...mobilize.usHow to be antiracist in the authoritarian age: a conversation with Ibram X Kendi · Showing Up for Racial JusticeHow are authoritarians able to win over so many white people? And convince them that they’re better off with fewer rights and economic instability? And what will it take to beat them at their own game... 000
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Many professional class whites seem to have decided that the moral of Nikole Hannah-Jones' NYT piece is that she was wrong to care about the education of disadvantaged Black kids in the first place and nothing can be done. 1147566
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27574953150
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialmimimoore1285.bsky.social @mimimoore1285.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NAACP @NAACP Armed agents at the polls? Not on our watch. We're suing the Trump administration to stop the intimidation of Black, Latino, Asian, and immigrant voters in this election .. We will continue to clear a path to #midterms, because fear tactics won't have the final say. The voters will.naacp.orgVote for Democracy and FreedomGet ready for the 2024 election season by registering to vote, requesting your absentee ballot, or verifying your registration. 001
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialAriana @minasmoods.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Civil rights groups suing to keep armed federal agents away from polling places is essential. Intimidation at the ballot box undermines the multiracial democracy so many fought for. Every eligible voter deserves to cast a ballot without fear. www.democracynow.org/2026/9/21/he... #SocialJusticedemocracynow.orgNAACP Sues to Block Armed Federal Agents at Polling PlacesSeveral civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration to block it from sending armed federal agents to polling places ahead of the midterm elections. The lawsuit by the NAACP and others cites... 072
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 21/09/2026The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_... 4827911164
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026No words, except for Go Vote. 871896867
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialRicky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The NAACP is suing to stop the orange felon from illegally sending armed agents to intimidate people of color at election polls. Thank you NAACP. 152103172583
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11997001921
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJennifer Graham @jennrgraham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Every intro to sociology class I teach gets this image. 101407311
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/09/2026And if you think this is wrong and needs to be addressed they call you a communist 394109794166
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialXero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick. 2119473374
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A Strasbourg Sunday reading about the end times, drinking Vietnamese coffee while sitting across the street from the Academy of Beer, listening to a busker play twelve bar blues, with a view of a 13th century cathedral. 1330214
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialMickSS @mickss.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Beautiful! Love this post, i know that area, it brings back a lot of lovely memories to dust off and enjoy.🙏🏻 Enjoy!!!! 021
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl... 6744231396
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Lesson learned from building the ballroom: Just say it’s for the military 1301586289
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialProf. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office 70488832581
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A million thanks to @hcrichardson.bsky.social for writing about the 350th anniversary of the burning of Jamestown and helping a larger audience understand this still very relevant history. I say this as Executive Director of the Jamestown Rediscovery Foundation but also as a historian & a citizen. 8425132
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialNPR @npr.org · 20/09/2026In the Lower Ninth Ward, an old Family Dollar stands covered in graffiti. It looks abandoned. But inside, it's a treasure trove — clothing, home goods, toys and books. And everything is free. n.pr/4cVSOAjn.prIn New Orleans, an empty building becomes a free store — and roller skating rinkIn the Lower Ninth Ward, an old Family Dollar stands covered in graffiti. It looks abandoned. But inside, it's a treasure trove — clothing, home goods, toys and books. And everything is free. 6411106
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialconifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“When the federal government puts fear between people and the ballot box, that is voter intimidation—plain and simple.” www.commondreams.org/news/naacp-l...commondreams.orgNAACP Sues to Stop Trump From Sending Armed Agents to 'Intimidate' Minority Voters at Polls | Common Dreams"When the federal government puts fear between people and the ballot box, that is voter intimidation—plain and simple." 14365138
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Anyway, panic is a psy-op. Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize. 102589621
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...joycevance.substack.comIt’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential. 622464895
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026People should be concerned if their favorite news source DIDN’T get kicked out of the White House 512139460
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.gizmodo.com71% of Americans Say They're Completely ExhaustedA CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States. 1401266996702
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialJust Security @justsecurity.org · 17/09/2026Late last year, the U.S. began paying Equatorial Guinea to accept deportees from third countries despite its documented history of human rights abuses. The conditions the deportees are being held under amount to "deliberate cruelty," writes Tutu Alicante.justsecurity.orgAmerica Sent Them Into a Dictatorship's Torture Chambers, Then Looked AwayThe United States is deporting third-country nationals to Equatorial Guinea despite its documented pattern of human rights abuses. 56462
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialLawrieBhoy 🍀 @lawriebhoy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026You can tell a lot about someone’s character by how they feel about the government providing free school breakfasts for children. 572284314
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 09/09/2026You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews. 391309767717
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/09/2026There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one 1693244108466
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialGamerDad @gamerdad8six.bsky.social · 03/09/2026There’s nothing unconstitutional about expanding the court, however it is unconstitutional to go to war without congressional approval, cause an insurrection on the US Capitol, to target/prosecute someone for free speech, and for the president to accept gifts from a foreign nation, to name a few 7338481222
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialleftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Children can't learn when they're hungry. Said me, a retired teacher.npr.orgAs millions of kids lose SNAP food benefits, free school meals are also at riskFood stamps have a direct link to other critical resources, such as free breakfast and lunch at school. Now, experts say they're starting to see that link break. 21071552634
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialPBS News @pbsnews.org · 03/09/2026In recent years, there has been attention and worries about how reading has changed among kids. Those concerns include the nature of what kids are reading and how many fewer books are part of their education diet. to.pbs.org/4yqeHRepbs.org'Post-literate age': Why fewer Americans are reading for pleasureIn recent years, there has been attention and worries about how reading has changed among kids. Those concerns include the nature of what kids are reading and how many fewer books are part of their education diet. A new cover story in The Atlantic is ca... 65521
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialCynthia Rose @stillcham.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026Might be a bad idea to outsource all your thinking to machines that can just stop working at any time.static.klipy.comDruski ShrugAlt: Druski shrugs and says "JUST SAYING" 2173
reesehuffman.bsky.social @reesehuffman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Whew. “…a [B]lack woman can’t not cite her work…” – Tressie McMillan Cottom, Ph.D. 000
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I have been doing panicked read throughs of stuff over and over again to try and find the littlest things that "need" shoring up 1822
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialTeresa @teresamfc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026My dissertation got bogged down for months bc the committee told me I needed to cut down citations & footnotes. I cut them—but when I sent chapters out as articles I got a LOT of feedback that my work wasn’t well documented. I took it back to my committee, who were baffled until I explained racism… 11908
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Then reviewers will ding us for using technical language, footnotes, and laborious explanations in prose. I fought for endnotes. it finally took me making the case on the basis of race and gender — a black woman can’t not cite her work, I explained. Made it sound like a legal threat. 223321
Reposted by @reesehuffman.bsky.socialKathy Byrne @kab-fair.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Biden formed a committee to look at the Supreme Court which recommended adding justices & he rejected it saying if he added more the next repub would make the number 17, that it was a precedent he didn’t want to start, Biden being such a traditionalist hurt in a lot of ways 051