Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierElon Green @elongreen.bsky.social · 6hSusan Collins's antisemitism did not get enough attention. "I don't think it's a coincidence that ProPublica has as some of its funders George Soros, Donald Sussman, and other [pause] left-wing billionaires." 1371127
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierAmy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We gotta start referring to data centers by both their mother and father's last names, Spain style. The Microsoft-Chevron data center, the Meta-ExxonMobil data center, and so forth. Absolutely no reason just the tech bros should be taking the heat on this shit 352221814
Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You should not have to fight insurance companies to keep living. vyshalimanivannan.com/aetna-denies...vyshalimanivannan.comAetna Denies Life-Saving, Physician-Recommended Surgery, Surprising Exactly No OneA few weeks ago, I shared that, after an exhausting 3 years of searching for a diagnosis during which my quality of life and capacities rapidly deteriorated, I was finally diagnosed with bilateral int... 110
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurieramanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Wrote about documenting ICE arrests during a surge in southwest Florida -- and how no one wanted any of the footage.turtlediaries.netICE is Still SurgingDispatch from an immigration surge in southwest Florida 181425617
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierBrandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026After Pretti was killed, Savageford, who is Asian-American, said she was taken to a warehouse near the Whipple detention center where immigrants were being detained. She was strip-searched, including by male agents who Cook told HuffPost on Friday were “touching her privates.” 271662905
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026There’s an underlying assumption a lot of people are making that if a black guy successfully misleads you, it means you have set your racism levels too low. 292432408
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 29/07/2026I really can't express how livid I am about the imminent end of the Harvard Writing Center -- both on behalf of the summarily dismissed @janerosenzweig.bsky.social and on behalf of the students who would have learned how to ACTUALLY WRITE from her and her tutors: www.thecrimson.com/article/2026... 23910
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/07/2026Lemme tell you about the angel of history being blown backwards into the future: The shackles these people have been put in are Hiatt brand, same company founded in 1780 to mass produce shackles for slaver ships. 1841911800
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Good morning. This is fascism. This is the US Govt creating thought crimes. It’s not about who they are arresting today, it’s about how this vague and threatening pursuit will be used against dissenters. ✨EVERY✨ fascist govt to date, has taken this step. www.state.gov/releases/off...state.govRemarks at the Opening of the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism - United States Department of StateDEPUTY SECRETARY LANDAU: Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the State Department. It’s an honor and a privilege to have you here. For those of us who grew up in the 1970s, the topic that ... 391329613
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 17/07/2026So that’s TWO ex-wives, two daughters and an immediately family member that he physically abused and/or threatened. Just an insane story 4129621035
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierAlexander Karn @xankarn.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026RE: mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/… “Drove his/her vehicle in the direction of an agent/officer” is the 21st C. version of “shot while attempting to escape.” That was a Nazi refrain in the lead-up to the dictatorship. 009
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/07/2026Footage of people in Biddeford out on the streets demanding accountability and ICE out of their community: www.threads.com/@msfrancesma...threads.comFrances Mercanti-Anthony (@msfrancesma) on ThreadsBiddeford, Maine. 113434
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierSteve Horton 🚀 The Comic Book Story of Space Exploration @mst3k.fan · 12/07/2026 2754961722
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierEric Ansley Díaz 🏳️🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 10/07/2026RIP Bonnie Tyler. And RIP Tandi Iman Dupree. This remains the best stage entrance by a drag queen of all time, even some 25 years later, and the best use of Tyler’s “Holding Out for a Hero” ever. youtu.be/IHQA5vqn6rw?... 10778102901
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierKatie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 10/07/2026All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...washingtonpost.comMigrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officersThree men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting. 26070993315
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierKathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Florida folks: If you have O- blood and are of African or African American descent, OneBlood is searching for donors who have a rare antigen that matches with a teenager with sickle cell disease who needs 50 units of blood so she can have a bone marrow transplant.wfla.comRare blood needed to save life of Florida teen needing bone marrow transplantFT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (WFLA)— Blood donors of African descent are needed to save the life of a Florida 18-year-old fighting an aggressive form of sickle cell disease, OneBlood announced. Gigi Felix,… 218341965
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierInquest @inquest.bsky.social · 30/06/2026"Supporting the families, friends, and volunteers who sustain relationships with incarcerated women is essential. This responsibility should not fall disproportionately on already marginalized communities." Holly Foster-Talbot w/ thanks to NYU Pressinquest.orgThe Art of Mothering Through Bars - Holly Foster-Talbot - InquestFor incarcerated mothers, sending handmade art to their children can help nurture vital connections—but often even this is hindered by prison officials. 063
Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Equating Haitians with "voodoo" is a racist smear you see from the 1800s onwards, with headlines like "Horrors of Haiti" and "Cannibals Of Hayti: Uncle Sam's Interference In Behalf Of A Savage Island" - it'd be laughable if it didn't still work... 110
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026JD Vance made up a horrific and racist lie about a group of people, and now those people will be deported because the Supreme Court refuses to acknowledge, let along regard as disqualifying, the clear racial bias of this administration. 8847651385
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn... 35722288
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierMatt Stefon @mattstefonpoems.bsky.social · 20/06/2026$50 in! Now need $500 today! Thanks to all who’ve helped. 869
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19/06/2026It kinda got lost in the madness, but the federal conspiracy case against anti-ICE activists in Minnesota - the Minneapolis 15 - is a big deal It's not just the 1st Amendment abuse. It's part of their plan to crush dissent ahead of a stolen election My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...inquirer.comThe Minneapolis 15 ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up | Will BunchAn outrageous federal conspiracy case against 15 anti-ICE protesters in Minnesota really seeks to silence all dissent. 9742972198
Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Recently, I experienced a racial microaggression from a child. Very typical in the way that microaggressions are, the manifestation of, 'oh, that person is different and I have the free will and agency to point that out explicitly'. 1/ 140
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierDr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions. 5155661767
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 14/06/2026And as media critic @thereallorenzmeyer.bsky.social pointed out on Radio Eins, “A democracy only debates what it talks about. So when the Tagesschau announces the hottest May week in history and very eloquently and consistently avoids the term ‘climate crisis,’ the topic disappears from the debate.”radioeins.deHitzeberichte ohne Hinweis auf die Klimakrise?Westeuropa steckt unter einer Hitzeglocke, dem sogenannten "Heat Dome". In Frankreich sind am Montag mehr als dreihundert Temperaturrekorde gebrochen worden, in London wurden fünfunddreißig Grad… 193
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10/06/2026FIFA has prohibited Haitian World Cup jerseys with a depiction of the Nov. 18, 1803, Bataille de Vertières aka the triumph of the Haitian Revolution against slavery. Depraved. amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-... 291060454
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierPrison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Nikki was expelled from school as a teen. In prison, while working toward her GED diploma, she discovered her passion for education.prisonjournalismproject.orgShe Dropped Out of High School. In Prison, She Taught Herself Calculus.Nikki discovered her passion for education, and tutoring others, behind bars. 14712
Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social · 30/05/2026To be fair, the overt performance of masculinity has only ever been one part of masculinity, but this point about the assumed link between archetype and power is worth thinking more about. Rhetorical possibilities here... 010
Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I know the world is on fire, but it feels much more livable when surrounded by friends and brilliance. Still a bit of time to submit your paper proposal to my stream on food or any of the other brilliant areas. Come get your affect on in October! affectsociety.com/make/ 032
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Every night is worse. They pepper sprayed a sitting senator on Monday. We need wall to wall coverage of this. The hunger strike has spread to five detention camps nationwide while the idiots in the White House claim it’s a handful and that “sanctuary politicians” are inventing this. They’re not. 212933
Jennifer LeMesurier @rhetorologist.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Bouley's writing does a great job of capturing the messiness of the current moment. This long post is worth the time, as is the rest of her work. blackgirlinmaine.com/commentary/p...blackgirlinmaine.comPlatner is the presumptive candidate, but is he the right person? My final thoughts | Shay Stewart-BouleyNOTE: Almost certainly this piece will travel beyond my usual readership, so I thought it wise to add a quick preface. I am not a journalist by trade or training. I am a writer who traditionally has w... 000
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 19/05/2026If you're looking for queer & trans-designed pride merch sans rainbows, my teepublic shop is currently hella on sale: www.teepublic.com/user/chekhov... 5429276
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierdr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026this is fucking heartbreaking. alex is among the most good hearted, thorough and deep journalists of his generation. 05716
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierbree bird 🇨🇦 @goose.ski · 15/05/2026her name was juniper blessing, and a blessing is what she was. 4541168
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierAshton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 27/04/2026This morning at Hancock High, seniors headed to the floor of the gym to receive their caps and gowns, each from a teacher they had chosen. Stacy Campbell waited there, holding her student Israel Makoka's cap and gown. But he wouldn't come. He and his brother, Max, 15, had been taken by ICE.mississippifreepress.orgMax and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took Them Instead.ICE detained Max and Israel Makoka, two Hancock County high school students who were waiting for a bus when agents arrested them. 471541953
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/04/2026"Do you regret your heated rhetoric?" "No. Do you regret your chilled rhetoric? Do you regret sitting on the sidelines as norms fell away and so many laws were broken? Do you regret pretending like this was all normal and you alone were savvy enough to see that Both Sides Are To Blame?" 6562221353
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierCourtney E. Smith @thecourtneyesmith.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Ravenous is .5 of a percentage point away from hitting 50% of our fundraising goal by April 21, the halfway point in our subscriber drive. If you have been meaning to subscribe, now is the time! www.weareravenous.comweareravenous.comRavenous Is a New Worker-Owned Food Culture Media CompanyFor too long, food media has felt toothless. Help us take a bite out of it. 11213
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierAyanna Pressley @ayannapressley.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Today the House will take a final passage vote on my resolution extending TPS for Haiti — a powerful testament to our organizing and the strength of our movement. We owe it to folks like Rebeca in the MA-7th and Haitians across the country to get this done. 1518
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierMaxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 16/04/2026THE HOUSE JUST VOTED TO EXTENDED TPS FOR HAITI!!! Thank you, Rep. Ayanna Pressley for your leadership on this. Proud to help co-lead this effort for our Haitian brothers, sisters, and siblings. What a day. 5376741175
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierArdison-Gardner @ardison-gardner.bsky.social · 14/04/2026A reckoning for academic institutions is also needed. 0244
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierKate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...wired.comThe Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in PerilAs major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. 2025411154
Reposted by Jennifer LeMesurierJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12/04/2026"The right’s characterization of higher education is a fiction. Students across the ideological spectrum feel free to express themselves, think their education is worth the cost and don’t think their views are silenced." Only 3% of Republican students feel out of place on campus for their views. 9346139