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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

International student Visas are being revoked.

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

An Insta account just wished me a Happy All-Snakes Day and now I have a new religion.

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Right now there is clear, overwhelming opposition to Mahmoud Khalil’s abduction across the moderate, liberal, progressive & left spectrum. This kind of loud unity is what authoritarians are afraid of. To keep it up we need every institution & public leader to join the chorus.

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

A great thread about Christians and Christian nationalism from Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg.

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Oni Blackstock, MD MHS @oniblackstock.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Under fascism, no one is safe. Universities stayed quiet as the admin targeted DEI & foreign aid, censored research, etc. Now, they face devastating cuts to indirect cost rates, threatening research & operations. Silence won’t protect institutions. It won’t protect people; it never does.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/02/2025

this is the "merit" two-step. first, you strongly imply or state outright that the presence of anyone who isn't a straight, able-bodied white man is unfair "DEI," then you argue that just because an institution is all-male and lily-white doesn't mean there is discrimination. that's just merit!

wsj.com

Opinion | DEI and Disparate Impact

The next step in restoring meritocracy is to reject the theory that proportionate outcomes equal fairness.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/02/2025

the OTHER thing about the white house’s anti-diversity push is that like old fashioned segregation it is explicitly an effort to undermine unions! like c’mon! don’t be stupid!

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Harvard Divinity School punished students for having a PRAYER-IN last semester. I absolutely understand why students have decided to change tactics. When you tell people to stop protesting genocide, it absolutely impacts how they respond to your shouts about fascism. Everything is connected.

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Some people laughed at the Professor Watchlist as if it couldn’t hurt them. I felt the hurt and a wimp for feeling so. And here we are.

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Next week in Grand Rapids! Come join us for a conversation about purity culture, religious trauma, and managing our well-being in trying times.

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Sarah Stankorb @sarahstankorb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This piece published yesterday and the "chaos menu" of government keeps churning. But the sentiment remains. "A true land of opportunity and security depends on a baseline of public goods, which Trump's recent actions are already undermining." www.newsweek.com/undermining-...

newsweek.com

Undermining Federal Programs Depletes the Common Good | Opinion

Our sense of commonality has been split by a populace absorbing greatly disjointed sources of information with different "facts," different realities.

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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hey there, if your journey to leftist politics isn’t rooted in love for other people, you’re only gonna recreate what you hate somewhere else. It’s not about airing grievances. It’s about creating a space where those who are marginalized can exist without fear. Zoom out.

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StephSleeps @drsleeps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

#edusky #historysky I am trying to collect responses to the EO from Wed. on K-12 education. I found one from the CA DOE but struggling to find others. Please post links here if you know of any official statements. States, advocacy groups, unions, academic orgs…anything helps!

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Looking forward to the final cut of my interview with drmarkbanas.bsky.social.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The Trump Administration’s hiring freeze has led the National Parks Service to cancel job offers for seasonal employees. We are concerned this could leave our parks understaffed during the busy summer season, which sees over 100 million visitors annually.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

What are the mediocrities going to do when they find out that “DEI” isn’t their problem? I’m curious.

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The ripple effects of the EOs are kicking in.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/01/2025

as we’re seeing the endpoint of the anti-DEI hysteria is just opening the door to rampant employment discrimination

youtube.com

the war on DEI

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

There is a widespread sickness in American punditry where commentators cannot describe basic political realities because it sounds partisan, so they mischaracterize the positions of Democrats and Republicans to avoid appearing like they are taking a stand.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Birthright citizenship is on the lips and minds of many, given yesterday’s “executive order.” Recommend Martha Jones’s book to those seeking to inform themselves about the context of this concept.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

The lesson here is, imho, not: "Don't bother being in solidarity with ppl who have less power than you, bc nobody will trust you," but rather, "actions speak louder than words, & we cannot know more than we know abt people." Do what's in your power. Talk less. Do more. Don't claim credit. +

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

you are fighting for your right to be a baby

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Susan Faludi talks about this in "Backlash" too: In the '80s tons of men were told 'we can't hire you because we have to hire a woman' even though companies weren't hiring very many women. Managers were just too chickenshit to tell men they weren't qualified.

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Blake Chastain @brchastain.social · 12/01/2025

Come see me next week in Goshen, IN with Cait West and @saramoslener.bsky.social! www.fablesbooks.com/events/16392...

fablesbooks.com

Author Talk & Book Signing with Blake Chastain

Goshen's locally owned, independent community bookstore.

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hey there, benji. @benjaminfaye.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I don’t know, but it sounds like the prognosis would be awful

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I wrote a book called Virgin Nation. Most recent royalty statement says I sold 69 copies btwn April and September. Yes, I have a PhD and no, I am not above making adolescent sex jokes.

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

President Ford and President Carter became friends after they were both out of office and decided to write letters to be read at each others funeral. My historian heart just grew twelve sizes. And low-key wondering if Gerald Ford was a prophet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=czDT...

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Ford's son fulfills father's promise to deliver eulogy for Carter

YouTube video by CNN

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

This has not been confirmed beyond the tabloids, but I but I am on alert to contact the UN and volunteer as head of the committee on hot dog crimes against humanity. And may this photo bring you all the joy you need to weather 2025. www.vice.com/en/article/k...

vice.com

Kim Jong Un Just Banned Hot Dogs in North Korea

Kim Jong Un is trying his best to expunge any Western influence from North Korea. The influence also extends to foods, including hot dogs.

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Just hit send on a final manuscript six years in the making. If you see me walking around delirious from the lack of weight on my shoulders just give me some electrolytes and turn me toward home. PS Just realized I never posted the cover.

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saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Initiation completed. Please welcome the newest member of the Kobayashi Society Sarah Carson. A published, award winning poet I am delighted to announce Sarah has agreed to serve as our first Poet Laureate.

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