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Susannah McGowan, Ph.D.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
It’s totally fine to say, “hey I don’t accept the convenience costs of AI’s economic and ecological disruptions and I value the inefficiency of human creativity so we will pass on collaborations that accept that trade off!”
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Good morning. Listen, you have to just decide. They are not taking the Black Smithsonian. Resolve it in your spirit.
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Aiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Be the Congressman Al Green you want to see in the world.
Congressman #AlGreen of Texas, yelling truth as he’s removed from a lie-filled #SOTU address. Fellow Dems around him look on, utterly unhelpful.
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Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
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Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation
Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
One thing that's been very revealing is how many politicians valorized working-class and middle-class workers, unless those folks work for the federal government. The cheering of the purging of regular people who have had their entire financial lives upended has been something to see.
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
if a rando with no identification is preventing members of congress from entering a government building, you remove the rando
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ISSOTL @issotl.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The call for proposals for #ISSOTL25 is officially open! We welcome submissions that share research, innovative practices, and insights on #SoTL. Join the international community in Christchurch, NZ from November 3-6. Submit online: issotl.com/issotl25/cal...
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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Donald Trump has already committed at least 23 potential illegalities, in only 16 days 🧵 1. Freezing funding for Medicaid and all other federal assistance programs 2. Revoking birthright citizenship 3. Using “expedited removal” to deport immigrants with zero due process
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Understand that Trump and Musk are off doing their own thing. The base has outlived its usefulness.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
A historic Black church in Washington, DC, now owns the Proud Boys’ name Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church can seize any money the far-right group makes from selling merchandise
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A Historic DC Black Church Now Owns the Proud Boys’ Name - Washingtonian
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church can seize any money the far-right group makes from selling merchandise.
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Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This @washingtonpost.com story is so important that I'm gifting it. These people appear to be operating totally illegally and outside the Constitution -- and they know it. wapo.st/40LVERn
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U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal
The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Well done @schatz.bsky.social. Democrats, this is how you fight back against an aspiring authoritarian. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Democratic Senator Says He Will Stall Trump Nominees Until USAID Is Back
The move would require Senate Majority Leader John Thune to use precious floor time to advance the president’s nominees through the confirmation process.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 31/01/2025
It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives
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Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts
The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
To review, the FAA administrator was forced out because of a business vendetta of Elon Musk’s, Trump froze the hiring of new ATCs despite staff shortages, Musk launched an underhanded attempt to hollow out the whole federal workforce, and then the first US airliner crashed in 16 years.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
DEI ate my homework.
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Dr. Diaz Eaton up to Good Trouble @mathprofcarrie.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
One resource @dewsbury.bsky.social shared with me: www.commerce.senate.gov/2024/10/new-... This is the witchhunt call to action 🧵2/
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New Cruz Investigation Reveals How Biden-Harris Diverted Billions from Scientific Research to DEI Activists
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Guardian vs. NYT. You know who's going to call things by their true names and who's not even gonna give you syrup with that waffle. Guardian: "Elon Musk waded into controversy on Monday when he gave back-to-back fascist-style salutes....
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Susannah McGowan, Ph.D. @susmcgowan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Courage.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 16/01/2025
Michelle Obama Confirms She Will Skip Rest Of Decade theonion.com/michell...
Michelle Obama Confirms She Will Skip Rest Of Decade
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