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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026)

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Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/ www.tiffanynflorvil.com

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 14h
Under the old rules, immigrants in the United States legally — including refugees and asylees — were eligible for Medicaid before they got their green card.
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Minnesota family stuck without care after thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid coverage
A Twin Cities family says their mother could soon be left without care for a brain injury, after Medicaid coverage ended for thousands of Minnesota immigrants. Advocates and government officials are s...
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 14h
I’d like to live in this fantasy world instead of the one we currently inhabit
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 14h
History repeats itself
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 18h
If you are planning to vote in the Midterms, do vote early if available in your state. Don't wait for 11/3.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 14h
I love people who have Fuck ICE or Fuck Trump or Fuck the IDF or Fuck Billionaires in their bio who then defend AI companies
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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 22h
Tribe55+, a collective of Black women artists 55 and over, will offer workshops, performances, and exhibitions at the Benjamin Banneker Historical Park and Museum as part of a yearlong residency entitled “Molding My Truth: Shaping My Story.” baltimorebeat.com/whats-poppin...
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What’s Poppin’ #88
High Zero, The Theatre Project, 45 W. Preston Street. September 24 to 27, times vary. highzero.org Now in its 28th year, High Zero brings together musicians who have never played together before to…
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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 15h
"Evangelicals" are no more likely to pray, attend church, or even believe in a higher power than Black protestants or Hispanic Catholics. They don't share a common doctrinal or religious philosophy. So why do pollsters, pundits and political media perpetuate the myth of "evangelical Christians"?
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Media’s Little White Lie: There’s No Such Thing As an ‘Evangelical Christian’
How evangelical Christianity became part of the biggest myth in American media.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h
This is why technofascists, oligarchs, and their servants, such as JD Vance, hate this Pope.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15h
I don’t think the roman helmet guys on musk’s csam emporium know this one (from josephine quinn’s how the world made the West)
By now the Roman imperial economy depended heavily on African agriculture, manufacturing, and trade, much of which was in the hands of Africans themselves. At the same time, local landowners attained great power and status in Rome: by the 180s CE nearly a third of Roman senators were of African origin.[33] These were men like Septimius Severus,
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 18h
What a Fool Conceives
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Nora Bendzko | finsterbunt @norabendzko.bsky.social · 21h
Die letzten live Termine des Jahres. 🍂 Ich habe für euch gesammelt, was sich im Herbst und Winter 2026 bei mir & finsterbunt so tut. Eine feine Sammlung letzter Cons und Schreibkurse. Alle Termine mit weiterführenden Links findet ihr in der News-Sektion von norabendzko.com 🤗 #GermanBookSky
Grafik mit einem hellen Hintergrund. In einem weißen Block steht der Text: „Buchmesse Buchliebe, 03. Oktober ab 10:00, Stadthalle Gänserndorf. Wiener Schreibcafé, ab 10. Oktober 10:00 – 13:00. Buchzauber Buchmesse, 08. November ab 10:00, Burg Forchtenstein. Schreiben von Multikulturalität, 26. November & 16. Januar, via Zoom“. Bei der Buchmesse Buchliebe ist auch ein roter Block mit dem Hinweis in weißer Schrift angebracht: „ACHTUNG! Am Stand 20.“  Unter dem Block mit dem Text ist das Logo eines Raben vor einem Mond in Schwarz abgebildet.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17h
I don’t understand: isn’t this why we read books in the first place, what is the point of this
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andré carrington @andrecarrington.bsky.social · 16h
This shouldn't be difficult. The leftists may be weird, but the right is straight-up evil
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 17h
Octavia E. Butler described Toni Cade Bambara as "probably incapable of sitting back and saying, 'Someone ought to do something about that!' whatever 'that' might be. She just goes out and does it." Like Bambara said, "The most effective way to do it, is to do it."
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 22h
Decided to have some fun with this clip.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 21h
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 19h
“Someone knew more than they were letting people know,” the New York governor said Friday after appointing a special prosecutor to the 2024 case.
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Cornell Frat Members Reportedly Shared Victim’s Photo; Hochul Calls Case’s Handling A Failure
“Someone knew more than they were letting people know,” the New York governor said Friday after appointing a special prosecutor to the 2024 case.
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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#Türkiye: Güllistan Yarkın faces up to 2 years in prison in connection with her academic writings. Her trial opens in Ankara on 6 October. We urge the authorities to drop all charges against her and to fully uphold academic freedom. Read our statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
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Türkiye: Drop charges against Kurdish academic Güllistan Yarkın — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘Güllistan Yarkın’s academic writings challenge official narratives and have made her a target of the authorities of Türkiye, who continue to muzzle independent voices. The case against her sends a ch...
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 19h
One of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.
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The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Elise A. Mitchell @bydreamphd.bsky.social · 19h
It’s an honor every time. I hope more medical schools continue to find ways to include diverse medical histories (by historians not just practitioners) in their curriculum. The students get so much out of it and we historians are so happy when our work reaches them.
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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 19h
Get ‘em, Tish James!!! This is terrific news. (though it’s depressing to have to keep fighting men in NY govt who are sexual harassers, rapists, or apologists for same!)
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19h
NEXT Life Sciences has been developing Plan A, a nonhormonal contraceptive for men. It’s designed to last about 10 years and can be reversed. The company is aiming to win FDA approval in 2028.
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The era of male birth control may be nearing
An injectable contraceptive is under development in India, and U.S. companies are pursuing their own versions.
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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 21h
hey everyone if your uni uses turnitin, ask them about this.
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Ramona Seitz @seitzramona.bsky.social · 19h
Gemeinsam mit meinem @riffreporter.bsky.social -Kollegen Guillaume Amouret: Die Serie „Weinbau in Süddeutschland: Krise und Chancen“ erscheint exklusiv bei RiffReporter. Hier geht’s zum ersten Text, einem sehr persönlichen Beitrag von mir: www.riffreporter.de/de/gesellsch...
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Wie die Weinkrise Württembergs Kulturlandschaft verändert
Verwundete Landschaft? Über die Auswirkungen der Weinkrise auf die Kulturlandschaft am Beispiel von Brackenheim, der größten Weinbaugemeinde Württembergs
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Katy @katydiddance.bsky.social · 19h
not great right now. Achoo
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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 20h
This semester I have returned to my old writing (from last year) to remind myself that I can do it. Sadly, this semester no writing has emerged, and it is already October. Le sigh.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23h
I’m at the point where I’m confusing all the rapists in the news so that’s how its going.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 22h
André Ventura, the leader of the populist Portuguese party Chega, discusses U.S. President Donald Trump and cooperation with Germany’s AfD in an interview with POLITICO. 🔗 vist.ly/5krui
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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 22h
My inbox
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That's A Mess on Dragon's Den
ALT: That's A Mess on Dragon's Den
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seneca on grief and the key to resilience in the face of loss — an extraordinary letter to his mother www.themarginalian.org/2017/05/02/s...
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Seneca on Grief and the Key to Resilience in the Face of Loss: An Extraordinary Letter to His Mother
“All your sorrows have been wasted on you if you have not yet learned how to be wretched.”
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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Anger is important. It's the 1st of my 7 Necessary Sins. I call it the “Junior Sin”: it needs a channel & direction. That’s why I added 6 more sins for my manifesto to defy, disobey & disrupt patriarchy. In this 4-week course, I show you how to practice those sins www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist-g...
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FEMINIST GIANT Presents: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
Putting The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls into action to defy, disobey, and disrupt patriarchy.
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Starting now, on Black Power Internationalism! www.youtube.com/live/dfTc2LA...
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Conversations in Black Freedom Studies: Black Power Internationalism
YouTube video by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
LWT is usually good, but this episode is a standout and worth watching if you don’t already know about the chaotic, and therefore cruel way states administer lethal injection. its only role is to sanitize state-sponsored killings for *us.* so *we* don’t fully register the horror.
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Lethal Injections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Remember that lady cop who ran up in that man's house while he was watching TV, and shot and killed him? www.tmz.com/2026/10/01/a...
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Ex-Dallas Cop to Be Released on Parole 8 Years After Murdering Botham Jean
Ex-Dallas cop Amber Guyger will be leaving lockup after serving only part of her murder sentence ... because she's been granted parole.
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Inae Oh @inaeoh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A bill to reform New York's voluntary intoxication loophole has received strong support from State Assembly members. It even passed the Senate twice with a supermajority both times. But one man, a Democrat, has stood in the way. Why? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The loophole that likely doomed the Cornell rape case before it even started
Accusers who voluntarily drink have little protection under an antiquated law many see as "victim-blaming."
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Kate Hagen 🦂 𓋹 🦂 @thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Akil Wilson @akilwilson.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
This album doesn’t get the credit it deserves…
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A short interview with me about Vanished, and being shortlisted for my my love letter to life living.
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Liette Gidlow @profgidlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Because Cornell cares"
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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am glad I have not avoided research on race. I will even pursue Caribbean Studies/History for a long-term project. I am bringing all my interests together. Hahaha.
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Dominique 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
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Blacklikewho @blacklikewho.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
People want the dictator to make sense. lol. Pointing out the dictator’s love for other non-capitalist dictators. Well let me tell you. Dictators are only interested and committed to making sense to themselves. Everyone else must fall in line. So stop the bullshite pointing out his inconsistencies.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/10/2026
Tropical weather that surged onshore from the Pacific soaked more of the U.S. on Wednesday while forecasters announced yet another hurricane off the coast of Mexico. to.pbs.org/4hpv0HS
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Tropical Pacific moisture drenches central U.S. as another Pacific hurricane forms
Tropical weather that surged onshore from the Pacific soaked more of the U.S. on Wednesday while forecasters announced yet another hurricane off the coast of Mexico.
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
I was wondering when this would happen. The Satmar's don't play about their support for Palestinians and their disdain for Zionism. They literally fight other Hasid's in the streets of Brooklyn (though not always about Gaza)!!
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Trump Tries to Deport Hasidic Jew Who Protested Israel
“To claim that he’s an antisemite is the peak of absurdity,” said Yehonatan Ovadia’s lawyer.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Significant numbers of leftists think Mayor Mamdani has betrayed the left by putting out an anti-antisemitism plan at all, and groups that claim to fight antisemitism like the ADL are giving Mamdani zero credit because he has not suddenly endorsed Zionism, and I am caught between and I am tired.
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Michael Lombardi-Nash @lombardinash.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Written with the help of Wolfram Setz, =Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and America= gives insight to the relationship between America and the first Gay activist, who defended Gay people decades before Magnus Hirschfeld #MagnusHirschfeld #lgbtqHistory #QueerStudies www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRVR2MSZ
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Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and America
Amazon.com: Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and America eBook : Lombardi-Nash, Michael: Kindle Store
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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 30/09/2026
On 20th October I'll be participating in an online panel hosted by Indiana University Bloomington titled 'The Cost of Openness: AI, Extraction, and Scholarly Governance'
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The Cost of Openness: AI, Extraction, and Scholarly Governance
Generative AI has intensified a long-standing governance gap in scholarly communication.
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EastGermanyOnline @ddronline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
East Germans who experienced repression during the GDR show higher distress and systemic inflammation, study finds www.psypost.org/east-germans...
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East Germans who experienced repression during the GDR show higher distress and systemic inflammation, study finds
Citizens of former East Germany who faced surveillance and harassment still show higher psychological distress and systemic inflammation decades later. A new study reveals how "soft" authoritarian rep...
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Death @insatiableone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Y'all best drop some coin to my friend now
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