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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11h

There’s this thing people do where they’re surprised that a rapper has read a book or knows any music theory or something else “intelligent”. Anyway, I hate it. Thank you.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11h

It’s racist. If I wasn’t clear.

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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 10h

All I keep thinking is the machines will in fact terminate us. And I am not in Linda Hamilton shape, and fear I need to be.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 10h

Lordy, Lordy. We are going to need a Select Committee on DOGE now.

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Night of the Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social · 10h

there's a lot of people in society with just no connection to humanity or basic decency as a concept, not even like immorality just amorality, not inhumanity just ahumanity, and I think our survival not only physical but also intellectual and social and moral depends on immuring every one of them

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Mary Pezzulo @marypezzulo.bsky.social · 10h

This is truly horrifying.

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 10h

This whole 🧵

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AJ Thomas @zzypt.bsky.social · 10h

Delete your Meta Apps now before they continue without you.

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Eric Kelderman @erickelderman.bsky.social · 10h

www.chronicle.com/article/the-... The battle faculty are waging to prevent abuse of AI eats up enormous amounts of time, and limits the freedom undergraduates require to become fully formed adults. But it’s a battle they’re fighting anyway.

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The New Nanny State

In their fight against AI, professors are monitoring their students in ways previously unimaginable.

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Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 10h

👇👇👇👇

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 23h

This morning, the federal government turned the full force of the Department of Homeland Security against a sitting member of Congress for the offense of disagreeing with the White House.

The path to citizenship should not be weaponized against anyone, including Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized American who swore an oath to this country — the same one that I took.

The promise of citizenship should not be contingent on someone agreeing with the federal government.

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Jay Shelat @jshelat1.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I got proofs for my book NO PLACE FOR HOME: TERROR AND RACE IN LITERATURE AFTER 9/11 from @uminnpress.bsky.social! The press has also offered a 30% discount for those who pre-order before January 1st! To order, click the link in my bio.

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 13/10/2026

We stand with you @repilhan.bsky.social.

Headline from Huffington Post reading “Congresswoman on Ilhan Omar Home Raid: Trump is a ‘Coward’ Who Targets Black Women” with photo of Rep. Pressley beneath

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

We’ve witnessed years of Trump’s witlessness, yet the depth of the hole he’s dug for himself in Arabia is still awesome. He’s appealing to Putin for oil even as the Russian dictator urges Iran & its proxies on. He seems to be the most stupid US President ever. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.com

Trump Completely Misunderstands the Lessons of the British Empire

Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Vol. 54, No. 4, 2026)

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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Cornell case, good example of just a few of the myriad ways systemic police/prosecutor incompetence is very much the default throughout [all U.S.] law enforcement. @cornelluniversity.bsky.social @cornellupress.bsky.social Here’s one of my fav criminal procedure experts explaining the failures.

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Lauren Flans @laurenflans.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Shane Gillis fans need to stop further embarrassing themselves by being all "sorry you were offended, but some people found that monologue funny!" No they didn't. Like, I know that basic-ass people find Gillis funny, but I do not believe that anyone found that 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦 funny, because I watched it.

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Moritz Föllmer @moritzfoellmer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Stefan Ihrig’s elegantly written book synthesises the literature on Blackness in Weimar and Nazi Germany while offering some pertinent arguments. He draws connections to antifeminism and antisemitism and contextualises anti-black racism within German culture. hurstpublishers.com/book/blackne...

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Blackness in Interwar Germany | Hurst Publishers

The first comprehensive account of Blackness in Germany, spanning the late Empire, the Roaring Twenties and the aftermath of World War Two.

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Affirmative Action for whom?: "The gap between the rates of admissions is widening every single year: It is becoming easier and easier to be admitted to UChicago if you are male rather than female."

chicagomaroon.com

Creating a Manosphere at the University of Chicago

Why does the University of Chicago reject so many women?

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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Shane Gillis is like a Temu version of David Koechner and not nearly as funny as him.

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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I realize it often feels like nothing matters anymore, but a comedian going on SNL and calling women whores— calling the ordinary women he sees at the gym *whores* — because of their clothes matters to me. It’s really gross, and I’m glad Levy said something.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This is also just empirically untrue as a matter of reading consumption: women do, in fact, read books by men. It’s men who do not read books by women. I suspect the reason is not “biological.”

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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The anti-Blackness, colorism, and misogynoir will not abate anytime soon. I hate knowing and feeling it

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I saw a young artist crying on video because a mob of people online is claiming that she used AI in her large crochet projects. They are kicking her out of FB craft groups and trying to destroy her business. Absolutely no proof has been offered. Of course, she's Black. DISGUSTING.

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Olivia Waite @oliviawaite.com · 12/10/2026

Have you called your congress reps to tell them to defend Ilhan Omar? Now’s a good day! 5calls.org makes it easy!

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

People are no longer afraid of the No Fly List and that’s more than a little concerning.

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The Independent @the-independent.com · 12/10/2026

Faith leaders condemn Trump’s firing squad execution. His evangelical adviser is cheering him on

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Trump’s evangelical adviser endorses Fort Hood shooter firing squad execution

Top evangelical figures close to the president don’t condemn the idea — or claim that God commands it

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 12/10/2026

A reminder on Indigenous Peoples' Day: Native people are incarcerated in state and federal prisons at more than 4x the rate of white people. This is the direct result of centuries of oppression and theft from Native people.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

New working paper w/ @hannafolsz.bsky.social In 2025, Trump targeted US law firms for their political opposition Some firms resisted by suing Trump. Others folded by agreeing to support the administration w/ pro bono work Resisting firms took a short term financial hit but improved reputations

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) says Trump's raid of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home is a reminder that he's a "coward" who lashes out at Black women who challenge him www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...

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Congresswoman On Ilhan Omar Home Raid: Trump Is A ‘Coward’ Who Targets Black Women

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

you really don't have to read or care about what folks praising Twitter write or say. you also don't have to waste time or energy caring about what anyone currently has to say about any social media, lol.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I know that lifting has a grip on my brain but in case the OGs need a little temp check here it goes: If I ever post about going on a run, the department of homeland security has detained me. that will be the signal.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 12/10/2026

"The question is not how we got to today, but how we got to ten years ago, when prominent libertarians preached blood and soil and white nationalist organizations found likely converts in libertarian ranks. It’s no mystery how we got to the politics of 2026 from there."

liberalcurrents.com

A Hard Look at Libertarianism

Quinn Slobodian's 2025 book provides the starting point of a more thorough post-mortem.

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 08/10/2026

NEW: No matter how you feel about Chris Rock (I know. I *know*), give Rosalind Eleazar her due. She's the magnetic, unmissable star powering "Misty Green."

soraya.press

Misty Green: Between a Rock and a hard place

Rosalind Eleazar sets the screen aflame in Chris Rock's latest offering.

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Pete @ouch-that-hurts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Compared to say a black professor...

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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

completely forgot this guy said ch*nks

shane gillis on his podcast saying 'all right no one said anything let the fucking ch*nks live there'

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Manisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Historian here happy indigenous peoples day. Columbus was arrested by the Spanish monarchy for his atrocities. Italian American immigrants at the turn of the twentieth century claimed him. Wish they had gone with Mazzini or Garibaldi. Columbus was from Genoa long before Italy was united as a nation

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Columbus used a 15th-century legal doctrine to colonize and slaughter the Indigenous peoples he encountered. And it's still the law in the U.S. today.

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