ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I’m at the Military Complex I’m at the Triumphal Arch I’m at the Combination Military Complex and Triumphal Arch 020
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I found a juvenile American Golden-Plover a few miles from my house this morning. They’re a scarce migrant through the Northeast ok their way from the arctic to Argentina and Uruguay, and it’s always great to see them. 020
Reposted by ZSWjon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 20/09/2026students said “Maybe our university should not profit from this” and then donors, faculty, and staff called them terrorists and organized to deport them 014537
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Worse than that, our universities (never ours) colluded to have people detained and deported for opposing this. 120348
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026A Least Sandpiper, the world’s smallest shorebird, in a small puddle yesterday morning. 051
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Being mad about wages and working conditions is a principled stand. (Being a cop is not.) 031
Reposted by ZSWlevweinstein.bsky.social @levweinstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This was brutally hard in a fun kinda way, picking 10 songs outta 20 rekkids to string together a narrative 142
Reposted by ZSWEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The political and cultural response to 9/11 was to briefly mouth some "Islam is not to blame" platitudes and then declare total war on Muslim people and the Muslim world and we're entering the 25th year of it with no end in sight. 121751332
Reposted by ZSWProPublica @propublica.org · 10/09/2026NEW: Major League Baseball has long known about teams making handshake deals with Dominican players as young as 11 — and the predatory industry that has grown around this system. But it’s never publicly warned or penalized a team for making an early deal.propublica.orgHow the Dominican Baseball Factory Traps Young Players and Their Families With False PromisesTeams make handshake deals with players as young as 11 while moneylenders prey on their families. The industry is corrupt, but Major League Baseball and the players union have done little about it. 321273
Reposted by ZSWShaun Richman @shaunrichman.org · 10/09/2026It's like a religion to these people: "Some set of A.I.-enabled devices and processes would surely allow a hotel maid to clean more rooms faster with less hassle and physical strain." Motorized carts and more efficient vacuum cleaners relieve physical strain, not some mystical spreadsheet. 291
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Fun Fact! Hudsonian Godwits are named for William Godwit, father of Mary Godwit, later Mary Shellfish, author of Franklin’s(Gull)Stein 030
Reposted by ZSWMike Rosenwald @mikerosenwald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A self-described “anarcho-confectioner,” he led the International Patisserie Brigade, a gang of custard commandos who referred to their assaults as entartements. They deployed pies with soft crusts to ensure that their caloric projectiles would only injure pride www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/w...nytimes.comNoël Godin, Prankster Who Threw Pies at the Powerful, Dies at 80 (Gift Article)Splattering figures like Bill Gates, Jean-Luc Godard and Bernard-Henri Lévy, he perfected the art of using whipped cream as a form of protest. 39326
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Birds like this are why you spend a Sunday morning in a landfill. (Buff-Breasted Sandpiper, Clarkstown Landfill, West Nyack, NY August 30, 2026) 030
Reposted by ZSWAbbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026@minorcompositions.bsky.social @elimeyerhoff.bsky.social @touchfaith.bsky.social @zsw.bsky.social 022
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Another photo of the Buff-Breasted Sandpiper at the Clarkstown Landfill from yesterday. All my prior encounters with this species were either too distant for photography or prior to my owning a camera, so it was nice to get some up close shots of this bird. 020
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Rockland County’s first eBird record of Buff-Breasted Sandpiper, found yesterday by John Dow, continuing this morning. 060
Reposted by ZSWAbbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Shameless self promotion, but my book on noncitizen students, the university, and immigration law comes out on Fordham in October and I'd be happy to share proofs and talk to students!share.googleDegrees of Empire - Abigail BoggsA sweeping history of how noncitizen students shaped U.S. universitiesFrom colonial missionary schools to the globalized university of the twentieth century, U.S. higher education has long depended on... 13520
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Semipalmated Plover, the roundest shorebird in the western hemisphere. 161
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026New England slaveholders in the 18th century would just name their children things like “Eliphalet” and “Jabez.” 000
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026TFW your four year old starts drawing on your iPad and accidentally discovers Russian constructivism 060
Reposted by ZSWDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/08/2026jesusfuckingchristkptv.comOregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arsonA public report urges the CFTC to ban prediction market contracts on destructive wildfires, raising concerns over public safety and potential arson. 741710619
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I think the fact that he is describing his stool to a journalist is more striking than the fact that he is publicly admitting that he does not wipe himself, which is in turn more striking than the apparent fact that he does not wipe himself. 021
Reposted by ZSWAaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"Every Flock license plate reader camera operated by the Winona Police Department has been sawed off and stolen in what investigators believe was a coordinated theft." www.valleynewslive.com/2026/08/04/e...valleynewslive.comAll of Winona Police Department’s Flock cameras cut down and stolenLost cameras valued at about $24,000 36016
Reposted by ZSWChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/07/2026The slur "tonks" is used by Border Patrol to describe migrants. It's derived from the sound a baton or heavy duty flashlight makes when hitting a migrant over the head. 331265505
Reposted by ZSWMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:thehandbasket.coExclusive: Political operative behind Graham Platner's rise accused of sexual assaultA spokesperson for Daniel Moraff said: “Any suggestion that he committed a criminal offence is false and without foundation." 26973532018
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 28/07/2026An incredibly tough week so far, and it is literally only Monday. 030
Reposted by ZSWMatthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 25/07/2026UPDATE Brazil has denied visas to the two State Department officials Trump planned to send to undermine confidence in the country’s electoral systemwashingtonpost.comBrazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials sayThe U.S. delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital and cast doubt on the integrity of the voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said. 621860440
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I watched “The Mandalorian and Grogu” yesterday, and besides the absurdity of swole Jeremy Allen White hutt pit-fighter with a heart of gold, and the underwhelming plot and pacing, my main takeaway is that Andor is a tough actor to follow. 010
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Going to pretend that Forster’s Terns are named after Robert Forster of the great Australian proto-Indie rock band The Go-Betweens. 021
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Just watched a large rat flush two semipalmated and two least sandpipers off of the rocky tip of Piermont Pier. 000
Reposted by ZSWDaniel Denvir @danieldenvir.bsky.social · 22/07/2026We just completed Nusantara, @thedigradio.bsky.social's 8-part series on the history of Indonesia. The fourth largest country is barely understood in the West and yet has decisively shaped the world: from Dutch colonialism to third world revolution to US-backed mass anti-communist genocide. 1/ 25515
Reposted by ZSWSami Schalk @drsamischalk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here. 20692883853
Reposted by ZSWLisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Joan Scott: "Princeton operates as a centralized, hierarchical institution (one scholar has dubbed this form of admin 'presidentialized'). There is no shared governance w/the faculty as a collective body &, as a result, the administration’s power remains unchecked." academeblog.org/2026/07/14/a...academeblog.orgAcademic Freedom and the Palestine Exception at PrincetonBY JOAN W. SCOTT Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber has carefully curated his public reputation as a defender of free speech and academic freedom against the wanton attacks by the… 12611
Reposted by ZSWAbbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Got a useful question on the thread about student visas as to whether it's contradictory, from an abolitionist perspective, to describe the university as "a sanctuary for knowledge." The answer, for me, is both yes and no. Sharing an elaboration here.🧵 142
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I was today years old when I realized that Thomas More and Thomas Aquinas are different people 030
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Dinesh D’Souza is a frothing racist, and 8’m not sure why anyone should assume that this 14-words ass meme and being married to D’Souza’s daughter are contradictory rather than complementary subject positions 091
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Six new books I’m excited about: 1) Tejasvi Nagaraja - Troop Movements - a new labor history of the WWII era 2) Annie McLanahan - Beneath the Wage - teaching this Marxist account of gig work next week. 3) Stuart Schrader - Blue Power: Stuart’s history of the rise of the political power of police 3258
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I have, unfortunately, known Jamie Kirchick since college. His concern for the Democratic Party here is an act. He is a neoconservative who tries to bestow his noxious right-wing politics with fictive legitimacy by claiming to be more left wing than he has ever been. 171
ZSW @zsw.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Important analysis from Abbie on the Trump administration’s new restrictions on student visas. 000
Reposted by ZSWAbbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A university cannot be a sanctuary for knowledge while serving as an agent of the border. As long as some students can be threatened with deportation, no one's academic freedom is secure. 20/ 03214
Reposted by ZSWAbbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026But there is far more to all of this, of course. The current policy was established in 1978, as the #s of nonwhite noncitizen students in the US grew rapidly and as the US worked to extend its global power. It enacted a broadly held understanding of the university's function for the US state. 11/ 1102
Reposted by ZSWAbbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Immigration law has always functioned through both spectacular acts of exclusion and through the accumulation of administrative obstacles. To state what is obvious to many: bureaucracy is a technology of power. 10/ 2143
Reposted by ZSWAbbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This is more than just extra paperwork. It creates new bureaucratic checkpoints to be anticipated and navigated throughout students' educational lives. Every extension. Every recertification. Every application becomes another moment where permission must be sought and secured. 9/ 1143
Reposted by ZSWAbbie Boggs @abbieboggs.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Under Duration of Status, students could remain in the U.S. for as long as they made satisfactory progress toward their degrees. The terms of their visa were governed by educational rather than bureaucratic time. 7/ 1134