NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine. My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

Bastards! Can’t believe any of them would’ve accepted the job of destroying the White House. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/som...

BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has begun a wave of air attacks on southern Gaza as the precarious ceasefire comes under threat. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7g8svh

Whoa. Chicago mayor calls for a general strike; now we're talking www.huffpost.com/entry/chicag...

Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre review – a devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse

"Queer Throughlines" by @dotorious.bsky.social is now available! Trace contemporary transnational Korean LGTBQ+ activism with this new addition to our Global Queer Asias series. Start reading: buff.ly/xfJIUR5

BREAKING: At least 51 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza by Israeli attacks since the ceasefire came into effect less than two weeks ago, medical sources have told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z1q2d3

Toronto showed up! #NoKings #NoTyrants

On November 29, I will host the following online event. I would appreciate if you could share it with your networks! In Japanese and Italian only but hoping to publish English transcription.

Reportedly a 6th lawless US strike in the Caribbean. This time reportedly with survivors. If true, will the US military rescue the survivors? Will the US military seek to detain the survivors, and if so, on what legal basis? A phony war with real violence. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

Online lecture (book talk): James Welker Reimaginging “Women” in 1970s–1980s Japan: Feminists, Lesbians, and Queer Manga Artists and Fans Thurs, Oct 16, 7 pm New York/Toronto (8 am Friday in Tokyo) Open to the public. (It will not be recorded.) Zoom info is in the attached flier.

The Mechademia 2026 CFP is now available! Join us at the National University of Singapore, 29-30 May 2026! Conference theme is "Traversing Trans-Asian Imaginaries: Anime, Manga, and Media Cultures" and ABSTRACTS ARE DUE 15 OCTOBER 2025. Full info at the link: www.mechademia.net/conferences/...

Text from a friend just now: "Why are “travel disruptions” the only part of this Air Canada story the CBC deems worthy of coverage? What about union busting & expecting a whole cohort of women workers to perform unpaid labour? WTF. How do these people think strikes work?" #cdnpoli #aircanadastrike

Francesca Albanese addresses delegates from 30 countries to discuss ways nations can try to stop Israel’s offensive.

"The Japanese government's plan to end financial support for foreign doctoral students has drawn criticism from students and academics who have labeled the step unjust and counterproductive to fostering a diverse, inclusive and thriving academic environment."

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

Lecture: Julia Bullock, “Beauvoir in Japan: Japanese Women and The Second Sex” Kanagawa U. Minatomirai Campus Wed 23 July 3:30–5pm (hybrid) Pls preregister to attend in person. Preregistration & Zoom details: human.kanagawa-u.ac.jp/kenkyu/sympo...

UPDATE through Fox News' 4 p.m. hour: Biden: 85 mentions Epstein: STILL ZERO Fox is following Trump's marching orders and shutting up about the story currently consuming the MAGA movement. bsky.app/profile/did:... ·

Trump & Republicans' Big, Ugly Law is disastrous for Massachusetts. —300,000 could lose healthcare —175,000 could lose food assistance —Higher energy & education costs —More ICE kidnappings in our communities —& much more. We won't forget who did this. www.wbur.org/news/2025/07...

More than 25 protesters have been detained by police a day after the activist group was banned in the UK.

What did housing look like in postwar Japan, and how was it advertised?🤔🏡 Today’s #NCCShowcase is a student research article from work in the Prange Collection at UMD! Haruna Maeyama dives into their wealth of catalogs to explore this fascinating topic: prangecollection.wordpress.com/2025/04/13/p...

Check out Sonia Izabell Putri Ganov, “Orientasi Seksual Orang Dewasa Penikmat Konten Boys’ Love,” Jurnal Cakrawala Ilmiah 4, no.10 (2025), bajangjournal.com/index.php/JC... #OpenAccess

Check out Hong-Chi Shiau, “Thai Boys’ Love Pilgrimages and Experiential Tourism: Chinese Female Fandom in a Queer Utopia,” Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (2025), doi.org/10.1080/1476...

Check out Thomas Baudinette,”Exploring the Rise of Activism for LGBTQ+ Rights in Contemporary Thailand within Boys Love Idol Culture,” Celebrity Studies, 10.1080/19392397.2025.2521219 #OpenAccess

Check out Ranny Rastati & Md Azalanshah Md Syed, “Empowering Women: Indonesian Muslim Girl Fans, Thailand’s Y-Series, and Gender Equality,” Manusya: Journal of Humanities 28 (2025), doi.org/10.1163/2665... #OpenAccess

Check out Thomas Baudinette,”Exploring the Rise of Activism for LGBTQ+ Rights in Contemporary Thailand within Boys Love Idol Culture,” Celebrity Studies, 10.1080/19392397.2025.2521219 #OpenAccess

Check out Megan Catherine Rose & Patrick W. Galbraith, “Mutating Hyperfemininity in Bishōjo-Inspired Art: On Sugary Symbiote,” M/C Journal 28, no. 2 (2025), doi.org/10.5204/mcj.... #OpenAccess

Check out Ashley Morningstar, “Action and Fighting Girls: The Ethnographic Interplay of Naoko Takeuchi’s Feminism,” Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (2025), doi.org/10.1080/2150... #OpenAccess

Check out Moe Yamauchi, “Virtualised Desire: The Role of Cosplay and Sexual Selfies in Japanese Otaku Culture,” Participations 21, no. 1 (2025), www.participations.org/21-01-06-yam... #OpenAccess

The National Park Service is already underfunded and understaffed. To put its budget on the chopping block as we continue to see a rise in visitors at parks across the county is reckless and thoughtless. It's the worst idea for "America's Best Idea."

“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...

I'll be speaking at Variations: Transmedia Storytelling and Queer Transfigurations in Seoul July 4 & 5. The event will be in a mix of Korean & English (but I don't think individual talks are being interpreted).Z Details are at the link. skb.skku.edu/korean/commu...

It's our open day today and I'm on strike with @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social. Management plans to cut £140 million are opportunistic, misguided and wrong, and will harm the future of the university. Read our Joint Unions Financial Working Group blog: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/2eppzf7...

Lecture: Daniele Durante, “Why Is Cross-Dressing Perceived as a Fray in the Social Fabric? A Case Study from Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Japan” Kanagawa U. Minatomirai Campus Wed., June 18, 3:30–5pm (in person only) Preregistration Requested: forms.gle/ji2nWbnZgxGp...

Photographs. A sewing project. A prayer card from their father’s funeral. Some drivers lost sentimental items after their cars were towed in Connecticut. “It was hurtful, because there’s nothing you can really do,” one owner said.

Trump is still defying the Supreme Court order to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home. Make sure your Members of Congress hear from you about this attack on our Constitutional rights: act.indivisible.org/...

Hybrid Lecture @meganrose.bsky.social "Hyperfeminine Harajuku: Exploring Queer KAWAII Practices in a Tokyo Subcultural District" Kanagawa U, Minatomirai Campus, M8015 Wed 21 May 3:30–5pm In-person preregistration forms.gle/7FF8yLSmDkRF... Zoom (no prereg) Meeting ID: 985 5806 9693 Passcode: KUMMC

New: Helping to lay off 90% of the CFPB’s staff while holding $715K worth of stocks in companies that would benefit from a weakened CFPB “looks like a pretty clear-cut violation” of the federal criminal conflict-of-interest statute, one ethics expert said.

Did One of My Students Hate Me So Much They’d Lie to Get Me in Trouble? How Florida's war on "woke" on college campuses is just a hint of how the Trump/GOP regime will destroy American universities. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...

Reminder that in 58% of Oklahoma state house races, Republicans won by default. Fight everywhere.

When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.