Lol, is this what they mean by dark academy? [verified] @academicblue.bsky.social

Reminder that of all the people complicit in Epstein's crimes, the only person actually held accountable and sentenced was a woman. No men involved have yet to face consequences.

Roman archaeologist here. These arches were emperors’ propaganda in the Empire, and they’re Orange Julius Caesar’s propaganda now.

ICE isn't retreating, it's just moving fronts. Keep yelling at cowards in Congress. If Schumer is true to form, he'll find a 'compromise' after the temporary block of DHS funding. There is no justifiable compromise with state terrorism. themainemonitor.org/missing-cong...

Last night I attended the online training for potential ICE observers coordinated by the No Kings coalition and run by the ACLU. Nearly 70,000 attended. I teared up out of a weird mix of horror and hope. Video of the session is linked below -- share widely. www.youtube.com/live/zqka9fU...

to the extent that there is a “carrot” to trumpism it is the same carrot that slaveholders offered to lower class white men: “you can be an overseer”

I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care. margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove. people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.

The first Minnesota murder, they refused to let a medical professional help the woman they shot. The second Minnesota murder, they simply shot the medical professional.

NOW is it OK to punch a Nazi? Asking for a friend.

You know me I don't share fundraisers unless I can tell you I trust them with my whole heart and my own wallet. This one gets protective gear to legal observers in Minneapolis / Saint Paul www.gofundme.com/f/help-equip...

It's not about Denmark. It's about weakening the EU, defunding aid to Ukraine, undermining NATO and doing Putin's bidding, all while stealing the state, ruining the US economy, distracting from the Epstein files, cracking down on internal dissent, & staying out of prison. Have I missed something?

McGovern: Well, he said a lot of crazy shit today. I think it’s time to take the keys away from grandpa. He doesn’t seem like he’s all there.

Indigenous sovereignty now. "there's no such thing as a better coloniser." nit.com.au/19-01-2026/2...

In other news, came across this while researching an unfamiliar gravestone symbol. Strangely inspiring right now.

How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.

In this week’s blog, Louisiana is going full Elmer Fudd for out-of-state abortion providers. Plus! We’re riding at dawn for mifepristone after a science-denying, sanctimonious congressional hearing was staged to smear the Queen's good name. Read up, lock in, get down with the cause. bit.ly/3ZmNTkx

We have a serious domestic terrorism problem in this country. It's called ICE. Def.: "violent, criminal acts by individuals or groups within their own country, driven by domestic ideological goals (political, religious, social, racial) to intimidate civilians." www.portland.gov/police/news/...

This is what historians 100 years in the future will see. Venal revisionism will fail.

There’s so much Miller on the timeline, cleansing with Dolly Parton and a cat ✨

We need fresh utopian thinking to boost us out of the nightmare loop of the present. Join us and share! futurecafes.org

Until recently, archaeologists rarely recognized revolutionary movements in the deep past. Funny how that works. We see what we need to see.

A photograph of Japanese American children waiting in line to meet Santa at the Minidoka incarceration camp in Idaho. The photograph was taken on December 22, 1945. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

Retired!!! To mark this happy occasion, today I bottled my own Liberation Cider. I am NOT retiring from writing, fermenting, or fomenting.

Look! A new book! The best labors of love are those undertaken with other people. This book has been a few (Covid) years in the making. But even more timely? www.routledge.com/Undoing-Thin...

April 5, 2025

300 student visas revoked so far. Rubio suggests this is just the beginning. All because they were doing what we encourage students to do: develop an opinion and speak it freely. #academicsky www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Tufts pres says they "hope that Rumeysa is provided the opportunity to avail herself of her due process rights" - she was grabbed off the street by masked assailants, and he's acting like due process is still a thing in the US. edition.cnn.com/2025/03/27/u...

That other shared war plan, in case you missed it: in 2021 Vance gave a speech in which he declared: "we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country... professors are the enemy." www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcE2... #academicsky

Authoritarian playbook: disappear the dissidents. #academicsky

At a packed town hall Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern proposed a general strike to combat the Trump administration's assault on the federal government.

Fellow academics -- consider signing this petition to urge college and university leaders to grow a backbone and fight back. It should not be so hard to assert our fundamental mission of free inquiry. Trumpsters don't admire cowards and I don't either. #academicsky bit.ly/DemocracyAnd...

I keep seeing this image; obviously the info presented is awful. But can we talk about how they use a man (in a business suit, which seems weirdly classist), despite the fact that women are signficantly *more likely* to experience poverty, both in the US and globally? www.oxfam.org/en/why-major...

I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows. As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.

Following a loud public outcry about job cuts at the National Parks Service — and a relentless media campaign from outdoors enthusiasts across the country — it looks like the Trump administration has blinked. via @jackdolan.bsky.social

Some updates: 1. A federal judge extended a restraining order blocking the National Institutes of Health from cutting research funds until she rules on a permanent injunction. 2. The IRS will not allow a member of Elon Musk’s team to access individual tax returns.

Don't get overwhelmed by the toxic flood. Pick a cause, get involved. now.org/disrupt-now-2/

Very cool work here. Sign me up

Lmao the title of this episode: “Petro-masculinity versus the planet” Thanks to @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social for having me on the show!

A huge loss for us all. An important voice on the political economy and power of inequality falls silent.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

Republican proposals are underway to use the Congressional Review Act to revoke regulations currently protecting underwater archaeology. This is not good for our connections to history or our environments. #ClimateHeritage www.science.org/content/arti...

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years