WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.

"One of the reasons that I write is because I'm more interested in looking, as opposed to looking away." ~ Terry McMillan

I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.

Shocking footage out of Minneapolis emerges as activists on the ground report ICE is pulling people out of their cars simply because they look Somali:

You know how this became utterly predictable and inevitable? When absolutely none of the people responsible for the previous thousand family separations were punished in any way

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week. @wired.com #ICE www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

“History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed.”

Y’all, celebrate this new book with me on Monday, September 29, noon, at Wabash College’s Lilly Library! We’ll feed you!

Woooohooo! Today is the official publication date of my new book! Order it for your library!

So much fun talking to Rima and Hallie about writing!

Woooohooo! Today is the official publication date of my new book! Order it for your library!

A man slated for deportation has captured conditions inside the Krome Detention Center in Florida. He says some people have been confined like this for up to 30 days. At least three men have died at Krome in the past five months. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8248mFR/

You may have publications listed on your grant proposal, but do you have PUBICATIONS? I do! Follow me for more tips on how to ensure you don’t get the fellowship you desperately need.

Back in the mid-20th century, the FBI could place an individual under surveillance solely for being LGBTQ. This is what enabled the anti-queer witch hunts of the McCarthy era. Now, DHS permits surveillance of LGBTQ people again. Just being queer makes you a suspect. www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

Imagine thinking the most disrespectful thing in that office is the guy not wearing a suit, rather than, y'know, the rapist.

The remains of a missing Native American girl were found in the woods near Globe, Arizona. I want this to get as much exposure and out cry as Gaby Petito did. She was only 14. A baby. Our people deserve better.

I wrote for @msmagazine.com about the anti-trans Executive Order and the value of studying gender and the Liberal Arts. msmagazine.com/2025/02/24/w...

Enough with the rationalizations and excuses: the Nazi salute is not a troll, and it is not an accident. The neo-Nazi movement is alive and well, and some of the most powerful people in our country have now actively embraced it.

It’s hard to go on with our daily lives as if the U.S. were not rushing toward dictatorship and fascism, as if global instability as a result of Trump’s echoing Putin’s propaganda were not to escalate, as if genocide were not happening across the pond, supported by taxpayer money.

If I have any credibility or goodwill among you, please please please read this. REVIVING THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY AND LIFTING THE MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL EXECUTIONS, applying to “aliens, who traverse our borders and remain in the United States without legal status.” www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...

Payday's "Day Without Immigrants" Strike Tracker found strikes in 120 cities & at least 40 states on Monday. While tens of thousands of workers of immigrant workers participated, neither the NYT, WashPost nor the big TV networks covered it. paydayreport.com/map-day-with...

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

Friends who are immigrants in the US and can safely strike, here’s the info. I am joining in.

Hey Bluesky, we're Hey Jane 👋 We're the leading virtual abortion clinic in the US, and we're excited to get to share info, insights, and updates with you here. We've faced censorship on other platforms, so we're hopeful that we'll find a supportive community here that will help to amplify our work.

The opposite of diversity is segregation. The opposite of equity is hoarding resources. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion. We need to name that these are segregationists who are excluding to hoard resources.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Civil rights were won through protests and lawsuits and literally fighting back. We are not in unprecedented times. We are in a horrible reboot of Reconstruction. Fight in every way possible. Flood those anti DEI tiplines with misinformation, spend 10 minutes every day telling your reps to stop this

Fellow scientists, please consider speaking w/ media about what this means for "regular Americans." The link below is to contact a reporter who's collecting stories about the unfolding NIH situation - pls share anonymously or on record. @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/people/annie...

Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge). You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*

Ever wonder which university presses publish in a particular field? Check out the updated AUPresses Subject Area Grid, one of our most popular resources. It offers an accessible overview of 130 subject areas published by more than 140 members worldwide. https://bit.ly/3C7ASUc

The media has focused on wealthy, White neighborhoods. But the fire in Altadena--a racially and economically diverse suburb--deserves more attention, because insurance may not cover their rebuilding costs, forcing families out and leading the neighborhood to gentrify. www.reuters.com/world/us/far...

I’m teaching an advanced nonfiction workshop on June 7 & 8 at the Lighthouse Writers Lit Fest in Denver! Apply by March 8 — more info here: lighthousewriters.org/workshop/adv...

For SoCal friends, Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can. For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla

Also, don’t forget your local orgs that know their communities and have been working with them for years.

I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.

Required reading on humanities research, by Christopher Newfield : www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

My first job out of college was in computers. I was a philosophy major. The interviewer asked what philosophy had to do with coding. I said: One of the main issues when you code is noticing the assumptions you don't even know you're making, since computers are very stupid ...

„The miracle of birth is so incredibly beautiful to behold. Do you know the only thing that could make it better? Percussion. Nothing calms one’s stress and eases the pain of delivering a baby than a little boy standing nearby absolutely shredding on his drum.”

A holiday edition of @findfreelanceopportunities.com is out now! www.findfreelanceopportunities.com/p/december-2...

Trying to imagine the loneliness of working at a bookstore named for your mom after she went back to your abuser—and then becoming her assistant, all while your sister works on her biography that won’t mention your abuse. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Yes, you read that right! @uncpress.bsky.social is hiring for the Acquisitions Assistant position. This person works closely with editors and it can be a great early career position for people interested in publishing. More details on the UNCP website or at the @aupresses.bsky.social job board!

spent this afternoon reading some early US history (as one does) and was reminded of the important fact that these people were almost constantly drunk as hell

I built this thing a while ago: udm14.com Hope it’s useful.

In the wake of the 2024 election in the U.S., many people are concerned about their digital privacy. EFF has decades of experience in providing digital privacy and security resources. Here are the top ten resources that we think are most useful right now 🧵 (1/13)