Hannah Arendt understood something radical: ‘Instead of being born with an innate dignity, its existence hinges on external conditions. We must, therefore, continually practise dignity’ @christateston.bsky.social

@maddow.msnbc.com fyi

🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours: 1️⃣ “Vote NO on Republicans’ terrible funding bill!” (+5,721) 2️⃣ “Uphold due process & 1A rights. Demand release of Mahmoud Khalil.” (+2,447) 3️⃣ “Stop the fascist slide! Free Mahmoud Khalil NOW!” (+1,628)

It may go without saying, but it's worth saying anyway, the fascists are also eugenicists

Not gonna lie I did kinda expect our Democratic politicians to have something like a plan to counter the 920-page detailed fascist blueprint that was published in April 2023

Instead of posting 'trump just ended birthright citizenship', post 'a judge just temporarily blocked Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship' www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

For example, instead of posting 'zomg Trump just ended all federal grants,' post 'a judge just blocked Trump's attempt to freeze federal grants' www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

Please: every time you see a completely out of pocket announcement from the trump administration about some illegal action they have taken, I am begging you to go to a search engine and look up whether it's already been blocked by a judge before spreading panic

Super excited to be a small part of this and that the new book project is officially underway!

This Jimmy Carter funeral feels like a funeral for America.

“The fact that death alone offers financial relief, time relief, and potentially relief from emotional distress is heinous. Death appears to be cost efficient in a world where healthy nondisabled people are considered valuable while older, sick, and disabled people are financial liabilities.”

The Polyphony (coming to Bluesky in 2025 ☺️) is one of the world's leading medical humanities platforms. We are recruiting 2 new part-time editors to join our dynamic ECR-led team, working closely with Editor-in-Chief @evasurawy.bsky.social Apply by Jan 20! thepolyphony.org/2024/12/17/w...

At some point, Dems will have to name and dismantle their enemies—the industries driving our climate, housing, and cost of living crises—if they ever want to win a governing by majority again. New work out today from @cplusc.bsky.social points in this exact direction.

'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.' The week's column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“The right to die, for some, will–inexorably & inevitably–become the duty to die for others. & that is why I will be voting against this bill.” Powerful letter from justice sec Shabana Mahmood to her constituents opposing the right to die bill proposed in the UK. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty STS researcher: The cup is an affordance

We’ve reached that part of the horror film when the sister says “Let’s go!”And the brother says “You right.”And the Latin cat says “Relax Homie.”And the Latin sis says “Aye, Papi. No.”And the white girl says “Hee hee, he’s harmless.”And the creepy white dude says“Yeah harmless😏”

I’m sitting at an airport wine bar waiting for my flight to #ARSTM and #NCA. Three ladies at the table next to me are ranting about a colleague named Christa and I kind of want to apologize.

I gave up Amazon for years in grad school. It meant pre planning more. I had to be thoughtful about certain shit. But I mean this with every fiber of my being: we have to fight back for real. Amazon is on a path towards worker slavery and what’s hoarding walmart couldn’t even dream of. Divest.

If anyone is also finding replacements for Am*zon’s subscribe and save, keep in mind that the owner of Chewy is also M*GA.

Better to post late than never: I was psyched this summer to close out The Current's 6-month wellness series by discussing my book Why Wellness Sells with the CBC's @mattgalloway.bsky.social. @hopkinspress.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)

I guess we’re not even pretending to drain the swamp anymore.

DOGE? Seriously? Is this really happening?

TIL I’m a strong, independent feminist…except when it comes to have my driver side tire blow out while on the highway.

Bluesky, Today is my 2nd day on here as an escapee from The Bad Place. I am BEGGING y’all to repost this I have $80,000 in scholarship money to give away to women and girls NATIONWIDE. I worked so hard to raise this money. Applications open THIS week. I’m scared the mass migration will impact this

The Department of Education has the smallest staff of any cabinet agency. 91% of its budget goes to Pell Grants, Student Loans, underresourced elementary and secondary schools, and special education. I'm sure the states will manage that well.

Shout out to all the therapists out there who have to play pretend when their clients express relief that Tr*mp won.

Today was a total bust. Spent all day trying to get Tobii eyetracking working. Do I know anyone who uses this software/hardware?

Accepting any and all advice about navigating the weirdness that is asking someone to write a blurb for my book.

I’ve been doing a talk on a different topic every week this month and may have been on the brief side here as a result—but, good news: short podcast! If you care about plastics or disability justice or more—Stentor even asked me how Max Liboiron has been such a smart influence on my work

I am thrilled to say we are hiring a tenure-track assistant professor with specialization in Asian American Rhetorics! Full URL of Job Ad: osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers/j...

PSA: the CDC has a program that pays for your COVID vaccine if your insurer won't. The guy at CVS told me that my insurer had not added the new vaccine to its formulary yet, so I'd need to pay $190. I told him about this program, showed him the website, and paid nothing. 🤗

UAW, SAG-AFTRA, and WGA are all on strike right now! Our entertainment and auto manufacturing industries are on strike right now! Union formation is booming! This is the most exciting, most powerful moment for labor in decades!

If ever I ran for some kind of upper admin leadership position, my schtick would be “I’m gonna help you do the things you’ve been doing for decades that we already know work.” So tired of chasing the latest trends. Help people do what they know how to do.

Here’s my dog. I ❤️ him.