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social studies teacher, fascism resister, smooth jump shot haver, Indiana University alumni, politics and public policy knower, chainsaw enthusiast, and like being outside

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In honor of Dave Portnoy defending the US Men’s Hockey Team, I’m giving away three copies of my book Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America - which has an entire chapter on Barstool and its rampant misogyny.

To enter, just follow and RT the piece below.

24.02.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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BREAKING

Former ICE agent:

On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant.

23.02.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 26695    πŸ” 12713    πŸ’¬ 889    πŸ“Œ 956
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I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I approve this message.

31.01.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 25753    πŸ” 5698    πŸ’¬ 820    πŸ“Œ 733
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

28.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 97507    πŸ” 40912    πŸ’¬ 4304    πŸ“Œ 5371
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NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.

24.01.2026 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 9279    πŸ” 6061    πŸ’¬ 1606    πŸ“Œ 2394

I will say, I enjoyed the fact that 99% of the NFL talk on here yesterday and today wasn’t people screaming at each other about Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson and which one is more coddled by the media. Good work Bluesky.

20.01.2026 00:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3075    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 15
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

"He said he saw guards choking Lunas Campos and heard Lunas Campos repeatedly saying, 'No puedo respirar' β€” Spanish for 'I can’t breathe'..."

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

16.01.2026 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10595    πŸ” 5331    πŸ’¬ 446    πŸ“Œ 270

Blue Wave 2026 🌊🌊🌊

go.bsky.app/LCGVoQg

01.12.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 179    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 23

iuwbb what a gutsy game with a young team - bodes well in the future as this team continues to grow

17.11.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

You just know that β€œDid Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique

13.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 23618    πŸ” 3597    πŸ’¬ 281    πŸ“Œ 56
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Shifting into playoff hyperdrive: Updated tiers, title odds and a simulated champ Bill Connelly breaks down how Week 10 impacted the playoff picture, including a CFP simulation.

* Playoff tiers revisited
* How will we know the committee's looking at SOS differently?
* SPOILER: Indiana beats Bama in the title game
* Damn, Mario (and Prime)
* DeSean Jackson: 5-star hire
* SP+ movers, favorite games, and JEFF SIMS FOR HEISMAN

WEEK 10 RECAP: www.espn.com/college-foot...

03.11.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is brilliant

03.11.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 11567    πŸ” 5373    πŸ’¬ 279    πŸ“Œ 407
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LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IDS to continue printing after IU reverses course Our next edition will hit the stands Nov. 20.

Big win for the whole IU community. Keep up the pressure on the administration to fire Whitten and restore the honor of the university for the glory of old IU #iufb #iubb #iuwbb #iums #IUB

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

31.10.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lots to clean up obviously with what seems like a brand new team but really impressed with athleticism and effort. Hopefully the strong shooting keeps going! iuwbb

28.10.2025 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Press release said Fenn will be out again this year unfortunately. Said it was a knee injury but didn’t say if it was new or lingering from the last one

28.10.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Free speech foundation ranks IU as worst public college Indiana University sank to near the bottom of The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression College Free Speech Rankings this year.

I know #IU football is really fun (for the first time in my adult life) and it's really easy to feel good about IU. I am begging alumni to get involved and help make a difference in what is happening there.

#IU is now the worst-ranked public univesity in the nation for freedom of speech.

19.10.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview in March 2025 with the understanding it would only be released after her death. This is her final message from it.βšœοΈπŸ’™βšœοΈ

05.10.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 419    πŸ” 189    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 25

Next time you find yourself in a discussion about the differences between liberals, leftists, democratic socialists, moderates, progressives, and never trumpers, remember: billionaires don't give a fuck. We're all the same to them: human capitol stock. And they love it when we fight each other.

01.10.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5209    πŸ” 1565    πŸ’¬ 176    πŸ“Œ 88

No matter how many times IU does this to a good team I will never get used to it. So many years of blowing leads and just hoping for six wins. Just incredible feeling for this long time fan. #iufb

21.09.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

have spent the last 12 hours in some sort of pre-grief for what's clearly coming, an imperial boomerang with x-ray vision now unconstrained by whatever law we had left

11.09.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5621    πŸ” 570    πŸ’¬ 133    πŸ“Œ 55
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Rise up America πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

05.09.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8319    πŸ” 4095    πŸ’¬ 322    πŸ“Œ 409

In honor of the season starting today, I’ve updated my NFL STARTER PACK.

Even if you already subscribe, re-subscribe bc there are a ton of new namesβ€”beat reporters, bloggers, and great posters.

Please share here and everywhere!

bsky.app/start/did:pl...

04.09.2025 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2190    πŸ” 345    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 58

Hard to say yet. Rourke was awfully shaky in first game last year. Illinois game will show us what we have. I will say he has nice pocket awareness/movement so that’s good.

30.08.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#iufb still working the kinks out for sure but this team is going to be good.

30.08.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Snoop Dogg is scared to go to the movies

26.08.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 877    πŸ” 182    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 30

Don’t let them forget, ever, and don’t be distracted: EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN Infinity

02.08.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 21612    πŸ” 6350    πŸ’¬ 690    πŸ“Œ 223