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Bad Bunny said, “I’m working seriously. It’s not like I’m here trying to do crazy things. That’s why I didn’t upload songs until I felt as prepared as possible, at the flow level, at the rhythm level, at the lyric level.”

Gonna share this with my classes to encourage them to proofread more, lol.

Toni Morrison was out here condemning student debt and medical debt 20 years ago. More of us should’ve listened to her.

When I would get invited for speaking gigs at universities, I would request access to the school gym as part of my fee. One of the best gyms I've ever been to was at a state school in California. Had the sled and the huge tires and foam jump boxes. I think about that gym often.

I wanna take the logic of being a food critic who makes videos going to restaurants and apply it to gyms.

Getting free access to gyms all over the country, and then the world, and me just smiling for the video while I use the equipment. Real person, real gyms, sometimes real smiles, lol.

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@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social Doing research for a class and learned of this organization. Ever hear of it?

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You know who looks really good with a winter hat on? Zohran Mamdani.

I wanna go to the gym with Bad Bunny. And Zohran Mamdani.

Seriously, we need think pieces about how more swole dudes can learn from Bad Bunny to have mobile hips and glutes so they too can have the balance to easily dance on top of a truck while expressing a strong political message.

People are hungry and desperate and a U.S. congressman is calling for an investigation into Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show for “widespread twerking.”

Told my friend that I kept reminding myself that just holding on builds strength when I was struggling on the treadwall at the climbing gym, and he said, absolutely, any time on the wall is productive.

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social I saw a guy at the gym do kettlebell swings using two heavy kettlebells at once––something I've never seen before––and, um, I thought of you, lol.

This is what I say at the end of last dates.

Reading a history of think tanks that notes the Heritage Foundation advanced the model of “quick response policy research" and marketing its ideas to multiple stakeholders.

More Unions Are Saying ‘ICE Out’ More unions across the country are taking a stand against Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the January 23 mass strike in Minneapolis and the January 24 killing of Alex Pretti, an intensive ca...

In Portland, Oregon, the state labor council and two dozen unions backed a “Labor Says ICE Out!” march and rally on January 31. Thousands of people turned out, many wearing union gear and carrying their union banners.
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What Mira Nair Taught Zohran Mamdani The mayor’s famous filmmaker mother reveals the origins of his ferocious ambition.

Cannot believe that I got to profile an extraordinary filmmaker, who happens to be the mother of NYC’s new mayor, and think about intersections of art and politics, and how familial love might produce a buffer against the corrosive politics and cynicism of our time. My story about Mira Nair:

I like Thomas Dye's definition of public policy: "Anything a government chooses to do or not to do."

Reading Marx and drinking Guinness

I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.

Getting back into organizing.

Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

Internal DHS document shows less than 14% of 400,000 immigrants arrested by ICE had charges or convictions for "violent criminal offenses."

www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...

ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.

It’s amazing what you can do when you don’t hate people who have need

This is gonna be the next financial literacy in every high school...

Today Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen will announce a plan to bring Turning Point USA clubs to every high school in the state.

Against the grain: Deep reading as abolitionist praxis in education On the matter of reading techniques and citational politics, there is a way of reading, even in progressive circles, that prioritizes extraction, recitation, liberal individualism, and attendant ca...

@demonicgrounds.bsky.social Hey, happy new(ish) year, Katherine! Did you see this article about "deep reading as praxis" and Ida B. Wells-Barnett that takes as a point of departure your analysis of reading?

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I’m running…to freeze the rent. Get the shirt at bit.ly/ericraisedmyrent #nycmarathon TikTok video by Zohran Mamdani

Here’s Zohran Mamdani running in one of the two NYC marathons he completed, doing political ed along the way.

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As Trump continues to threaten cities, Wu, local officials play defense - The Boston Globe This confrontation has been brewing for months, given President Trump’s war on cities and their foreign-born residents. But it feels closer than ever.

Cities must stand together to defend our communities & our values. Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Chelsea, Lynn & Newton all issued Executive Orders protecting residents from unconstitutional & violent federal operations. Proud to stand alongside city & state colleagues, DAs & advocates 🙌

REHEARSALS FOR LIBERATION Building Community, Building Resistance Join us for a powerful evening of communing, relation and reflection on our interwoven struggles for liberation 16th February Reference Point, WC2R3DA Robyn Maynard Sara Bafo Adam Elliott-Cooler Gracie Mae Bradley

In London, UK next week for a @haymarketbooks.org /Books Not Borders event REHEARSALS FOR LIBERATION with the brilliant Sara Bafo, Adam Elliott-Cooper, and Gracie Mae Bradley (sold out) and a POLICING BLACK LIVES launch hosted by Birbeck and SOAS, linked here.Come join! www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

These meatpacking workers may be deported. They voted to strike anyway. - High Country News The largely immigrant workforce at JBS’s flagship U.S. plant, in Greeley, Colorado, is refusing to back down after accusing the company of poor working conditions.

The largely immigrant workforce at JBS’s flagship U.S. plant, in Greeley, Colorado, is refusing to back down after accusing the company of poor working conditions.

New York City: The time has arrived. Finally, a chance to tell the city EXACTLY what your landlord’s been getting away with. NYC’s first Rental Ripoff Hearings are happening in all five boroughs, and we want to hear from you. Real New Yorkers. Real stories. Real policy changes.