Dalindyebo Shabalala (he/him)

mental work is work!

Whenever I get toward the end of a conference day, I am filled with respect for my students who do all this learning all day every day. The energy this takes! #wipip26

Never heard of this law before right this second but holy fuck if it does not 100% check out

3. Transgender scouts were welcomed to participate alongside peers matching their gender identity, and the organization built out initiatives to be inclusive to people of all identities and creeds. That all came to a crashing halt today.

The Boy Scouts of America has a new name — and it's more inclusive The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history, as it emerges from bankruptcy and in the wake of sex abuse claims.

2. Nine years ago, the Boy Scouts of America announced that it would begin accepting transgender youth into the program. In 2018, it opened its doors to girls, and in 2024, it rebranded as Scouting America.

SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated The policy is the latest in a trend of organizations capitulating to Trump over transgender people.

1. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that under a new deal with Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts of America, trans scouts will be forcibly outed and segregated from peers of their gender.

The policy is the latest cruel capitulation.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/secdef-heg...

Portrait of a young woman, featuring a close-up of the face with a serene expression and curly hair.

27 February 1927 | A French Jewish girl, Helene Aronowicz, was born in Paris.

In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

Nathan Fillion Is Teasing A ‘Firefly’ Reunion, And It’s Probably On His Podcast I am a leaf on the wind.

Nathan Fillion has been teasing a Firefly reunion, with videos of Gina Torres and Morena Baccarin... But it's probably on his podcast with Alan Tudyk.

Is the @ec.europa.eu in a toxic relationship with big polluters?

Our latest analysis by @silviap.bsky.social reveals a striking pattern: the petrochemical industry’s private "wishlist" is becoming Europe's political reality. Progress is moving in reverse ⬇️[1/5]

We tracked the shift over the last two years.

Industry demands for “competitiveness” are being copy-pasted into high-level strategy.

The result? A political reality where economic growth is being used as an excuse to gamble with our health and the environment. ⬇️[2/5]

This isn't just theory, it’s happening through "fast-track" laws.

By bundling dozens of changes into massive legislative packages, the European Commission is bypassing the deep scrutiny these rules deserve. It’s a quiet rollback of protections we fought decades to win. ⬇️[3/5]

I mute tedious/overly familiar and block anything above that. I also only allow replies from people who follow me, because that usually means they understand what I'm generally about and are less likely to wildly misinterpret me. No more "ending up in the Discover feed" problems!

Hi guys I am so grateful for everyone of you. I just got out a little while ago. I am safe and okay. In an uber otw back home. I am so sorry but I am in complete shock over what happened and my phone is blowing up with calls from reporters. I need a little bit of time to process everything I will come back soon. But please don't worry I love you all Х

Columbia student Ellie Aghayeva, who was unlawfully detained by ICE earlier today, says she is “safe and okay”

How Jeffrey Epstein sought to infiltrate the justice system New Epstein files emails show how Epstein tried to cultivate relationships with prosecutors and others involved in his case

NEW: (gift) A Miami Herald Investigation: How Jeffrey Epstein Beat the Justice System by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social and @clurhealy.bsky.social
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

How America Chose Not to Hold the Powerful to Account Our national project of elite impunity

After the arrests of powerful men across the world, you might be asking why the US has so much trouble holding its leaders accountable for lawbreaking. Since Nixon, all three branches of government have worked hard to ensure they can break the law with impunity www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

"In the university’s records, I remained a student of Professor Prominent. The junior faculty member who actually did the work of commenting meaningfully on my dissertation was relegated to 'committee member.' Her only reward was having to write letters of recommendation for me for years to come."

There are many research hosting services out there. Lots of them want to host your work in order to mine it for profit. Knowledge Commons wants to build a coalition of researchers, teachers, students, and more, in order to resist the authoritarian effort to undermine public access to knowledge.

It is difficult to overstate how quickly & thoroughly & shamefully we have normalized “the president can use federal funding as a cudgel to punish blue states & only blue states on his whim” in our polity & society. Yet another thing that would have ended any other presidency in the modern era.

This effectively forces every trans person in the state to out themselves while applying for a job, renting an apartment, or being stopped by police. It's part of the same law that allows anyone to sue anyone else they suspect of being trans and using the "wrong" bathroom.

I have said this before, but eliminating programs that teach a lot of students but don’t have many majors is like a restaurant not buying flour in its grocery delivery because people aren’t ordering flour on the menu.

****majors are not the only metric of a department or program’s value****

These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.

I was literally teaching Sara Ahmed’s work on how the whiteness of institutions is a result of a series of decisions about the allocation of resources, who to recruit, what to prioritize.

The values of an institution are most clearly indicated in their budgets.

the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.

If you or a loved one is impacted by Senate Bill 244 becoming a law, contact us by visiting aclu.org/KS_SB244 or by clicking the link in our bio. We want to hear from you.

An official letter from the Kansas Division of Vehicles dated February 23, 2026, with a redacted recipient address. The letter notifies the recipient that due to the enactment of Senate Bill 244, all Kansas driver's licenses and IDs must reflect the holder's sex at birth. It states that the recipient's current credential will become invalid immediately upon the law's publication on February 26, 2026, with no grace period. The recipient is directed to surrender their current ID to receive a new one matching their sex assigned at birth. The document concludes with instructions on how to appeal the notice if received in error, along with contact information for the department.

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license.

This is pure cruelty.

www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Prof. Michael Carroll will participate in Copyright’s Afterlife: Law, Legacy, and Ownership, an upcoming roundtable at Harvard Law School.

Registration is required: https://loom.ly/yLh7B20

Stop Researching Sub-Saharan Africa The designation obscures false racial evaluations and presents them as objective geographical assessments.

Do you still use 'Sub-Saharan Africa' as a descriptor in your academic work? Here, I argue that "Sub-Saharan Africa" may not be an academically sound geographical inscription. It cannot truly divorce itself from its derogatory origins & may be in need of retirement.

folukeafrica.com/we-should-st...

Which is not a particularly encouraging analogy for what AI will do or rather what AI corporations would like to do to us.

Nope, sloplords, there were just far fewer horses after they ceased to be the central transit and hauling technology.