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Jennifer Golightly

@jengolight.bsky.social

18th-C literary and cultural history. Digital Teaching & Research Specialist and Lecturer in History @ Colorado College; Instructor at U of Denver. Technologist by day, scholar whenever I can. I have a lot of animals.

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You give me hope

13.07.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a nation on edge holds its breath as the former host of celebrity apprentice huddles with his advisors, the wrestlemania ceo and the former co-host of fox & friends weekends

17.06.2025 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 21454    πŸ” 5486    πŸ’¬ 496    πŸ“Œ 446

I think multiple elected officials just nonchalantly being like β€œElon Musk is not a government employee and has zero authority so his words are basically toilet paper” would probably result in one of the most epic public breakdowns and illegal threats against federal officials we’ve ever seen

25.02.2025 02:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1811    πŸ” 473    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 14

My history of law is very rusty, but I recall one prof telling me the reason why laws exist at all is to pacify the hoi polloi enough that they wouldn't shank the aristocracy wherever they go.

31.03.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 432    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 13
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There are scores of anti Trump/DOGE/Musk protests planned for April 5 handsoff2025.com

22.03.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6536    πŸ” 2104    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 176

And 11,000 people in Greeley. Greeley!!

22.03.2025 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At-will employment also makes leaving work to protest risky. Structurally, we’re set up to discourage the kinds of protests that happen in other places like France.

22.03.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Milwaukee-area woman deported to Laos though she's never been there, doesn't speak the language As Donald Trump pushes the mass deportation of immigrants, Yang believes she is one of the first Hmong Americans to be deported to Laos recently.

A Hmong American woman who has lived in the Milwaukee area since she was 8 months old was deported last week to Laos, a country she has never visited, and says she is stranded in a rooming house surrounded by military guards.

www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...

15.03.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 14
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Musk Retweets β€˜Hitler Didn’t Murder Millions’ Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.

Theeere it is

14.03.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4014    πŸ” 1370    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 422

Here’s hoping

14.03.2025 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Linking these kinds of diseases to β€œpoor diet and health” is classist, fatphobic bullshit.

11.03.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.

10.03.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12319    πŸ” 4485    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 156
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Unbelievable. Just utterly spineless and weak.

06.03.2025 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

05.03.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 97747    πŸ” 27062    πŸ’¬ 1559    πŸ“Œ 1278
a tiny white dog stands on a tile floor and looks up at you. they’re wearing a big plush yellow star around their teensy noggin, like the world’s most congratulatory lion mane. we really needed to see her today.

a tiny white dog stands on a tile floor and looks up at you. they’re wearing a big plush yellow star around their teensy noggin, like the world’s most congratulatory lion mane. we really needed to see her today.

We've been saving this little pup for when we thought you all might really need a gold star. And, given the current circumstances, here she is. 13/10

05.03.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 22909    πŸ” 3203    πŸ’¬ 422    πŸ“Œ 243

Trump didn't win 50% of the popular vote.

The GOP has slim margins in both the House and Senate.

His approval ratings are tanking.

He does not have a mandate.

Do not let him gaslight you into believing he is all powerful.

He's not.

05.03.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 14704    πŸ” 3608    πŸ’¬ 321    πŸ“Œ 114

WTF is happening

04.03.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d like to speak up

28.02.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2551    πŸ” 653    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 28

Our president is a Russian asset.

This nation cannot abide that.

Ukraine deserves our resistance.

We have to stand up to this now or our nation will fall, too.

01.03.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2975    πŸ” 633    πŸ’¬ 88    πŸ“Œ 31

DOGE recommended firing workers at:

-FDA, which oversees Neuralink

-FAA, which oversees SpaceX

-USAID, which probed Starlink

-CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X.

"Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

01.03.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 14814    πŸ” 4595    πŸ’¬ 288    πŸ“Œ 195

It is

20.02.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are living in the upside down

20.02.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ALL THE SEXES ARE BELONG TO US #c18

16.02.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

5 sentence summary of 50 years of right wing culture warriors

10.02.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Inside Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government (Gift Article) The billionaire is creating major upheaval as his team sweeps through agencies, in what has been an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.

Finally some more comprehensive reporting on the fall of the republic. We’re 10 steps behind. Gift link.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

04.02.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s a very common question these days in light of all these attacks upon our Republic: Is somebody doing something?! The good news is, they are. I break it down and discuss the four kinds of responses that are happening today. Link in the replies.

03.02.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1192    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 22
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β€˜Gender Ideology’ Ban is Already Harming Health, Experts Say (Gift Article) Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.

SCOOP: Many of the pages that went missing on Friday from the CDC website on Friday have reappeared β€” in response to intense media coverage, backlash from the scientific community and concern for the public’s health.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/h...

03.02.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 6083    πŸ” 1728    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 134

Senate phone system is currently unstable - it's not just you

03.02.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Note the use of passive voice here. β€œMust be stopped”? By whom? Congress needs to act now.

03.02.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reposting with alt text. In case it inspires anyone else out there to hold the line.

03.02.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1795    πŸ” 717    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 38

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