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Houston and the Permanence of Segregation is out! Historian and professor on weekdays. Ororo Munroe been my homie. My posts are my personal views and/or evidence-based research. I do not speak for or represent my employer in any capacity here.

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This Brazilian woman hates AI

30.12.2025 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4920    ๐Ÿ” 2116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 49    ๐Ÿ“Œ 364
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She was one of my favorite teachers. What a time.

16.02.2026 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She wonders why she lost the fascism race against the guy who was a better fascist. Dumbass Democrats.

16.02.2026 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We investigated an N.J. serial killer most have never heard of. This is for the women he tried to erase. He intentionally targeted Black women he thought no one would miss.

He intentionally targeted Black women he thought no one would miss.

15.02.2026 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 78    ๐Ÿ” 54    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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How 2 University Freshman Are Tracking ICE Enforcement Actions Across the Country With ICE Map, Rice University students Jack Vu and Abby Manuel hope to help communities understand where immigration enforcement activity is happening and how it unfolds in real time.

Two Rice University undergrads (freshmen!) built a digital mapping tool to track ICE activity. Students are OK.

www.thenation.com/article/acti...

14.02.2026 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 247    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

๐Ÿ˜…

14.02.2026 22:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Gulf of Mexico โŒ
Gulf of America ๐Ÿซก
New Mexico โŒ
Old America ๐Ÿซก

14.02.2026 06:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Arguing that intelligence and adjacent traits are biologically determined served a clear function for a man like Epstein, who treated women as disposable and subordinate.... a natural, objective explanation and rationale for their perch at the top of society."

13.02.2026 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race The files reveal the disgraced financierโ€™s interest in โ€œrace science.โ€

The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race

Spoiler alert: They are racists who like to opine on the "lesser intelligence" of non-white people because, as all racist scientists have done, they begin with the assumption of white superiority.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

13.02.2026 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*reads the news*

It's like a season of Scandal and I would very much appreciate it if Shonda Rhimes and Peter Novak took their foot off the pedal for a few episodes or just cut to the Iranian assassination storyline.

12.02.2026 20:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Black folks, in 1851, debating whether the Constitution is fact or illusion: omeka.coloredconventions.org/items/show/249

11.02.2026 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a black person in America, I am not shook. This vertigo the rest of y'all are starting to feel has been (and, I have long relented, will continue to be) a defining feature of America for me and mine.

11.02.2026 19:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
4-panel Comic "Women in Science" by War and Peas. 1. Man in ancient clothes and wig enters the room. He says, "I've returned from my trip to the future!" 2. "Women are doing science!" 3. Another man answers, "But there's still structural inequality and sexism making it difficult for them?" 4. "YES!" "Thank God!"

4-panel Comic "Women in Science" by War and Peas. 1. Man in ancient clothes and wig enters the room. He says, "I've returned from my trip to the future!" 2. "Women are doing science!" 3. Another man answers, "But there's still structural inequality and sexism making it difficult for them?" 4. "YES!" "Thank God!"

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!

#InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience

11.02.2026 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1143    ๐Ÿ” 312    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Stanford University discontinued. Itโ€™s enhancing diversity and graduate education. Dr. old Fellowship, a graduate program aimed at diversifying at student body. The Stanford daily report reported.  The university also will no longer offer housing and dining support for students from outside the Bay Area who participate in summer undergraduate research fellowship.  The Fellowship House in Sanford school of engineering offered an immersive research and graduate school preparation experience for first generation students and student students from historically underrepresented communities.โ€

Stanford University discontinued. Itโ€™s enhancing diversity and graduate education. Dr. old Fellowship, a graduate program aimed at diversifying at student body. The Stanford daily report reported. The university also will no longer offer housing and dining support for students from outside the Bay Area who participate in summer undergraduate research fellowship. The Fellowship House in Sanford school of engineering offered an immersive research and graduate school preparation experience for first generation students and student students from historically underrepresented communities.โ€

Stanford is doing this because it wants to

11.02.2026 00:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 515    ๐Ÿ” 158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

"Suspected" is doing a lot of work to make this 2% look better than it ever could be.

11.02.2026 03:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The land of the Free? Get out while you still can! ๐Ÿซก

09.02.2026 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How TikTok 2.0 Became a Weapon for ICE In just one week, the company has gone from being Gen Zโ€™s preferred social media platform to a tool for spying on Americans and the suppression of information.

"TikTokโ€™s Terms of Service now explicitly include tracking of location and citizenship status (among other identity markers, such as sex)." newrepublic.com/article/2059...

09.02.2026 13:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 884    ๐Ÿ” 599    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 145

some good reporting on this

08.02.2026 23:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 27    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character pointing at a map of the united states Alt: Yakko naming countries of the world

Bad Bunny like

09.02.2026 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2244    ๐Ÿ” 511    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

โ€œWe couldnโ€™t use the word โ€˜blackโ€™ in Black History Month. We would have to abbreviate it,โ€ she said. โ€œI was very angry and baffled because this is a Historically Black College and University, and for them to say we canโ€™t use the word โ€˜blackโ€™ was kind of insane.โ€

08.02.2026 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None. Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law? Zachary: Correct. Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.

Great work everyone.

06.02.2026 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5799    ๐Ÿ” 1958    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 60    ๐Ÿ“Œ 202
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I read the โ€œSAVE Actโ€ (the GOPโ€™s new voter suppression bill) so you donโ€™t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus itโ€™s bad. 1/

06.02.2026 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3324    ๐Ÿ” 2171    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 151    ๐Ÿ“Œ 174

He and his Republican cronies are trying to pass the SAVE Act, which will severely impede the ability of many citizens who are eligible to vote from voting. They are going to quietly push this along while the punditry class is going to fight over whether this was "really racist" or not. Wake TF up.

06.02.2026 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here we go again: new revelations of Trump's pedophilic activities coming out of the Epstein files and murder and mayhem by his bootlickers in Minnesota and what does he do? Distract everyone with a hackneyed racist trope about black people being apes.

Are you not tired of being played?

06.02.2026 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Nathan Pyle comic strip. Two bald eagles are sitting in easy chairs. One is reading a newspaper, the other is drinking a cup of coffee. Their conversation:

โ€œDo you think the owl is a predator?โ€

โ€œOf course not. Heโ€™s never bothered me.โ€

โ€œExactly. [pause, drinks coffee] No idea what Mr. Mouse was going on about.โ€

Nathan Pyle comic strip. Two bald eagles are sitting in easy chairs. One is reading a newspaper, the other is drinking a cup of coffee. Their conversation: โ€œDo you think the owl is a predator?โ€ โ€œOf course not. Heโ€™s never bothered me.โ€ โ€œExactly. [pause, drinks coffee] No idea what Mr. Mouse was going on about.โ€

If I can share this...

05.02.2026 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 178    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's almost stunning how Epstein single handedly makes the reformed centrists drop everything they're doing to become as weird as humanly possible

05.02.2026 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 547    ๐Ÿ” 97    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Or he's trolling. Because he's a troll.

05.02.2026 01:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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These are the groups of voters who looked at the guy who said he grabbed women "by the pussy," committed adultery and never repented, campaigned on nativism, put Neil, Amy, and Brett on the Supreme Court and resurrected abortion bans, did felonies, and led and insurrection and said, "Yep. Good man."

04.02.2026 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jean Grey, is that you?

04.02.2026 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Measles resurgence in the United States: epidemiological and clinical observations from 2025 An official website of the United States government

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lW0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNGj...

02.02.2026 14:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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