Cait Mongrain

The smartphone monitoring software "Tangles" joins a growing law enforcement surveillance arsenal in Texas, including a fleet of drones, and its use has little oversight.

Our latest from @francescadnunz.bsky.social is presented with support from @pulitzercenter.org.

Education is, has been, and must remain about a lot more than any current or future demands of industry.
If anything, education is as much about *challenging* the interests of industry as it is about meeting them.

Randall Munroe once noted that more Californians than Texans voted for Trump and more Texans than New Yorkers voted for Harris.

For Prison Banned Books Week, I want to say: it is worse than maybe it ever has been regarding censorship in prisons. It is worse than five years ago. It is worse than 50 years ago.

Looking forward to reading this!

A friend gave it to me, and I couldn't be more delighted! www.etsy.com/listing/4312...

It's official! #PhDone

We All Need to Be Talking About the Murder of Jonathan Joss This Pride and Beyond The actor, who was Comanche and White Mountain Apache, was shot in a targeted hate crime while protecting his husband.

Wrote this piece for Harpers Bazaar about the life, legacy, and hate-induced murder of Jonathan Joss through the eyes of being a Two-Spirit Native person this Pride.

I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶

many such cases

We did it!!!

SB 2880, an extreme anti-abortion bill that would have had nationwide impact, and SB 16, Texas’ version of the SAVE Act, are dead.

We ran the clock out. They won’t even get a vote in the House. That’s a HUGE fucking win! #txlege

An agency tasked with protecting immigrant children is becoming an enforcement arm, current and former staffers say The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s welfare mission appears to be undergoing a stark transformation as President Donald Trump seeks to ramp up deportation numbers, current and former officials told T...

www.texastribune.org/2025/05/14/o... via @lomikriel.bsky.social and @micarosenberg.bsky.social

Classics Bake: Baccalaureate Edition

Grey tabby cat lying on a table with her paw possessively draped across my laptop

Delighted to announce that this fall I will be joining the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Richmond as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Pictured here: Nebula, blissfully unaware of the looming move

9 months later, Princeton still refuses to drop charges against 13 students who held a peaceful sit-in protest in support of Palestine. Please sign in support of the students, especially @aditilrao.bsky.social who's bearing the brunt of the university's ire

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9 months later, Princeton still refuses to drop charges against 13 students who held a peaceful sit-in protest in support of Palestine. Please sign in support of the students, especially @aditilrao.bsky.social who's bearing the brunt of the university's ire

piad.nationbuilder.com?recruiter_id...

4 iced gingerbread men, depicting (very loosely) the Severan tondo, with an X over the face of one cookie to mark the damnatio of Geta

Damnatio mmmmoriae

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Activist New York Doctor for Illegally Providing Abortion Drugs Across State Lines Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor for unlawfully providing abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents in direct violation of state law.

This is a vehicle for Ken Paxton to challenge shield laws protecting abortion access in blue states.

It's not enough to end abortion in their states, they must end it nationally. We can expect the Trump DOJ to side with Texas.
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...

Not on my 2024 bingo card: a plumbing crisis in my apartment complex forcing me to move mid-semester. 😣

Periodic reminder that the Bari Weiss's pretend University of Austin is so deeply committed to free speech that it teaches an edgy set of Forbidden Courses in a state where real universities are facing genuine censorship from the government led by the Governor attending the U of Austin graduation.

Israel destroyed 83% of plant life in Gaza by June this year.

It destroyed 70% of its agricultural land.

It damaged or destroyed 65% of water tanks and 47% of groundwater wells.

Israel has deliberately tried to make Gaza uninhabitable. This is genocide.

Black cat with absurd blep and grey tabby with slightly judgmental look on her face

Hello, new followers! Astrid and Nebula send their greetings

Gaza Civilians, Under Israeli Barrage, Are Being Killed at Historic Pace In less than two months, more than twice as many women and children have been reported killed in Gaza than in Ukraine after two years of war.

In less than two months, more than twice as many women and children have been reported killed in Gaza than in Ukraine after two years of war.

Off to #AARSBL2023 to talk about the Sibylline Oracles!

Happy Halloween from these put-upon creatures 🧡🖤

Arch of Titus with an Israeli star projected on it

I feel like Italy needs to spend more time thinking about the Roman Empire

There's always next season... 🥲💙

The way it was going was primarily "away from me." It did not agree with me that it needed a rescue

What does seeing a parakeet on campus 10 minutes before your first discussion section of the semester portend?