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Increased attention on Texas House Democratic leader Gene Wu comes with more anti-Asian insults “Is Gene Wu back in China?” state Sen. Mayes Middleton, a Galveston Republican, posted on X on Monday — the first day the House did not reach a quorum due to the absent Democrats.

Yellow Peril/Anti-Asian racism is an evergreen topic in the US and the GOP knows this--which is why they're doubling down on it, facts be damned. But it's also important to call out the racism and white supremacy--because that's what this admin is all about.

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Do not accept the question "But how do we pay for it?" about social programs ever again. That talking point is done forever.

Trump Administration to Require Universities to Submit Data on Applicants’ Race

Peak white supremacy--this administration will not be satisfied until our universities and colleges resemble country clubs.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/u...

ACLS Digital Justice Grants The ACLS Digital Justice Grant program is designed to address the inequities in the access to support for digital work across various fields.

For any BlueSky friends engaged in Digital Humanities projects, here's a place to apply for seed money

www.acls.org/programs/acl...

Penguin’s reaction when her favorite human comes to check up on her... 🥹 #bluesky

🚨 BREAKING: new video shows ICE is operating a detention facility on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where people are being held for days or weeks at a time without showers, medication or a change of clothes, sleeping on the floor, and with minimal food and outside contact.

We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?

I don't assign essays to have 30 finished reports on the same topic.

I assign them so the students will go through the process of researching, writing, editing, and thinking about a topic.

The struggle and the work is where the value is found and where learning happens.

dish of banana pudding

Do you have a banana pudding recipe? Will you share it with me? I'm writing an essay on banana pudding for a book "The Southern Table" --feel free to reply to this thread or drop me a DM. Thanks in advance--I'm also making my own banana pudding recipe that I'd be happy to share.

CBS Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ After Next Season

This, too, is part of the fascist authoritarian playbook. Silence the critics, the comedians, the artists: anyone who tells the truth and names what is happening as part of our reality.

#UnderHisEye

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

Colorado Shakespeare Festival | CU Presents Founded in 1958, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder.

If you live near Boulder and want some theater balm for your weary soul, I highly recommend "Richard II" at @colorado.edu by the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. It may even resonate with things happening now--a narcissist leader who lines his own pockets.

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The Stories that Sustain Us: Phaedra Pezzullo's Unique Approach to Sustainability Professor Phaedra Pezzullo aims to make sustainability issues more relatable by integrating storytelling into environmental communication.

So proud to call @phaedra.bsky.social my friend and colleague -- her research is deeply connected to making the world a better place, and we are all better for her being in the world!

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Spanish-language journalist remains in ICE custody despite being granted bond When Mario Guevara's family tried to pay the $7,500 bond last week, ICE didn't accept it, and he has since been shuffled among three other jails, his lawyer said.

You’d be mistaken if you think this can’t happen to you or someone you love. Under fascist authoritarianism this could be any of us

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YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The Bad Billionaire's bill has passed. People will suffer and die under this fascist authoritarian regime. What will I do? What will you do? What will WE THE PEOPLE do?!!!

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A lot of the worst videos coming out of LA in recent weeks haven't been ICE, they've been Border Patrol, under El Centro Sector Chief Bovino, who responded to Mayor Bass with "The federal government is not leaving L.A ... Better get used to us now, because this is gonna be normal very soon."

not a single person's job, not a single grant, will be saved by surrendering instead of fighting. ask columbia.

A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper

The US is a Death Cult.

Music for Leaving|Hardcover 61-year-old Eleanor Murphy packs a small duffle of her belongings, her childhood hopeless chest of failed dreams, all fifty-nine of her mister's Precious Moments figurines, and sets out across I-70 on...

Here's a link to Barnes and Nobles where you can order (I can't bring myself to link to the evil empire's website) //END

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/music-for-...

My friend and colleague @colorado.edu Erika Randall was just interviewed about her debut novel "Music for Leaving" -- give a listen and then if you are intrigued, please order. Full disclosure: I blurb the book and think very highly of it (and of Erika!) /1

theampersand.podbean.com/e/music-for-...

Update: We've removed the paywall for all ye who enter.

I know these comparisons are tiring but:

Imagine if the Secret Service and FBi wrestled Tom Cotton or Josh Hawley to the ground and cuffed them for interrupting Sec. Mayorkas speaking at a press conference?! The impeachment articles would fly!

And in fact, they DID impeach Mayorkas for less….

YouTube video by MSNBC Nicolle Wallace calls out Kristi Noem’s lie over Sen. Alex Padilla’s handcuffing and forced removal

At the 4 min mark, @padilla.senate.gov says that if he can be treated this way by Homeland Security, just imagine how ICE is treating farmworkers, cooks, and others they are rounding up. The whole segment is worth watching because we aren't sliding into fascism--we're there

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YouTube video by myShakespeare myShakespeare | "The Strangers' Case" Speech from Sir Thomas More

Immigrants and refugees have been vilified throughout time and space, as these contemporary actors illustrate performing the speech "The Stranger" delivered in the persona of Sir Thomas More attributed to Shakespeare.

#NoHumanIsIllegal

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No Kings On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. ...

Want help finding a protest to attend on Saturday, June 14 where other people believe what you believe: that fascist authoritarianism is happening in the US? This website can locate one.

Because we need to say loudly and clearly: the US is a fascist authoritarian state.

www.nokings.org

Bravo to @bostonu.bsky.social my PhD alma mater for creating a flow chart for international students to figure out if they should travel outside the US given the fascist authoritarianism of this regime

www.bu.edu/isso/files/2...

Just to be clear: the President has mobilized the Marines on American soil because people are protesting masked, secret police kidnapping people with no due process and shipping them to foreign death camps.

It’s not a misunderstanding or an oversight.

That is all it is.

There is no other side.

Dorothea Lange photo of a sign from 1940s that reads "This is your country don't let the big men take it away from you"

Dorothea Lange photo of a sign from 1940s that reads "This is your country don't let the big men take it away from you"

True then and true now. THIS IS YOUR COUNTRY. DON'T LET THE BIG MEN TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU.

Dear USA

Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.

Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Not all heroes wear capes. Here’s a real life American Hero... not hiding behind a mask.

Get involved in the peaceful protest occurring on June 14. Go to nokings.org & find an event near you.