Marikit 🇵🇭💜

“I saw everything,” said Frog. “You did very well by yourself.”

“I did not,” said Toad. “But there is one thing that I can do all by myself.”

“What is that?” asked Frog.

“I can go home,” said Toad. “Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

Seeking the Human There has always been the anti-human.

I’m back! Got locked out for a bit, and was busy writing two textbooks (whew). Here’s something I wrote yesterday, in the wake of so many things:

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I recently visited an ICE detention center with @ravenreveals.bsky.social just outside of Chicago. Kidnapping people off the streets isn’t keeping us any more safe.

Let’s close this facility and all the other ones like it down.

[cite_start]A screenshot of the first page of a court document from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts[cite: 3]. [cite_start]The document is titled "MEMORANDUM AND ORDER" [cite: 43] [cite_start]and was filed on September 3, 2025[cite: 1]. The document lists two related civil actions: * [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-11048-ADB**: President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Defendants[cite: 4, 5, 14, 17, 21]. * [cite_start]**Civil Action No. 25-cv-10910-ADB**: American Association of University Professors - Harvard Chapter, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Justice, et al., Defendants[cite: 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 36]. [cite_start]The order is from Judge Burroughs, D.J.[cite: 44]. [cite_start]The text begins by identifying the plaintiffs in the consolidated cases[cite: 45].

A screenshot of pages 81 and 82 from a court order, detailing the judge's rulings and the relief granted. **Rulings:** * **For Harvard's case:** The court grants Harvard's motion for summary judgment on several counts, including violations of the First Amendment and Title VI. It grants in part Harvard's motion regarding the "Freeze Orders" and grants in part the defendants' motion regarding the "Termination Letters," citing a lack of jurisdiction. * **For the Organizational Plaintiffs' case:** The court grants the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment on their First Amendment claims and denies the defendants' cross-motion on several counts. The ruling on the "Freeze Orders" and "Termination Letters" mirrors the one in Harvard's case. **Ordered Relief:** 1. The court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders as arbitrary and capricious. 2. The court vacates and sets aside the Freeze Orders and Termination Letters as violations of the First Amendment. 3. The court vacates and sets aside the Termination Letters as violations of Title VI. 4. The court permanently enjoins the defendants from implementing the Freeze Orders, Termination Letters, and their unconstitutional conditions.

JUST IN: Harvard won summary judgment against the Trump administration with the court finding that the admin violated Harvard's 1st amend. rights. The court has vacated the funding freeze orders and termination letters and issued a permanent injunction.

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Troops in the streets and he thinks he’s going to get a Nobel, peace begins at home

Happy Skynet Becomes Self-Aware Day!

JFC

JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Comparative Literature: Beyond the Anthologized A few notes from my Comparative Literature classes

Comparisons in my Comparative Literature classes, exploring Philippine Literature in English 🇵🇭

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Illustration by @joyfulsmolthings featuring layered pink hearts with polka dots. The central heart contains the words: “Be the reason someone feels heard, seen, valued and loved.”

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop

Being the reason someone feels heard, seen, valued, and loved makes more of a difference than we often realise.

🧡

#kindness #positivity #love

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🚨BREAKING: Trump threatens to deploy the regular military into D.C. — an illegal move under the Posse Comitatus Act — and says Chicago & New York are next. We are watching a dictator rise in real time. #BlueCrew #Resist #DemocracyMatters #DefendDemocracy #ProtectDemocracy

2/2 for ICE has fueled an anger against the Other that has always been simmering under the lid of American politics. There is a real deficit in empathy and compassion that I cannot comprehend. How do we teach kindness to people who think that they are *already* kind?

2/2 for ICE has fueled an anger against the Other that has always been simmering under the lid of American politics. There is a real deficit in empathy and compassion that I cannot comprehend. How do we teach kindness to people who think that they are *already* kind?

I don’t know how the USA normalized crazy in less than two years. The way the whole system just crumbled is amazing for outsiders to see, but ultimately makes sense when you have Americans come to visit (as I did, fairly recently). The entitlement, the rage, and the rationalization of the need 1/2

FYI: the fundraising ALL goes to the redistricting effort - not to a Newsom POTUS run. I checked.

BREAKING: A federal judge in Miami gave the state of Florida 60 days to clear out the immigrant detention facility called Alligator Alcatraz — handing environmentalists and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians a win.

Newsom: We can’t do things the way we’ve done. Let’s disabuse ourselves of that.

The Democratic Party needs to assert itself. We need to be strong again. Strength matters. People want conviction. They want character. They want a sense of intention and purpose…

To the Struggling Student Now that I am (finally) done with my Ph.D.

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So this is happening

"I'm not going to be part of that process that gives [Trump] more reinforcement to harm my community and my people." Texas State Rep. Nicole Collier is being held in the State Capitol for refusing to comply with a Republican demand that she allow herself to be chaperoned by police.

Texas Dem Rep. Nicole Collier held hostage at
Texas capitol by GOP

Civil Discourse Some thoughts as I teach Freshman English

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Seeking Balance After my Ph.D., I am as busy as ever.

I’m trying to be more regular in my blog posts, despite being busier than ever.

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It would be helpful if the paper of record started referring to the authoritarian regime that’s ruling our country as an authoritarian regime.

This week's work is now finished. Creating something new is really hard work. This week in particular, I had many different experiences. Right now, I feel like a traveler. I am stepping into an unknown world before my eyes. I can only pray that someday I will find the light I am aiming for ahead.

Beautiful 💜

Is she undocumented?

Ghislaine Maxwell is not a U.S. citizen. She was born in France and holds British citizenship. Maxwell has lived in the U.S. for many years.

She got due process, but brown ladies selling fruit do not have that luxury.

We know white, er..I mean why.
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My Filipina Response to the International Comparative Literature Association Conference in South Korea Kudos to the ICLA!

A few of my insights regarding the ICLA! Cheers!

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