One of the only dream jobs I have left is writing for @defector.com.web.brid.gy and also creating a community school for weirdos of all ages where we read theory and novels and practice testifying to the government.

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Want to see who wins when social programs are gutted?

Hint: it’s not struggling families.

It’s corporations with prison stocks.

#SNAP #Medicaid #GeneralStrike #30DayStrike

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Every time food stamps are slashed, a chain reaction starts

poverty → desperation → crime → more prisoners → more profit.

Stop acting like it’s coincidence.

#SNAP #Medicaid #30DayStrike

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i'll be looking for IHTOV pitches through the end of october, so get on that. if you have any questions at all, i am here

a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.

I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.

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can you tell I have been up all night grading final projects and watching murder she wrote?

One of the only dream jobs I have left is writing for @defector.com.web.brid.gy and also creating a community school for weirdos of all ages where we read theory and novels and practice testifying to the government.

Texas SB37 is a sweeping bill that -prevents faculty in being involved in any hiring decisions -gives political appointees control over what students learn in courses; -limits discussions on race, sex, ethnicity, politics, religion, and social beliefs; -restricts faculty hiring in liberal arts and related fields -dismantles shared governance and due process -fires faculty and defunds institutions that violate SB 37 -empowers the Governor, Lt. Governor, and House Speaker to redesign the core curriculum for all Associate and Bachelors degrees.

If you don't know about Texas SB37, it is a sweeping bill that will destroy every university in Texas. This bill has already passed the state Senate and is being considered by the state House this week.

SB 37 Toolkit for Testifying Updated May 3, 2025.

🗣️🗣️🗣️How to testify against Senate Bill 37. Join us on Tuesday 6 May! Help save public higher education in the state of Texas! aaup-texas.org/blog/f/sb-37...

Texas lawmakers aim to strangle liberal arts with SB37 Senate Bill 37, under consideration in the Texas Legislature, would change our public universities so radically that they would no longer be first-class.

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oh my god. May I ask what book it was?

On Hillbilly Elegy (Guest Post by Holly Genovese) | Society for US Intellectual History [Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of six guest posts by Holly Genovese, which will be appearing every other Sunday. — Ben Alpers] I, admittedly late to the game, recently read Hillbilly E...

JD Vance had "deep thoughts" about it in Hillbilly Elegy. See s-usih.org/2016/12/on-h... (by @hollyevanmarie.bsky.social) for an enlightened and insightful take.

CNBC is calling it the Tesla Chain Saw Massacre.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book