A photo of a stack of off-white books with a char of colorful hashtags across the cover. The cover reads #HashtagActivism Networks of Race and Gender Justice SARAH J. JACKSON MOYA BAILEY BROOKE FOUCAULT WELLES FOREWORD BY GENIE LAUREN

It’s the 6th anniversary of the publication of #HashtagActivism. Much has changed about social media since @moyazb.bsky.social @foucaultwelles.bsky.social and I started researching the site formerly known as Twitter over a decade ago. Forever grateful we were on the ride together.

"In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not."

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

Keep the Free Press Alive at the University of Alabama By Media Alumni Seeking to Highlight Equity and Diversity

Our students are raising money to keep their magazines going after the University of Alabama suspended them for foregrounding the voices of women and African Americans.

If you've got the means, please support them.

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They Tried to Smear Zohran Mamdani as an Antisemite. Voters Saw Right Through It. Mamdani’s mayoral victory in New York City means so much — including the repudiation of Islamophobic attacks and weaponization of antisemitism.

Mamdani’s win marks a rejection of the consistently Islamophobic weaponization of antisemitism. Diehard support for the Zionist project is, finally, not a sine qua non of New York City leadership... @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/04/z...

LMAO This is too real.

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

You’ll be shocked to hear that their recommendation is not limiting the circumstances in which AI is deployed, but rather accepting the inevitability it will occasionally have catastrophic effects.

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Train Returns, Joyfully, 20 Years After Katrina Driving may be faster, but the inaugural train trips between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans this week drew travelers eager for a different kind of adventure.

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina decimated entire coastal communities and wiped out passenger rail service along the Gulf Coast, the return of Amtrak this week — with two trains daily in each direction — sent a jolt of excitement down the coast.

Queens come through!!👏🏾👏🏾

Congratulations!!!

✊🏾Publication on #TikTok✊🏾 When being systematically marginalized and distrusting institutions & formal political processes, people turn to platforms and alternative political engagement. This research sheds light on minorities, TikTok & political consumerism.
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