This breaks my heart. Texas Tech was my academic home for 8 years, the place where I learned to research, teach, and become part of a scholarly community. It was a place of opportunity and new experiences and perspectives, and now they're gutting it in an ideological purge.
Thread. I'm begging people to realize how much we've already given in just the past 25 years. I'm old enough to remember when surveillance wasn't ubiquitous and before ICE or the TSA existed. There was even a time when the average cop wasn't kitted out for full on urban warfare.
In honor of Mr. Rogers’ birthday, here’s your regularly scheduled reminder that the quote of his you keep sharing, that in times of crisis we should look for the helpers, was for his audience of children.
We’re adults now. We’re supposed to *be* the helpers.
We need better Democrats.
Not a single dollar more for Trump’s illegal war.
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
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
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
piad.nationbuilder.com?recruiter_id...
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
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
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 🧡🖤
