4 Threaded Spouts
I was there in Central Park near the Dakota at the public memorial organized for John Lennon after he was assassinated. It was my first time in New York City alone, much less on a subway. I sneaked there from a bordering suburb without my parents’ knowledge.
08:08 AM - Dec 08, 2023
That’s a wrap on Spring 2024… until the urgent missives arrive.
10:27 AM - May 14, 2024
The former occupant of the Oval Office complains that his current criminal trial is a “witch-hunt,” yet it is currently one of his own, who testifies today. Cohen already had been convicted of the crimes for which the former occupant had been able to avoid responsibility while in office.
12:46 PM - May 13, 2024
Strong opinion loosely held: I know that “impactful” is not incorrect, but reading it in a student paper makes me want to go wash afterwards. It feels to me like smarmy marketing–speak.
10:45 AM - May 13, 2024
One of my students has referred to Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois as “influencers,” and I think I need to go stare at the rain for a bit.
03:28 PM - May 08, 2024
We can only hope.
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RobPalmerIRL (he/him/his) @RobPalmerIRLY'all know that Jack Smith is going to go to the 11th and say "Listen, Cannon is interfering in our rights to hold a trial." and they will not only agree, but they will lambast her harder than they did the last two times.05:58 PM - May 07, 2024
02:30 PM - May 08, 2024
Who could possibly be opposed to an $8 cap on credit card fees?
Other than credit card companies.
Trump Republicans, that's who -- because the credit card companies have paid them $8,000,000 to oppose the cap.
Other than credit card companies.
Trump Republicans, that's who -- because the credit card companies have paid them $8,000,000 to oppose the cap.
05:01 PM - May 07, 2024
Anna Bower:
"Update from the overflow room at Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan: someone in this room named their personal hotspot 'MakeAttorneysGetAttorneys.'"
"Update from the overflow room at Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan: someone in this room named their personal hotspot 'MakeAttorneysGetAttorneys.'"
10:09 AM - May 07, 2024
5 Threaded Spouts
This semester, I assigned an article to the students in my social movements class on the personal consequences of social protest. (Be proud, parents.) Apart from the findings that things turn out better for such students, there are larger implications.
07:21 AM - May 08, 2024
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Richard Hudak @Drwh0If Israel invades Rafa, say goodbye to the Camp David Accord, brokered by Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter. This agreement survived the assassination of Nobel Laureate Anwar Sadat, the ouster of his successor Mubarak in the Arab Spring, and the repressive al-Sisi government. #smh10:21 AM - May 04, 2024
11:56 AM - May 06, 2024
Many a student causes a sigh, so when the one doing best in all the bunch schedules a meeting, the Bill Shakes quote comes to mind, “So shines a good deed in a weary world.” https://youtu.be/HgVS1Ohuc... https://bit.ly/wwQuotes
So shines a good deed in a weary world... - YouTube
WILLY WONKA'S OFFICE SCENE#life is a test#passing your test#life is a test#wisdom of children
10:23 AM - May 06, 2024
"No matter how much violence a Trump loss unleashes it’ll pale in comparison to the violence that will come under a Trump dictatorship."
—Rachel Bitecofer
#VoteBlueDownBallot
—Rachel Bitecofer
#VoteBlueDownBallot
12:31 PM - May 05, 2024
“Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!”
https://apple.news/AXMHVfo...
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!”
https://apple.news/AXMHVfo...
04:26 PM - May 05, 2024
Does anyone else wonder if the family background and (distinguished) career of Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has colored her perceptions of, and therefore reactions to, student protest?
07:22 AM - May 05, 2024
If Israel invades Rafa, say goodbye to the Camp David Accord, brokered by Nobel Laureate Jimmy Carter. This agreement survived the assassination of Nobel Laureate Anwar Sadat, the ouster of his successor Mubarak in the Arab Spring, and the repressive al-Sisi government. #smh
10:21 AM - May 04, 2024
So, just a moment ago, one of the original Seditious Six, the Sick Six, who invented Jan 6th on 18 Dec 2020, in Trump White House - the Russian General Mike Flynn told Bannon that Flynn was hit by 8 subpoenas last night
EIGHT? at the same time?`
Something BIG is happening
And he ain't only one
EIGHT? at the same time?`
Something BIG is happening
And he ain't only one
05:05 PM - May 02, 2024
Full press release of the American Association of University Professors. https://bit.ly/PRaaup
02:53 PM - May 03, 2024
I was thinking about this throwback: What happened to the ‘E’ in Tumblr? https://www.tumblr.com/drw...
02:43 PM - May 03, 2024
9 Threaded Spouts
After turning a blind eye to the question of Palestine throughout early opposition to the Iraq war, a fight over free speech and academic freedom at my children’s high school forced me to focus on it. A colleague connected me with an antizionist Jew who was on a book tour.
05:41 AM - Apr 29, 2024
A little historical context to frame student protests against the genocide in Gaza. https://encyclopedia.ushmm...
07:48 AM - Apr 26, 2024
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09:30 AM - Apr 25, 2024
Fun fact -- Mike Roman, the Trump co-defendant in Georgia who lobbed the disgusting smear campaign against Fani Willis, has now just been indicted AGAIN, this time in Arizona. FAFO.
11:04 AM - Apr 25, 2024
Lara Trump on Newsmax last night:
"We now have the ability at the RNC not just to have poll watchers… but people who can physically handle the ballots"
Mark Elias today:
"Poll observers are NEVER permitted to touch ballots. She is suggesting the RNC will infiltrate election offices"
"We now have the ability at the RNC not just to have poll watchers… but people who can physically handle the ballots"
Mark Elias today:
"Poll observers are NEVER permitted to touch ballots. She is suggesting the RNC will infiltrate election offices"
09:54 AM - Apr 24, 2024
“On April 7, 1970, less than a month before the Kent State massacre, California Governor Ronald Reagan declared that ‘if it takes a bloodbath to silence the demonstrators, let’s get it over with.’”
https://bit.ly/3JAOCH8
Have we learned nothing from history?
https://bit.ly/3JAOCH8
Have we learned nothing from history?
08:35 AM - Apr 25, 2024
2 Threaded Spouts
When actual Nazis speak on campus but the media trots out the old “antisemitism on campus” trope (documented by sociologist Barry Glassner in “Culture of Fear”) I have trouble with this pretext for quelling campus protests.
07:47 AM - Apr 23, 2024
Someone on Facebook disparaging #solarpunk called it “regressive,” but couldn’t explain why, but for a general distaste for “utopias” and modernity, and a preference for “science and technology.” I’d somehow missed this movement, and wondered were there any adherents out there.
03:07 PM - Apr 17, 2024
04:38 PM - Apr 12, 2024
Two members of the Squad showed decorum in their silent call for a ceasefire in #Gaza . The #MAGA devotee ignored this request for decorum, made by the Speaker, a member of her own party. Moreover, this devotee wore campaign attire in violation of House rules.
Tell me, who wore it better? #sotu
Tell me, who wore it better? #sotu
08:56 AM - Mar 08, 2024
3 Threaded Spouts
“Whether young or old, I’ve always known what endures, our North Star: The very idea of America, that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives. We’ve never fully lived up to that idea, but we’ve never walked away from it either.
08:54 AM - Mar 08, 2024
This means people who haven’t forgotten their roots in race, gender, class, national origin, or any other “invidious distinction.”
10:00 AM - Mar 07, 2024
