Michelle Burnham
@curiousmonolith.bsky.social
Prof at Santa Clara University. 🏳️🌈 Writer of books on American literature. Editor of Re-Editions series at Lever Press. WNBA fan. Writing a book on the 1970s. Reclaimer of bad texts and decades.
If you're curious about how the right is going to try to frame the horrific fires in Spokane Washington, it looks like they plan to blame them on homeless people, local (DEM) city leadership, and state (DEM) mismanagement of forests. So, many of the same frames as the LA fires.
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Patriarchy is dangerous and terrifying: a reminder
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 4d agoNew: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
Every adult woman that I have been deeply familiar with has had a moment with a man when she knows that he would hit her if be could get away with it. Some even know what he looks like when he does it. You never forger what it looks and feel like. That Miller video has it all.
We just moved to this amazing and beautiful city and it’s heartbreaking to see this destruction. Here’s a list of ways to help those in Spokane impacted by the fires.
City of Spokane@spokanecity.org · 3d agoThe Innovia Foundation is accepting donations to support nonprofit organizations, businesses, and community organizations working to meet the needs of those impacted by wildfires in our region. innovia.org/wildfire-res...
Abby was the one that broke open the Max Miller story (and shame on NYT for not acknowledging that). Here is her original story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Assault, misogyny, verbal threats: Records detail new allegations against Rep. Max Miller
Police reports and filings in a bitter custody dispute raise new questions about the conduct of an Ohio Republican as he campaigns for a third term.
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Abby Vesoulis@abbyvesoulis.bsky.social · 3d agoI first got 1000+ pages of court documents from Miller & Moreno's custody case. Anybody can request these from Cuyahoga County. I reviewed those by myself, one by one—no AI involved!—and the filings pointed to police reports. I then sought those out separately and spent days combing through them.
I worked with a woman rodeo rider who told me she got jeered and pelted with garbage when she won against men.
nude antifa goat@goat.sex · 2w agothe whole "women's sports exist to protect women from men" framing is hilarious, given that a lot of these divisions were initially formed because men were deeply embarrassed any time a woman beat them at a sport olympic shooting was mixed gender right up until a woman won the gold
"We found that at least 150 institutions of higher ed... are using Flock’s surveillance network.. many campus police departments have facilitated immigration related investigations, even when they are located in sanctuary states and are legally prohibited from doing so" by @torinmonahan.bsky.social
Flock on campus: university police as appendages of a national policing apparatus
Dangerous new forms of networked surveillance are gaining traction with police departments across the United States. One popular example is Flock Safety’s Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR)...
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"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC News
Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in northwestern Ontario. Community leaders spoke to CBC News about...
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Johnnie Jae@johnniejae.bsky.social · 3w agoI want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.
i say again that I criminally underestimated how far men would go to avenge metoo carolinapublicpress.org/76059/names-...
Names of accused in university sexual misconduct cases no longer public record, thanks to NC budget
New NC budget included provision that previously failed to pass, intended to make details of university sexual misconduct cases private.
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It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
PERSON OF THE DAY. 5 July 1975. Arthur Ashe (USA) became the 1st black man to win a Wimbledon singles title by beating No 1 seed and defending champion Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 in one of the biggest upsets in Wimbledon history.
July 5, 1975: Arthur Ashe becomes the first Black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
"Hiring of college grads is down across the board. But certain majors are able to access opportunities in a wider array of industries, new LinkedIn data shows." ENGLISH ENGLISH ENGLISH 69% VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS 68% www.forbes.com/sites/courtn...
can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool
Portrait of a young black woman holding a nine string banjo, circa, 1865.
A new edition of Trans Central Station by the late, beloved trans legend Rachel Pollack, with an introduction by @sarahschulman.bsky.social. www.silverpress.org/products/tra...
Trans Central Station by Rachel Pollack
Foreword by Sarah Schulman 'No, I was not trapped in the wrong body. I was trapped in the wrong universe. In order to become who I was, I had to break the world open.’ Trans Central Station reflects o...
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I stepped off the library dean path when it became clear that this would be the job--managing the end of academic libraries as we know them. Please know that these changes are just a result of defunding. They do not herald some bright digital future. There will just be less access to knowledge.
Yes to this 👇 Higher ed is increasingly a space in which human relationships between faculty, students, and staff are instead digitized, mediated by these tech spaces and it is deadening
Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 3mo ago"The list of platforms that now mediate the basic functions of education ... is almost comically long ... most schools are running 10–15 different EdTech products that all promise efficiency, but in reality create confusion, frustration, and complicate what was once much simpler." 🎯
Love these Toronto Tempo team colors: eggplant and periwinkle #wnba
May Day May Day May Day (in both senses).
Brian Merchant@bcmerchant.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe data center rebellion is just the start, or it should be. Rather than impeding AI governance, this is where good, truly democratic AI governance begins. A look at who's fighting data centers, why, and how a working class resistance can lay the groundwork for a better AI politics:
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