Daris M.
@darism.bsky.social
Professor, Researcher, Progressive, Fraghead, and Nerd. I like food. I love books. I adore kindness. Opinions/Shares are my own.
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
Uplifting News@upliftingnews.bsky.social · yesterdayA $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.
Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.
Gary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can Help
A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...
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I wish people understood how much more impactful for networking small, value-oriented, authentic spaces are than big high “status” spaces where you’re one of many.
COLLEAGUE: ooooo I see you are a @strictscrutiny.bsky.social fan 🤗 ME: How do you know that? MY BOOKSHELF: 🥴
I'm slated to teach a #literacies course on this next year! @amystorn.bsky.social and I wrote about restorying as activism a decade ago: education2.sdsu.edu/visual-liter... I found Areeba Fatima's reporting about the youth creators of these Lego memes fascinating: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQfI...
How AI Legos Became Iran's Secret Weapon
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praying mantis@gentlem.bsky.social · 5mo agowww.theatlantic.com/national-sec... I find comfort in the idea that, one day, there will be college courses dedicated to this odd convergence of humanity and technology. I like to imagine that the #Iran-AI-Legos will be on the curriculum.
I don't know who needs to hear this but you can just keep scrolling. You don't have to reply, quote, or anything else.
Exhausting to live in a world where facts don’t matter
There’s still time to vote for @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for the #WebbyAwards! Support my favs by voting here 👉🏾 vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
Before Kent State, there was the Orangeburg Massacre at South Carolina State. We're not trying to one-up you. We're demanding that you put the pieces of the puzzle together.
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
The far right may have declared open season on the sisterhood, but countless Black women are out here upskilling and sharpening the tools in our proverbial kits. Journaling, paper planning, *praying,* meditating, eating clean, getting our steps in, hydrating... I would *not *want to be them. 😬
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period. This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!
My heart is with the family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom tonight, and the entire National Guard community. Her service to our nation will never be forgotten. May she rest in peace.
Live Updates: National Guard Soldier Dies From Wounds in D.C. Shooting
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Got emotional reading a passage about a little Black girl who wants to grow up to be a Dodger just like Jackie Robinson and thinks that Harriet Tubman looks like she had a good throwing arm I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was. You made a difference—so much of a difference. Rest always in peace, and always in power.
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential. www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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When talking about SNAP/WIC and any other program please don't use what is or isn't happening in YOUR specific state as universal truth. Some states will step in and cover costs... Others won't.
BREAKING: Letitia James has been indicted on one count of bank fraud in Virginia, charge brought directly by Lindsey Halligan, just like the Comey indictment.
My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Teaching has been such a joy this semester @huntercollege.bsky.social NYC, our living island laboratory. 💜
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
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