I use dr oz as an example of what a grifter who steals from the poor is. This man has featured in my intro courses for a decade now.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

Dr Oz: "These charlatans are shockingly effective at being grifters ... we have normalized fraud. We have normalized stealing from the poor"

This is why representation matters. A deeply racist person doing deeply racist things promoting deeply racist stereotypes.

Justin Carter@gigawattconduit.blacksky.app · 4d ago

*incredibly ugly wheezing sound* Jee-sus christ theplaylist.net/paul-schrade...

It's that simple!

Florida Chris@chrislongview.bsky.social · 4d ago

if you use racist language to talk about a Black person you don't like, you are a racist. if you support people who use racist language to talk about a Black person they don't like, you are also a racist. it is very easy to avoid using racist language about Black people with whom you disagree.

Boosting. Michael is a real one and his family is going through it.

Sailor Michael@sailormichael.bsky.social · last wk.

We are moving my daughter and asking for help due to Domestic Violence. I will be adding the rest of the funds myself to facilitate her move. Any amount and sharing will be appreciated. Thank you. gofund.me/6eba6ca16

My doc is leaving primary care and this is incredibly hard on me. I've only ever really trusted one doc ever and it took me a long time to find her.

Discover feed hit like a brick today. Don't fall for this "Jeffries isn't doing anything thing" - considering what he has accomplished despite the voters explicitly telling him he can't have power to do anything.

Nightmarica@n1ghtmarica.bsky.social · last wk.

Recent Achievements of Hakeem Jeffries (largely covering the 119th Congress) A thread (Feel free to add to this list. I am refining it as a shared resource to empower people with knowledge in order to counter Fascist propaganda and the oppression of ignorance and oblivion)

I do not have it in me to argue with white people about the "lesser of two evils" and "why voting doesn't matter" when they don't understand how that got us this dim fascism.

In this listening mood today.

Yet *another* Black man was just found hanged from a tree in Kentucky. The victim is unidentified, as of now. This makes 15 lynchings this year, if my count is correct.

Canvas is so slow, I could do such good things if I didn't spend 20+ hours a week in a LMS.

Now is the WORST TIME to be teaching food policy. All those systems that keep us safe? Oh, it's Whose Line it is Anyways all the sudden - everything is made up and nothing matters. See you soon for the exam.

There's definitely a tiny # of folks with availability and the knowledge related to what's happening.

J.P.@johnathanperk.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am one of the few professionals in this nation who can help you strategically prepare your organization for what’s coming, from a #Project2025 standpoint.

Just..... no. Unions in academia are vital.

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2w ago

Opinion | Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: https://bit.ly/3Sus7fa #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

August 28th is one of the pivotal days in Black history that one can miss in a climate of erasure.... But im here to offer a few examples on the significance of this date. So let's get to it 🧵

On this day, 63 years ago, the March on Washington culminating in the "I Have A Dream" speech rook place Voting Rights are under attack today by Republicans

Mlk Mlk Day

Alt: Mlk gif from I Have a Dream speech

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I'm seeing some people ask why the Democratic Party and congressional leaders aren't doing more to challenge Trump's anti-voting executive order. They were literally the first to seek a new injunction after SCOTUS ruled. I know, because I am their lawyer. www.democracydocket.com/cases/trump-...

🚨DSCC v. Trump

Learn more here.

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COYS

This is so well said.

Ted McCormick@tedmccormick.bsky.social · 3w ago

Me, a US-based academic: I don’t care what any scholar believes, we all need to stand up publicly whenever someone’s academic freedom is threatened Me, continuing: also, the first time this has happened, motivating me to sign my first ever open letter, is in late 2026, to a race scientist, in Ghent

I could keep going but here’s a lifetime score of his votes over his entire career. His lifetime progressive score is 96.88 AOC’s lifetime progressive score is 97.67 Do y’all see how uninformed and/or racist/antisemitic y’all look to a good chunk of the base? progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?h...

You can now search which businesses in your area are collaborating with ICE, thanks to a new project from @theappeal.org 🔗 theappeal.org/ice-local-bu...

DEI was always about finding the most qualified candidates, but reaching out beyond places you typically found "best" candidates to incluede all types of folks. A huge advantage of DEI initiatives is to have people in the room to stop this from happening. It's reap time for all that sowing.

GunnyJKJ@gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 2w ago

How stupid are you, as a corporation, when you are clueless to black history in America? Further, you’re requiring a college degree and experience for the corporate positions which make these decisions? Or do you simply not GAF and afraid to say so?

I'm still playing Kendrick battle tracks weekly.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

Been telling you for ages Hasan is a poison.

Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗@madisonkittay.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...

Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah

An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.

nytimes.com

Friends, There is almost a 0% chance a Black person hangs themselves. I'd say 0%, but I don't quite have that authority. Please remember that when you read these stories.

R. Souissi@rsouissivibes.bsky.social · 3w ago

ANOTHER Black man was found lynched. Demetrius Fleming. Hanged. Roanoke Rapids, NC. At this point, Black, if you must go out alone, get yourself some self-defense lessons and a CCW permit if possible. Too many of us are falling into trees.

I know of a similar situation. I'm pretty good at keeping my head solid during this stuff, but occasionally I just break.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.bsky.social · 3w ago

A 1-year-old baby appeared in immigration court without legal representation this week in Arizona and received an instruction: File an asylum application before the next hearing or face deportation. https://www.notus.org/immigration/baby-asylum-hearing

This new cancer vaccine makes me proud of what we've accomplished, despite all the obstructions to science. Then it makes me sad to imagine where we'd be if we loved and supported science.

This is absolutely true. White people Been voting on racial resentment & perceived relative prosperity since forever, but, most dramatically, the shift from Democrats to Republicans in 1965 was & remains the Proof.. Hint: look up the VRA & white voting patterns you'll see it. 1/

Black Dynamite 2@absoulutezer0.bsky.social · 3w ago

I'd say about 80% of America's current problems stem from the warnings of Black people not being heeded historically. Most white folks NEVER thought this shit could happen to THEIR food, THEIR water, THEIR air, THEIR homes, THEIR healthcare

They stole our jobs so bad they took them with them, apparently.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w ago

Bessent on the latest bad jobs report: "After the deportations that we've seen and the closing of the border, we don't need to produce as many jobs"