kim coles (she / her)💙
@kimcoles.bsky.social
I live in the past. I write for the present. 16th and 17th c. English Lit. Critical Race Studies. If we have sense, we're outlaws in TX. Bad Humor: https://www.pennpress.org/9780812298352/bad-humor/
A special issue of American Quarterly which will appear in September 2027. Myself, Jodi Byrd, Sharon Holland, and Greta LaFleur will be editing an issue which will span the historical periods of the 16th-20th c. Deadline for abstracts is December 15.
I ignored the murder of Melissa Hortman. Here’s why I’ll be talking about the murder of Charlie Kirk all day today. by most liberal pundits
If only woke leftists hadn’t used the Time Machine to change the past.
Seth Cotlar@sethcotlar.bsky.social · last yr.Today I learned that the author of this 1977 op-ed was the most important college mentor for the current head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
A man who is in the country illegally has been arrested for the theft of Kristi Noem's purse. Who's taking bets that she paid him?
Man arrested in theft of DHS chief Kristi Noem's purse is in the U.S. illegally, official says
Noem’s bag was stolen by a masked man Sunday night while she was having dinner with her family in Washington, D.C.
nbcnews.com
The UMD Senate just voted overwhelmingly to adopt the Big 10 Mutual Defense Compact. Ohio State was 15 minutes before us. The makes half of the Big 10 that have signed on.
The president’s son Eric Trump posted this. Chilling. He deleted it - but here it is
Ready everyone?!? Our bill—done w/ @aaup.bsky.social, @aftunion.bsky.social, @afthighered.bsky.social, @aftmaryland.bsky.social—for collective bargaining for ALL faculty & librarians in the USM system just dropped: Its here: mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills... What is it & why is it important? 🧵
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Good job, TX Observer. As legacy papers like WaPo cede their responsibility, local papers are stepping up.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical deta...
texasobserver.org
DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA. Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps. Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems. See how this works?
I just think he's too stupid to know how tariffs work.
🗽LOLGOP🗽@thefarce.org · last yr.He doesn't lie to be believed. He lies to be repeated.
This was Thursday. I have never seen a government official hold a press conference with a drink in their hand. But it's worth noting that Pete Hegseth can't get through a professional event without a bourbon.
The origin of Musk's 150-year-old social security phantoms? Stupid.
THE DEMOCRATS IN THE HOUSE need to REFUSE TO VOTE for this VISCIOUS TAX BILL that is AGAINST THE MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASS AMERICANS! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last yr.House Republicans have released their budget plan, and in order to pay for massive tax cuts for the wealthy, they are planning to slash funding for Medicaid and food stamps.
Tulsi Gabbard has just been confirmed as the Director of National Intelligence. 😫
if Canada wants to do something with some bite, they can stop letting u.s. oil companies build 100's of miles of pipelines to transport oil from their provinces to the states it would break less Indigenous treaties, reduce MMIWG2S victims, & cause less environmental damage in the short & long term
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2y agoWow guys, I’m starting to think the president might not have well thought out narrow concerns about Northern Border Security behind his trade war with Canada
Don’t be gaslit. If it writes an op-ed like a Nazi, Tweets like a Nazi, hosts a Nazi on a Twitter Space and salutes like a Nazi, it’s not ‘autism’, it’s Nazism.
