In Jad Abumrad's excellent podcast on Dolly Parton's America, the distinction he draws between feminists in theory and practice really got me thinking.
I would like older male academics who write obnoxious emails to know that those do get forwarded around and mocked.
To say nothing of the Jim Crow Halloween costume they decided to sell!
Teachers call for Target boycott over ICE response
A union is urging parents and teachers to do back-to-school shopping elsewhere, citing Target’s decision not to call for an end to the surge of federal agents to the Twin Cities earlier this year.
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“This is going to be three Black women covering a state fair from our perspective, which is like unheard of,” Reece said.
Her viral video joked about a sponsored trip to the Minnesota State Fair. It’s happening.
Sierra Nicole Reece went viral earlier this year for a video where she stated, “Forget Coachella. I'm trying to go to the Minnesota State Fair.”
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"It was a humanitarian crisis on an unprecedented scale, and churches and relief agencies from all over the world joined together to fly in emergency supplies. Norway's contribution was stockfish."
Nigeria's love affair with a Norwegian fish
How did stockfish - cod dried in Norway’s cold air - became a Nigerian staple?
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Whoever is composing NYT Connections these days needs a vacation, IMHO.
Great article by @durba.bsky.social on anticipatory compliance and complicity at elite universities that have no financial reasons for such obsequiousness. muse.jhu.edu/pub/434/arti...
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A quick and nauseating glimpse of the American "race realist" fired by Cambridge who launched the allegations that set off this storm.
Nathan Cofnas shouldn’t be silenced
Remy Rushbrooke argues that we should defeat Cofnas' ideology on our own terms rather than censoring him
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Reading a fabulous 2018 book on musicians and online relational labor by @nancybaym.bsky.social clarifies why so many academics use social media for self-promotion though we don't live off article downloads or book purchases. Sounds like it helps some feel like part of hegemonic hustle culture!
If you need to procrastinate on your writing..
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4w agoMy man looks like Mel Gibson headbutted a wasps' nest
At the risk of cultural essentialism, I'm going to say that if you give an Egyptian the chance to make a joke about you, you are going to get a good one! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Abdul El-Sayed embraces Trump claim he represents ‘very different’ America
Michigan nominee, who spoke to Obama after primary win, vows to fight inequality as president ‘makes billions off you’
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"Arday was treated not as a scholar but as a mascot, one who was particularly expedient for an institution that had been regularly embarrassed by its historic record on race"
The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
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The Government Accountability Office reported 94 percent of Division I colleges spend more money on athletics than they generate — even after accounting for revenue from television contracts, ticket sales and donations to athletic departments.
Most Division I colleges lose money on sports
Over 90 percent of these athletic programs spend more money than they generate, according to the Government Accountability Office.
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"A panel of three judges will hear a complaint that Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Lindell violated campaign finance rules by giving away pillows during campaign events." We live in a time of unbelievable ledes..
Judge finds probable cause that Lindell violated campaign finance law
The complaint stems from Mike Lindell giving out pillows during a July 4 parade.
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Sanjay Reddy, the tenured Professor of Economics laid off by New School, spoke about the school's lack of financial transparency in 2023.
The New School as a Neoliberal University presented by Sanjay Reddy
The New School as a Neoliberal University presented by Sanjay Reddy, Associate Professor and Chair of Economics at the New School for Social Research. Presented by the New School Faculty in Exile as p...
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
If one more university administrator tries to bully me into allowing AI use in class, I will send them this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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“Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our Language or Customs, any more than they can acquire our Complexion.” campaign-trails.ghost.io/pulling-up-t...
Pulling Up the Ladder
In recent weeks, Republican representatives in Congress have repeatedly insisted that specific groups of immigrants in their communities will never be assimilated into American life, that they pose a ...
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Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) previously denied a report, also alleged in court records, that he pushed a girl down a flight of stairs in high school. But the woman recently told me the alleged incident remains "one of the more traumatic nights of my life." Inside the investigation: ow.ly/8xU450ZpaNp
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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When did advertisers on podcasts start calling their advertisements messages? (It is not the host reading the ads). I call bullshit.