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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Jun 5

once again I must tap my own sign

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honestly the best marketing scheme in history is men successfully getting away with calling women the "more emotional" gender for like, EONS, because they've successfully rebranded anger as Not An Emotion

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Jun 5

wildfire smoke creating eerie sunrises in the lower 48 #mymichigan #photography #rescuedog

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 16

where would we be w/out child’s pose? #yoga #gratitude #resist #mindfulness

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · Feb 13

A shadow government would be an excellent thing to take up.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Feb 13

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

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WMU-AAUP Chapter @wmuaaup.bsky.social · Feb 13

"If our university’s leadership chooses to hide behind “neutrality” as a chilling pall falls over our classrooms and our most vulnerable campus members are targeted for harm, WMU will carry a stain of moral and intellectual failure into its future."

thewmuaaup.com/2025/02/13/n...

Neutrality in the Face of Evil: An Open Letter to Western Michigan University’s Leaders

by Andrew Hennlich, President of the WMU-AAUP, and Cathryn Bailey, Vice President of the WMU-AAUP As leaders of Western Michigan University’s chapter of the WMU-AAUP, as professors, and as engaged …

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Feb 9

Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Feb 10

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 9

a key plank in MY version of project 25 #resist #justice #riseup #art #sunday #equality #love

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 9

a key plank in MY version of project 25 #resist #justice #riseup #art #sunday #equality #love

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Sarah Tuttle @niais.bsky.social · Feb 7

If you are on a college campus, please review what is allowed and how to protect your students. Remember, most ICE raids do not have warrants. They aren't allowed in classrooms, labs, offices, and other non-public spaces. And if you know the student they are asking about? NO YOU FUCKING DON'T.

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · Feb 7

From the Chronice of Higher Ed's daily newsletter email. The first ICE arrest on a college campus happened at Spokane Community College yesterday. The Chronicle, however, is here to tell us that in "the bigger picture," it's no big deal, even if "the loudest voices" say it is.

The bigger picture: A new era of on-campus immigration enforcement is no longer an abstraction. But with about 400,000 undocumented students enrolled in U.S. colleges, much remains unclear. A single arrest reported in a parking lot is not the same thing as frequent sweeps through the quad, no matter how much the loudest voices might want to equate the two.

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 2

#inclusion #compassion #hypocrisy #food #gratitude #yoga #inmigracion

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 4

pretty much #speakup #fightback

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Feb 5

"Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-sh...

Maybe You Should Shout Fire in a Crowded Theater (If It's On Fire): The Coup Continues
Rebecca Solnit
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05 Feb 2025 — 8 min read
Yesterday the Associated Press ran a story with this sentence in it: "Last week, regional managers for the General Services Administration, or GSA, received a message from the agency’s Washington headquarters to begin terminating leases on all of the roughly 7,500 federal offices nationwide, according to an email shared with The Associated Press by a GSA employee." That sentence came a little after after the opening sentence which declared that Musk and Trump were moving "to cut down on office space." So far as I can tell this means largely eliminating the federal government--for example the federal government has in my region (California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, some Pacific US territories) 170 government-owned buildings and leased space in 827 buildings. Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine. And the story, which seemed clear to me if not the AP, clarifies that Musk's apparent goal isn't to reduce the size of the federal government; it's to eliminate it. Especially if you relate it to all the other stories out there about what Musk is doing, though there's often a notion in mainstream journalism that connecting things to other things is editorializing, that the audience should be delivered facts stripped of context in the name of objectivity.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Feb 4

Members of Congress have just been denied entrance to the Treasury building. The American people deserve to know what President Musk is doing with our money. We’re rallying with @moveon.org — follow along live.

‼️RALLY AT THE TREASURY‼️ Nobody Elected Elon!

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 4

when we fight, we win #resist #strongertogether

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · Feb 4

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · Feb 3

MORE OF THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · Feb 3

Now we’re cooking!

Thank you for doing something, @schatz.bsky.social.

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 4

pretty much #speakup #fightback

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 3

America, you broke through—the media, from small outlets to large, is finally picking up on what’s happening. Legislators, judges, and attorneys general across the country are speaking out. They hear you. We love you and are honored to serve you! 🦬💚🇺🇸

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Feb 2

I finally launched my own newsletter! I'm happy to be albeit write what I want when I want. And to put a lot of short in-the-moment essays that used to be on FB at this site instead. Please subscribe! meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/welcome-to-m...

Welcome to Meditations in an Emergency

We are very clearly in a lot of emergencies right now. They demand action. But action demands thought and thoughtfulness: who are we, what are our values, our goals, our allies, our possibilities, and...

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 2

#inclusion #compassion #hypocrisy #food #gratitude #yoga #inmigracion

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Jan 31

It is Friday afternoon of a wild, wild week. And yet for me a reassuring one. My greatest fear was not of what they would do. It's that we would let them. And I'm seeing a lot of beautiful intransigence. From federal workers. From people all over the country obstructing ICE....

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jan 31

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Jan 20

in love with the moon, etc. #hope #poetry #love #resilience #strength #authenticity #gratitude

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Otherwise Philosophy (Cathryn Bailey) @baileycat.bsky.social · Feb 1

when yer pissed off but in it for the long haul #hope #resilience #determination #mindfulness #gratitude #queer

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