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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃)

@rinewithoutacat.bsky.social

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move with care • researches anti-genderism, migration, law, govt, religion • makes comics, posters, podcasts, zines, balcony gardens • multilingual, mixed-methods • personal acct, but I cite my sources • they // iel www.rinevieth.com

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · Aug 19

As some of you know, I'm working on a project looking at anti-gender/anti-trans politics and its impacts on SOGI asylum/refugee policymaking in Canada and the UK.

I'm looking for interviewees to discuss their experiences as legal professionals, community supporters, and NGO workers.

Please share!

Call for Participants
Impacts of Anti-Gender Politics on
SOGIE Refugees in Canada and the UK
Are you a legal professional, NGO employee, or
community supporter of refugees and asylum-seekers in Canada and/or the UK?
Or, do you have lived experience in Canada or the UK as
an LGBTQ+ refugee or asylum-seeker?
Are you willing to share your experiences for a research project about the impact of anti-trans/anti-gender
politics on LGBTQ+ refugee and asylum claims?
What's Involved
You are invited for an interview of approximately one hour, to be
conducted online and at a time that suits you.
Your participation will be anonymous, and for your time, you will be compensated $20 (Canadian participants) or £15 (UK participants).
For more information, contact rine.vieth.1@ulaval.ca
This project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Université Laval:
Approval Number 2024-528 A-1 / 18-08-2025

Appel à participation
Impacts des politiques anti-genre sur
les réfugié·e·s SOGIE au Canada et au
Royaume-Uni
Êtes-vous professionnel·le du droit, employé·e d'une ONG ou
militant·e communautaire des réfugiés et des demandeurs d'asile au
Canada et/ou au Royaume-Uni ?
Ou avez-vous vécu au Canada ou au Royaume-Uni en tant que
réfugié·e ou demandeur·se d'asile LGBTQ+ ?
Êtes-vous prêt·e à partager vos expériences dans le cadre d'un
projet de recherche sur l'impact des politiques anti-trans/anti-genre
sur les demandes d'asile et de réfugié des personnes LGBTQ+ ?
Qu'est-ce que cela implique ?
Vous êtes invité·e à participer à un entretien d'environ une heure, qui se
déroulera en ligne à l'heure qui vous convient.
Votre participation sera confidentielle et vous recevrez une compensation de 20 $ (pour les participant·e·s canadien·ne·s) ou de 15 £ (pour les participant·e·s britanniques) pour le temps que vous aurez consacré à cet entretien.
Pour plus d'info, veuillez contacter rine.vieth.1@ulaval.ca
Ce projet a été approuvé par le Comité d’éthique de la recherche de l’Université Laval :
No d’approbation 2024-528 A-1 / 18-08-2025

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 52m

Another man was reunited with his family after 2 years. Israeli soldiers had told the family he was dead. They'd grieved and mourned this man.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 53m

Al Jazeera is doing videos of the Palestinian releases and they're heart wrenching. One man was detained for over a year and was released to find out that Israel had killed his two kids. The youngest was three. Her birthday would've been on Saturday. He'd made a small bracelet for her in prison.

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 1h

Yes!!! I am a fan!!!

dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 5h

...I got really into R because of a strong dislike of NVIVO and ArcGIS, solidarity

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 5h

I don't like Qualcoder now having AI for some reason, I do like that it does what I want it to do in a format I can share with others, and even has stuff like colored codes that are colorblind-friendly! (It is also not six million dollars and makes my computer crash)

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 5h

I like Qualcoder, but have used Taguette, qcoder (in R), and a few others. I'm curious about BORIS.

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 5h

One of my spicier research takes is that NVIVO is garbage. There are SO MANY better, more effective, and less expensive tools out there that do the job while keeping data out of a proprietary format!

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6h

I have long believed that we should be WAY more vocal about how police and ICE constantly murder dogs, and I think this is great messaging actually.

The reality is that you can mobilize a whole lot of usually tuned-out Americans around a “someone is being mean to hecking doggos” cause.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 6h

“This heckin’ pupperino fucking hates La Migra,” to paraphrase from @weratedogs.com

Rate Dogs & • Follow
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This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE. They showed up at his door "looking for migrants after receiving a tip." The son of the family asked if they could wait before entering the home while he put Chop away in the bathroom, as the dog can be aggressive with strangers.
According to the family, it is at this point that the son went to his pickup truck to retrieve his ID and a Border Patrol agent entered the home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop. None of the agents helped the family, who desperately tried to render aid to Chop, as he bled to death on the kitchen floor. Unsurprisingly, the agent who shot their dog then hid from them and refused to give his name. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
14/10
CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-paso-family-claims-border-patrol-killed-their-dog-during-search-cbp-

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Politico @politico.com · 10h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 9h

stylish, practical, brave, good: www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

www.404media.co

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 8h

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 9h

Unironically, earnestly wondering about the health and safety on transport angle here? If pilot unions/health and safety legal professionals/others have uh thoughts?

(this is obviously horrific and inhumane, just also always trying to find ways to intervene)

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportation flights. The AP spoke to a number of people who said they were placed in the device after they had already been shackled.

ICE's use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 11h

c.w. torture

Torture device manufacturers in the U.S. stay innovating.

ICE has chosen the "Wrap" a full-body restraint device, to use for removals of people to 3rd countries. (Not being taken to home countries, other countries.)

@apnews.com: one man says ICE kept him in the Wrap for 16 hours.

[So disturbing. I'll do my best to describe.]

Video still:

This appears to be a video created by the company to demonstate the product, not a real prisoner. The whole lower body of a man is placed in almost a blanket that is strapped around him. There are multiple straps the size of large seatbelts with big buckles. There are straps that go over his shoulders. He is also back-cuffed. This video is a still from the moment when a helmet the size of a motorcycle helmet is being placed on his head and strapped on under his chin. he is also wearing a pale blue lightweight surgical mask.

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1 of 5 | US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been using a full-body restraint device called the WRAP during deportations. That continued despite concerns about safety from a watchdog division of its parent agency, the US Dept. of Homeland Security. (AP Video/Allen G. Breed)

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 13h

I am being asked to tell my department which pieces of lab equipment should be supported with backup power because they expect rolling blackouts and brownouts in 2026 due to increased energy demands from AI. In case you're wondering how my day is going.

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Dee Phunk @deephunk.bsky.social · 9h

An hour and 11-minute long mix of nothing but D'Angelo live tracks from various shows during the Brown Sugar and Voodoo eras. It's so well done. Also downloadable.

D'Angelo Live, by Ian Wallace

15 track album

ianwallaceproductions.bandcamp.com

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AAUP @aaup.org · 9h

“The university is under attack because gender studies is under attack, and if universities don’t stand up to this infringement on academic freedom now, it is not just gender studies that will be lost, but all free and open inquiry.”

— Laurie Essig, in a new post for AAUP’s Academe Blog

Academe @academemagazine.bsky.social · 12h

New on Academe Blog: academeblog.org/2025/10/14/h...

@aaup.org

How the Trump Regime and the Media Killed Gender Studies

BY LAURIE ESSIG On Wednesday, October 1, the Department of Education sent nine universities a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The document asks universities to comply …

academeblog.org

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 9h

My barber is moving to Gatineau and my GP is moving to Brighton and I am BEREFT!!!!

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 12h

“why is no one talking about this” is especially acute in an era of algorithmic media consumption, but at its core is the much older belief that if something were really important you’d have been directly and immediately informed in your preferred way on schedule

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 12h

“I haven’t seen this on the television channels I watch at particular times” is not the same thing as “this has not been on TV”, but here we are

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 12h

I have to laugh because I got licensed in 🇳🇴 and then sat the language exam (not offered anywhere else at the time). You haven't been able to do it in that order since shortly after I arrived.

ALL of these countries desperately need your labor but they're extremely pissy about it.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 16h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 12h

This is just...there's no reason for this, simply more barriers as Labour leans further into migration restrictions. And, if you've read a Home Office decision letter, you know that they uh are not the most well-written documents—often containing grammatical or spelling errors in English.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 14h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Max Planck Law @maxplancklaw.bsky.social · 14h

The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (Freiburg) is hiring a PhD Candidate (f/m/div) for the project ‘Costs of Cybercrime’. Apply by 2 November: recruitingapp-5535.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/50...
#PhD #Criminology #Vacancy

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

So glad that @tanvi.bsky.social followed up on this group of people; those who were in Border Patrol detention centers on the days Trump took office, people from countries where deportation wasn't easy for the Trump admin, who ended up dumped in Panama to send a message to other migrants.

Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social · 15h

his summer, I went to Panama and met Jharana, a 33-year-old from Nepal who had been deported there in a group of 300 others — the 1st group to be sent to a third country. I wrote about what happened to her and others over the year for
@nymag.com -->

nymag.com/intelligence...

What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?

Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.

nymag.com

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