Anthea Butler
@antheabutler.bsky.social
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Professor, Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker. Comedic truth teller.
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dem8z.bsky.social
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
antheabutler.bsky.social
Very sad. I actually think I've probably seen every last one of her movies
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davelevitan.bsky.social
“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
antheabutler.bsky.social
I know her friendship with Woody Allen was problematic but Diane Keaton was a great actress...sigh.
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motherjones.com
Florida’s surgeon general’s anti-vax beliefs are only the tip of a very deeply weird iceberg.

Joseph Ladapo’s guiding voice? His wife, who believes she can talk to “Archangel Michael, Mary Magdalene, and many other beings of light.”
From medicine to mysticism: the radicalization of Florida's top doc
Joseph Ladapo was a normie—until he met his wife and a guru into levitating and communicating with spirits.
www.motherjones.com
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jgilligan.org
Vanderbilt AAUP press release about the Vanderbilt Faculty Senate voting overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution opposing the President's proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education as an unconstitutional & illegal infringement on rights & freedoms.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/09/v...
Vanderbilt Faculty Senate Votes Overwhelmingly to Oppose Trump Loyalty Oath
The Vanderbilt Faculty Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution opposing President Trump’s proposed “Compact for Excellence in Higher Education.” The resolution, citing concerns …
vanderbiltaaup.org
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sjjphd.bsky.social
Curious if folks are getting the impression that those around them are unaware antifa is not an org? We know this admin is dead set on pretending it is & many media are uncritically perpetuating that. Feels like we’re watching an elite disinfo campaign move in both a rapid and absurdist fashion.
karlbode.com
you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate
NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."
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the-independent.com
Trump only really wanted to win the Nobel Peace Prize for one reason – and you guessed it: it’s Obama
Trump only really wanted to win the Nobel Peace Prize for one reason: Obama
www.independent.co.uk
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kevinstalder.bsky.social
Statement from the Nobel Peace Prize Committee 👏 🙏
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
Oligarchs are going to oligarch. Trump may love him, but we don't have to. He is a pernicious figure and should be scorned and mocked. Without his billions, no one would care what this man says. 3/ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities
www.nytimes.com
antheabutler.bsky.social
Once again, less than Barack Obama 😜
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costasamaras.com
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
jael.bsky.social
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
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mcopelov.bsky.social
This is very poorly coached football team at the moment, & there's no escaping that. Right down to having you best defensive players still in the game now, to do nothing but get hurt. 🤷‍♂️ You're not gonna fire Sirianni 6 games after that Super Bowl, but it's really, really, really ugly right now.
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conradhackett.bsky.social
Most Americans say Trump has improperly used his office to:
💠Punish those who say things he does not like (66%)
💠Encourage federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)
💠Enrich himself or his friends and family (61%)

new @pewresearch.org findings
Most Americans think Trump is trying to exercise more power than previous presidents
49% of U.S. adults say Trump is trying to exercise more presidential power than previous presidents and that this is bad for the country.
www.pewresearch.org
antheabutler.bsky.social
Agree and you know the city will let them know just how much
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profgabriele.com
I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes
davidho.bsky.social
Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
apnews.com
antheabutler.bsky.social
It really does and people forget that Catholics are not evangelicals