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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 1m

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Alt: Michael Scott character from The Office enthusiastically saying "Thank you."

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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 5m

I won't die on this hill - but does really irritate me when 'true crime' podcasts such as this pretend they're engaging with 'criminology' - when mostly, they simply are not. Gives criminology a bad name IMHO.

Criminology Podcast @criminologypodcast.bsky.social · 44m

Out now on EP381 of Criminology podcast; the mysterious murder of Diana Robertson & unexplained death of her BF, Mike Riemer. In Dec, 1985, they set out into the Washington wilderness w/ their daughter Crystal, and became part of a deadly mystery.

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 1d

This give me hope.

#Academicsky #highered #edusky

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 1d

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

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I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town.
Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming.
Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance.
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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 1d

I love this so so much

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 1d

Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 4d

@prisonjournalism.bsky.social

Got some new stickers in the mail today and can't wait to display them at work.

Love the Prison Journalism Project and the amazing authors they support. Students enjoy reading their work too!

#Academicsky #Edusky

Two vinyl stickers with the logos and names of the Prison Journalism Project.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 4d

I fear that schools being willing to drop diversity programs without a fight shows how flimsy their commitment to inclusion was in the first place. People fight for things they truly believe in.

Victor Ray, a sociology professor at the University of Iowa who studies race, said in an email that OSU’s decision to interpret federal guidance in this way “reflects the real pressure universities face as the Trump administration and Republican legislators attack higher education.”

But, Ray added, it may also be exposing the true colors of many universities that were broadcasting their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion when it was politically expedient to do so just a few years ago.

“The swiftness with which these organizations have complied with legally dubious orders shows that their commitments to diversity were often paper-thin before this administration’s pressure,” he said. “In many cases, administrators with existing qualms about diversity, perhaps going too far, now have political cover to take anti-equitable actions.”

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Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 5d

Philadelphia International Airport has joined other airports around the country in refusing to play a video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown.

Philly International Airport refusing to play Kristi Noem video blaming Democrats for shutdown

The city's Department of Aviation, which owns and operates Philadelphia International Airport, "does not accept or display materials that are political in nature in its facilities," the agency said.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 6d

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/

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 6d

i hate it when my inability to wear an offensive Halloween costume compromises my research

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 11d

*People from Worcester, Massachusetts have entered the chat*

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 11d

Working from home today.

My "co-workers" are two beagles who are currently barking in each other's faces over and over again.

#AcademicSky #Edusky

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 13d

Emotionally preparing for #Phillies to play their final game of the season on Wednesday.

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 13d

Me just waiting for Wednesday's final game of the season.

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BigCat @barstoolbigcat.bsky.social · 13d

Two thirds of the Phillies lineup the past two games! @phillies.com

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 13d

Preparing to watch the #Phillies tonight knowing that they have never won a playoff series when they've lost the 1st game...

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 15d

#Phillies lose.

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 15d

I mean, he's practically advertising his pitches to the Dodgers

#Phillies

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 15d

Bases loaded, no runs scored

This happens so often that I named it the " #Phillies special " earlier this season 😫

It's much much worse than the beloved Philly Special 🏈

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 15d

Sounds like Bader has a hamstring injury 😞

Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 15d

📢 Hey #Phillies top of the lineup:

Stop trying to play "Homerun Hero" and get the damn ball in play ⚾

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 15d

Dear #Phillies ,

All I'm asking is for you to not Cubs it up tonight against the Dodgers...

Respectfuly,
All Phillies fans

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 15d

It's officially 🟥 #RedOctober 🟥

#Phillies in 4! ⚾⚾⚾

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 16d

Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 16d

“Crime”, The Trojan Horse For Colonial Control blackallianceforpeace.com/movement-new...

“Crime”, The Trojan Horse For Colonial Control — The Black Alliance for Peace

The concept of “crime” is not a fixed, objective reality but a fluid and politically potent construct which has been meticulously weaponized to serve the interests of power. Crime is in fact a dialect...

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Ashley Kilmer @ashleykilmer.bsky.social · 16d

Hi, criminologist here...

What hell are you doing @npr.org ?

Doing "what" in a "smart way?"

None of what's going on right now has anything to do with crime. None. Of. It.

I am begging journalists to use critical thinking skills.

NPR @npr.org · 17d

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

National Guard presence may deter crime, but experts warn of the long-term costs

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

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