Farnad Darnell, PhD
@docdarnell.bsky.social
Minimalist. Iranian American adoptee. 100% Persian. Adoption research. Sociologist. Social psychology. Social Democrat.
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🎶 Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom
I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb 🍒
Happy Birthday to Cherie Currie, born on this day in 1959, Encino, California. She was one of the girl who started it all..
#punkrock #womenofpunk #therunaways #cheriecurrie #history #otd
I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb 🍒
Happy Birthday to Cherie Currie, born on this day in 1959, Encino, California. She was one of the girl who started it all..
#punkrock #womenofpunk #therunaways #cheriecurrie #history #otd
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
🎶 Hello, Daddy, hello, Mom
I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb 🍒
Happy Birthday to Cherie Currie, born on this day in 1959, Encino, California. She was one of the girl who started it all..
#punkrock #womenofpunk #therunaways #cheriecurrie #history #otd
I'm your ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch, cherry bomb 🍒
Happy Birthday to Cherie Currie, born on this day in 1959, Encino, California. She was one of the girl who started it all..
#punkrock #womenofpunk #therunaways #cheriecurrie #history #otd
"Adoption is beautiful," they said.
Her adoptive dad had sexually assaulted her for years. But when Taylor Cadle told police, she was treated like a “monster.” She was charged with lying to the police and had to write an apology letter to her abuser.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Justice finally came when Taylor took her phone and hit record.
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Adoption is beautiful," they said.
If only there were a system that supported families to stay together instead of forcing adoption as an option
What the hell, BBC?! Are we feeling sorry for the adopters now and literally blaming the adoptees?!
🥚 #adoption
www.bbc.com/news/article...
🥚 #adoption
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Parents threatened by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care
Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
If only there were a system that supported families to stay together instead of forcing adoption as an option
Ummm...yep
What the hell, BBC?! Are we feeling sorry for the adopters now and literally blaming the adoptees?!
🥚 #adoption
www.bbc.com/news/article...
🥚 #adoption
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Parents threatened by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care
Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Ummm...yep
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Minor Threat
A fantastic, great band with a far too quick ending.
Minor Threat - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #history #punkrockhistory
A fantastic, great band with a far too quick ending.
Minor Threat - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #history #punkrockhistory
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Minor Threat
A fantastic, great band with a far too quick ending.
Minor Threat - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #history #punkrockhistory
A fantastic, great band with a far too quick ending.
Minor Threat - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #history #punkrockhistory
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The irony is rich.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The irony is rich.
My go to reply in December
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My go to reply in December
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RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
It's always a policy choice
GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…”
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wanting to address this isn’t radical.
NOT wanting to is.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's always a policy choice
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Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Watch this video before you do your Black Friday shopping on Amazon.
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Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Developed initially to target and kill tumors, they are now being engineered to target cells that are contributing to autoimmune diseases, like antibody-producing B cells.
#Science 🧪
#Science 🧪
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This video dropped, from Minnesota Public Radio, focussing on 4 Korean American #Adoptees for a 1 hour discussion. I have not listened to it yet. The host is Kaomi Lee, a reporter at Twin Cities PBS. They discussed systemic corruption of S. Korean adoptions to USA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF08...
Mistaken: Minnesota's Korean adoptees grapple with confessed systemic corruption
YouTube video by MPR News
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This video dropped, from Minnesota Public Radio, focussing on 4 Korean American #Adoptees for a 1 hour discussion. I have not listened to it yet. The host is Kaomi Lee, a reporter at Twin Cities PBS. They discussed systemic corruption of S. Korean adoptions to USA. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF08...
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The State Department has directed employees and grant recipients not to use federal funding to commemorate the day, the NYT reported. While employees can still highlight their work on AIDS and other diseases, they should "refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day" in public-facing messaging.
State Department says U.S. won’t mark World AIDS Day this year - UPI.com
Staff not to use federal funds or public messaging for the annual Dec. 1 observance. A United Nations office raises alarm over disruption to funding for AIDS programs.
www.upi.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The State Department has directed employees and grant recipients not to use federal funding to commemorate the day, the NYT reported. While employees can still highlight their work on AIDS and other diseases, they should "refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day" in public-facing messaging.
Drop some beverages
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Drop some beverages
During World War 2 over 200K Polish children were kidnapped and, if approved by SS doctors (based on hair color, eyes, nose, etc), "adopted" and "Germanified" into German families. Child kidnapping and forced adoption is nothing new.
🥚 #adopteesky
youtube.com/shorts/-QxK-...
🥚 #adopteesky
youtube.com/shorts/-QxK-...
It was most of the most HORRIFIC Nazi programs #morbidfacts
YouTube video by Morbid Facts
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
During World War 2 over 200K Polish children were kidnapped and, if approved by SS doctors (based on hair color, eyes, nose, etc), "adopted" and "Germanified" into German families. Child kidnapping and forced adoption is nothing new.
🥚 #adopteesky
youtube.com/shorts/-QxK-...
🥚 #adopteesky
youtube.com/shorts/-QxK-...
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At 15, I listened to rock, hard rock, and glam rock.
Then I heard "Young, Loud and Snotty," the debut album by The Dead Boys, at a friend's house.
Listen → buy → forever in my heart
Found the path to punk 😍
#punk #punks #punkrock #punkvinyl #thedeadboys #punkrockhistory
Then I heard "Young, Loud and Snotty," the debut album by The Dead Boys, at a friend's house.
Listen → buy → forever in my heart
Found the path to punk 😍
#punk #punks #punkrock #punkvinyl #thedeadboys #punkrockhistory
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
At 15, I listened to rock, hard rock, and glam rock.
Then I heard "Young, Loud and Snotty," the debut album by The Dead Boys, at a friend's house.
Listen → buy → forever in my heart
Found the path to punk 😍
#punk #punks #punkrock #punkvinyl #thedeadboys #punkrockhistory
Then I heard "Young, Loud and Snotty," the debut album by The Dead Boys, at a friend's house.
Listen → buy → forever in my heart
Found the path to punk 😍
#punk #punks #punkrock #punkvinyl #thedeadboys #punkrockhistory
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Funny.
"MTG Has Broken Cover" - Marsh Family parody of "Billie Jean" by MJ about Marjorie Taylor Greene
YouTube video by Marsh Family
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Funny.
Adoptees are always stereotyped in a negative light. They're either liars, murderers, or ungrateful. Sigh. 🥚
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Adoptees are always stereotyped in a negative light. They're either liars, murderers, or ungrateful. Sigh. 🥚
You'll be visited by three spirits
The Three Spirits
The Three Spirits
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You'll be visited by three spirits
The Three Spirits
The Three Spirits
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JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
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Released 49 years ago today
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Released 49 years ago today
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
"Anarchy in the U.K." the legendary debut single by the Sex Pistols
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #sexpistols #anarchyintheuk #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Tom Hanks branded military vehicles called Tom Tanks
Tom Hanks branded restaurant reviews called Tom Ranks
Tom Hanks branded steaks called Tom’s Flanks
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Tom Hanks branded military vehicles called Tom Tanks
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How I'm rolling up to Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
How I'm rolling up to Thanksgiving
How I'm rolling up to Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
How I'm rolling up to Thanksgiving
Drip some FOOTWEAR
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Drip some FOOTWEAR