ElizabethRDale
@elizabethrdale.bsky.social
Writer, carceral history & disability; part of the struggle for academic freedom. My latest book: https://librarypress.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/?attachment_id=18533
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The man's name was Joseph Barnes. Here's the request for a copy of his freedom papers from the St. Mary's County, Maryland, Register of Wills, 1806-1852, which the amazing Maryland State Archives has digitized and made available online. #slaveryarchive
December 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The man's name was Joseph Barnes. Here's the request for a copy of his freedom papers from the St. Mary's County, Maryland, Register of Wills, 1806-1852, which the amazing Maryland State Archives has digitized and made available online. #slaveryarchive
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I encounter people who seem to have lost touch with the concept of being a physical presence in a three dimensional space. Their body being present in, say, a doorway, while they stare at their phone cannot occur to them. Everyone is now the only human who exists. Seems bad.
Can't remember if it was this bad before COVID but I'm seeing an alarming spreading of what I'll call Airport Behavior to other public places. Obliviousness to other people's existence, ineptitude at navigating the environment. "Is this your first time at the grocery store" type stuff
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I encounter people who seem to have lost touch with the concept of being a physical presence in a three dimensional space. Their body being present in, say, a doorway, while they stare at their phone cannot occur to them. Everyone is now the only human who exists. Seems bad.
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Just a proud, unrepentant racist.
A MAGA grandpa in Wyoming called 911 and told the operator to “call ICE” on an Amazon delivery driver simply for speaking Spanish.
“There’s this guy in front of my house who can’t speak English. You need to call ICE on him.”
“There’s this guy in front of my house who can’t speak English. You need to call ICE on him.”
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just a proud, unrepentant racist.
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So Leavitt’s brother has a history of physical abuse and threatened to get her deported. And people are still wondering if all of this could’ve been intentional.
“After they broke up, Ferreira said in court records that Michael Leavitt had in the past threatened to try to get her deported.”
EXCLUSIVE:
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So Leavitt’s brother has a history of physical abuse and threatened to get her deported. And people are still wondering if all of this could’ve been intentional.
Intersections are also apparently a challenge.
Reading about other cities in the world that plow their sidewalks and feeling intense jealousy. And imagine getting from the sidewalk to the bus without stepping over a huge pile of plowed snow!
December 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Intersections are also apparently a challenge.
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I should have expected it, but it still shocks me how little news orgs care about the fact that corruption has destroyed nearly all consumer/labor/environmental/public safety protection and corporate oversight during Trump's second term
media ownership supports this outcome
media ownership supports this outcome
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I should have expected it, but it still shocks me how little news orgs care about the fact that corruption has destroyed nearly all consumer/labor/environmental/public safety protection and corporate oversight during Trump's second term
media ownership supports this outcome
media ownership supports this outcome
That’s what I was afraid of.
It's kind of a pain because they do help but putting them on and taking them off is a bit annoying
December 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
That’s what I was afraid of.
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This is America.
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is America.
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Harassment, assault, arrests of Americans.
Black and brown Americans.
By their own government.
Endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Do the yaktrax help?
I thought this would work when I bought yaktrax at Costco last week but they must not have been expensive enough
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Do the yaktrax help?
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We should take it way more seriously than we do that these unspeakably wealthy and powerful men are publicly equating summary judgement and public execution with their gender.
That’s real sick. Real real sick.
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
That’s real sick. Real real sick.
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We should take it way more seriously than we do that these unspeakably wealthy and powerful men are publicly equating summary judgement and public execution with their gender.
That’s real sick. Real real sick.
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
That’s real sick. Real real sick.
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
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Trump's second term eviscerated regulatory autonomy. They even randomly fired Democratic commissioners.
This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
NEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments In Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Trump's second term eviscerated regulatory autonomy. They even randomly fired Democratic commissioners.
This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
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Both Trump and Lindbergh’s grandfathers fled their homelands, a step ahead of law enforcement, a factual inconvenience that their grandsons never mentioned in their campaigns against others fleeing similar dire circumstances.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Both Trump and Lindbergh’s grandfathers fled their homelands, a step ahead of law enforcement, a factual inconvenience that their grandsons never mentioned in their campaigns against others fleeing similar dire circumstances.
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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It's Sunday. Here's a church. Built in 1912, Worthmann & Steinbach, architects. I would like to know more about the history of the windows.
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's Sunday. Here's a church. Built in 1912, Worthmann & Steinbach, architects. I would like to know more about the history of the windows.
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Because this isn't about immigration. It is about race. Wake up and cover the racism.
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Because this isn't about immigration. It is about race. Wake up and cover the racism.
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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obscene
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
obscene
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The problem with questioning birthright citizenship in the US context should not be looked at with its economic peers, but its geographic. There’s a historical reason it exists and it underpins the entire state organization in the Western Hemisphere. There exceptions in the WH also tie into that:
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The problem with questioning birthright citizenship in the US context should not be looked at with its economic peers, but its geographic. There’s a historical reason it exists and it underpins the entire state organization in the Western Hemisphere. There exceptions in the WH also tie into that:
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Despite overwhelming evidence that just saying “no” to the creeps pushing this works, the organizations that are supposed to be set up to protect/fight for us keep failing.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Despite overwhelming evidence that just saying “no” to the creeps pushing this works, the organizations that are supposed to be set up to protect/fight for us keep failing.
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The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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The defense is now “We were trying to commit murder, not war crimes.”
"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The defense is now “We were trying to commit murder, not war crimes.”
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"The difference between good and bad rulers is that the good love freedom, the bad love slavery." #SaintAmbrose
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"The difference between good and bad rulers is that the good love freedom, the bad love slavery." #SaintAmbrose
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There are several academics, not Anthony, who jumped into this research area AFTER Trump issued his EO on birthright, had never/rarely written in the area. For what ends? To try to create a constitutional controversy where there is none. Framers' intent, text, doctrinal development are clear.
Anyone who knows this history should know there’s no contested issue.
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
There are several academics, not Anthony, who jumped into this research area AFTER Trump issued his EO on birthright, had never/rarely written in the area. For what ends? To try to create a constitutional controversy where there is none. Framers' intent, text, doctrinal development are clear.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene compared MAGA dead-enders to battered wives
I wrote about how House Republican women are dangerously close to figuring out that MAGA exists to control them.
I wrote about how House Republican women are dangerously close to figuring out that MAGA exists to control them.
December 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene compared MAGA dead-enders to battered wives
I wrote about how House Republican women are dangerously close to figuring out that MAGA exists to control them.
I wrote about how House Republican women are dangerously close to figuring out that MAGA exists to control them.
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Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
6 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Biden, generally a lukewarm backer of trans rights as President, uses Intl International LGBTQ+ Leaders Conference speech to slam Reps/Trump for turning trans rights into "political football...into something scary, something sinister."
Joe Biden slams Republicans for turning transgender rights into ‘political football’
The former president gave a speech expressing support for LGBTQ+ rights at an LGBTQ+ leaders conference on Friday
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Assigned's mentions for this post are flooded with people who want to jeer at Biden so may I just say: When a Democratic former president makes a point of standing up for trans rights in a situation where he is absolutely not required to do so, for God's sake, just take the W.
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This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
This is horrific and exactly what those of us in Black studies, gender studies, women’s studies have been warning our colleagues in the sciences about. Their seeming neutrality will not save them.