Jenn Holland
@jennholland.bsky.social
Historian at the University of Oklahoma. Author of Tiny You. Research reproductive, queer, and western histories.
This was a trans affirming protest, defending not only academic freedom but also the entire project of the university. I was so moved.
Around 250 people protested on OU's campus Friday in support of the graduate instructor who was suspended after giving Samantha Fulnecky a failing grade on her Bible-based essay.
Protestors show support for graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination for Bible-based essay
Chants in support of the graduate instructor who was placed on leave after psychology junior Samantha Fulneckly claimed discrimination over a failing grade rang through campus Friday afternoon.
www.oudaily.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This was a trans affirming protest, defending not only academic freedom but also the entire project of the university. I was so moved.
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My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
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Performative xenophobic sociopathy for an audience of one.
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Performative xenophobic sociopathy for an audience of one.
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I'm about 500 times more concerned with my own elderly parents being victimized by an identity theft or pig butchering scam than I am about them being mugged or burglarized and I think that's similar for most voters bsky.app/profile/todm...
I think the scams at issue are phone and email scams, phishing, identity theft etc. Most people I know are actually quite familiar with those, worry about them and wish government would do more to stop them. A promise to do something about that sort of scam might resonate with voters.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm about 500 times more concerned with my own elderly parents being victimized by an identity theft or pig butchering scam than I am about them being mugged or burglarized and I think that's similar for most voters bsky.app/profile/todm...
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Social media is dying, from now on we meet at the moonlit bog at midnight instead
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Social media is dying, from now on we meet at the moonlit bog at midnight instead
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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“The secrets of Epstein’s inbox do not reveal an overarching conspiracy but paints a more sobering picture: a world where immense wealth, privileged access and proximity to power can insulate individuals from accountability and consequences…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him
Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“The secrets of Epstein’s inbox do not reveal an overarching conspiracy but paints a more sobering picture: a world where immense wealth, privileged access and proximity to power can insulate individuals from accountability and consequences…” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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BREAKING: California voters approve a new House map designed to help Democrats net 5 seats next year, NBC News projects, countering Republican redistricting in other states.
California voters approve Democratic-drawn congressional map as national redistricting battle spreads
NBC News projects that a ballot measure has passed allowing California Democrats to bypass an independent redistricting commission and counter GOP efforts around the country.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
BREAKING: California voters approve a new House map designed to help Democrats net 5 seats next year, NBC News projects, countering Republican redistricting in other states.
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
New Poll: Voters Prefer Democratic Candidates Approach To Trans Rights Over Republicans
A new poll, which surveys voters who will partake in the New Jersey and Virginia governor races, found that voters were not impressed with Republican anti-trans positions.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
wait, are you telling me that all the centrist pundits who insisted that Dems wouldn't win any future elections unless/until they threw trans people under the bus turned out to be wrong? how could this be?!? 😱
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
www.erininthemorning.com/p/new-poll-v...
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I'll go ahead and say it. Texas book banners got their butts kicked in tonight's school board elections. Again.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I'll go ahead and say it. Texas book banners got their butts kicked in tonight's school board elections. Again.
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Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.
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I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I am no longer employed so I'm not blogging Zohran tonight but I can just repeat exactly what I said in June :-)
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
he won on the back of a pro-migrant, pro-trans, pro-working class campaign. and also: Dem pundits are full of shit
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No, Mr. President.
You do not have the right to take away student debt forgiveness from teachers, nurses, veterans and other public servants if they do not show loyalty to your right-wing political agenda.
This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Rescind this illegal rule.
You do not have the right to take away student debt forgiveness from teachers, nurses, veterans and other public servants if they do not show loyalty to your right-wing political agenda.
This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Rescind this illegal rule.
Trump moves to block public servants from loan forgiveness based on ideology
Those who work with undocumented immigrants, provide gender transition care for minors or publicly protest could be blocked from student loan forgiveness under a new rule.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
No, Mr. President.
You do not have the right to take away student debt forgiveness from teachers, nurses, veterans and other public servants if they do not show loyalty to your right-wing political agenda.
This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Rescind this illegal rule.
You do not have the right to take away student debt forgiveness from teachers, nurses, veterans and other public servants if they do not show loyalty to your right-wing political agenda.
This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Rescind this illegal rule.
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REPUBLICAN Senator Lankford on Trump bombing boats and killing people with no due process or real evidence they’re drug-related: “The administration needs to give Congress insight on this. If this was happening under Biden with this level of insight I’d be apoplectic.”
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
REPUBLICAN Senator Lankford on Trump bombing boats and killing people with no due process or real evidence they’re drug-related: “The administration needs to give Congress insight on this. If this was happening under Biden with this level of insight I’d be apoplectic.”
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Small bright moments to remind you that not everyone sucks: a Dallas, TX United Methodist Church responds to TX's law preventing rainbow crosswalks by painting their steps and church doors instead www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/24/t...
Texas church's perfect, beautiful response to state's removal of rainbow crosswalks
In response to governor Greg Abbott’s order that cities remove rainbow crosswalks, Oak Lawn United Methodist Church (OLUMC is defiantly fighting back.
www.thepinknews.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Small bright moments to remind you that not everyone sucks: a Dallas, TX United Methodist Church responds to TX's law preventing rainbow crosswalks by painting their steps and church doors instead www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/24/t...
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
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“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us."
Kenny Loggins Demands Removal of 'Danger Zone' From AI Clip of Trump Dumping Poop on Protesters
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October 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us."
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Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
Cleve Jones: "This Is Our Country"
This is the first guest essay at Meditations in an Emergency. I'm proud to bring you yesterday's speech by the great Cleve Jones, who has for nearly half a century been a key organizer for the global ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
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It's incredibly telling that student newsrooms have shown more bravery in the past few years than many national outlets
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's incredibly telling that student newsrooms have shown more bravery in the past few years than many national outlets