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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · 16h

Np 😭

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · 16h

Found the publicly-available version on the FSU website: provost.fsu.edu/sites/g/file...

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · 17h

Saw evidence that a major FL state university is requiring that profs check yes/no if the conference they’re applying for school funding to go to (or their presentation) tries to “divide” people according to race/gender/sex/etc and other similar “criteria.” if they select yes, then no funding

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 17h

Just like the lies about Black and Latino graduation ceremonies this isn’t about exclusion it’s about whose concerns are centered in shared spaces.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 17h

I know it is beside the point because this administration simply wants resegregation but conferences for Black professional associations have always been open to everyone. Typically, the started as a response to white exclusion, and did not replicate that.

Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 17h

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Ohio State changes policy on group conferences after Trump administration threats

A federal investigation into potentially discriminatory practices at Ohio State prompted the university to change its policies regarding conferences.

www.dispatch.com

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · 2d

Was actually able to hop into an episode (before my back pain debacle, forcing me to step back again).

Such an important discussion. I hope it helps inform people in the absolute junk ways that the anti-tr*ns movement claims that “science” is on their side”

Harbinger Media Network @harbingermedia.bsky.social · 4d

On 🥎@endofsportpod.bsky.social🥎 ep170 @nkalamb.bsky.social @derekcrim.bsky.social + @johannamellis.bsky.social sit down with Sheree Bekker and Anna Posbergh to delve into the 'science' deployed to justify the anti-trans movement in sport.

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t... 🔶

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · 10d

Scary scary shit.

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Childless Dog Lady is PISSED OFF 🍉🌺 @sgbuggs.bsky.social · 10d

does anybody else have updates on Eman? I was told by another friend she was being accused of spitting on an officer and they were still holding her.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11d

@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 26d

Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms

Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high

edmontonjournal.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26d

RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.

RFK Jr.-Backed Vaccine Panel Advises Against MMRV Vaccine for Young Children

New members of a key committee tweak routine childhood vaccine guidance as some states and insurers go their own way.

www.wsj.com

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Janet Spittler @janetspittler.bsky.social · Sep 9

University of Oregon president has CHANGED COURSE and WILL NOT ELIMINATE departments. It’s hard to describe this statement as good news, but Jesus H Christ what a fucking relief. president.uoregon.edu/september-bu...

September budget reduction information

President Karl Scholz and Provost Christopher P. Long sent the following message to staff and faculty on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.

president.uoregon.edu

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David M. Luebke @davidmluebke.bsky.social · Sep 9

The University of Oregon retreats from its threat to fire 20-30 tenured and tenure-track faculty. However, there will still be layoffs, unfortunately.

lookouteugene-springfield.com/story/univer...

UO to cut 60 employees this fall, including some faculty members

Officials said they will not eliminate tenured or tenure-track faculty as part of its effort to close a $29.2 million deficit. The cuts were not as deep as members of the faculty union had projected o...

lookouteugene-springfield.com

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · Sep 8

Awful!!!

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Noah Cohan @noahcohan.bsky.social · Sep 6

“But if we pay the players a collectively-bargained wage, we’ll have to cut women’s sports!”

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yes!!!

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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · Sep 6

As the Liberty continue pricing out their longtime season ticket holders (mostly POC &/or LGBTQ+), a reminder that I wrote about this very thing before the season began:

the gentrification of the WNBA

While “investment in women’s sports” is often uncritically celebrated among league owners and the media, reality is much more complicated.

open.substack.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Sep 6

The US government is now straight up posting nazi propaganda.

A retro-style poster shared by the U.S. Department of Labor. It shows a serious young man in a button-up work shirt, standing in front of a map of the United States with construction cranes in the background. The text reads: “Build your Homeland’s Future!” At the top, there’s a link: APRENTICESHIP.GOV.

Another vintage-style poster from the U.S. Department of Labor. A young man in a short-sleeved collared shirt stands confidently in front of oil drilling and construction equipment under a bright blue sky. The bold text reads: “Power the Golden Age!” The same link, APRENTICESHIP.GOV, is displayed above.

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Vanessa is the name of the Doctor! @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · Sep 4

Feeling extremely validated, as a raisin lady, by Decoder ring's back catalogue entry on the invention of hydration, wondering if any #histSTM or #histsport ppl are working/have worked on the shift from thirst to dehydration, the role of hydration science in sport etc?
slate.com/podcasts/dec...

Why Do We Feel So Compelled To Lug Around Bottled Water Everywhere?

How big water sprung from fitness, begat wellness, and helped form the cult of better skin.

slate.com

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · Sep 5

I don’t know much tbh!!

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Johanna Mellis @johannamellis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ugh I’m sorry!!!

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Scobeard @scobeard.bsky.social · Aug 27

It’s insane to me that I am connected to and/or familiar with victims of multiple unconnected mass shootings. I live across the street from parents of a classmate who was killed in the shooting at my school. I have an 8th grade friend from San Diego whose Abuela was killed in El Paso.

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Scobeard @scobeard.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is not my most cogent thought and it’s admittedly a little heartless but every fucking time there’s a mass shooting I’m faced with a PTSD I don’t think I even deserve to have because I was simply a member (student) of a community that experienced a mass shooting almost 20 years ago.

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nicole froio @nicolefroio.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hi! I am writing something for The Objective about pre-reporting and how it constitutes a lot of unpaid work for freelance journalists. If you are a freelance journalist, could you please fill out this survey? Trying to see how widespread this is. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Pre-reporting as free labor

Hi! My name is Nicole Froio and I am a reporter. I am currently writing about the free labor of pre-reporting that freelance journos do for editors before their stories get picked up. I'm trying to ge...

docs.google.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 22

BREAKING: At least 71 Palestinians, including 24 aid seekers, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the latest 24-hour reporting period, says Gaza’s Health Ministry.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/r3s7v3

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