Michelle
@rabidreader1970.bsky.social
Teacher, reader, progressive, Texan
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Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Police Chief Brian O’Hara has delivered a blunt message to his department: If an officer witnesses ICE agents using illegal force and fails to step in, they will be fired. 👏 👏 👏
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This is a really beautiful speech:
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
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Here's the speech I delivered last night:
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"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
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December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is a really beautiful speech:
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I can't wait until the United States cleanses itself of all the ugly traces of Donald Trump. Take his name off buildings. Remove all the tacky gold bric-a-brac from the White House walls. Bulldoze his vulgar ballroom. Restore MLK, Jr Day and Juneteenth at parks. #Fumigate
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I can't wait until the United States cleanses itself of all the ugly traces of Donald Trump. Take his name off buildings. Remove all the tacky gold bric-a-brac from the White House walls. Bulldoze his vulgar ballroom. Restore MLK, Jr Day and Juneteenth at parks. #Fumigate
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people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
December 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
people died for birthright citizenship. i get that it’s more fun to be a pundit when your team has the white house and you get to brag to friends about visiting the oval office; but what i’m wondering is if maybe that’s actually not a good reason to throw away something we fought a civil war to win?
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Today, in-person early voting begins in Miami ahead of the mayoral runoff election next Tuesday.
Republicans have spent decades failing Miami families. That’s why we need to flip this seat and elect Eileen Higgins—who will fight to improve the lives of working families in Miami.
Republicans have spent decades failing Miami families. That’s why we need to flip this seat and elect Eileen Higgins—who will fight to improve the lives of working families in Miami.
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today, in-person early voting begins in Miami ahead of the mayoral runoff election next Tuesday.
Republicans have spent decades failing Miami families. That’s why we need to flip this seat and elect Eileen Higgins—who will fight to improve the lives of working families in Miami.
Republicans have spent decades failing Miami families. That’s why we need to flip this seat and elect Eileen Higgins—who will fight to improve the lives of working families in Miami.
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I used to think the CDC being an evil organization was far-fetched in the future-zombie series by Mira Grant ( @seananmcguire.bsky.social ).
After today's CDC Panel announcement, I no longer think it's that far-fetched.
After today's CDC Panel announcement, I no longer think it's that far-fetched.
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I used to think the CDC being an evil organization was far-fetched in the future-zombie series by Mira Grant ( @seananmcguire.bsky.social ).
After today's CDC Panel announcement, I no longer think it's that far-fetched.
After today's CDC Panel announcement, I no longer think it's that far-fetched.
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This isn't a Participation Trophy, it's a Non-Participation Trophy.
December 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This isn't a Participation Trophy, it's a Non-Participation Trophy.
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The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The end of academic freedom, Flowchart Edition.
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An administration in a race to be condemned by the most children's book characters
December 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
An administration in a race to be condemned by the most children's book characters
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Anyone else have this on their mind too?
For years, Republicans insisted that the path to lower cost healthcare was a market based system. The story they sold us was more competition would lead to lower prices.
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For years, Republicans insisted that the path to lower cost healthcare was a market based system. The story they sold us was more competition would lead to lower prices.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Anyone else have this on their mind too?
For years, Republicans insisted that the path to lower cost healthcare was a market based system. The story they sold us was more competition would lead to lower prices.
1 of 3
For years, Republicans insisted that the path to lower cost healthcare was a market based system. The story they sold us was more competition would lead to lower prices.
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Hegseth’s spokesman has now moved to goalposts to another stadium.
December 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Hegseth’s spokesman has now moved to goalposts to another stadium.
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If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If blowing up survivors in the water was the right thing to do because they are “narco-terrorists” (trust us, bro) and deserve no quarter, why did we rescue two other survivors in a different strike, fly them home, and let them go free?
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“I’LL be the judge of who a judge is!”
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“I’LL be the judge of who a judge is!”
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“[Eventually] humanities depts will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.”
really important thread ⬇️
really important thread ⬇️
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Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Pretty much ANY statistic you see cited to frighten you about vaccines comes from the VAERS database. (Including the recent evidence-free missive from Vinay Prasad). Here's why VAERS can NEVER be a proper source for population-level vaccine risk estimates.
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The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
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Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
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“Is this shit legal?”
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
November 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“Is this shit legal?”
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
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Billionaires love it when we’re busy arguing with each other.
Meanwhile, they're rigging the system to hoard money and power while we fight over the scraps.
We’ve got more in common than they want us to think.
Meanwhile, they're rigging the system to hoard money and power while we fight over the scraps.
We’ve got more in common than they want us to think.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Billionaires love it when we’re busy arguing with each other.
Meanwhile, they're rigging the system to hoard money and power while we fight over the scraps.
We’ve got more in common than they want us to think.
Meanwhile, they're rigging the system to hoard money and power while we fight over the scraps.
We’ve got more in common than they want us to think.
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Another day, another Republican scandal.
Jilted Wife Outs Republican SBOE Member And Other Texas Election News
Another day, another Republican scandal.
www.lonestarleft.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Another day, another Republican scandal.
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Another comprehensive must read for following Texas politics and the ‘26 campaign.
Another day, another Republican scandal.
Jilted Wife Outs Republican SBOE Member And Other Texas Election News
Another day, another Republican scandal.
www.lonestarleft.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Another comprehensive must read for following Texas politics and the ‘26 campaign.
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what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
what i love is that in 1990 judas priest got brought to trial over the claim that subliminal messages in the recording "better by you better than me" caused two suicides and now in 2025 openai seems to be generating a suicide a week with its superliminal messages and the US government is funding it