Rachel Harding
@resah77.bsky.social
Historian, poet, teacher. Author of Remnants: A Memoir of Spirit, Activism and Mothering; and A Refuge in Thunder: Candomblé and Alternative Spaces of Blackness.
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Read, people, read.
What’s largely considered a solitary activity can improve communication skills and strengthen empathy and compassion, say experts in mental health and geriatric care.
Older adults are slowly abandoning this hobby — but the health payoff is huge
What’s largely considered a solitary activity can improve communication skills and strengthen empathy and compassion, say experts in mental health and geriatric care.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Read, people, read.
These stories are so important now. We need to lift up examples of white folks in this country with ethics and courage and empathy who stand in solidarity with humanity.
I learned about this from a woman here who was incarcerated with her family as a little girl. Their white neighbors also kept their prized family possessions safe until they were freed.
Being classified as white doesn't mean abandoning human decency or upholding white supremacy.
Being classified as white doesn't mean abandoning human decency or upholding white supremacy.
My mother’s family was incarcerated in American concentration camps. I thought I had learned so much about it and then @maddow.bsky.social drops this “Burn Order” podcast. I had never really learned about the white Americans who tried to stop it (based upon the first two episodes) (1/2)
December 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
These stories are so important now. We need to lift up examples of white folks in this country with ethics and courage and empathy who stand in solidarity with humanity.
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' reckoning (with slavery) comes about by way of recovering hard truths about the past and then making a record of them' @marthasjones.bsky.social hardhistories.substack.com/p/apologies-...
Apologies for Slavery, circa 2025
When I learned that Maryland’s Anne Arundel County officials had formally apologized for slavery, I wasn’t sure what to think.Thanks for reading Hard Histories: Facing Into the Wind!
hardhistories.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
' reckoning (with slavery) comes about by way of recovering hard truths about the past and then making a record of them' @marthasjones.bsky.social hardhistories.substack.com/p/apologies-...
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📌Stay strong, Letitia James, and a million thanks for your work standing up for the rule of law, and against one of the most lawless, vile, dishonest, traitorous, and racist lowlifes in American history.
If only everybody had your guts, fortitude, and dedication to this country.
If only everybody had your guts, fortitude, and dedication to this country.
December 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
📌Stay strong, Letitia James, and a million thanks for your work standing up for the rule of law, and against one of the most lawless, vile, dishonest, traitorous, and racist lowlifes in American history.
If only everybody had your guts, fortitude, and dedication to this country.
If only everybody had your guts, fortitude, and dedication to this country.
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Sojourners is delighted to announce "Light for the Way", a powerful collection of essays and interviews exploring how to sustain our resistance as people committed to faith-rooted justice.
This Giving Tuesday, with a donation of $50 or more, we’d like to express gratitude by sending an advance copy!
This Giving Tuesday, with a donation of $50 or more, we’d like to express gratitude by sending an advance copy!
Sojourners' new book, Light for the Way: Seeking Simplicity, Connection, and Repair in a Broken World
Thank you for supporting our work to raise the consciousness of people of faith, to be informed, empathetic, and work for justice. As a way to say thanks for your donation of $50 or more, we’d like…
sojo.net
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sojourners is delighted to announce "Light for the Way", a powerful collection of essays and interviews exploring how to sustain our resistance as people committed to faith-rooted justice.
This Giving Tuesday, with a donation of $50 or more, we’d like to express gratitude by sending an advance copy!
This Giving Tuesday, with a donation of $50 or more, we’d like to express gratitude by sending an advance copy!
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“Thank God for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. I may want this broken Supreme Court stripped down and rebuilt from the ground up, but she is the one bright force holding the line. One Black woman standing in the gap for an entire nation. America doesn’t deserve her—but we damn sure need her.”
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
“Thank God for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. I may want this broken Supreme Court stripped down and rebuilt from the ground up, but she is the one bright force holding the line. One Black woman standing in the gap for an entire nation. America doesn’t deserve her—but we damn sure need her.”
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The EPA has approved Forever Chemicals PFAS to be used in Our Produce. PFAS contamination is measured in parts per Trillion that’s how Bad it is. It’s connected with Cancer as well as Soil & Groundwater Contamination.
🚨Republicans Are Definitely Trying To Kill US 🤷🏽♀️ time.com/7336883/epa-...
🚨Republicans Are Definitely Trying To Kill US 🤷🏽♀️ time.com/7336883/epa-...
EPA Is Embracing PFAS Pesticides. These Are The Health Risks
The dangerous 'forever chemicals' could be causing still more contamination of crops.
time.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The EPA has approved Forever Chemicals PFAS to be used in Our Produce. PFAS contamination is measured in parts per Trillion that’s how Bad it is. It’s connected with Cancer as well as Soil & Groundwater Contamination.
🚨Republicans Are Definitely Trying To Kill US 🤷🏽♀️ time.com/7336883/epa-...
🚨Republicans Are Definitely Trying To Kill US 🤷🏽♀️ time.com/7336883/epa-...
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💯 Heads were exploding on social media because people didn’t take time to ask WHY she did what she did and to learn how this works. Justice KBJ is a gift from the goddesses and I just hope the 6 lunatics don’t wear her down to a nub.
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 PM
💯 Heads were exploding on social media because people didn’t take time to ask WHY she did what she did and to learn how this works. Justice KBJ is a gift from the goddesses and I just hope the 6 lunatics don’t wear her down to a nub.
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The @denverpost.com editorial board: "Federal immigration officials are out of control, and America’s third branch of government needs to rein in the gross abuse of power on display in Colorado and across the nation."
ICE is lawlessly detaining Coloradans. The judicial branch is our only hope (Editorial)
“Trump’s immigration enforcement squad cannot just smash and grab Coloradans because they suspect someone might be here illegally.”
www.denverpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The @denverpost.com editorial board: "Federal immigration officials are out of control, and America’s third branch of government needs to rein in the gross abuse of power on display in Colorado and across the nation."
"My lab studies molecular mechanisms of disease, especially diabetes, while my advocacy work tackles social mechanisms of inequality. Both are about restoration — of body & of opportunity. My experience makes me a more compassionate scientist, a more grounded educator, & a more relentless advocate."
From Prison to Ph.D. to Tenured Professor at Howard University
Once incarcerated in Missouri, Dr. Stanley Andrisse is now a tenured professor at Howard University. His story proves the power of research excellence, educational access, and second chances at the na...
thedig.howard.edu
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"My lab studies molecular mechanisms of disease, especially diabetes, while my advocacy work tackles social mechanisms of inequality. Both are about restoration — of body & of opportunity. My experience makes me a more compassionate scientist, a more grounded educator, & a more relentless advocate."
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Name one corporation that spoke out against the Trump Administration cutting SNAP to 42 million people?
Anyone know of one?
Anyone know of one?
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Name one corporation that spoke out against the Trump Administration cutting SNAP to 42 million people?
Anyone know of one?
Anyone know of one?
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I await the day when the Democratic party CELEBRATES increasing their vote shares of Black, Brown, API, and Indigenous votes as much as they celebrate winning Trump voters.
It tells me about what and who you value. And so far you ain't doing so well.
It tells me about what and who you value. And so far you ain't doing so well.
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I await the day when the Democratic party CELEBRATES increasing their vote shares of Black, Brown, API, and Indigenous votes as much as they celebrate winning Trump voters.
It tells me about what and who you value. And so far you ain't doing so well.
It tells me about what and who you value. And so far you ain't doing so well.
Explanation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's ruling.
The pause will send it back to the First Circuit where a final ruling will be made. That will actually be the final ruling and speed up SNAP’s return. I expect the First Circuit to vote to release the SNAP funds.
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Explanation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's ruling.
Absolutely this. Again and again and again.
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Absolutely this. Again and again and again.
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The same people offering full throated defenses of a man with a Nazi tattoo suddenly can’t process that the Supreme Court Justice that most consistently calls out MAGA must have a good reason to rule in a way that goes against her well established record. No nuance at all ever when it comes to BW
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The same people offering full throated defenses of a man with a Nazi tattoo suddenly can’t process that the Supreme Court Justice that most consistently calls out MAGA must have a good reason to rule in a way that goes against her well established record. No nuance at all ever when it comes to BW
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lookin artsy out there after the rain💞
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
lookin artsy out there after the rain💞
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For many of us, it’s been a long, heavy week.
The ocean reminds us to breathe again,
waves rolling in,
peace rolling through.
#OceanTherapy
#ExploreMore 🌱
The ocean reminds us to breathe again,
waves rolling in,
peace rolling through.
#OceanTherapy
#ExploreMore 🌱
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
For many of us, it’s been a long, heavy week.
The ocean reminds us to breathe again,
waves rolling in,
peace rolling through.
#OceanTherapy
#ExploreMore 🌱
The ocean reminds us to breathe again,
waves rolling in,
peace rolling through.
#OceanTherapy
#ExploreMore 🌱
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If you watch closely, you’ll see me in this beautifully shot production.
I’m making my family watch it over Thanksgiving. That should be fun.
I’m making my family watch it over Thanksgiving. That should be fun.
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you watch closely, you’ll see me in this beautifully shot production.
I’m making my family watch it over Thanksgiving. That should be fun.
I’m making my family watch it over Thanksgiving. That should be fun.
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Such a perfect embodiment of Republican governance. Every Democrat should run on the phrase “Had enough?”
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Such a perfect embodiment of Republican governance. Every Democrat should run on the phrase “Had enough?”
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😂 why do people do this?!
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
😂 why do people do this?!
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The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
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Be The Mycelium
Why bother emerging? The real work is happening deep in the soil
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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It important to know the names of women researchers who've been studying, speaking & writing about bias and AI.
Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini
And many many more within/outside academia.
Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
👑👑👑
Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini
And many many more within/outside academia.
Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
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December 4, 2024 at 12:32 PM
It important to know the names of women researchers who've been studying, speaking & writing about bias and AI.
Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini
And many many more within/outside academia.
Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
👑👑👑
Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini
And many many more within/outside academia.
Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
👑👑👑
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This is gorgeous.
Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics) #FullMoon
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is gorgeous.
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this! the AI industry and CS at large literally treats the human condition as a problem to be solved
"We are tearing people down by convincing them that they can't function without these tools. And we are doing this purely because some very rich unhappy oligarchs would like to become even richer if no more happier. There is nothing benevolent about this."
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
this! the AI industry and CS at large literally treats the human condition as a problem to be solved