Dr. Todd LeVasseur (he/him/his)
@drtoddlevasseur.bsky.social
Scholar of sustainability, environmental humanities, and religion. Concerned about collapse, craving intersectional justice. Chronic sufferer of reggaemylitis. Views are my own. http://toddlevasseur.com
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Dispatches From the Rhodian Shore: A (Tough) Love Letter to Religious Studies
When writing as critical scholars of religion about the impacts and role of religion in society we need to broaden our remit, and must do so quickly. Let me explain why.
It’s probably best to start w...
religiondispatches.org
My first ever post at X, and same here, given the November 2024 election results--an op-ed I wrote on how relevant the academic study of religion (or anything, really) is, given runaway climate change:
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WHY CAN WE NOT ELECT A WOMAN PRESIDENT. The rest of the world has. OLD WHITE GUYS HAVE FUCKED UP AMERICA ALREADY.
December 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
WHY CAN WE NOT ELECT A WOMAN PRESIDENT. The rest of the world has. OLD WHITE GUYS HAVE FUCKED UP AMERICA ALREADY.
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So Hard To Lie, When We Always Bring In The Receipts...
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
So Hard To Lie, When We Always Bring In The Receipts...
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Since the end of the Cold War, democrats have created 50M jobs and republicans have created 1M.
The Republican propaganda that Trump “inherited” a bad economy from Biden and is making it better is the exact opposite of true. The numbers don’t lie and people know what they are experiencing.
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Since the end of the Cold War, democrats have created 50M jobs and republicans have created 1M.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
When you do stuff like this and it isn't covered as the massive scandal it should be, the permission structure to do equally awful stuff is quite high.
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Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So it turns out an ice agent is much more likely to have an arrest record than an immigrant.
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So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”
Is this not just theft
Is this not just theft
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”
Is this not just theft
Is this not just theft
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Calling the press “fake news” is harmful. Calling them “seditious, perhaps even treasonous” for publishing reporting is something else entirely. Treason is a capital crime. Suggesting journalists should face it for exercising their First Amendment rights and doing their jobs is dangerous.
December 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Calling the press “fake news” is harmful. Calling them “seditious, perhaps even treasonous” for publishing reporting is something else entirely. Treason is a capital crime. Suggesting journalists should face it for exercising their First Amendment rights and doing their jobs is dangerous.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will potentially treat opponents of President Donald Trump’s policies as “domestic terrorists,” according to a leaked memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi to all U.S. law enforcement agencies. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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when you see Trump on camera angrily attacking female reporters for asking straightforward questions, it doesn’t take much to imagine what he does behind closed doors when a woman says ‘No’
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
when you see Trump on camera angrily attacking female reporters for asking straightforward questions, it doesn’t take much to imagine what he does behind closed doors when a woman says ‘No’
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decolonization shouldn't be used to provide cover "for the emergence of a violent, tribalist ethnonationalism that cloaks itself in the rhetoric of indigeneity and decolonial justice".
monthlyreview.org/articles/dec...
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Decolonization and Its Discontents - Monthly Review
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December 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
decolonization shouldn't be used to provide cover "for the emergence of a violent, tribalist ethnonationalism that cloaks itself in the rhetoric of indigeneity and decolonial justice".
monthlyreview.org/articles/dec...
monthlyreview.org/articles/dec...
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Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Tariffs!
The average US household paid $1,200 in 2025 and will pay $1,600 in 2026. And that’s not even what’s happening to US businesses!
Are we great yet?
See more stats here: taxfoundation.org/research/all...
#DemsAbroad #VoteBlue
The average US household paid $1,200 in 2025 and will pay $1,600 in 2026. And that’s not even what’s happening to US businesses!
Are we great yet?
See more stats here: taxfoundation.org/research/all...
#DemsAbroad #VoteBlue
December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tracking the Economic Impact of the Trump Tariffs!
The average US household paid $1,200 in 2025 and will pay $1,600 in 2026. And that’s not even what’s happening to US businesses!
Are we great yet?
See more stats here: taxfoundation.org/research/all...
#DemsAbroad #VoteBlue
The average US household paid $1,200 in 2025 and will pay $1,600 in 2026. And that’s not even what’s happening to US businesses!
Are we great yet?
See more stats here: taxfoundation.org/research/all...
#DemsAbroad #VoteBlue
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Growing up Jewish, I was both enchanted by Christmas & disheartened that Hanukkah lacked equivalently festive songs, movies, or décor. I have now found three (!) great Hanukkah songs for all to enjoy:
(1) 8 Days (of Hanukkah) - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2_...
(1) 8 Days (of Hanukkah) - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2_...
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "8 Days (of Hanukkah)" Lyric Video
YouTube video by DaptoneRecords
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December 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Growing up Jewish, I was both enchanted by Christmas & disheartened that Hanukkah lacked equivalently festive songs, movies, or décor. I have now found three (!) great Hanukkah songs for all to enjoy:
(1) 8 Days (of Hanukkah) - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2_...
(1) 8 Days (of Hanukkah) - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT2_...
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Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Imagine your country being seen as a hope for a new life for thousands of people wanting to live and contribute in your towns and instead of being proud of it you go no nope nope this country should be a scary shitheap people should be scared to come here how dare they think we are good
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Release the Epstein files.
Lock up war criminals.
Lock up war criminals.
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Release the Epstein files.
Lock up war criminals.
Lock up war criminals.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The U.S. has conducted 19 strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats, killing at least 76 people.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
He’s unilaterally acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
This is a danger to us all.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.