Dr. Marissa Kawehi Loving
@marissakawehi.bsky.social
Kānaka maoli & Black. Mathematician. Usually tired (not sleepy). Forever dreaming of home (Moku o Keawe).
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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good time to respectfully tap the "please support worker-led, billionaire-free, independent news" sign
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
good time to respectfully tap the "please support worker-led, billionaire-free, independent news" sign
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I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
October 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.
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"How can we make people we have power over feel better without addressing any of their complaints about us?"
October 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"How can we make people we have power over feel better without addressing any of their complaints about us?"
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FASCISM.
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
FASCISM.
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I really hope this project crashes and burns (metaphorically of course lol 🥲)
A US tech bro corp in the US has decided the night sky should go away. They've made that decision for everyone on Earth.
Naturally they've named the first searing orbital array (many times brighter than the moon) after Eärendil, the light bearer, from Tolkien's work
www.space.com/space-explor...
Naturally they've named the first searing orbital array (many times brighter than the moon) after Eärendil, the light bearer, from Tolkien's work
www.space.com/space-explor...
Company's plan to launch 4,000 space mirrors alarms scientists
Reflect Orbital says their light-on-demand idea has generated significant interest from commercial and government customers.
www.space.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I really hope this project crashes and burns (metaphorically of course lol 🥲)
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You're also not a sucker for believing in people. I get the sense that this needs to be stated from time to time.
October 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
You're also not a sucker for believing in people. I get the sense that this needs to be stated from time to time.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
October 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BOOM!
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
After over a thousand students, faculty, & workers gathered on campus to demand a rejection of Trump’s bribe,
UVA SAYS NO LOYALTY OATH!
✊🏼✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾
M.I.T. ☑️
BROWN ☑️
PENN ☑️
USC☑️
UVA ☑️
This is People Power in Action.
#DefendHigherEd
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Very sad to see what’s happening at Indiana. The school has decided it wanted to muzzle its student newspaper to only print fluffy campus life stories in special sections. When they pushed back, the school cut all print funding and fired their staff director
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS
Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.
www.idsnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Very sad to see what’s happening at Indiana. The school has decided it wanted to muzzle its student newspaper to only print fluffy campus life stories in special sections. When they pushed back, the school cut all print funding and fired their staff director
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
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"a test"? you mean...a violation?
October 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"a test"? you mean...a violation?
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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims
As of the end of July there were 18,457 children named on the long official list of Palestinian victims of Israel’s war in Gaza. Over almost two years, that is equivalent to bombs, bullets and shells killing a boy or girl every hour of every day.
In reality the deaths are not spaced out so evenly. Siblings, cousins and playmates are often killed together, by an airstrike or artillery shell. Even children shot by snipers or quadcopters are sometimes brought into hospitals in groups, doctors say. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
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This is the 2nd anniversary of the start of a genocide that made Gaza the most dangerous place on earth for children— that has raised a mirror to the rot at the core of our world.
Never has it been clearer that none of us are free until Palestine is free.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
Never has it been clearer that none of us are free until Palestine is free.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
On Parenthood and Genocide
A new mother and scholar of forced displacement writes about Israel's mass murder of Palestinian children in Gaza.
inthesetimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is the 2nd anniversary of the start of a genocide that made Gaza the most dangerous place on earth for children— that has raised a mirror to the rot at the core of our world.
Never has it been clearer that none of us are free until Palestine is free.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
Never has it been clearer that none of us are free until Palestine is free.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza...
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
trib.al
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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There are like a dozen videos this bad or worse per week now. This stuff is insane.
Breaking news: ICE stops family at gunpoint—smash car window on top of newborn baby.
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
"I was screaming that there was a baby. But they didn’t care," cried mother.
“I covered my baby with my body—I was so scared he was going to be hurt because glass was landing on him."
October 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
There are like a dozen videos this bad or worse per week now. This stuff is insane.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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at least i've never made the mistake of bringing an Ezra Klein to a Ta-Nehisi Coates fight
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
at least i've never made the mistake of bringing an Ezra Klein to a Ta-Nehisi Coates fight
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If I was currently associated with one of these institutions, I would be so embarrassed to realize these people see me as an ally. (Both my alma maters are here, hooray.)
October 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If I was currently associated with one of these institutions, I would be so embarrassed to realize these people see me as an ally. (Both my alma maters are here, hooray.)
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"The memo demands that schools ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions, freeze tuition for five years, cap international undergrad enrollment at 15%, require that applicants take the SAT or a similar test, and quell grade inflation."
Lol now why do you think they want the SAT required?
Lol now why do you think they want the SAT required?
October 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"The memo demands that schools ban the use of race or sex in hiring and admissions, freeze tuition for five years, cap international undergrad enrollment at 15%, require that applicants take the SAT or a similar test, and quell grade inflation."
Lol now why do you think they want the SAT required?
Lol now why do you think they want the SAT required?
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
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1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.
Thread 👇
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Not a single person who learned about 4chan because of the harm it's caused them would think it's "not politics."
September 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Not a single person who learned about 4chan because of the harm it's caused them would think it's "not politics."
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The AAUP stands in full solidarity w/HBCU faculty, staff, students, admin, & alumni. We call on law enforcement & governmental authorities to treat these threats w/ the seriousness they deserve, investigate thoroughly, hold responsible parties accountable, & strengthen preventive measures on campus.
AAUP Condemns Terrorist Threats to HBCUs
The AAUP condemns unequivocally the recent and recurring bomb and terroristic threats against multiple HBCUs. Threats targeting HBCUs are attacks not only on individuals but on the legacy of resilienc...
www.aaup.org
September 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The AAUP stands in full solidarity w/HBCU faculty, staff, students, admin, & alumni. We call on law enforcement & governmental authorities to treat these threats w/ the seriousness they deserve, investigate thoroughly, hold responsible parties accountable, & strengthen preventive measures on campus.
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Please please share if you can
September 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Please please share if you can