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Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class
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Inaugural Renberg Chair. Pulitzer Center Global Reporting & Fund for Investigative Journalism Fellow. Traveling the world writing on Palestine, HIV/AIDS & LGBTQ life. Author of THE VIRAL UNDERCLASS. Finishing THE OVERSEER CLASS (Amistad/HarperCollins)
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Goodyear does!
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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@punkademic.bsky.social sets em up, I knock em down bsky.app/profile/rasz...
December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Australia is in Eurovision! Europe = white settler colonial state
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Universities can’t study Black ppl, Latinos, LGBTQ ppl, women, they can’t redress gender gaps in pay or racial disparities in HIv…but they must know how many Jewish students and staff there are, to reward the Zionists and punish the anti Zionists bsky.app/profile/prem...
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: In dealing with the Trump admin, Columbia is paying a $21 million settlement to Jewish or Israeli staff for claims of harassment/discrimination.

Unclear if non-Zionist affiliates who have faced harassment can file a claim, though terms say Trump admin has "sole discretion."
Dear All Current or Former Columbia University Employees: You are receiving this email communication because of a Settlement between Columbia University and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”).  As part of this Settlement, Columbia University agreed to send the email below to all individuals it employed at any time between October 7, 2023 and July 23, 2025.  According to Columbia University’s records, you were employed by Columbia University between October 7, 2023 and July 23, 2025.   As an employee of Columbia University between October 7, 2023 and July 23, 2025, you may be eligible to receive money from the fund Columbia University agreed to create as part of the Settlement with the EEOC (“Settlement Fund”).  Please see the EEOC’s official notice below about who is eligible to receive money from the Settlement Fund and information about submitting a “Claim Form” in order for the EEOC to determine your eligibility.   Please be aware that Columbia University will NOT receive or have access to any completed Claims Forms submitted by current or former employees.  As stated in the email below, the EEOC has sole discretion to determine which eligible employees are entitled to receive money from the Settlement Fund and the amount each eligible individual receives from the Settlement Fund.   Please DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL or contact Columbia University about the Settlement Fund as this Columbia email account is not monitored and will not receive incoming responses. If you have questions, please contact the Claims Administrator working with the EEOC by phone at 1-888-400-1586 or via email at EEOCColumbiaSettlement@cptgroup.com.   OFFICIAL NOTICE FROM THE UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION:   TO ALL CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY EMPLOYED ANYTIME BETWEEN OCTOBER 7, 2023 AND July 23, 2025:   The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), a United States government agency charged with enforcing the federal laws prohibiting discrimination and retaliation in employment, has entered into a Settlement with Columbia University, resolving the EEOC’s Commissioner Charge, Charge Number 520-2024-05956. The EEOC’s charge alleged that Columbia University engaged in unlawful employment practices by subjecting employees to harassment based on their religion (Jewish), race (Jewish) and/or national origin (Israeli) in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (“Title VII”).   The Settlement requires Columbia University to create a Settlement Fund in the amount of Twenty-One Million Dollars ($21,000,000) to be distributed to “Eligible Claimants” who sign and return a Release of Claims Form and Settlement Acceptance Form. The EEOC will have sole discretion to determine eligibility and sole discretion to decide the amount of money awarded to each Eligible Claimant from the Settlement Fund. An “Eligible Claimant” is an individual who meets all of the following requirements:   (i)                  The individual was employed by Columbia University at any time from October 7, 2023 to July 23, 2025; and,   (ii)                Based on the EEOC’s assessment, the individual could assert a viable claim for discrimination, including harassment, based on religion, race, and/or national origin (practicing Judaism, Jewish, and/or Israeli), and/or retaliation connected to complaints or objections of religious, racial, and/or national origin (practicing Judaism, Jewish, and/or Israeli) discrimination that occurred during their employment with Columbia University.   If you were employed by Columbia University in the United States at any time between October 7, 2023 and July 23, 2025 and, during that employment, believe you were sub…
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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I like when he tells me to he more like MLK 😂😂😂 bsky.app/profile/alis...
alisonb916.bsky.social Rent Controller OG @alisonb916.bsky.social · 8h
Just ugh in every way.
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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No I just think it looks and sounds like shit (but I don’t like video games or Stephen Schwartz scores) bsky.app/profile/oneh...
onehundreddemons.bsky.social onehundreddemons.bsky.social @onehundreddemons.bsky.social · 10h
Wait... is Wicked problematic in some way I'm unaware of?
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Same
December 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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They do it for undergrads, but for grad students, they shamefully have a “the customer is always right” attitude for anyone who can take out loans (they they give their loan money to Donald Trump!)
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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(It is because I respect audio journalism that I HATE 99% of chat
podcasts. They don’t respect interviewing or journalism. Amateurs, dilettantes, PR hucksters, scam artists & propagandists camouflage as journalists to the un-discerning ear.)
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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If you listen to the full recording the misogyny goes off the charts by the end
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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6/ YES! I am making a video about them, but there are youth shelters in arrears in rent and which need food — thank you! 🙏🏾 @aceanbender.com

www.gofundme.com/f/minoritysh...

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December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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6/ If you want to hear the entire original message, it’s here — it’s the screaming “BITCH!” that alarmed me about what women around James might encounter bsky.app/profile/thra...
thrasherxy.bsky.social Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 2d
“What a fucking effeminate, impotent, incompetent clown…Go find your fucking funding somewhere besides the American tax paper [sic], you stupid ass dumb bitch. BITCH!” A voicemail I got at Northwestern (which won’t give a shit). The level of homophobic, misogynist rage is alarming.
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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🙏🏾🙏🏾
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM