Andrew McNeely
@amcneely.com
Sociologist: race, culture, food insecurity, community-based and ethnographic methods. Also a dad doing his dadest
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November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Texas A&M University board of regents just approved a ban on academic instruction of race and gender
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Texas A&M University board of regents just approved a ban on academic instruction of race and gender
Vote them out
Vote them all the way the feck out
Vote them all the way the feck out
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Vote them out
Vote them all the way the feck out
Vote them all the way the feck out
Less than a week after shocking upset wins across the country by Dems
Broad consensus that republicans are to blame for the shutdown and the associated harm
Uncountable opportunities to capitalize on public sentiment
And Senate Dems just give up entirely.
Broad consensus that republicans are to blame for the shutdown and the associated harm
Uncountable opportunities to capitalize on public sentiment
And Senate Dems just give up entirely.
Nobody owns the libs like the conservative dems own the libs.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Less than a week after shocking upset wins across the country by Dems
Broad consensus that republicans are to blame for the shutdown and the associated harm
Uncountable opportunities to capitalize on public sentiment
And Senate Dems just give up entirely.
Broad consensus that republicans are to blame for the shutdown and the associated harm
Uncountable opportunities to capitalize on public sentiment
And Senate Dems just give up entirely.
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Nobody owns the libs like the conservative dems own the libs.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Nobody owns the libs like the conservative dems own the libs.
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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There is nothing more flattering than someone taking time to read your work, except people taking time to engage your work. Thanks @amcneely.com and @contexts.org .
New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There is nothing more flattering than someone taking time to read your work, except people taking time to engage your work. Thanks @amcneely.com and @contexts.org .
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Failed country.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Failed country.
So glad to be able to write this. Thanks to @davidyamane.bsky.social for the inspiration of the original article, and big thanks to Contexts blog editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social for her help and guidance in the writing!
New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So glad to be able to write this. Thanks to @davidyamane.bsky.social for the inspiration of the original article, and big thanks to Contexts blog editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social for her help and guidance in the writing!
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I'm hearing these SNAP benefit updates:
-100% Washington state
-100% Michigan
-100% California
-Partial Illinois
-Partial North Carolina
-1/2 Vermont
(Note that not everyone in these states received money today because their typical day of the month for benefits may not have passed yet)
-100% Washington state
-100% Michigan
-100% California
-Partial Illinois
-Partial North Carolina
-1/2 Vermont
(Note that not everyone in these states received money today because their typical day of the month for benefits may not have passed yet)
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I'm hearing these SNAP benefit updates:
-100% Washington state
-100% Michigan
-100% California
-Partial Illinois
-Partial North Carolina
-1/2 Vermont
(Note that not everyone in these states received money today because their typical day of the month for benefits may not have passed yet)
-100% Washington state
-100% Michigan
-100% California
-Partial Illinois
-Partial North Carolina
-1/2 Vermont
(Note that not everyone in these states received money today because their typical day of the month for benefits may not have passed yet)
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God this makes me so angry and sad. The fact that higher Ed is pushing AI into the lives of students at every turn is irresponsible and unethical in every way.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
God this makes me so angry and sad. The fact that higher Ed is pushing AI into the lives of students at every turn is irresponsible and unethical in every way.
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Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL
How is this not the story of every Democrat team right now? Literal low hanging fruit
SNAP cuts are hurting more than 3.5 million Texans.
So Team Talarico volunteers in San Antonio just packed over 16,800 lbs of food at the local food bank — equivalent to 13,480 meals!
We will always show up for our neighbors.
So Team Talarico volunteers in San Antonio just packed over 16,800 lbs of food at the local food bank — equivalent to 13,480 meals!
We will always show up for our neighbors.
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How is this not the story of every Democrat team right now? Literal low hanging fruit
Lectured on this as part of a unit on inequality and space/place. Really enjoyed talking about the "paradox of secular iconoclasm" wherein proponents of religious symbols in the public sphere have to actually argue for secular meaning, and secularists insist on religious meaning
There is an important point about religious pluralism here: as demographics change we are going to encounter more and more disagreement about these kinds of cases. "Is this a religious symbol?" vs. "Is it a broader symbol of first responders?" gets higher stakes with more religiously unaffiliated.
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Lectured on this as part of a unit on inequality and space/place. Really enjoyed talking about the "paradox of secular iconoclasm" wherein proponents of religious symbols in the public sphere have to actually argue for secular meaning, and secularists insist on religious meaning
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I'm an untrained artist designing merch that draws on niche pop culture mashups for queer pride, nerd humor, and agitprop for a better world being possible. This thread includes a sampling of my work, which you can find on stickers and shirts, pins, prints, and patches at willburrows.art/shop
May 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I'm an untrained artist designing merch that draws on niche pop culture mashups for queer pride, nerd humor, and agitprop for a better world being possible. This thread includes a sampling of my work, which you can find on stickers and shirts, pins, prints, and patches at willburrows.art/shop
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Given this and Trump's past comments about groceries (he calls the term "old-fashioned"), there is a legitimate, I'm-just-asking-this-as-a-factual-inquiry-purely-based-on-the-president's-own-rhetoric question to be asked:
Does President of the United States know what getting groceries, like…is?
Does President of the United States know what getting groceries, like…is?
Trump: "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do and that's terminate the filibuster ... we should start tonight with 'the country's open, congratulations,' then we should pass voted ID, we should pass no mail in voting ... you go to a grocery store, you have to give ID."
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Given this and Trump's past comments about groceries (he calls the term "old-fashioned"), there is a legitimate, I'm-just-asking-this-as-a-factual-inquiry-purely-based-on-the-president's-own-rhetoric question to be asked:
Does President of the United States know what getting groceries, like…is?
Does President of the United States know what getting groceries, like…is?
Creating civic spaces generates civic engagement...who knew???
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Creating civic spaces generates civic engagement...who knew???
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Also of broader note: Leo says "many people who have lived for years and years not causing problems have been deeply affected by what's going on right now."
That appears to be a reference to the large number of immigrants detained in the U.S. who have no criminal record.
That appears to be a reference to the large number of immigrants detained in the U.S. who have no criminal record.
Oh — the situation has escalated.
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in.
"Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Also of broader note: Leo says "many people who have lived for years and years not causing problems have been deeply affected by what's going on right now."
That appears to be a reference to the large number of immigrants detained in the U.S. who have no criminal record.
That appears to be a reference to the large number of immigrants detained in the U.S. who have no criminal record.
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NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.
![UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL.,
Plaintiffs,
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL.,
Defendants.
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Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
October 31, 2025
TALWANI, D.J.
Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc.
No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated
below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that
Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested
on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants
to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report
back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiczapq36myqhzcrdp4jfodg5rkso7nuvlta4e5b5r4l5upce7b3le@jpeg)
![As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP
benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4];
Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of
SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138
Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L.
No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature
of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available
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Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT
Document 26 Filed 10/31/25
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through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve
account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at
93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiac7aa6icx44x5xjkilpwj7il5oriyttttnrslzrhkwvw6b32cbnm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
NEWS: The Trump admin's decision to suspend SNAP benefits due to the shutdown has been blocked. In two cases, both judges found the government action is likely illegal. Although a judge in Mass gave the admin until Monday to reverse course, a judge in Rhode Island issued a TRO from the bench today.
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They would never
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
They would never
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For Natives in more rural areas, there are food distribution centers for commodities which low-income Natives rely on because they are situated in food deserts. These centers will also NOT be distributing food, so this isn't just a scatter of individuals in need but entire communities.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
For Natives in more rural areas, there are food distribution centers for commodities which low-income Natives rely on because they are situated in food deserts. These centers will also NOT be distributing food, so this isn't just a scatter of individuals in need but entire communities.
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I love that this is literally just
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaign’s strategy for reaching Black voters. To address them, they led canvasses in working-class Black neighborhoods...By early October, Mamdani had taken a commanding lead over Cuomo among Black voters"
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.
hammerandhope.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I love that this is literally just
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
we realized we weren't connecting with Black people so we tried talking to more Black people and Black people like us much better now
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starting to wonder if pod is really interested in saving america???
If we listened to this Pod Save America host we would have rejected women’s suffrage and the civil rights movement
November 17, 2024 at 8:15 PM
starting to wonder if pod is really interested in saving america???
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Oh (emphasis mine): “University of Texas at Dallas Professors Rosemary Admiral and Ben Wright endured violations of their constitutional and contractual rights due to the actions of the Defendants, which include *religious and associated ancestry discrimination*…”
Two professors at the University of Texas at Dallas are suing the institution, as well as Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, over their arrest at a pro-Palestinian protest. Included in the lawsuit is a photo I took of one of the professors before they were arrested.
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Oh (emphasis mine): “University of Texas at Dallas Professors Rosemary Admiral and Ben Wright endured violations of their constitutional and contractual rights due to the actions of the Defendants, which include *religious and associated ancestry discrimination*…”