Tracy Burkett
@burkettt.bsky.social
Sociologist with gardening and kitten herding tendencies. Mother by choice, for choice. Charleston,SC
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Tracy Burkett
@burkettt.bsky.social
· Feb 14
One day, historians are going to write about this period as one in which the somnolent masses sat by while their country burned.
Why are 4-week-old kittens irresistible?
August 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Why are 4-week-old kittens irresistible?
I appreciate Cory Booker.
April 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I appreciate Cory Booker.
I don't think the Democratic Party is up to this fight.
March 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I don't think the Democratic Party is up to this fight.
Reposted by Tracy Burkett
As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
This is positive!
March 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This is positive!
Reposted by Tracy Burkett
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
"a rapid unscheduled disassembly"
March 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"a rapid unscheduled disassembly"
Reposted by Tracy Burkett
Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
Poor Heather Cox Richardson.
March 1, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Poor Heather Cox Richardson.
Speak up!
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Speak up!
I don't think this country has lost its soul. Not yet. But it's lost its way.
February 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I don't think this country has lost its soul. Not yet. But it's lost its way.
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
We're going to need to smuggle flu shots and other vaccines into the country soon, aren't we? I really hate FAFO.
February 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
We're going to need to smuggle flu shots and other vaccines into the country soon, aren't we? I really hate FAFO.
I'm excited to be in Greenville for the South Carolina Sociological Association meetings. I'm nearly as excited to have a room and bathroom to myself.
February 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I'm excited to be in Greenville for the South Carolina Sociological Association meetings. I'm nearly as excited to have a room and bathroom to myself.
Reposted by Tracy Burkett
Thank you to @chronicle.com for publishing my op-ed on institutional neutrality. "Neutrality is a historically recent invention. The historical norm has been that college administrations, as part of their academic missions, take a stand for various causes." #EduSky
www.chronicle.com/article/inst...
www.chronicle.com/article/inst...
Institutional Neutrality Is Censorship by Another Name
Its recent vogue owes much to conservative think tanks.
www.chronicle.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thank you to @chronicle.com for publishing my op-ed on institutional neutrality. "Neutrality is a historically recent invention. The historical norm has been that college administrations, as part of their academic missions, take a stand for various causes." #EduSky
www.chronicle.com/article/inst...
www.chronicle.com/article/inst...
Philip is an outstanding public servant. He deserves better.
it sucks to have worked so hard to get a career in the federal government for three years for it to get completely toasted like this
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Philip is an outstanding public servant. He deserves better.
One day, historians are going to write about this period as one in which the somnolent masses sat by while their country burned.
February 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
One day, historians are going to write about this period as one in which the somnolent masses sat by while their country burned.
There is something to be said for days that I am too busy to check the latest news.
February 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
There is something to be said for days that I am too busy to check the latest news.
Reposted by Tracy Burkett
I’m kinda not over this: an American company that makes the most popular map in the world and is regarded for accuracy has changed the name of a major body of water that everybody knows to something that nobody calls it to avoid government reprisal
February 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I’m kinda not over this: an American company that makes the most popular map in the world and is regarded for accuracy has changed the name of a major body of water that everybody knows to something that nobody calls it to avoid government reprisal
The perfect halftime show for this moment.
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The perfect halftime show for this moment.
I don't like billionaires acting like it is their money and circumventing legislative debate. It is OUR money. Follow the Constitution.
February 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I don't like billionaires acting like it is their money and circumventing legislative debate. It is OUR money. Follow the Constitution.
Reposted by Tracy Burkett
Michael Roth is one of the few university president who actually gets the urgency of the moment. slate.com/life/2025/02...
Dear Fellow College Presidents: We Need to Do More Than Wait This One Out
Why civil society needs university leaders to speak up.
slate.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Michael Roth is one of the few university president who actually gets the urgency of the moment. slate.com/life/2025/02...
I am glad that I am not at an R1 right now.
February 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I am glad that I am not at an R1 right now.
I'd more likely vote for a bowl of pudding than for a senator who supported Kennedy.
February 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I'd more likely vote for a bowl of pudding than for a senator who supported Kennedy.