Carolyn E Holmes
@carolyneholmes.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
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New quilt! All made of home-dyed cyanotypes, with plants I collected.
It’s been about 2 years in the making, and I’m so pleased with how it’s coming out.
It’s been about 2 years in the making, and I’m so pleased with how it’s coming out.
This is very helpful. Thank you!
February 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
This is very helpful. Thank you!
Annoyingly tagging everyone I follow who is slightly in this space:
@annakirkland.bsky.social @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social @daphnek.bsky.social @sifill.bsky.social @schraubd.bsky.social @maxkennerly.bsky.social @ggkrishnamoomoo.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
@annakirkland.bsky.social @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social @daphnek.bsky.social @sifill.bsky.social @schraubd.bsky.social @maxkennerly.bsky.social @ggkrishnamoomoo.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Annoyingly tagging everyone I follow who is slightly in this space:
@annakirkland.bsky.social @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social @daphnek.bsky.social @sifill.bsky.social @schraubd.bsky.social @maxkennerly.bsky.social @ggkrishnamoomoo.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
@annakirkland.bsky.social @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social @ashwinivasantha.bsky.social @daphnek.bsky.social @sifill.bsky.social @schraubd.bsky.social @maxkennerly.bsky.social @ggkrishnamoomoo.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Also, if this isn't your area, I'd appreciate a re-post to boost this request!
a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland saying " thank you "
ALT: a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland saying " thank you "
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February 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Also, if this isn't your area, I'd appreciate a re-post to boost this request!
Hello Legal Minds of this weirdo site:
Trying to compile resources on how to handle federal immigration activity for my kids' after school program.
The program is held at school and a non-profit contracts through the school system to provide services.
Any tips? Suggestions? Resources?
Trying to compile resources on how to handle federal immigration activity for my kids' after school program.
The program is held at school and a non-profit contracts through the school system to provide services.
Any tips? Suggestions? Resources?
a man wearing glasses says i very much need your help
ALT: a man wearing glasses says i very much need your help
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February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Hello Legal Minds of this weirdo site:
Trying to compile resources on how to handle federal immigration activity for my kids' after school program.
The program is held at school and a non-profit contracts through the school system to provide services.
Any tips? Suggestions? Resources?
Trying to compile resources on how to handle federal immigration activity for my kids' after school program.
The program is held at school and a non-profit contracts through the school system to provide services.
Any tips? Suggestions? Resources?
Okay, allow me as a former Mississippi resident to add:
The proposed detention center outside of Cayce is 20 minutes down the road from DeSoto County, which is one of the wealthiest counties in the state.
In other words: NIMBY is coming for ICE.
The proposed detention center outside of Cayce is 20 minutes down the road from DeSoto County, which is one of the wealthiest counties in the state.
In other words: NIMBY is coming for ICE.
"Wicker, the senior Mississippi representative in the U.S. Senate, said opening a detention center would prevent economic growth opportunities."
Just how toxic Trump/Miller's immigration/ICE polices have gotten in America?
They don't want this [ICE gulags] in - checks notes - Mississippi.
Just how toxic Trump/Miller's immigration/ICE polices have gotten in America?
They don't want this [ICE gulags] in - checks notes - Mississippi.
Republican senator opposes planned ICE detention center in Mississippi
Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker on Wednesday told Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem he opposed plans to open an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Mississippi.
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Okay, allow me as a former Mississippi resident to add:
The proposed detention center outside of Cayce is 20 minutes down the road from DeSoto County, which is one of the wealthiest counties in the state.
In other words: NIMBY is coming for ICE.
The proposed detention center outside of Cayce is 20 minutes down the road from DeSoto County, which is one of the wealthiest counties in the state.
In other words: NIMBY is coming for ICE.
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I'm teaching my Political Storytelling class this semester. Thank you Bad Bunny for dropping this performance right between the classes on political identity and the one on stories of personhood - we'll be talking about it for weeks. #PoliticalStorytelling
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I'm teaching my Political Storytelling class this semester. Thank you Bad Bunny for dropping this performance right between the classes on political identity and the one on stories of personhood - we'll be talking about it for weeks. #PoliticalStorytelling
My 6 year old just asked why the bread has a Mohawk.
February 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
My 6 year old just asked why the bread has a Mohawk.
I think this is going to look cool, guys.
February 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
I think this is going to look cool, guys.
I am particularly pleased to welcome back the elephant.
February 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I am particularly pleased to welcome back the elephant.
I just re-assembled my favorite “art wall” in our house. It had been in boxes for months while we were doing repairs on the house.
It is bringing me *such* joy.
It is bringing me *such* joy.
February 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I just re-assembled my favorite “art wall” in our house. It had been in boxes for months while we were doing repairs on the house.
It is bringing me *such* joy.
It is bringing me *such* joy.
Maybe it’s that everyone realized that the only use cases for crypto was “crimes”?
Nah. That’s not it.
Nah. That’s not it.
shot: A New Crypto Winter Is Here and Even the Biggest Bulls Aren't Certain Why
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A New Crypto Winter Is Here and Even the Biggest Bulls Aren’t Certain Why
Some of crypto’s biggest champions can’t put their finger on what went wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Maybe it’s that everyone realized that the only use cases for crypto was “crimes”?
Nah. That’s not it.
Nah. That’s not it.
Guys. I’m starting to think that Birtherism was actually a bit racist.
Hashtag-brave hashtag-progressive.
Hashtag-brave hashtag-progressive.
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Guys. I’m starting to think that Birtherism was actually a bit racist.
Hashtag-brave hashtag-progressive.
Hashtag-brave hashtag-progressive.
Has USPS been running *extremely* slow lately?
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Has USPS been running *extremely* slow lately?
This is the look I’m going for.
I’m pretty excited.
I’m pretty excited.
February 5, 2026 at 1:49 AM
This is the look I’m going for.
I’m pretty excited.
I’m pretty excited.
If we don't have school tomorrow, I'm going to just sit in the superintendent's drive way with a bullhorn.
Scratch that. I'm giving my kids the bullhorn and sending them to his house.
Scratch that. I'm giving my kids the bullhorn and sending them to his house.
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
If we don't have school tomorrow, I'm going to just sit in the superintendent's drive way with a bullhorn.
Scratch that. I'm giving my kids the bullhorn and sending them to his house.
Scratch that. I'm giving my kids the bullhorn and sending them to his house.
I have fallen off of my Diet Coke hiatus so dang hard.
All my resolve…*poof*
All my resolve…*poof*
February 4, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I have fallen off of my Diet Coke hiatus so dang hard.
All my resolve…*poof*
All my resolve…*poof*
Cutting up all the blues and stripes in linens and wovens from our clothing discard bin and scraps to make the softest quilt ever
February 4, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Cutting up all the blues and stripes in linens and wovens from our clothing discard bin and scraps to make the softest quilt ever
This moment, although in jest, is REALLY IMPORTANT.
a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies
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February 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
This moment, although in jest, is REALLY IMPORTANT.
I guess what I'm saying is, these are not the supervillains of movies, joyful in doing evil/cackling/rubbing their palms together.
They think they are the knights in shining armor, saving their own.
Like Silva/Monihan, I don't mean you have to believe *with* them, only that you understand this.
They think they are the knights in shining armor, saving their own.
Like Silva/Monihan, I don't mean you have to believe *with* them, only that you understand this.
February 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I guess what I'm saying is, these are not the supervillains of movies, joyful in doing evil/cackling/rubbing their palms together.
They think they are the knights in shining armor, saving their own.
Like Silva/Monihan, I don't mean you have to believe *with* them, only that you understand this.
They think they are the knights in shining armor, saving their own.
Like Silva/Monihan, I don't mean you have to believe *with* them, only that you understand this.
I doubt he would use the term white nationalist, and he has strategically used "I don't see color" non-racialism
But the idea that groups that are made by violent border policing frame actions as care for insiders, not hate of outsiders, seems to be something the popular discourse is missing.
But the idea that groups that are made by violent border policing frame actions as care for insiders, not hate of outsiders, seems to be something the popular discourse is missing.
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I doubt he would use the term white nationalist, and he has strategically used "I don't see color" non-racialism
But the idea that groups that are made by violent border policing frame actions as care for insiders, not hate of outsiders, seems to be something the popular discourse is missing.
But the idea that groups that are made by violent border policing frame actions as care for insiders, not hate of outsiders, seems to be something the popular discourse is missing.
We haven't really had the snowcrete. Just had snow over the weekend, and thawing during the day, which leads to ice at night. But honestly, the roads this morning were 100% clear after a full day above freezing yesterday, so like...I don't really know.
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
We haven't really had the snowcrete. Just had snow over the weekend, and thawing during the day, which leads to ice at night. But honestly, the roads this morning were 100% clear after a full day above freezing yesterday, so like...I don't really know.
This is a sourdough loaf using a King Arthur Recipe. So the yeast is just starter, and the flour is Bob's Red Mill, I think? It might be King Arthur. I'm pretty agnostic about flour brands. I just take like 36 hours to let it ferment before baking.
February 4, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This is a sourdough loaf using a King Arthur Recipe. So the yeast is just starter, and the flour is Bob's Red Mill, I think? It might be King Arthur. I'm pretty agnostic about flour brands. I just take like 36 hours to let it ferment before baking.
Grant Silva is another major scholar in this space, similarly concerned with the idea that much of the framing of racism is about self-preservation for adherents:
epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/774/
epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/774/
epublications.marquette.edu
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Grant Silva is another major scholar in this space, similarly concerned with the idea that much of the framing of racism is about self-preservation for adherents:
epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/774/
epublications.marquette.edu/phil_fac/774/