Christopher / Tusk
@chimakwa.bsky.social
Gay bear, Wiccan priest, moyen vivant.
About time.
Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
About time.
Listen to your faculty, Larry. Don't bend the knee this time.
UPenn professors have responded forcefully to the Trump administration's that colleges sign a "compact" in order to secure funding:
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
"When an invitation is accompanied by consequences for not accepting it, it is in fact a threat, not an invitation." aaup-penn.org/statement-by...
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
October 2, 2025 We have received reports that Penn has been “invited” to sign a so-called “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” by the federal government, and that failing to do so wou...
aaup-penn.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Listen to your faculty, Larry. Don't bend the knee this time.
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I finally canceled my subscription. Fuck the NYT.
It is absolutely insane that the New York Times is granting anonymity to famous extremist race science activists in order for them to launch political attacks. More than the anonymity, the complete lack of relevant context here is egregious.
You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
July 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I finally canceled my subscription. Fuck the NYT.
I think it just called me fat.
July 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I think it just called me fat.
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New Queer Ancestor Spotlight is up on the blog! For Pride Month this year let me tell you a bit about the legendary founding House Mother of the House of Xtravaganza, a fierce Puerto Rican trans woman and HIV/AIDS advocate - Angie Xtravaganza!
Queer Ancestor Spotlight: Angie Xtravaganza — White Rose Witching
The House of Xtravaganza, founded in 1982, is one of the most famous houses to emerge from the New York City ballroom scene. Originally founded by Hector Valle as an all-Latino house, Xtravaganza is n...
www.whiterosewitching.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
New Queer Ancestor Spotlight is up on the blog! For Pride Month this year let me tell you a bit about the legendary founding House Mother of the House of Xtravaganza, a fierce Puerto Rican trans woman and HIV/AIDS advocate - Angie Xtravaganza!
No kings, no dictators. Fascists, fuck off!
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
No kings, no dictators. Fascists, fuck off!
Congrats @bwayghostlight.bsky.social on your 50th episode of Broadway Jeopardy! Art isn't easy but you did a great job putting it together! 😄 Everybody else watch it at youtu.be/Xcuw-ITIXXU?... !
Broadway Jeopardy! #50 (5/22/25) MUSICAL THEATRE TRIVIA FOR MT NERDS! 26 All-New Clues Each Episode!
YouTube video by Broadway By Ghostlight
youtu.be
May 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Congrats @bwayghostlight.bsky.social on your 50th episode of Broadway Jeopardy! Art isn't easy but you did a great job putting it together! 😄 Everybody else watch it at youtu.be/Xcuw-ITIXXU?... !
About fucking time!
BREAKING: Jefferson Griffin *FINALLY* concedes NC Supreme Court race he lost to Justice Allison Riggs 6 months ago.
apnews.com/article/nort...
apnews.com/article/nort...
apnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
About fucking time!
I refuse to let this band of judgy mariachis sway me from eating my weight in carnitas. I gotta get through fascism somehow.
May 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I refuse to let this band of judgy mariachis sway me from eating my weight in carnitas. I gotta get through fascism somehow.
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reagan/bush judges: "this administration's shocking arguments would reduce the rule of law to lawlenssness"
neocons: abolish ICE
david brooks: communist manifesto
Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men
neocons: abolish ICE
david brooks: communist manifesto
Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men
April 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
reagan/bush judges: "this administration's shocking arguments would reduce the rule of law to lawlenssness"
neocons: abolish ICE
david brooks: communist manifesto
Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men
neocons: abolish ICE
david brooks: communist manifesto
Dem leadership, top liberal consultants/pundits: the latest NYT/Ipsos has Trump up +4 on immigration, +9 with noncollege men
I should really be at 1700 or something but I broke my streak sometime during the pandemic... currently mostly doing Spanish and Chinese, and taking a break from French. J'ai retourné au français pour compléter ce streak, parce que chuis sentimental.
April 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I should really be at 1700 or something but I broke my streak sometime during the pandemic... currently mostly doing Spanish and Chinese, and taking a break from French. J'ai retourné au français pour compléter ce streak, parce que chuis sentimental.
I've just done enough of those "type these three words and then see what bullshit the predictive text says" memes to trust a LLM to replicate the wordmaking I've honed for a lifetime, thanks
April 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I've just done enough of those "type these three words and then see what bullshit the predictive text says" memes to trust a LLM to replicate the wordmaking I've honed for a lifetime, thanks
I saw this on xitter just before they took it down. The masks are increasingly coming off, except for the ones the secret police wear to disappear people.
For whatever reason ICE doesn't have a Bluesky account. So I thought I'd drop this in here. Note the Free Speech crowd has now put the good folks at ICE in charge of stopping, detaining and deporting "Ideas".
April 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I saw this on xitter just before they took it down. The masks are increasingly coming off, except for the ones the secret police wear to disappear people.
Well now how will I get access to secure intel? Guess I'll wait to get added to a top secret Signal chat.
Every person working at UPenn just had their security clearance suspended, apparently.
Mad king behavior.
Mad king behavior.
April 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Well now how will I get access to secure intel? Guess I'll wait to get added to a top secret Signal chat.
At the doctor's for a quick check in. Need more haloes.
April 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
At the doctor's for a quick check in. Need more haloes.
Feeling gratitude for the people who were able to get out to the #handsoff protests today. I am not able to stay on my feet long enough to march, but I am thankful for those who could and took the time and effort to make themselves heard. ❤️
April 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Feeling gratitude for the people who were able to get out to the #handsoff protests today. I am not able to stay on my feet long enough to march, but I am thankful for those who could and took the time and effort to make themselves heard. ❤️
Brilliant.
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Brilliant.
I suppose it's a good thing I'm white-coded because my gang tattoo might get me disappeared otherwise. How have we come to this?
March 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I suppose it's a good thing I'm white-coded because my gang tattoo might get me disappeared otherwise. How have we come to this?
This is so fucking good.
March 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is so fucking good.
Thank you @algreen.house.gov for doing what the entire Democratic contingent should have done. That is the kind of leadership we need right now.
March 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thank you @algreen.house.gov for doing what the entire Democratic contingent should have done. That is the kind of leadership we need right now.