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@grrlherstorian.bsky.social
Living in a parallel universe of IUPUI, "Loyal to you we’ll always be"
Older than Norma Desmond.
Feminist AF.
RPs=FYI.
New York style for pizza.
Chicago style for citations.
Childless Cat Lady living with Esperanza, the Empress.
Older than Norma Desmond.
Feminist AF.
RPs=FYI.
New York style for pizza.
Chicago style for citations.
Childless Cat Lady living with Esperanza, the Empress.
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If a brown singer at a halftime show offends you enough to protest but white men raping young girls doesn’t, then it isn’t family values you defend it’s white supremacy and sexual abuse.
February 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
If a brown singer at a halftime show offends you enough to protest but white men raping young girls doesn’t, then it isn’t family values you defend it’s white supremacy and sexual abuse.
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Will there be a moment of silence before the #SuperBowl in memory of those kiIIed by lCE?
February 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Will there be a moment of silence before the #SuperBowl in memory of those kiIIed by lCE?
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
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If you haven't had the chance to see The Librarians yet, catch Kim Snyder’s powerful documentary when it premieres February 9 on Independent Lens on PBS.
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-librarians/
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-librarians/
The Librarians | Book Policies Documentary | Independent Lens
The Librarians follows librarians and citizens responding to restrictions on library content across the United States.
www.pbs.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If you haven't had the chance to see The Librarians yet, catch Kim Snyder’s powerful documentary when it premieres February 9 on Independent Lens on PBS.
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-librarians/
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-librarians/
@csraac.bsky.social folks?
Can anyone point me to contemporary responses to Beecher's A Plea for the West, especially from Catholic/indigenous perspectives? I know I've encountered them but I can't easily excavate any citations in my own notes or Google Scholar.
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
@csraac.bsky.social folks?
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Q&A would be lit
February 7, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Q&A would be lit
And because they get tax deductions for their contributions (to what they want to support), the rest of us essentially have to pay higher taxes to cover government services (both ones we like and those we don't like)
The underfunding of social infrastructure has also led the philanthropic/nonprofit sector in the US to grow to fill in the gaps. And while supporting that sector might seem like a way for privileged people to do good with their money, it gives privileged people huge power over that sector, as well.
February 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
And because they get tax deductions for their contributions (to what they want to support), the rest of us essentially have to pay higher taxes to cover government services (both ones we like and those we don't like)
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Light and Shadow. Saturday in Chicago.
February 7, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Light and Shadow. Saturday in Chicago.
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I texted this to a friend and she said she was busy sautéing chicken breast for her cat so she would take her meds
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I texted this to a friend and she said she was busy sautéing chicken breast for her cat so she would take her meds
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
February 07,1949
February 07,1949
February 7, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
February 07,1949
February 07,1949
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For years, the Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center has helped people from the west side get enough to eat via its makeshift pantry.
Now, the facility has opened a dedicated pantry: https://bit.ly/3M9NFdQ
Now, the facility has opened a dedicated pantry: https://bit.ly/3M9NFdQ
West Indy’s Mary Rigg center improves service with new food pantry
Dedicated pantry will allow the center to provide food on more days
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
For years, the Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center has helped people from the west side get enough to eat via its makeshift pantry.
Now, the facility has opened a dedicated pantry: https://bit.ly/3M9NFdQ
Now, the facility has opened a dedicated pantry: https://bit.ly/3M9NFdQ
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Sometimes you just have to pause and admire because it’s so breathtakingly 19th century
February 6, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Sometimes you just have to pause and admire because it’s so breathtakingly 19th century
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Thousands of Marion County students have experienced housing instability.
We put together a list of organizations that are helping provide services to meet those students’ needs: https://bit.ly/4kfzIra
We put together a list of organizations that are helping provide services to meet those students’ needs: https://bit.ly/4kfzIra
How to help Indy kids facing housing insecurity
Here’s 4 groups working to provide resources to students and their families.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Thousands of Marion County students have experienced housing instability.
We put together a list of organizations that are helping provide services to meet those students’ needs: https://bit.ly/4kfzIra
We put together a list of organizations that are helping provide services to meet those students’ needs: https://bit.ly/4kfzIra
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Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw this coming—and tried to warn us—60+ years ago.
jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
February 6, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Sociologist C. Wright Mills saw this coming—and tried to warn us—60+ years ago.
jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
jacobin.com/2026/02/wrig...
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“The arguments that justify adjunct labor can be and are turned around on those who thought their positions were secure, a point adjuncts have been making for decades.”
A Profession, If You Can Keep It
Imagined meritocracies mean little to extractive institutions.
contingentmagazine.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
“The arguments that justify adjunct labor can be and are turned around on those who thought their positions were secure, a point adjuncts have been making for decades.”
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Ice in Indianapolis, Carmel, and Westfield. They have also been signing up as uber and lyft drivers. Be safe and vigilant.
January 29, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Ice in Indianapolis, Carmel, and Westfield. They have also been signing up as uber and lyft drivers. Be safe and vigilant.
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we are in a golden era for these types of statements. In Indianapolis, a local ice cream shop is posting basically the same thing after one of their coowners was posting pro-ICE stuff on facebook. www.reddit.com/r/indianapol...
BRICS Broad Ripple response to backlash
www.reddit.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
we are in a golden era for these types of statements. In Indianapolis, a local ice cream shop is posting basically the same thing after one of their coowners was posting pro-ICE stuff on facebook. www.reddit.com/r/indianapol...
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Indiana University is catching shit for allowing ICE training in Bloomington. But the IU president has bended a knee to the local MAGA govt in Indianapolis & fascist fucks in DC.
January 31, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Indiana University is catching shit for allowing ICE training in Bloomington. But the IU president has bended a knee to the local MAGA govt in Indianapolis & fascist fucks in DC.
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Yet more from yesterday's #ICEout protest in the SoBro neighborhood of #Indianapolis
Olympus OM-D E-M1X
M. Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO
Olympus OM-D E-M1X
M. Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO
February 4, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Yet more from yesterday's #ICEout protest in the SoBro neighborhood of #Indianapolis
Olympus OM-D E-M1X
M. Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO
Olympus OM-D E-M1X
M. Zuiko Digital 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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50+ schools walk out against ICE!
February 5, 2026 at 6:15 PM
50+ schools walk out against ICE!