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Joanne Barker
@joannebarker62.bsky.social
Writer, artist, cat staffer, grumpy prof, anti-imperialist, sci-fi nerd. Rebellions are built on hope. Everything else requires tequila and chocolate. Art page: https://artofjoannebarker.squarespace.com
Since daylight savings time, all her meals have been late.
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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So apparently USC sold human bodies to the US military for them to give to the IDF for training.

True story.

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https://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/usc-sold-dead-bodies-to-us-military-to-train-idf-medical-personnel/
t.co
October 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Indigenomicon is set to release in November but you can now read the introduction online at Duke University Press: www.dukeupress.edu/indigenomicon
Indigenomicon
www.dukeupress.edu
August 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Jewish elected and community leaders stood in solidarity with UCLA and the entire UC system, pushing back against the federal government’s unprecedented $1 billion demand and its freeze of $584 million in groundbreaking research funding on UC campuses. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/w...
What they’re saying: California Jewish Leaders support the University of California system
Today, California Jewish leaders expressed support for UCLA and the UC system, following reports that the federal government is seeking a $1.172 billion settlement from UCLA after freezing $584 millio...
www.universityofcalifornia.edu
August 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New work.
Comfort (2025).

artofjoannebarker.squarespace.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Don't give your money to NGOs, politicians, or online pundits. Please donate instead directly to Gaza. Below is a link to the Sameer Project's South Gaza Campaign, which urgently needs support:

chuffed.org/project/1132...
South Gaza: Tents, Food & Water
**With Famine on the rise, we will significantly lower tent purchases and focus on food (rice and bread) and water over the next couple of weeks**
chuffed.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Weird: NYT says "Mr. Trump has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with the Epstein case," but Vox says otherwise.
July 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Boycott CBS.
July 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Trouble in the Headwaters, a film by @danieljpierce.bsky.social, transports viewers to expansive clearcuts in the Kettle River watershed — and reveals their hidden impacts downstream. Our latest newsletter:

thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-t...
Watch: Trouble in the Headwaters | The Narwhal
Trouble in the Headwaters, a documentary by Daniel J. Pierce, links destructive flooding in Grand Forks, B.C., to extensive clear-cut logging in the watershed
thenarwhal.ca
June 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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"No one knows what will come to replace the international system that is currently collapsing around us, but any political system that prioritizes punishing those who protest against genocide rather than stopping the killing has clearly exhausted itself."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world | Moustafa Bayoumi
The rules of the institutions that define our lives bend like reeds when it comes to Israel – so much that the whole global order is on the verge of collapse
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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New work.
Wild Flowers (2025).
June 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying
Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New work.
Wild Flowers (2925).
June 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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Today's Planned Parenthood decision was a devasting blow to women, and it wasn't even about abortion. It was a devasting blow to civil rights, and it wasn't even about Civil Rights.
It's one of the worst decisions from this SCOTUS, worse than you probably think.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Supreme Court Has Dealt Another Devastating Blow to Women
The court's ruling in Medina v. Planned Parenthood twists logic, common sense, and the law to further the right-wing assault on bodily autonomy.
www.thenation.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM