DN Michael, Prof de français
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Language educator & learner
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Ohio University BA French '90
OSU MA/PhD (ABD) French Lit '93, '98
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Ohio University BA French '90
OSU MA/PhD (ABD) French Lit '93, '98
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Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 5, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Ceci n'est pas une pipe.
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These 17 short videos tell stories from across Puerto Rican history, from the lineage of the Puerto Rican flag and early "Americanization" of the archipelago to the roots of reggaetón and more: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
Bad Bunny's 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' is a love letter to Puerto Rico. This professor helped him tell the island's history
Released Jan. 5, the record pays homage to the island’s rich rhythms like plena and salsa, and delves into it’s seldom taught history.
www.latimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
These 17 short videos tell stories from across Puerto Rican history, from the lineage of the Puerto Rican flag and early "Americanization" of the archipelago to the roots of reggaetón and more: www.latimes.com/delos/story/...
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Making Nazis wear body cameras won’t make them act less like Nazis
February 3, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Making Nazis wear body cameras won’t make them act less like Nazis
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BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 AM
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Complaints about Bad Bunny's Grammy win because he speaks "The Language of the Colonizer" (Nena, I'm gonna hold your hand and tell you ANY Language dominant in a region, spoken by a marginalized community was learned via conquest. There wasn't DuoLingo in PreColombian America or West Africa
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Complaints about Bad Bunny's Grammy win because he speaks "The Language of the Colonizer" (Nena, I'm gonna hold your hand and tell you ANY Language dominant in a region, spoken by a marginalized community was learned via conquest. There wasn't DuoLingo in PreColombian America or West Africa
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Folks outside of Minnesota, has the media led you to believe that ICE and DHS have begun "drawing down" in Minnesota?
Do folks outside of Minnesota know that the paramilitary occupation is ongoing?
Do folks outside of Minnesota know that the paramilitary occupation is ongoing?
February 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Folks outside of Minnesota, has the media led you to believe that ICE and DHS have begun "drawing down" in Minnesota?
Do folks outside of Minnesota know that the paramilitary occupation is ongoing?
Do folks outside of Minnesota know that the paramilitary occupation is ongoing?
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Commentary: The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ may mean the end of food assistance in Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/26/t...
The 'One Big Beautiful Bill' may mean the end of food assistance in Ohio • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio’s SNAP error rate was 9% in 2024 and if Ohio’s rate is that high in 2026, the state will be on the hook for $318 million in SNAP payments that it previously did not have to pay, due to the…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Commentary: The ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ may mean the end of food assistance in Ohio ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/26/t...
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Commentary: Don’t turn our backs on our Haitian neighbors who’ve built a life in Ohio: Ending TPS will tear families apart, deepen labor shortages, and send people back to chaos and danger. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/29/d...
Don't turn our backs on our Haitian neighbors who've built a life in Ohio • Ohio Capital Journal
Don't turn our backs on our Haitian neighbors who've built a life in Ohio. Haitians are here legally under temporary protected status. Ending that will tear families apart, deepen labor shortages,…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Commentary: Don’t turn our backs on our Haitian neighbors who’ve built a life in Ohio: Ending TPS will tear families apart, deepen labor shortages, and send people back to chaos and danger. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/29/d...
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Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
February 1, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
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January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Soviet Politics and Literature
Botany: Plants and Man
Intermediate Russian
Introduction to 16th Century French Literature
Environmental Geography
Soviet Politics and Literature
Botany: Plants and Man
Intermediate Russian
Introduction to 16th Century French Literature
Environmental Geography
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Victorian Authors: Thomas Hardy
Educational Psychology
Introduction to Astronomy (we had a planetarium!)
Radical Political Theory
Intermediate Latin
Victorian Authors: Thomas Hardy
Educational Psychology
Introduction to Astronomy (we had a planetarium!)
Radical Political Theory
Intermediate Latin
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college (Gen X Edition):
Race and Ethnic Relations
History of the Middle East
History of Modern Russia
Music History: Baroque
Student Teaching at a Junior High in Pottstown, PA
Race and Ethnic Relations
History of the Middle East
History of Modern Russia
Music History: Baroque
Student Teaching at a Junior High in Pottstown, PA
February 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Soviet Politics and Literature
Botany: Plants and Man
Intermediate Russian
Introduction to 16th Century French Literature
Environmental Geography
Soviet Politics and Literature
Botany: Plants and Man
Intermediate Russian
Introduction to 16th Century French Literature
Environmental Geography
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Good morning from the Central Ohio tundra. I hope everyone in my region is managing to stay warm and safe.
January 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Good morning from the Central Ohio tundra. I hope everyone in my region is managing to stay warm and safe.
Just ghastly.
Church hubs to house and care for children separated from their parents. Volunteers to deliver food to hungry neighbors. Training on what to do if ICE agents breach churches. These are some of the preparations residents of Springfield, Ohio, have made ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/30/f...
Fear, faith and preparation as ICE closes in on an Ohio community • Ohio Capital Journal
Church-supervised hubs to house and care for children separated from their parents. Volunteers to deliver food to hungry neighbors. Training on what to do if ICE agents breach churches. These are…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Just ghastly.
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My former student recently lost his father. He and his siblings are trying to raise the funds to bury and honor their father. Please help if you are able. Every little bit helps. #mutualaid
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On January… ERICA SHAWNIECE needs your support for Help Us Honor a Loving Father, Grandfather, and Biker
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January 30, 2026 at 9:07 PM
My former student recently lost his father. He and his siblings are trying to raise the funds to bury and honor their father. Please help if you are able. Every little bit helps. #mutualaid
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Breaking MS NOW:
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
ICE eyeing Ohio next, where it is expected to target Haitian immigrants
An estimated 12,000 to 15,000 Haitians live in Springfield, Ohio, a community that President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance targeted during the 2024 campaign, falsely accusing the community ...
www.ms.now
January 31, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Breaking MS NOW:
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
The Trump admin is now eyeing Ohio for immigration enforcement operations that could begin as early as next week.
The operation is expected to target Haitian immigrants — with temporary protected status for Haiti expiring on Feb. 3.
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Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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The people most in need of understanding this will not understand it, but regardless: The inhumanity you show toward others does not dehumanize them, it dehumanizes yourself. The degradation you're trying to inflict on others, is actually you just degrading yourself.
January 28, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The people most in need of understanding this will not understand it, but regardless: The inhumanity you show toward others does not dehumanize them, it dehumanizes yourself. The degradation you're trying to inflict on others, is actually you just degrading yourself.
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ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
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A 2-year-old’s detention is part of an accelerating trend of what an attorney describes as ICE agents sending children and adults with legal immigration status out of state to avoid dealing with accountability from the federal court system.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:38 PM
A 2-year-old’s detention is part of an accelerating trend of what an attorney describes as ICE agents sending children and adults with legal immigration status out of state to avoid dealing with accountability from the federal court system.
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New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.
January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
New CBS contributors announced: Grand Moff Tarkin, Lex Luthor, Norman Osborn, Cruella De Ville, Javert, Titus Andronicus, Killmonger, and the Beastfly from Silksong.