Maitrijen⁷
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Maitrijen⁷
@maitrijen.bsky.social
· Oct 4
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
🎯🎯🎯🎯
Horrifying.
Might be the same type of people affiliated with this type of mentality. Right wing gun nuts
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Horrifying.
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Why would you coverup for Epstein if you weren’t a pedophile?
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Why would you coverup for Epstein if you weren’t a pedophile?
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Nothing says there’s no such thing as structural racism quite like banning discussion of structural racism
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Nothing says there’s no such thing as structural racism quite like banning discussion of structural racism
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this is exactly right. it makes sense that you would focus endlessly on discourse when you don’t actually *know* anything about the world.
November 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
this is exactly right. it makes sense that you would focus endlessly on discourse when you don’t actually *know* anything about the world.
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Freedumb
Texas A&M University adopts a policy requiring professors to get approval from the school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics
Texas A&M University has adopted a new policy requiring professors to first get approval to discuss some race and gender topics.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Freedumb
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Away with them to prison
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Away with them to prison
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Now I have the recording of my setting of this poem! By Sarah-Nicole Carter, mezzo, and Phil Dannels, piano.
youtu.be/T4BxHEW5ALk
youtu.be/T4BxHEW5ALk
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Now I have the recording of my setting of this poem! By Sarah-Nicole Carter, mezzo, and Phil Dannels, piano.
youtu.be/T4BxHEW5ALk
youtu.be/T4BxHEW5ALk
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a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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"I said I see no joy, I see only sorrow
I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow
So stand down, Margaret, stand down, please."
(Rest in Power, Ranking Roger)
(Good riddance, Thatcherism)
youtu.be/zFaFVhyjb5Y?...
I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow
So stand down, Margaret, stand down, please."
(Rest in Power, Ranking Roger)
(Good riddance, Thatcherism)
youtu.be/zFaFVhyjb5Y?...
The Beat - Stand Down Margaret (OTT 1982)
YouTube video by The Beat
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"I said I see no joy, I see only sorrow
I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow
So stand down, Margaret, stand down, please."
(Rest in Power, Ranking Roger)
(Good riddance, Thatcherism)
youtu.be/zFaFVhyjb5Y?...
I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow
So stand down, Margaret, stand down, please."
(Rest in Power, Ranking Roger)
(Good riddance, Thatcherism)
youtu.be/zFaFVhyjb5Y?...
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This is, as far as I know, unprecedented.
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This is, as far as I know, unprecedented.
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Women should just mail in all their used tampons and pads.
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Women should just mail in all their used tampons and pads.
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I legitimately love that on the internet William Carlos Williams is "the fridge plums poet dude" and Joyce Carol Oates is that lady with the fucked up feet
TIL the fridge plums poet dude was also a credentialed medical doctor?
real "lead singer of The Offspring is actually a molecular biology phd" moment, but for the previous century
real "lead singer of The Offspring is actually a molecular biology phd" moment, but for the previous century
![Wikipedia page on William Carlos Williams:
Although his primary occupation was as a family doctor, Williams had a successful literary career as a poet. His work has a great affinity with painting, in which he had a lifelong interest. In addition to poetry (his main literary focus), he occasionally wrote short stories, plays, novels, essays, and translations. He practiced medicine by day and wrote at night. Early in his career, he briefly became involved in the Imagist movement through his friendships with Pound and H.D. (whom he had befriended during his medical studies at Penn), but soon he began to develop opinions that differed from theirs and his style changed to express his commitment to a modernist expression of his immediate environment. He was influenced by the "inarticulate poems" of his patients.[7]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l7std6z567c6fik72if2wtu7/bafkreibtp63mcw3jczu2joghyzrohtjxxdbvtm66vcnifa7u5n7fi7v74a@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I legitimately love that on the internet William Carlos Williams is "the fridge plums poet dude" and Joyce Carol Oates is that lady with the fucked up feet
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And now I find report a very liar
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
And now I find report a very liar
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While mediocre "meritocracy" white Americans get the DEI affirmative action they claim:
"Ivy League schools admit more legacy than black students"
"Who benefits from discriminatory admissions? White males"
"white applicants 300% more admitted than Asian applicants with exact same academic record"
"Ivy League schools admit more legacy than black students"
"Who benefits from discriminatory admissions? White males"
"white applicants 300% more admitted than Asian applicants with exact same academic record"
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
While mediocre "meritocracy" white Americans get the DEI affirmative action they claim:
"Ivy League schools admit more legacy than black students"
"Who benefits from discriminatory admissions? White males"
"white applicants 300% more admitted than Asian applicants with exact same academic record"
"Ivy League schools admit more legacy than black students"
"Who benefits from discriminatory admissions? White males"
"white applicants 300% more admitted than Asian applicants with exact same academic record"
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Self-portrait reflected in a globe in the Bauhaus atelier,1928 by Marianne Brandt, head of the Bauhaus metal workshop #WomensArt
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Self-portrait reflected in a globe in the Bauhaus atelier,1928 by Marianne Brandt, head of the Bauhaus metal workshop #WomensArt
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Autumn colours here in Glastonbury. Photograph taken earlier today.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Autumn colours here in Glastonbury. Photograph taken earlier today.
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Civic participation doesn’t just mean voting — it means holding our elected officials accountable. Joyce Vance discusses her new book on the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman. Watch: bit.ly/3JN1BJC
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Civic participation doesn’t just mean voting — it means holding our elected officials accountable. Joyce Vance discusses her new book on the latest episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman. Watch: bit.ly/3JN1BJC
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Euphemism: “Cut,” “reduction.”
Reality: Firing 15,000 people.
Reality: Firing 15,000 people.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Euphemism: “Cut,” “reduction.”
Reality: Firing 15,000 people.
Reality: Firing 15,000 people.
For people who are bashing Schumer and the Democrats, this is a must watch.
Lawrence: With Trump's shutdown ending, Dems are closer than ever to forcing Epstein files release
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For people who are bashing Schumer and the Democrats, this is a must watch.
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Without warning, the Trump administration cut funding for groups that provide support to crime victims suffering profound physical, emotional, and financial harms. bit.ly/483zmiY
Justice Department Slashes Essential Services for Crime Victims
After four decades of bipartisan progress, federal support for crime victims is unraveling.
www.brennancenter.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Without warning, the Trump administration cut funding for groups that provide support to crime victims suffering profound physical, emotional, and financial harms. bit.ly/483zmiY
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Is Trump’s McCarthy moment finally coming? A moment like the one where Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose red scare tactics held the country hostage & came close to destroying the 1st Amendment was asked by a fed-up lawyer, “Have you no decency?” joycevance.substack.com/p/but-his-em...
But His Emails...
Before he was elected in 2016, Donald Trump bragged about grabbing women by the pu**y and barging into rooms of partially dressed young pageant contestants.
joycevance.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Is Trump’s McCarthy moment finally coming? A moment like the one where Senator Joseph McCarthy, whose red scare tactics held the country hostage & came close to destroying the 1st Amendment was asked by a fed-up lawyer, “Have you no decency?” joycevance.substack.com/p/but-his-em...
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If Donald Trump is taken down by emails and a child sex ring...
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
If Donald Trump is taken down by emails and a child sex ring...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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She’s watching this on repeat. Definitely gonna blow the timing. youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o?...
R. Kelly is not a p*dophile (technically speaking) | Gianmarco Soresi | Stand Up Comedy
YouTube video by Gianmarco Soresi
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
She’s watching this on repeat. Definitely gonna blow the timing. youtu.be/nu6C2KL_S9o?...