M Soledad Caballero
@msoledadcaballero.bsky.social
Poet, Literature & WGSS Professor, Book: I Was a Bell (Red Hen Press, 2021) & Book:
Flight Plan (Red Hen Press, fall 2025). More writing stuff: msoledadcaballero.com
Also: I LOVE birds of prey.
Flight Plan (Red Hen Press, fall 2025). More writing stuff: msoledadcaballero.com
Also: I LOVE birds of prey.
“What sort of sickos invented offices & economies? And don’t we think the UFOs came around already, felt the vibe, & got too disgusted to bother?” Route 1
Brilliant poetry I’m reading by @alinapleskova.bsky.social
Brilliant poetry I’m reading by @alinapleskova.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
“What sort of sickos invented offices & economies? And don’t we think the UFOs came around already, felt the vibe, & got too disgusted to bother?” Route 1
Brilliant poetry I’m reading by @alinapleskova.bsky.social
Brilliant poetry I’m reading by @alinapleskova.bsky.social
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columbia and barnard alums: sign this petition condemning the university’s collaboration with ICE and the trump admin
cu-alumni4palestine.com
cu-alumni4palestine.com
Columbia Alumni Petition
cu-alumni4palestine.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
columbia and barnard alums: sign this petition condemning the university’s collaboration with ICE and the trump admin
cu-alumni4palestine.com
cu-alumni4palestine.com
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Word of the day.
refoulement
noun
re·foule·ment rə-ˌfül-ˈmän
: the act of forcing a refugee or asylum seeker to return to a country or territory where he or she is likely to face persecution #TIL
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/r...
refoulement
noun
re·foule·ment rə-ˌfül-ˈmän
: the act of forcing a refugee or asylum seeker to return to a country or territory where he or she is likely to face persecution #TIL
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/r...
Definition of REFOULEMENT
the act of forcing a refugee or asylum seeker to return to a country or territory where he or she is likely to face persecution… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Word of the day.
refoulement
noun
re·foule·ment rə-ˌfül-ˈmän
: the act of forcing a refugee or asylum seeker to return to a country or territory where he or she is likely to face persecution #TIL
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/r...
refoulement
noun
re·foule·ment rə-ˌfül-ˈmän
: the act of forcing a refugee or asylum seeker to return to a country or territory where he or she is likely to face persecution #TIL
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/r...
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We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
GOP bill could ban hairdressers from giving gender-nonconforming haircuts to minors - LGBTQ Nation
The bill would allow anyone to sue someone who affirms a young person's transition, and it specifically mentions hairstyles.
www.lgbtqnation.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We reported on this a few days ago, but I want to point out this headline because this is where we are at.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
A bill in Arkansas would ban gender affirming HAIRCUTS for transgender youth.
HAIRCUTS.
This is a straight up North Korea state sanctioned hairstyle proposed law for youth.
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Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
March 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated
This song is everything right now: sung without fear: listen - it’s an anthem. open.spotify.com/track/4txaBp...
Canción Sin Miedo
Vivir Quintana, Mon Laferte · Te mereces un amor · Song · 2023
open.spotify.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This song is everything right now: sung without fear: listen - it’s an anthem. open.spotify.com/track/4txaBp...
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Remember last time Trump was president and unmarked vans swept up people off the street and he tried to get the military to use force against protesters? If you think the administration's vindictive defiance will stop with immigrants, you're naive.
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q
Opinion | They’re coming for immigrants first
And the Trump administration is signaling that no one else might be safe, either.
wapo.st
March 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Remember last time Trump was president and unmarked vans swept up people off the street and he tried to get the military to use force against protesters? If you think the administration's vindictive defiance will stop with immigrants, you're naive.
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q
Gift link: wapo.st/43Ssl2Q
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“We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and neo-nazis.” @illdottore.bsky.social, a Columbia University professor, speaks out against the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil.
A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil
On March 12, at a rally in front of the New York City courthouse where Mahmoud Khalil’s hearing took place, classicist and Columbia University associate professor Joseph Howley made the follo…
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March 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“We will not take lectures on antisemitism from segregationists and neo-nazis.” @illdottore.bsky.social, a Columbia University professor, speaks out against the kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil.
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Florida is now in the business of shutting down theaters that show Oscar-winning documentaries.
This Florida cinema showed a documentary about Palestine. Now, the mayor could shut it down.
“I never expected our local government to enact retribution against an arts organization for extending and fulfilling their artistic license and freedom to show films.”
www.motherjones.com
March 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Florida is now in the business of shutting down theaters that show Oscar-winning documentaries.
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The driving philosophy of the Trump administration is white male supremacy. It’s not just that they don’t believe in bigotry or prejudice or racism, but if you’re anything but a straight white man, your contributions are false, awarded to you because of your identity, and must be deleted.
March 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The driving philosophy of the Trump administration is white male supremacy. It’s not just that they don’t believe in bigotry or prejudice or racism, but if you’re anything but a straight white man, your contributions are false, awarded to you because of your identity, and must be deleted.
Fact.
Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.
They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Fact.
Yes. This. Do not agree to your own annihilation. Fuck’s sake.
Columbia University’s immediate submission & betrayal of the core mission of higher education reflects cowardice and capitulation to a government that appears intent on destroying US higher education.
Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:
www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...
Full statement from AAUP President Todd Wolfson:
www.aaup.org/news/cowardi...
Cowardice and Capitulation: Columbia Has Sacrificed Its Own Students to Authoritarianism
The AAUP condemns in the strongest possible terms any university that would sacrifice its own students to the demands of an authoritarian government. Columbia University’s decision to punish students ...
www.aaup.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Yes. This. Do not agree to your own annihilation. Fuck’s sake.
I got through to Senator Fetterman’s office and left a message. But the staffer seemed pretty disaffected and it didn’t seem to me that my request for no on cloture and no on the CR would get passed along. Unshocked. I was on hold for 28 minutes. Just FYI.
March 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I got through to Senator Fetterman’s office and left a message. But the staffer seemed pretty disaffected and it didn’t seem to me that my request for no on cloture and no on the CR would get passed along. Unshocked. I was on hold for 28 minutes. Just FYI.
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The people who said “wokeness” was totalitarian are applauding as dhs sends agents to college campus to apprehend students for thoughtcrime
March 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The people who said “wokeness” was totalitarian are applauding as dhs sends agents to college campus to apprehend students for thoughtcrime
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Eggs now cost $15 a dozen and your retirement portfolio is down by 30%, but at least no one has to be ashamed about being racist anymore
March 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Eggs now cost $15 a dozen and your retirement portfolio is down by 30%, but at least no one has to be ashamed about being racist anymore
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If Trump can invoke the wartime law that was used to detain the Japanese in camps because he feels like it when we're not at war, he can declare martial law any time he wants, he can (and is) suspend law anytime he wants. If he can have a permanent resident abucted, he can have anyone abducted.
March 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If Trump can invoke the wartime law that was used to detain the Japanese in camps because he feels like it when we're not at war, he can declare martial law any time he wants, he can (and is) suspend law anytime he wants. If he can have a permanent resident abucted, he can have anyone abducted.
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Sorry to hammer on this but I think understanding what's happening at the intersection of criminal punishment/immigration is V IMPORTANT right now! Please join us tomorrow at noon! I will be asking these four very smart people questions! Register here! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
March 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sorry to hammer on this but I think understanding what's happening at the intersection of criminal punishment/immigration is V IMPORTANT right now! Please join us tomorrow at noon! I will be asking these four very smart people questions! Register here! us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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y'all are booing, but she's right.
"It was the Biden administration, it was the Democratic establishment, that has created the conditions that we are now seeing taken advantage of," Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat says of Mahmoud Khalil's arrest and the Trump administration's crackdown on dissent.
March 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
y'all are booing, but she's right.
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“There is no way to put your head down and survive this moment,” says Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat. "The only way to protect yourself is to protest in this moment. Your silence will be a target, not a shield."
March 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“There is no way to put your head down and survive this moment,” says Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat. "The only way to protect yourself is to protest in this moment. Your silence will be a target, not a shield."
AI is an extractive, white supremacist, and colonialist endeavor. Of course it gets its shit wrong.
This comes on the heels of a different BBC study that found that "AI" assistants struggled to provide accurate news synopses with any consistency.
-51% had clear errors
-19% introduced "factually inaccurate "statements, numbers and dates"
-13% altered or just completely made up quotes
-51% had clear errors
-19% introduced "factually inaccurate "statements, numbers and dates"
-13% altered or just completely made up quotes
Groundbreaking BBC research shows issues with over half the answers from Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants
Conducted over a month, the study saw the BBC test four prominent, publicly available AI assistants
www.bbc.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
AI is an extractive, white supremacist, and colonialist endeavor. Of course it gets its shit wrong.
I mean ….
March 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I mean ….
This.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This.