nika 🪷
@petalledheart.bsky.social
🇰🇭🇨🇳 PhD candidate in cinema + sexual diversity studies & Centre for the Study of the US + Northrop Frye Centre doctoral fellow at U of T | staff director of Sundress Publications
📝 on surveillance, aesthetics, ethics, race, queer theory, trans studies
📝 on surveillance, aesthetics, ethics, race, queer theory, trans studies
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MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
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Where are all those people who were crowing about cancel culture ?
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Where are all those people who were crowing about cancel culture ?
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Authoritarianism arrives with emails like this. The masked brute squad may or may not accost you later, be sure to carry your papers.
Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Authoritarianism arrives with emails like this. The masked brute squad may or may not accost you later, be sure to carry your papers.
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If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
If you're a professor at Texas A&M, you'll need to receive written authorization from the university president before discussing this incident on campus.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought the earlier news from A&M was bad, but this is incredibly bleak. It’s close to the point of not having a functional university.
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
The Lions don’t deserve this kind of commentary, man
Government is shut down. Chaos in airports. 42 million going hungry. 24 million face skyrocketing healthcare costs. Economy in turmoil. And the president of the United States is in the Fox broadcast booth calling plays for a football game.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The Lions don’t deserve this kind of commentary, man
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bluesky branding refresh unveiled
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
bluesky branding refresh unveiled
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congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
This is a level of whiteness previously thought unattainable
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This is a level of whiteness previously thought unattainable
Ross Douth*t retire bitch
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ross Douth*t retire bitch
This “aww shucks” style of reactionary politics is deranged but also boring y’all have to go back to the 1950s to grab them. Unoriginal flops
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This “aww shucks” style of reactionary politics is deranged but also boring y’all have to go back to the 1950s to grab them. Unoriginal flops
I have to be honest I think about this reply every time Cuomo’s name gets mentioned
November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I have to be honest I think about this reply every time Cuomo’s name gets mentioned
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oh no please dont make the young, good looking, energetic politician the face of the franchise
The GOP’s new villain lives in New York — and they’re already launching attack ads to make him every Democrat’s problem in 2026.
Republicans try to turn national Democratic candidates into Mamdani copycats
Republicans are working to make New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani the face of the Democratic Party in the midterms.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
oh no please dont make the young, good looking, energetic politician the face of the franchise
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BRING ME PICTURES! PICTURES OF RIGHT-WING CRASHOUTS!
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
BRING ME PICTURES! PICTURES OF RIGHT-WING CRASHOUTS!
Get away from my Knicks!
The White House just posted this they are not mad they swear they are so not mad
November 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Get away from my Knicks!
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Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wow it turns out the entire country is not permanently reactionary because Trump won an election by 1.5%
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permission to lib out your honor
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
permission to lib out your honor
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The crash out is going to be LEGENDARY
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The crash out is going to be LEGENDARY
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Felony Footlong is WILD
Defense tells judge they want to question Lairmore about 'gag gifts' he received from fellow officers after the alleged assault, including a Subway sandwich plush toy and a patch that (unless I misheard) said 'Felony Footlong.'
Prosecutors object. Defense argues they reflect CBP 'state of mind.'
Prosecutors object. Defense argues they reflect CBP 'state of mind.'
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Felony Footlong is WILD