Aaron Walker
@sturgidson.bsky.social
film prof. #itsTegan! #itsGromit! #UglyDogs!
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the “politics can be a game of cultural affinity or it can be a game of winning” actually goes for everyone
"You cannot be explaining your Nazi tattoo and defeat a multi-term incumbent."
October 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
the “politics can be a game of cultural affinity or it can be a game of winning” actually goes for everyone
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I sat in the British Library reading League of Empire Loyalists, BNP & National Front literature for my book and even they claimed to promote *voluntary* repatriation. Forcible deportation was always the ghost behind those ideas, but it’s amazing that UK politicians don’t even bother to hide it.
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I sat in the British Library reading League of Empire Loyalists, BNP & National Front literature for my book and even they claimed to promote *voluntary* repatriation. Forcible deportation was always the ghost behind those ideas, but it’s amazing that UK politicians don’t even bother to hide it.
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Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! 💖
If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.
If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.
October 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! 💖
If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.
If you’re in the Boston area today, check out MFA Boston for me — free admission, basket weaving lessons, and dancing.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day is an opportunity for all of us in Boston to recognize the accomplishments, histories, and contributions of our Indigenous communities.
We are proud to honor our Indigenous neighbors in our city and across the country. Wishing all a reflective Indigenous Peoples' Day.
We are proud to honor our Indigenous neighbors in our city and across the country. Wishing all a reflective Indigenous Peoples' Day.
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Indigenous Peoples' Day is an opportunity for all of us in Boston to recognize the accomplishments, histories, and contributions of our Indigenous communities.
We are proud to honor our Indigenous neighbors in our city and across the country. Wishing all a reflective Indigenous Peoples' Day.
We are proud to honor our Indigenous neighbors in our city and across the country. Wishing all a reflective Indigenous Peoples' Day.
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Abolish ICE. 🇺🇸
September 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Abolish ICE. 🇺🇸
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So you don't have to look them up yourself:
Yes, of course they actively destroy the planet creating Ai video slop to promote their grift.
Yes, of course they actively destroy the planet creating Ai video slop to promote their grift.
September 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So you don't have to look them up yourself:
Yes, of course they actively destroy the planet creating Ai video slop to promote their grift.
Yes, of course they actively destroy the planet creating Ai video slop to promote their grift.
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FIRE RFK Jr!! WE WANT THE CANCER VACCINE!!!
“New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes”
Story below
“New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes”
Story below
New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes
A new mRNA cancer vaccine wiped out tumors in mice and may offer a path toward a universal treatment.
scitechdaily.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
FIRE RFK Jr!! WE WANT THE CANCER VACCINE!!!
“New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes”
Story below
“New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes”
Story below
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Why does this always happen hm
September 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Why does this always happen hm
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New high of Americans saying immigration is good for the US
September 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New high of Americans saying immigration is good for the US
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Republicans have absolutely murdered the US labor market by supporting Donald Trump’s bankruptcy business model. We need recovery to begin now, not in 3.5 years.
September 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Republicans have absolutely murdered the US labor market by supporting Donald Trump’s bankruptcy business model. We need recovery to begin now, not in 3.5 years.
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COMMUNITY ALERT‼️
ICE may be deployed at 2am Saturday morning into the following Chicago neighborhoods:
Boystown
Little Village
Humboldt Park
Call 855.435.7693 ICIRR if you believe you are witnessing ICE activity
Record what you can, but STAY SAFE
ICE may be deployed at 2am Saturday morning into the following Chicago neighborhoods:
Boystown
Little Village
Humboldt Park
Call 855.435.7693 ICIRR if you believe you are witnessing ICE activity
Record what you can, but STAY SAFE
September 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
COMMUNITY ALERT‼️
ICE may be deployed at 2am Saturday morning into the following Chicago neighborhoods:
Boystown
Little Village
Humboldt Park
Call 855.435.7693 ICIRR if you believe you are witnessing ICE activity
Record what you can, but STAY SAFE
ICE may be deployed at 2am Saturday morning into the following Chicago neighborhoods:
Boystown
Little Village
Humboldt Park
Call 855.435.7693 ICIRR if you believe you are witnessing ICE activity
Record what you can, but STAY SAFE
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"It's important for the public to know how their tax dollars continue to fund unusual cruelties forced upon prisoners. These acts of both masked and outright cruelty can be challenged and conquered ... There is no just cause to treat prisoners or any human being like this. Please help us."
"Prison guards are making pornographic movies starring the prison population using body cameras."
"New York State Department of Corrections [..] is recording and storing videos of naked, mostly Black and brown people under the threat of violent force."
#NewYork #USA #Policing #Incarceration
"New York State Department of Corrections [..] is recording and storing videos of naked, mostly Black and brown people under the threat of violent force."
#NewYork #USA #Policing #Incarceration
A new directive permits prison guards to record strip searches using body cameras – Scalawag
Prison policy directs guards to make pornographic movies starring the prison population using their body cameras.
scalawagmagazine.org
September 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
"It's important for the public to know how their tax dollars continue to fund unusual cruelties forced upon prisoners. These acts of both masked and outright cruelty can be challenged and conquered ... There is no just cause to treat prisoners or any human being like this. Please help us."
Just got my Covid booster in Boston. So relieved to now be in a state that takes this seriously and gets it done.
September 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Just got my Covid booster in Boston. So relieved to now be in a state that takes this seriously and gets it done.
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The thing the mainstream media is not remembering about Hurricane Katrina is their own lethal, racist contribution to treating rumors as facts used to demonize the stranded in New Orleans, turning them from victims to be aided to enemies to be contained.
“An unsettling Mad Max vibe coursed through the city. Pickup trucks with armed men of unclear authority cruised around ..
“.. I headed back to Union Street. That body could not possibly still be there. This was the United States. We collect our dead.
“Still there.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/i...
“.. I headed back to Union Street. That body could not possibly still be there. This was the United States. We collect our dead.
“Still there.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/i...
August 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The thing the mainstream media is not remembering about Hurricane Katrina is their own lethal, racist contribution to treating rumors as facts used to demonize the stranded in New Orleans, turning them from victims to be aided to enemies to be contained.
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“ILLEGALS” MY ASS!
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
August 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS!
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store.
He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
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This is what I mean when I talk about how Google is actively deciding to bake energy-intensive text generation into the basic infrastructure of the internet.
They are *choosing* to make the digital world absurdly, eye-wateringly more energy hungry whether you request it or not. And it'll get worse
They are *choosing* to make the digital world absurdly, eye-wateringly more energy hungry whether you request it or not. And it'll get worse
I really hate AI overview. I always catch myself reading it before I'm like NO.
August 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is what I mean when I talk about how Google is actively deciding to bake energy-intensive text generation into the basic infrastructure of the internet.
They are *choosing* to make the digital world absurdly, eye-wateringly more energy hungry whether you request it or not. And it'll get worse
They are *choosing* to make the digital world absurdly, eye-wateringly more energy hungry whether you request it or not. And it'll get worse
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Despite the academic capitulations, media collapse, and Trump's attacks on history and race, it's now more important than ever to teach on all of these issues.
So I will.
I have set up an independent course to teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 in October.
Sign up here!
So I will.
I have set up an independent course to teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 in October.
Sign up here!
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Despite the academic capitulations, media collapse, and Trump's attacks on history and race, it's now more important than ever to teach on all of these issues.
So I will.
I have set up an independent course to teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 in October.
Sign up here!
So I will.
I have set up an independent course to teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 in October.
Sign up here!
It connects people directly with the city and services they know and love. It reminds them of the efficacy (and failures inefficiencies!) of some of those services. It also reminds them of the history of their mayors, including the atrocious ones. But most important: shows them their community, live
Not sure if people have realized yet on just how many levels the #zcavengerhunt is working. Not only is it activating a bunch of people, not only is it getting people out and about in NYC, not only is it highlighting public transits, not only is it highlighting NYC history... it's also:
The scavenger hunt is using NYC mayoral history to paint Mamdani as firmly within the mainstream of that history. On age. On DSA membership. On public transportation policy. It's such a smart way to launch the general election campaign.
August 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It connects people directly with the city and services they know and love. It reminds them of the efficacy (and failures inefficiencies!) of some of those services. It also reminds them of the history of their mayors, including the atrocious ones. But most important: shows them their community, live
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Not sure if people have realized yet on just how many levels the #zcavengerhunt is working. Not only is it activating a bunch of people, not only is it getting people out and about in NYC, not only is it highlighting public transits, not only is it highlighting NYC history... it's also:
The scavenger hunt is using NYC mayoral history to paint Mamdani as firmly within the mainstream of that history. On age. On DSA membership. On public transportation policy. It's such a smart way to launch the general election campaign.
OMG the Mamdani campaign is utterly brilliant. Chef's kiss. Art.
August 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Not sure if people have realized yet on just how many levels the #zcavengerhunt is working. Not only is it activating a bunch of people, not only is it getting people out and about in NYC, not only is it highlighting public transits, not only is it highlighting NYC history... it's also:
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Trying to consolidate power means you don’t already have that kind of power.
Seems important to state outright.
Seems important to state outright.
August 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trying to consolidate power means you don’t already have that kind of power.
Seems important to state outright.
Seems important to state outright.
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Mamdani's fun idea for a scavenger hunt throughout NYC, using the subway or public transit, has succeeded beyond measure. They've run out of cards! And look how many young people are here.
Follow the #ZcavengerHunt hashtag for more live updates as the hunt progresses. Everyone's happy & having fun.
Follow the #ZcavengerHunt hashtag for more live updates as the hunt progresses. Everyone's happy & having fun.
I just cannot imagine Cuomo or Adams getting this many people, especially people 40 and under, on a beautiful summer Sunday afternoon to do a scavenger hunts accessible by public transit
August 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Mamdani's fun idea for a scavenger hunt throughout NYC, using the subway or public transit, has succeeded beyond measure. They've run out of cards! And look how many young people are here.
Follow the #ZcavengerHunt hashtag for more live updates as the hunt progresses. Everyone's happy & having fun.
Follow the #ZcavengerHunt hashtag for more live updates as the hunt progresses. Everyone's happy & having fun.
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The bow of obedience from states sending national guard to DC for nothing other than pledging loyalty to DJT.
Man.
Something to behold.
Man.
Something to behold.
August 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The bow of obedience from states sending national guard to DC for nothing other than pledging loyalty to DJT.
Man.
Something to behold.
Man.
Something to behold.
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Wow.
“His allies”—at this point, not ours.
“His allies”—at this point, not ours.
How the @nytimes.com euphemistically refers to the countries that used to be our allies before Trump too.
August 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Wow.
“His allies”—at this point, not ours.
“His allies”—at this point, not ours.
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Reality: that “extra revenue” is higher costs paid by regular American consumers & businesses, and the “tax relief” is going to the rich not you.
JD is pissing 💦 on your head and telling you it’s raining — and @marshablackburn is using this line also as she runs for governor.
JD is pissing 💦 on your head and telling you it’s raining — and @marshablackburn is using this line also as she runs for governor.
August 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Reality: that “extra revenue” is higher costs paid by regular American consumers & businesses, and the “tax relief” is going to the rich not you.
JD is pissing 💦 on your head and telling you it’s raining — and @marshablackburn is using this line also as she runs for governor.
JD is pissing 💦 on your head and telling you it’s raining — and @marshablackburn is using this line also as she runs for governor.
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If you want to do some service, there is a teacher who works with incarcerated youth looking for book donations.
#academicsky
#blacksky
www.threads.com/@jaimenotmsa...
#academicsky
#blacksky
www.threads.com/@jaimenotmsa...
@jaimenotmsa on Threads
I’m an English teacher in a state prison for young men. My students are ages 18-21.
My classroom wish list is mostly books 📚 that I would love to include in my teaching. There’s one link for tea. ☕️🫖...
www.threads.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If you want to do some service, there is a teacher who works with incarcerated youth looking for book donations.
#academicsky
#blacksky
www.threads.com/@jaimenotmsa...
#academicsky
#blacksky
www.threads.com/@jaimenotmsa...