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Philip Nel
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📚 Books on children's books & comics: https://philnel.com/writing/books/
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Philip W. Nel is an American scholar of children's literature and University Distinguished Professor of English at Kansas State University. He is best known for his work on Dr. Seuss and Harry Potter, which has led to him being a guest on such media programs as CBS Sunday Morning, NPR's Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, and CNN's Don Lemon Tonight. .. more

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Philip Nel @philnel.bsky.social · Jul 26
1/2 ⬇️ This is an excellent idea & I am co-signing & invite my fellow academics to join me. Academia depends on a lot of unpaid labor. Withhold your labor from Columbia. ⬇️
jtlg.bsky.social James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · Jul 25
In light of Columbia's capitulation to the Trump regime's illegal and extortionate demands, I have resolved not to write for Columbia publications, speak at Columbia events, or perform other free labor for a university that has repudated its values.

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Columbia’s Capitulation
Universities exist to promote the discovery, preservation, and transmission of knowledge. While they can help make to make a society virtuous, prosperous, and free, they do so by pursing their mission...
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d
The combination of federal funding cuts and rising prices is making it difficult for many food pantries to meet rising needs. Please consider supporting your local food pantry during this busy holiday season.
Find Your Local Food Bank and Holiday Food Boxes | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and holiday food boxes in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org

Reposted by Tom Clark, Philip Nel, Richard M. Carpiano , and 2 more

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d
That’s not how GDP works. But it is how propaganda works.

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Sam Cohen @samcohen.bsky.social · 2d
It's a Chanukah miracle

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Do we charge for this? Or is it a free service we provide to friendly dictators?
inquirer.com Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 3d
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad.
Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions
www.inquirer.com

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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social · 3d
Before she was America’s oldest park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin was a Black woman navigating wartime labor exclusion, and the paperwork of inequality
www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/12/23/w...

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 3d
President Donald Trump's first-term Department of Justice declined to prosecute 10 of Jeffrey Epstein's "co-conspirators," according to files released this week.
Trump's DOJ declined to prosecute '10 co-conspirators': Epstein documents
President Donald Trump's first-term Department of Justice declined to prosecute 10 of Jeffrey Epstein's "co-conspirators," according to files released this week.On Tuesday, attorney Aaron Parnas pointed out that the revelation was from "by far the most important document released overnight.""There w...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 3d
This is a fair and important question. Trump is a criminal, running a criminal syndicate from the Oval Office.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 3d
I’m sorry, but blue states need to start finding ways to protest this politicized punishment. Perhaps they could refuse to pay federal employer taxes on state employees, for starters.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Steven S. Smith, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 3 more

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 3d
Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
The CBS investigation portrays a modern concentration camp, similar to the Soviet GULAG (like CECOT, an acronym): sadistic guards, 24 hour lighting, isolation cells.
Americans once opposed this inhumane system.
The Trump administration sent innocent people there to suffer.
bubbaprog.xyz Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 3d
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 6d
The devil works hard but Jonathan Mitchell works harder:

“A Waco justice of the peace who refused to marry same-sex couples filed a federal lawsuit Friday that asks the courts to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges…Hensley is represented by Jonathan Mitchell.”
Waco judge asks federal courts to overturn same-sex marriage
Judge Dianne Hensley, who has been fighting the state judicial oversight body since 2019, is hoping to tee up a new challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
www.texastribune.org

Reposted by Philip Nel, Catherine Lutz

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 6d
There’s nothing stopping the people in Washington DC from naming their own things after the president

The Donald J. Trump Dumpster

The Donald J. Trump Port-a-Potty

The Donald J. Trump Municipal Waste Disposal Facility

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Philip Nel @philnel.bsky.social · 7d
🤮 Also, congratulations to the Kennedy Center’s new management in their ongoing efforts to drive people away. (Ticket sales have plummeted by 50% since T**mp’s lackeys took it over.)
altnps.bsky.social Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7d
Trump’s name is being added to the Kennedy Center today. 📸 Heather Diehl/Getty Images

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 7d
Trump’s name is being added to the Kennedy Center today. 📸 Heather Diehl/Getty Images

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 7d
😐

Here's my challenge for anyone with a Republican elected - demand they respond to this.

"How do you feel about the White House being in violation with a law the President signed?"

Make them answer.
DOJ won’t meet Friday deadline to release all the Epstein files
The delay means the White House is in apparent conflict with a law President Donald Trump signed in November.
www.politico.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 7d
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
Mitt Romney: tax the rich, like me.

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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 7d
Jason Reynolds and Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom join Urban Consulate in Detroit for a live conversation with Orlando P. Baile @ "Daring Ideas for the Future Series" Nov 2025

Video by JP Leong of Afrochine.

youtu.be/UwwnjdXMhco?...

Reposted by Philip Nel, Farah Mendlesohn

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 7d
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.

Be a love, and pay it today.

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Philip Nel @philnel.bsky.social · 8d
“The new iOS is like getting a present from the relative who knows you the least. Except worse because your phone knows you quite well.”

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WIRED @wired.com · 8d
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled. www.wired.com/story/phone-...
Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful
Is the latest iPhone operating system aesthetically appealing? No. But is it useful? Also no. At least I have company among the disgruntled.
www.wired.com

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8d
These are the seven Democrats who voted with MAGA Republicans to perform invasive body cavity searches on migrant children.

We need to primary each of these pro child abuse politicians out of government.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 8d
We need to sound the alarm 🚨. Today, the House passed a barbaric piece of legislation that would subject migrant children to invasive bodily searches, keep them in prison, and refuse to let them be released to their families.

Watch now & subscribe to support my human rights advocacy
Today: Congress Advances Abuse of Migrant Children
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 9d
I daydream about the moment I'll be able to skeet "He's dead. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

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Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social · 9d
"I’m not in it to settle a score. I’m in it to find the dignity and the humanity within the experience that the person is going through that I’m trying to communicate about." Carol Tyler discussed creating art through loss with Retrofuturista--read the full interview here: https://ow.ly/er5e50XJYZc!

Reposted by Diane Ravitch, Philip Nel, W. Andy Knight , and 3 more

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9d
The is a declaration and act of war without congressional approval, and imperialistic jingoism.

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Honorée Fanonne Jeffers @blklibrarygirl.bsky.social · 9d
How long will this go on?

Reposted by Philip Nel, Cathy N. Davidson, Nathan W. Pino , and 4 more

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10d
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.

The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Philip Nel, Mark Rice

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10d
Manhunt for Brown University shooter stretches into fourth day, leaving residents on edge reut.rs/4oWdnj2
Manhunt for Brown University shooter stretches into fourth day, leaving residents on edge
The manhunt for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and injured seven more in a classroom shooting stretched into a fourth day on Tuesday, leaving the campus and surrounding neighborhood on edge.
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Greg Olear @gregolear.bsky.social · 10d
This is a photo from the Vanity Fair article. Notice how they have to arrange it so Stephen Miller is on the end, so it isn’t obvious that there is no reflection of him on the mirrored table.🧛