Brooke Reardon
@brookereardon.bsky.social
ThD student @ Duke studying theology, ethics, and political ecology. Reader. Writer. Gardener. Avid coffee drinker.
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Breaking News: A federal judge expressed deep concern that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
April 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Breaking News: A federal judge expressed deep concern that the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras “with no meaningful process.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...
Just attended a phenomenal keynote presentation from Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social at Duke’s Feminist Theory Workshop. Now I can’t wait to read her new book, Enemy Feminisms! www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2440-e...
Enemy Feminisms
www.haymarketbooks.org
March 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Just attended a phenomenal keynote presentation from Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social at Duke’s Feminist Theory Workshop. Now I can’t wait to read her new book, Enemy Feminisms! www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2440-e...
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Thousands of people rallied on Saturday to protest President Trump, including his handling of the war in Ukraine, his stance on reproductive rights and the firing of federal workers. About 300 protests, organized to commemorate International Women’s Day, were scheduled around the U.S.
On International Women’s Day, Thousands Gather to Protest Trump
About 300 demonstrations were scheduled across the United States. Organizers said that Americans eager to protest considered the occasion an appropriate time to rally.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Thousands of people rallied on Saturday to protest President Trump, including his handling of the war in Ukraine, his stance on reproductive rights and the firing of federal workers. About 300 protests, organized to commemorate International Women’s Day, were scheduled around the U.S.
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Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
www.npr.org
March 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Mahmoud Khalil was inside his university-owned apartment Saturday night when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered and took him into custody.
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hey if we’re going to erase everything america has done since the revolution can we at least bring back dudes wearing bows in their hair? that was cute
January 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
hey if we’re going to erase everything america has done since the revolution can we at least bring back dudes wearing bows in their hair? that was cute
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The resistance has always been led by priests and poets; artists and healers. They have the audacity to dream of a better world and the courage to speak it into existence.
January 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The resistance has always been led by priests and poets; artists and healers. They have the audacity to dream of a better world and the courage to speak it into existence.
Really grateful for all the women and fem scholars at SCE this year. The women’s caucus luncheon was great; Good food, good people, good times!
January 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Really grateful for all the women and fem scholars at SCE this year. The women’s caucus luncheon was great; Good food, good people, good times!
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Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
Anyone headed to SCE in Chicago next weekend? Come check out my paper on theological anthropology and the commons at the Future Scholars Panel!
January 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Anyone headed to SCE in Chicago next weekend? Come check out my paper on theological anthropology and the commons at the Future Scholars Panel!
Anddd that’s a wrap. Fall 2024 semester is complete!
a cartoon of spongebob with the words done and done below him
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob with the words done and done below him
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Anddd that’s a wrap. Fall 2024 semester is complete!
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The sad truth of Neo-Liberalism Capitalism is that if you are in a job that provides huge value to peoples' lives (like being a nurse) you are often going to be very badly paid.
December 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM
The sad truth of Neo-Liberalism Capitalism is that if you are in a job that provides huge value to peoples' lives (like being a nurse) you are often going to be very badly paid.
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Toxic fertilizer made from sewage is contaminating American farmland. Now its makers want Congress to shield them from lawsuits.
Their Fertilizer Poisons Farmland. Now, They Want Protection From Lawsuits.
A company controlled by Goldman Sachs is helping to lead a lobbying effort by makers of fertilizer linked to “forever chemicals.”
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Toxic fertilizer made from sewage is contaminating American farmland. Now its makers want Congress to shield them from lawsuits.
Very much looking forward to next year, when I’ll be done with coursework, and I can fully enjoy December and advent without the stress of final papers.
December 9, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Very much looking forward to next year, when I’ll be done with coursework, and I can fully enjoy December and advent without the stress of final papers.
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Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead
December 6, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead
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On Thursday (Dec 5th), we'll host a Zoom talk to discuss David Graeber's work.
The topic will be his piece, THERE NEVER WAS A WEST, that includes a history of Democracy!
If you want to join, you can register at this link:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The topic will be his piece, THERE NEVER WAS A WEST, that includes a history of Democracy!
If you want to join, you can register at this link:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 1, 2024 at 11:19 PM
On Thursday (Dec 5th), we'll host a Zoom talk to discuss David Graeber's work.
The topic will be his piece, THERE NEVER WAS A WEST, that includes a history of Democracy!
If you want to join, you can register at this link:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The topic will be his piece, THERE NEVER WAS A WEST, that includes a history of Democracy!
If you want to join, you can register at this link:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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absolutely astounded at how many big figures in the climate movement seem totally cool with AI
December 4, 2024 at 7:49 PM
absolutely astounded at how many big figures in the climate movement seem totally cool with AI
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One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 23, 2024 at 1:29 AM
One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control
Starting to think imposter syndrome never really goes away in the academy.
November 24, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Starting to think imposter syndrome never really goes away in the academy.
This trips plane book:
November 23, 2024 at 2:15 AM
This trips plane book:
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One of the most comprehensive studies available finds that in 2015 alone the imperial core appropriated $10 trillion from the periphery. Now, at COP29, imperial powers are promising to provide just $250bn in climate financing by 2035. That's a 40th of what was taken in that single year.
November 22, 2024 at 6:39 PM
One of the most comprehensive studies available finds that in 2015 alone the imperial core appropriated $10 trillion from the periphery. Now, at COP29, imperial powers are promising to provide just $250bn in climate financing by 2035. That's a 40th of what was taken in that single year.
This thread *snaps*…. AI isn’t going to “free” us, it’s just going to create more “bullshit jobs”, to use Graeber’s language. Not to mention the amount of energy AI requires to function. More bullshit jobs & extraction. Just what we need.
How is artificial intelligence going be deployed? We know historically that when machinery came into production, John Stuart Mill said, machinery should lighten the load of labor, I cannot understand why when machinery is actually employed, it is doubling the load of labor. [1/8]
November 22, 2024 at 1:34 PM
This thread *snaps*…. AI isn’t going to “free” us, it’s just going to create more “bullshit jobs”, to use Graeber’s language. Not to mention the amount of energy AI requires to function. More bullshit jobs & extraction. Just what we need.
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How many of these do we have?
November 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM
How many of these do we have?
"Trump will take us back to the traditions that make America great, namely shaming and ostracizing people who are different."
"Trump will end the war in Ukraine by abandoning it to Putin."
William T. Cavanaugh on what to expect over the next four years:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bread-circuses
William T. Cavanaugh on what to expect over the next four years:
www.commonwealmagazine.org/bread-circuses
Bread & Circuses
One is obliged to hope for wise and prudent governance from the next administration, but that’s not why people voted for Trump.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:24 PM
"Trump will take us back to the traditions that make America great, namely shaming and ostracizing people who are different."