Darin M. L. Stewart, PhD
@doconmission.bsky.social
He/they. Parent of Ezra. Violet's human. Higher Ed prof @ UDenver. Critical, poststructural, intersectional study of race, sexuality, gender in colleges/universities. Denver Health comm'y health services bd. Baritone @dgmc5280 BlackgaytransdisabledJew
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“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.” - @jelaniya.bsky.social 🇺🇸
June 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.” - @jelaniya.bsky.social 🇺🇸
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@jelaniya.bsky.social on historic parallels to the reaction to ICE raids:
"My students are like, 'Oh, so these people who came out against the Fugitive Slave Act were all abolitionists?' I said, 'No, these were people who could not countenance the idea of their neighbors being taken from them.'"
"My students are like, 'Oh, so these people who came out against the Fugitive Slave Act were all abolitionists?' I said, 'No, these were people who could not countenance the idea of their neighbors being taken from them.'"
June 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
@jelaniya.bsky.social on historic parallels to the reaction to ICE raids:
"My students are like, 'Oh, so these people who came out against the Fugitive Slave Act were all abolitionists?' I said, 'No, these were people who could not countenance the idea of their neighbors being taken from them.'"
"My students are like, 'Oh, so these people who came out against the Fugitive Slave Act were all abolitionists?' I said, 'No, these were people who could not countenance the idea of their neighbors being taken from them.'"
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5 reasons autistic people are mistakenly seen as selfish/self-centered #autismawareness
May 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
5 reasons autistic people are mistakenly seen as selfish/self-centered #autismawareness
I need someone to launch a national hotline where adults (over 35) can call up an adultier adult for advice and direction. The phone number could be 1-800-ADULT-ME (using "adult" as a verb)
I would be the first caller.
I would be the first caller.
May 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I need someone to launch a national hotline where adults (over 35) can call up an adultier adult for advice and direction. The phone number could be 1-800-ADULT-ME (using "adult" as a verb)
I would be the first caller.
I would be the first caller.
Generative AI is the worst thing to happen to student academic prose since the thesaurus. Fight me.
May 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Generative AI is the worst thing to happen to student academic prose since the thesaurus. Fight me.
I'm going to endeavor to be more active on here. There was a time when I was very active on that other platform. But even my last year or so on there was not very engaged.
April 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I'm going to endeavor to be more active on here. There was a time when I was very active on that other platform. But even my last year or so on there was not very engaged.
I've had this peace lily for almost 8 years. This is the first time it has bloomed in over 6. There's a life metaphor in there somewhere.
April 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I've had this peace lily for almost 8 years. This is the first time it has bloomed in over 6. There's a life metaphor in there somewhere.
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I look all around and all I see are walls.
April 9, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I look all around and all I see are walls.
Heard tonight as a question about someone's cooking: "Did it taste like snowfall in Colorado?"
And all I can do now is howl with laughter. Mostly bc I am really sitting here fascinated by how well that works as a description of anything bland and tasteless.
And all I can do now is howl with laughter. Mostly bc I am really sitting here fascinated by how well that works as a description of anything bland and tasteless.
March 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Heard tonight as a question about someone's cooking: "Did it taste like snowfall in Colorado?"
And all I can do now is howl with laughter. Mostly bc I am really sitting here fascinated by how well that works as a description of anything bland and tasteless.
And all I can do now is howl with laughter. Mostly bc I am really sitting here fascinated by how well that works as a description of anything bland and tasteless.
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Wanna know how seriously Canadians are taking the boycott of US products? I *switched my mascara* (this is a big deal) from one made by a US company to one made by Indigenous led company here www.cheekbonebeauty.com
Cheekbone Beauty - Indigenous Owned Cosmetics Brand
Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics is an Indigenous beauty brand, known for creating clean beauty products and vegan cosmetics. Indigenous makeup representation for an all inclusive world.
www.cheekbonebeauty.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Wanna know how seriously Canadians are taking the boycott of US products? I *switched my mascara* (this is a big deal) from one made by a US company to one made by Indigenous led company here www.cheekbonebeauty.com
So I guess I missed my chance to see the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall... 😑
March 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
So I guess I missed my chance to see the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall... 😑
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Just a reminder for the white people and foreigners who don’t believe fascism exists unless it happens to them and think Americans are “lazy” in response to Trump:
SIX Ferguson activists are DEAD and some are missing in the 10 years since Michael Brown was killed & the Black Lives Movement began.
SIX Ferguson activists are DEAD and some are missing in the 10 years since Michael Brown was killed & the Black Lives Movement began.
March 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Just a reminder for the white people and foreigners who don’t believe fascism exists unless it happens to them and think Americans are “lazy” in response to Trump:
SIX Ferguson activists are DEAD and some are missing in the 10 years since Michael Brown was killed & the Black Lives Movement began.
SIX Ferguson activists are DEAD and some are missing in the 10 years since Michael Brown was killed & the Black Lives Movement began.
That was easy. 😑
Columbia will comply with Trump’s demands to overhaul student discipline, increase on-campus police powers, and place its MESAAS department under academic receivership. The Friday announcement seeks to restore $400 million in federal funding. chroni.cl/4iN4zJQ
Facing a Loss of $400 Million, Columbia U. Concedes to Trump’s Demands
The university will overhaul student disciplinary procedures, increase on-campus policing powers, and place a department under administrative supervision.
chroni.cl
March 23, 2025 at 6:06 AM
That was easy. 😑
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Views | Let me be clear: no student or family should go into more debt than they feel an education is worth. It is reasonable and wise to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of your options.
But the true costs of a college education are not always obvious.
But the true costs of a college education are not always obvious.
Let's Talk About the True Cost―and True Value―of a College Education
Let me be clear: no student or family should go into more debt than they feel an education is worth. It is reasonable and wise to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of your options. But the true costs of...
www.diverseeducation.com
March 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Views | Let me be clear: no student or family should go into more debt than they feel an education is worth. It is reasonable and wise to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of your options.
But the true costs of a college education are not always obvious.
But the true costs of a college education are not always obvious.
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Elon is upset that the public is staying informed. So many threats from him lately. We are public servants, not Elon servants.
March 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Elon is upset that the public is staying informed. So many threats from him lately. We are public servants, not Elon servants.
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Americans are going hungry under Trump. Food banks across the country — already strained by deep cuts to locally grown food programs — the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting aid as demand continues to grow.
March 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Americans are going hungry under Trump. Food banks across the country — already strained by deep cuts to locally grown food programs — the U.S. Department of Agriculture is canceling $500 million in expected food deliveries, further disrupting aid as demand continues to grow.
And he could still get it.
March 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
And he could still get it.
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Hey scholars outraged at Meta using your data to feed their AI - I will remind you, like a broken record, of the WGA strikes that were so clearly a canary in the coal mine but that too many treated like the concerns of „rich people in Hollywood“ (lol)
journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...
journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...
![4. Why does this matter for us as scholars?
[4.1] While all of this points toward a lot of potential subject matter for future study, I would be remiss to not close this piece by making a larger point about why and how the strikes directly affect us as scholars. I have long felt that the parallels between academe and the entertainment industry are striking (pun intended) when it comes to the exploitation of labor. In another piece I wrote at the beginning of the WGA strike in May (Mittermeier 2023), I drew comparisons between the lack of compensation academic writers receive for their labor and how we now largely produce this writing for conglomerates that profit off us. Another parallel here is the role of AI for either profession—something WGA's fight just secured would not affect screenwriters in the near future, but it will be a continued point of contention regardless. (It also was, and continues to be, a central issue in SAG-AFTRA's negotiations.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3tta5nidkaqpxlal6ures2xt/bafkreidlx7c2u55nsgiknvnzhl5xubfcbqwswtfjzh7mdgweyij4wfvgoq@jpeg)
March 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Hey scholars outraged at Meta using your data to feed their AI - I will remind you, like a broken record, of the WGA strikes that were so clearly a canary in the coal mine but that too many treated like the concerns of „rich people in Hollywood“ (lol)
journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...
journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/tw...
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Trump is targeting law firms that defend federal employees, expanding his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he opposes. A new memorandum threatens to use government power to punish any firm that, in his view, unfairly challenges his administration.
March 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Trump is targeting law firms that defend federal employees, expanding his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he opposes. A new memorandum threatens to use government power to punish any firm that, in his view, unfairly challenges his administration.
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The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.
March 23, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Singer, songwriter, and model Marie-Pierra Kakoma, born in Democratic Republic of the Congo and based in Belgium, performs as Lous and The Yakuza.
Lous is an anagram for "soul".
Her Congolese Dad and Rwandan Mom are physicians.
The family immigrated from Congo to Belgium after war & prison.
Lous is an anagram for "soul".
Her Congolese Dad and Rwandan Mom are physicians.
The family immigrated from Congo to Belgium after war & prison.
Lous and The Yakuza: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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March 23, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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Urgent: Illegal Activity Underway
Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
March 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Urgent: Illegal Activity Underway
Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.