@heathermilne.bsky.social
English Professor, people over profit, 2SLGBTQ+
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The War Powers Act allows POTUS to use military force in 3 very specific situations: a declared war, after an authorization from Congress or imminent attack.
The Iran bombing meets none of those. This blatant disregard for the law has to be an impeachable offense!
The Iran bombing meets none of those. This blatant disregard for the law has to be an impeachable offense!
a man talking on a cell phone with the words he needs to leave
ALT: a man talking on a cell phone with the words he needs to leave
media.tenor.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The War Powers Act allows POTUS to use military force in 3 very specific situations: a declared war, after an authorization from Congress or imminent attack.
The Iran bombing meets none of those. This blatant disregard for the law has to be an impeachable offense!
The Iran bombing meets none of those. This blatant disregard for the law has to be an impeachable offense!
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Anyone that’s ever watched WWII era movies about the abduction of Jews will probably recognize this scene. It is the same scene played out across Europe against million of Jews. The uniforms are different but the brutality is the same. Somebody STOP this madness.
🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
May 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Anyone that’s ever watched WWII era movies about the abduction of Jews will probably recognize this scene. It is the same scene played out across Europe against million of Jews. The uniforms are different but the brutality is the same. Somebody STOP this madness.
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🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
May 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨 Disturbing footage shows the brutal arrest of a terrified 16-year-old girl—sobbing, screaming as “ICE agents” abducted her mom without a warrant or ID. At least 4 grown men slammed her face into the pavement.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
This is child abuse.
This is state terror.
Worcester police are complicit.
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I did a guest lecture on Thursday at UC Davis law and I showed the operation pridefall video from 4chan. The absolute look of horror and shock. And I proceeded to show how images from that video were then shared by politicians pushing don't say gay laws two years later.
I really do think part of the problem is the old bankers and ceos and plausibly sane media people are straight up too old and offline to see how degenerate and evil and insane the enemy is.
February 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I did a guest lecture on Thursday at UC Davis law and I showed the operation pridefall video from 4chan. The absolute look of horror and shock. And I proceeded to show how images from that video were then shared by politicians pushing don't say gay laws two years later.
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WOW! Have you seen all those posts calling Trump ‘Genocide Don’ or the Free Palestine protests outside the White House today?
Yeah, me neither.
Yeah, me neither.
February 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
WOW! Have you seen all those posts calling Trump ‘Genocide Don’ or the Free Palestine protests outside the White House today?
Yeah, me neither.
Yeah, me neither.
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We are in the early stages of an administrative and medical genocide against trans people, and we do not have time to wait and see what happens next before we loudly reject these moves.
February 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We are in the early stages of an administrative and medical genocide against trans people, and we do not have time to wait and see what happens next before we loudly reject these moves.
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Neither the mainstream press nor our political system seem to have digested the fact that the U.S. president is trying to illegally annex a NATO ally using economic coercion.
Trump on what Trudeau could offer him to change his mind on tariffs: "What I'd like to see -- Canada become our 51st state."
February 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Neither the mainstream press nor our political system seem to have digested the fact that the U.S. president is trying to illegally annex a NATO ally using economic coercion.
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For the past decade we were told canceling events at colleges over private protests was the harbinger of totalitarianism but now a right wing government is doing it so it’s fine bsky.app/profile/adam...
An HBCU conference at Rutgers was cancelled following Trump's EO:
“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Rutgers cancels HBCU event to align with Trump DEI orders
The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President...
www.insidehighered.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
For the past decade we were told canceling events at colleges over private protests was the harbinger of totalitarianism but now a right wing government is doing it so it’s fine bsky.app/profile/adam...
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The Trump administration has argued that all single-sex safe spaces for women on college campuses are discriminatory against men and should be closed.
At the same time, they’re claiming to be “protecting” these spaces is a central mission of their anti-LGBTQ initiatives.
The hypocrisy is a tell.
At the same time, they’re claiming to be “protecting” these spaces is a central mission of their anti-LGBTQ initiatives.
The hypocrisy is a tell.
January 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Trump administration has argued that all single-sex safe spaces for women on college campuses are discriminatory against men and should be closed.
At the same time, they’re claiming to be “protecting” these spaces is a central mission of their anti-LGBTQ initiatives.
The hypocrisy is a tell.
At the same time, they’re claiming to be “protecting” these spaces is a central mission of their anti-LGBTQ initiatives.
The hypocrisy is a tell.
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Oh look, the Anti-Defamation League is worried that we aren't doing enough to be nice to fascists.
Apparently they are just enthusiastic and awkward.
Now let's all have a group hug.
Another institution publicly kneels down and kisses the ring.
Apparently they are just enthusiastic and awkward.
Now let's all have a group hug.
Another institution publicly kneels down and kisses the ring.
January 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Oh look, the Anti-Defamation League is worried that we aren't doing enough to be nice to fascists.
Apparently they are just enthusiastic and awkward.
Now let's all have a group hug.
Another institution publicly kneels down and kisses the ring.
Apparently they are just enthusiastic and awkward.
Now let's all have a group hug.
Another institution publicly kneels down and kisses the ring.
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I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
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to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
January 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
to recap:
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
— Trump was *for* the TikTok ban
— which the GOP Congress passed
— and the GOP Supreme Court upheld
— and even though Biden said he wouldn't enforce the ban, TikTok shut down anyway
— so that Trump could "save" it
— and the media fell for it
we really do live in the dumbest fucking country
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I came here to say this.
AND FOR THE FUCKING RECORD, OVER MY DEAD FUCKING BODY DOES FUCKING CANADA BECOME ANY FUCKING PART OF THAT DUMB FUCKING COUNTRY. #America #cdnpoli
I FUCKING HATE THAT WE HAVE TO FUCKING TALK ABOUT HIM. THAT FUCKING IDIOT. THAT FUCKING IDIOT COUNTRY. FUCK YOU AMERICA, FROM FUCKING STEM TO FUCKING STERN, FUCK FUCKING YOU. YOU FUCKING IDIOTS. #AMERICA #FuckAmerica #FuckYouAmerica theconversation.com/canada-as-a-...
January 8, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I came here to say this.
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I know it’s obvious, but I think it’s still worth saying out loud:
Someone who wants to end fact checking wants to be able to lie to you without detection.
When lies are undetected, they start to shape our reality. We’re a lot more vulnerable when we can’t tell that a lie is a lie.
Someone who wants to end fact checking wants to be able to lie to you without detection.
When lies are undetected, they start to shape our reality. We’re a lot more vulnerable when we can’t tell that a lie is a lie.
January 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I know it’s obvious, but I think it’s still worth saying out loud:
Someone who wants to end fact checking wants to be able to lie to you without detection.
When lies are undetected, they start to shape our reality. We’re a lot more vulnerable when we can’t tell that a lie is a lie.
Someone who wants to end fact checking wants to be able to lie to you without detection.
When lies are undetected, they start to shape our reality. We’re a lot more vulnerable when we can’t tell that a lie is a lie.
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Under Meta’s new content moderation policy, certain online attacks are banned *unless* the target is LGBTQ, in which case the attacks are allowed.
Yes you read that right: There’s a queer exception to Meta’s restrictions on attacks on people, specifically: 🧵
Yes you read that right: There’s a queer exception to Meta’s restrictions on attacks on people, specifically: 🧵
January 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Under Meta’s new content moderation policy, certain online attacks are banned *unless* the target is LGBTQ, in which case the attacks are allowed.
Yes you read that right: There’s a queer exception to Meta’s restrictions on attacks on people, specifically: 🧵
Yes you read that right: There’s a queer exception to Meta’s restrictions on attacks on people, specifically: 🧵
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Pierre Poilievre has been in politics for 20 years, he's written 0 legislation; has one of the highest pensions in government. He's voted against the environment & climate nearly 400 times, derailed legislation to benefit workers, and voted against affordable housing initiatives.
January 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pierre Poilievre has been in politics for 20 years, he's written 0 legislation; has one of the highest pensions in government. He's voted against the environment & climate nearly 400 times, derailed legislation to benefit workers, and voted against affordable housing initiatives.
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Every time I spin out and lose control on unplowed streets I thank God the Winnipeg police have a robot dog.
December 17, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Every time I spin out and lose control on unplowed streets I thank God the Winnipeg police have a robot dog.
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Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
December 15, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, now voted one of the most influential minds in the world…
english.elpais.com/culture/2024...
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The faculty who are rushing to replace their own labor with AI are hastening the end of faculty laborers. It’s adjunctification, only with bots instead of low paid instructors. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
Great ready for faculty bot-ification
If we want there to be such a thing as college faculty, that is.
www.insidehighered.com
December 11, 2024 at 1:35 PM
The faculty who are rushing to replace their own labor with AI are hastening the end of faculty laborers. It’s adjunctification, only with bots instead of low paid instructors. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...
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Lavinia Dickinson (sister of Emily) with cat. Her smile is radiant! 💗 1896. digitalamherst.org/items/show/1...
November 21, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Lavinia Dickinson (sister of Emily) with cat. Her smile is radiant! 💗 1896. digitalamherst.org/items/show/1...
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...