Helen E C Schubert
@helenec-schubert.bsky.social
Wife, mom of the most amazing✨️ young Autistic woman who has Down Syndrome, lover of yarn, student of psychology, Bibliophile, Ailurophile, Feminist, Humanist, Unitarian Universalist, Progressive, Mentally & Physically Chronically Ill, Demi-Bi, Cis-she/her
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Intellectual Freedom in an Authoritarian Age
My Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture at the University of Michigan
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🧵①“On Thursday, November 6, I gave the David, Markert, Nickerson lecture. This is an annual lecture on academic and intellectual freedom…[the] series’ origins go back to the McCarthy era. In 1954 the University of Michigan suspended three faculty members for..."
🧵①“On Thursday, November 6, I gave the David, Markert, Nickerson lecture. This is an annual lecture on academic and intellectual freedom…[the] series’ origins go back to the McCarthy era. In 1954 the University of Michigan suspended three faculty members for..."
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🧵①“On Thursday, November 6, I gave the David, Markert, Nickerson lecture. This is an annual lecture on academic and intellectual freedom…[the] series’ origins go back to the McCarthy era. In 1954 the University of Michigan suspended three faculty members for..."
🧵①“On Thursday, November 6, I gave the David, Markert, Nickerson lecture. This is an annual lecture on academic and intellectual freedom…[the] series’ origins go back to the McCarthy era. In 1954 the University of Michigan suspended three faculty members for..."
Intellectual Freedom in an Authoritarian Age
My Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture at the University of Michigan
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November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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🧵①“On Thursday, November 6, I gave the David, Markert, Nickerson lecture. This is an annual lecture on academic and intellectual freedom…[the] series’ origins go back to the McCarthy era. In 1954 the University of Michigan suspended three faculty members for..."
🧵①“On Thursday, November 6, I gave the David, Markert, Nickerson lecture. This is an annual lecture on academic and intellectual freedom…[the] series’ origins go back to the McCarthy era. In 1954 the University of Michigan suspended three faculty members for..."
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🧵①"Autocrats don’t recognize boundaries between public and private, and they don’t see democratic ideas of conflicts of interest or accountability as legitimate or applicable to them. Only fools are in office to serve the people: rather, the party and government
🧵①"Autocrats don’t recognize boundaries between public and private, and they don’t see democratic ideas of conflicts of interest or accountability as legitimate or applicable to them. Only fools are in office to serve the people: rather, the party and government
"Both Sane and Insane": Autocratic Visions of Governance, and Chaos as a Strategy
Plus gratitude practice and a discount on paying subscriptions as a thank you
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November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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🧵①"Autocrats don’t recognize boundaries between public and private, and they don’t see democratic ideas of conflicts of interest or accountability as legitimate or applicable to them. Only fools are in office to serve the people: rather, the party and government
🧵①"Autocrats don’t recognize boundaries between public and private, and they don’t see democratic ideas of conflicts of interest or accountability as legitimate or applicable to them. Only fools are in office to serve the people: rather, the party and government
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Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members?
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Oh hey — you know that big Chicago raid where Stephen Miller said the building was “FILLED” with gang members?
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
@propublica found 0 evidence of Tren De Aragua, the men weren’t charged with any crimes. 🤔 (sound familiar Tennessee?)
All for show. www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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On the difference between a pedophile, hebephile & ephebophile: "... it's very hard to explain the difference without sounding like a pedophile."
Yup.
Me, I'll take "Things I wish I hadn't learned for $1000, Alex."
Yup.
Me, I'll take "Things I wish I hadn't learned for $1000, Alex."
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
On the difference between a pedophile, hebephile & ephebophile: "... it's very hard to explain the difference without sounding like a pedophile."
Yup.
Me, I'll take "Things I wish I hadn't learned for $1000, Alex."
Yup.
Me, I'll take "Things I wish I hadn't learned for $1000, Alex."
🧵①"So successful has white supremacist patriarchy been at convincing white women that they’re lucky to live in the U.S. and not Saudi Arabia or Iran, that so many white women did not pay enough attention to the theocracy that white supremacy was building right here at home. It was being...
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🧵①"So successful has white supremacist patriarchy been at convincing white women that they’re lucky to live in the U.S. and not Saudi Arabia or Iran, that so many white women did not pay enough attention to the theocracy that white supremacy was building right here at home. It was being...
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“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“They came into the building understanding it was a daycare. They did not have a warrant. It is a violation of our rights. It is a violation of these children’s rights. They are terrorizing our community.”
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
Trump’s ICE goons raided a damn daycare.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
October 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
🧵①"The amount of food that SNAP provides has been estimated to be nine times larger than the entire food bank network combined, so to think that we at food banks alone can be the sole resource to pick up this slack for government’s failure in this moment, it’s very unreasonable,” said George
October 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
🧵①"The amount of food that SNAP provides has been estimated to be nine times larger than the entire food bank network combined, so to think that we at food banks alone can be the sole resource to pick up this slack for government’s failure in this moment, it’s very unreasonable,” said George
Another Day, Another ‘Rumer’
When Well-Meaning Wellness Advice Goes Viral (And Wrong)
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October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🧵①“The fact that I am regularly sent clips of medical misinformation from a variety of popular podcasts just reaffirms my belief that many of them are simply infotainment, and that medical content is especially valuable for translating fear into clicks, and hence into money from advertising...
The Hormone IUD Doesn't Cause Bone Loss
How Steven Bartlett’s “Diary of a CEO” turned a safe contraceptive into clickbait
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October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🧵①“The fact that I am regularly sent clips of medical misinformation from a variety of popular podcasts just reaffirms my belief that many of them are simply infotainment, and that medical content is especially valuable for translating fear into clicks, and hence into money from advertising...
Radically Pledging Allegiance to the Fight Against Hate
One nation, indivisible?
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October 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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THIS!!!
A letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
A letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
October 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
THIS!!!
A letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
A letter to Benjamin Netanyahu
"Women’s fear of that violence demands her constant deference, to all men. Not all men might be rapists or abusers, but enough are to fuel women’s constant deference and fear."
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Essay: Home is Where the Hurt is
Dylan Martinez | Credit: REUTERS
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October 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"Women’s fear of that violence demands her constant deference, to all men. Not all men might be rapists or abusers, but enough are to fuel women’s constant deference and fear."
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This is Antifa. Which, I guess, makes Republicans Profa.
October 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is Antifa. Which, I guess, makes Republicans Profa.
🧵①"Sanitation conquered waterborne killers like cholera and typhoid. Vaccines defeated airborne killers like measles and polio. Antibiotics rescued children from bacterial complications. Nutrition and housing...
Why I Shower After Flying (And Why That’s Not Enough)
RFK Jr. Is Right About Sanitation—But That’s Only Part of the Story
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October 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🧵①"Sanitation conquered waterborne killers like cholera and typhoid. Vaccines defeated airborne killers like measles and polio. Antibiotics rescued children from bacterial complications. Nutrition and housing...