Ilene-Dawn
@ilene-dawn.bsky.social
45 years as uni lecturer doing abolitionist accessible inclusive learning-centered teaching in writing, lit, women’s & queer studies, and pedagogy courses.
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I say we just go with this as the all purpose statement in remarking about him: “Donald doesn’t understand.”
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS???
Drug prices are down 500 percent… what used to cost $100, now the pharmacy is paying you $400 …
It means Donald doesn’t understand how percentage works!!!
Drug prices are down 500 percent… what used to cost $100, now the pharmacy is paying you $400 …
It means Donald doesn’t understand how percentage works!!!
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I say we just go with this as the all purpose statement in remarking about him: “Donald doesn’t understand.”
Has a single reporter asked anyone on Team Trump about why it's OK to bomb little boats that "might" have drugs on them while pardoning one of the biggest drug dealers we've managed to convict?
Maybe I missed it, but has even one Republican in Congress spoken out against Trump’s corrupt pardon of a guy convicted of helping funnel more than 500 tons of cocaine into the U.S.?
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Having another reporter’s back when they’re under attack by powerful forces - whether politicians or bombs, seems a basic tenet of journalistic ethics - if not basic human integrity. (Or so I learned as a new Watergate-era reporter.)
Real men don’t punch down, and they especially don’t punch down at women.
This mashup of Trump’s disgusting attacks on female reporters — the same reporters who consistently show the most courage. And it’s past time for the other reporters in the room to have their backs!
This mashup of Trump’s disgusting attacks on female reporters — the same reporters who consistently show the most courage. And it’s past time for the other reporters in the room to have their backs!
November 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Having another reporter’s back when they’re under attack by powerful forces - whether politicians or bombs, seems a basic tenet of journalistic ethics - if not basic human integrity. (Or so I learned as a new Watergate-era reporter.)
Yeah, that - and all the cronies who are divvying up the assets for their future power grabbing war chests.
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yeah, that - and all the cronies who are divvying up the assets for their future power grabbing war chests.
Open a beer, brew some tea, take a breath, and settle into this bloody brilliant essay that isn’t a goddamn obituary nor an elegant elegy - it is the best sort of witness two friends can share with the world as each steps into new, different simultaneous moments together.
A story for Jeremy Deutsch, who still likes the high ones
On courage and wisdom in the face of heartache.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Open a beer, brew some tea, take a breath, and settle into this bloody brilliant essay that isn’t a goddamn obituary nor an elegant elegy - it is the best sort of witness two friends can share with the world as each steps into new, different simultaneous moments together.
Such a rich thread, such a rich legacy. My also heart hears a beloved great uncle who told me about his WWII white tanker division and the Panthers, the segregated units facing down the fascism of their era, and the racism the 1960s Panthers confronted.
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 When we hear "Black Panthers", the first thought that comes to mind is the militant political party that came into existence in the mid-1960s.
They were not the first.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.history.com/articles/761...
🧵 When we hear "Black Panthers", the first thought that comes to mind is the militant political party that came into existence in the mid-1960s.
They were not the first.(cont)
#ProudBlue
#ResistanceRoots
#USDemocracy
#Voices4Victory
www.history.com/articles/761...
The Original Black Panthers Fought in the 761st Tank Battalion During WWII | HISTORY
These African American heroes battled the Nazis, but were still treated as second-class citizens in their home country.
www.history.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Such a rich thread, such a rich legacy. My also heart hears a beloved great uncle who told me about his WWII white tanker division and the Panthers, the segregated units facing down the fascism of their era, and the racism the 1960s Panthers confronted.
Yes. This.
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yes. This.
How nice to have a post the puts the Surfari’s “Wipe Out” into my head as the election 2025 results soundtrack.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
How nice to have a post the puts the Surfari’s “Wipe Out” into my head as the election 2025 results soundtrack.
Yes, always local elections - and local media - are basics that matter.
You know what tonight proves more than anything else? Local elections matter.
Local. Elections. Matter.
Local. Elections. Matter.
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Yes, always local elections - and local media - are basics that matter.
Again and again, they show us who they are: fascists and eugenicists, cruel and toxic.
Share this video. Every American needs to see it.
Trump's masked forces seize this blind US citizen, Quinn Haberl & brutalize him. Then they called this guy who was simply dancing outside their facility, a rioter. The Trump administration is corrupt & violent.
Tell everyone:
Vote blue this Nov. 4🧵
Trump's masked forces seize this blind US citizen, Quinn Haberl & brutalize him. Then they called this guy who was simply dancing outside their facility, a rioter. The Trump administration is corrupt & violent.
Tell everyone:
Vote blue this Nov. 4🧵
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Again and again, they show us who they are: fascists and eugenicists, cruel and toxic.
OMFG - Even Outlander or John Jakes’ “Kent Family Chronicles” series (published during the US Bicentennial 50 years ago) offers “corrector” history than anything this administration scripts.
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
America... boy, I dunno.
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
OMFG - Even Outlander or John Jakes’ “Kent Family Chronicles” series (published during the US Bicentennial 50 years ago) offers “corrector” history than anything this administration scripts.
Yup. That works.
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yup. That works.
So many elements of these “agreements” are deplorable, but it’s this part that makes my heart skip beats and my head scream 😱
“The president will have to personally certify that the university is in compliance each quarter.”
“The president will have to personally certify that the university is in compliance each quarter.”
UVA has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking deals with the Trump administration as it tries to pause months of scrutiny brought by the DOJ. https://to.pbs.org/4nmerfj
University of Virginia strikes deal with Trump administration to pause civil rights investigations
The University of Virginia has agreed to abide by White House guidance forbidding discrimination in admissions and hiring, becoming the latest in a growing list of campuses striking deals with the Tru...
www.pbs.org
October 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
So many elements of these “agreements” are deplorable, but it’s this part that makes my heart skip beats and my head scream 😱
“The president will have to personally certify that the university is in compliance each quarter.”
“The president will have to personally certify that the university is in compliance each quarter.”
I did need some outloud guffawing this morning
😂 For the ornithologists amongst us - plenty of tits in this picture - lol.
October 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I did need some outloud guffawing this morning
This.
The near daily barrage of deadly mass shootings in America feels like low level warfare against normal citizens who just want to live in peace. And because people keep electing Republicans who won’t do anything about it there’s no solution in sight.
September 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This.
This regime’s fascist actors and propagandizing profiteers are deplorable - and despicable.
Wounded Knee is a dark stain upon our nation’s history. We must remember it for what it truly was, not for what white nationalists would have it be.
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This regime’s fascist actors and propagandizing profiteers are deplorable - and despicable.
“Creative work reveals many selves “ Yes. Yes.
Dreams
or realities?
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“Creative work reveals many selves “ Yes. Yes.
Yup.
Canceling Jimmy Kimmel show is not about Charlie Kirk, just like going after universities was not about antisemitism and occupying DC was not about fighting crime.
September 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Yup.
Read for Carol Ann’s poem at the end - stark witnessing.
Carol Ann Duffy writes ‘bombsite’ poem about Trump’s UK state visit
Exclusive: Former poet laureate has reader contrasting pomp and ceremony of banquet with ruins left by war
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Read for Carol Ann’s poem at the end - stark witnessing.
Yup.
September 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Yup.
So chuffed to see #StephenGraham and #Adolescence team recognized for their work. And, yes, give your mates a snuggle and tell them you love them.
September 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So chuffed to see #StephenGraham and #Adolescence team recognized for their work. And, yes, give your mates a snuggle and tell them you love them.
And my queer heart is doing a happy dance with the Emmy going to @boomboomhiller.bsky.social for Somebody Somewhere, an oasis of a show - compassionate and familiar.
Emmys thread! Starting with the one and only Jeff Hiller. I’d love nothing more to hear his name read out later 🙏
September 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
And my queer heart is doing a happy dance with the Emmy going to @boomboomhiller.bsky.social for Somebody Somewhere, an oasis of a show - compassionate and familiar.
The ever polite white supremacist blocs and groups when appearing in the costumes of their daily incoming earning roles.
Watching all these centrist pundits stress the “civility” of Charlie Kirk’s style without addressing the ugliness of his substance is giving me a renewed appreciation of how the civil, polite White Citizens’ Councils conned the same crowd into thinking they were distinct from the cruder Klan.
September 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The ever polite white supremacist blocs and groups when appearing in the costumes of their daily incoming earning roles.