Idgie Threadgoode
@imoginethreadgoode.bsky.social
Writer, researcher, illustrator and designer. St. Louis, MO by way of Madison, WI.
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EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
June 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE — The Onion has a full-page ad in today’s NYT featuring part of an editorial calling out congressional fecklessness towards Trump. They also sent a copy of their latest issue to every lawmaker.
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
My report, with an excerpt from the full editorial: www.thehandbasket.co/p/exclusive-...
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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Pasadena knows.
April 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Pasadena knows.
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March 30, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
This is great.
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is great.
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Hats off to @elotroalex.bsky.social for creating this map of abductions of students by ICE.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
Campus Abductions — We Are Higher Ed
www.wearehighered.org
March 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Hats off to @elotroalex.bsky.social for creating this map of abductions of students by ICE.
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
www.wearehighered.org/campus-abduc...
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We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵
ICE arrests WA farmworker activist in Sedro-Woolley
Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez, 25, has organized on behalf of farmworkers' rights in Washington state since he was 14 years old.
www.seattletimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵
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I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
@msnbc.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
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So classy and smart
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
So classy and smart
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lmao what the fuck
"For twenty-five years, I was contracted to produce three articles a year, long ones, typically ten thousand words. For this, my peak salary was $498,141. That’s not a misprint—$498,141, or more than $166,000 per story."
ahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah yalereview.org/article/burr...
ahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahah yalereview.org/article/burr...
Bryan Burrough on Graydon Carter and Vanity Fair’s Golden Era
Lavish budgets, high-society gossip, and headline-making journalism— Vanity Fair under Graydon Carter was the last great magazine empire. Bryan Burrough…
yalereview.org
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
lmao what the fuck
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America, watch and learn.
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
America, watch and learn.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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This is completely fucked up. I know everything is fucked up, but THIS is why universities need to stand up and fight, not cave like Columbia did. NOTHING will satisfy them, and all the capitulation just leads to more demands and humiliation.
I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”
March 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is completely fucked up. I know everything is fucked up, but THIS is why universities need to stand up and fight, not cave like Columbia did. NOTHING will satisfy them, and all the capitulation just leads to more demands and humiliation.
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Tomorrow morning, 8AM, Prospect Park West & President St, if you're mad at Schumer let's show it.
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Tomorrow morning, 8AM, Prospect Park West & President St, if you're mad at Schumer let's show it.
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The Democratic Party is led by the politician equivalent of the dad who went out for cigarettes and never came back
March 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Democratic Party is led by the politician equivalent of the dad who went out for cigarettes and never came back
"How do I successfully resist my authoritarian government and keep both loved ones, friends, and strangers safe and alive?"
If you want more happiness in your life, ask yourself this simple question
If you want more happiness in your life, ask yourself this simple question
Gretchen Rubin, host of the Happier podcast, explains the secret to happiness — and why knowing your personality type can help you make better decisions about what can bring you more joy.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"How do I successfully resist my authoritarian government and keep both loved ones, friends, and strangers safe and alive?"
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WATCH: “LET US LEARN! LET US LEARN!”
Immigrant kids at the Tennessee Capitol protested Lamberth & Watson’s cruel bill that seeks to make the Supreme Court let Republicans block undocumented kids from schools nationwide.
From TIRRC: www.facebook.com/share/1CLehJ...
Immigrant kids at the Tennessee Capitol protested Lamberth & Watson’s cruel bill that seeks to make the Supreme Court let Republicans block undocumented kids from schools nationwide.
From TIRRC: www.facebook.com/share/1CLehJ...
March 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
WATCH: “LET US LEARN! LET US LEARN!”
Immigrant kids at the Tennessee Capitol protested Lamberth & Watson’s cruel bill that seeks to make the Supreme Court let Republicans block undocumented kids from schools nationwide.
From TIRRC: www.facebook.com/share/1CLehJ...
Immigrant kids at the Tennessee Capitol protested Lamberth & Watson’s cruel bill that seeks to make the Supreme Court let Republicans block undocumented kids from schools nationwide.
From TIRRC: www.facebook.com/share/1CLehJ...
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As a human rights scholar, I've read countless reports where both Western media + prominent human rights organizations term this as an "enforced disappearance" when this happens in other countries. Wild (and completely unsurprising) how the same terminology is missing when it's happening in the US
A U.S. greencard holder of Palestinian origin, active in Columbia's student encampment, was arrested by ICE yesterday from his home, separated from his 8-month pregnant wife, told his greencard would be revoked, and taken into custody.
America today. apnews.com/article/colu...
America today. apnews.com/article/colu...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, his lawyer says
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
apnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
As a human rights scholar, I've read countless reports where both Western media + prominent human rights organizations term this as an "enforced disappearance" when this happens in other countries. Wild (and completely unsurprising) how the same terminology is missing when it's happening in the US
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My husband ran a successful business and used our local rural post office daily. My elderly neighbor’s meds come through the rural post office.
The post office is one of the only places left open in my rural community. Losing it could quite literally kill my town and my neighbors.
The post office is one of the only places left open in my rural community. Losing it could quite literally kill my town and my neighbors.
March 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My husband ran a successful business and used our local rural post office daily. My elderly neighbor’s meds come through the rural post office.
The post office is one of the only places left open in my rural community. Losing it could quite literally kill my town and my neighbors.
The post office is one of the only places left open in my rural community. Losing it could quite literally kill my town and my neighbors.
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It’s pretty interesting that both Tim Walz and Gavin Newsom are clearly positioning themselves to run for President and one thought he should publicize that he’s having diplomatic conversations with Canadian provinces close to Minnesota and the other thought he should publicize that he sucks
March 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It’s pretty interesting that both Tim Walz and Gavin Newsom are clearly positioning themselves to run for President and one thought he should publicize that he’s having diplomatic conversations with Canadian provinces close to Minnesota and the other thought he should publicize that he sucks
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🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
March 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”