@jillwashere.bsky.social
higher ed doctoral student studying epistemic violence; amateur pysanky writer. nj -> dc. 🇺🇦❤️ statehood now!!
It is a bad day for Washington DC, but the residents of DC are joyful and deserve the RIGHT to govern ourselves. DC STATEHOOD NOW. If you have representation (aka live anywhere in the US but here), we need your help! freedcproject.org/congress
Tell Congress to side with DC — Free DC
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December 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It is a bad day for Washington DC, but the residents of DC are joyful and deserve the RIGHT to govern ourselves. DC STATEHOOD NOW. If you have representation (aka live anywhere in the US but here), we need your help! freedcproject.org/congress
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It’s sorta funny that people still deny that Medea Benjamin isn’t a red/brown when she shouts it from the rooftops
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It’s sorta funny that people still deny that Medea Benjamin isn’t a red/brown when she shouts it from the rooftops
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I went through my Twitter bookmarks today and wanted to share these informative and thoughtful provoking pieces on positioning, positionality, and positionality statements written in recent years (in case you haven't seen them already 😊):
January 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I went through my Twitter bookmarks today and wanted to share these informative and thoughtful provoking pieces on positioning, positionality, and positionality statements written in recent years (in case you haven't seen them already 😊):
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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⚡️ Ukraine thanks UN members for backing a new resolution demanding the return of Ukrainian children abducted during Russia’s war.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha says the move orders the UN to help track every deported child and push for their reunification.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha says the move orders the UN to help track every deported child and push for their reunification.
December 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
⚡️ Ukraine thanks UN members for backing a new resolution demanding the return of Ukrainian children abducted during Russia’s war.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha says the move orders the UN to help track every deported child and push for their reunification.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha says the move orders the UN to help track every deported child and push for their reunification.
this is such horse shit. maintaining academic accommodations at a campus-wide level is an ongoing negation of pros and cons, some cons of which I might add preclude disabled students from seeing any equitable benefit at all. there is no “correct” way to learn.
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
this is such horse shit. maintaining academic accommodations at a campus-wide level is an ongoing negation of pros and cons, some cons of which I might add preclude disabled students from seeing any equitable benefit at all. there is no “correct” way to learn.
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And if you do that, as we must, it's not just pardons that are null. It's everything. No appointments are valid. No orders were real. No laws were validly signed. It all falls into a constitutional interregnum in which nothing he's done counts as legitimate, akin to the South under the Confederacy.
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
And if you do that, as we must, it's not just pardons that are null. It's everything. No appointments are valid. No orders were real. No laws were validly signed. It all falls into a constitutional interregnum in which nothing he's done counts as legitimate, akin to the South under the Confederacy.
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Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mass pardons are coming. There will be no accountability without treating those as null and void. And that means a future administration taking an official position that Trump is not the legitimate president right now because he is disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The two things are inextricable.
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
when you see this, post an image from your gallery that describes your mental health
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
when you see this, post an image from your gallery that describes your mental health
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🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.
If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
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Refusing illegal orders is a moral and legal requirement, and ensures that one is not put into dangerous situations while illegally occupying your own country
Pete Hegseth says Trump has asked him to add 500 more National Guard troops to Washington D.C.
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
x.com/dowresponse/...
It's unclear why he seems to be smirking throughout much of this.
x.com/dowresponse/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Refusing illegal orders is a moral and legal requirement, and ensures that one is not put into dangerous situations while illegally occupying your own country
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We have said consistently that the Guard should not be here. It is unsafe for both members of the Guard and communities.
Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.
Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.
NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We have said consistently that the Guard should not be here. It is unsafe for both members of the Guard and communities.
Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.
Our deepest condolences go to the two West Virginia families who will now spend this season mourning the loss of loved ones who died while deployed unnecessarily.
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National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
National Guard soldiers didn't sign up to be deployed as local police indefinitely as part of someone else's political stunt.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
They're not set up to be local police, they never should have been deployed.
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"ugh you are so annoying. and here's why the Way That You Are is a crucial contribution to US hegemony"
no. stop. release yourself from this
no. stop. release yourself from this
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"ugh you are so annoying. and here's why the Way That You Are is a crucial contribution to US hegemony"
no. stop. release yourself from this
no. stop. release yourself from this
generally yelling into the void but if you tend to be in the comments of these valid posts apologizing for our country or claiming embarrassment, or whatever, I encourage you to join an organization, rally the people around you, and take action in support of a FREE and WHOLE Ukraine.
I don’t know if the bombings and blackouts just made me numb or if I’ve achieved enlightenment but I finally feel free to say everything I think about westerners and not be afraid of how they take it
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
generally yelling into the void but if you tend to be in the comments of these valid posts apologizing for our country or claiming embarrassment, or whatever, I encourage you to join an organization, rally the people around you, and take action in support of a FREE and WHOLE Ukraine.
oh no. huge loss.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
oh no. huge loss.
big nausea feeling rn bc the hype about releasing the Epst**n files I feel is founded on the mistaken assumption this country, as a whole, gives a shit about misogyny
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
big nausea feeling rn bc the hype about releasing the Epst**n files I feel is founded on the mistaken assumption this country, as a whole, gives a shit about misogyny
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
I don’t understand why enterprise even has a reservation system. Why don’t I just fight the person in line in front of me for the next busted Chevy equinox that comes through? That’s basically what the 10+ people stuck here rn look like they want to do
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I don’t understand why enterprise even has a reservation system. Why don’t I just fight the person in line in front of me for the next busted Chevy equinox that comes through? That’s basically what the 10+ people stuck here rn look like they want to do
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And then still be discerning! "Am I listening to someone upper-class and invested in projecting a certain image of their country? Am I talking to someone who is conservative and supports the country's local right-wing parties? Am I talking to an activist or a worker or a zealot?"
I think one thing you need to learn to do if you're a white westerner is to become wise to western POC inserting themselves between you and the non-western POC they want to talk over. Those people often have their own motives. We live in the age of the internet, so go to the source.
Diaspora communities participate in this via something of an international 'honor culture'. Many assiduously champion their homeland cultures without knowing what it's like to actually grow up in it. No, my culture is very progressive and modern and not at all "backwards", white man! How dare you!
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
And then still be discerning! "Am I listening to someone upper-class and invested in projecting a certain image of their country? Am I talking to someone who is conservative and supports the country's local right-wing parties? Am I talking to an activist or a worker or a zealot?"
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Non-Western women have our homegrown patriarchies treated as a fact of life by our own cultures and as a racist fiction by our diaspora and by Westerners who grant said diapsora epistemic authority over our lives.
And we need you all to FUCKING STOP.
And we need you all to FUCKING STOP.
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Non-Western women have our homegrown patriarchies treated as a fact of life by our own cultures and as a racist fiction by our diaspora and by Westerners who grant said diapsora epistemic authority over our lives.
And we need you all to FUCKING STOP.
And we need you all to FUCKING STOP.
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Westerners homogenize non-Western cultures and cast them as either "benevolent" or "evil".
When discussing these cultures, the reality of life for any non-Western person is not centered at all. Westerners are performing for each other, showing off how knowledgeable and cultured thery are.
When discussing these cultures, the reality of life for any non-Western person is not centered at all. Westerners are performing for each other, showing off how knowledgeable and cultured thery are.
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Westerners homogenize non-Western cultures and cast them as either "benevolent" or "evil".
When discussing these cultures, the reality of life for any non-Western person is not centered at all. Westerners are performing for each other, showing off how knowledgeable and cultured thery are.
When discussing these cultures, the reality of life for any non-Western person is not centered at all. Westerners are performing for each other, showing off how knowledgeable and cultured thery are.
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“It feels like an existential crisis; Goddard will either no longer exist at all or no longer exist the way it should.”
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
www.cnn.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
“It feels like an existential crisis; Goddard will either no longer exist at all or no longer exist the way it should.”
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The Trump regime is East Winging the Goddard Space Flight Center, home to the 10,000 scientists and engineers in NASA science and engineering directorates.
BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
November 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The Trump regime is East Winging the Goddard Space Flight Center, home to the 10,000 scientists and engineers in NASA science and engineering directorates.