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Kendall Gerdes
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Oh, shout out to @utah.edu! Oh. Err. Hm.

Closing the Black Cultural Center was a choice the university admin made to try to appease the state lege.

The Black Student Union has found ways to continue their work without the school’s support. Students lead the way.
Screencap of the Guardian article “‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US bruised and changed by Trump’s assault” - highlighted mid paragraph text reads: “At the University of Utah, the Black student union had lost its funding and campus space.”
August 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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“Thus always to bigots.”
Homophobe Anita Bryant getting pied in the face
August 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Thank you #RSA25! Checking out the airport library on my way out! 📚
A shelf of Children’s books and some tall-backed seating in the Airport Library
June 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Happy Pride from a discombobulated airport rainbow! #RSA25
Two rainbow shapes with varying colors and some diagonally halved tiles on an airport wall.
June 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Laurie in White Lotus season 3 saying, “I don’t need religion or God to give my life meaning.” Laurie in White Lotus season 3 saying earnestly, “Because [altered] The Locked Tomb series gives it meaning.”
April 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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and here’s from the FDA report linked upthread. seems like heat treatment can be effective against h5n1.
Screencap from FDA report which reads: The FDA recommends dairy processors not use milk from infected cows in the production of raw milk products, such as raw milk cheese, and reminds manufacturers that heat treating or pasteurization are both effective measures that inactivate H5N1. Research to date has demonstrated heating raw milk at 54°C (130°F) for at least 15 minutes or 60°C (140°F) for at least 10 seconds inactivates H5N1 in raw milk. Additionally, the researchers determined that manufacturing non-heat-treated raw milk cheese at a pH of 6.6 or 5.8 did not inactivate H5N1, whereas a pH of 5.0 led to rapid inactivation of H5N1. Additional research is needed to determine if pH adjustment is a practical intervention.
March 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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okay i don’t know much about this but i did get a response from tillamook.
Screencap of email which reads: Some of our cheeses are made with pasteurized milk, while others use heat shocked milk. Unlike pasteurization, heat-shocking raises the temperature just enough to kill any bad bacteria, while preserving the milk’s beneficial enzymes. This is an important step in the cheesemaking process, as the cheddar’s flavor, body, and texture depend upon these enzymes. Monterey Jack, Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Spicy Habanero Jack, Muenster, Provolone, Garlic Chili Pepper Cheddar, Smoked Black Pepper White Cheddar, Mozzarella, Baby Swiss, and Havarti are made from pasteurized milk. Medium Cheddar, Medium White Cheddar, Kosher Medium Cheddar, Sharp Cheddar, Sharp White Cheddar, Hickory Smoked Cheddar, Hickory Smoked Extra Sharp White Cheddar, English-Style Cheddar, Extra Sharp White Cheddar, Extra Sharp Cheddar, Extra Sharp Aged Cheddar, Extra Sharp Aged White Cheddar, Swiss, and all of our Maker’s Reserve Cheddars are made with heat-shocked milk. I hope that this was helpful but let me know of any further questions. Brayden - The Tillamook Team TILLAMOOK LOVE & CARE TEAM
March 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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😱

okay, this is pretty playfully written, and/but it makes an *excellent* point. university leaders can either use their power or lose it right now.
A passage from the linked article - highlighted text reads: “Some creative leaders have demurred even about making a commitment to neutrality, and, like Nicole Kidman‘s character in Babygirl, have discovered the pleasures of restraint. Institutional restraint.”
February 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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my initial response is yikes
80s Tron meme with text that says “Yikes yikes yikes yikes yikes yikes yikes”
August 14, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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our library has the coolest summer reading challenges!
The cover of a summer reading challenge booker depicting a forest, mountain, and ale with an “Adventure” badge, adorned with stickers including a hedgehog reading on a pile of books!
June 1, 2024 at 10:53 PM
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are we doing hashtags yet? #rsa24

nobody:
conference hotel carpets:
A green, blue, and tan hotel carpet with conflicting patterns overlapping.
May 24, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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this passage from the la times (re: ucla). 🍪🍇

apple.news/A9phrQ4yzTqK...
An excerpt from the LA Times story about police breaking up the pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA (5/2/24): “A woman handing out cookies, grapes and granola bars to protesters said, ‘It’s the revolution. You gotta eat.’”
May 2, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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it's here - you can get a copy of my book sensitive rhetorics for 30% this month with the code GERDES30!

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The cover of the book Sensitive Rhetorics: Academic Freedom and Campus Activism by Kendall Gerdes. A dark green background with white and pink text, featuring a pink mimosa pudica flower.
March 14, 2024 at 6:37 PM