Lisa S
@l-santosa.bsky.social
PhD candidate & ICGC-Mellon fellow in Human Geography @ U of MN, Twin Cities.
I show the limits of liberal democracy in 🇿🇦 through discourses on land reform, the TRC, & the democratic transition.
Interested in TRCs & restitution across settler contexts
I show the limits of liberal democracy in 🇿🇦 through discourses on land reform, the TRC, & the democratic transition.
Interested in TRCs & restitution across settler contexts
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Lisa S
@l-santosa.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Political ecologies of the far right
library.oapen.org
I have a chapter about South Africa in this important edited volume on far right politics and the environment. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
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UPDATE: Authorities are investigating a shooting at Florida State University that killed two people and wounded six others. The suspect is hospitalized and is the son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy.
Gunman kills 2, wounds 6 others during a shooting at Florida State University
Authorities are investigating a shooting at Florida State University that killed two people and wounded six others. The suspect is hospitalized and is the son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
UPDATE: Authorities are investigating a shooting at Florida State University that killed two people and wounded six others. The suspect is hospitalized and is the son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy.
are any countries/universities offering asylum to US academics? especially for those who write critically about the far right
April 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
are any countries/universities offering asylum to US academics? especially for those who write critically about the far right
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🚨 Trump's massive new tariffs just dropped! 📈 25% on all foreign cars, 34% on Chinese goods, and 10% on almost everything else we import. Economists warn this could backfire - Goldman Sachs already cut growth forecasts. Will these protect American jobs or drive up prices for everyone? 🤔 #tariffs
April 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
🚨 Trump's massive new tariffs just dropped! 📈 25% on all foreign cars, 34% on Chinese goods, and 10% on almost everything else we import. Economists warn this could backfire - Goldman Sachs already cut growth forecasts. Will these protect American jobs or drive up prices for everyone? 🤔 #tariffs
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Not deported. Sent without due process to be imprisoned without recourse in a foreign gulag in a third country.
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Not deported. Sent without due process to be imprisoned without recourse in a foreign gulag in a third country.
for real tho
"Should we do something? It feels like we should do something. Hopefully, I’ll feel more like I can dedicate the brain space to that just as soon as I finish my work, which is tuning this glockenspiel."
I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now?
Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can’t shake. It’s only Tuesday, but what a we...
www.mcsweeneys.net
April 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
for real tho
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These guys think they're spewing cutting-edge posthumanist theory and it's all just the corniest, shittiest science fiction that actual writers wouldn't waste a minute on.
April 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
These guys think they're spewing cutting-edge posthumanist theory and it's all just the corniest, shittiest science fiction that actual writers wouldn't waste a minute on.
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When the recommendation is to "take a burner phone" when visiting a country, it should really just be "don't go." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why immigration lawyers warn you might want to bring a burner phone if you're going to the U.S. | CBC News
Amid stories of travellers facing hurdles or even being detained at the U.S. border, some immigration lawyers say Canadians should expect extra questioning, have plenty of documents on hand and even c...
www.cbc.ca
April 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
When the recommendation is to "take a burner phone" when visiting a country, it should really just be "don't go." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A while back I got into an argument w/ a MAGA Latino guy who was a naturalized citizen. He tried smoothing things by saying "what's great abt this country is we can disagree & it's fine."
When I said "no, your opinion is authoritarian" he got really mad since I didn't confer the standing he wanted.
When I said "no, your opinion is authoritarian" he got really mad since I didn't confer the standing he wanted.
"You have crudely reduced me to 'the man who will eat me,' which is unfair. When I see you, I see Frank from accounting, my best friend in the firm, a proud single father of two beautiful girls, and yes, someone who could potentially be made into soup."
Although I Voted for You to Be Turned into Soup, There’s No Reason We Can’t Be Friends Before You Are Liquefied
A small percentage of my friends, coworkers, and loved ones may soon join the ranks alongside other hot liquids I slurp for nourishment. But there’...
www.mcsweeneys.net
March 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A while back I got into an argument w/ a MAGA Latino guy who was a naturalized citizen. He tried smoothing things by saying "what's great abt this country is we can disagree & it's fine."
When I said "no, your opinion is authoritarian" he got really mad since I didn't confer the standing he wanted.
When I said "no, your opinion is authoritarian" he got really mad since I didn't confer the standing he wanted.
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It can happen here in a few short years time. Just as easily and shamelessly as its happening in the US right now. British Conservatism is absolutely primed and ready to make it happen.
1/2 To “remove improper ideology”.
Does anyone still baulk at naming this fascism?
This is why it’s so important to resist History Reclaimed’s propaganda in The Telegraph, Mail, GB TV etc here too.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Does anyone still baulk at naming this fascism?
This is why it’s so important to resist History Reclaimed’s propaganda in The Telegraph, Mail, GB TV etc here too.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It can happen here in a few short years time. Just as easily and shamelessly as its happening in the US right now. British Conservatism is absolutely primed and ready to make it happen.
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“Today the U.S. government wants to control the AP’s speech. Tomorrow it could be someone else’s.”
Read the @wsj.com on why you should care about the White House banning the @apnews.com, regardless of your political views.
Read the @wsj.com on why you should care about the White House banning the @apnews.com, regardless of your political views.
Opinion | The AP’s Freedom of Speech—and Yours
A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes.
www.wsj.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“Today the U.S. government wants to control the AP’s speech. Tomorrow it could be someone else’s.”
Read the @wsj.com on why you should care about the White House banning the @apnews.com, regardless of your political views.
Read the @wsj.com on why you should care about the White House banning the @apnews.com, regardless of your political views.
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Two heart-shaped notes were hidden in the cardboard packaging of argyle socks delivered to Luigi Mangione ahead of his court appearance in Manhattan last month, according to prosecutors. “Know there are thousands of people wishing you luck,” one note said.
Luigi Mangione Was Sent Socks With Heart-Shaped Notes Inside, Prosecutors Say
In filings, lawyers for the man accused of assassinating a health care executive argued with prosecutors over special treatment and his access to evidence.
www.nytimes.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Two heart-shaped notes were hidden in the cardboard packaging of argyle socks delivered to Luigi Mangione ahead of his court appearance in Manhattan last month, according to prosecutors. “Know there are thousands of people wishing you luck,” one note said.
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Many want Altadena to remain the same quirky community that attracted art studios, small horse ranches and mom-and-pop stores before the Eaton Fire.
But whether that can be accomplished while keeping luxury developers at bay remains an open question.
But whether that can be accomplished while keeping luxury developers at bay remains an open question.
After the Eaton Fire, Altadena residents fight to keep out luxury developers
Homeowners and renters want to restore their neighborhood’s small-town charm but fear they may not be able to afford it.
nbcnews.to
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Many want Altadena to remain the same quirky community that attracted art studios, small horse ranches and mom-and-pop stores before the Eaton Fire.
But whether that can be accomplished while keeping luxury developers at bay remains an open question.
But whether that can be accomplished while keeping luxury developers at bay remains an open question.
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the part of the Dept. of Homeland Security that handles citizenship, legal status and other immigration benefits, has suspended processing some applications for green cards to do more vetting of the applicants.
Trump administration stops processing some green cards 'to do more vetting'
USCIS says it is "placing a temporary pause" on finalizing certain applications for legal permanent residency, or green cards.
nbcnews.to
March 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the part of the Dept. of Homeland Security that handles citizenship, legal status and other immigration benefits, has suspended processing some applications for green cards to do more vetting of the applicants.
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SCOOP: The NIH just officially killed diversity statements in its grant applications. Read the whole story here⬇️
The NIH just officially killed diversity statements in its grant applications
"I think we will lose a lot as an agency," an agency employee told Mother Jones.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
SCOOP: The NIH just officially killed diversity statements in its grant applications. Read the whole story here⬇️
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Back to another Privacy Act case like the one involving Social Security last week: Judge Boardman ordered the Education Department to keep DOGE out of student loan data with a preliminary injunction this morning.
Judge Blocks Education Officials From Providing Sensitive Data to Musk’s Team
The ruling on Monday extended an earlier one barring Elon Musk and his associates from reviewing student loan data and other potentially sensitive records.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Back to another Privacy Act case like the one involving Social Security last week: Judge Boardman ordered the Education Department to keep DOGE out of student loan data with a preliminary injunction this morning.
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"Now that Republicans control the government and most media platforms, everyone’s right to free speech is protected. Assuming you aren’t using that right to peacefully protest the war in Gaza, of course, in which case, we will detain you and kick you out of the country."
We Are Free-Speech Absolutists, Unless You Say Something We Disagree With, In Which Case, You’re a Terrorist
“President Trump’s promised immigration crackdown is here. Over the past two weeks, his administration has pushed against the limits of executive p...
buff.ly
March 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Now that Republicans control the government and most media platforms, everyone’s right to free speech is protected. Assuming you aren’t using that right to peacefully protest the war in Gaza, of course, in which case, we will detain you and kick you out of the country."
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Pro-Palestinian activists are suing UCLA, accusing the school of allowing pro-Israel counterprotesters to terrorize and assault people at an encampment set up on campus last spring.
Pro-Palestinian Activists Sue U.C.L.A. Over Encampment Attack
The lawsuit says the university did not protect the activists from counterprotesters. Jewish students are also suing the university, saying it did not protect them from pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Pro-Palestinian activists are suing UCLA, accusing the school of allowing pro-Israel counterprotesters to terrorize and assault people at an encampment set up on campus last spring.
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Greenpeace ordered to pay >$660m in damages to fossil fuel company Energy Transfer, a major Trump donor worth $70bn. This is catastrophic for first amendment rights and environmental justice.
Greenpeace will appeal
Greenpeace will appeal
Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions to fossil fuel company over Dakota pipeline protests at Standing Rock, says jury
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Greenpeace ordered to pay >$660m in damages to fossil fuel company Energy Transfer, a major Trump donor worth $70bn. This is catastrophic for first amendment rights and environmental justice.
Greenpeace will appeal
Greenpeace will appeal
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New: HuffPost obtained the affidavit for the charges against a Texas midwife and two other clinic workers accused of providing illegal abortions under the state's extreme abortion ban.
Midwife Is First Person Charged With Violating Texas' Extreme Abortion Ban
Maria Margarita Rojas faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly dispensing medication abortions in the Houston area.
www.huffpost.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
New: HuffPost obtained the affidavit for the charges against a Texas midwife and two other clinic workers accused of providing illegal abortions under the state's extreme abortion ban.
this shit is getting more and more farcical by the minute
BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have filed charges against at least two people for allegedly damaging Tesla property.
AG Pam Bondi called the alleged property destruction "domestic terrorism" and said the DOJ has charged several people w 5-year minimum sentences. From me and @ethanscorey.bsky.social
AG Pam Bondi called the alleged property destruction "domestic terrorism" and said the DOJ has charged several people w 5-year minimum sentences. From me and @ethanscorey.bsky.social
DOJ Seeks Five-Year Minimum Sentences for Tesla Property Damage
Exposing the harms of the criminal legal system and elevating solutions that keep all people safe.
theappeal.org
March 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
this shit is getting more and more farcical by the minute
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What exactly is behind that distrust, particularly in the measles vaccine? Here’s how the fully debunked and false conspiracy theories about the measles vaccine came to be.
Here's Where Those False Measles Vaccine Conspiracy Theories Came From
The MMR vaccine is safe, effective, and the best tool to stop the current outbreak. So why do all those false conspiracy theories persist?
www.teenvogue.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What exactly is behind that distrust, particularly in the measles vaccine? Here’s how the fully debunked and false conspiracy theories about the measles vaccine came to be.