Stella Mayakóvskaya
@stars-and-mud.bsky.social
Speculative Storyteller
Shame on the NYT for turning itself into a lickspittle tool normalizing and whitewashing the lies of the regime. #BrokenTimes
New White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt did her first press briefing today and told a number of demonstrable lies (about condoms for Gaza, the criminal records of undocumented migrants, and more).
This is how the New York Times covered it.
This is how the New York Times covered it.
January 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Shame on the NYT for turning itself into a lickspittle tool normalizing and whitewashing the lies of the regime. #BrokenTimes
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1. Do not believe him. He pays NO debuts.
2. He doesn't have the authority.
3. They'll trap you and fire you for dereliction of duty, with nothing.
4. But I'd understand the desire to get out.
White House incentivizes federal workers to resign www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
2. He doesn't have the authority.
3. They'll trap you and fire you for dereliction of duty, with nothing.
4. But I'd understand the desire to get out.
White House incentivizes federal workers to resign www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
1. Do not believe him. He pays NO debuts.
2. He doesn't have the authority.
3. They'll trap you and fire you for dereliction of duty, with nothing.
4. But I'd understand the desire to get out.
White House incentivizes federal workers to resign www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
2. He doesn't have the authority.
3. They'll trap you and fire you for dereliction of duty, with nothing.
4. But I'd understand the desire to get out.
White House incentivizes federal workers to resign www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Purges are tools of totalitarian power consolidation.
Baker, of course. Yes, Peter, this is how authoritarians work. He admires Trump for implementing his totalitarianism "systematically and methodically" but doesn't call this what it is: fascism. #BrokenTimes, so broken.
January 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Purges are tools of totalitarian power consolidation.
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That’s that then. Humans behind both the hazard and the vulnerability to the fires. Climate change made LA fires worse. But don’t blame the impact on the fires only, that’s also caused by human decisions. www.bbc.com/news/article...
LA fires made worse by climate change, say scientists
Scientists say the fires that engulfed Los Angeles were made 35% more likely due to climate warming.
www.bbc.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
That’s that then. Humans behind both the hazard and the vulnerability to the fires. Climate change made LA fires worse. But don’t blame the impact on the fires only, that’s also caused by human decisions. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It was such a shock to hear from @pkrugman.bsky.social that The Times edits columnnists, for one must wonder how such sexist, racist shit as this from Bret Stephens would get through. But this is what the #BrokenTimes wants.
D.E.I. Will Not Be Missed www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/o...
D.E.I. Will Not Be Missed www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/o...
Opinion | D.E.I. Will Not Be Missed
The Pentagon’s experience shows why.
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
It was such a shock to hear from @pkrugman.bsky.social that The Times edits columnnists, for one must wonder how such sexist, racist shit as this from Bret Stephens would get through. But this is what the #BrokenTimes wants.
D.E.I. Will Not Be Missed www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/o...
D.E.I. Will Not Be Missed www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/o...
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The link is in the next post. I think this is more and more important.
We've got a zine that we put together recently on DIY web archiving. It doesn't have to be technically difficult, and there are tools that may work better for some websites than the Internet Archive (though certainly make sure things get archived there, too!)
January 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The link is in the next post. I think this is more and more important.
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What red states are doing via gender studies and ethnic studies bans, blue and purple states are doing through consultancy-mandated “reductions” of the entire liberal arts. This is mainly bc states (and federal govt) refuse to fund higher education, and the consequent financialization of higher ed.
Devastated to learn from my colleague Don Romesburg that the Sonoma State University Women’s and Gender Studies Department is being eliminated, and all its tenured faculty are being fired, as part of “budget reductions”. wgs.sonoma.edu
January 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
What red states are doing via gender studies and ethnic studies bans, blue and purple states are doing through consultancy-mandated “reductions” of the entire liberal arts. This is mainly bc states (and federal govt) refuse to fund higher education, and the consequent financialization of higher ed.
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Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945.
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
January 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today in Milan, a student activist group hung a trash-filled effigy of Musk upside down on a gate outside of piazzale Loreto, where Mussolini's body was displayed in 1945.
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
They left the message: "C'è sempre posto a piazzale Loreto, Elon" (There's always room in piazzale Loreto, Elon)
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This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.
January 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.
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@calebw.bsky.social interviews Black feminist writer, poet, educator, organizer, and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs about Audre Lorde’s spirituality, her ecological political praxis, her pedagogy, and the cross-generational scale of social change.
Also, a reminder that Hypatia publishes interviews.
Also, a reminder that Hypatia publishes interviews.
Audre Lorde on the Sacred Scale of Livability: Alexis Pauline Gumbs in Conversation with Caleb Ward | Hypatia | Cambridge Core
Audre Lorde on the Sacred Scale of Livability: Alexis Pauline Gumbs in Conversation with Caleb Ward
www.cambridge.org
December 31, 2024 at 1:17 PM
@calebw.bsky.social interviews Black feminist writer, poet, educator, organizer, and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs about Audre Lorde’s spirituality, her ecological political praxis, her pedagogy, and the cross-generational scale of social change.
Also, a reminder that Hypatia publishes interviews.
Also, a reminder that Hypatia publishes interviews.