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Green-Cheeked Conure and Pug Dad; Begrudgingly-Tolerated Cat Step Dad | Asian/American Media Histories of Race, Culture, and Empire | Asst. Prof., Loyola University Chicago School of Communication Opinions are my own and not my institution's.

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Maybe it’s because I’m a colonial historian but so many of these white nation states seem to behave exactly like they did in the 19th century: ‘your leaders aren’t right for you,’ ‘we’re only killing you/colonizing you/installing puppet leaders for your own good’

01.03.2026 12:27 👍 3456 🔁 1025 💬 33 📌 31

Today’s military strikes on Iran — carried out by the United States and Israel — mark a catastrophic escalation in an illegal war of aggression. Bombing cities. Killing civilians. Opening a new theater of war.

28.02.2026 17:50 👍 17230 🔁 3597 💬 183 📌 218

An elementary school, y'all.

28.02.2026 17:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t

28.02.2026 15:54 👍 10273 🔁 2809 💬 92 📌 136

Check out New World when you've got a chance!

26.02.2026 22:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Lee Jung-jae

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26.02.2026 09:45 👍 11292 🔁 3183 💬 62 📌 42

Henceforth, I will be describing the way that U.S. men’s hockey spectacularly squandered good will, brand recognition, and fan loyalty as “pulled a Target.”

They pulled a Target.

24.02.2026 15:08 👍 11884 🔁 2362 💬 66 📌 134
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Chicago’s newest snow plow name ‘Abolish ICE,’ Mayor Brandon Johnson says Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced “Abolish ICE” as the winner of a citywide snow plow name contest. He had earlier given it a “full and complete” endorsement.

23.02.2026 17:21 👍 4835 🔁 1250 💬 24 📌 140

As put by Gerald in Clarkson's Farm, "Jesus F***ing Christ"

23.02.2026 15:44 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

If the U.S. makes a big run at this world cup, we'll have a Mauricio Pochettino biopic.

If they do not cast Liev Schreiber, I will protest by continuing to be a depressed Spurs fan.

23.02.2026 15:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RICE IS POLITICAL

21.02.2026 22:51 👍 37 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

Today in Media, Technology, and Society, we used the idea of codes to play "Is It K-Pop?" and I told the students about the deep lore that JYP tried so hard to bring back 80s funk that he crashed out and became a YouTube preacher. There was much amusement.

20.02.2026 19:00 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tell me how Rainism is playable on Spotify again, but it only plays the track, not the lyrics. What kind of weird, make money even without the proper rights to the song type of nonsense is this?

20.02.2026 18:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hey, there's Mike!

20.02.2026 17:57 👍 219 🔁 66 💬 7 📌 0

It looks EXACTLY like what it seems to look like.

We've seen versions of this document before.

20.02.2026 14:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My bird-child pooped on my pants and has been posted up like this on my foot for 15 minutes, but at least I'm reading one of the true bangers of STS and Critical Race studies by @ruha9.bsky.social

19.02.2026 18:13 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I should do this much, much more often O_O

19.02.2026 18:11 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yoon and Prince Andrew wishing they had a friend like John Roberts.

19.02.2026 11:16 👍 10328 🔁 2285 💬 152 📌 67
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It's giving..."I thought nobody in the ROK would remember how Park or Chun did their insurrections, and now I feel very dumb Extravaganza."

19.02.2026 18:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This. So much this.

And if y'all don't know Dr. Aubin's work, get out from underneath your boulder pls

19.02.2026 18:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sorry, no context, i was listening to Ange's appearance on the Overlap podcast and he's talking about his parents and his dad T_T

19.02.2026 16:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@sunminkimes.bsky.social WHY DID THEY GET RD OF ANGE T_T

19.02.2026 16:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yoon found guilty!!!

19.02.2026 13:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Absolutely amazing!

19.02.2026 00:22 👍 16539 🔁 3209 💬 248 📌 143

This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.

It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.

18.02.2026 17:19 👍 9708 🔁 3818 💬 159 📌 64

Also, I've generally found the idea that we have a novel "students don't/can't read" crisis kind of overemphasized. I feel like reading was never going to completely land or get universally done anyway, kinda like any other homework

17.02.2026 17:44 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love assigning books! Undergrads seem to get a lot out of them, even if they aren't getting through things cover to cover.

17.02.2026 17:44 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

"...Always into the East..."

13.02.2026 23:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I fear that men are about to do what men do. They are about to characterize any sober thinking about power as non-technical and therefore unserious.

We have seen this pattern over and over again in tech criticism. Women and people of color repeatedly lead on understanding tech changes.

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