Nimisha Barton

Thank you, cate :)

The DEI Debacle BY NIMISHA BARTON Following the infamous “Dear Colleague” letter sent out by the Department of Education in February 2025, colleges and universities rushed to shutter diversity, equity, and inclusi…

Did everyone catch @nimishabarton.bsky.social's incredible essay on the DEI debacle in Academe Magazine? If not, here's your chance to catch up on an essay we badly need academeblog.org/2026/02/04/t...

every R US Senator but Rand Paul owns this war, failed to uphold the Constitution and needs to get booted out.

Dozens of Catholic priests molested hundreds of Rhode Island victims over decades, multiyear investigation reveals Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, getting away with sexual abuse largely due to a system where bishops prioritized minimizing scandal as the diocese maintain...

Investigation finds that 75 Catholic clergy in Rhode Island molested more than 300 victims since 1950, but the numbers are likely much higher. The church often transferred accused priests to new assignments without thoroughly investigating complaints or contacting police.
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This is Button. His family decided he was ready to be left home alone for the first time today. As it turns out, freedom can be a little awkward. 12/10 (TT: beginningwithbutton)

AOC: He impulsively went in on Venezuela. He impulsively went in on Iran. It led to increased global instability and every time he’s done that, it has been consistent with a spike in what is happening with the Epstein files. I think that he feels existentially tied to it.

America's Founding Feminists: Rewriting America’s Origin Story On America’s 250th anniversary, Ms.' Founding Feminists centers the women whose words, labor and resistance built—and keep rebuilding—democracy.

So honored to have contributed to this special issue of Ms Magazine! "America’s Founding Feminists: Rewriting America’s Origin Story" centers the women & gender-nonconforming people whose words, labor & resistance built—& keep rebuilding—democracy. Check it out here: msmagazine.com/2026/03/02/f...

there's a new trend among young people called "microliving" they close their eyes for a few seconds and experience a rich and fulfilling life from start to finish in their minds. birth. friendship. love. heartbreak. joy. loss. grief. death. but how does this affect their productivity at work

People do what you pay them to do.
You pay corporate executives to make stock prices go up, not to make better products.
You pay politicians to get re-elected, not to govern well.
You pay reporters to get a bigger audience, not to tell the truth.
And so forth.
Be aware of what you pay people to do

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

I really like The Buffalo Hunter Hunter but I could do without Etsy and her bs

Lawrence Summers Will Resign From Harvard After Epstein Revelations

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: Epstein Academia

Lawrence Summers Will Resign From Harvard After Epstein Revelations www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

Thank you so much Lauren!

The DEI Debacle BY NIMISHA BARTON Following the infamous “Dear Colleague” letter sent out by the Department of Education in February 2025, colleges and universities rushed to shutter diversity, equity, and inclusi…

📣📣📣 @nimishabarton.bsky.social

academeblog.org/2026/02/04/t...

Ok but I will actually do this

Thank you JT

The DEI Debacle BY NIMISHA BARTON Following the infamous “Dear Colleague” letter sent out by the Department of Education in February 2025, colleges and universities rushed to shutter diversity, equity, and inclusi…

Nimisha Barton (@nimishabarton.bsky.social) gives the historical context on DEI’s dismantling that so many need.
academeblog.org/2026/02/04/t...

Couldn’t find my to do list. Tried to remember the last time I saw it. It was last Thursday- that was the last time I did anything on my to do list, in case you’re wondering about my physical and mental health these days

Sometimes I have lot of anxiety (it’s now, sometimes is now, also always)

My bb invented a new game where she leaves substances around the house and I have to guess whether it’s boogers or bananas. There are no winners in this game

The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?

A Lyft is just a private bus

-my brain

Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...

My thoughts on how critical fully funded public libraries are to any Left political project in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

Libraries are among the few public institutions that represent the kind of world we want to live in. They must be fought for.

Hold the Line! Teamsters Local 2010 Strike Begins Tuesday - California Faculty Association Next week, starting Tuesday, February 17 through Friday, February 20, our union siblings, Teamsters Local 2010 members, will strike across all CSU

“CSU already made a promise, and we’re demanding that they keep their promises. We look forward to seeing you on the picket line and standing strong together in union.” www.calfac.org/hold-the-line-teamsters-local-2010-strike-begins-tuesday/

And a happy bad bunny to you

breaking: poor people spend money on food

In the face of fascism, “Fuck you. Make me.” continues to be the right move.

This one is in Longfellow