merschrod (she/they)

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Co'mo lo siento. Que' rabia.

3: White folks, PLEASE remember that Latines can also be white or white adjacent.

Whiteness (as a social position) is VERY important to many Latines and they will eagerly enforce their power over Indigenous and Black people in particular.

Again, see any Latin American country.

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The denial of tenure was never about scholarship. It was a retaliatory move from @texastechlib.bsky.social to send a chilling message: dissent that threatens institutional power will be punished. Shame on Ron Hendrick, Brendon Creighton, Lawrence Schovanec turned tenure into a political tool!

solidarity with Jairo and all colleagues who use their voice to challenge colonial logics and legacies in the very universities that we work and teach in. Jairo's case reminds us that job offers and tenure decisions are not objective assessments but political decisions.

The new robber barons: a quarter century of wealth concentration in Canada Wealth and political influence tend to reinforce each other. Tracking who owns wealth and how that distribution is changing is more important than ever for the health of our democracy and the future of Canada.

Wealth inequality is a growing issue in Canada and our tax system must be overhauled to tax high-end wealth and capital income more effectively in order to benefit the public good, shows a new report by Silas Xuereb & Alex Hemingway

The Tumbler Ridge newspaper puts it better than I could

Savannah teacher killed in crash by man fleeing from ICE According to the Chatham County Police Department, Monday morning’s fatal crash was the result of a chase between Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and a suspect.

ICE killed a teacher in Georgia today when they chose to chase a man who posed no danger and had no criminal history.

white people work so hard. even their restaurants are open on chinese new year

you can really blow some minds with “actually there was an entire library and research institute for queer / trans history, science and medicine founded by a Jewish sexologist but the Nazis destroyed it in the hopes of exactly this outcome, ie future generations not believing trans people are real”

Austerity is a choice. Choosing to label it something else is also a choice.

Bad choices are being made.

This talk about fertility rates in Canada will morph into control of women’s bodies. If you can’t convince women (eg through tax incentives) to have babies then eventually you’ll have to force them. That is one of the intended consequences of reducing the immigration rate to 0

Devastating statistics on racism in universities in Australia.

FWIW I wish it said 'Indigiphobia' (or something) instead of 'experience' to describe racism against mob. Less mollifying terms are needed in a title that also describes Islamaphobia and Antisemitism.

humanrights.gov.au/resource-hub...

Sex workers in Nevada fighting to become first in U.S. to unionize Nevada is the only state where people can legally purchase sex, and now sex workers at one of the state's oldest brothels, Sheri's Ranch, are fighting to become the first in the U.S. to unionize.

Sex work is work.

Solidarity to these workers as they unionize. And kudos to my @wbng.org parent union, @cwaunion.bsky.social, for supporting the organizing.

www.cbsnews.com/news/sex-wor...

been a minute since I’ve posted The Manifesto so: trans and disabled rights are human rights, abolish ice and defund the police, free Palestine, fuck antisemitism, give the land and artefacts back, sex work is work, abortion is healthcare, join your union, get your vaccines, corgis are perfect

Steelworkers plan parallel trip to Mexico during labour-excluded “Team Canada” trade mission - USW Canada TORONTO – With the federal government bringing a “Team Canada” trade delegation to Mexico this week – excluding any labour representation – members of the United Steelworkers union (USW) are making a ...

CANADA / MEXICO: Steelworkers plan parallel trip to Mexico during labour-excluded “Team Canada” trade mission usw.ca/labour-trade...

Big win for early education workers in push for 30 per cent pay rise If the recommendation is followed through, it would put an extra $17,500 in the pocket of workers.

AUSTRALIA: Thousands of early education workers get big win in push for 30 per cent pay rise au.finance.yahoo.com/news/thousan...

Martes de Radio Ambulante 🇵🇷 🥊
En 1980, Estados Unidos llamó a boicotear las Olimpiadas de Moscú. Pero en Puerto Rico, el joven boxeador Alberto Mercados no dudó: nada le impediría representar a su país.

Hoy traemos este episodio de la nueva temporada de La Brega: radioambulante.org/audio/la-bre...

"That was a long yawn" LOLOLLLLLL

UT Austin students protest looming consolidation of race, ethnic and gender studies UT President Jim Davis said the university will merge seven Liberal Arts departments, with no confirmed timeline.

Julie Minich, the secretary of the American Association of University Professors at UT Austin: “I just never could have imagined that the university would effectively cut off one of its crown jewels.”

www.kvue.com/article/news...

Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972) YouTube video by Nightloop

I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽

Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson.

youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...

MEMORANDUM OPINION Rufe, J. February 16, 2026 All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and reinscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove that any falsification had taken place. George Orwell, 19841 As if the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell’s 1984 now existed, with its motto “Ignorance is Strength,” this Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims—to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts. It does not.

Also, nobody is holding back when it comes to how much the Trump government is not getting a presumption of regularity.

Here is how Judge Rufe's decision on Trump's attempt to erase history starts:

MLK Jr and his lieutenants standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in April 1968, including James Bevel, Jesse Jackson, and Ralph Abernathy

Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young reunited on the Lorraine Motel balcony much closer to the present

As of this morning, only one of the men who was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel that fateful evening is still living.

Since Brother Jesse passed at 84 this morning.

Students can solve controversial problems. UT must trust them to do so | Opinion A vague proposed policy on “controversial topics” risks narrowing what students can learn at the University of Texas, David Gray Widder writes.

Prof. David Widder: “learning about controversial issues yields courageous + careful thinkers. Professors should be encouraged rather than dissuaded from discussing difficult topics.…I urge the Board of Regents to…reject this unnecessary + destructive proposal.” 👏

www.statesman.com/opinion/colu...

Chronic pain is disability. So to everybody out there in pain all the time, you're disabled. I know we keep our chronic pain to ourselves because no one wants to hear about it & do our best to manage. But if it affects your day to day functionality, you're a disabled person.

My father reminded me this morning of a Jesse Jackson quote (paraphrased I'm sure) that we should put the human race above the arms race. Sadly an evergreen statement.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Absolutely. Here's from the weekend.

Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.

Strong read on the logistics of concentration camps & what actually rolling one out entails

and what we can expect of DHS's mass purchase of warehouses to hold thousands of people each.