🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Here’s a short thread of LGBTQ+ Dirty Sexy History podcast episodes 🎧 👇👇

Between 1827 and 1832, the Black Joke captured 13 slave ships and freed an incredible 3,000 people. We talk to Rooks about diversity among sailors, gay relationships in the British navy, and Britain’s complicated relationship with the slave trade

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Between 1827 and 1832, the Black Joke captured 13 slave ships and freed 3,000 people. This week, we talk to Rooks about the ship, diversity among sailors, gay relationships in the navy, and Britain’s complicated relationship with the slave trade

Republicans in Ohio have introduced a bill that would require state colleges and universities to guarantee that they will refrain from endorsing, opposing, or commenting on 'any controversial belief or policy' including the idea that climate change exists legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/13…

For those deifying #JimBrown , google his name and the Playboy mansion.

Trust and know that a monster has died.

If he didn’t want folks to speak ill of him when he died, he should’ve been a good man when he was here.

Argue with yo’ mama.

My work here is done.

I’m reading the lawsuit that PEN America and Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 filed, challenging book banning in Escambia County, Florida, along with multiple author and parents/students from the district in question.

The complaint is here: pen.org/wp-content/upl…

Some dpts are planning to submit straight As for students of striking GSIs. They justify this strike-breaking move by saying it's fair for students.

Not only does this violate GSIs' academic freedom, it's also WORSE for students, as it makes a Fall strike more necessary & likely

🚨 HEADS UP MEMPHIS…

Writers in other fields should be paying attention to the WGA negotiations. Here's the current position on the use of AI.

We have learned that, in their rush to dock our pay, U-M Admin denied medical leave to a grad worker about to undergo chemotherapy for brain cancer (even with their extensive documentation). This is emblematic of University of Michigan's treatment of us throughout this campaign.

FFS.

All 5 New College professors going up for tenure were denied today, despite approval from the college's faculty and previous administration. Every academic should be paying attention to what's happening there, now. Florida is very likely your future. apnews.com/article/new-co…

In a clearly unconstitutional move, the Texas Department of Agriculture has sent out a directive that 'all employees must dress in a matter consistent with their biological gender.'

They are trying to bring back 3 articles of clothing laws and trying to overturn Bostock.

On Thurs, University of Michigan police detained 2 striking grads who dared to disturb Santa Ono eating a nice meal off campus. Rather than give us a fair contract & a living wage, admin would rather arrest its own students for exercising their right to protest. 1/13

fox2detroit.com/news/striking-…

I can’t answer this question for Bill Maher but YOU CAN

A thread.

a reminder that last term, Justice Thomas authored the opinion that says *when your state-appointed lawyer* fails to introduce evidence of your innocence in state court, that's *your fault* - and it's illegal for a federal court to consider the evidence. supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf…