Daris M.
@darism.bsky.social
Professor, Researcher, Progressive, Fraghead, and Nerd.
I like food. I love books. I adore kindness. Opinions/Shares are my own.
I like food. I love books. I adore kindness. Opinions/Shares are my own.
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mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
A $50 million gift will fund Native student scholarships for the next five years and create a permanent endowment to support Indigenous students for generations.
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being dedicated entirely to Native students, with $10 million funding scholarships over the next five years and $40 million placed in a permanent endowment to support Native students for generations to come.
A $50 million gift from MacKenzie Scott is being dedicated entirely to Native students, with $10 million funding scholarships over the next five years and $40 million placed in a permanent endowment to support Native students for generations to come.
nativenewsonline.net
September 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
mackenzie scott really seems like the only billionaire to figure out that you can be a literal hero to millions with a relative pittance
Enjoying “The Assignment” debut with the incredible @ahylton26.bsky.social 💚
September 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Enjoying “The Assignment” debut with the incredible @ahylton26.bsky.social 💚
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Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.
Gary Residents Have Been Without Power For 10 Days. Here's How You Can Help
A South Side business is offering free laundry service for storm-affected Gary families, while another fundraiser is collecting money for essentials as some residents face a second week without electr...
blockclubchicago.org
August 22, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Gary, Indiana residents have been without power for ten days. Here’s how you can help.
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And this is just the beginning.
Mamdani makes childcare free for 22K NYC families gothamist.com/news/mamdani...
Mamdani makes childcare free for 22K NYC families
The Mamdani administration is covering the weekly co-pays for families who receive subsidized childcare.
gothamist.com
August 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
And this is just the beginning.
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I wish people understood how much more impactful for networking small, value-oriented, authentic spaces are than big high “status” spaces where you’re one of many.
August 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I wish people understood how much more impactful for networking small, value-oriented, authentic spaces are than big high “status” spaces where you’re one of many.
COLLEAGUE: ooooo I see you are a @strictscrutiny.bsky.social fan 🤗
ME: How do you know that?
MY BOOKSHELF: 🥴
ME: How do you know that?
MY BOOKSHELF: 🥴
August 10, 2026 at 1:19 PM
COLLEAGUE: ooooo I see you are a @strictscrutiny.bsky.social fan 🤗
ME: How do you know that?
MY BOOKSHELF: 🥴
ME: How do you know that?
MY BOOKSHELF: 🥴
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Grateful to be in this round up! ♥️
The 17 best popular science books of 2026 so far
The first six months of the year have brought us popular science reads on everything from consciousness to cosmology. Liz Else rounds up her favourites
www.newscientist.com
July 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Grateful to be in this round up! ♥️
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It’s pub day for the incomparable @profmmurray.bsky.social 🎉
May 6, 2026 at 1:16 AM
It’s pub day for the incomparable @profmmurray.bsky.social 🎉
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I'm slated to teach a #literacies course on this next year!
@amystorn.bsky.social and I wrote about restorying as activism a decade ago: education2.sdsu.edu/visual-liter...
I found Areeba Fatima's reporting about the youth creators of these Lego memes fascinating: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQfI...
@amystorn.bsky.social and I wrote about restorying as activism a decade ago: education2.sdsu.edu/visual-liter...
I found Areeba Fatima's reporting about the youth creators of these Lego memes fascinating: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQfI...
April 24, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I'm slated to teach a #literacies course on this next year!
@amystorn.bsky.social and I wrote about restorying as activism a decade ago: education2.sdsu.edu/visual-liter...
I found Areeba Fatima's reporting about the youth creators of these Lego memes fascinating: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQfI...
@amystorn.bsky.social and I wrote about restorying as activism a decade ago: education2.sdsu.edu/visual-liter...
I found Areeba Fatima's reporting about the youth creators of these Lego memes fascinating: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQfI...
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I don't know who needs to hear this but you can just keep scrolling. You don't have to reply, quote, or anything else.
April 24, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this but you can just keep scrolling. You don't have to reply, quote, or anything else.
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Exhausting to live in a world where facts don’t matter
April 20, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Exhausting to live in a world where facts don’t matter
There’s still time to vote for @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for the #WebbyAwards!
Support my favs by voting here 👉🏾 vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
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April 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
There’s still time to vote for @strictscrutiny.bsky.social for the #WebbyAwards!
Support my favs by voting here 👉🏾 vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
Support my favs by voting here 👉🏾 vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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Before Kent State, there was the Orangeburg Massacre at South Carolina State.
We're not trying to one-up you. We're demanding that you put the pieces of the puzzle together.
We're not trying to one-up you. We're demanding that you put the pieces of the puzzle together.
January 24, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Before Kent State, there was the Orangeburg Massacre at South Carolina State.
We're not trying to one-up you. We're demanding that you put the pieces of the puzzle together.
We're not trying to one-up you. We're demanding that you put the pieces of the puzzle together.
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I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
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The far right may have declared open season on the sisterhood, but countless Black women are out here upskilling and sharpening the tools in our proverbial kits. Journaling, paper planning, *praying,* meditating, eating clean, getting our steps in, hydrating...
I would *not *want to be them. 😬
I would *not *want to be them. 😬
December 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The far right may have declared open season on the sisterhood, but countless Black women are out here upskilling and sharpening the tools in our proverbial kits. Journaling, paper planning, *praying,* meditating, eating clean, getting our steps in, hydrating...
I would *not *want to be them. 😬
I would *not *want to be them. 😬
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If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
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It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s Election Day in TN 7th District. Already, 84,356 people have cast their ballots early. If you haven’t voted yet, please make a plan to do so today!
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My heart is with the family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom tonight, and the entire National Guard community.
Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace.
Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace.
Live Updates: National Guard Soldier Dies From Wounds in D.C. Shooting
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My heart is with the family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom tonight, and the entire National Guard community.
Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace.
Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.
May she rest in peace.
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Got emotional reading a passage about a little Black girl who wants to grow up to be a Dodger just like Jackie Robinson and thinks that Harriet Tubman looks like she had a good throwing arm
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Got emotional reading a passage about a little Black girl who wants to grow up to be a Dodger just like Jackie Robinson and thinks that Harriet Tubman looks like she had a good throwing arm
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
I want Black kids to live in a world where those are the connections they are invited to make
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
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Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Justice KBJ is a brilliant strategist. She is working the rules to compel timely review of the stay in the SNAP case by both the Circuit Court and by the Supreme Court. This is why knowing which SCOTUS justice has supervision of the Circuit you file in is essential.
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...
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When talking about SNAP/WIC and any other program please don't use what is or isn't happening in YOUR specific state as universal truth. Some states will step in and cover costs... Others won't.
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
When talking about SNAP/WIC and any other program please don't use what is or isn't happening in YOUR specific state as universal truth. Some states will step in and cover costs... Others won't.