Rachel Durso
@rudescholar1804.bsky.social
Sociology Professor studying social movements, prisons, and gender violence. Occasional home for wayward dogs. Brain full of 30 Rock & Brooklyn 99 quotes.
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imagine being a heretic AND getting zero bitches? like pick a struggle
October 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
imagine being a heretic AND getting zero bitches? like pick a struggle
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Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.
Press release I woke up to, on Christa Pike’s condition (sent 9/30 at 11:36pm ET)
October 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Christa Pike was tortured yesterday by the state of TN in every single USians name and the fact is that this is a country that is mostly OK with this. This says everything about all of us. We are all implicated in this barbaric practice. It's sickening.
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It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves.
September 29, 2026 at 1:14 AM
It’s going to be pretty fucked up when this baby yeti starts telling people to kill themselves.
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I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
September 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Brb getting a “JUSTICE FOR WESTERN MICHIGAN” shirt
September 6, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Brb getting a “JUSTICE FOR WESTERN MICHIGAN” shirt
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If karma exists Ohio state beats Michigan by 50 this year
September 6, 2026 at 3:04 AM
If karma exists Ohio state beats Michigan by 50 this year
That call at the end of the Michigan game was absolute horse shit. Western Michigan got absolutely hosed.
September 6, 2026 at 2:55 AM
That call at the end of the Michigan game was absolute horse shit. Western Michigan got absolutely hosed.
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I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if you are signing a letter supporting a disgraced eugenicist famous for hounding a Black scholar to death your main concern is not academic freedom.
This goes double if you don’t have the same smoke for the Trump administration’s attacks on academia.
This goes double if you don’t have the same smoke for the Trump administration’s attacks on academia.
If anyone wants to have a look at the letter itself, here it is:
johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...
johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...
As academics, we are concerned that Ghent University's disciplinary proceedings against Dr Cofnas appear to constitute retaliation, at least in part, for publicizing academic misconduct that occurred in British universities.
johnarmstrongmaths.com
August 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that if you are signing a letter supporting a disgraced eugenicist famous for hounding a Black scholar to death your main concern is not academic freedom.
This goes double if you don’t have the same smoke for the Trump administration’s attacks on academia.
This goes double if you don’t have the same smoke for the Trump administration’s attacks on academia.
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here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.
not only that, they are demanding that they not be called racist when they are observed to be signing up to support the racist
August 23, 2026 at 12:22 AM
here is the thing. if you tell me that you believe that race is a biological category and that it is a guide to the objective superiority and inferiority of groups of people, i am not calling you a racist to *insult* you, i am calling you a racist because it best describes your beliefs.
Ruin a book by adding a word:
The Once and Future Burger King
The Once and Future Burger King
July 25, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Ruin a book by adding a word:
The Once and Future Burger King
The Once and Future Burger King
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every gardener i follow is going absolutely hogwild flexing that they eat lettuce from behind their house. i've never seen gardeners act like this in my life. this is our super bowl. this is our olympics. gold medal in shitting normally
July 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
every gardener i follow is going absolutely hogwild flexing that they eat lettuce from behind their house. i've never seen gardeners act like this in my life. this is our super bowl. this is our olympics. gold medal in shitting normally
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“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed.
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
June 22, 2026 at 1:25 AM
“I carry with me a photo of a Muslim child who, during my visit to Lebanon, was standing there holding a sign that said ‘Welcome, Pope Leo,’ and in this latest phase of the war, he was killed.
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
“As a Church, I say again: as a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Probably shouldn't have let a handful of weird business perverts unwind the cultural miracle of American research universities
May 28, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Probably shouldn't have let a handful of weird business perverts unwind the cultural miracle of American research universities
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this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive.
when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
May 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive.
when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
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If the end of the semester Canvas hack has taught us anything, it's that universities need to double down on giving everything to borderline monopoly tech run by megalomaniac private equity dbags.
May 7, 2026 at 11:32 PM
If the end of the semester Canvas hack has taught us anything, it's that universities need to double down on giving everything to borderline monopoly tech run by megalomaniac private equity dbags.
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I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
May 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
I can't believe that we have been doing this for ten years.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa!
"Held his arm to the sky in a Sieg Heil salute, leading a 'let’s go Nazis' chant.
A podcaster spoke at Ohio University. "He called students 'f-gs' and 'dreidel spinners' while calling to 'bring back sl-t shaming.' A school spokesperson said officials can’t prohibit free speech."
"Held his arm to the sky in a Sieg Heil salute, leading a 'let’s go Nazis' chant.
A podcaster spoke at Ohio University. "He called students 'f-gs' and 'dreidel spinners' while calling to 'bring back sl-t shaming.' A school spokesperson said officials can’t prohibit free speech."
But God forbid Baker 5th floor have an LGBT and Women's Center
Podcaster's Nazi salute at Ohio University tests limits of free speech - Signal Ohio
A podcaster, invited by a student org, called students homophobic, sexist and antisemitic slurs. A school spokesperson said officials can't prohibit free speech.
signalohio.org
April 17, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
"Held his arm to the sky in a Sieg Heil salute, leading a 'let’s go Nazis' chant.
A podcaster spoke at Ohio University. "He called students 'f-gs' and 'dreidel spinners' while calling to 'bring back sl-t shaming.' A school spokesperson said officials can’t prohibit free speech."
"Held his arm to the sky in a Sieg Heil salute, leading a 'let’s go Nazis' chant.
A podcaster spoke at Ohio University. "He called students 'f-gs' and 'dreidel spinners' while calling to 'bring back sl-t shaming.' A school spokesperson said officials can’t prohibit free speech."
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The President of the U.S. The man with the nuclear codes. And people are just going to pretend this is ok.
In a functioning society, he would be removed from office within hours by his own party.
In a functioning society, he would be removed from office within hours by his own party.
April 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
The President of the U.S. The man with the nuclear codes. And people are just going to pretend this is ok.
In a functioning society, he would be removed from office within hours by his own party.
In a functioning society, he would be removed from office within hours by his own party.
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I don’t know how to use chatgpt etc but I imagine it’s going to a website and typing “oh no what groceries do I buy please tell me false god for I am so weak I cannot go on” as your brain atrophies and leaks out of your ears from disuse and the machine is like “buy eggs milk bread and a horse”
February 27, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I don’t know how to use chatgpt etc but I imagine it’s going to a website and typing “oh no what groceries do I buy please tell me false god for I am so weak I cannot go on” as your brain atrophies and leaks out of your ears from disuse and the machine is like “buy eggs milk bread and a horse”
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A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.
February 24, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.
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I’m only watching because there’s still a chance the Bears could come back and win this thing
February 9, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I’m only watching because there’s still a chance the Bears could come back and win this thing
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
on the balance i think partisan gerrymandering is bad but the only way it ends is if democrats weaponize it against republicans everywhere they can. wiping out republican lawmakers in blue states might bring the GOP to the table to end the practice.
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.