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Independent counsel recommends @LSweeneyMiran resign from the #Boulder POP or city council should consider removing her:
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From page 13 of the 317 page report Clay Douglas writes, “On our March 26 telephone interview, Sweeney-Miran said “abolitionist” is not a term she would use to describe herself and she is unsure what the term means because she has not used it to describe herself...
… At that time, she failed to address the statement, in John Neslage’s January 19 complaint, that “She has also added the hashtag #abolitionist to her new Mastodon account.” In an April 2 follow-up interview, Sweeney-Miran said she is not sure what a Mastodon hashtag is…
February 1st marks the beginning of #BlackHistoryMonth and we will be dedicating much of our #OTD posts to Black history throughout the 19th century, particularly during the Civil War Era. You can read about the origins of Black History Month here: asalh.org/about-us/origi… 
With that said, #OnThisDay in 1865, Dr. John Rock became the first African American admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court. This occurred the same day President Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment. #History #HistoryMatters #USHistory #AmericanHistory
John Rock lived an extraordinary life. He was a teacher, a prolific abolitionist writer and speaker, a dentist, medical doctor, and lawyer. Rock was born a free man in New Jersey in 1825 and became a teacher at age 19 while studying medicine. #Abolitionist #Teacher
Okay, I am picking up my *cough* mammoth thread from yesterday.
If you are interested in the story so far, I talked a bit about the current main justification given by Colossal for their plans for "mammoth de-extinction" here:
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If you are interested in the story so far, I talked a bit about the current main justification given by Colossal for their plans for "mammoth de-extinction" here:
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other justifications include the collateral benefits of:
🧬 biotech development
🧠 increased knowledge of mammoth & elephant biology
🐘 improved elephant husbandry & conservation
🦏 conservation of species on the brink of extinction
👩🔬inspiring the next generation of scientists
🧬 biotech development
🧠 increased knowledge of mammoth & elephant biology
🐘 improved elephant husbandry & conservation
🦏 conservation of species on the brink of extinction
👩🔬inspiring the next generation of scientists
These are all quite hard to quantify (and each also raises a number of different ethical considerations), which makes the problem of ⚖️ harm and good tricky.
So I am cheating for now, and leaving these for later (if I still have the will to live).
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So I am cheating for now, and leaving these for later (if I still have the will to live).
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No one asked for this, but I've been thinking a lot about #abolition and #abolishthepolice for some time now. And if I may, I'd like to share my novice perspective, albeit one rooted in my own (anti-)philosophical stance. So here goes.
I'm not convinced that the #abolitionist movement--which I wholly agree with--is an oppositional movement. Philosophically, a call for abolition is not a call to opposition. This distinction, in my mind anyway, is crucial. I'll elaborate.
Hegel told us long ago that oppositional realities (or what he calls dialectics) form a totality in themselves. Think about a fight: if one person chooses not to fight, there is no fight at all--only violence on the part of the aggressor.
Thread: The #SuperBowl is coming up so it is important to know that this event coincides with increased demand for sexual exploitation of people believed to be "escorts", "prostitutes" and consenting "sex workers".
The pro porn & pro sex work ideology creates an acceptance culture around sexual exploitation. The flawed ideology promotes the idea that "sex work is real work" and that "sex workers are consenting individuals who enjoy what they do".
This is a false cover veneer sold to the public to cover up the horrific, dark reality of the sexual exploitation industry. The "pro sex work" (pro prostitution) movement that promotes and defends prostitution also list things like...
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@savannahshange is with us on Zoom giving a talk on "#Abolition as Method: Fieldwork at the End of the World"! If you couldn't join us, we will be live-tweeting the event right here!
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@savannahshange is with us on Zoom giving a talk on "#Abolition as Method: Fieldwork at the End of the World"! If you couldn't join us, we will be live-tweeting the event right here!
@GC_CUNY @HumanitiesGC @cunyGClibrary @GCcunyAnthro @GCUrbanEd @ucsantacruz
1] Be sure to check out @savannahshange's book, "Progressive Dystopia: Abolition, Antiblackness, and Schooling in San Francisco", which will be part of tonight's discussion! Find it at @DukePress here: dukeupress.edu/progressive-dy…
2] “From the perspective of #abolition, the universalizing rhetoric of the liberal state is itself the problem.”
