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Rebecca Zorach
@rabbitrez.bsky.social
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art history / politics / ecologies /
bad, evil-related material /
*what are you, reader, but a Loose-Fish and a Fast-Fish, too?* /
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Rebecca Zorach is an art historian and Mary Jane Crowe Professor in Art and Art History at Northwestern University. Her work focuses on early modern European art, contemporary and activist art. .. more

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iRamona @iramona.bsky.social · 3d
All right people so literally I downloaded one of the government documents to Books on my iPad. I highlighted some text that was not redacted and it included some that was redacted and I copied it over to notes and I pasted it and you can see everything unredacted.

www.justice.gov/multimedia/C...
www.justice.gov

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 3d
"Free press," indeed

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 4d
People are rightly upset about the image thing but wtf, "write an essay/chapter. Ask AI to add additional points"?!?!?

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 4d
OK so where are my historians who are quitting the AHA over these hideous AI guidelines

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d
How blackouts in San Francisco this weekend shut down Waymo.

“.. Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks.”

@missionlocal.org $GOOGL
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

Reposted by Rebecca Zorach

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9d
“.. Tesla Robotaxis are crashing once every 40,000 miles, whereas the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles.” 🤡

@rani.bsky.social $TSLA
@mims.bsky.social
sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 10d
Be sure to rest! I made the mistake of not resting enough

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 10d
Like MILFs but terrorists

Reposted by Anna O. Law, John Horgan, Rebecca Zorach , and 1 more

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Joshua Holland @joshuaholland.bsky.social · 10d
My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 10d
Feel better! It's no fun. I've had something similar for 5+ weeks. Hoping I'm finally seeing the other side of it now....

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Michael E. Mann, Kim L. Scheppele , and 16 more

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 11d
Just a reminder that at least 600 Americans were fired for failing to show sufficient respect after Charlie Kirk's murder.
pbump.com Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11d
utterly incapable of grace

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Matthew Bunn, Richard S.J. Tol , and 23 more

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 11d
utterly incapable of grace

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Joe R. Feagin, Brendan Nyhan , and 15 more

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Doghouse Reilly @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11d
“At Texas A&M, internal emails show staff are using AI software to search syllabi and course descriptions for words that could raise concerns under new system policies restricting how faculty teach about race and gender.”

www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...
Texas universities deploy AI for course audits
Records obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom.
www.texastribune.org

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, R. M. Wilson, Brian Keegan , and 1 more

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The Library of Alexandria D'Addario @mrmunchertoyou.bsky.social · 11d
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 11d
Although exam review sessions are often held in rooms and at times that are not the scheduled room/time for the class

Reposted by Rebecca Tushnet, Talia Schaffer, Mark Rice , and 1 more

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Derek Silva @derekcrim.bsky.social · 11d
There is an absolute fucking scandal going down at The New School, wherein at appears that the university is funnelling to a MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL’S BOARD while purging faculty and staff.

This should be headline news.

x.com/uaw7902/stat...

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Peter Thorne, Steve Peers , and 18 more

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 11d
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.

The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
A wrong Grok post making up a white guy who stopped the Australian mass shooting. BBC 'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed Emily Atkinson Sun, December 14, 2025 at 1:06 p.m. CST 2 min read A "hero" bystander who was filmed wrestling a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed. Video verified by the BBC showed Mr Ahmed run at the gunman and seize his weapon, before turning the gun round on him, forcing his retreat. Mr Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, remains in hospital, where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family told 7News Australia.

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 12d
OK students, you know what to do
charlottegarden.bsky.social Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 12d
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
“During the course of the debate, it was disclosed that it is now policy of the university to suspend any faculty member with pay against whom a student has lodged a complaint. The faculty member is suspended under the Title IX program,” Schmeltzer wrote. “This was new information to everyone in attendance.”

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 12d
This isn't about "views." An employee can have whatever views they want without violating Title II of the Civil Rights Act.

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Lisa W. Fazio, Richard S.J. Tol , and 27 more

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Charlotte Garden @charlottegarden.bsky.social · 12d
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
“During the course of the debate, it was disclosed that it is now policy of the university to suspend any faculty member with pay against whom a student has lodged a complaint. The faculty member is suspended under the Title IX program,” Schmeltzer wrote. “This was new information to everyone in attendance.”

Reposted by Michael Kevane, Alan Richardson, Mark Rice , and 2 more

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 12d
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
As a Border Patrol boss, Bovino has repeatedly cited the threat of undocumented immigrants who’ve killed U.S. citizens while driving drunk. The Trump administration said Midway Blitz was launched in Chicago in honor of one of them, a 20-year-old DUI victim. In 1981, Bovino’s father, Mike Bovino, killed a young woman after drunkenly crashing his truck head-on into her car in the hilly little resort town of Blowing Rock, N.C., near the Bovinos’ home. Newspaper accounts described the victims’ car as “bowled over by the impact.” There were no skid marks. Bovino was uninjured. (Chicago Sun Times)

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13d
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.

The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.

They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.

Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air

Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr

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Holiday Ryan @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 13d
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Sarah Roberts, Henrik Skaug Sætra , and 2 more

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 13d
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 14d
@chargepointnet.bsky.social why is your billing support so incredibly horrible? You're putting random charges on my card and I can't speak to anyone nor can I get a call back nor can I use your online form

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Rosemary A. Joyce, Jacob T. Levy , and 2 more

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14d
Books about “Asian wife sharing.” Detailed descriptions of orgies. Scenes involving “ladyboys.”

That’s what @dfriedman.bsky.social discovered on a Goodreads page tied to the email address of a top Pentagon official and mentor to Pete Hegseth.

What came next was even wilder.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 14d
nice tourism industry you got there - would be a shame if anything happened to it
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan
Plan would apply to countries not currently required to get visas to the US, including Britain and France
www.theguardian.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · 15d
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 17d
The Trump administration's withholding of research funds was certainly illegal and Northwestern's deal with them may be too. See statement from law faculty www.theuniversityunderthreat.org/updates#h.hk...
Updates
2025.12.08 | Northwestern Law Professors Detail Legal Violations in Northwestern/Trump “Deal” For Immediate Release December 8, 2025 Download this document as a PDF here Northwestern Pritzker School...
www.theuniversityunderthreat.org

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Rebecca Zorach @rabbitrez.bsky.social · 18d
Ok it's been pointed out to me that this is supposed to be a rebus for "America runs on Dunkin," but it looks for all the world like a person running away from the US
Picture of lid of a Dunkin coffee cup with the word Dunkin and above it a graphic of a person appearing to run away from a map of the US