Crystal Fleming クリスタル
@alwaystheself.bsky.social
Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology. Posts represent the views of my cats. One of my books has a 2 second cameo in an Oscar winning film.日本語を勉強します. I’m my ancestors’ wildest dreams and/or worst nightmare. I have a lot of ancestors.
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They could have had a "fast forward" to middle age and it would have worked.
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM
They could have had a "fast forward" to middle age and it would have worked.
The strangest thing about stranger things is (still) that them kids were about 40 years old by the end of it
January 2, 2026 at 2:05 AM
The strangest thing about stranger things is (still) that them kids were about 40 years old by the end of it
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Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr
When they said Smith College in the Stranger Things finale…..
January 1, 2026 at 6:01 AM
When they said Smith College in the Stranger Things finale…..
For those who have been to Japan:
What are your best food memories/experiences?
What are your best food memories/experiences?
January 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
For those who have been to Japan:
What are your best food memories/experiences?
What are your best food memories/experiences?
(It's my first rodeo with Novavax)
January 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
(It's my first rodeo with Novavax)
So I did that thing where you get the covid booster and the flu shot on the same day, but in different arms.
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM
So I did that thing where you get the covid booster and the flu shot on the same day, but in different arms.
I've been thinking about the fact that societies characterized by evil, brutality, cruelty and violence can and do change.. that nothing is set in stone and a horrific past and present can't fully delimit the horizon. Perhaps the myth of inevitability is as dangerous as it is misleading.
January 1, 2026 at 12:51 AM
I've been thinking about the fact that societies characterized by evil, brutality, cruelty and violence can and do change.. that nothing is set in stone and a horrific past and present can't fully delimit the horizon. Perhaps the myth of inevitability is as dangerous as it is misleading.
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They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.
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They've started replacing the "welcome to the borough" signs so they say Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani instead of Mayor Adams.
December 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
They've started replacing the "welcome to the borough" signs so they say Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani instead of Mayor Adams.
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
This is very, very good — and rings horrifyingly true.
Killing in the name of… nothing
The year politics became brainrot
You don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight.
buff.ly
December 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is very, very good — and rings horrifyingly true.
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good piece with an incidental insanely brutal takedown of klein
December 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
good piece with an incidental insanely brutal takedown of klein
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i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
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First time making okonomiyake.. served with kaffir lime butternut squash soup and arugula, avocado grapefruit salad in tahini dressing 🥰
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
First time making okonomiyake.. served with kaffir lime butternut squash soup and arugula, avocado grapefruit salad in tahini dressing 🥰
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
I still can’t get over the fact that I can just be like, making dinner while robots autonomously and expertly clean our floors.. or sipping a glass of wine.. or doing nothing at all..
December 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I still can’t get over the fact that I can just be like, making dinner while robots autonomously and expertly clean our floors.. or sipping a glass of wine.. or doing nothing at all..
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Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying www.france24.com/en/americas/... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
Zuckerberg settles $8 billion lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal, avoids testifying
Mark Zuckerberg and current and former Meta executives agreed on Thursday to settle a $8 billion shareholder lawsuit alleging the company’s directors failed to prevent billions of dollars in fines and...
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December 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Imagine it being easier to just pay the 8 billion dollars and it won't affect you in the slightest. Man what have we done lol
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I told my significant other this same thing!
I was like, I know the cultural reference!!!!!!
I was like, I know the cultural reference!!!!!!
Me in the middle of Stranger Things: “BABE! THIS IS THE KITCHEN SCENE FROM JURASSIC PARK!!!!”
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I told my significant other this same thing!
I was like, I know the cultural reference!!!!!!
I was like, I know the cultural reference!!!!!!
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I locked in immediately 🤭🤭
December 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I locked in immediately 🤭🤭
Not the demo making a scoobie doo noise right before the explosion! 😂
December 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Not the demo making a scoobie doo noise right before the explosion! 😂
Me in the middle of Stranger Things: “BABE! THIS IS THE KITCHEN SCENE FROM JURASSIC PARK!!!!”
December 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Me in the middle of Stranger Things: “BABE! THIS IS THE KITCHEN SCENE FROM JURASSIC PARK!!!!”
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Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
December 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Not to be controversial but I think we should use tools and resources to make people's lives less miserable instead of more
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There are even more trans people in the future.
You will meet them & marvel at the beauty of gender alchemy in an age of liberation.
We will arrive there together by loving each other & destroying fascism.
You will meet them & marvel at the beauty of gender alchemy in an age of liberation.
We will arrive there together by loving each other & destroying fascism.
just got bounced from a cocktail bar on Christmas because i apparently don’t resemble my driver’s license enough anymore.
San Diego continues to be the Miami of California.
San Diego continues to be the Miami of California.
cishet ex-bestie bailed on our plans so i’m going to a goth night instead.
San Diego continues to be the Miami of California.
San Diego continues to be the Miami of California.
December 26, 2025 at 3:25 AM
There are even more trans people in the future.
You will meet them & marvel at the beauty of gender alchemy in an age of liberation.
We will arrive there together by loving each other & destroying fascism.
You will meet them & marvel at the beauty of gender alchemy in an age of liberation.
We will arrive there together by loving each other & destroying fascism.