Hispanic pixie dreamgirl
@bocadelperro.bsky.social
Historian of 17th century German religion and culture in the San Francisco area. I have a kid, a corgi and a garden.
Posts mostly in English, occasionally in German or Spanish.
All typos are due to the demon Titivillus, who has possessed my autocorrect.
Posts mostly in English, occasionally in German or Spanish.
All typos are due to the demon Titivillus, who has possessed my autocorrect.
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It’s rough out there right now, and so I say, ✨with love✨ to all of you: do not give yourself bangs.
We are gonna get through this and the person you will be on the other side is going to be so glad you did not take a pair of nail scissors to your own hair. 🩷🩷🩷
We are gonna get through this and the person you will be on the other side is going to be so glad you did not take a pair of nail scissors to your own hair. 🩷🩷🩷
January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
It’s rough out there right now, and so I say, ✨with love✨ to all of you: do not give yourself bangs.
We are gonna get through this and the person you will be on the other side is going to be so glad you did not take a pair of nail scissors to your own hair. 🩷🩷🩷
We are gonna get through this and the person you will be on the other side is going to be so glad you did not take a pair of nail scissors to your own hair. 🩷🩷🩷
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Repeating my mantra that the average person out there has *no idea* how much of a fiasco the student loan program is right now and that 90% of it has to do with politicking (going back decades) and nothing to do with the borrower.
New: Secretary Linda McMahon says the Department of Education has decided to "pause" garnishing wages for student loans.
January 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Repeating my mantra that the average person out there has *no idea* how much of a fiasco the student loan program is right now and that 90% of it has to do with politicking (going back decades) and nothing to do with the borrower.
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Outstanding - and digitized!
Johannes Balbus' Catholicon -- an immense Latin grammar and dictionary. Printed in Mainz in 1460 by Gutenberg. BPL's copy is one of relatively few printed on vellum (animal skin). Taking some pics with my iphone(!), you can see collagen fibers, hand-applied pigments, and ink squash from the press.
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Outstanding - and digitized!
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Here’s a dirty little secret, according to studies - people usually turn in things they’ve found. For example, people usually return wallets and before you ask, rates of wallet return are actually higher ⬆️ when they have cash inside (going from about 51% return rate to about 60% return rate).
My wife left her bag on the MTA yesterday and today… it was at lost and found! Somebody actually went through the trouble.
Given how absolute shit things are, this was an unexpected kindness. I credit the good feelings engendered by the Mamdani administration. :)
Also the good people at the MTA.
Given how absolute shit things are, this was an unexpected kindness. I credit the good feelings engendered by the Mamdani administration. :)
Also the good people at the MTA.
January 16, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Here’s a dirty little secret, according to studies - people usually turn in things they’ve found. For example, people usually return wallets and before you ask, rates of wallet return are actually higher ⬆️ when they have cash inside (going from about 51% return rate to about 60% return rate).
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I hate the Nazgûl’s treatment of the hobbits as much as you do but the security of Middle Earth is critical in this age. I believe we can strike a balance between the rights of Shire residents and black land border enforcement with proper training and funding.
January 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I hate the Nazgûl’s treatment of the hobbits as much as you do but the security of Middle Earth is critical in this age. I believe we can strike a balance between the rights of Shire residents and black land border enforcement with proper training and funding.
Nice try, xennial nostalgia, but I'm prediabetic now.
January 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Nice try, xennial nostalgia, but I'm prediabetic now.
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The world's first Sesame Street traffic lights were turned on in Hamburg this week.
German public broadcaster NDR (which is based in Hamburg) has co-produced the German version of the show for 50 years.
Naturally, Bert is 🔴 and Ernie is 🟢!
German public broadcaster NDR (which is based in Hamburg) has co-produced the German version of the show for 50 years.
Naturally, Bert is 🔴 and Ernie is 🟢!
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The world's first Sesame Street traffic lights were turned on in Hamburg this week.
German public broadcaster NDR (which is based in Hamburg) has co-produced the German version of the show for 50 years.
Naturally, Bert is 🔴 and Ernie is 🟢!
German public broadcaster NDR (which is based in Hamburg) has co-produced the German version of the show for 50 years.
Naturally, Bert is 🔴 and Ernie is 🟢!
Charlie comes up and cuddles next to me (Im using cat emojis because there are no corgis)
Me: good boy, good boy (scratches him behind the ears)
Charlie: 😺😺😺
Me: you're a good boy but I'm not going to feed you yet
Charlie: 😾 (jumps off couch and goes in the corner to pout)
Life with a corgi 🤷
Me: good boy, good boy (scratches him behind the ears)
Charlie: 😺😺😺
Me: you're a good boy but I'm not going to feed you yet
Charlie: 😾 (jumps off couch and goes in the corner to pout)
Life with a corgi 🤷
January 16, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Charlie comes up and cuddles next to me (Im using cat emojis because there are no corgis)
Me: good boy, good boy (scratches him behind the ears)
Charlie: 😺😺😺
Me: you're a good boy but I'm not going to feed you yet
Charlie: 😾 (jumps off couch and goes in the corner to pout)
Life with a corgi 🤷
Me: good boy, good boy (scratches him behind the ears)
Charlie: 😺😺😺
Me: you're a good boy but I'm not going to feed you yet
Charlie: 😾 (jumps off couch and goes in the corner to pout)
Life with a corgi 🤷
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"All things considered, Teaching with AI is not without value; it is a case study in how even well-meaning educators operating in good faith can become inadvertent agents of a pedagogical de-skilling and institutional dehumanization."
A Pedagogy of the Inevitable | Critical AI | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
"All things considered, Teaching with AI is not without value; it is a case study in how even well-meaning educators operating in good faith can become inadvertent agents of a pedagogical de-skilling and institutional dehumanization."
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sincere question: if you are writing a lot right now, how
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
sincere question: if you are writing a lot right now, how
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All the weirdo shit I was surrounded by in the '90s when I worked with "futurists" and at Wired magazine, etc. (and when I in fact agreed with them on some stuff, even as I thought they were way out there on other stuff) now seems outright sinister to me.
"This isn’t even venture capital anymore. Venture capital means you take a risk. High risk, high reward. If there’s no risk, that’s not venture capital." —@anildash.com sf.gazetteer.co/theyve-pickl...
‘They’ve pickled each others’ brains’
Longtime entrepreneur and critic Anil Dash speaks with Gazetteer on where the tech industry has been and where it may be going.
sf.gazetteer.co
January 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
All the weirdo shit I was surrounded by in the '90s when I worked with "futurists" and at Wired magazine, etc. (and when I in fact agreed with them on some stuff, even as I thought they were way out there on other stuff) now seems outright sinister to me.
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i think this gets at something important which is that normal people are rightly pissed off that they’re having normal time stolen from them by this ravaging horde of jumped up mall cops. everybody has to work in the morning! why is it THEIR job to hold their community together in such a basic way!
🔥 From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social : “This is nuts. What the fuck is going on? I’ve never protested in my life… they tell you it’s immigrants — it’s fucking anybody. They’re just trying to scare people. I’m not paid to be here. I have to work in the morning. This is wrong.”
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 PM
i think this gets at something important which is that normal people are rightly pissed off that they’re having normal time stolen from them by this ravaging horde of jumped up mall cops. everybody has to work in the morning! why is it THEIR job to hold their community together in such a basic way!
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Plan: Invade Greenland, overthrow Trump, surrender to Denmark and become its sixth administrative region and ...
... DANISH SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEMS IN THE USA!
... DANISH SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEMS IN THE USA!
January 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Plan: Invade Greenland, overthrow Trump, surrender to Denmark and become its sixth administrative region and ...
... DANISH SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEMS IN THE USA!
... DANISH SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEMS IN THE USA!
The stink of the Lord of Flies.
Every couple of weeks we get a different description of the apparently awful stench coming off our necrotic president and I think it's high time the media nail down exactly what kind of rotten meat covered in women's perfume he actually smells like.
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 PM
The stink of the Lord of Flies.
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Early career scholars in religious studies:
Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000.
More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...
Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000.
More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...
January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Early career scholars in religious studies:
Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000.
More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...
Consider applying for the Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise! The deadline for the 2027 Award is June 15, 2026. The Award is given to 10 scholars, and each receives a prize of € 3,000.
More details: fiit-heidelberg.de/awards/laute...
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Oh, to be a small bunny eating dumplings
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Oh, to be a small bunny eating dumplings
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Post-doc position at the University of Warsaw
in a project on #earlymodern protestant printing centres operating in Poland-Lithuania and Prussia
konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl/api/document... (English version starts at page 7).
Applications are accepted until 9 March 2026.
#history
in a project on #earlymodern protestant printing centres operating in Poland-Lithuania and Prussia
konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl/api/document... (English version starts at page 7).
Applications are accepted until 9 March 2026.
#history
konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Post-doc position at the University of Warsaw
in a project on #earlymodern protestant printing centres operating in Poland-Lithuania and Prussia
konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl/api/document... (English version starts at page 7).
Applications are accepted until 9 March 2026.
#history
in a project on #earlymodern protestant printing centres operating in Poland-Lithuania and Prussia
konkursydlanauczycieli.uw.edu.pl/api/document... (English version starts at page 7).
Applications are accepted until 9 March 2026.
#history
Watching these thugs take pratfalls exposes the hokey theatricality of their whole enterprise. Remember how important aesthetics are to this and other authoritarian movements.
I wrote about why videos of ICE agents falling on their asses in Minneapolis do more than just make us laugh.
ICE vs ice videos from Minnesota put the agency's weaknesses on display
As ICE continues its raids in Minneapolis, viral videos of agents unequipped for the city's weather show them as they really are.
www.fastcompany.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Watching these thugs take pratfalls exposes the hokey theatricality of their whole enterprise. Remember how important aesthetics are to this and other authoritarian movements.
5yo, asking about the dog with the keys in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies: that dog is very well trained. How did they do that?
Me: I don't know
5yo: I bet they used cheese.
Me: I don't know
5yo: I bet they used cheese.
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
5yo, asking about the dog with the keys in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies: that dog is very well trained. How did they do that?
Me: I don't know
5yo: I bet they used cheese.
Me: I don't know
5yo: I bet they used cheese.
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Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians
Here:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Here:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Pirate Imperialism - Yale University Press London
This first truly global history of the suppression of piracy links maritime raiding to empire building in the nineteenth century In the middle decades...
yalebooks.co.uk
January 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians
Here:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Here:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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My 3 year old is reading Foucault and asked me, tears in his eyes, "why is power in society only reified through force and surveillance?"
I told him to read more Fanon
I told him to read more Fanon
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
My 3 year old is reading Foucault and asked me, tears in his eyes, "why is power in society only reified through force and surveillance?"
I told him to read more Fanon
I told him to read more Fanon
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"Love and Protect your Neighbors Don't Trust the Feds" seen on a Minneapolis middle school.
South Minneapolis, January 2026
South Minneapolis, January 2026
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
"Love and Protect your Neighbors Don't Trust the Feds" seen on a Minneapolis middle school.
South Minneapolis, January 2026
South Minneapolis, January 2026
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syllabus writing like, “but what if i don’t want to have any assessments? what if i just want to meet my students twice a week to learn about some cool stuff, to give them *some* space where what they learn isn’t immediately commodified?”
January 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
syllabus writing like, “but what if i don’t want to have any assessments? what if i just want to meet my students twice a week to learn about some cool stuff, to give them *some* space where what they learn isn’t immediately commodified?”
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This! The Smithsonian has a long history of responding the wrong way to political pressure. If you don’t know about the Enola Gay controversy, there is a huge literature (which I used in my museum Anthro courses). It isn’t unique although the politics may be the clearest there. 1/
Also and again:
There is a direct line from the reactionary, right-wing manufactured controversy around, & cancellation of, planned 1995 Smithsonian Enola Gay exhibit to Trump et al regime’s attacks on museum now.
There is a direct line from the reactionary, right-wing manufactured controversy around, & cancellation of, planned 1995 Smithsonian Enola Gay exhibit to Trump et al regime’s attacks on museum now.
It may seem a small thing as we face deadly force, but the regime threatening the Smithsonian matters. NPR, like other media, fails to clearly label the threat to withhold congressionally appropriated funds as illegal. We need to write and call Congress members to urge them to support the museum.
January 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
This! The Smithsonian has a long history of responding the wrong way to political pressure. If you don’t know about the Enola Gay controversy, there is a huge literature (which I used in my museum Anthro courses). It isn’t unique although the politics may be the clearest there. 1/