dr. z
@djinnofthedamned.bsky.social
🌖 the djinn that sits by the doorway 🌔
scholar | writer | churlish crip | mad mystic
Ⓐ my ancestor's mildest dreams. 🏴
i came to haunt shit, i'mma be honest
they/themme
scholar | writer | churlish crip | mad mystic
Ⓐ my ancestor's mildest dreams. 🏴
i came to haunt shit, i'mma be honest
they/themme
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dr. z
@djinnofthedamned.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Bird flu cases are on the rise
COVID continues to cause death and debilitation
Masking up is the most radical New Year's Resolution a person can make
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #BirdFlu #H5N1 #Covid #DisabilityJustice #COVID-19 #COVID19
COVID continues to cause death and debilitation
Masking up is the most radical New Year's Resolution a person can make
#CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #BirdFlu #H5N1 #Covid #DisabilityJustice #COVID-19 #COVID19
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Oh no. If the AI bubble bursts, what will we do for all our favourite… er… all our… you know… the stuff we love and er… no. Carry on. As you were.
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Oh no. If the AI bubble bursts, what will we do for all our favourite… er… all our… you know… the stuff we love and er… no. Carry on. As you were.
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It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's hard to express what it meant to watch Maurice, Natalia, Celeste, and Rhea tell their stories—in their own voices—this morning.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
The segment revealed a brutal reality: homelessness at this scale isn't about personal failure. It's the result of policy choices and systems built to exploit people.
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I get my hope from regular people coming together to take care of each other and resist oppressive systems, not from politicians.
November 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I get my hope from regular people coming together to take care of each other and resist oppressive systems, not from politicians.
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I wonder how many employers might actually refuse to hire the post-ChatGPT generation or they might end up fired because they cant do the things their degrees say they can do
Id be very angry with universities for hyping gAI the way they have, if I was a student or parent, tbh.
Id be very angry with universities for hyping gAI the way they have, if I was a student or parent, tbh.
New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
November 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I wonder how many employers might actually refuse to hire the post-ChatGPT generation or they might end up fired because they cant do the things their degrees say they can do
Id be very angry with universities for hyping gAI the way they have, if I was a student or parent, tbh.
Id be very angry with universities for hyping gAI the way they have, if I was a student or parent, tbh.
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The new owners of Teen Vogue have already erased her column.
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
www.teenvogue.com/tag/disabili...
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Love your disabled kin while we're here.
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Love your disabled kin while we're here.
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
I have already done one haul from this sale (for research)
a second one for leisure reading is incoming......
a second one for leisure reading is incoming......
Y'all, @dukepress.bsky.social legendary fall sale is on right now
50% off with code FALL25 on all available books and journal issues from Oct 20 - Nov 9,2025
www.dukeupress.edu/fall-2025-on...
I highly recommend The Emancipation Circuit by Prof. Thulani Davis.
50% off with code FALL25 on all available books and journal issues from Oct 20 - Nov 9,2025
www.dukeupress.edu/fall-2025-on...
I highly recommend The Emancipation Circuit by Prof. Thulani Davis.
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I have already done one haul from this sale (for research)
a second one for leisure reading is incoming......
a second one for leisure reading is incoming......
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“clearing” the “homeless” populations from public view has been something many politicians in the Democratic Party have attempted to do with fervor. on this issue, many are performing disgust with the tactics of the authoritarian regime in D.C., but honestly it’s jealousy.
August 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
“clearing” the “homeless” populations from public view has been something many politicians in the Democratic Party have attempted to do with fervor. on this issue, many are performing disgust with the tactics of the authoritarian regime in D.C., but honestly it’s jealousy.
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“Fund the police” they said.
In this city, police dogs bit a teenager 17 or younger every three weeks, on average.
Almost all of the people bitten were Black.
Almost all of the people bitten were Black.
The City Where Police Unleash Dogs On Black Teens
In Baton Rouge, police dogs bit a teenager 17 or younger every three weeks, on average.
www.themarshallproject.org
July 28, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“Fund the police” they said.
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I think people have underestimated the anti-intellectualism of the technofascists as one of the key drivers of the spread of authoritarianism. The clear benefits of the post-1960s expansion of higher ed is being destroyed by the most parsimonious thinkers.
It’s such a wanton, bizarre and self destructive act, these sustained demolitions of higher education at the demand of the far right, transphobes, technofascists and other assorted anti-intellectuals. And it’s happening in so many parts of the world.
Even the Telegraph is now advocating for the UK's universities, and pleading with readers who they themselves have poisoned to give Higher Education a chance. But really it's far too late to stop much of the slide. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07...
July 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I think people have underestimated the anti-intellectualism of the technofascists as one of the key drivers of the spread of authoritarianism. The clear benefits of the post-1960s expansion of higher ed is being destroyed by the most parsimonious thinkers.
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Bad news: you’re not immune to propaganda, bias, or perpetuating harmful -isms.
Good news: Once you accept this, you can reject harm & join liberation movements!
It’s not too late to put on an n95. To oppose genocide. To divest from fascist corps. To demand climate action. To protect trans people.
Good news: Once you accept this, you can reject harm & join liberation movements!
It’s not too late to put on an n95. To oppose genocide. To divest from fascist corps. To demand climate action. To protect trans people.
July 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Bad news: you’re not immune to propaganda, bias, or perpetuating harmful -isms.
Good news: Once you accept this, you can reject harm & join liberation movements!
It’s not too late to put on an n95. To oppose genocide. To divest from fascist corps. To demand climate action. To protect trans people.
Good news: Once you accept this, you can reject harm & join liberation movements!
It’s not too late to put on an n95. To oppose genocide. To divest from fascist corps. To demand climate action. To protect trans people.
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This is beautiful
July 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is beautiful
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How I wish ordinary Americans who are eager to protest Trump would learn to avoid dangerous liberal psy ops like 50501, "No Kings," etc. 🤦🏻♀️
Anything with:
"We are proud Americans! Flag! Statue of Liberty!"
"The cops are on our side!"
"We're PEACEFUL!"
are massive red flags!
Wake up!
Anything with:
"We are proud Americans! Flag! Statue of Liberty!"
"The cops are on our side!"
"We're PEACEFUL!"
are massive red flags!
Wake up!
This “peaceful protest LA” group blocked us on IG. Counterinsurgent group 50501 is also involved with the protests at the detention center downtown. They’re not to be trusted. Stay away!
These ppl will fade away in due time while all the ppl they “led” deal with the ramifications
These ppl will fade away in due time while all the ppl they “led” deal with the ramifications
July 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
How I wish ordinary Americans who are eager to protest Trump would learn to avoid dangerous liberal psy ops like 50501, "No Kings," etc. 🤦🏻♀️
Anything with:
"We are proud Americans! Flag! Statue of Liberty!"
"The cops are on our side!"
"We're PEACEFUL!"
are massive red flags!
Wake up!
Anything with:
"We are proud Americans! Flag! Statue of Liberty!"
"The cops are on our side!"
"We're PEACEFUL!"
are massive red flags!
Wake up!
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Free Chris, a true fighter!
Tell the State Department to free Chris Smalls and other US citizens on board the Handala which was on a mission of mercy to Gaza.
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
X: @StateDept and @SecRubio
FB: @U.S. Department of State
Instagram: @statedept @secrubio
July 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Free Chris, a true fighter!
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50501 should not be trusted and the same goes for any organization partnering with them
The armed, yellow-vested "peacekeepers" at the Utah 50501 protest in Salt Lake City opened fire into a crowd, hitting two people:
A Sāmoan fashion designer with two young kids, who died.
A second-generation Venezuelan immigrant and antiracist protester who was legally carrying. Cops charged HIM.
A Sāmoan fashion designer with two young kids, who died.
A second-generation Venezuelan immigrant and antiracist protester who was legally carrying. Cops charged HIM.
July 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
50501 should not be trusted and the same goes for any organization partnering with them
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Gorgeous life, verse, and poetry:
“we read their books, as I said earlier, took
in their alphabets like popsicles and lesion paste
it is a good thing that they don’t know who we are”
“we read their books, as I said earlier, took
in their alphabets like popsicles and lesion paste
it is a good thing that they don’t know who we are”
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gorgeous life, verse, and poetry:
“we read their books, as I said earlier, took
in their alphabets like popsicles and lesion paste
it is a good thing that they don’t know who we are”
“we read their books, as I said earlier, took
in their alphabets like popsicles and lesion paste
it is a good thing that they don’t know who we are”