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Dr. Aria Halliday
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My editor made me do it. (She/they)

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😬 read a bit about me and my new book—Black Girls and How We Fail Them!

Thanks Eden and @19thnews.org for the feature ☺️
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Conservatives claim that structural racism does not exist while simultaneously creating innovative new forms of structural racism like banning discussions of the concept.
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”

These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Local media is calling it: Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle.

Wilson ousts Mayor Bruce Harrell after running as a progressive challenger.

Her win is a west coast companion to Mamdani’s as a statement victory for the left.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If you didn’t know, Naturalizer is the move.
Heavy legged angels tap in
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Drivers around the Great Lakes region beware! In the weeks following “fall back,” collisions between wildlife and vehicles rises by 16%.

www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/road...
Roads in the Great Lakes region get riskier after daylight saving ends | Great Lakes Now
Darker commutes and seasonal animal patterns make late fall one of the most dangerous times on regional roads.
www.greatlakesnow.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Portland Book Festival: In ‘Written in the Waters,’ Tara Roberts weaves a story of shipwrecks and self-discovery www.orartswatch.org/portland-boo...
Portland Book Festival: In ‘Written in the Waters,’ Tara Roberts weaves a story of shipwrecks and self-discovery • Oregon ArtsWatch
The National Geographic podcaster and author’s diving journey led to an exploration of her identity as a Black American descended from Africans seized by slave traders.
www.orartswatch.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Men: Women want a man who is 6', has a 6 pack, and makes 6 figures
Women: I want a man who will listen, make plans, and ideally carry snacks for when I have forgotten to eat and am about to be hangry.
At the heart of every woman she’s essentially a food… figure out the kind… figure out the order and you can live as a god forever
Get ya ears off the charger and listen:

“I don’t know what I want” doesn’t mean I’m not hungry. It means I’m about two inhales from being violently hangry & lack the executive function to navigate a menu. Know what I like to eat and FEED ME so no one gets hurt.
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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“Black Homecoming” at the Filson Historical Society (KY) captures different definitions of family in Black communities through photo collections and donated artifacts.
www.lpm.org/news/2025-11...
Filson exhibit redefines family in Black communities from 1870s to now
“Black Homecoming” at the Filson Historical Society captures different definitions of family in Black communities through photo collections and donated artifacts.
www.lpm.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago.

buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The People Want To Read: On Massive Budget Cuts Proposed in Chicago
If passed, Chicago Public Library will lose half their budget for acquiring new books and materials.
buttondown.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Grateful for this Delta flight attendant for providing some clarity on the upcoming changes to flights during the holidays.

Listen in ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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On this day in 1898, a mob of as many as 1,000 white people waged a violent campaign to suppress African American voting in Phoenix, South Carolina, that left at least nine Black people dead. No one was ever held accountable.
Nov. 9, 1898 | At Least Nine Black People Killed by Mob Violence in Phoenix, South Carolina
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
calendar.eji.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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"Common Crawl’s executive director, Rich Skrenta, has publicly made the case that AI models should be able to access anything on the internet. 'The robots are people too,' he told me."

bitch no they not
The Company Quietly Funneling Paywalled Articles to AI Developers
“You shouldn’t have put your content on the internet if you didn’t want it to be on the internet,” Common Crawl’s executive director says.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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This is your friendly reminder that Obamacare isn’t just the exchanges! It’s a set of laws that force insurance companies to actually. You know, insure people!! You can read my full graphic explainer here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/it-could-b...
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.

lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I'm incredibly moved by this piece by @lmansley.bsky.social in AHA's Perspectives on History. I've watched Laura's professional track over the years and I've been proud to be a small part of her journey. Please read and share widely! I also think it's an important piece to share with grad students.
A Dream Realized – AHA
Leaving academia doesn’t mean leaving behind disciplinary dreams.
www.historians.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Men will literally destroy the planet to build an AI to create weird images of girls to tell them that they're loved instead of going to therapy.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”

An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
www.bostonreview.net
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
INTO MY VEINSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“But bitch, what if I’m actually the sun? What if the weapons formed against me are Icarus with the wax wings?” !!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Not an AQ, but editing a volume and folks have GONE. Folks I know! Just stopped responding. And I have no idea if they coming back.
Other acquisitions editors: I have multiple authors, some under contract, one who has even had their book approved by the editorial board, who just don't respond to emails. For years.

Is this normal? It's so frustrating that they won't just send a brief response, anything!
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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UT Austin is discussing eliminating or consolidating our departments of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Mexican/American and Latino/Latina Studies, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Here is what AAADS alumni have to say. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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OMG how did I miss this. LAST DAY people!
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Richest nation in human history
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced Thursday that this term in Congress will be her last. https://bit.ly/4hM6xuF
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Read this... Really... Read it and then repost.
This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?
Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM