Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app
Professor and Chair of University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU 🐍. ΔΣΘ ❤️. OES ⭐️. August ♌️. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel). Linktree: Ebonyteach.
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SFFTV 18.3 (a special issue on the Dark Fantastic guest-edited by S.R. Toliver and Autumn A. Griffin) is now live! This is a special one (including SFFTV's first venture into creative praxis).
TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3
TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3
When @danhf.bsky.social shared with me his idea for a special issue on The Dark Fantastic, I was surprised, honored & (truly) shy about it all.
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
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I still can’t believe evaluations play a role in hiring, tenure and promotions tbh
December 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I still can’t believe evaluations play a role in hiring, tenure and promotions tbh
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No woman I know in academia would be surprised by this, but its good to see it documented like this, I guess.
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
December 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
No woman I know in academia would be surprised by this, but its good to see it documented like this, I guess.
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campuses have learning opportunities, social space, entertainment, and universities ARE healthcare.
multigenerational access is net social good.
multigenerational access is net social good.
'Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions.' 1/2
‘Keeps your mind alert’: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with ‘fantastic hunger for education’ taking part in university organised events in record numbers
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
campuses have learning opportunities, social space, entertainment, and universities ARE healthcare.
multigenerational access is net social good.
multigenerational access is net social good.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Also:
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Also:
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Merriam Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Merriam Christmas
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holidays emphasize the fact that my personal life didn't quite proceed on the path I had planned but one thing i got going for me is, I don't have hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions, joking-not-joking that maybe this will be the day I die
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
holidays emphasize the fact that my personal life didn't quite proceed on the path I had planned but one thing i got going for me is, I don't have hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions, joking-not-joking that maybe this will be the day I die
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At Fortune’s Rocks Beach this morning in Maine, near my mom. I hope however you’re celebrating the holidays and wherever you are celebrating that you are with the ones you love.
December 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
At Fortune’s Rocks Beach this morning in Maine, near my mom. I hope however you’re celebrating the holidays and wherever you are celebrating that you are with the ones you love.
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now for the traditional eating of the christmas tree
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
now for the traditional eating of the christmas tree
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This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This Christmas, I have just one wish for you:
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
Take a moment to really see the older people in your life.
Let them know they’re loved, valued, and never invisible.
Share a smile with an elder you don’t know.
Offer a warm holiday greeting.
Small gestures carry enormous power.
Love,
Lynda 🎄✨
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Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...
The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Merry Christmas! If you'd like to spend 45 minutes celebrating video game history with me, we're about to debut The Untold Story of the Nintendo Entertainment System. I worked on his ALL YEAR, and I genuinely think it will reshape how we all think about the system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJvp...
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Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
December 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Merry Christmas! Michelle and I hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with light and joy.
Yes! Marie and I are going to be friends in 2026!
My #1 goal for next year isn't riches, fortune, or fame. It is to completely declutter my house. 😭
My #1 goal for next year isn't riches, fortune, or fame. It is to completely declutter my house. 😭
Gather round children and I shall tell you the legend of Marie Kondo
There should be a reverse Christmas where a magical man comes to your house and takes away a bunch of junk. But the government won't allow this because it doesn't help the economy
December 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Yes! Marie and I are going to be friends in 2026!
My #1 goal for next year isn't riches, fortune, or fame. It is to completely declutter my house. 😭
My #1 goal for next year isn't riches, fortune, or fame. It is to completely declutter my house. 😭
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Gather round children and I shall tell you the legend of Marie Kondo
There should be a reverse Christmas where a magical man comes to your house and takes away a bunch of junk. But the government won't allow this because it doesn't help the economy
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Gather round children and I shall tell you the legend of Marie Kondo
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Merry Christmas to those who like being wished Merry Christmas and have a very nice Thursday to those who do not
December 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Merry Christmas to those who like being wished Merry Christmas and have a very nice Thursday to those who do not
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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and to my Jewish friends, a happy go to the movies and eat Chinese food day
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
and to my Jewish friends, a happy go to the movies and eat Chinese food day
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Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
We caught up with one of the kids who sang on 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' He's 72 now
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
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I think one of the defining things about our era and about conservativism, is an inability to distinguish between like, the actual government, and mid-level marketing managers at Target (who choose "happy holidays" to avoid leaving out non-Christian customers)
In retrospect the Bush-era War On Christmas stuff seems more ominous than it did at the time. It was just cable news guys crying about dumb/fake shit, then and now; I mean the campaign to turn Christmas, which most everyone likes and feels warmly about, into just another thing to get mad about.
December 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I think one of the defining things about our era and about conservativism, is an inability to distinguish between like, the actual government, and mid-level marketing managers at Target (who choose "happy holidays" to avoid leaving out non-Christian customers)
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Sharing my 12’s Christmas card for me with the world. May all your amps go to 11.
December 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Sharing my 12’s Christmas card for me with the world. May all your amps go to 11.
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Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a season filled with peace, joy, and love.
December 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Wishing you and your loved ones a Merry Christmas and a season filled with peace, joy, and love.
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Tracking Domestic Deployments of the U.S. Military
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www.lawfaremedia.org
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
Lawfare's Domestic Deployments tracker and map, updated by Loren Voss, shows we know—and don’t know—about certain domestic military deployments.
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The other day, my sister‘s partner asked me what day Christmas was. I laughed at him.
But then he asked if Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is really the holiday, and don’t different cultures celebrate it differently, and isn’t it also celebrated in January?
And you know what
But then he asked if Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is really the holiday, and don’t different cultures celebrate it differently, and isn’t it also celebrated in January?
And you know what
December 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The other day, my sister‘s partner asked me what day Christmas was. I laughed at him.
But then he asked if Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is really the holiday, and don’t different cultures celebrate it differently, and isn’t it also celebrated in January?
And you know what
But then he asked if Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is really the holiday, and don’t different cultures celebrate it differently, and isn’t it also celebrated in January?
And you know what