Em Bee
@emleebeebee.bsky.social
university writing instructor | composition studies, peace studies, Appalachian literature, queer(ing) pedagogy | she/her | views my own | embrier.com
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THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER by @sgj.bsky.social makes it onto Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2025!
"Jones’ chilling vampire Western is a retribution-fueled nightmare for readers with iron guts." Congratulations, Stephen and @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!
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"Jones’ chilling vampire Western is a retribution-fueled nightmare for readers with iron guts." Congratulations, Stephen and @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!
time.com/collections/...
'The Buffalo Hunter Hunter' Is on the 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Here's why it made the list
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November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The first time I read about this case, I cried. The second time, I was angry. The third time, I remembered that RBG and Scalia were fast friends, and it changed the way I saw the court forever.
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The first time I read about this case, I cried. The second time, I was angry. The third time, I remembered that RBG and Scalia were fast friends, and it changed the way I saw the court forever.
SO SMART. SO INCREDIBLE. READ!
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
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A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
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November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
SO SMART. SO INCREDIBLE. READ!
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I have the Bourdain / Kissinger / Cambodia feeling about the Sackler family & Appalachia.
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I have the Bourdain / Kissinger / Cambodia feeling about the Sackler family & Appalachia.
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Happy Whalesplosion Day to all who celebrate. Today we remember all mad, bad, and just plain wtf ideas.
It’s 12 November, so it’s time to mark the 55th anniversary of the exploding whale of Oregon, an attempt to clear a cetacean carcass from a beach which prompted one reporter to say “The blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds”
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Happy Whalesplosion Day to all who celebrate. Today we remember all mad, bad, and just plain wtf ideas.
I have the Bourdain / Kissinger / Cambodia feeling about the Sackler family & Appalachia.
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I have the Bourdain / Kissinger / Cambodia feeling about the Sackler family & Appalachia.
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Today I learned that ever since I left high school they’ve been trying to train kids to read the same way LLMs are trained to write, by just guessing at what words might fill the blanks.This explains…so much
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Today I learned that ever since I left high school they’ve been trying to train kids to read the same way LLMs are trained to write, by just guessing at what words might fill the blanks.This explains…so much
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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If I wanted to prove to Joyce Carol Oates that I have, in fact, read some books, I definitely would make sure I linked to the right book. And maybe got the plot right.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If I wanted to prove to Joyce Carol Oates that I have, in fact, read some books, I definitely would make sure I linked to the right book. And maybe got the plot right.
you don't have to devote your free time and energy to free advertising for a tech company! lol!
When you are using the "AI" framing, does the way you talk about "AI" carry water for the Sam Altmans of the world? That is, are you helping to paint a picture of their tech as inevitable, all powerful, and/or anything other than commercial products?
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November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
you don't have to devote your free time and energy to free advertising for a tech company! lol!
There were two majors you would do in 2010 to have a forever job: computer science and marketing (first for boys & STEM, second for girls & humanities).
Now, both of those career paths are nearly impossible to sustain.
Now, both of those career paths are nearly impossible to sustain.
From today's Chronicle of Higher Ed briefing. I am *never* an advocate of cutting programs. But I am curious to see if there will be the same type of "students aren't majoring in this, so let's cut the program" discourse around computer science as there always is for the arts and humanities.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
There were two majors you would do in 2010 to have a forever job: computer science and marketing (first for boys & STEM, second for girls & humanities).
Now, both of those career paths are nearly impossible to sustain.
Now, both of those career paths are nearly impossible to sustain.
I somehow got over 100 new blue wave followers and please go. Please. I hate Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I somehow got over 100 new blue wave followers and please go. Please. I hate Democrats.
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Judith Butler of course would tell us that there is no male *but* the performative male. Same for any gender
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Judith Butler of course would tell us that there is no male *but* the performative male. Same for any gender
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
it's very clearly because of air travel -- they do not care about working class people. they care that middle- and upper-middle and upper-class people are starting to freak out about Thanksgiving travel plans
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
it's very clearly because of air travel -- they do not care about working class people. they care that middle- and upper-middle and upper-class people are starting to freak out about Thanksgiving travel plans
The complete lack of sincerity in anything —
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The complete lack of sincerity in anything —
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The Fates determining whether your flight is canceled this week
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Fates determining whether your flight is canceled this week
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This is a parody account. This is not a real quote.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is a parody account. This is not a real quote.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
Stop sharing it.
And if you say, "well, it's ok because it might as well be real," I will block you.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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sorry for the instagram text wall but rarely do i see this point being made so clearly and so strongly
November 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
sorry for the instagram text wall but rarely do i see this point being made so clearly and so strongly
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
live footage of me celebrating getting R&Rs on articles that end up being straight up rejected
a basketball player with the number 0 on his jersey is jumping in the air
ALT: a basketball player with the number 0 on his jersey is jumping in the air
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November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
live footage of me celebrating getting R&Rs on articles that end up being straight up rejected