Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct
@erindwyer.bsky.social
History professor @ OU, views are my own. Author of Mastering Emotions, 2021. I write about slavery, emotions, & poison, I skeet about teaching, politics, & pop culture. She / hers. Proud union member. Live in Detroit but my heart is still in NOLA
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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Dudes rock
I was in a Russian literature class in college and my professor told a great story about a student who was came in basically as a jock there to fill a required credit and left being a complete devotee and obsessive about Dostoevsky’s NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND.
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Dudes rock
A fun thing we learned only today is that my campus will be closed the entire week of Thanksgiving and not just Thursday and Friday due to badly needed HVAC repairs. A funner thing I learned from my union is that the HVAC problem is much graver & might systemically fail before then!!!
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A fun thing we learned only today is that my campus will be closed the entire week of Thanksgiving and not just Thursday and Friday due to badly needed HVAC repairs. A funner thing I learned from my union is that the HVAC problem is much graver & might systemically fail before then!!!
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking in Lake Superior, shoutout to my 6 year old nephew who is obsessed with this shipwreck, among others, good job finding your Roman Empire early, buddy!
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It’s the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking in Lake Superior, shoutout to my 6 year old nephew who is obsessed with this shipwreck, among others, good job finding your Roman Empire early, buddy!
A friend is at the Lion’s game and just sent this out to the group chat confirming just how loud boos were in the room:
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A friend is at the Lion’s game and just sent this out to the group chat confirming just how loud boos were in the room:
95% of the stuff @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social posts sounds like a 30 Rock gag, not like a product that actually existed. Then the other 5% hit with a Proustian memory so hard you get whiplash.
Flutie Fruitie Snacks (1999-2002): A line of football and football player-shaped fruit snacks, celebrating QB Doug Flutie, to go along with his iconic cereal and spin-off chocolate bars. Flutie played for the Bills and Chargers during this product's run.
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
95% of the stuff @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social posts sounds like a 30 Rock gag, not like a product that actually existed. Then the other 5% hit with a Proustian memory so hard you get whiplash.
Air traffic control? Nah, air traffic rugged individualism, all vibes based.
#GVerse Um. WTF???
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
This is the stupidest and most dangerous administration in history.
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Air traffic control? Nah, air traffic rugged individualism, all vibes based.
Me: Bring back 20 episode seasons of tv.
Also me: Oh no that means an inevitable musical episode, limited series only please.
Also me: Oh no that means an inevitable musical episode, limited series only please.
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Me: Bring back 20 episode seasons of tv.
Also me: Oh no that means an inevitable musical episode, limited series only please.
Also me: Oh no that means an inevitable musical episode, limited series only please.
single-payer NOW
Single-payer NOW
November 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
single-payer NOW
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
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New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
Look on my works ye mighty and despair! All that AND the 8yo kept stealing the good rake.
Good afternoon to everyone who reads “the good rake” and immediately pictures their good rake.
Good afternoon to everyone who reads “the good rake” and immediately pictures their good rake.
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Look on my works ye mighty and despair! All that AND the 8yo kept stealing the good rake.
Good afternoon to everyone who reads “the good rake” and immediately pictures their good rake.
Good afternoon to everyone who reads “the good rake” and immediately pictures their good rake.
Tis the season for me to be annoyed that my Fitbit chronically undercounts steps when I take or shovel snow, this thing needs a midwestern setting.
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tis the season for me to be annoyed that my Fitbit chronically undercounts steps when I take or shovel snow, this thing needs a midwestern setting.
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just a small town boat
getting stuck in
SOUTH DETROIT
getting stuck in
SOUTH DETROIT
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
just a small town boat
getting stuck in
SOUTH DETROIT
getting stuck in
SOUTH DETROIT
This prescription is real. It’s a celebration of cleverness and absurdity and some of us need that very badly right now. And you can find it on YouTube:
The state of the world is heavy. My escape? #Taskmaster. 30 seasons total of the UK, AU, and NZ versions. I've spent weeks watching nothing but, and my mental health is better for it. I can't recommend it enough.
a man sitting in a chair holding a piece of paper with the word taskmaster on it
ALT: a man sitting in a chair holding a piece of paper with the word taskmaster on it
media.tenor.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This prescription is real. It’s a celebration of cleverness and absurdity and some of us need that very badly right now. And you can find it on YouTube:
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sorry I've been like this for the past thirteen years I was dehydrated
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
sorry I've been like this for the past thirteen years I was dehydrated
Nothing makes me feel like I have COVID quite like sneezing fifteen times in a row after taking a COVID test but three negative tests over five days is great news. Shoutout to the vaccine!
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Nothing makes me feel like I have COVID quite like sneezing fifteen times in a row after taking a COVID test but three negative tests over five days is great news. Shoutout to the vaccine!
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Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US.
ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?
If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?
If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Three children were killed by lawn darts in the 70’s and they were banned in the US.
ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?
If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
ChatGPT has caused how many deaths at this point?
If corporations are people, why aren’t we holding them criminally liable?
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this should be one of defining images of his second term, because its impossible to tell from looking at it whether he is too indifferent to care or too senile to notice
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
this should be one of defining images of his second term, because its impossible to tell from looking at it whether he is too indifferent to care or too senile to notice
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Did Women Ruin The Workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Did Women Ruin The Workplace?
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Airing my pet peeves before 9am: the word you're looking for is probably physiognomy, not phrenology.
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Airing my pet peeves before 9am: the word you're looking for is probably physiognomy, not phrenology.
Yep, I teach my students about all the interviews conducted by WPA workers, all the murals painted and National Parks improved. It gave rise to public history as we know it, generating so many jobs and teaching so many skills in the process. I think about what we could be preserving and teaching.
you ever think about the works progress administration? I sure do. I wish that was a thing now. I would be so glad to contribute my labor to like. A random ass local bridge
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Yep, I teach my students about all the interviews conducted by WPA workers, all the murals painted and National Parks improved. It gave rise to public history as we know it, generating so many jobs and teaching so many skills in the process. I think about what we could be preserving and teaching.
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Let's just cancel everything from now until the holidays. Everyone gets a six week sabbatical.
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Let's just cancel everything from now until the holidays. Everyone gets a six week sabbatical.
Called both my senators, saving their numbers in your phone makes it about as easy as it can be. I made sure to add that fighting for healthcare for all Americans includes fighting for access to healthcare for transfolks.
Attn folks in Delaware, Nevada, New Hampshire, Maine, & Michigan!
Your Dem Senators are also getting a LOT of pressure to cut a deal to end the shutdown- by ditching healthcare.
Reach out & let them know healthcare must be fixed first!
Names & phone numbers below.
Your Dem Senators are also getting a LOT of pressure to cut a deal to end the shutdown- by ditching healthcare.
Reach out & let them know healthcare must be fixed first!
Names & phone numbers below.
Readers in Arizona, Michigan, & Georgia!
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
Your senators have been getting a LOT of dedicated pressure to end the shutdown, without fixing healthcare.
If you have a minute, go ahead & give them a call!
Their job is to respond to constituents & they're mostly hearing from GOP voters rn.
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Called both my senators, saving their numbers in your phone makes it about as easy as it can be. I made sure to add that fighting for healthcare for all Americans includes fighting for access to healthcare for transfolks.