Deborah Hollingsworth
@hollingswordy.bsky.social
Feminist Dem voter in the US South with a sweet partner and funny little dog.
Political science prof at a small university, but it won’t take long to realize the views in my posts are my own.
Political science prof at a small university, but it won’t take long to realize the views in my posts are my own.
My partner is a big Detroit Lions fan and has a student whose brother plays for the team! After a recent win due to the brother’s efforts, the student shrugged and said he lost money on the parlay. My long-suffering fan was disturbed that gambling is destroying the community that sports creates.
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
My partner is a big Detroit Lions fan and has a student whose brother plays for the team! After a recent win due to the brother’s efforts, the student shrugged and said he lost money on the parlay. My long-suffering fan was disturbed that gambling is destroying the community that sports creates.
Weird that the Times never mentions the emails between their staff and Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Named in Epstein Emails Released by Democrats and Republicans
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Weird that the Times never mentions the emails between their staff and Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Get this piece of shit off the Lions game!!!
November 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Get this piece of shit off the Lions game!!!
If you’re in line to piss on Cheney’s grave, stay in line.
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If you’re in line to piss on Cheney’s grave, stay in line.
The baseball will continue until morale improves
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The baseball will continue until morale improves
Reposted by Deborah Hollingsworth
I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
This clip is the perfect encapsulation because it not only shows the failed up fool, it also shows the uselessness of the counterpoint that dogs don’t play football and they don’t wear costumes at dog shows while the spectacle continues.
Much prefer the comedy version here.
Much prefer the comedy version here.
Fred Willard talking about a dog show in Best of Show (2000) is Donald Trump or any of his surrogates talking about any subject of public importance in 2025. (Autism and Tylenol, war ravaged Portland, tariffs, Trump’s Nobel Prize, etc etc)
youtu.be/-GaJPgI3jh4
youtu.be/-GaJPgI3jh4
Best in Show (7/11) Movie CLIP - Judging the Hounds (2000) HD
YouTube video by Movieclips
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October 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This clip is the perfect encapsulation because it not only shows the failed up fool, it also shows the uselessness of the counterpoint that dogs don’t play football and they don’t wear costumes at dog shows while the spectacle continues.
Much prefer the comedy version here.
Much prefer the comedy version here.
This thread
Happy #BannedBooksWeek. If you love libraries and hate censorship, I'd encourage you to do more than just read a banned book this week. Here are a few ideas:
1. Get involved in your local public library board
2. Join or start a friends group
3. Organize a people's assembly for your public library
1. Get involved in your local public library board
2. Join or start a friends group
3. Organize a people's assembly for your public library
October 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This thread
(NPR apparently) That ain’t working. That’s the way you do it. Lemme tell you them guys ain’t dumb. Maybe get blister on your little finger. Maybe get a blister on your thumb.
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
(NPR apparently) That ain’t working. That’s the way you do it. Lemme tell you them guys ain’t dumb. Maybe get blister on your little finger. Maybe get a blister on your thumb.
Jimmy Kimmel beginning his monologue with “As I was saying” invokes Fray Luis de León who began his classroom lecture at the University of Salamanca after being imprisoned four years by the Inquisition in 1576.
September 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Jimmy Kimmel beginning his monologue with “As I was saying” invokes Fray Luis de León who began his classroom lecture at the University of Salamanca after being imprisoned four years by the Inquisition in 1576.
The Baileys are liberals.
- Charles E. Schumer
- Charles E. Schumer
September 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The Baileys are liberals.
- Charles E. Schumer
- Charles E. Schumer
I’m sad for Guillermo
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I’m sad for Guillermo
Waiting for Patel to put out an ad for true crime pod girlies to solve the Kirk murder.
September 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Waiting for Patel to put out an ad for true crime pod girlies to solve the Kirk murder.
On another note, none of my students knew about Calvin and Hobbes (beyond seeing images of Calvin on bumper stickers) so I had to start there before I got to Calvinball.
September 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
On another note, none of my students knew about Calvin and Hobbes (beyond seeing images of Calvin on bumper stickers) so I had to start there before I got to Calvinball.
Updating my AI policy for this semester and am including the link to this article.
So the "expert" thinks education should just be entering prompts into our LLM.
That's gonna be a no for me, dawg. Holy shit.
So the "expert" thinks education should just be entering prompts into our LLM.
That's gonna be a no for me, dawg. Holy shit.
![Screenshot of an article about AI changing our brains.
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But some experts aren’t sold. AI&U author Tracy Sheen had one big question: “Does it matter?”
“[AI is] the new literacy skill,” she said. “It’s more important than reading, writing or arithmetic.
“I had someone really come at me the other day saying, ‘But kids will never learn how to write’. And I’m like, ‘But do they need to?’ That’s the whole thing with all of this. We need to keep challenging.”
She also argued that different people learn in different ways, and so one study showing an extreme case of blinkered LLM use might not have all that much to teach us.
Regardless, Sheen said, if using LLMs improves your ability to prompt LLMs, that might actually be the No. 1 skill for the future.
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https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/careers/ai-changes-your-brain-some-experts-are-asking-whether-it-matters-20250624-p5m9vd](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4nkrqw6rl2vhsbax5c4ye75m/bafkreih745pweopxp3nn4xqjeilxvheh25q6icze37hryrmpu7mky4zw2q@jpeg)
August 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my AI policy for this semester and am including the link to this article.
So the "expert" thinks education should just be entering prompts into our LLM.
That's gonna be a no for me, dawg. Holy shit.
So the "expert" thinks education should just be entering prompts into our LLM.
That's gonna be a no for me, dawg. Holy shit.
Pentagon spokesman not knowing how to spell soldier is the only funny thing about this horrible story.
![Screenshot of text from the article which reads
"Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson has never promoted antisemitism," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement to
NPR. "The ADL and other left-wing groups like it have erroneously attacked Mrs. Wilson's character because she is a fighter for President Trump and a loyal solider [sic] of Secretary Hegseth. We will continue to dismiss this false accusation and focus on delivering President Trump's America First agenda at the Department of Defense."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4nkrqw6rl2vhsbax5c4ye75m/bafkreifurbzericukejlzhb5mjfendglxjw3imze43wphkghu66d7ztef4@jpeg)
August 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Pentagon spokesman not knowing how to spell soldier is the only funny thing about this horrible story.
The Republican candiate for Senate in NC has never run for public office in the state, but he did rig an election to become GOP Chair.
Go Cooper!
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Go Cooper!
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Trump's pick to lead the RNC is facing skepticism from some Republicans
Michael Whatley, the chairman of North Carolina's Republican Party, has been named by Donald Trump as his pick to lead the Republican National Committee.
www.wunc.org
July 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Republican candiate for Senate in NC has never run for public office in the state, but he did rig an election to become GOP Chair.
Go Cooper!
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Go Cooper!
www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Cooper is nothing like Sinema or Manchin. Good heavens.
I do too, but I also remember Sinema and Manchin blocking any real progress when the Democrats had the majority. I would rather not go through that again.
July 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Cooper is nothing like Sinema or Manchin. Good heavens.
Notorious
Poll: Classic Films | which do you prefer? #classic #film #cinema #movies #FilmNoir #poll
• A Star Is Born (1954)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Notorious (1946)
• Rear Window (1954)
mastodon.social/@sheribiesen...
• A Star Is Born (1954)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Notorious (1946)
• Rear Window (1954)
mastodon.social/@sheribiesen...
a woman in a black dress is sitting on a couch in front of a brick wall
ALT: a woman in a black dress is sitting on a couch in front of a brick wall
media.tenor.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Notorious
Just spent a few weeks in Spain, visiting sites of massacres from the Civil War. One night, we were talking w friends, and they asked about Trump. I cried as I told them about the disappearances, the ending of civil liberties, a social safety net, and institutional independence.
It’s all here now.
It’s all here now.
July 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Just spent a few weeks in Spain, visiting sites of massacres from the Civil War. One night, we were talking w friends, and they asked about Trump. I cried as I told them about the disappearances, the ending of civil liberties, a social safety net, and institutional independence.
It’s all here now.
It’s all here now.
The All-Star game has live audio of the pitcher and catcher and they are interacting with the booth! Immediately after a pithy exchange the National League scored 2 runs!
Focus on the game! Seems weird for these important players to be talking to them live.
Focus on the game! Seems weird for these important players to be talking to them live.
July 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The All-Star game has live audio of the pitcher and catcher and they are interacting with the booth! Immediately after a pithy exchange the National League scored 2 runs!
Focus on the game! Seems weird for these important players to be talking to them live.
Focus on the game! Seems weird for these important players to be talking to them live.
The weirdest thing. I cut open this spaghetti squash and the seeds had sprouted! I’ve never seen anything like it.
(Still struggling to use these nails i got before a recent wedding I attended)
(Still struggling to use these nails i got before a recent wedding I attended)
June 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The weirdest thing. I cut open this spaghetti squash and the seeds had sprouted! I’ve never seen anything like it.
(Still struggling to use these nails i got before a recent wedding I attended)
(Still struggling to use these nails i got before a recent wedding I attended)
When I was young, there was a mall in the nearby city that seemed magical. In addition to every store and food court option, it had an ice rink (in the South!), movie theater, arcade. It was intergenerational and integrated. It became unsafe and closed.
I miss Twitter as a marketplace of ideas.
I miss Twitter as a marketplace of ideas.
June 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
When I was young, there was a mall in the nearby city that seemed magical. In addition to every store and food court option, it had an ice rink (in the South!), movie theater, arcade. It was intergenerational and integrated. It became unsafe and closed.
I miss Twitter as a marketplace of ideas.
I miss Twitter as a marketplace of ideas.