Marisol LeBrón
@marisollebron.bsky.social
Queer Latina | Professor | Policing Life & Death | Aftershocks of Disaster | Against Muerto Rico | PRsyllabus
Hot take: We should fail students when they turn in subpar work that doesn’t meet the standards set by the instructor. We would be better off if we stopped treating education like a market product where there customer is always right and failed more of the slop that gets passed off as good work. 🤷🏻♀️
December 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Hot take: We should fail students when they turn in subpar work that doesn’t meet the standards set by the instructor. We would be better off if we stopped treating education like a market product where there customer is always right and failed more of the slop that gets passed off as good work. 🤷🏻♀️
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Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
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If anyone happens to know the TA from the essay thing at at OU who got let go, I'd love to talk with her in any capacity.
December 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If anyone happens to know the TA from the essay thing at at OU who got let go, I'd love to talk with her in any capacity.
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US media has decided to pretend that the Epstein-Nassar Letter Epstein sent just before he died merely had a "crude reference" to Trump.
NO.
It was a clear, unambiguous allegation by Epstein that Trump *regularly sexually assaulted* "young, nubile girls."
Our media is BROKEN.
NO.
It was a clear, unambiguous allegation by Epstein that Trump *regularly sexually assaulted* "young, nubile girls."
Our media is BROKEN.
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
US media has decided to pretend that the Epstein-Nassar Letter Epstein sent just before he died merely had a "crude reference" to Trump.
NO.
It was a clear, unambiguous allegation by Epstein that Trump *regularly sexually assaulted* "young, nubile girls."
Our media is BROKEN.
NO.
It was a clear, unambiguous allegation by Epstein that Trump *regularly sexually assaulted* "young, nubile girls."
Our media is BROKEN.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Attention!! In town for ASA?? Don’t miss these two events organized by Micelio Abolicionista!
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Attention!! In town for ASA?? Don’t miss these two events organized by Micelio Abolicionista!
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currently reading:
Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, edited by Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBron
The House on the Lagoon, Rosario Ferre
Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, edited by Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBron
The House on the Lagoon, Rosario Ferre
November 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
currently reading:
Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, edited by Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBron
The House on the Lagoon, Rosario Ferre
Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm, edited by Yarimar Bonilla and Marisol LeBron
The House on the Lagoon, Rosario Ferre
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Apparently, it is negotiable!
Health care isn’t negotiable.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
We need to both reopen the government and work together to protect access to affordable health care by extending the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Apparently, it is negotiable!
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'The future being pushed by both AI boosters and educational censors is one where access to information is tightly controlled. Children will not be allowed to read certain books or learn certain narratives. “Research” will be performed only through one of a select few artificial intelligence tools…'
Librarians told 404 Media they're being inundated with new pitches for AI library tech and catalogs are being flooded with AI slop books.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
But more broadly, AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
'The future being pushed by both AI boosters and educational censors is one where access to information is tightly controlled. Children will not be allowed to read certain books or learn certain narratives. “Research” will be performed only through one of a select few artificial intelligence tools…'
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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UC faculty have “changed what they teach (or) changed what they research bc they are afraid it is too left and they don’t want to trigger more funding cuts,” Judge Lin said. It's “a classic, predictable First Amendment injury, exactly what the administration intends.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Trump Pressure Risks Free Speech at University of California, Judge Warns
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
UC faculty have “changed what they teach (or) changed what they research bc they are afraid it is too left and they don’t want to trigger more funding cuts,” Judge Lin said. It's “a classic, predictable First Amendment injury, exactly what the administration intends.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Still geeked at how the crowd went absolutely wild when Mamdani mentioned Eugene Debs. What a time to be alive lol
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Still geeked at how the crowd went absolutely wild when Mamdani mentioned Eugene Debs. What a time to be alive lol
Read this incredible conversation between two brilliant people about their amazing books!
I chatted with Javier Arbona-Homar about our books for the
@abusablepast.bsky.social! Huge thanks to the Radical History Review, especially @marisollebron.bsky.social and A. Naomi Paik, and our editor, Kingsley, for inviting us to have this conversation. tinyurl.com/mj2ca39e
@abusablepast.bsky.social! Huge thanks to the Radical History Review, especially @marisollebron.bsky.social and A. Naomi Paik, and our editor, Kingsley, for inviting us to have this conversation. tinyurl.com/mj2ca39e
Imperial Mobilities, Geographical Imaginaries: A Conversation Between Javier Arbona-Homar and Emily Mitchell-Eaton – The Abusable Past
tinyurl.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Read this incredible conversation between two brilliant people about their amazing books!
💯💯💯💯💯
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 AM
💯💯💯💯💯
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Get this beautiful book and let it move you as it is moving me. And if you're in one of these cities, go check out the brilliant @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social in person.
Queen Mother is available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.
Learn more, order, and tour RSVP: ashleydfarmer.com
Learn more, order, and tour RSVP: ashleydfarmer.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Get this beautiful book and let it move you as it is moving me. And if you're in one of these cities, go check out the brilliant @drashleydfarmer.bsky.social in person.
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The way my mental health depends on Mamdani becoming mayor even though I no longer live in NYC
November 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The way my mental health depends on Mamdani becoming mayor even though I no longer live in NYC
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Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Cops going aggro on Sunset near Echo Park in LA after the Dodgers Win. Shooting people with less lethals from point blank range, horses running people and press down. Literally minutes before, fireworks in the street
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It continues to amaze and confound me how whiteness plays out for white adult men in the US and beyond. "Young boys," who are over the age of 30, are given the benefit of the doubt. While BIPOC (i know people don't like this term) children (or even adults), never have that privilege.
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It continues to amaze and confound me how whiteness plays out for white adult men in the US and beyond. "Young boys," who are over the age of 30, are given the benefit of the doubt. While BIPOC (i know people don't like this term) children (or even adults), never have that privilege.
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the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
October 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.
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Even if Proud Boys aren't joining (and here is no confirmation), federal paramilitary forces clearly recruit from the same pool and share overlapping ideological and political goals. As has always been the case, far right gangs and street groups work with law enforcement, not against.
NEW: I took a long look at the Proud Boys and found some of their most extreme chapters are sharing ICE recruiting materials on encrypted apps and even suggesting members have joined up. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-the-...
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Even if Proud Boys aren't joining (and here is no confirmation), federal paramilitary forces clearly recruit from the same pool and share overlapping ideological and political goals. As has always been the case, far right gangs and street groups work with law enforcement, not against.
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The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.
October 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.
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Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Solidarity with @mark-bray.bsky.social, a fantastic, thoughtful, and generous scholar whose work about antifa is so important in this moment.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...