ProfKFH
@profkfh.bsky.social
Prof of English*Africana Prof at a college that’s a fascist bellwether.Blk Feminist. Quilter. Uses more tech than is good for her. Views my own.
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ProfKFH
@profkfh.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Kim F. Hall: The Sweet Taste of Empire
YouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women
www.youtube.com
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Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
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You know what the worst part of ICE invading your city, kidnapping children, and murdering innocent people is? That people get upset about it and make me pay an extremely minor social cost if I want to publicly support them.
February 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
You know what the worst part of ICE invading your city, kidnapping children, and murdering innocent people is? That people get upset about it and make me pay an extremely minor social cost if I want to publicly support them.
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When I heard this, I had to do a double take because I couldn’t believe he did that shit.
Also, I learned the meaning of this song from an essay one of my Philosophy and Pop-Culture students wrote. It low-key made me an instant fan.
Also, I learned the meaning of this song from an essay one of my Philosophy and Pop-Culture students wrote. It low-key made me an instant fan.
This song "Yo Perreo Sola" is an anthem about women's right to throw ass in the club without men creeping on them
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 AM
When I heard this, I had to do a double take because I couldn’t believe he did that shit.
Also, I learned the meaning of this song from an essay one of my Philosophy and Pop-Culture students wrote. It low-key made me an instant fan.
Also, I learned the meaning of this song from an essay one of my Philosophy and Pop-Culture students wrote. It low-key made me an instant fan.
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Relatedly, if you’re an academic and someone challenges doing scholarship at the intersection of pop-culture as “unscholarly” or “less important,” you can tell them to fuck off into the sun.
The intersection of pop-culture is where we LIVE.
The intersection of pop-culture is where we LIVE.
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Relatedly, if you’re an academic and someone challenges doing scholarship at the intersection of pop-culture as “unscholarly” or “less important,” you can tell them to fuck off into the sun.
The intersection of pop-culture is where we LIVE.
The intersection of pop-culture is where we LIVE.
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Because there is no white supremacist— without deep self hate. 😭😭🥰🥰🥰🥰
Presidency
Cabinet filled with white supremacists
Senate
House
Nazi police hunting non-white people and race traitors
Vice grip on mainstream media
Opposition party catatonic
And STILL
The biggest bunch of crybabies on the planet
Imagine being this fragile when you have EVERYTHING
Cabinet filled with white supremacists
Senate
House
Nazi police hunting non-white people and race traitors
Vice grip on mainstream media
Opposition party catatonic
And STILL
The biggest bunch of crybabies on the planet
Imagine being this fragile when you have EVERYTHING
February 9, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Because there is no white supremacist— without deep self hate. 😭😭🥰🥰🥰🥰
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Assume this will be used for The Purge.
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Assume this will be used for The Purge.
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"That is what my mother dreamed:
That when the slave catcher called her, she was far away from the master’s house, in the center of the sugar cane plantation, and that his voice was just a distant noise (...)"
My piece selected for Best Small Fictions 2025:
inkfishmag.com/she-is-there...
That when the slave catcher called her, she was far away from the master’s house, in the center of the sugar cane plantation, and that his voice was just a distant noise (...)"
My piece selected for Best Small Fictions 2025:
inkfishmag.com/she-is-there...
'She Is There' and 'Note of a Native Son'
Creative Nonfiction by Eraldo Souza dos Santos
inkfishmag.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 AM
"That is what my mother dreamed:
That when the slave catcher called her, she was far away from the master’s house, in the center of the sugar cane plantation, and that his voice was just a distant noise (...)"
My piece selected for Best Small Fictions 2025:
inkfishmag.com/she-is-there...
That when the slave catcher called her, she was far away from the master’s house, in the center of the sugar cane plantation, and that his voice was just a distant noise (...)"
My piece selected for Best Small Fictions 2025:
inkfishmag.com/she-is-there...
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Bc In Living Color was THAT show!
We owe the existence of the modern half time show to Black people.
February 9, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Bc In Living Color was THAT show!
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I want to note that sugar cane plantations were not exclusive to the Caribbean — there are multiple ruins or preserved “parks” of sugar cane plantations and sugar mills here in Florida.
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
I want to note that sugar cane plantations were not exclusive to the Caribbean — there are multiple ruins or preserved “parks” of sugar cane plantations and sugar mills here in Florida.
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A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners in Iva Valley, Enugu
The colonial police, made up of Nigerians and Europeans, shot dead workers striking for better conditions.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Getting Elizabeth Holmes vibes here
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Getting Elizabeth Holmes vibes here
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She's not teaching a child the difference between right and wrong. She's imprinting an algorithm with her moral code because that algorithm is incapable of learning about the world and deriving its own.
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
She's not teaching a child the difference between right and wrong. She's imprinting an algorithm with her moral code because that algorithm is incapable of learning about the world and deriving its own.
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Big opportunity to work with a great cosmologist! ⚛️🧪
I am looking to recruit a PhD student for the October 26 entry. It will be funded by STFC. Project(s) will be some combination of early universe cosmology, numerical relativity and strong gravity, and dynamical compactification of extra dimensions!
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February 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Big opportunity to work with a great cosmologist! ⚛️🧪
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two things
I can’t remember and don’t have time to look: were there *explicit* complaints about the dearth of white people in previous halftime performances? (eg Loomer tweet)
we were reminded: “in living color” taught the nfl a lesson re keeping their viewership thru halftime and the 2nd half
I can’t remember and don’t have time to look: were there *explicit* complaints about the dearth of white people in previous halftime performances? (eg Loomer tweet)
we were reminded: “in living color” taught the nfl a lesson re keeping their viewership thru halftime and the 2nd half
February 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
two things
I can’t remember and don’t have time to look: were there *explicit* complaints about the dearth of white people in previous halftime performances? (eg Loomer tweet)
we were reminded: “in living color” taught the nfl a lesson re keeping their viewership thru halftime and the 2nd half
I can’t remember and don’t have time to look: were there *explicit* complaints about the dearth of white people in previous halftime performances? (eg Loomer tweet)
we were reminded: “in living color” taught the nfl a lesson re keeping their viewership thru halftime and the 2nd half
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“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
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What’s clever about “Together we are America” is that within the US it’s a message of unity but, given the placement in the program following shout-outs to a bunch of countries North and South, outside the US it can be interpreted as “Together we are the Americas.”
February 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM
What’s clever about “Together we are America” is that within the US it’s a message of unity but, given the placement in the program following shout-outs to a bunch of countries North and South, outside the US it can be interpreted as “Together we are the Americas.”
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For those, "we're all in this together" people, your governors are skipping this event or you're actively lobbying them to do so, right?
Md. Gov. Moore uninvited from White House bipartisan dinner: 'Blatant disrespect'
President Donald Trump announced Friday that this year’s NGA weekend will include only Republican governors, as well.
share.google
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 PM
For those, "we're all in this together" people, your governors are skipping this event or you're actively lobbying them to do so, right?
I believe they had worse ratings than the Puppy Bowl! Dance and Fluff win out over hate!! 🐶 🐈 🕺🏽💃🏽
And people wanna say they never heard of him
Turning Point’s Halftime Show Faceplants with Only 4% of Bad Bunny’s Views.
February 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I believe they had worse ratings than the Puppy Bowl! Dance and Fluff win out over hate!! 🐶 🐈 🕺🏽💃🏽
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You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
February 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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I read this and couldn't help but think about how Wisconsin gov in 2015 weakened tenure protections and the ongoing and potential impacts of his statute
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I read this and couldn't help but think about how Wisconsin gov in 2015 weakened tenure protections and the ongoing and potential impacts of his statute
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Don’t forget:
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February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Don’t forget:
Bad Bunny opening halftime performance by moving through sugarcane highlights colonial history that binds US, Puerto Rico & the larger Caribbean. Sugar everywhere in the performance - drinks, wedding 🎂, etc. Labor, desire & pleasure tied to the land.
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Bad Bunny opening halftime performance by moving through sugarcane highlights colonial history that binds US, Puerto Rico & the larger Caribbean. Sugar everywhere in the performance - drinks, wedding 🎂, etc. Labor, desire & pleasure tied to the land.
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My forthcoming book is in many ways about why symbolism is important to understand: bsky.app/profile/chan...
!!!BOOK NEWS!!!
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
Do you want a signed copy of *The Edge of Space-Time*? Do you want to support a queer/Black and Asian-owned bookstore?
Through 30 March, if you preorder from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social, you are guaranteed a signed AND personalized copy:
loyaltybookstores.com/preordersspa...
😻 📚💙
February 9, 2026 at 1:20 PM
My forthcoming book is in many ways about why symbolism is important to understand: bsky.app/profile/chan...