con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
@racheledini.bsky.social
Lurcher mum+newly redundant lecturer in US literature.Writes on waste, gender, housework, appliances, ads, politics of nostalgia. Looking for new collaborators
Books: http://tinyurl.com/3rf4fr & http://tinyurl.com/3er6t3h9
Founder http://literarywaste.com
Books: http://tinyurl.com/3rf4fr & http://tinyurl.com/3er6t3h9
Founder http://literarywaste.com
Pinned
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
that's why in every theater you can hear the sound of the fans
MELANIA wasn’t made for the critics or the coastal elites, it was made for the fans
January 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
that's why in every theater you can hear the sound of the fans
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Hard to overstate the resilience benefits of well-insulated and -sealed housing. A house like this can not only protect you and your family, it can let you become a hub of mutual aid for your neighbors. What a gift to be able to give.
The power went out and when he woke that morning in his Passive House, it was 9°F outside and 62°F inside.
"At our neighbor's house, which was identical to ours [before the Passive House retrofit], it was 36°F. They may as well have been living in a tent"
passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/how...
"At our neighbor's house, which was identical to ours [before the Passive House retrofit], it was 36°F. They may as well have been living in a tent"
passivehouseaccelerator.com/articles/how...
How A Texas Passive House Survived a 2021 Deep Freeze
Discover how a Texas passive house maintained comfort and energy efficiency during the 2021 deep freeze, showcasing resilient sustainable home design and passive house principles for extreme weather e...
passivehouseaccelerator.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Hard to overstate the resilience benefits of well-insulated and -sealed housing. A house like this can not only protect you and your family, it can let you become a hub of mutual aid for your neighbors. What a gift to be able to give.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Like I’m sorry but what the fuck is this
January 28, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Like I’m sorry but what the fuck is this
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Great thread.
Just talked a student through the bitter disappointment of realizing they probably won’t be able toaccess state archives in India for their dissertation. Some thoughts on how to handle this. 1) as an Indian, I have been hustling my way into archives my whole career so relativize the experience.
January 27, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Great thread.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Get them to question why institutions like the British Library had poured millions into digitization around the world but there is no western money for the more mundane but important task of cataloging. Why has Modi put so much money into digitization when metadata on Abhilekh Patal is such shit?
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Get them to question why institutions like the British Library had poured millions into digitization around the world but there is no western money for the more mundane but important task of cataloging. Why has Modi put so much money into digitization when metadata on Abhilekh Patal is such shit?
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Make them think hard about who digitization really serves. Is it them, sitting pretty in western universities? Is it an authoritarian state that can use modern surveillance tools all the better to police the past and the communities who bear uncomfortable histories?
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Make them think hard about who digitization really serves. Is it them, sitting pretty in western universities? Is it an authoritarian state that can use modern surveillance tools all the better to police the past and the communities who bear uncomfortable histories?
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
As authoritarian norms spread across the globe, the strategies of global South scholars must become the norm not the exception in determining good professional practice.
January 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
As authoritarian norms spread across the globe, the strategies of global South scholars must become the norm not the exception in determining good professional practice.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Archives are not only structured by past conjunctures of power. They are maintained by current ones too. If you do not treat your students to be sensitive to those dynamics you are not teaching them to be working historians.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Archives are not only structured by past conjunctures of power. They are maintained by current ones too. If you do not treat your students to be sensitive to those dynamics you are not teaching them to be working historians.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
I approached my work in Indian archives as an Indian national based on what I saw was possible in Brazil. What I observed in Indian archives was colonial extractive behavior from western scholars who were happy to pay 25euro a scan in European archives but would cheat Indian archives of Rs.25.
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I approached my work in Indian archives as an Indian national based on what I saw was possible in Brazil. What I observed in Indian archives was colonial extractive behavior from western scholars who were happy to pay 25euro a scan in European archives but would cheat Indian archives of Rs.25.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
‘The Trump administration is doing Holocaust revisionism to avoid the possibility of empathy for migrants.’
The very definition of evil.
The very definition of evil.
To avoid the possibility Holocaust remembrance might lead to empathy for migrants, Trump's antisemitism envoy claims Anne Frank "was in Amsterdam legally."
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
In reality, Margot Frank received a summons to go to a labor camp on July 5, 1942. After ignoring this call, they were in Amsterdam illegally.
January 27, 2026 at 3:42 PM
‘The Trump administration is doing Holocaust revisionism to avoid the possibility of empathy for migrants.’
The very definition of evil.
The very definition of evil.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Here is an example of a Dutch call-up paper for Jews to report to labor camps.
The Frank family ignored their call-up, meaning they were officially in Amsterdam illegally from this point on.
The Trump administration is doing Holocaust revisionism to avoid the possibility of empathy for migrants.
The Frank family ignored their call-up, meaning they were officially in Amsterdam illegally from this point on.
The Trump administration is doing Holocaust revisionism to avoid the possibility of empathy for migrants.
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Here is an example of a Dutch call-up paper for Jews to report to labor camps.
The Frank family ignored their call-up, meaning they were officially in Amsterdam illegally from this point on.
The Trump administration is doing Holocaust revisionism to avoid the possibility of empathy for migrants.
The Frank family ignored their call-up, meaning they were officially in Amsterdam illegally from this point on.
The Trump administration is doing Holocaust revisionism to avoid the possibility of empathy for migrants.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
It's weird how after every good thing/gain (even if we don't call it a victory) people circle up to insist we shouldn't celebrate. Celebrating is not how people give up, in my experience; believing we can't win, never win, and have no power is (with a side of joylessness).
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM
It's weird how after every good thing/gain (even if we don't call it a victory) people circle up to insist we shouldn't celebrate. Celebrating is not how people give up, in my experience; believing we can't win, never win, and have no power is (with a side of joylessness).
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
My brother took this absolutely staggering video of an illegal waste site near our home. Genuinely brings me to tears. What are we doing?? @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.instagram.com/s_webby1?igs...
January 27, 2026 at 9:37 AM
My brother took this absolutely staggering video of an illegal waste site near our home. Genuinely brings me to tears. What are we doing?? @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.instagram.com/s_webby1?igs...
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
Oh my god I love this so much.
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 26, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Oh my god I love this so much.
Gennaro discovered the mirror next to the fireplace today and decided that he looks reeeeeally good from that angle.
January 26, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Gennaro discovered the mirror next to the fireplace today and decided that he looks reeeeeally good from that angle.
Dammit.
January 26, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Dammit.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Some of y'all will literally sooner empathize with and assign humanity to software before ever recognizing the humanity of other humans. Maybe worry more about that instead or whatever, because fuck whatever this is
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Some of y'all will literally sooner empathize with and assign humanity to software before ever recognizing the humanity of other humans. Maybe worry more about that instead or whatever, because fuck whatever this is
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
The editorial board of the @nytimes.com is stating things plainly and clearly and using the word "lying": www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The editorial board of the @nytimes.com is stating things plainly and clearly and using the word "lying": www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/o...
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Goddamit I should have known it was too good to last. Some senior editor decided to both-sides it after all. Cowards! Charlatans!
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Goddamit I should have known it was too good to last. Some senior editor decided to both-sides it after all. Cowards! Charlatans!
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
This angle is so reminiscent of the death squads many of us studied and fought against in the last century. Slave catchers and death squads, here we are.
He was shot while on his knees protecting a woman. He was unarmed… say what you want… we can see.
January 25, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This angle is so reminiscent of the death squads many of us studied and fought against in the last century. Slave catchers and death squads, here we are.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Just want to point out Richard Nixon got impeached for bugging a hotel room.
Donald Trump is literally sending his private army out to murder US citizens.
Donald Trump is literally sending his private army out to murder US citizens.
January 24, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Just want to point out Richard Nixon got impeached for bugging a hotel room.
Donald Trump is literally sending his private army out to murder US citizens.
Donald Trump is literally sending his private army out to murder US citizens.