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) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Movie review from Guardian on Melania.
January 30, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Movie review from Guardian on Melania.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Palestinians have the right to live in dignity and safety.
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Palestinians have the right to live in dignity and safety.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
KEEP MINNESOTA BORING!
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 PM
KEEP MINNESOTA BORING!
Interesting thread in the subsequent posts here.
January 30, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Interesting thread in the subsequent posts here.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
When I resigned as co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists convention after their decision to platform Trump, I took a lot of heat for it.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
When I resigned as co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists convention after their decision to platform Trump, I took a lot of heat for it.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
I was told “Black journalists are going to expose his racism and save America”
Today, the Trump regime is arresting Black journalists.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
The Uk cinema companies that are showing Melania are making utter fools of themselves. I hope their shareholders will ask why
January 30, 2026 at 10:44 PM
The Uk cinema companies that are showing Melania are making utter fools of themselves. I hope their shareholders will ask why
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
What they’re gonna do with all those empty Walmarts.
We could’ve had damn libraries .
We could’ve had damn libraries .
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 PM
What they’re gonna do with all those empty Walmarts.
We could’ve had damn libraries .
We could’ve had damn libraries .
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Remember how Musk designed a submersible coffin that couldn't navigate a cave, accused a rescue diver of being "a pedo guy", and then based seemingly on that entire experience decided the world didn't need USAID? Stunned, stunned that he turned up in the latest Epstein files.
DOGE’s Gutting Of USAID Weakened Disaster Response - CIP
For over 30 years, USAID had a leading role is disaster response for the United States, a capacity shattered when it was shut down.
internationalpolicy.org
January 30, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Remember how Musk designed a submersible coffin that couldn't navigate a cave, accused a rescue diver of being "a pedo guy", and then based seemingly on that entire experience decided the world didn't need USAID? Stunned, stunned that he turned up in the latest Epstein files.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
75% of anglo-American politics rn is asking daddy to push the big red button to make everything better, and freaking out when mommy says no such button exists
Daily Express: NOW YOU MUST GIVE BRITAIN A PROPER BREXIT #TomorrowsPapersToday
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 PM
75% of anglo-American politics rn is asking daddy to push the big red button to make everything better, and freaking out when mommy says no such button exists
Words can’t describe how much I loved this novel — and how much I loved teaching it in my contemporary fiction class. It is an absolute masterpiece.
Sayaka Murata's 2016 Akutagawa winner, Convenience Store Woman, led the recent boom in translated Japanese fiction. Her stories dissect how society's expectations don't stand up to scrutiny. Her protagonists seem oddball, but she claims anxieties about "not being human enough" are "very normal".
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Words can’t describe how much I loved this novel — and how much I loved teaching it in my contemporary fiction class. It is an absolute masterpiece.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
I'm not sure if Margaret Atwood is available to work for Elon @ $40/hr.
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I'm not sure if Margaret Atwood is available to work for Elon @ $40/hr.
Reposted by con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳
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.