Robert Cotto Jr.
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Educator, Scholar, Dad | Black Puerto Rican + Indigenous Peruvian | Ph.D. | My posts are just me. Reposts are not endorsement.
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Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough.
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough.
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Pertussis, best prevented with a vaccine, has killed three Kentucky babies in the last 12 months.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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ICYMI: Racism and AI. Talking evidence and truth. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
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November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ICYMI: Racism and AI. Talking evidence and truth. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
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It's the last day of #MESA2025 and we're only here for the morning! Stop by before noon for your last chance to check out our latest Middle East Studies books.
Our website where your can save 40% off our displayed book will be up for a few weeks after the conference: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/m...
Our website where your can save 40% off our displayed book will be up for a few weeks after the conference: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/m...
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's the last day of #MESA2025 and we're only here for the morning! Stop by before noon for your last chance to check out our latest Middle East Studies books.
Our website where your can save 40% off our displayed book will be up for a few weeks after the conference: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/m...
Our website where your can save 40% off our displayed book will be up for a few weeks after the conference: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/m...
"We then study how racialized surveillance informs not only the NIMBY but also the YIMBY gaze, arguing that both camps are ultimately tethered to racial capitalism’s liberal legacies."
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The Racial Contours of YIMBY/NIMBY Bay Area Gentrification — Berkeley Planning Journal
In this article, we trace the emergence of the false YIMBY/NIMBY dialectic now dominant in San Francisco housing rights discourse, studying its constitution and material effects. Specifically, we inve...
berkeleyplanningjournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"We then study how racialized surveillance informs not only the NIMBY but also the YIMBY gaze, arguing that both camps are ultimately tethered to racial capitalism’s liberal legacies."
berkeleyplanningjournal.com/volume-29/20...
berkeleyplanningjournal.com/volume-29/20...
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How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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The GOP cuts to Medicaid have cut rural Granite Staters off from basic health services. Nasty, nasty business. #NHPoli #NHPol
www.wmur.com/article/rura...
www.wmur.com/article/rura...
Health center closure in New Hampshire town reveals toll of federal cuts on rural communities
Last month, the Ammonoosuc Community Health Services location in Franconia, a town of around 1,000 people, closed for good.
www.wmur.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The GOP cuts to Medicaid have cut rural Granite Staters off from basic health services. Nasty, nasty business. #NHPoli #NHPol
www.wmur.com/article/rura...
www.wmur.com/article/rura...
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
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all jokes aside, it really beats me what Mamdani was playing at by getting a meeting with Trump (unless he was betting on Trump rolling over in the fashion he did I guess). why? what's the point?
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
all jokes aside, it really beats me what Mamdani was playing at by getting a meeting with Trump (unless he was betting on Trump rolling over in the fashion he did I guess). why? what's the point?
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"The idea that a gadget... could tell you how many calories you personally burned... was revolutionary. It was also wrong."
"By the time a researcher... runs a study, writes it up, submits it to a journal, and finally gets it published... the company has moved on."
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"By the time a researcher... runs a study, writes it up, submits it to a journal, and finally gets it published... the company has moved on."
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Your Fitness Tracker Has No Idea How Many Calories You’re Burning
Before FItbits and Apple Watches, no one knew how many calories they were burning during a workout. Even after Fitbits and Apple Watches, though, they still don't really—because calorie burn data can'...
lifehacker.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The idea that a gadget... could tell you how many calories you personally burned... was revolutionary. It was also wrong."
"By the time a researcher... runs a study, writes it up, submits it to a journal, and finally gets it published... the company has moved on."
lifehacker.com/you-cant-tru...
"By the time a researcher... runs a study, writes it up, submits it to a journal, and finally gets it published... the company has moved on."
lifehacker.com/you-cant-tru...
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"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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The Zombie Politics of Merit Pay for Teachers radicalscholarship.com/2025/11/11/t...
The Zombie Politics of Merit Pay for Teachers
[Header Photo by Yohann LIBOT on Unsplash] The metaphors for education reform are far too easy, and thus, becoming themselves cliches—deja vous all over again, beating a dead horse, and for me, the…
radicalscholarship.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Zombie Politics of Merit Pay for Teachers radicalscholarship.com/2025/11/11/t...
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It's pretty clear that when the next pandemic hits, teachers and students will be forced to report to their classrooms, no matter how virulent or dangerous the disease may be. The media class will demand nothing less, and will make those demands well heard via Zoom...
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It's pretty clear that when the next pandemic hits, teachers and students will be forced to report to their classrooms, no matter how virulent or dangerous the disease may be. The media class will demand nothing less, and will make those demands well heard via Zoom...
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Our last day at #ASA2025 and it's a short one! We're here until 11AM so drop by now before we pack up for the year!
If you're already on your way out or just enjoying the beautiful city of San Juan, visit our website to save 40% off our titles on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
If you're already on your way out or just enjoying the beautiful city of San Juan, visit our website to save 40% off our titles on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
American Studies Association 2025
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Our last day at #ASA2025 and it's a short one! We're here until 11AM so drop by now before we pack up for the year!
If you're already on your way out or just enjoying the beautiful city of San Juan, visit our website to save 40% off our titles on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
If you're already on your way out or just enjoying the beautiful city of San Juan, visit our website to save 40% off our titles on display: www.ucpress.edu/book-lists/a...
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"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
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"A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being 'impermissibly used' by ICE."
Court blocks IRS from sharing taxpayer addresses with ICE
A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being “impermissibly used” by ICE.
fedscoop.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"A federal judge sided with plaintiffs who argued that the data-sharing pact violated privacy laws, putting immigrants at risk of their information being 'impermissibly used' by ICE."
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Passing on the message from Instagram as approved by Alice Wong’s family and posted by Sandy Ho.
About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Passing on the message from Instagram as approved by Alice Wong’s family and posted by Sandy Ho.
About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
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It will take awhile before school districts begin ignoring the federal mandates that protected student rights. Leavitt knows little about what she says.
Leavitt: "The Democrats' reckless 43 day government shutdown did manage to do one valuable thing: It proved that America does not need a federal Department of Education"
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It will take awhile before school districts begin ignoring the federal mandates that protected student rights. Leavitt knows little about what she says.
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it would indeed seem that elites are capturing much of our politics
In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections.
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
Here are the billionaires who make up the top 20 political spenders:
The top 20 billionaires influencing American politics
The group has spent nearly $5 billion on elections since 2015.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
it would indeed seem that elites are capturing much of our politics
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While presenting at two academic conferences last summer, I included a slide with a disclaimer that I did not use generative AI in my research.
to be clear, i think it's great. if you avoid using AI-generated content in your videos (about prehistoric animals, etc), you should get to benefit from pointing that out. if every restaurant is serving food mixed with sawdust, but you're not, you're entitled to put up a sign that says "NO SAWDUST".
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
While presenting at two academic conferences last summer, I included a slide with a disclaimer that I did not use generative AI in my research.