Robla
@rsluney.bsky.social
Black Acadamic-ish / PhD Candidate in African American Literature and African Literature / English Instructor / Thinker / Sci-Fi / Art Lover / Asheville
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The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, and the lie became the truth.
—George Orwell, 1984
—George Orwell, 1984
December 14, 2024 at 9:20 PM
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, and the lie became the truth.
—George Orwell, 1984
—George Orwell, 1984
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Sorry we’re not riding at dawn. We’re having coffee and catastrophizing the day at dawn. Then we’re doing Wordle. Then we’re doing 35 minutes of doomscrolling, then we’re taking the longest hottest shower, then we’re sitting on the edge of the bed staring at nothing for a while, THEN maybe we ride.
December 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Sorry we’re not riding at dawn. We’re having coffee and catastrophizing the day at dawn. Then we’re doing Wordle. Then we’re doing 35 minutes of doomscrolling, then we’re taking the longest hottest shower, then we’re sitting on the edge of the bed staring at nothing for a while, THEN maybe we ride.
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You get introduced to some ppl so young & thru the lens of history. To you, they are a legend, an idea, a symbol of excellence, a commitment to Blackness and its humanity. And when they die, you are in profound disbelief. Both surprisingly and predictably, I forgot she was human.
December 10, 2024 at 4:53 AM
You get introduced to some ppl so young & thru the lens of history. To you, they are a legend, an idea, a symbol of excellence, a commitment to Blackness and its humanity. And when they die, you are in profound disbelief. Both surprisingly and predictably, I forgot she was human.
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Read it for free: Publishing Taught Me, essays on writing and editing while BIPOC by @dianapho.bsky.social @kanishkt.bsky.social @emilyjiang.bsky.social @deuceofgears.bsky.social and many cool others! Edited by me @somtoihezue.bsky.social and @witchywonderer.bsky.social www.sfwa.org/sfwa-publica...
Publishing Taught Me: A SFWA Anthology - SFWA
Contents Introduction by Nisi Shawl, Somto Ihezue, and Zhui Ning Chang Inside the Fiction Editor’s Mind: Does the Writer’s Identity Matter? by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Take Editing Humor Seriously....
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December 9, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Read it for free: Publishing Taught Me, essays on writing and editing while BIPOC by @dianapho.bsky.social @kanishkt.bsky.social @emilyjiang.bsky.social @deuceofgears.bsky.social and many cool others! Edited by me @somtoihezue.bsky.social and @witchywonderer.bsky.social www.sfwa.org/sfwa-publica...
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It's making my Day to wake up to you asking these Qs. Citizens United is a 2010 SCOTUS decision that allowed corporations to donate unlimited $$$ to politicians & political parties. $ in politics was bad before, but after? Plutocracy (govt by/for the rich)+ kleptocracy (rule by thieves).
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Citizens United Explained
The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.
www.brennancenter.org
December 7, 2024 at 4:23 PM
It's making my Day to wake up to you asking these Qs. Citizens United is a 2010 SCOTUS decision that allowed corporations to donate unlimited $$$ to politicians & political parties. $ in politics was bad before, but after? Plutocracy (govt by/for the rich)+ kleptocracy (rule by thieves).
More here:
More here:
When you're writing about the work of an author you follow on social media, it feels weird. The blend of the self-projection you created while reading their work versus their online self can be jarring.
December 6, 2024 at 4:56 AM
When you're writing about the work of an author you follow on social media, it feels weird. The blend of the self-projection you created while reading their work versus their online self can be jarring.
I feel this in my SOUL.
A few months back I was arguing with someone elsewhere that the biggest danger of generative AI was not that it is about to become sentient and kill us all, but the way it amplifies pollution of the information environment.
December 6, 2024 at 4:52 AM
I feel this in my SOUL.
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Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I *promise* you this. I *promise* it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.
Hearing the president of KU say that the way the humanities can protect itself - a question asked by a humanities professor of Spanish - is that her field should direct its public voice to how the Spanish language can impact AI versus the third study of an obscure play…. Just sigh.
December 5, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I *promise* you this. I *promise* it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.
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I interviewed Dionne Brand for @thenation.com. Read for a discussion of the English novel, an alternative tradition, and more www.thenation.com/article/cult...
How the Western Literary Canon Made the World Worst
A talk with Dionne Brand about her recent book, Salvage, which looks at how the classic texts of Anglo-American fiction helped abet the crimes of capitalism, colonialism, and more.
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December 5, 2024 at 3:28 PM
I interviewed Dionne Brand for @thenation.com. Read for a discussion of the English novel, an alternative tradition, and more www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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December 5, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Includes my new book—BLACK GIRLS AND HOW WE FAIL THEM! Get it now 👇🏾
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Disgusting.
Scoop: After the LA Times published a piece about Elon Musk that carried a headline owner Patrick Soon-Shiong didn't like, a new rule was implemented: Prior to publishing opinion stories, headlines must be emailed to Soon-Shiong, where he can then choose to weigh in. www.status.news/p/los-angele...
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Staffers at the Los Angeles Times described to Status a demoralized publication depleted of its spirit in which employees are "confused," "offended," and "frustrated."
www.status.news
December 5, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Disgusting.
I'm learning that decentering "perfect writing" is a way to thwart AI usage. What makes writing human? What do we lose without freewriting?
December 5, 2024 at 6:40 PM
I'm learning that decentering "perfect writing" is a way to thwart AI usage. What makes writing human? What do we lose without freewriting?
I'm going incorporate collaborative annotations next semester to center on deep reading and comprehension. "The beautiful and difficult struggle for meaning."
December 5, 2024 at 6:37 PM
I'm going incorporate collaborative annotations next semester to center on deep reading and comprehension. "The beautiful and difficult struggle for meaning."
Student selected pop culture topics this semester: Overconsumption and Fast Fashion, Ethics and True Crime . . . A nice range of topics.
December 5, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Student selected pop culture topics this semester: Overconsumption and Fast Fashion, Ethics and True Crime . . . A nice range of topics.
Student selected pop culture essay topics this semester: The Dangers of Reality Love Shows, Celebrities Lack of Accountability for Sexual Abuse, Dangerous Algorithms, The Problem with the Child Skincare Trend, Platform Era Influence on Elections, Contemporary Artists Drive Social Change.
December 5, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Student selected pop culture essay topics this semester: The Dangers of Reality Love Shows, Celebrities Lack of Accountability for Sexual Abuse, Dangerous Algorithms, The Problem with the Child Skincare Trend, Platform Era Influence on Elections, Contemporary Artists Drive Social Change.
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Breaking: Chelsea Manning is leading a bathroom sit in protest at the Capitol.
Courtesy of Pablo Manriquez.
Courtesy of Pablo Manriquez.
December 5, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Breaking: Chelsea Manning is leading a bathroom sit in protest at the Capitol.
Courtesy of Pablo Manriquez.
Courtesy of Pablo Manriquez.
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Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Two stages of writing:
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no
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165 Black-Owned Bookstores in the US | Find Independent Bookstores Near You
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November 18, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Hey y’all! Here’s a big mega list of 160+ Black Owned Bookstores all over the U.S. + a few other countries as well! U can filter it by state. I posted about this on the clock app today, but figured I’d share here too! aalbc.com/bookstores/l... Happy Reading! 📚💙 #Booksky #BlackBookSky #BlackSky
"First, it appears that free speech is policed differentially based upon the identity of the speaker and whether they are supporting or challenging power." - Victor Ray, "Weaponizing Free Speech" www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/...
November 23, 2024 at 5:27 PM
"First, it appears that free speech is policed differentially based upon the identity of the speaker and whether they are supporting or challenging power." - Victor Ray, "Weaponizing Free Speech" www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/...
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"It is time to stop assuming good faith in the free speech debate. The right has weaponized free speech, framing campus debates in a way that resonates with liberals to destroy the very things liberals purport to care about."
Here is a piece I wrote *in 2017* about the strategy and I wish I had been wrong. www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/...
The right is using the comments of left-wing professors to delegitimize higher ed (essay)
By targeting the comments of presumably left-wing professors, the right is using free speech as part of their long-term strategy of delegitimizing higher education itself, writes Victor Ray.
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November 23, 2024 at 4:19 PM
"It is time to stop assuming good faith in the free speech debate. The right has weaponized free speech, framing campus debates in a way that resonates with liberals to destroy the very things liberals purport to care about."
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Woke this morning thinking about Charles Mills’s notion of the “epistemology of ignorance,” the collective agreement, on the part of some, to see the world wrongly and through distorted, delusional lenses.
November 23, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Woke this morning thinking about Charles Mills’s notion of the “epistemology of ignorance,” the collective agreement, on the part of some, to see the world wrongly and through distorted, delusional lenses.
