SE Strongman
@strongman.bsky.social
Asst. Professor @ UM, Writing a book on literary culture and Black feminist sociality in the 70s and 80s. This account represents just me, not my employer.
Ann Arbor doesn’t pick up Christmas trees but the Pioneer HS baseball team does as a fundraiser. Today is the day and Mia is enjoying the new things to sniff.
January 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Ann Arbor doesn’t pick up Christmas trees but the Pioneer HS baseball team does as a fundraiser. Today is the day and Mia is enjoying the new things to sniff.
An update for those of you following the dispute between the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners and Sheriff Dyer: The parties seem to have agreed to a stipulated order that withdraws the requested TRO, cancels a 1/7 hearing, and extends the amount of time the county has to respond. #a2council
January 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
An update for those of you following the dispute between the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners and Sheriff Dyer: The parties seem to have agreed to a stipulated order that withdraws the requested TRO, cancels a 1/7 hearing, and extends the amount of time the county has to respond. #a2council
Neither of the two local independent bookstores I like have “Sula” in stock. I’m not going to ask them to stock it because I can’t guarantee my students will purchase books there but like wtf
January 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Neither of the two local independent bookstores I like have “Sula” in stock. I’m not going to ask them to stock it because I can’t guarantee my students will purchase books there but like wtf
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Oh cool so we’re repeating Iraq 2003 and Chile 1973 and Iran 1953 and and and and and and
January 3, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Oh cool so we’re repeating Iraq 2003 and Chile 1973 and Iran 1953 and and and and and and
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That is a lot of news to wake up to.
January 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
That is a lot of news to wake up to.
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A several people and orgs have said, the U.S. does not have a good track record in South America nor have its interventions ever led to peace and stability. Regardless of how you feel about Maduro, the U.S. strikes and activity in the Venezuela and the region ought to be disturbing in the least.
January 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
A several people and orgs have said, the U.S. does not have a good track record in South America nor have its interventions ever led to peace and stability. Regardless of how you feel about Maduro, the U.S. strikes and activity in the Venezuela and the region ought to be disturbing in the least.
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Entering our Too Lazy to Manufacture Consent era
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Entering our Too Lazy to Manufacture Consent era
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you don't need to add caveats agreeing that the head of state abducted is a bad guy before opposing abduction of a head of state by military force. If the rule was any head of government is fair game then the entire world would be a series of decapitation strikes and show trials in foreign courts.
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
you don't need to add caveats agreeing that the head of state abducted is a bad guy before opposing abduction of a head of state by military force. If the rule was any head of government is fair game then the entire world would be a series of decapitation strikes and show trials in foreign courts.
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all I’ve got is that the idea that you can commit any act of violence and say you were just executing a warrant is chilling and also common to US police
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
all I’ve got is that the idea that you can commit any act of violence and say you were just executing a warrant is chilling and also common to US police
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1. Maduro is not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
1. Maduro is not a good guy by any stretch of the imagination.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
2. But capturing him through an extra-legal action that violates international law undermines any US credibility with Russia in Ukraine and China with Taiwan.
3. We have a terrible history with topping leaders without a post-war plan.
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The Global War on Terror helped normalize & standardize extraterritorial operations against opponents for countries with the capability; this precedent certainly amplifies and reinforces that trajectory
Excited to see China substantially increase long-arm transnational repression citing the actions of the US as a precedent
January 3, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The Global War on Terror helped normalize & standardize extraterritorial operations against opponents for countries with the capability; this precedent certainly amplifies and reinforces that trajectory
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Homicides are down.
Men eating entire grocery store rotisserie chickens are up.
Was it really worth it?
Men eating entire grocery store rotisserie chickens are up.
Was it really worth it?
Homicides in Philadelphia drop to lowest level in 60 years
DA Larry Krasner and others attribute the drop to gun violence prevention efforts, grassroots violence-interruption work and supportive programs for young people.
whyy.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Homicides are down.
Men eating entire grocery store rotisserie chickens are up.
Was it really worth it?
Men eating entire grocery store rotisserie chickens are up.
Was it really worth it?
The mayor is evil because he’s tall and spent summers at Interlochen?
#a2council IMO, there's nothing worse than being a bad poster, and creating a copypasta that starts off by saying you main op is tall and handsome is some bottom tier stuff.
January 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The mayor is evil because he’s tall and spent summers at Interlochen?
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The one thing I like about American sports is how inclusive it is of the furry community
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 AM
The one thing I like about American sports is how inclusive it is of the furry community
Ann Arbor NextDoor currently features one of those “a black person was in my neighborhood so I called the cops” posts and the author is fighting for their lives in the comments.
December 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Ann Arbor NextDoor currently features one of those “a black person was in my neighborhood so I called the cops” posts and the author is fighting for their lives in the comments.
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Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza starting in 2026
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, for failing to meet its new rules to vet international organizations working in Gaza.
bit.ly
December 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Israel says it will suspend several humanitarian groups, including Doctors Without Borders, in 2026 for failing its new vetting rules for groups working in Gaza. Some international organizations have said that Israel’s rules are arbitrary and could endanger staff.
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Also I'm sorry, but before we can have this conversation, we all need to sit down and carefully untangle the marketing that has conflated every possible use of machine learning with ChatGPT.
And not in a "well you ignorant people don't understand the difference" way.
The confusion is deliberate.
And not in a "well you ignorant people don't understand the difference" way.
The confusion is deliberate.
December 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Also I'm sorry, but before we can have this conversation, we all need to sit down and carefully untangle the marketing that has conflated every possible use of machine learning with ChatGPT.
And not in a "well you ignorant people don't understand the difference" way.
The confusion is deliberate.
And not in a "well you ignorant people don't understand the difference" way.
The confusion is deliberate.
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As a lit professor, I just died inside a little bit
Re books: books and literature are useful for information, but they aren't interactive and dialogic. They don't fulfil the same function that I'm referring to.
December 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
As a lit professor, I just died inside a little bit
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Black women in Ypsilanti, MI, have been supporting the community for over a century through the Palm Leaf Club, the city's oldest Black women's charitable organization. concentratemedia.com/black-women-...
Black women in Ypsi have been supporting community for over a century through the Palm Leaf Club – Concentrate
Ypsilanti's oldest African-American women's charitable organization, the Palm Leaf Club, grew out of a church club established in 1904.
concentratemedia.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Black women in Ypsilanti, MI, have been supporting the community for over a century through the Palm Leaf Club, the city's oldest Black women's charitable organization. concentratemedia.com/black-women-...
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Thank you, Canadian taxpayers!
December 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you, Canadian taxpayers!
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DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD THINGS ARE WHEN JAZZ MUSICIANS DECIDE *NOT* TO SHOW UP FOR A GIG?
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added reut.rs/3NfgBky
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump's name added
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center was canceled, with the host of the longtime annual performance attributing the decision to the addition of Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's name to the institution in Washington.
reut.rs
December 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD THINGS ARE WHEN JAZZ MUSICIANS DECIDE *NOT* TO SHOW UP FOR A GIG?
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Merry Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Merry Christmas
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We talked about running these numbers at UM soc when it became so obvious that women TAs got more complaints for the same classes. Glad someone tested it formally.
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
December 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We talked about running these numbers at UM soc when it became so obvious that women TAs got more complaints for the same classes. Glad someone tested it formally.
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I think it’s important to insist on recalling, at all available opportunities, that this was specifically an attack on a trans instructor over an assignment about gender. Neither of those details are incidental; they are the center of the story
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
December 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I think it’s important to insist on recalling, at all available opportunities, that this was specifically an attack on a trans instructor over an assignment about gender. Neither of those details are incidental; they are the center of the story
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The FDA says tight underwear is a medical device if trans people enjoy wearing it.
More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
FDA Threatens Companies Selling Binders — Assigned
The FDA sent twelve businesses threatening letters on Tuesday, demanding that they register their chest binders as medical devices with the FDA.
www.assignedmedia.org
December 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The FDA says tight underwear is a medical device if trans people enjoy wearing it.
More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
More on the nonsense from our federal government by @alyssaur.bsky.social
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...