Dr. Tara L. Conley
@taralconley.com
media and journalism prof | made a film about my hometown | trekkie 🖖🏾
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Dr. Tara L. Conley
@taralconley.com
· Feb 1
DRY BONES Trailer 2025
YouTube video by MEDIA MAKE CHANGE
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Today is my birthday.
My only wish is for you to repost and share *everywhere* the official trailer of my feature length documentary film DRY BONES.
drybonesfilm.com
Thank you 🫶🏾
youtu.be/v4uNleUXvu0?...
My only wish is for you to repost and share *everywhere* the official trailer of my feature length documentary film DRY BONES.
drybonesfilm.com
Thank you 🫶🏾
youtu.be/v4uNleUXvu0?...
i want to wear more rings again but i’m a bad ring wearer.
question for those who wear rings:
what advice would you give to someone who has lost rings, and may have *on occasion* forgot to put them back on after washing her hands in a public restroom?
question for those who wear rings:
what advice would you give to someone who has lost rings, and may have *on occasion* forgot to put them back on after washing her hands in a public restroom?
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
i want to wear more rings again but i’m a bad ring wearer.
question for those who wear rings:
what advice would you give to someone who has lost rings, and may have *on occasion* forgot to put them back on after washing her hands in a public restroom?
question for those who wear rings:
what advice would you give to someone who has lost rings, and may have *on occasion* forgot to put them back on after washing her hands in a public restroom?
me looking at my hair brush this morning amazed by how good it’s been to my hair this year since i went back to a darker hair color:
that’s a good hair brush, Tara. A GOOD hair brush!
that’s a good hair brush, Tara. A GOOD hair brush!
a woman talking on a phone with the words he 's a good man savannah written below her
ALT: a woman talking on a phone with the words he 's a good man savannah written below her
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
me looking at my hair brush this morning amazed by how good it’s been to my hair this year since i went back to a darker hair color:
that’s a good hair brush, Tara. A GOOD hair brush!
that’s a good hair brush, Tara. A GOOD hair brush!
a wholesome timeline cleanse for you this holiday season 🥰
December 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
a wholesome timeline cleanse for you this holiday season 🥰
“danita, it’s christmas!” is a christmas movie classic btw
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“danita, it’s christmas!” is a christmas movie classic btw
happy holidays bluesky!
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
happy holidays bluesky!
my mom just now: WHICH COSTCO IS HE* AT?! 😭
*Morris Chestnut
*Morris Chestnut
Imagine walking into Costco to get some paper towel and Harold Perrineau, Morris Chestnut, and Taye Diggs are doing a full on meet and greet by the folding tables
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
my mom just now: WHICH COSTCO IS HE* AT?! 😭
*Morris Chestnut
*Morris Chestnut
harlem nights is a perfect film.
for us by us.
every little detail, gesture, and endearing insult is understood.
and the CAST…my goodness. we were all there.
even the gender politics is something to appreciate.
just glad i came of age during this era of black film.
for us by us.
every little detail, gesture, and endearing insult is understood.
and the CAST…my goodness. we were all there.
even the gender politics is something to appreciate.
just glad i came of age during this era of black film.
a man in a tuxedo is standing next to a man in a costume .
ALT: a man in a tuxedo is standing next to a man in a costume .
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
harlem nights is a perfect film.
for us by us.
every little detail, gesture, and endearing insult is understood.
and the CAST…my goodness. we were all there.
even the gender politics is something to appreciate.
just glad i came of age during this era of black film.
for us by us.
every little detail, gesture, and endearing insult is understood.
and the CAST…my goodness. we were all there.
even the gender politics is something to appreciate.
just glad i came of age during this era of black film.
the malls are malling today in the midwest. folks are spending money.
December 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
the malls are malling today in the midwest. folks are spending money.
the epstein file release shitshow happening right at the time public discourse is being filtered through AI imagery feels like a personal attack 😩
December 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
the epstein file release shitshow happening right at the time public discourse is being filtered through AI imagery feels like a personal attack 😩
Reposted by Dr. Tara L. Conley
Wait, what is learning?
Your students don't get paid for it, and when they graduate they probably won't be paid for it.
I'm not a researcher, but I have made use of research before and after LLMs. FAR more after LLMs, because I can discover research and apply the lens of my work to that research.
I'm not a researcher, but I have made use of research before and after LLMs. FAR more after LLMs, because I can discover research and apply the lens of my work to that research.
December 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Wait, what is learning?
Reposted by Dr. Tara L. Conley
Anyone remember that US institutions used to offer fellowships for researchers whose work was subject to political censorship in their home countries? US-based researchers are now being *offered* those fellowships in free countries.
Post-doc positions:
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
"Academic freedom is under pressure today. This requires rescue havens of free research. ... [we] invite early career researchers, whose work is restricted due to political pressure in the USA..."
uni-freiburg.de/frias/call-f...
Call for Applications: Early Career Rescue Fellowship – Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
uni-freiburg.de
December 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Anyone remember that US institutions used to offer fellowships for researchers whose work was subject to political censorship in their home countries? US-based researchers are now being *offered* those fellowships in free countries.
Reposted by Dr. Tara L. Conley
Black women general strike.
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Black women general strike.
so many unimpressive people doing the most with the least
December 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
so many unimpressive people doing the most with the least
i remember being on alicia menendez show years ago and doing a segment with liz plank. i always wondered why and how she came through the media ranks. im still wondering.
December 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
i remember being on alicia menendez show years ago and doing a segment with liz plank. i always wondered why and how she came through the media ranks. im still wondering.
Elissa Washuta, an associate professor of English and director of the American Indian Studies program [at The Ohio State University]:
“It’s hard to feel like I’m allowed to be fully Native in the classroom at this point because of the lack of clarity around what we are and are not allowed to say.”
“It’s hard to feel like I’m allowed to be fully Native in the classroom at this point because of the lack of clarity around what we are and are not allowed to say.”
"On the Columbus campus, the number of students who identify as Native American dropped from 99 in 2013 to 37 in 2023...the drop is the end result of a pattern of reduced institutional support ...a state law [SB1] banned diversity, equity and inclusion programs at all Ohio public universities."
The Silent Decline: Native American Student Enrollment at Ohio State
The Independent Student Voice of Ohio State
www.thelantern.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Elissa Washuta, an associate professor of English and director of the American Indian Studies program [at The Ohio State University]:
“It’s hard to feel like I’m allowed to be fully Native in the classroom at this point because of the lack of clarity around what we are and are not allowed to say.”
“It’s hard to feel like I’m allowed to be fully Native in the classroom at this point because of the lack of clarity around what we are and are not allowed to say.”
I'm happy to share the first issue of Rust Belt Studies. I'm on the board and helped review the issue! In it you'll find thoughtful rustbelt-centric storytelling and teaching practices for the humanities. Congrats to everyone involved!
Read and share widely > www.rustbeltstudies.org
Read and share widely > www.rustbeltstudies.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I'm happy to share the first issue of Rust Belt Studies. I'm on the board and helped review the issue! In it you'll find thoughtful rustbelt-centric storytelling and teaching practices for the humanities. Congrats to everyone involved!
Read and share widely > www.rustbeltstudies.org
Read and share widely > www.rustbeltstudies.org
i’m gonna go out on a limb here and bet good money that there’s lots of residual hot foot powder sprinkled in and around NOLA too 🙂↔️❤️
ICE voodoo doll found in New Orleans. Get those bastards by any means necessary! Get spirit on this!
ICE voodoo doll discovered in New Orleans as immigration crackdown continues
A handmade “voodoo doll” portraying an ICE agent was found in Uptown New Orleans as federal immigration enforcement continues across south Louisiana.
www.fox8live.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
i’m gonna go out on a limb here and bet good money that there’s lots of residual hot foot powder sprinkled in and around NOLA too 🙂↔️❤️
Reposted by Dr. Tara L. Conley
Baby this is my kind of hooting and hollering!!!
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Baby this is my kind of hooting and hollering!!!
that data man on cnn is yelling too. why is everyone on my tv yelling?! please stop.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
that data man on cnn is yelling too. why is everyone on my tv yelling?! please stop.
lol @ him yelling on tv and people responding to his speech on social media in all caps
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
lol @ him yelling on tv and people responding to his speech on social media in all caps
Reposted by Dr. Tara L. Conley
THIS COULD’VE BEEN A TWEET
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
THIS COULD’VE BEEN A TWEET
Reposted by Dr. Tara L. Conley
WHY IS THE PRESIDENT YELLING AT ME SO CLOSE TO BEDTIME
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
WHY IS THE PRESIDENT YELLING AT ME SO CLOSE TO BEDTIME
him yelling into the microphone that keeps peaking is really bothering me.
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
him yelling into the microphone that keeps peaking is really bothering me.
“People seem to be shocked that I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things,” he said, adding that Leavitt had her own ‘personal groomer’ at the shoot.”
he said, she had glam 🤷♂️
LMAOO
he said, she had glam 🤷♂️
LMAOO
“I didn’t put the injection sites on her,” the photographer said, referencing criticism over his photograph of Karoline Leavitt.
Vanity Fair Photographer Defends Extreme Close-Ups Of White House Leaders After MAGA Backlash
“I didn’t put the injection sites on her,” the photographer said, referencing criticism over his photograph of Karoline Leavitt.
www.huffpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“People seem to be shocked that I didn’t use Photoshop to retouch out blemishes and her injection marks. I find it shocking that someone would expect me to retouch out those things,” he said, adding that Leavitt had her own ‘personal groomer’ at the shoot.”
he said, she had glam 🤷♂️
LMAOO
he said, she had glam 🤷♂️
LMAOO