Anna Akers-Pecht
@annazabeth.bsky.social
I’ve been described as a chic Ms. Frizzle.
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"We have classrooms because you have to learn how to sustain a thought aloud— exposed to others and to your own ineloquence— to see that other people can help you reach where you can’t quite go and to see that you can help others reach better clarity…”
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"We have classrooms because you have to learn how to sustain a thought aloud— exposed to others and to your own ineloquence— to see that other people can help you reach where you can’t quite go and to see that you can help others reach better clarity…”
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
- Lauren Berlant to 20 y.o. about college #Lit
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One reason CBP hits this lot so often, besides essentially shooting fish in a barrel, is that it’s right next to their office.
Didn’t meet quota for the day? Just go grab some Uber/Lyft drivers at the end of the day.
Didn’t meet quota for the day? Just go grab some Uber/Lyft drivers at the end of the day.
December 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
One reason CBP hits this lot so often, besides essentially shooting fish in a barrel, is that it’s right next to their office.
Didn’t meet quota for the day? Just go grab some Uber/Lyft drivers at the end of the day.
Didn’t meet quota for the day? Just go grab some Uber/Lyft drivers at the end of the day.
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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"Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium... What a revelation of a game this is."
Over the moon reading this review of Hotel infinity from @uploadvr.com
www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Over the moon reading this review of Hotel infinity from @uploadvr.com
www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Hotel Infinity Review: A Standout Example Of True Room-Scale VR
Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium.
www.uploadvr.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"Hotel Infinity is a standout example of true room-scale VR, and a must-own for anyone interested in understanding the potential of this medium... What a revelation of a game this is."
Over the moon reading this review of Hotel infinity from @uploadvr.com
www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
Over the moon reading this review of Hotel infinity from @uploadvr.com
www.uploadvr.com/hotel-infini...
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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Our physics-defying doors are now open! Hotel Infinity is out now(!!!) on PS VR2 and Meta Quest!
PS VR2: www.playstation.com/en-us/games/...
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: www.playstation.com/en-us/games/...
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our physics-defying doors are now open! Hotel Infinity is out now(!!!) on PS VR2 and Meta Quest!
PS VR2: www.playstation.com/en-us/games/...
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: www.playstation.com/en-us/games/...
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
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Hotel Infinity launches today on Meta Quest & PS VR2!
It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
Hotel Infinity - Launch Trailer (Meta Quest & PS VR2)
YouTube video by William Chyr
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hotel Infinity launches today on Meta Quest & PS VR2!
It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
It's a roomscale VR experience built around natural locomotion. Every step you take in real life moves you through the game
Meta Quest: www.meta.com/experiences/...
PS VR2: store.playstation.com/en-us/concep...
youtu.be/ixaSqmiYqyU?...
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Bovino and many of his agents are headed to another city. Reports indicate that Charlotte and NOLA are upcoming targets. But there will still be ICE attacks in Chicago, as there were before, and we need to remain responsive. We also have a lot of deep prep work to do, bc they will be back in force.
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Bovino and many of his agents are headed to another city. Reports indicate that Charlotte and NOLA are upcoming targets. But there will still be ICE attacks in Chicago, as there were before, and we need to remain responsive. We also have a lot of deep prep work to do, bc they will be back in force.
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Folks, the reporting is that Trump is making PERSONAL CALLS to Mace, MTG and others about the discharge petition. Would you be doing this if you had nothing to hide? Let's please all be serious here.
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Folks, the reporting is that Trump is making PERSONAL CALLS to Mace, MTG and others about the discharge petition. Would you be doing this if you had nothing to hide? Let's please all be serious here.
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“.. in the Situation Room.” 👀
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“.. in the Situation Room.” 👀
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The children’s picture book, “Strega Nona, An OldTale,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola penned the book about the Italian “grandmother witch.” (via @mprnews.org)
Strega Nona turns 50 — and her art lives in Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tomie dePaola’s beloved picture book “Strega Nona,” showcasing the original illustrations and highlighting Minnesota’s unique role in preserving the warmth, artistry and enduring cultural impact of this classic story.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The children’s picture book, “Strega Nona, An OldTale,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola penned the book about the Italian “grandmother witch.” (via @mprnews.org)
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I lost an old friend yesterday. The purple beech tree that shaded almost the courtyard of the Hyde Park Shopping Center since 1960 is gone. It was ailing. Purple beeches have long lives but very large trees don't like living in concrete wells. I will miss it.
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I lost an old friend yesterday. The purple beech tree that shaded almost the courtyard of the Hyde Park Shopping Center since 1960 is gone. It was ailing. Purple beeches have long lives but very large trees don't like living in concrete wells. I will miss it.
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Rep. Jackson and I were just denied entry to the South Loop ICE facility in Chicago.
We went to ask questions and perform congressional oversight of potential illegal ICE activities as Donald Trump's administration targets immigrant communities.
More to come.
We went to ask questions and perform congressional oversight of potential illegal ICE activities as Donald Trump's administration targets immigrant communities.
More to come.
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Rep. Jackson and I were just denied entry to the South Loop ICE facility in Chicago.
We went to ask questions and perform congressional oversight of potential illegal ICE activities as Donald Trump's administration targets immigrant communities.
More to come.
We went to ask questions and perform congressional oversight of potential illegal ICE activities as Donald Trump's administration targets immigrant communities.
More to come.
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Why ICE agents cover their faces
June 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Why ICE agents cover their faces
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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More DOGE cut madness being confirmed. Here's a background article on what the loss of AmeriCorps will mean: youthtoday.org/2025/03/endi...
There's also an active Reddit AmeriCorps (National Civilian Community Corps) group discussing the cut:
www.reddit.com/r/AmeriCorps...
There's also an active Reddit AmeriCorps (National Civilian Community Corps) group discussing the cut:
www.reddit.com/r/AmeriCorps...
April 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
More DOGE cut madness being confirmed. Here's a background article on what the loss of AmeriCorps will mean: youthtoday.org/2025/03/endi...
There's also an active Reddit AmeriCorps (National Civilian Community Corps) group discussing the cut:
www.reddit.com/r/AmeriCorps...
There's also an active Reddit AmeriCorps (National Civilian Community Corps) group discussing the cut:
www.reddit.com/r/AmeriCorps...
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ChatGPT ass presidency
Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.
April 4, 2025 at 8:28 PM
ChatGPT ass presidency
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
Grateful we have something like this going in Hyde Park, Chicago!
For fathers in search of friendship, a growing group has emerged: the Brooklyn Stroll Club. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/s...
April 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Grateful we have something like this going in Hyde Park, Chicago!
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From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
March 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
From a poetry collection by Mary Oliver, where after a hundred poems showcasing gentle observations on nature and animals, she hits you with this
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If the Democrats can't bring themselves to say "government spending is good, actually" in this precise moment, then they really are cooked and all need to be replaced.
Welker to Slotkin: "Democrats were in charge for four years. You were in Congress at the time. Why didn't Democrats do more to cut government spending when they were in charge?"
March 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
If the Democrats can't bring themselves to say "government spending is good, actually" in this precise moment, then they really are cooked and all need to be replaced.
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens