Ashley Patriarca
@aspatriarca.bsky.social
Associate prof. Obsessed with dogs, teaching, perfume, romance novels, comics, & risk & crisis communication, not necessarily in that order. AL-NC-VA-PA. She/her. Opinions mine, all mine.
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Egad, NO.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Egad, NO.
I swear to Marty, I am using this quote in a tech writing class at some point. Wtf does this word salad even mean?
Hegseth: "Let me say that again. We need to increase acquisition risk in order to decrease operational risk ... An 85% solution in the hands of our armed forces today is infinitely better than an unachievable 100% solution endlessly undergoing testing."
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I swear to Marty, I am using this quote in a tech writing class at some point. Wtf does this word salad even mean?
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Women should have jobs, but Ross Douthat shouldn’t.
November 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Women should have jobs, but Ross Douthat shouldn’t.
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Haymarket Books are amazing, 80% off is such a bargain, please go browse
ALL Haymarket EBooks are 80% off through November 7th ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
Haymarket Ebooks on sale for $2!
At Haymarket, our mission is to publish books that contribute to struggles for social and economic justice. We strive to make our books a vibrant and organic part of social movements, and we believe t...
www.haymarketbooks.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Haymarket Books are amazing, 80% off is such a bargain, please go browse
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I kind of want to go back and edit all of my master's essays to add that comics are not only a legitimate form of literature but that we now have evidence proving they are an innately human one.
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I kind of want to go back and edit all of my master's essays to add that comics are not only a legitimate form of literature but that we now have evidence proving they are an innately human one.
Hell yeah, Downingtown!
Erica Deuso is the first openly transgender person to be elected mayor in Pennsylvania.
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
The longtime Democratic advocate defeated Republican Rich Bryant Tuesday to serve as the next mayor of Downingtown.
🔴 Live election updates: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Hell yeah, Downingtown!
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The second CCCC Reading Circle on Land, Labor, Water & Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom is on Wed, Dec 10 @ 4–5 PM ET.
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The second CCCC Reading Circle on Land, Labor, Water & Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom is on Wed, Dec 10 @ 4–5 PM ET.
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
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The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The billionaires can buy the newspapers and buy social media and buy attack ads, but they can't buy their way out of how much we fucking hate all of them.
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Cheney was so evil that him dying actually lifted a curse
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Cheney was so evil that him dying actually lifted a curse
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Oh thank fuck
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Oh thank fuck
Absolutely waiting for a niche fragrance company to come up with a scent called Mustard and Onions. 10/10 would buy.
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Absolutely waiting for a niche fragrance company to come up with a scent called Mustard and Onions. 10/10 would buy.
Only because he's pissed off that someone else is getting attention, even if it's for dying.
Leavitt's tribute to Dick Cheney: "I know the president is aware of the former vice president's passing"
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Only because he's pissed off that someone else is getting attention, even if it's for dying.
Leavitt always sounds like she's the lawyer for the defense in an elementary school mock trial.
Q: Trump said on 60 Minutes that he did not know the Binance founder he pardoned. What did he mean by that?
LEAVITT: He means he doesn't know him personally. He means he does not a personal relationship with this individual. When it comes to pardons, the WH takes them with the utmost seriousness
LEAVITT: He means he doesn't know him personally. He means he does not a personal relationship with this individual. When it comes to pardons, the WH takes them with the utmost seriousness
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Leavitt always sounds like she's the lawyer for the defense in an elementary school mock trial.
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One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
November 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
One of our country's greatest war criminals just died, the president is arguing with himself about whether or not to let 40 million people starve, and there is an actual courtroom drama about a five dollar footlong.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
How are any of us supposed to maintain emotional regulation.
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"Bury him face down." This barn burner of an obit might feel hyperbolic to people who entered the world in the wake of 9/11; it's not. Cheney was one of the architects of today's American Christian conservatism. He was directly responsible for millions of deaths. Salt the earth where he's buried.
Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a…
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Bury him face down." This barn burner of an obit might feel hyperbolic to people who entered the world in the wake of 9/11; it's not. Cheney was one of the architects of today's American Christian conservatism. He was directly responsible for millions of deaths. Salt the earth where he's buried.
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A very specific and heartfelt good morning to Natalie Maines
I did not mean to conjure this day yesterday or to be an Andy Rooney but I need you to know that the kids know nothing of the post-9/11 Iraq War Era.
In my second of two opinion writing seminars for MPP students today, I was asked about getting canceled in the future over writing today. I immediately responded with my deeply held belief that only The Chicks ever have been canceled. 3 of the 65 people laughed; everyone else was very confused.
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A very specific and heartfelt good morning to Natalie Maines
Hey Pennsylvania, time to vote YES to retain!
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hey Pennsylvania, time to vote YES to retain!
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Finally turned in my promotion application, so now it's time to hibernate for the rest of the weekend
a white polar bear is standing in a pile of hay .
Alt: a slightly scraggly white polar bear stands in a pile of hay, then retreats to its cave to hibernate
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Finally turned in my promotion application, so now it's time to hibernate for the rest of the weekend
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2nd in line to the presidency, yet consistently has no idea what’s happening in the country
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
2nd in line to the presidency, yet consistently has no idea what’s happening in the country
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US census data is carefully anonymized for good reason. Now Republicans want to change that -- and their plan could put the data of every person living in the US at risk.
Important reporting from @telliotter.bsky.social
Important reporting from @telliotter.bsky.social
The Republican Plan to Reform the Census Could Put Everyone’s Privacy at Risk
A little-known algorithmic process called “differential privacy” helps keep census data anonymous. Conservatives want it gone.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
US census data is carefully anonymized for good reason. Now Republicans want to change that -- and their plan could put the data of every person living in the US at risk.
Important reporting from @telliotter.bsky.social
Important reporting from @telliotter.bsky.social
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@ekalodnermar.bsky.social and I cannot wait to read your proposals!!
Submissions are accepted until January 10!
Submissions are accepted until January 10!
We hope you enjoyed the SIGDOC 2025 conference, and are looking forward to welcoming you to SIGDOC 2026 at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN. The Call for Proposals is live: sigdoc.acm.org/conference/2....
We will have a new OER process starting in Jan. 2026: www.acm.org/publications...
We will have a new OER process starting in Jan. 2026: www.acm.org/publications...
sigdoc.acm.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@ekalodnermar.bsky.social and I cannot wait to read your proposals!!
Submissions are accepted until January 10!
Submissions are accepted until January 10!
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”