David M. de León
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David M. de León
@davidmdeleon.com
Writer, academic, poet, nerd 🇵🇷
PhD in literature and Black studies. MPhil in skullduggery.
Poetry in places.
Mixed everything. Genderqueer bi eraser
CUNY Hunter.

http://davidmdeleon.com
I hate that I have to re-go over the grading rubric in class before the papers start coming in, like I'm a damn prosecuting attorney laying out a case. This is not why I got into academia!
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Now imagine having to type it several times a day
October 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We'll see if they want any second-round edits, but probably a year and change?
October 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Suddenly very sad that my uni switched to brightspace
October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reposted by David M. de León
don't let the system cleanse her the way they did bobby seal, huey, or afeni. learn your history.

(reposted with downloadable link for ebook readers)

📖 - archive.org/details/Assata
Assata : Assata Shakur : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Assata ShakurAn autobiography1987
archive.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reposted by David M. de León
More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...

Do you support or oppose "defund the police"?
Support - 21%
Oppose - 74%

Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services?
Support - 54%
Oppose - 41%
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Right? I'm not gonna say anything and let them cook. For purely anthropological reasons.
September 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Yeah. I'm losing sleep over it, because I do care, but I also know that if I spend all my energy fighting an uphill battle on an adjunct salary and forty students, I'm going to burn out.
September 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I assigned a video on day 2 that summarized a few of these studies. And the students that decided to present on it STILL managed to "well, actually" it. We're fighting against a whole culture and industry that is training young people to be AI dependent.
September 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM