JenniferJames100
@femmenoire.bsky.social
Pprofessor. Black environmental literature, war, and 19th century Black life. President of C19: The Society for 19th Century Americanists. Plant and poetry lover. Forthcoming book: Captive Ecologies: The Environmental Afterlives of Slavery (Duke UP). D.C.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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Fuck this fucking guy.
NEW: A bill restoring money for pediatric cancer therapies was defeated in the Senate.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
My colleague @samsteindc.bsky.social — who has covered this wrenching story ever since the funding was first removed at Elon Musk's behest last year — reports on why Bernie Sanders helped defeat the bill.
A Pediatric Cancer Bill Fell One Vote Short. Bernie Cast It.
The Vermont senator is holding out for a bigger health care package. Advocates are asking: Is the price worth it?
www.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Fuck this fucking guy.
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NYT acting like it was no big deal Brooks was there, and then this final line from the Buzzfeed story: "After the event, they took the guest list and shredded it."
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
NYT acting like it was no big deal Brooks was there, and then this final line from the Buzzfeed story: "After the event, they took the guest list and shredded it."
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gonna talk about david brooks being in the epstein photos the next time i visit the applebee's salad bar*
*this is an extremely deep cut for the real ones
*this is an extremely deep cut for the real ones
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
gonna talk about david brooks being in the epstein photos the next time i visit the applebee's salad bar*
*this is an extremely deep cut for the real ones
*this is an extremely deep cut for the real ones
My outfit for the day it happens
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
My outfit for the day it happens
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One small way to try to re-establish social trust would be to transparently disclose *in this very column* that you hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | The Epstein Story? Count Me Out.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
One small way to try to re-establish social trust would be to transparently disclose *in this very column* that you hung out with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Themes for 2026 ASLE Spotlight series:
Decolonizing Environments, January 23 @1pm EST
Embodied Approaches, February 6 @1pm
Multispecies Connections, March 13 @1pm
Register to hear about new critical + creative work in the environmental humanities! www.asle.org/stay-informe...
Decolonizing Environments, January 23 @1pm EST
Embodied Approaches, February 6 @1pm
Multispecies Connections, March 13 @1pm
Register to hear about new critical + creative work in the environmental humanities! www.asle.org/stay-informe...
December 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Themes for 2026 ASLE Spotlight series:
Decolonizing Environments, January 23 @1pm EST
Embodied Approaches, February 6 @1pm
Multispecies Connections, March 13 @1pm
Register to hear about new critical + creative work in the environmental humanities! www.asle.org/stay-informe...
Decolonizing Environments, January 23 @1pm EST
Embodied Approaches, February 6 @1pm
Multispecies Connections, March 13 @1pm
Register to hear about new critical + creative work in the environmental humanities! www.asle.org/stay-informe...
In a profession of Lizzas and Nuzzis, be a Whipple
December 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
In a profession of Lizzas and Nuzzis, be a Whipple
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
We will miss the laughter you have given us all these years. Rob Reiner goes to 11. youtu.be/HsFm6Yk_HkE?...
This is Spinal Tap (1984) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
We will miss the laughter you have given us all these years. Rob Reiner goes to 11. youtu.be/HsFm6Yk_HkE?...
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
As a group Black people more reliably support policies falling under "socialism" than any other group. Our reward according to the Atlantic guy should be putting up with racism. We look out for low-wage workers at the ballot box. We don't have to look out for those spewing racism in our faces.
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
As a group Black people more reliably support policies falling under "socialism" than any other group. Our reward according to the Atlantic guy should be putting up with racism. We look out for low-wage workers at the ballot box. We don't have to look out for those spewing racism in our faces.
Cat videos
how do women not die of rage aneurysms every single day
December 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Cat videos
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Senate Republicans reject new congressional maps in defiance of Trump’s redistricting push.
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Senate Republicans reject new congressional maps in defiance of Trump’s redistricting push.
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🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
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We're like three days from the n-word
TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We're like three days from the n-word
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Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Wow -- Russia reportedly plotted last year to plant bombs on US-bound flights (gift link) giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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If I were one of the wealthiest people in human history, living in a country with ever growing wealth inequality, I might think twice about advocating ritual execution
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
If I were one of the wealthiest people in human history, living in a country with ever growing wealth inequality, I might think twice about advocating ritual execution
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
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BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
BREAKING: All House Democrats have signed our discharge petition to extend the ACA tax credits.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
That makes 214.
We can protect health care and lower costs — if only 4 Republicans will join us.
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Save 30% on #NewBook "Inhabitants of the Deep" by Jonathan Howard, which undertakes a black ecocritical study of the deep (oceans, rivers, lakes) in African American literature. #BlackStudies
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December 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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he's fighting for his life in this meeting
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
he's fighting for his life in this meeting
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I am going to remind u now of my 2019 scoop: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-frie...
Fox News Host Pete Hegseth Privately Lobbied Trump to Pardon Accused War Criminals
The president isn’t just watching the network, he’s taking policy advice from its morning hosts.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I am going to remind u now of my 2019 scoop: www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-frie...