Racheal Fest
@instantconductor.bsky.social
writer + critic // fiction, politics, reviews
pedagogy // democratic & critical @ SUNY Oneonta
curator // Writers Salon @ Community Arts Network of Oneonta
pedagogy // democratic & critical @ SUNY Oneonta
curator // Writers Salon @ Community Arts Network of Oneonta
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Permission
Title image by Pam McKnight, On the River Bank, Gouache and Marker on Paper, 5″ x 6″, 2025. Permission by Racheal Fest“Give yourself permission,” Madison said, pushing the platter of fr…
lemonwoodquarterly.com
I've got a new story up at @lemonwoodquarterly.bsky.social. Click through! Bonus points if you recognize what's off about the Oneonta Wendy's parking lot? lemonwoodquarterly.com/permission/
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I had to call a customer. I usually try to avoid calling customers because i am the poet of the soul.
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I had to call a customer. I usually try to avoid calling customers because i am the poet of the soul.
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My review of Anna Moschovakis's most recent novel is up at @coloradoreview. I loved this weird, dreamy theory novel coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/an-e...
An Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface of the Earth - Center for Literary Publishing
$16.95 Buy Book About the Book Author: Anna MoschovakisReviewed By: Racheal FestGenre: FictionPublisher: Soft Skull PressPublished: 2024Pages: 208 Book ReviewAn Earthquake Is a Shaking of the Surface ...
coloradoreview.colostate.edu
September 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
My review of Anna Moschovakis's most recent novel is up at @coloradoreview. I loved this weird, dreamy theory novel coloradoreview.colostate.edu/reviews/an-e...
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I am given up by traitors;
August 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I am given up by traitors;
This one was fun to write
LemonwoodQuarterly.com
Read Racheal Fest's poignant and funny short story, 'Permission' at The Lemonwood Quarterly! A fantastic story from a remarkable writer. The Lemonwood Quarterly is always free for all readers. Check out the stories!
#LitMag #ShortStory
Read Racheal Fest's poignant and funny short story, 'Permission' at The Lemonwood Quarterly! A fantastic story from a remarkable writer. The Lemonwood Quarterly is always free for all readers. Check out the stories!
#LitMag #ShortStory
August 23, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This one was fun to write
I've got a new story up at @lemonwoodquarterly.bsky.social. Click through! Bonus points if you recognize what's off about the Oneonta Wendy's parking lot? lemonwoodquarterly.com/permission/
Permission
Title image by Pam McKnight, On the River Bank, Gouache and Marker on Paper, 5″ x 6″, 2025. Permission by Racheal Fest“Give yourself permission,” Madison said, pushing the platter of fr…
lemonwoodquarterly.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I've got a new story up at @lemonwoodquarterly.bsky.social. Click through! Bonus points if you recognize what's off about the Oneonta Wendy's parking lot? lemonwoodquarterly.com/permission/
so many berries
among the many things they don’t tell you about having kids is the amount of money you will shell out to buy various berries
July 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
so many berries
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You may not like it but this is the best economic system we can come up with
July 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
You may not like it but this is the best economic system we can come up with
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you before and after following me
July 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
you before and after following me
remember when we all thought defining neoliberalism correctly would help
July 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
remember when we all thought defining neoliberalism correctly would help
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The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The United States government is no longer able to protect us from real hazards, such as flash floods, because it’s shifting funds to fake hazards, such as a non-existent immigrant crime wave. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
Political post
you persist in telling me the most mystifying and exasperating stories
July 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Political post
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
Looking forward to reading with a great cast of area poets this weekend the Gatehouse
I'll be reading a small handful of poems on Saturday, July 5 from 1:00–3:00 p.m. at The Gatehouse in Morris, New York. Hosted by Julene Waffle with Robert Bensen, @instantconductor.bsky.social, Julie Suarez-Hayes, Vicki Whicker, and Teresa Winchester. www.thegatehouseny.com/events/poetr...
Poetry Reading and Open Mic — THE GATEHOUSE COFFEE SHOP
Join us at The Gatehouse for an afternoon of spoken word, shared stories, and poetic connection. We’re having a Poetry Reading and Open Mic hosted by Julene Waffle and the Bright Hill poets. You’re in...
www.thegatehouseny.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Looking forward to reading with a great cast of area poets this weekend the Gatehouse
I talked about a critical AI initiative I've been organizing for faculty on Tea for Teaching
Stephanie Pritchard and @instantconductor.bsky.social join us in today's Tea for Teaching episode to discuss a six-campus SUNY professional development initiative assisting faculty in integrating AI into their courses. @cyberthread.bsky.social teaforteaching.podbean.com/e/multicampu...
Multicampus AI Initiative | Tea for Teaching
Faculty are faced with the need to adjust instructional strategies in response to AI. In this episode, Racheal Fest and Stephanie Pritchard join us to discuss a professional development initiative fo...
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July 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I talked about a critical AI initiative I've been organizing for faculty on Tea for Teaching
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amazing q&a with paul krugman
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
amazing q&a with paul krugman
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(Pace salsa voice) NEW YORK CITY!
June 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
(Pace salsa voice) NEW YORK CITY!
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Over 1000 people at Oneonta's No Kings Day protest, the most I've ever seen for ANY event in my eight years of living here.
June 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Over 1000 people at Oneonta's No Kings Day protest, the most I've ever seen for ANY event in my eight years of living here.
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Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Broke: "AI can pass the bar!!"
Woke: "AI can make people fail the bar because it fucks up all the questions."
futurism.com/california-a...
Woke: "AI can make people fail the bar because it fucks up all the questions."
futurism.com/california-a...
California Admits AI Was Used to Write Bar Exam Plagued by Problems
The State Bar of California admitted that AI was used to draft dozens of questions in the bar exam administered to aspiring lawyers.
futurism.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Broke: "AI can pass the bar!!"
Woke: "AI can make people fail the bar because it fucks up all the questions."
futurism.com/california-a...
Woke: "AI can make people fail the bar because it fucks up all the questions."
futurism.com/california-a...
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If this were a report about any other country in the world, the headline would be something more like "Trump Expands Efforts to Crackdown on Political Opposition."
Trump Directs Justice Dept. to Investigate ActBlue, Democrats’ Cash Engine
The president ordered an inquiry into ActBlue, the main Democratic fund-raising platform, in his latest move using the government to target political opponents.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If this were a report about any other country in the world, the headline would be something more like "Trump Expands Efforts to Crackdown on Political Opposition."
For Easter, we watched 2001: A Space Odyssey (first time for our seven-year-old), and honestly, for a secular family, it did kind of feel like going to church
April 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
For Easter, we watched 2001: A Space Odyssey (first time for our seven-year-old), and honestly, for a secular family, it did kind of feel like going to church