Kristine Nowak
@kristineno.bsky.social
Communication Professor on the AAUP executive board at UCONN. I study CMC, Virtual Reality and HCI. Also mom to 2 kids and a crazy rescue dog. I enjoy travel, beaches, and all sorts of hijinks
I just finished Babel by R.F. Kuang. It’s really good. A dark fantasy with a message against colonialism -suggesting need to burn it all down but really compelling
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I just finished Babel by R.F. Kuang. It’s really good. A dark fantasy with a message against colonialism -suggesting need to burn it all down but really compelling
Very interesting assignment! We were discussing having students check each other or making them post pictures of their information to show where it was in the text. As you said, it’s really a waste of our time
November 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Very interesting assignment! We were discussing having students check each other or making them post pictures of their information to show where it was in the text. As you said, it’s really a waste of our time
I wish he supported our Trans family
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I wish he supported our Trans family
Neither is Kamala
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Neither is Kamala
So they can sue because someone saw their text messages but citizens can’t sue if they are taken out of their home naked with their children and detained for hours or weeks?
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
So they can sue because someone saw their text messages but citizens can’t sue if they are taken out of their home naked with their children and detained for hours or weeks?
What about lead in the water? Or chemicals corporations are dumping into the air and water?
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What about lead in the water? Or chemicals corporations are dumping into the air and water?
My favorite was “assault with a deli weapon”
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My favorite was “assault with a deli weapon”
In grad school I was at a conference reception with a group of older men. They were talking about how much more fun it was when they could “tell real jokes and slap the waitress on the ass” without anyone complaining. I naively believed that they would retire and a new generation would be better
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
In grad school I was at a conference reception with a group of older men. They were talking about how much more fun it was when they could “tell real jokes and slap the waitress on the ass” without anyone complaining. I naively believed that they would retire and a new generation would be better
Those texts were awful and not funny even if intended as a joke but what his opponent would have done in office was worse
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Those texts were awful and not funny even if intended as a joke but what his opponent would have done in office was worse
I think kids call this an attempt at a “glow up”
November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I think kids call this an attempt at a “glow up”
I thought inflation was bad? Even in the groceries, which we were told was an old fashioned word
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I thought inflation was bad? Even in the groceries, which we were told was an old fashioned word
Or maybe men could see him as an example of what women are looking for in a husband? They could seek to be the kind of person who would care for them in the way they want?
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Or maybe men could see him as an example of what women are looking for in a husband? They could seek to be the kind of person who would care for them in the way they want?
You also helped me see some of the misogyny I had unconsciously internalized. Please keep giving us the words to help us understand and express it
November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You also helped me see some of the misogyny I had unconsciously internalized. Please keep giving us the words to help us understand and express it
It’s only a meta-analysis if you search a Meta platform
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It’s only a meta-analysis if you search a Meta platform
Well actually, not all MAGA White dudes. Is that what you’re suggesting?
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Well actually, not all MAGA White dudes. Is that what you’re suggesting?
Did you announce that you were unfollowing and then just keep interacting for some engagement?
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Did you announce that you were unfollowing and then just keep interacting for some engagement?
Did you know that Mike Johnson would lose any election in New York?
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Did you know that Mike Johnson would lose any election in New York?
He hasn’t had a chance to see it because he’s on a multi month vacation
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
He hasn’t had a chance to see it because he’s on a multi month vacation
Buddhist teachings say you should learn to accept interruptions and use them as an opportunity to practice 'acceptance'. Instead of complaining about the children, incude them in your practice. And buy the poor parents coffee
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Buddhist teachings say you should learn to accept interruptions and use them as an opportunity to practice 'acceptance'. Instead of complaining about the children, incude them in your practice. And buy the poor parents coffee
I still have my “nasty woman” shirt from the first trump campaign
October 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I still have my “nasty woman” shirt from the first trump campaign
*Marked safe from Nazi tattoo
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
*Marked safe from Nazi tattoo
Seriously. Make me last author so I can just swing in at the end and edit!!!
October 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Seriously. Make me last author so I can just swing in at the end and edit!!!