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Kris Ten
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I research anti-blackness and modern digital technology. I also write dystopian fiction that is heavily influenced by my research.
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jenee.bsky.social
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.

RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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drsubini.blacksky.app
We wrote a paper that used double helix metaphor, "Our findings illustrate that both educator response & education policy create a double helix of oppression...that make it incredibly difficult for Black girls to be protected from racialized sexual harassment"-this was our note on Watson's citation
Footnote 4: It is not lost on us that Watson & Crick made use of Rosalind Franklin’s work without her knowledge or permission. Though beyond the scope of this paper, we want to acknowledge the way patriarchy constructs these men as the discoverers of world-changing knowledge that could not have been achieved without stealing this woman’s ideas. Particularly because Watson wrote of Franklin “The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was in another person’s lab,” she was subjected to much gender harassment that diminished her incredible contributions to this work. Paper title: Policy as Punishment and Distraction: The Double Helix of Racialized Sexual Harassment of Black Girls. Authors: Jennifer M. Wilmot, Valentina Migliarini, and Subini Ancy Annamma
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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jamellebouie.net
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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equitableforall.com
This means the We Are Each Other's Liberation
Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities e-book, edited by Rachel Kuo, Jaimee A. Swift, and TD Tso, can be purchased in this sale for only $2! 👀
www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2519-w...
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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lukestark.bsky.social
No, it can't. We cleared this up a few years ago: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
AI is killing people. We don't have to let companies hawking these products embed them in everything. If you work at a college, your students are already struggling with mental health, and you want to give them this?

www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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ashtonpittman.bsky.social
Trump just gave $40 billion in taxpayer dollars to Argentina to bail out its libertarian president.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump on SNAP: "Our country has to remain very liquid because problems, catastrophes, wars -- it could be anything. We have to remain liquid. We can't give everything away."
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Very proud to have worked on this statement of the Modern Language Association with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and other colleagues on the MLA’s task force on AI in Research and Teaching. It is a direct call for faculty input into Ed Tech decision-making, especially AI: www.mla.org/Resources/Ad... 🧵
Screenshots of the following text: Statement on Educational Technologies and AI Agents The following statement of endorsement was drafted by the MLA Task Force on AI in Research and Teaching. The Executive Council approved it as an MLA statement in October 2025. Software, specifically learning management systems (LMSs), is as important to teaching and learning as physical classrooms and facilities. The recent and hasty integration of generative AI features into those systems is already redefining student and instructor relationships, evaluative standards, and instructional outcomes—with no compelling evidence that any of it is for the better. At the same time, so-called agentic browsers are becoming widely available to the public. These offer AI “agents” that can navigate LMSs and complete assignments without any student involvement. All of this is unfolding at a time when contractual arrangements between institutions and commercial vendors often lack transparency, with worrisome implications for data collection and student privacy. Screenshots of the following text: The Modern Language Association therefore unequivocally 1. Advocates for full faculty and instructional involvement, including faculty of languages, literatures, and the humanities, at all levels of decision-making in the selection, procurement, and responsible implementation of instructional technology systems and software, including those incorporating AI.

The instructional mission cannot be fulfilled in the absence of faculty expertise, and this expertise extends not only to the “content” of the curriculum but also to the infrastructures and environments—virtual and otherwise—in which learning happens.
  2. Calls upon law- and policymakers, LMS vendors, and companies offering agent-based AI browsers to cooperate in order to prevent misuse and to ensure that academic institutions have the ability and option to block agentic AI when needed.

Without dedicated outside cooperation from lawmakers and technology providers, academic institutions may not have the technical capacity to do so on their own. If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a learning management system, AI-generated content is submitted by an agentic AI on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work on behalf of the instructor.
November 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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lorennacleary.bsky.social
THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
Remember when we kept getting stories about how NFT’s were changing Black womens lives and good for minorities

And the. The bubble burst?
hypervisible.blacksky.app Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d
“Jones created the persona while teaching herself AI just four months ago. The 31-year-old Mississippi native admits she's not a singer, but says the ‘lyrics are 100% me,’ and that they come from poems she wrote based on real life experiences.”
Meet the woman behind chart-topping AI artist Xania Monet: "I look at her as a real person"
Artist Xania Monet's voice has been heard by millions around the world, but some are surprised to learn she's a product of artificial intelligence.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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miriamposner.com
I am very concerned about anticipatory compliance at UC. Provost Katherine Newman has opted to defund a critical program called the UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPFP). This incredibly selective postdoc has provided a route to UC faculty for many of my most valued colleagues. +
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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moreperfectunion.bsky.social
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.

Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.

Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
Save 50% on #NewBook "A Thousand Paper Cuts" by Anjali Nath, which considers the paper worlds made and destroyed by US imperialism, offering a pre-history of the redacted visions of the Homeland Security age.
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Cover of A Thousand Paper Cuts: US Empire and the Bureaucratic Life of War by Anjali Nath. Features a textured background in shades of pink, orange, and green with faint abstract floral and geometric patterns. The title is prominently displayed in bold black letters on a lighter background. Below it, the subtitle is similarly presented with black bars suggesting redaction. The author's name appears at the bottom in black letters on a lighter background.
November 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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cleefouti.bsky.social
Captain Torture
A four frame comic about Captain Torture. The first frame shows the sign "BREAKING NEWS" and the drawing of a man, with the words "CAPTAIN TORTURES PASSES AWAY" near him. The second frame shows a journalist holding a mic, as she says "A controversial and divisive figure, Captain torture will be remembered for his key role in history." The News title is "Mourning day for Captain-". The third frame shows three posts on social media. The first one is by a man called Paul James @Paulitician. He writes: "I didn't always agree with Captain Torture but he sure was a man who believed in something." The second post by James Paul @Avegetable reads: "I pay my respects to Captain Torture and his family. His heart was in the right place- with our country." The third post is by SonicVomit @SonicBleh , and reads "HE TORTURED PEOPLE". The fourth frame shows an interview on TV. An angry man on the right is saying: "Let me tell you something, Jen. I think it's SICK to celebrate Captain Torture's death. These people should be LOCKED UP, and also tortured-". The news below says: "Every president on earth pays homage-".
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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drcaromaldo.blacksky.app
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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thetattooedprof.bsky.social
The sentences before that reminder are also worth considering: Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..."
stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 7d
I continue to wonder when Americans will decide enough is enough. As Frederick Douglass reminds us:

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
November 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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megsmith.bsky.social
CFP alert! If you're working on digitization, replicas and reproductions, living history practices, or other forms of surrogate sources, we'd love to see a proposal for organized sessions at the 2026 Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies. #DigitalHumanities #LivingHistory #CFP #MedievalSky
Call for Papers 13th Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies 8-10 June 2026 Saint Louis University Representing the Past: Material and Digital Surrogates in the Practice of History Organizers: Thomas Morin, Saint Louis University, and Margaret Smith, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Increasing reliance on surrogates has transformed historians' avenues for inquiry and methodologies for interpreting information. The creation of digital surrogates has increased access to historical materials, but also raises questions about representation, conservation, and democratization. Parallel to these developments, the production of physical replicas of historical objects has also expanded immensely in the last several decades, bringing with it new teaching tools and research aids. But the production of these material surrogates has also heightened the tensions between access and authenticity. These replicas, both in the physical and digital spheres, have opened new paths and discussions about how scholars engage with history both academically and pedagogically, and in public spaces.   These sessions invite papers that explore the creation, use, and interpretation of surrogates in historical practice. How do digital and material surrogates mediate the relationship between researchers, objects, and audiences? How do they complement or challenge one another as forms of preservation and interpretation? We welcome contributions that address the processes of surrogate creation, the theoretical and ethical dimensions of representation, and the role of surrogates in pedagogy, public history, and digital humanities.   By bringing together scholars working across media, these panels seek to create dialogue on how historical knowledge is shaped through acts of reproduction, translation, and substitution. Prospective presenters should email their 100-200 word proposals to either thomas.morin@slu.edu or margars@siue.edu by 15 December 2025.
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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drsamischalk.bsky.social
If you’ve been waiting to get the audio version of my book Black Disability Politics (narrated by @imanibarbarin.bsky.social), it’s currently deeply discounted on @libro.fm!

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Black Disability Politics Audiobook on Libro.fm
In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present. Schalk shows how Black people have long...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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racheledini.bsky.social
I'm excited to share my piece in Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, which examines OpenAI's claims about ChatGPT's creative writing skills, Big Tech's weaponisation of grief and nostalgia, and the collapse of the academic humanities. lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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solomonmissouri.bsky.social
For me the centralizing question of the faith in this moment is ...

"When did we see you?"
hungry (SNAP)
thirsty (our environment is suffering)
a stranger (we have abandoned our neighbors)
naked (we have exploited the resources to the wealthy)
sick (no healthcare)
in prison

AND ... not help you?
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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dukepress.bsky.social
We have a terrific slate of #NewBooks coming out this November, including "Indigenomicon" by Jodi A. Byrd @arsavium.bsky.social. See all November titles and save 50% with coupon FALL25 during our fall sale! buff.ly/KsghzeM
Cover of Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession by Jodi Byrd. The cover art features a stylized, pixelated landscape that transitions into a painted forest scene. A river runs along the bottom, where a figure sits in a canoe. In the background, a wooden palisade, tall trees, and two stork-like birds in flight are depicted.
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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solomonmissouri.bsky.social
Let me just say ... i really did try to have substantive conversations about the nature of white evangelical Christianity... But was told "it would offend our readers"
worstwizard.online tupperward @worstwizard.online · 7d
Is it good when a pastor says this?
solomonmissouri.bsky.social Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 8d
They gonna have to throw the whole religion away
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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theflytrapmedia.com
We were so happy to see everyone's enthusiasm for our project to reprint pieces from Bitch Media! We are all excited because we also loved Bitch just as much as you. It was a formative publication for many of us. So here's a thread of some of our fave Bitch articles.
On a floral fabric, three hard copies of Bitch Magazine are arranged on top of a pink t-shirt with The Flytrap logo in white on it.
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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blueheronfarm.bsky.social
I will not, as discussed before, read another single story that is clutching pearls about people's reproductive choices. But every time I see one, I'll remind you that there is no economic problem that cannot be solved with immigration and/or taxing wealth hoarders.
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM