Michael Bibler
@michaelpbibler.bsky.social
Professor, cat-dad, queer & camp, punk inclinations, nerd. Any opinions are strictly my own.
Southerners have always fought capitalists and fascists! Check out the books from our new reprint series at UNC Press, RADICSL SOUTHS.
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Radical Souths
Series Editors:Jaime Harker and Michael P. Bibler
Radical Souths reclaims and reprints some of the most revolutionary works of southern literature from the twentieth century. The fight for raci...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Southerners have always fought capitalists and fascists! Check out the books from our new reprint series at UNC Press, RADICSL SOUTHS.
uncpress.org/series/radic...
uncpress.org/series/radic...
Hey hey! The first book out from my new reprint series with Jaime Harker, RADICAL SOUTHS at UNC Press. THE GATHERING STORM is a 1932 Communist novel about mill strikes in Gastonia, NC, originally printed in the USSR. This is the first ever reprint with an important message for our times! ✊✊✊⚒️
September 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Hey hey! The first book out from my new reprint series with Jaime Harker, RADICAL SOUTHS at UNC Press. THE GATHERING STORM is a 1932 Communist novel about mill strikes in Gastonia, NC, originally printed in the USSR. This is the first ever reprint with an important message for our times! ✊✊✊⚒️
The Golden Lantern Bar in New Orleans has expressed one of the main takeaways of my book Literally.
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Golden Lantern Bar in New Orleans has expressed one of the main takeaways of my book Literally.
New shirt. Still haven't lost any weight.
July 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New shirt. Still haven't lost any weight.
Hey @nytimes.com I fixed the photo on your story for you.
May 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hey @nytimes.com I fixed the photo on your story for you.
Tomorrow I'll be Studio 54 years old. But could I aspire to be this fabulous?
March 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Tomorrow I'll be Studio 54 years old. But could I aspire to be this fabulous?
Distracting ourselves with the greatest work of American theatre.
March 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Distracting ourselves with the greatest work of American theatre.
The errors of AI are a feature, not a bug. This is terrifying.
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US to revoke student visas over ‘pro-Hamas’ social media posts flagged by AI - report
State department launches AI-assisted reviews of accounts to look for what it perceives as Hamas supporters
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The errors of AI are a feature, not a bug. This is terrifying.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Shimmy shimmy shake
March 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Shimmy shimmy shake
I have been writing about the soundsuits of artist Nick Cave. So he is part of my inspiration for Mardi Gras 2025.
March 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I have been writing about the soundsuits of artist Nick Cave. So he is part of my inspiration for Mardi Gras 2025.
I lost at the Bourbon Street Awards to a guy in a boat on wheels from some Mardi gras ball. Seriously? The critics hate me but judging from the street, the people love me.
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Bourbon Street brings out the best costumes on Mardi Gras
YouTube video by WVUE FOX 8 New Orleans
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March 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I lost at the Bourbon Street Awards to a guy in a boat on wheels from some Mardi gras ball. Seriously? The critics hate me but judging from the street, the people love me.
youtu.be/c07FM71lq9E?...
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More book banning
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Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
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February 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
More book banning
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Fuck Trump and his fascist henchmen. This is not only ridiculous. It’s dangerous. America - both a laughing stock and a pariah state.
Julianne Moore Furious that Her Children's Book - About Accepting Freckles - Has Been Banned by Trump Administration - Showbiz411
Read Oscar winner Julianne Moore’s post below. She is rightly incensed that the Department of Defense has banned her children’s book, called “Freckle Face Strawberry.” Pete Hegseth, who sipped a clear...
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February 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Fuck Trump and his fascist henchmen. This is not only ridiculous. It’s dangerous. America - both a laughing stock and a pariah state.
Not the first time an American "leader" openly courted favor with European Nazis. At least Reagan only met with dead Nazis, I guess. Vance and his Nazi ilk should be pushed back into the garbage corners they came from.
Ramones - My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)
YouTube video by rastafariz85
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February 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Not the first time an American "leader" openly courted favor with European Nazis. At least Reagan only met with dead Nazis, I guess. Vance and his Nazi ilk should be pushed back into the garbage corners they came from.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
No more T, only LGB. May the spirit of Marsha P. Johnson strike them all down with bricks.
H/T @tedatkinson.bsky.social
H/T @tedatkinson.bsky.social
Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
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February 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No more T, only LGB. May the spirit of Marsha P. Johnson strike them all down with bricks.
H/T @tedatkinson.bsky.social
H/T @tedatkinson.bsky.social
Washington Post interactive:
How would YOU participate in a coup against the United States? How would YOU illegally steal public funds? TAKE OUR QUIZ!
How would YOU participate in a coup against the United States? How would YOU illegally steal public funds? TAKE OUR QUIZ!
February 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Washington Post interactive:
How would YOU participate in a coup against the United States? How would YOU illegally steal public funds? TAKE OUR QUIZ!
How would YOU participate in a coup against the United States? How would YOU illegally steal public funds? TAKE OUR QUIZ!
Next we'll hear that the reason for the cost of eggs is all those DEI eggs.
January 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Next we'll hear that the reason for the cost of eggs is all those DEI eggs.
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Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)
Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)
January 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Updated DEI list of companies committed to DEI
Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)
Costco, Meijer,Kroger,Giant Grocery,Ben & Jerry’s,Ulta,Macy’s, Old Navy,Nordstrom’s,TJ Maxx,GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…),Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans (for those on the east coast)
Because anybody who's not white as a Klan sheet....
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Navajo Citizens Facing Identity Challenges During ICE Deportation Raids
The Trump administration’s intensified deportation efforts have created unexpected challenges for Navajo citizens living in urban areas like Phoenix. As the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement b...
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January 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Because anybody who's not white as a Klan sheet....
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Reposted by Michael Bibler
Who run the world?
January 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Who run the world?
Rewatching WarGames (1983). Basically the premise is: "We don't have enough sociopaths manning the levers of our nuclear arsenal because turns out some dudes don't wanna kill 200 million people. Let's try AI and see how that works... Oops! Let's go back to sociopaths!" And here we are now in 2025.
January 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Rewatching WarGames (1983). Basically the premise is: "We don't have enough sociopaths manning the levers of our nuclear arsenal because turns out some dudes don't wanna kill 200 million people. Let's try AI and see how that works... Oops! Let's go back to sociopaths!" And here we are now in 2025.
Reminds me of that early 18th-century New England hymn:
When the snow is on the octopus
And the Subaru won't drive,
God keeps his faucets running for you.
Let's hope the citrus trees survive
When the snow is on the octopus
And the Subaru won't drive,
God keeps his faucets running for you.
Let's hope the citrus trees survive
January 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reminds me of that early 18th-century New England hymn:
When the snow is on the octopus
And the Subaru won't drive,
God keeps his faucets running for you.
Let's hope the citrus trees survive
When the snow is on the octopus
And the Subaru won't drive,
God keeps his faucets running for you.
Let's hope the citrus trees survive
Saving to read when I can stomach it.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump closes first day with an avalanche of executive orders
His early actions aim to abolish federal diversity efforts and exclude transgender people from key services.
www.politico.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Saving to read when I can stomach it.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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