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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie
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i have never been so thoroughly eviscerated in my life. (and yes i know i got the author lady's name wrong, leave me alone, i was in A State) @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Screenshot of text exchange between my sister and i, in which she uses laugh emoji to react to each one of my perfectly valid and well articulated complaints Me: Though I resent being ignored! 11:27 PM Sister: To ignore you l'd have to have known you were saying stuff in the first place 11:28 PM Me: Somehow, that is worse 11:28 PM Me: Lmao 11:28 PM Me: You just carol joyce oatesed me 11:28 PM
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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part of why i find the idea that certain tech is inevitable (LMS, AI, etc) to be silly is we're not far removed from the before times. we have it in recent and living memory how we function without these things. i graduated from college in 2013. we had reading packets and printed our assignments
Screenshot of Blue Sky conversation with the middle username redacted Adrienne Massanari: I have so much grading to do, and Canvas is down because of the AWS outage. Object lesson #1940273 that maybe forcing us all to use crappy LMS tools that are beholden to tech infrastructures controlled by Bezos et al wasn't the best idea. #acasky Redacted: I noticed you didn't offer an alternative LMS you would rather use. I hate Besos also but unless you have a specific solution you've vetted that can scale like canvas and is impervious to downtime this comment seems like whining. Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social: i wonder...how in the world did faculty teach or grade before the invention of the LMS? i suppose there was simply no teaching or grading before the internet
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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i had this exact question so fyi in case you do too: if your book was in the atlantic list but published after 2021, it's not part of the settlement www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/faq#q-49
51. My work was on The Atlantic’s list of LibGen files. Why is it not on the Works List? The Works List only includes works that meet the Class definition (as identified in FAQ 5). A work on The Atlantic’s list of LibGen files may not meet the Class definition for many reasons, including, for example: Anthropic did not download any works from LibGen after July 2021. To compile its list, The Atlantic used metadata from LibGen as that database existed in 2025. Between July 2021 and 2025, more books were added to LibGen. Your work would not be part of the Class, and therefore not on the Works List, if it was added to LibGen after July 2021 (and also not present in the files Anthropic downloaded from PiLiMi in August 2022).
October 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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WE CAN READ
Is this a call for violence? Yes. Explicitly it is. Today, I choose violence. Literally. I know calls for violence are generally frowned upon. The issue is ….. I simply don't care.
September 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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from the same people who brought you "theyre erasing history"
a black woman wearing a red blazer with her forehead labeled "the jokes" while writing on a sheet of paper also labeled "the jokes," meaning "the jokes write themselves"
September 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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to her credit, the rugs do match, but the shades of gray are ever so slightly off and i know having them in my line of sight at the same time is gonna bug me. the new one needs to go by the entrance or something 😂
Two gray and white rugs with a pattern that has hexagons and diamonds
September 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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So violating our privacy is worth anywhere from, say, a large ice cream cone at your local shop to a meal at the cheesecake factory thehill.com/homenews/nex...
Article title from The Hill Facebook settlement payment sizes revealed: Here's the minimum (and maximum) you'll get BY ALIX MARTICHOUX How big will your payment be? The smallest possible payment is $4.89 and the maximum payment is $38.36, according to court documents filed on Friday. The average payment will be $29.43 (which is pretty close to the estimate we knew prior to this). Whether your payment is closer to $5 or $40 depends on how long you had a Facebook account during the class period. There's a point system in place, with one point awarded for every month you had a Facebook account between May 2007 and December 2022. The maximum number of points you can have is 188, which would give you the maximum payment of around $38. If you have fewer points, because you weren't on Facebook for that entire time, you'll receive a smaller payment. The minimum payment of $4.89 "corresponds with the payment to Authorized Claimants who were Facebook Users with activated accounts for 24 months during the Class Period."
September 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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like can you believe he tried to say he could cook better than me? ME?! i simply refuse to believe it until i taste his food myself
A ribeye with perfect grill marks on a wooden cutting board buffalo wings and garlic parmesan french fries with a bottle of old bay hot sauce a braised lamb steak with mashed potatoes, baby carrots, and lots of gravy a roasted chicken seasoned like my life depends on it
September 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Idk about yall but personally, I would love for the American Historical Association to not advertise positions with ICE
Screenshot of ad from the American Historical Association jobs board careers.historians.org Department of Homeland Security logo U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Historian Human Rights Violator Law Division, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Washington, D.C. NEW!
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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had to pull out my official first day of class shirt yesterday
a woman smiling in front of a whiteboard wearing pink pants and a shirt that says "it's in the syllabus." keyboard and mouse in the foreground
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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my niece (who is too young to read what it says) stole my sticker and was quite pleased with herself. i was saving that.
Toddler in purple pajamas wearing a sticker that says "daily shitstorm survivors club" and has a cloud with an angry face, thunderbolt, and rainbow. Smug smirking emoji over toddler's face. Boy in background watching tv
August 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I was looking for something in the walmart app and got this reproductive/sexual health surveillance notice and all i can say is uhhhhh wtf???
Screenshot from walmart app with background blurred and notification that reads: Virginia Health Information Consent Virginia law requires your consent to collect or use information about your potential or actual purchase of reproductive or sexual health products or services. By viewing, searching for, or buying these products or services on our site, or using related features such as Baby Registry, you consent to our use of this information to complete your purchase, provide the requested feature, and for general analytics, operations, and fraud prevention. If you do not consent, please avoid viewing, searching for, using, or purchasing these products, services, or features. Continue shopping
August 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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update: baby #1 maintains the top spot
screenshot of whatsapp conversation cousin 1: to the tune of jingle bells (music note emoji) shake your butt/shake your butt/ shake your shake your buttt (music note emoji) - redcated baby name sister: A lyricist cousin 2: Traveling bard
August 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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update: one of the babies tied for 3rd (the one who always looks grumpy) has suddenly jumped into 1st place
screenshot of whatsapp group chat with some laughing emoji or heart reactions to individual messages Cousin: yo Imfao. baby just took a huge shit in his diaper, smelling up the place horrible. To the point I'm cracking up about how bad it smells. Tell me why. This child picks up a harmonica. And sings "I'm stinkyyyy" Me: Aaaaaahahahahaha Cousin: I'm crying Me: Thats hilarious Cousin: Obvious question is you have the nerve to compose songs why tf are you still shitting in your diaper
July 21, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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lil of column a, lil of column b 😂
picture of a soccer game playing on the tv with a different game playing on a laptop. blue lizard dog toy on the living room carpet and entertainment center in the background
July 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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a few years ago i noticed that a lot of shows i watched would have a temporary black girlfriend before moving on to the white girlfriend who was very clearly always going to be the real love interest so i started keeping a list. and alas, ive had to add invincible. ya hate to see it
Shows where they have a black girlfriend as a placeholder before moving on to the real white girl love interest • The good place • You •The good doctor •Sex education •Atypical • Invincible
July 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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i saw this a few days ago so I changed my dad's name in my phone from papa dennie to garold and now I keep cracking up at the idea of someone calling him from my emergency contacts for something serious and being like "hello is this Garold?" 😂😂😂
Screenshot of tweet from @kyleplantemoji that says "Crazy that the name Gary isn't short for something. Surely their real name is Garold or something." Profile picture of a mustached man is in the corner
June 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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i was playing hide and seek with my nephew earlier. i opened a bathroom door all the way and didnt see him, but he walked out 5 seconds after me. i was confused. he took me back to show me his his hiding spot. tell me why this boy was behind a curtain perched on my window sill like a tree frog
a small green frog stuck on a window with a brown frame
June 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Some words (by me) for Juneteenth that are 4 years old but still ring true. Check out the full article at slate.com/news-and-pol...
Screenshot of Slate article. SOUNDS BEAUTIFUL, PERHAPS EVEN ALLURING HISTORY Government Recognition of Juneteenth Is Not Enough. What, to the Black American, is your federal holiday? BY NNEKA D. DENNIE JUNE 17, 2021 • 3:29 PM Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a bill enrollment signing ceremony for the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act as members of the Congressional Black Caucus hold the bill on June 17, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?" This is the question that formerly enslaved abolitionist Frederick Douglass posed in a July 1852 speech that would later become one of his most famous works. Douglass's remarks described how Independence Day, to the enslaved, was not a celebration of liberty from tyranny, but a stark reminder of their continued bondage. He explained that for the enslaved American, the 4th of July is "a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciation of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery." Given the ways that Dr. King's lifework and MLK Day have been distorted, it seems valid to fear that making Juneteenth a federal holiday has the potential to diminish its significance, instead of generating further inquiry into the history of American slavery and emancipation. The context of the passage of this legislation gives advocates for honest discussion of Black history little reason to hope. The vote to make Juneteenth a federal holiday occurred alongside state-level attempts to ban discussions of so-called "critical race theory" in classrooms. At last count, 21 states have introduced bills to ban critical race theory and related topics from being taught in K-12 schools and college classrooms. Meanwhile, as Republican state legislatures pursue voter suppression laws, the 2021 For the People Act-an attempt to protect voting rights for all citizens by establishing automatic voter registration for federal elections, banning partisan gerrymandering, and more-faces an uncertain road to passage in the Senate. Passing a bill that would make Juneteenth a federal holiday, in this historical context, is, as Douglass stated of 4th of July celebrations almost 170 years ago, "mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy— a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages." Voting in favor of this bill allows politicians to deny allegations of racism, even as they actively oppose measures that seek to redress racial harm, such as reparations, police abolition, and more. We cannot accept empty symbolism in exchange for our rights. Any attempt to commemorate the end of slavery must be accompanied by tangible changes that seek to undo its effects.
June 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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aight yall i put my foot in this one. red wine braised lamb with carrots and mashed potatoes
plate of food on a countertop with red wine braised beef, baby carrots, and mashed potatoes, tomatoes, and onions plate of food on a countertop with red wine braised beef, baby carrots, and mashed potatoes, tomatoes, and onions plate of food on a countertop with red wine braised beef, baby carrots, and mashed potatoes, tomatoes, and onions
May 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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new name just dropped
Coffee cup with my name spelled Meeka. Drink order is a medium iced vanilla macchiato latte, extra sweet
May 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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idk how google predicts lineups for soccer games but i guarantee you they could have a monkey pull names and positions out of a crackerjack box and it would be more accurate than this uswnt attempt
predicted lineup for a soccer game with several players in incorrect positions
April 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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I'm reading the full document now, that's in there too
Excerpt from legal document: return him to the country for process (or for any other purpose) cannot stand. The Government's actions in this case most assuredly violated the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. The Government cannot escape is responsibility to return Abrego Garcia to the United States by claiming it now lacks authority to control El Salvador. And the district court's injunction requires no such thing. The injunction requires only that the United
April 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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why would @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social attack me like this
Nneka Dennie Madiba's sister Born in • Professor of Black feminist history at Washington and Lee University • Officiating our wedding • Boyfriend: • Dog • Loves soccer, instigating, and her own jokes Picture of woman smiling in pink shirt and overalls
April 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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I'm ideologically opposed to HOAs but unfortunately, my neighborhood has one. i went to the meeting tonight with the goal of obstructing things if needed. here are excerpted complaints and suggestions
Couple highlights from tonight's HOA meeting in no particular order: - "some HOAs dont let people use their garages for storage. we should do that" - "we should garnish people's wages if they aren't paying hoa dues" - "we should take people to court if the owners arent paying hoa dues and get all the money back. and theyll pay our legal fees" - "we should evict renters if the owners arent paying the HOA dues" - "if you dont pick up after your dog im calling animal control" - "we spend hundreds of dollars on fertilizer to make our lawn look good. let your dog piss in your own fucking yard" Delivered
March 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM