Shelbi
@polkfiction.bsky.social
wrote about books for shondaland, electric literature, mcsweeneys and a few others. now I only think about grad school, sorry.
My university has a multi-billion $ endowment and an on-campus food pantry for food insecure students AND EMPLOYEES. Honestly inexcusable to me.
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My university has a multi-billion $ endowment and an on-campus food pantry for food insecure students AND EMPLOYEES. Honestly inexcusable to me.
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Learning from history: In 1944 when Homer Rainey was fired, students went on strike and 8,000 of them marched in a mock funeral procession carrying a coffin with a banner that read “academic freedom” from campus to the Capitol and the governor’s mansion.
Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings
Lessons to learn from the politically motivated firing of a UT president in the 1940s
www.texasobserver.org
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Learning from history: In 1944 when Homer Rainey was fired, students went on strike and 8,000 of them marched in a mock funeral procession carrying a coffin with a banner that read “academic freedom” from campus to the Capitol and the governor’s mansion.
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Every single day Israel is slaughtering more Palestinians, and the most Western governments can do is talk about humanitarian aid. It’s not good enough.
At least 62 Palestinians killed across enclave in Israeli attacks, as two more malnutrition deaths are recorded.
Death toll from starvation in Gaza rises to 115 as Israeli attacks continue
At least 62 Palestinians killed across enclave in Israeli attacks, as two more malnutrition deaths are recorded.
bit.ly
July 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Every single day Israel is slaughtering more Palestinians, and the most Western governments can do is talk about humanitarian aid. It’s not good enough.
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people vote their values, not their material interest. and conservative values of deference to the wealthy, refusing assistance to the poor, refusal to invest in public good naturally demand the destruction of their own poorer communities.
A rural hospital in a Nebraska county that voted 75-25 for the GOP Senator in November closed due to the Republican Party's impending Medicaid cuts. This is a harbinger of a bleak future to come for rural communities. www.splinter.com/rural-hospit...
Rural Hospital Closes Due to GOP’s Gargantuan Medicaid Cuts
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
people vote their values, not their material interest. and conservative values of deference to the wealthy, refusing assistance to the poor, refusal to invest in public good naturally demand the destruction of their own poorer communities.
Rereading Invisible Cities for the first time in years! Has anyone written anything essential about it? What am I missing?
June 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Rereading Invisible Cities for the first time in years! Has anyone written anything essential about it? What am I missing?
So if this has been my reading list this year and I wanted to learn Even More about the US labor/organizing history for obvious reasons, where should I start?
Everything sucks and life is hard!
Here are some fun audiobooks I’ve listened to lately to take my mind off things:
- Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakey
- Limitarianism, Ingrid Robeyns
- We Refuse, Kellie Carter Jackson
- How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr
- The Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins
Here are some fun audiobooks I’ve listened to lately to take my mind off things:
- Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakey
- Limitarianism, Ingrid Robeyns
- We Refuse, Kellie Carter Jackson
- How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr
- The Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins
April 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So if this has been my reading list this year and I wanted to learn Even More about the US labor/organizing history for obvious reasons, where should I start?
Feels like a lot of the ai debate would be easier if people took process pedagogy seriously, but what do I know
March 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Feels like a lot of the ai debate would be easier if people took process pedagogy seriously, but what do I know
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It's critical to keep naming these losses, not in the spirit of "can you believe what they're doing," but to remember what's being lost. I've taught students from countries that erase the past, and they're stunned to learn of major events in their own countries. That's the fascist goal here.
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It's critical to keep naming these losses, not in the spirit of "can you believe what they're doing," but to remember what's being lost. I've taught students from countries that erase the past, and they're stunned to learn of major events in their own countries. That's the fascist goal here.
Starting to think the dissonance I’m feeling as both a grad student paying attention to the world and a writer of chirpy b2b saas blogs (to afford said grad school) will eventually corrode my command of language entirely.
March 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Starting to think the dissonance I’m feeling as both a grad student paying attention to the world and a writer of chirpy b2b saas blogs (to afford said grad school) will eventually corrode my command of language entirely.
Everything sucks and life is hard!
Here are some fun audiobooks I’ve listened to lately to take my mind off things:
- Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakey
- Limitarianism, Ingrid Robeyns
- We Refuse, Kellie Carter Jackson
- How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr
- The Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins
Here are some fun audiobooks I’ve listened to lately to take my mind off things:
- Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakey
- Limitarianism, Ingrid Robeyns
- We Refuse, Kellie Carter Jackson
- How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr
- The Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins
February 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Everything sucks and life is hard!
Here are some fun audiobooks I’ve listened to lately to take my mind off things:
- Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakey
- Limitarianism, Ingrid Robeyns
- We Refuse, Kellie Carter Jackson
- How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr
- The Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins
Here are some fun audiobooks I’ve listened to lately to take my mind off things:
- Vulture Capitalism, Grace Blakey
- Limitarianism, Ingrid Robeyns
- We Refuse, Kellie Carter Jackson
- How to Hide an Empire, Daniel Immerwahr
- The Jakarta Method, Vincent Bevins
haven’t sent a tweet I didn’t immediately delete in months let’s see how this one goes
February 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
haven’t sent a tweet I didn’t immediately delete in months let’s see how this one goes