Tracy K'Meyer
@tracykakes.bsky.social
(Address is college nickname. My name and initials were taken) Historian of modern US social movements; fan of Kentucky Shakespeare and local performing arts; hiker, nature lover, music fan and bibliophile.
My view while grading
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My view while grading
please someone assure me that this won't actually pass? www.wric.com/news/ohio-se...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
please someone assure me that this won't actually pass? www.wric.com/news/ohio-se...
Who knew that those of us in the humanities have been coddled and respected at the expense of STEM? I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Universities | The Guardian share.google/731Hop3jUQ5y...
It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
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November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Who knew that those of us in the humanities have been coddled and respected at the expense of STEM? I don't know whether to laugh or cry. It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Universities | The Guardian share.google/731Hop3jUQ5y...
Graded/edited 35 research paper drafts (15-20 pages each) in 10 days. I'm beyond fried. Gonna pass out now.
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Graded/edited 35 research paper drafts (15-20 pages each) in 10 days. I'm beyond fried. Gonna pass out now.
in the middle of a huge pile of grading I took a peak at rate my prof and found the absolute best compliment I have ever gotten in 30 years of teaching and now I am full on crying.
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
in the middle of a huge pile of grading I took a peak at rate my prof and found the absolute best compliment I have ever gotten in 30 years of teaching and now I am full on crying.
Please don't say "Democrats caved" or similar broad stroke condemnations. Democrats did not. Not (even) Schumer. Not Jeffries. Not majorities in either chamber. The party is being sold out by a tiny number of gutless senators, one of whom is not even in the party. That is the story.
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Please don't say "Democrats caved" or similar broad stroke condemnations. Democrats did not. Not (even) Schumer. Not Jeffries. Not majorities in either chamber. The party is being sold out by a tiny number of gutless senators, one of whom is not even in the party. That is the story.
Preaching to the choir but as someone who has done hundreds of interviews I'm still shocked by how bad The Daily podcast interviewers can be. Ridiculously fake incredulity used to ask incredibly leading snowball questions. Just venting.
November 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Preaching to the choir but as someone who has done hundreds of interviews I'm still shocked by how bad The Daily podcast interviewers can be. Ridiculously fake incredulity used to ask incredibly leading snowball questions. Just venting.
@nytimes.com surely the NYT is going to devote multiple headlines to Trump's mental decline, right? Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining Water to the Navy share.google/Ynf8mKLg4vW4...
Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining Water to the Navy
The president went on a baffling rant about the scientific properties of water on board the USS George Washington.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@nytimes.com surely the NYT is going to devote multiple headlines to Trump's mental decline, right? Trump, 79, Gets Confused Explaining Water to the Navy share.google/Ynf8mKLg4vW4...
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The home of a judge and a former Democratic elected official in South Carolina (both of whom have taken strong anti-Trump positions) explodes and burns to the ground the day after Stephen Miller threatens those who go against trump, including judges. It might be worth a mention???
The home of a judge and a former Democratic elected official in South Carolina (both of whom have taken strong anti-Trump positions) explodes and burns to the ground the day after Stephen Miller threatens those who go against trump, including judges. It might be worth a mention???
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@nytimes.com
The home of a judge and a former Democratic elected official in South Carolina (both of whom have taken strong anti-Trump positions) explodes and burns to the ground the day after Stephen Miller threatens those who go against trump, including judges. It might be worth a mention???
The home of a judge and a former Democratic elected official in South Carolina (both of whom have taken strong anti-Trump positions) explodes and burns to the ground the day after Stephen Miller threatens those who go against trump, including judges. It might be worth a mention???
I can't decide what is the worst part, but his complaining that he didn't get the contract to renovate the UN back in the day is pretty high on the list.
September 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I can't decide what is the worst part, but his complaining that he didn't get the contract to renovate the UN back in the day is pretty high on the list.
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There will be a point at the trials when the prosecutors are going to want to prove a depraved indifference to human life, and man are they going to be spoiled for material.
Vance on Trump's strikes on boats: "I wouldn't go fishing right now in that area of the world."
September 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There will be a point at the trials when the prosecutors are going to want to prove a depraved indifference to human life, and man are they going to be spoiled for material.
so according to ezra, posting quotes from the victim is equivalent to calling for all members of the opposition party to be arrested and the party banned. This is yet another reason why I can't take Ezra Klein seriously anymore. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
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September 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
so according to ezra, posting quotes from the victim is equivalent to calling for all members of the opposition party to be arrested and the party banned. This is yet another reason why I can't take Ezra Klein seriously anymore. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...
@nytimes.com have you heard about this? In Chicago, thousands protest against threat of ICE, National Guard deployment | Reuters share.google/7M3eUsGx3yCz...
In Chicago, thousands protest against threat of ICE, National Guard deployment
The march was one of roughly 1,000 "Workers over Billionaires" protests across the country.
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September 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
@nytimes.com have you heard about this? In Chicago, thousands protest against threat of ICE, National Guard deployment | Reuters share.google/7M3eUsGx3yCz...
sign of hope: in 2 out of 3 of my classes today, my explanation of why I don't allow AI use in my class was met with at least one student expressing an even more hostile view of its use than mine (largely on the "let's not kill the planet" theme but also "because I want to learn something.")
August 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
sign of hope: in 2 out of 3 of my classes today, my explanation of why I don't allow AI use in my class was met with at least one student expressing an even more hostile view of its use than mine (largely on the "let's not kill the planet" theme but also "because I want to learn something.")
In case anyone wonders....this is totally unsurprising to me and its why I fucking live newfoundland
At the Canada Games Opening Ceremony, Jim Payne and Fergus O’Byrne were playing a dance set and the athletes decided to join! All of a sudden, you have hundreds of athletes from across the country holding hands and dancing together @radiogregsmith.bsky.social @rci.bsky.social @ntvnewsnl.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
In case anyone wonders....this is totally unsurprising to me and its why I fucking live newfoundland
All of these would be unacceptable in my class. Do we no longer expect students can read and summarize an article on their own? And, producing a fake image seems like something authoritarians do, right? Not historians. I would change every Yes to "no fucking way".
Quite honestly, I don't think the use of AI in any of these instances is "acceptable," and I would clearly tell my students so.
August 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
All of these would be unacceptable in my class. Do we no longer expect students can read and summarize an article on their own? And, producing a fake image seems like something authoritarians do, right? Not historians. I would change every Yes to "no fucking way".
why so little chat about the good trouble demos yesterday? Some newsmedia are covering it (@nytimes.com has not a peep about the ones in their f**king neighborhood). but not much on social media either. I'm out of country so may be out of touch but .....why so little attention even here on bluesky?
A stirring and powerful evening of #GoodTrouble with thousands of our neighbors. Power to the people, always.
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
@indivisible.org @riseandresist.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
why so little chat about the good trouble demos yesterday? Some newsmedia are covering it (@nytimes.com has not a peep about the ones in their f**king neighborhood). but not much on social media either. I'm out of country so may be out of touch but .....why so little attention even here on bluesky?
For those traveling to national parks this summer. This article explains how you can help to preserve our real history as it is being whitewashed by the Trump admin. www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...
We love our National Parks. Help us #SaveOurSigns
We need your help to #SaveOurSigns
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July 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
For those traveling to national parks this summer. This article explains how you can help to preserve our real history as it is being whitewashed by the Trump admin. www.datarescueproject.org/save-our-sig...
a fuckin men
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
June 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
a fuckin men
Louisville, kentucky
June 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Louisville, kentucky
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With the "No Kings" protests scheduled for Saturday, June 14, Local organizer Chanelle Helm cautions the public and Louisville Democrats to ask the right questions and to stop sharing misinformation and wrong narratives.
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A Letter To Louisville's Democratic Caucus, And Notes On Protest Narratives - Louisville Independent News
Organizer Chanelle Helm writes both to Louisville Democrats about adopting Republican narratives and about bad protest assumptions.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
With the "No Kings" protests scheduled for Saturday, June 14, Local organizer Chanelle Helm cautions the public and Louisville Democrats to ask the right questions and to stop sharing misinformation and wrong narratives.
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the best song ever written (according to Sir Paul so it must be true) youtu.be/NADx3-qRxek?...
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by TheBeachBoysVEVO
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June 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
the best song ever written (according to Sir Paul so it must be true) youtu.be/NADx3-qRxek?...
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cops are a gang
June 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
cops are a gang