Patti Poblete
@voleuseck.bsky.social
PhD, feminist, social justice warrior, rhetoric & writing program admin scholar, composition teacher, pop culture enthusiast, wanderer, using she/her pronouns. Mostly Filipina and an ex-pat Canadian.
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I find academics particularly awkward about telling audiences something some people might already know, even though I've found that when someone repeats some things I already know as background it enhances my perception of their credibility
Don't fear the repetition, embrace it!
Don't fear the repetition, embrace it!
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I find academics particularly awkward about telling audiences something some people might already know, even though I've found that when someone repeats some things I already know as background it enhances my perception of their credibility
Don't fear the repetition, embrace it!
Don't fear the repetition, embrace it!
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My tropical Gothic horror novel THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is almost here and now you can get a chance at a finished copy before pub date, thanks to this Goodreads giveaway! Entry details below
October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My tropical Gothic horror novel THE VILLA, ONCE BELOVED is almost here and now you can get a chance at a finished copy before pub date, thanks to this Goodreads giveaway! Entry details below
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Just read a talk announcement about "AI" and K-12 education that looked like it maybe, maybe embedded a critical perspective but was still dressed up in the language of AI hype, presupposing both job market & education "reshaped by AI".
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November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just read a talk announcement about "AI" and K-12 education that looked like it maybe, maybe embedded a critical perspective but was still dressed up in the language of AI hype, presupposing both job market & education "reshaped by AI".
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Quite a few people seem to imagine that political parties are collections of discrete individuals rather than groups with organizational dynamics, including the dynamic of "collectively caving to fascism".
I really don't understand why progressives are all amplifying that "the Democrats" caved. It was 8 Senators, it was not "the Democrats". You are all just hurting our chances in '26 blaming Democrats as some monolith. Trump would not be blaming "Republicans". He'd be calling for the heads of those 8.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Quite a few people seem to imagine that political parties are collections of discrete individuals rather than groups with organizational dynamics, including the dynamic of "collectively caving to fascism".
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I think that many do not realize that when people say they will die without the ACA, they are not exaggerating or being dramatic. I take medication daily because without it my body does not recognize when to stop bleeding. So I take medication to "trick" my uterus into thinking I am pregnant.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I think that many do not realize that when people say they will die without the ACA, they are not exaggerating or being dramatic. I take medication daily because without it my body does not recognize when to stop bleeding. So I take medication to "trick" my uterus into thinking I am pregnant.
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‘But I’m on employer health insurance not a marketplace plan or Medicaid’ my friend when providers/facilities/etc aren’t getting these reimbursements they will radically reduce services or close.
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
‘But I’m on employer health insurance not a marketplace plan or Medicaid’ my friend when providers/facilities/etc aren’t getting these reimbursements they will radically reduce services or close.
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Daily bunny no.3134 sent an invitation
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Daily bunny no.3134 sent an invitation
TFW you go on a blind date with a book and it turns out you've dated already, lol
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
TFW you go on a blind date with a book and it turns out you've dated already, lol
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Truly, we the people are being held hostage by a bunch of people who have no idea they're in an abusive relationship with the GOP.
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Truly, we the people are being held hostage by a bunch of people who have no idea they're in an abusive relationship with the GOP.
I know I don't have the traditional version of a full life, as I have no partner, no offspring, no pets, and no mortgage, but every once in a while I can randomly fuck off to Portland and spend half my paycheck on books and hipster food, and that ain't exactly nothing.
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I know I don't have the traditional version of a full life, as I have no partner, no offspring, no pets, and no mortgage, but every once in a while I can randomly fuck off to Portland and spend half my paycheck on books and hipster food, and that ain't exactly nothing.
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People are struggling so hard to understand the ethical/moral issues don’t go away simply because you found a use for the thing.
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
People are struggling so hard to understand the ethical/moral issues don’t go away simply because you found a use for the thing.
I've been writing practically my entire life, and yet when people ask me if I'm a writer, I still freeze for a full ten seconds to think about it.
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've been writing practically my entire life, and yet when people ask me if I'm a writer, I still freeze for a full ten seconds to think about it.
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A fine example of "AI doesn't know anything, it just picks a statistically good fit for the next word/sentence, with no memory of the previous one." So this one forgets it's supposed to be shilling for pay-us-for-reviews and pivots HARD in another direction.
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A fine example of "AI doesn't know anything, it just picks a statistically good fit for the next word/sentence, with no memory of the previous one." So this one forgets it's supposed to be shilling for pay-us-for-reviews and pivots HARD in another direction.
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1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
www.politico.eu/article/zohr...
Europe’s left flocks to New York to take notes on Mamdani’s meteoric rise
Several European left-wing officials said they had been in contact with members of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign in New York in the hope of emulating his success in future local elections.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
1. Campaign on big issues that are directly relevant to your voters
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
2. Don't get distracted from point one
3. Present as a decent human with manageable baggage
4. Don't be old as fuck.
Go forth and do likewise
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if you can't savor the villains losing you've lost the spark of beauty and ingenuity that makes life worth living
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
if you can't savor the villains losing you've lost the spark of beauty and ingenuity that makes life worth living
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Sobering news for a lot of top Democrats, tonight, as they realize people would prefer they actually fucking do something.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Sobering news for a lot of top Democrats, tonight, as they realize people would prefer they actually fucking do something.
I'm going to spend my next class writing "links are not the same as citations" on the markerboard for an entire hour. And the students can watch me do it.
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I'm going to spend my next class writing "links are not the same as citations" on the markerboard for an entire hour. And the students can watch me do it.
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Friendly reminder that you already poured that glass/ opened that bottle of water before you grab another one
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Friendly reminder that you already poured that glass/ opened that bottle of water before you grab another one
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If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
Take Back the Classroom
www.takebacktheclassroom.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you were ever wondering what we're up against, this is a website book banners created to train people to get books banned in their own communities.
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
I found my kids' school in here, and the books this website suggests I get banned from their library.
www.takebacktheclassroom.com/school-detai...
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It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
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If you are going to solicit pieces from experts with a voice, let them use their voice.
Your job as an editor is to help the writer be clear in the translation from thought to page. And know when to get out of the way.
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Your job as an editor is to help the writer be clear in the translation from thought to page. And know when to get out of the way.
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you are going to solicit pieces from experts with a voice, let them use their voice.
Your job as an editor is to help the writer be clear in the translation from thought to page. And know when to get out of the way.
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Your job as an editor is to help the writer be clear in the translation from thought to page. And know when to get out of the way.
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Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Eminently reasonable proposed principles for professors’ use of AI, from a student refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
A woman just walked up to this farmers market food vendor and said she didn't know what she wanted, but definitely, "y'know....breakfast themed?"
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A woman just walked up to this farmers market food vendor and said she didn't know what she wanted, but definitely, "y'know....breakfast themed?"
If the economy collapses because of AI I'm gonna be so mad; at least with tulip speculation you got a flower in the end
October 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If the economy collapses because of AI I'm gonna be so mad; at least with tulip speculation you got a flower in the end
In the scheme of things, the White House movie theatre is a tiny thing to be sad about, but I was sad about it this morning.
www.vulture.com/article/secr...
www.vulture.com/article/secr...
The White House Movie Theater Is Gone. Presidential Secrets Went With It.
Logs from the now-demolished theater told us a lot about each president, from JFK’s mystery plus-ones to what Nixon watched before invading Cambodia.
www.vulture.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In the scheme of things, the White House movie theatre is a tiny thing to be sad about, but I was sad about it this morning.
www.vulture.com/article/secr...
www.vulture.com/article/secr...