Salem
@writtenmolasses.bsky.social
Writer. Educator. Master of rhetoric. Journalism. Shenanigans. Forest fairy. 🌱 Permanently side-eyeing
Got on my emotional support Ken Burns docuseries while I work
December 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Got on my emotional support Ken Burns docuseries while I work
It’s so…dry
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It’s so…dry
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Stunning. Archives are everything.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
www.csmonitor.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Stunning. Archives are everything.
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The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
“The Committee’s unfounded accusations, dependence on clearly compromised sources, and selective presentation of ‘evidence’ represent an unprecedented abuse of congressional power—designed not to find the truth, but to silence leadership that refuses to yield to political pressure.”
— GMU-AAUP
— GMU-AAUP
Congress Accuses GMU President of Lying About DEI Efforts
The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee accused George Mason University's president of lying about DEI practices and likely violating civil rights laws. He has denied the claims.
www.insidehighered.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The federal government is putting its full weight behind purging Black people from public life and the press and opposition party is silent as it does so.
Wake up millenial bisexuals! Our awakening is coming back.
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Wake up millenial bisexuals! Our awakening is coming back.
Absolutely the fuck not
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November 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Absolutely the fuck not
See when @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is right, she’s REALLY right
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
See when @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is right, she’s REALLY right
I'm JUST now getting around to reading his interview with Karen Jean-Pierre and my God today
this is how I imagine Isaac Chotiner requests interviews
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I'm JUST now getting around to reading his interview with Karen Jean-Pierre and my God today
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It’s wild that we refuse to acknowledge that almost everyone in the Trump regime has been hired on the basis of their race and/or gender and that’s also the reason the quality of their “work” hasn’t gotten them fired
April 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It’s wild that we refuse to acknowledge that almost everyone in the Trump regime has been hired on the basis of their race and/or gender and that’s also the reason the quality of their “work” hasn’t gotten them fired
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I’m becoming more and more concerned that people at high levels of public discussion cannot identify the difference between a genuinely viral conversation vs a bunch of bots making noise.
“Bots or likely bots authored 44.5% of X posts mentioning Cracker Barrel in the 24 hours after the new logo gained attention on Aug. 20, according to research for @WSJ by PeakMetrics. That number rose to 49% among posts calling for a boycott.”
Bot Networks Are Helping Drag Consumer Brands Into the Culture Wars
AI tools have made coordinated attacks targeting corporations much more common, researchers say.
www.wsj.com
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I’m becoming more and more concerned that people at high levels of public discussion cannot identify the difference between a genuinely viral conversation vs a bunch of bots making noise.
History repeats itself. Kirk is their Horst Wessel.
September 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
History repeats itself. Kirk is their Horst Wessel.
Back in 2017, the Associated Press published a report on how the media and how their own publication reacted to the Nazi regime and the rules set in place by Goebbels to control the media and the public’s perception of truth and morality. This is…not new, but it is frightening.
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
www.npr.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Back in 2017, the Associated Press published a report on how the media and how their own publication reacted to the Nazi regime and the rules set in place by Goebbels to control the media and the public’s perception of truth and morality. This is…not new, but it is frightening.
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If a working journalist cannot say that something true happened solely because it reflects badly on the subject, their publication has no interest in truth.
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If a working journalist cannot say that something true happened solely because it reflects badly on the subject, their publication has no interest in truth.
I’m being attacked
I’ll run the thread back 😘
The ease you want so badly is the result of discipline (that you're likely neglecting) and obedience (that you choose to forgo)
Every day "ease", never ever "I will
keep the promises I make to myself, to support my actual highest good"
The ease you want so badly is the result of discipline (that you're likely neglecting) and obedience (that you choose to forgo)
Every day "ease", never ever "I will
keep the promises I make to myself, to support my actual highest good"
September 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I’m being attacked
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"Violence has no place in politics" You think cutting off funding for food, education, housing and medical care isn't violent? You think arresting, jailing, deporting and killing people for the color of their skin isn't violent? Worms are in a lot of brains if you think violence isn't already here.
September 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Violence has no place in politics" You think cutting off funding for food, education, housing and medical care isn't violent? You think arresting, jailing, deporting and killing people for the color of their skin isn't violent? Worms are in a lot of brains if you think violence isn't already here.
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Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.
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We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!
August 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to roxane@therumpus.net by Tuesday, September 2nd!
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I’m so mad that Netflix didn’t give #TheResidence a second season.
August 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I’m so mad that Netflix didn’t give #TheResidence a second season.
People love saying “it’s not that much,” or “it’s not that far” when they aren’t the ones doing it
August 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
People love saying “it’s not that much,” or “it’s not that far” when they aren’t the ones doing it
Alice Smith was amazing and absolutely stunning
August 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Alice Smith was amazing and absolutely stunning
Finally on streaming so I can wear this out
True Believer
Hayley Williams · True Believer · Song · 2025
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August 1, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Finally on streaming so I can wear this out
"And I know that you're probably telling yourself that no one's gonna love me like you do. And I know that you're probably right about that, but someone's going to love me different" then goes into "guess I'm the one who's gotta love me differently"
a woman is covering her nose with her hand and making a funny face .
ALT: a woman is covering her nose with her hand and making a funny face .
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July 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
"And I know that you're probably telling yourself that no one's gonna love me like you do. And I know that you're probably right about that, but someone's going to love me different" then goes into "guess I'm the one who's gotta love me differently"
Negative Self Talk is such a beautiful devastating autumn jam
July 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Negative Self Talk is such a beautiful devastating autumn jam