andré carrington
@andrecarrington.bsky.social
Author of Audiofuturism, Speculative Blackness, and editor, The Black Fantastic
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Pinned
Make a place for me on the Ark of Bones.
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AND STAY DOWN
BREAKING: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shuts down due to lack of funding
February 14, 2026 at 5:30 AM
AND STAY DOWN
My esteemed colleague Malik Gaines posted this from Black Reconstruction recently & it still hits.
"I am going to tell this story as though Negroes were ordinary human beings, realizing that this attitude will from the first seriously curtail my audience."
We been knew.
archive.org/details/blac...
"I am going to tell this story as though Negroes were ordinary human beings, realizing that this attitude will from the first seriously curtail my audience."
We been knew.
archive.org/details/blac...
Black reconstruction; an essay toward a history of the part which black folk played in the attempt to reconstruct democracy in America, 1860-1880 : Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1...
First edition.
archive.org
February 14, 2026 at 5:53 AM
My esteemed colleague Malik Gaines posted this from Black Reconstruction recently & it still hits.
"I am going to tell this story as though Negroes were ordinary human beings, realizing that this attitude will from the first seriously curtail my audience."
We been knew.
archive.org/details/blac...
"I am going to tell this story as though Negroes were ordinary human beings, realizing that this attitude will from the first seriously curtail my audience."
We been knew.
archive.org/details/blac...
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This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
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My suspicion is that when billionaires say "A.i." will eliminate 10 percent of jobs, they're just telegraphing their pre-existing desire and plans to cut their payroll by 10 percent and pocket the difference.
February 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
My suspicion is that when billionaires say "A.i." will eliminate 10 percent of jobs, they're just telegraphing their pre-existing desire and plans to cut their payroll by 10 percent and pocket the difference.
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It seems as though the Trump administration's primary goal is to erase diversity, equity, and inclusion. Nothing positive in their place.
February 14, 2026 at 4:35 AM
It seems as though the Trump administration's primary goal is to erase diversity, equity, and inclusion. Nothing positive in their place.
They're called warehouses because they are for housing wares
Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion turning warehouses into detention centers
ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:59 AM
They're called warehouses because they are for housing wares
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Ok I see you UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, pushing your university to be better and creating the space for this to happen!
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Ok I see you UCLA Faculty Association and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations, pushing your university to be better and creating the space for this to happen!
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The Atlantic: I blame the Mellon foundation
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:23 AM
The Atlantic: I blame the Mellon foundation
Riddle me this: how come they hide their faces but they're allowed to use facial recognition on us?
New fascist spytool just dropped! Masked engagement = USBP may use identities or credentials that conceal a government affiliation to engage with other users on a limited basis.
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Riddle me this: how come they hide their faces but they're allowed to use facial recognition on us?
Reviewed a book manuscript, and I elected to take the free books from the press, which I will give to grad students who need to read them. It's cool because I get to do a little shopping and I won't increase the number of books in my office!
February 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Reviewed a book manuscript, and I elected to take the free books from the press, which I will give to grad students who need to read them. It's cool because I get to do a little shopping and I won't increase the number of books in my office!
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It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
February 13, 2026 at 4:48 AM
It's not a new observation at this point but that wild Noem/Lewandowski story in WSJ really brings home the extent to which all the Trump 2 cabinet-level goblins see their jobs as flying private, doing short-form video, and screaming at underlings. They all hate each other and none of them can read.
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By the way, where is Maduro? At this point shouldn’t the Trump Administration provide “proof of life”?
Nicolás Maduro is still the legitimate leader of Venezuela, the country's acting president said in an exclusive interview with NBC News.
Nicolás Maduro is still the 'legitimate president' of Venezuela, acting leader Delcy Rodriguez says
“Cooperation is off to a tremendous start,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News as the two countries hammered out details of how Venezuela’s vast oil reserves are to be distributed.
nbcnews.to
February 13, 2026 at 5:04 AM
By the way, where is Maduro? At this point shouldn’t the Trump Administration provide “proof of life”?
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Had my colonoscopy today.
When they asked if I wanted to remove my Green Lantern cap I said:
“It will protect me by activating my power ring if someone tries to harvest my organs.”
They nodded understanding and/or fear and/or confusion.
Soon after I was safely in cryogenic colo-sleep.
When they asked if I wanted to remove my Green Lantern cap I said:
“It will protect me by activating my power ring if someone tries to harvest my organs.”
They nodded understanding and/or fear and/or confusion.
Soon after I was safely in cryogenic colo-sleep.
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Had my colonoscopy today.
When they asked if I wanted to remove my Green Lantern cap I said:
“It will protect me by activating my power ring if someone tries to harvest my organs.”
They nodded understanding and/or fear and/or confusion.
Soon after I was safely in cryogenic colo-sleep.
When they asked if I wanted to remove my Green Lantern cap I said:
“It will protect me by activating my power ring if someone tries to harvest my organs.”
They nodded understanding and/or fear and/or confusion.
Soon after I was safely in cryogenic colo-sleep.
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Including disabled people in our utopian futures pushes back against a eugenicist ideal.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Including disabled people in our utopian futures pushes back against a eugenicist ideal.
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This is just unconscionable man
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 AM
This is just unconscionable man
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No one is stopping other foundations from funding the humanities
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
No one is stopping other foundations from funding the humanities
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I love examples of other animals successfully communicating with us
February 13, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I love examples of other animals successfully communicating with us
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Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is convicted of child molestation against 2 children
He attempted to keep one victim quiet by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for former Jan. 6 defendants and would share the money with the victim in his will 😑🖕
He attempted to keep one victim quiet by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for former Jan. 6 defendants and would share the money with the victim in his will 😑🖕
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is convicted of child molestation
Andrew Johnson tried to bribe a child victim with the promise of a Jan. 6-related payout, prosecutors say. Trump has discussed the possibility of compensating rioters, but no one has received any paym...
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump is convicted of child molestation against 2 children
He attempted to keep one victim quiet by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for former Jan. 6 defendants and would share the money with the victim in his will 😑🖕
He attempted to keep one victim quiet by claiming he would receive $10 million from the Trump administration as restitution for former Jan. 6 defendants and would share the money with the victim in his will 😑🖕
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Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
Books from African authors and authors of African descent to look forward to in 2026
It’s going to be another banner year (in the words of lying African governments, a “bumper harvest”) for books from authors on the Continent and in its Diaspora! Here’s your list, sorted by month, with all kinds of genres included (including children’s books, at the end of the post). There’s no way I could list every book that’s coming, but here’s what I think is notable—as always, a work in progress, subject to updates.
hararereview.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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