Dr. Rebecca Saulsbury Bravard
@bravarddr.bsky.social
Newly retired English prof. 1:1 Lit & Writing educator/tutor; #pedagogy praxis; dissertation & theses editor. Intersectionality, 18th & 19th C Am. women’s lit; anti-fascism (esp. Trump-style), cooking, ☕️🦮🐶, married, she/her.
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He knows he can just make stuff up without consequence. Ever since he got away with calling that diver a "pedo guy," he's known this. There are no penalties. He lies, people like Rogan and this interviewer affirm what he says, and it becomes the "common sense" of the right-wing world.
Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars."
March 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
He knows he can just make stuff up without consequence. Ever since he got away with calling that diver a "pedo guy," he's known this. There are no penalties. He lies, people like Rogan and this interviewer affirm what he says, and it becomes the "common sense" of the right-wing world.
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I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
secured.heritage.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m somehow on a Heritage Foundation mailing list (😂) and they sent a survey to see what we think of DOGE.
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
Who wants to offer some m-fing feedback?!?
secured.heritage.org/the-heritage...
Please share with a friend or a thousand :)
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Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
February 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.
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Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Brilliant protest. Yosemite National Park workers hung an upside-down American flag — traditionally a symbol of distress or a national threat — thousands of feet off the ground on the side of El Capitan.
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I think local news is doing a helluva job covering the doge fallout. Reporters are connecting the dots from DC to main street, going beyond acronyms to explain what government agencies do & giving voice to concerns of regular people. My latest ⤵️
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
Local news deserves high marks for coverage of the doge fallout
Reporters are telling gripping human stories, connecting the dots from DC to main street, going beyond acronyms to explain what government agencies do & giving voice to concerns of regular people
open.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I think local news is doing a helluva job covering the doge fallout. Reporters are connecting the dots from DC to main street, going beyond acronyms to explain what government agencies do & giving voice to concerns of regular people. My latest ⤵️
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
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No, NOT "only the president can say what the law is."
Fuck you, Nazis.
Fuck you, Nazis.
February 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
No, NOT "only the president can say what the law is."
Fuck you, Nazis.
Fuck you, Nazis.
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A German billionaire who supports Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD party is the CEO and co-owner of Politico’s parent company, which also owns major media companies in Europe
February 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A German billionaire who supports Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD party is the CEO and co-owner of Politico’s parent company, which also owns major media companies in Europe
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My favorite from today’s 50501 March in Boston.
February 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
My favorite from today’s 50501 March in Boston.
This whole 🧵. I can’t tell you how many books and journal articles I found that were adjacent to the book or journal I was originally looking for. AI erases the joy and surprises of serendipity.
So one of the things that I think is lost on AI proponents is what I call the card catalog effect, a thing I shouldn’t call it because a lot of people probably have no experience with a card catalog.
February 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This whole 🧵. I can’t tell you how many books and journal articles I found that were adjacent to the book or journal I was originally looking for. AI erases the joy and surprises of serendipity.
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I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees.
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🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org files emergency lawsuit to halt DOGE from taking taxpayer data at the IRS.
Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage.
www.democracydocket.com
Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage.
www.democracydocket.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: @democracyforward.org files emergency lawsuit to halt DOGE from taking taxpayer data at the IRS.
Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage.
www.democracydocket.com
Visit Democracy Docket for full coverage.
www.democracydocket.com
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It’s not about “government efficiency.”
It’s about autocratic power.
It’s about autocratic power.
February 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It’s not about “government efficiency.”
It’s about autocratic power.
It’s about autocratic power.
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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
This is a manifesto against disability.
This is the language of eugenics.
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We could have had President Kamala Harris.
a close up of a woman 's face with a blue background that says cause
Alt: A close up of a Black woman's face with a blue background that says "cause."
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
We could have had President Kamala Harris.
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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Arthur C. Clarke
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removal of Musk's goons from GSA and Treasury's payment system and appointment of an independent prosecutor that Trump can't fire to investigate what happened should be the table stakes for any Dem votes on the budget or debt ceiling. Should get more than that, but that's a bare minimum.
House Democrats "need to stand united against Elon Musk” and refuse to help the GOP pass budget bills until “Musk is held accountable for his crimes,” Casar told Jezebel. “Democrats actually have a lot of power to start righting the ship.”
www.jezebel.com/greg-casar-i...
www.jezebel.com/greg-casar-i...
Democrats Have Power and It’s Time to Act Like It, Says Congressman Greg Casar
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
www.jezebel.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
removal of Musk's goons from GSA and Treasury's payment system and appointment of an independent prosecutor that Trump can't fire to investigate what happened should be the table stakes for any Dem votes on the budget or debt ceiling. Should get more than that, but that's a bare minimum.
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UChicago professor Eve L. Ewing is dropping a new book, "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism," illuminating the deep historical ways the American education system upholds hierarchies of race.
thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...
thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...
Eve L. Ewing examines how the education system is designed to hurt Black and Indigenous students • The TRiiBE
Chicago author Eve Ewing invites readers to critically think about the origins of the American education system in her newest book.
thetriibe.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
UChicago professor Eve L. Ewing is dropping a new book, "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism," illuminating the deep historical ways the American education system upholds hierarchies of race.
thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...
thetriibe.com/2025/02/eve-...
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Protecting your mental health periodically isn’t ignoring reality.
It’s making sure you have the strength to face it.
It’s making sure you have the strength to face it.
February 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Protecting your mental health periodically isn’t ignoring reality.
It’s making sure you have the strength to face it.
It’s making sure you have the strength to face it.
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All these Tech Bros grew up loving Luke Skywalker and then became Darth Vader for the money.
Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
#RebelAllianceForever
Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
#RebelAllianceForever
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
All these Tech Bros grew up loving Luke Skywalker and then became Darth Vader for the money.
Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
#RebelAllianceForever
Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
#RebelAllianceForever
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For those keeping track at home, Dems held the floor all night and are still going strong this morning.
35+ Dems plan to hold the Senate floor all night to oppose the confirmation of Musk-Trump funding freeze architect Russ Vought. THIS is how we fight back while in the minority.
(via @schatz.bsky.social)
(via @schatz.bsky.social)
February 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
For those keeping track at home, Dems held the floor all night and are still going strong this morning.
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"Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-sh...
February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Meanwhile the difference between reducing and eliminating all the leased space seems more or less like the difference between a haircut and the guillotine." meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/maybe-you-sh...
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New on the UVA Teaching Hub! CTE's own Molly Nichols has curated a collection on the topic of incorporating metacognition into one's teaching. We hear a lot about fostering our students' metacognition, but what about our own metacognition?
teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...
teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...
Incorporating Metacognition into Teaching — UVA Teaching Hub
<p>Metacognition—awareness of one's own thought processes—isn't just important for students! These resources introduce you to strategies for incorporating metacognitive awareness into your own teachin...
teaching.virginia.edu
February 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
New on the UVA Teaching Hub! CTE's own Molly Nichols has curated a collection on the topic of incorporating metacognition into one's teaching. We hear a lot about fostering our students' metacognition, but what about our own metacognition?
teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...
teaching.virginia.edu/collections/...