Corinne Blalock
@corinneblalock.bsky.social
currently a fellow at HLS | previously ED of @lpeproject.bsky.social | still doing @lpenyc.bsky.social & @lpeblog.bsky.social | critical theory & high-fructose corn syrup | opinions are mine alone
I didn't even go home for Thanksgiving and I still somehow got talked into looking into my dad's Medicare/Medicare Advantage options (and arguing for Medicare even though I know he's not gonna listen) 🤷
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I didn't even go home for Thanksgiving and I still somehow got talked into looking into my dad's Medicare/Medicare Advantage options (and arguing for Medicare even though I know he's not gonna listen) 🤷
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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I'm starting a series at my newsletter where I spelunk NYC school finance. I haven't looked into these byztantine flows before, but now that Zohran is taking power I want to understand more deeply.
Here's a 🧵based on my first post in this vein. buttondown.com/davidibacker...
Here's a 🧵based on my first post in this vein. buttondown.com/davidibacker...
Education 040
Quick Links Mia on the It Could Happen Here podcast featured my Baffler essay on the municipal bond market in a recent episode. Check it out.New fancy...
buttondown.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm starting a series at my newsletter where I spelunk NYC school finance. I haven't looked into these byztantine flows before, but now that Zohran is taking power I want to understand more deeply.
Here's a 🧵based on my first post in this vein. buttondown.com/davidibacker...
Here's a 🧵based on my first post in this vein. buttondown.com/davidibacker...
I didn't think challenging Jeffries in a primary made sense unless we had a really strong candidate, so was good with Mamdani on that, but I just can't get over endorsing Jeffries for speaker
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I didn't think challenging Jeffries in a primary made sense unless we had a really strong candidate, so was good with Mamdani on that, but I just can't get over endorsing Jeffries for speaker
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Today, Mason Kortz explains how FOIA’s Exemption 4 has evolved into a powerful tool for corporate secrecy, allowing government agencies and private firms to thwart transparency through confidentiality pacts.
lpeproject.org/blog/public-...
lpeproject.org/blog/public-...
Public Money, Private Secrets: Rethinking FOIA in the Age of Public-Private Governance
As public-private partnerships become central to modern governance, FOIA’s Exemption 4 has evolved into a powerful tool for corporate secrecy. After Argus Leader, government agencies and private firms...
lpeproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today, Mason Kortz explains how FOIA’s Exemption 4 has evolved into a powerful tool for corporate secrecy, allowing government agencies and private firms to thwart transparency through confidentiality pacts.
lpeproject.org/blog/public-...
lpeproject.org/blog/public-...
dear NYC, it's the holidays, I do not have the emotional wherewithal for this level of fucking grey.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
dear NYC, it's the holidays, I do not have the emotional wherewithal for this level of fucking grey.
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I wrote for @lpeblog.bsky.social about @alybatt.bsky.social's new book—which, I argue, shows how the critique of political economy can allow us to clearly name the social cause of climate catastrophe: capital. lpeproject.org/blog/when-na...
When Nature is Worthless
Under capitalism, the social domination of nature occurs through and is mediated by the commodity form. Certain portions of non-human nature can be valued, but only when they are transformed into…
lpeproject.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I wrote for @lpeblog.bsky.social about @alybatt.bsky.social's new book—which, I argue, shows how the critique of political economy can allow us to clearly name the social cause of climate catastrophe: capital. lpeproject.org/blog/when-na...
I am a pretty cynical human, it’s rare that you can say something about the US that I think is too harsh, but the claim that the vast majority of Americans would agree with Alan Dershowitz is where I draw the line
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I am a pretty cynical human, it’s rare that you can say something about the US that I think is too harsh, but the claim that the vast majority of Americans would agree with Alan Dershowitz is where I draw the line
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thank you for supporting striking Starbucks workers, Comrade Hilary Duff
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
thank you for supporting striking Starbucks workers, Comrade Hilary Duff
My moderating skills were a little rusty, but this event still turned out SO GREAT thanks to @sandynurse.bsky.social & @ngusdorf.bsky.social!!
If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!!
youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0
If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!!
youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0
Local Power
YouTube video by LPE Project
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My moderating skills were a little rusty, but this event still turned out SO GREAT thanks to @sandynurse.bsky.social & @ngusdorf.bsky.social!!
If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!!
youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0
If you want to learn about how NYC government works (we get deep into the city budget) you absolutely can't miss this event!!
youtu.be/kTZb8XlVJs0
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What a sad but touching essay. And what an indictment of her horrible cousin, RFK, Jr.
Finally, an observation I'm onboard with:
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
Finally, an observation I'm onboard with:
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
What a sad but touching essay. And what an indictment of her horrible cousin, RFK, Jr.
Finally, an observation I'm onboard with:
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
Finally, an observation I'm onboard with:
"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over."
It’s weird I drink NA beer all the time, even go for a non-alcoholic spirit occasionally, but for some reason the idea of non-alcoholic wine, I’m just like, but why?
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It’s weird I drink NA beer all the time, even go for a non-alcoholic spirit occasionally, but for some reason the idea of non-alcoholic wine, I’m just like, but why?
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When you’re crushing so hard you start dressing like them
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When you’re crushing so hard you start dressing like them
heading back to NYC with zero plans to leave again before 2026 and I’m embarrassingly excited about it
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
heading back to NYC with zero plans to leave again before 2026 and I’m embarrassingly excited about it
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your occasional reminder that Miller himself is not a lawyer
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
your occasional reminder that Miller himself is not a lawyer
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NYC book launch event “Fifty Years of Marxist Feminism” featuring Alyssa Battistoni, Robyn Marasco, Aaron Jaffe, & Rachel Schreiber is coming up on December 2. Register to make sure you get a spot, and tell your friends who may be interested.
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NYC book launch event “Fifty Years of Marxist Feminism” featuring Alyssa Battistoni, Robyn Marasco, Aaron Jaffe, & Rachel Schreiber is coming up on December 2. Register to make sure you get a spot, and tell your friends who may be interested.
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the left is like, hey, this is a weird but pretty good day!
enter Sam fucking Alito….
enter Sam fucking Alito….
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
the left is like, hey, this is a weird but pretty good day!
enter Sam fucking Alito….
enter Sam fucking Alito….
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last trip out of NYC for 2025.
in Boston through Saturday morning, lemme know if you have time to hang (yes, I am spectacularly bad at making plans for these trips before I am literally on the train)
in Boston through Saturday morning, lemme know if you have time to hang (yes, I am spectacularly bad at making plans for these trips before I am literally on the train)
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
last trip out of NYC for 2025.
in Boston through Saturday morning, lemme know if you have time to hang (yes, I am spectacularly bad at making plans for these trips before I am literally on the train)
in Boston through Saturday morning, lemme know if you have time to hang (yes, I am spectacularly bad at making plans for these trips before I am literally on the train)
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This is, of course, a stark betrayal of the New School’s storied history and animating spirit. It demonstrates something many of us know intellectually but have trouble grasping: many university leaders *do not care* about, even *actively despise*, the basic values that bring us to work every day.
The New School is now a place where students cannot major in History, Anthropology, Sociology, Global Policy & International Affairs, Global Studies, Urban Studies, or Environmental Studies. And more pauses, closures, and mergers coming down the pike this week. The future is uncertain.
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is, of course, a stark betrayal of the New School’s storied history and animating spirit. It demonstrates something many of us know intellectually but have trouble grasping: many university leaders *do not care* about, even *actively despise*, the basic values that bring us to work every day.
i feel really sad for higher ed
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
i feel really sad for higher ed
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I, for one, am shocked! Can't help but note they are also currently hiring for a number of admin positions......
worth noting that the $30.2 million deficit the school is facing can be traced to ballooning admin salaries, real estate, and admin benefits, according to the economics department's analysis. the salaries for the actual professors is in line with or *below* the school's revenue growth
November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I, for one, am shocked! Can't help but note they are also currently hiring for a number of admin positions......