Dr ShinyGoth
@ghostingdani.bsky.social
A Shiny Goth! Literary and horny. English PhD in Dallas. The Gothic, Victorians, Feminism, Foucault.
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"Don't say forcing children into hiding to avoid being taken and sent to detention camps is like the Holocaust, that's degrading it," says party who historically calls letting pregnant people deciding whether or not they want to give birth a Holocaust.
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
"Don't say forcing children into hiding to avoid being taken and sent to detention camps is like the Holocaust, that's degrading it," says party who historically calls letting pregnant people deciding whether or not they want to give birth a Holocaust.
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Looks like the paperback of my book sold out at Barnes and Noble for the third time. Lots of sudden interest in supporting democratic media in all of its experiments, including public radio and television.
Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting|eBook
Winner of the 2024 BEA Book Award Runner-up in the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Runner-up for the AJHA Book of the Year (American Jour...
www.barnesandnoble.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Looks like the paperback of my book sold out at Barnes and Noble for the third time. Lots of sudden interest in supporting democratic media in all of its experiments, including public radio and television.
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Bloomberg with an informative chart here. US stocks look a lot different if you swap out the USD denominator for gold.
January 28, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Bloomberg with an informative chart here. US stocks look a lot different if you swap out the USD denominator for gold.
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Hilariously, a coyote walked behind a San Francisco reporter as she was doing a segment on the mountain lion. 🤣
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hilariously, a coyote walked behind a San Francisco reporter as she was doing a segment on the mountain lion. 🤣
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Hot take: If the problem is an accelerating food crisis caused by the climate crisis, the answer is not to tell people what to eat. The answer is to work collectively for a just transition off fossil fuels.
If you want a world with strawberries and coffee in it, fight oil not milk.
If you want a world with strawberries and coffee in it, fight oil not milk.
Most meat does not come from pastures and meadows, but from factory farms. Veganism is not the only option (I am not), but we need to drastically reduce meat consumption (also so that the remaining meat can indeed come from pastures and meadows).
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Hot take: If the problem is an accelerating food crisis caused by the climate crisis, the answer is not to tell people what to eat. The answer is to work collectively for a just transition off fossil fuels.
If you want a world with strawberries and coffee in it, fight oil not milk.
If you want a world with strawberries and coffee in it, fight oil not milk.
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In case anyone wants a little break, here are a few of my favorite facts that I learned in 2025, in no particular order.
Some trees benefit from, and may even encourage, getting struck by lightning because it kills their nearby competitors nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Some trees benefit from, and may even encourage, getting struck by lightning because it kills their nearby competitors nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
January 28, 2026 at 3:44 PM
In case anyone wants a little break, here are a few of my favorite facts that I learned in 2025, in no particular order.
Some trees benefit from, and may even encourage, getting struck by lightning because it kills their nearby competitors nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Some trees benefit from, and may even encourage, getting struck by lightning because it kills their nearby competitors nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Cool to see GenAI eroding social trust, deteriorating academic quality, and pushing students away from higher learning institutions.
Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.
To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI
Students are taking new measures, such as dumbing down their work, spying on themselves and using AI “humanizer” programs, to beat accusations of cheating with artificial intelligence.
nbcnews.to
January 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Cool to see GenAI eroding social trust, deteriorating academic quality, and pushing students away from higher learning institutions.
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ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 AM
ICE is not broken. It's agents murdering people, taking trophies of victims, using illegal tactics, breaking laws, spreading terror, and leaving death cards are not isolated events, outliers, or accidents. ICE is operating exactly as intended.
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if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 AM
if they can offer free AI training they could offer free media literacy training too. i know which of those would do more for the public good
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Generative AI generates new material that mimics patterns it sees in its source material. It does not accurately extract information from that source material. It is not a search engine. IT CANNOT DO THE THING YOU WANT IT TO DO, no matter how firmly you believe that it can.
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Generative AI generates new material that mimics patterns it sees in its source material. It does not accurately extract information from that source material. It is not a search engine. IT CANNOT DO THE THING YOU WANT IT TO DO, no matter how firmly you believe that it can.
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Even taking this at face value, there is no way to turn current ICE & CBP into "immigration enforcement that is lawful, reasonable, and effective." You can't "commonsense reform" an agency full of people who gladly masked up to murder people, kidnap children, teargas daycares, and invade consulates.
As support to dismantle ICE/CBP becomes the clear majority position - Schumer’s surrender Dems are listening to milquetoast “reform” messaging - and it is coming from John Fetterman’s former chief of staff.
How (big 💰 funded) politics of cynicism works in DC www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
How (big 💰 funded) politics of cynicism works in DC www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Even taking this at face value, there is no way to turn current ICE & CBP into "immigration enforcement that is lawful, reasonable, and effective." You can't "commonsense reform" an agency full of people who gladly masked up to murder people, kidnap children, teargas daycares, and invade consulates.
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Trump condemns Ilhan Omar. An hour later, she’s attacked in Minnesota. Surely he'll be apologizing vociferously any time now. #IlhanOmar #DonaldTrump #AlexPretti www.jezebel.com/ilhan-omar-a...
Trump Condemns Ilhan Omar. An Hour Later, She's Attacked in Minnesota.
It's probably a coincidence that Trump had spent most of the week attacking Ilhan Omar online, immediately before she was attacked in person.
www.jezebel.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Trump condemns Ilhan Omar. An hour later, she’s attacked in Minnesota. Surely he'll be apologizing vociferously any time now. #IlhanOmar #DonaldTrump #AlexPretti www.jezebel.com/ilhan-omar-a...
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This is incredible. Boris Johnson was in such a rush to deport people to Rwanda, he agreed the UK would pay Rwanda £290M with no real guarantees
Then when Starmer came in, he triumphantly announced it dead, but forgot to actually cancel it and now owes another £100M
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Then when Starmer came in, he triumphantly announced it dead, but forgot to actually cancel it and now owes another £100M
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rwanda seeks £100m from UK over axed asylum deal
The African nation argues it is owed payments but the Home Office says it will fight the case.
www.bbc.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is incredible. Boris Johnson was in such a rush to deport people to Rwanda, he agreed the UK would pay Rwanda £290M with no real guarantees
Then when Starmer came in, he triumphantly announced it dead, but forgot to actually cancel it and now owes another £100M
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Then when Starmer came in, he triumphantly announced it dead, but forgot to actually cancel it and now owes another £100M
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"It's less harmful to me to make sure that they can do the things without the AI than to try and push the AI into my classroom knowing that, at least for some of them, it's going to mean that they don't get to acquire the skills that they need."
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Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 1:38 PM
"It's less harmful to me to make sure that they can do the things without the AI than to try and push the AI into my classroom knowing that, at least for some of them, it's going to mean that they don't get to acquire the skills that they need."
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@laurentousignant.bsky.social from the top rope
“We are not producing a product enough people want,” says the editor who stalled a story on lawless deportations but rushed out an “exclusive” about an ICE agent possibly having a bruise.
www.jezebel.com/bari-weiss-w...
www.jezebel.com/bari-weiss-w...
Bari Weiss Wants CBS News to Look 'Honestly at Ourselves.' You First, Girl.
“We are not producing a product enough people want,” says the editor who stalled a story on lawless deportations but rushed out an “exclusive” about an ICE agent possibly having a bruise.
www.jezebel.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
@laurentousignant.bsky.social from the top rope
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I love this answer honestly, ima start saying "I'm a farmer" when I want to get out of something, especially if thing I'm avoiding is squarely one of my non-farmhand responsibilities
Suddenly republicans have forgotten what the constitution says 🤷🏼 🇺🇸
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I love this answer honestly, ima start saying "I'm a farmer" when I want to get out of something, especially if thing I'm avoiding is squarely one of my non-farmhand responsibilities
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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As it is both #InternationalLEGODay AND the publication anniversary of Pride & Prejudice, I give you:
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
Pemberley - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen | LEGO® Ideas
Presenting Pemberley—the stately home of Mr. Darcy, brought to life in LEGO as described in Pride and Prejudice, one of the most enduring novels of English lite…
beta.ideas.lego.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
As it is both #InternationalLEGODay AND the publication anniversary of Pride & Prejudice, I give you:
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
LEGO Pemberley
(Currently under review with the LEGO people)
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This is an impeachable statement. It should be a career-ending scandal to avoid a question, especially one of grave import and consequence, by claiming ignorance about the most basic fundamental aspect of your job.
Suddenly republicans have forgotten what the constitution says 🤷🏼 🇺🇸
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 AM
This is an impeachable statement. It should be a career-ending scandal to avoid a question, especially one of grave import and consequence, by claiming ignorance about the most basic fundamental aspect of your job.
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Owned by right wing billionaire fascist supporters and/or welcoming to fascists:
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Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Owned by right wing billionaire fascist supporters and/or welcoming to fascists:
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Instagram
Facebook
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TikTok
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Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.
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Threads
TikTok
Substack
Plan your exit strategies if you haven't already.
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honestly “whiskey friday with tony dokoupil” is the only half decent idea that has come out of bari weiss’s CBS so far
Tuesday morning:
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
New CBS boss promises “huge emphasis on scoops.”
Tuesday evening:
CBS Evening News anchor interviews his mom.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
‘CBS Evening News’: Tony Dokoupil Under Fire for Interviewing His Own Mom
Viewers accuse CBS News of 'dumbing down.'
www.yahoo.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:38 PM
honestly “whiskey friday with tony dokoupil” is the only half decent idea that has come out of bari weiss’s CBS so far
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Here's the Heritage Foundation all-in on repealing Section 230 so that litigious Christian nationalists can dictate the speech rules for the entire Internet
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
January 28, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Here's the Heritage Foundation all-in on repealing Section 230 so that litigious Christian nationalists can dictate the speech rules for the entire Internet
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...
It's so embarrassing so many Dems are falling for this www.teenvogue.com/story/some-d...