ProfKFH
@profkfh.bsky.social
Prof of English*Africana Prof at a college that’s a fascist bellwether.Blk Feminist. Quilter. Uses more tech than is good for her. Views my own.
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Kim F. Hall: The Sweet Taste of Empire
YouTube video by Barnard Center for Research on Women
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Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
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Then you can buy it at 40% discount.
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One of the special things about class before thanksgiving is because the numbers dwindle, folks that have wanted to speak the whole year start speaking. They may not be comfortable speaking with 264 in a room but 50ish folks seems inviting. I love it.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
One of the special things about class before thanksgiving is because the numbers dwindle, folks that have wanted to speak the whole year start speaking. They may not be comfortable speaking with 264 in a room but 50ish folks seems inviting. I love it.
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When a person who KNOWS they’re sick intentionally comes in to the office 🙃 #FluSeason #ColdSeason #COVIDIsntOver
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When a person who KNOWS they’re sick intentionally comes in to the office 🙃 #FluSeason #ColdSeason #COVIDIsntOver
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Don't have a kid if you won't vaccinate them against diseases that will kill them with horrible suffering in infancy. I bet these people whose babies are dying of whooping cough in 2025 are pro-life too.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
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Putting aside the fact that Farage’s racism has and continues to be well-documented, his claims he may have “misspoken” and that he had never *directly* racially abused anyone nicely summarises the views many white supremacist apologists hold…
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Putting aside the fact that Farage’s racism has and continues to be well-documented, his claims he may have “misspoken” and that he had never *directly* racially abused anyone nicely summarises the views many white supremacist apologists hold…
Trying to talk with MDs about post exertional malaise (PEM) is debilitating in itself. Dude, everyday is a choice: exercise OR you know, do my job, accomplish basic tasks of daily living. #disability #longcovid #chronicillness
🔥“Ppl who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, & their ignorance is dangerous _The rationale behind these studies_is “extraordinarily naive” as “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them exercise exists” thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Trying to talk with MDs about post exertional malaise (PEM) is debilitating in itself. Dude, everyday is a choice: exercise OR you know, do my job, accomplish basic tasks of daily living. #disability #longcovid #chronicillness
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In a residential neighborhood.
Happening now in Minnesota: Protestors were sprayed as ICE launched yet another federal raid in St. Paul. Communities are standing their ground while agents escalate force.
Photojournalist @DPet_KARE11News captured these scenes in real time.
Photojournalist @DPet_KARE11News captured these scenes in real time.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
In a residential neighborhood.
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Broiling hundreds of children alive each year to take the shackles off our economy
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Broiling hundreds of children alive each year to take the shackles off our economy
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I could never be a reporter because I can't suspend my disbelief enough to be such a credulous rube. Even for money.
Trump wants peace in Ukraine, no matter what a deal looks like
Trump’s overriding desire to stop the bloodshed helps explain why the details of the plan remain fluid.
www.politico.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I could never be a reporter because I can't suspend my disbelief enough to be such a credulous rube. Even for money.
🔥“Ppl who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, & their ignorance is dangerous _The rationale behind these studies_is “extraordinarily naive” as “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them exercise exists” thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
Less than 20% of Long COVID trials involving exercise even mention post-exertional malaise - The Sick Times
An analysis by The Sick Times find that less than 15% of Long COVID clinical trials testing the benefits of exercise or cardiopulmonary rehabilitation measured post-exertional malaise, according to th...
thesicktimes.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🔥“Ppl who are performing these studies are extraordinarily ignorant, & their ignorance is dangerous _The rationale behind these studies_is “extraordinarily naive” as “it presumes that the patient had never heard of exercise until a doctor told them exercise exists” thesicktimes.org/2025/11/21/l...
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The entire point of this country is to make billionaires wealthier and they can’t do that if we aren’t forced to purchase everything at the highest possible price.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The entire point of this country is to make billionaires wealthier and they can’t do that if we aren’t forced to purchase everything at the highest possible price.
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We don’t have health care infrastructure. We do not have transit infrastructure. We don’t have safety nets and we don’t have a functional CDC or FDA.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
We don’t have health care infrastructure. We do not have transit infrastructure. We don’t have safety nets and we don’t have a functional CDC or FDA.
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Man I am going to block people who respond to this thread with “it doesn’t have to be this way, just look at this other country”
No shit. I do not live in a country that has basic infrastructure, and that is why I am complaining about it.
No shit. I do not live in a country that has basic infrastructure, and that is why I am complaining about it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Man I am going to block people who respond to this thread with “it doesn’t have to be this way, just look at this other country”
No shit. I do not live in a country that has basic infrastructure, and that is why I am complaining about it.
No shit. I do not live in a country that has basic infrastructure, and that is why I am complaining about it.
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Anyway. We are paying like hell for our car culture. Insurance, cars, car maintenance, road upkeep, the incessant road widening which SHOULD NEVER EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
I do not want it. I want trains and public transit. I would GLADLY get rid of cars.
But here we are.
I do not want it. I want trains and public transit. I would GLADLY get rid of cars.
But here we are.
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Anyway. We are paying like hell for our car culture. Insurance, cars, car maintenance, road upkeep, the incessant road widening which SHOULD NEVER EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
I do not want it. I want trains and public transit. I would GLADLY get rid of cars.
But here we are.
I do not want it. I want trains and public transit. I would GLADLY get rid of cars.
But here we are.
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I know very few people who think the cost of public transit is prohibitive.
It’s that public transit in the US is treated in most cities like the thing you slap on after the fact.
It’s that public transit in the US is treated in most cities like the thing you slap on after the fact.
November 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I know very few people who think the cost of public transit is prohibitive.
It’s that public transit in the US is treated in most cities like the thing you slap on after the fact.
It’s that public transit in the US is treated in most cities like the thing you slap on after the fact.
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The issue isn’t cost. It’s that the entire infrastructure in this country has been put into cars. Parking lots everywhere and bus stations nowhere. Light rail that comes every half an hour and isn’t synchronized so it takes forever if you have to switch lines.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The issue isn’t cost. It’s that the entire infrastructure in this country has been put into cars. Parking lots everywhere and bus stations nowhere. Light rail that comes every half an hour and isn’t synchronized so it takes forever if you have to switch lines.
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I could hypothetically take transit to an appointment in South Denver.
It would take me more than 2 hours one way, and I can drive in half an hour.
That’s the calculus.
It would take me more than 2 hours one way, and I can drive in half an hour.
That’s the calculus.
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I could hypothetically take transit to an appointment in South Denver.
It would take me more than 2 hours one way, and I can drive in half an hour.
That’s the calculus.
It would take me more than 2 hours one way, and I can drive in half an hour.
That’s the calculus.
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I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.
i wonder how much of Americans' views on driving vs. transit would change if they had to pay for gas/insurance/etc every time they turned on the engine
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
"i'm not paying $5 to take the train to work twice a day when i can just drive" is a genuine opinion held by so many people
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I am super-pro-public transit, and use it way more than the average American, but I live near a light rail station with very, very stable and predictable scheduling, and even then I would not use it for many things I use a car for because the cost of transit is time.
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1/5 My 2020 interview with Alice Wong is now out and ready to be shared! You can download it here: tinyurl.com/2wke8tk6 (Note that you may not be able to view it online if you’re not signed into Google, but anyone can download it.)
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
1/5 My 2020 interview with Alice Wong is now out and ready to be shared! You can download it here: tinyurl.com/2wke8tk6 (Note that you may not be able to view it online if you’re not signed into Google, but anyone can download it.)
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Yes! Truly gripping work.
If you haven't read Inkface by Miles Grier you're missing the best treatments of Othello (and Shakespeare in general) in living memory bookshop.org/p/books/inkf...
I was ready to go UP for Cynthia Erivo in Othello with David Oyelowo (and I still am) but I thought she would be playing Iago. It's alright, but she would eat that for the record
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Yes! Truly gripping work.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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Oh no, not Proton.
Proton is speed running an attempt to be a little Google. Over the last year they 1) made a crypto/NFT wallet, 2) made an AI assistant, and 3) seized journalist data for a state actor without a court order. On their own each is problematic. Together, they're a pattern.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Oh no, not Proton.
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Zohran Mamdani just keeps making winning moves. Alondra on your technology committee is pretty much as good as it gets. Hot Damn.
Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Zohran Mamdani just keeps making winning moves. Alondra on your technology committee is pretty much as good as it gets. Hot Damn.
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Oh my god that is so much money to manufacture consent for something that so many people do not want, and on which they have bet so much money and infrastructure. Holy shit. The popping of this "AI" bubble is gonna be such a nightmare.
The deal will create the government’s first AI high-performance computing infrastructure, adding nearly 1.3 gigawatts of capacity.
https://sherwood.news/tech/amazon-plans-to-invest-up-to-usd50-billion-for-ai-and-supercomputing/
https://sherwood.news/tech/amazon-plans-to-invest-up-to-usd50-billion-for-ai-and-supercomputing/
Amazon plans to invest up to $50 billion for “AI and supercomputing infrastructure” for the US government
The deal will create the government’s first AI high-performance computing infrastructure, adding nearly 1.3 gigawatts of capacity....
sherwood.news
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Oh my god that is so much money to manufacture consent for something that so many people do not want, and on which they have bet so much money and infrastructure. Holy shit. The popping of this "AI" bubble is gonna be such a nightmare.
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If you haven't read Inkface by Miles Grier you're missing the best treatments of Othello (and Shakespeare in general) in living memory bookshop.org/p/books/inkf...
I was ready to go UP for Cynthia Erivo in Othello with David Oyelowo (and I still am) but I thought she would be playing Iago. It's alright, but she would eat that for the record
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
If you haven't read Inkface by Miles Grier you're missing the best treatments of Othello (and Shakespeare in general) in living memory bookshop.org/p/books/inkf...