Talib
@talibali.bsky.social
Californian | Pakistani | Leo
Literature, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies @UC Santa Cruz
Editor, Zócalo Public Square (@zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social)
Literature, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies @UC Santa Cruz
Editor, Zócalo Public Square (@zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social)
card-carrying member of the costco party
December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
card-carrying member of the costco party
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Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
December 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95 million last year. His workers are striking for the bare minimum. Glad to be on the right side of the picket line with them.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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“Where everything else felt exhausted, the classroom was overflowing, plentiful. All we needed was a poem, a few hours each week, and trust in what we could do, in what we did do, together.”
@johannawinant.bsky.social on the real power of close reading in a growing age of austerity:
@johannawinant.bsky.social on the real power of close reading in a growing age of austerity:
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 3:12 PM
“Where everything else felt exhausted, the classroom was overflowing, plentiful. All we needed was a poem, a few hours each week, and trust in what we could do, in what we did do, together.”
@johannawinant.bsky.social on the real power of close reading in a growing age of austerity:
@johannawinant.bsky.social on the real power of close reading in a growing age of austerity:
Taking the beloved #JunotDiaz novel from the page to the stage:
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/long-wondrou...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/long-wondrou...
The Long, Wondrous Adaptation of Oscar Wao | Essay
How a Playwright Translated Junot Díaz’s Beloved, Epic Novel of Dominican Dislocation for the Stage
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November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Taking the beloved #JunotDiaz novel from the page to the stage:
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/long-wondrou...
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/long-wondrou...
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Hold an ice cube – and shake like a dog: therapists on 16 simple, surprising ways to beat stress
Hold an ice cube – and shake like a dog: therapists on 16 simple, surprising ways to beat stress
It can cause physiological and emotional problems, but none of us can avoid it entirely. Here are some of the best ways to react when stress hormones start coursing through your body ...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Hold an ice cube – and shake like a dog: therapists on 16 simple, surprising ways to beat stress
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
when planned obsolescence takes you to the apple store in downtown los angeles, housed at the old tower theatre — home to premieres of talkies like “the jazz singer” and filming location for “post-talkies” (is that what we might call it) like “mulholland drive” (tower theatre = club silencio)
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
when planned obsolescence takes you to the apple store in downtown los angeles, housed at the old tower theatre — home to premieres of talkies like “the jazz singer” and filming location for “post-talkies” (is that what we might call it) like “mulholland drive” (tower theatre = club silencio)
LAUSD out here with the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social font
November 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
LAUSD out here with the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social font
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These guys sure were prolific emailers.
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
These guys sure were prolific emailers.
always practice the 3 Rs:
reading, writing, arithmetic
reduce, reuse, recycle
rosalía, robyn, … rihanna?
reading, writing, arithmetic
reduce, reuse, recycle
rosalía, robyn, … rihanna?
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
always practice the 3 Rs:
reading, writing, arithmetic
reduce, reuse, recycle
rosalía, robyn, … rihanna?
reading, writing, arithmetic
reduce, reuse, recycle
rosalía, robyn, … rihanna?
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A little bit about my book, Insecurities of Expulsion, in my new essay in @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social! And get out and vote! www.zocalopublicsquare.org/mamdani-miss...
Mamdani, ‘Mississippi Masala,’ and a Mayor’s Race | Essay
Untangling the South Asian-African-American Identity Can Help Us Move Beyond Narrow Categories
www.zocalopublicsquare.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A little bit about my book, Insecurities of Expulsion, in my new essay in @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social! And get out and vote! www.zocalopublicsquare.org/mamdani-miss...
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Stockton hip-hop is an "in-between place" in the shadow of hyphy, writes "hip-hop midwife" Tama L. Brisbane. But it's growing its own sound. zps.la/4nVGzXQ
Hip-Hop’s Coming of Age in Stockton | Essay
An In-Between Place Without a Sound of Its Own Has Grown Into a Community for Performers and Audiences
zps.la
October 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Stockton hip-hop is an "in-between place" in the shadow of hyphy, writes "hip-hop midwife" Tama L. Brisbane. But it's growing its own sound. zps.la/4nVGzXQ
How should the U.S. remember its history of slavery?
Americans asked themselves when Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation burned down in May, and again when Trump said museums focus too much on “how bad slavery was.”
Historian Perry L. Carter has words:
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/slavery-was-...
Americans asked themselves when Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation burned down in May, and again when Trump said museums focus too much on “how bad slavery was.”
Historian Perry L. Carter has words:
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/slavery-was-...
Slavery Was Bad. Plantations Should Say So | Essay
Good Riddance to Nottoway, and Antebellum Estates That Ignore Black Stories of Struggle and Triumph
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September 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
How should the U.S. remember its history of slavery?
Americans asked themselves when Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation burned down in May, and again when Trump said museums focus too much on “how bad slavery was.”
Historian Perry L. Carter has words:
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/slavery-was-...
Americans asked themselves when Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation burned down in May, and again when Trump said museums focus too much on “how bad slavery was.”
Historian Perry L. Carter has words:
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/slavery-was-...
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Always read Robin D.G. Kelley: "We need to create a new university. And we will never change anything unless we are organized," and, how? in the style of Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, "putting...body and...future on the line"
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...
The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review
Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.
www.bostonreview.net
September 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Always read Robin D.G. Kelley: "We need to create a new university. And we will never change anything unless we are organized," and, how? in the style of Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, "putting...body and...future on the line"
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-re...
Zócalo's latest miniseries explores L.A.'s Literary Public Square. Read from @davidulin.bsky.social on his journey from NYC to L.A., Brittany Menjivar & Sammy Loren on the "alt-lit" scene, @lynellgeorge.bsky.social on making literary community, and John Szabo on libraries. zps.la/LitLA
Los Angeles' Literary Public Square
Literature—the reading it, the writing it—has a reputation of being a solitary endeavor, best conducted in dark, chilly garrets. But the Los Angeles sun has a way of burning off clichés, allowing them...
zps.la
August 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
In 1964, gay couple Pat and Lou drive their white Thunderbird convertible from St. Louis to the San Francisco Bay Area. The rest is queer history.
@johnbirdsall.bsky.social on the "invisible engine" of his work.
(Thanks for writing.)
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/giving-my-ga...
@johnbirdsall.bsky.social on the "invisible engine" of his work.
(Thanks for writing.)
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/giving-my-ga...
Giving My Gay ‘Uncles’ a Seat at the Table | Essay
I Won’t Let History Erase Pat and Lou’s Bold, Tender Domestic Life
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July 31, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In 1964, gay couple Pat and Lou drive their white Thunderbird convertible from St. Louis to the San Francisco Bay Area. The rest is queer history.
@johnbirdsall.bsky.social on the "invisible engine" of his work.
(Thanks for writing.)
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/giving-my-ga...
@johnbirdsall.bsky.social on the "invisible engine" of his work.
(Thanks for writing.)
www.zocalopublicsquare.org/giving-my-ga...
me trynna be cute when the world keeps serving trash
July 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
me trynna be cute when the world keeps serving trash
on immigration.
some history, analysis, and personal stories
recent from @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social
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some history, analysis, and personal stories
recent from @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/zocalopublic...
A Country Divided Over Immigration
mailchi.mp
July 1, 2025 at 4:48 PM
on immigration.
some history, analysis, and personal stories
recent from @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/zocalopublic...
some history, analysis, and personal stories
recent from @zocalopublicsquare.bsky.social
mailchi.mp/zocalopublic...
