Alexis Shotwell
@alexisshotwell.bsky.social
Feminist theorist writing about imperfection and impurity as a good place to start, Ursula K Le Guin's anarchist communism, disability, ecology, racism, getting together to fix complex problems. Functional potter, year-round cyclist, queer, earnest.
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Family Abolition ebook steeply discounted
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Family Abolition ebook steeply discounted
I also don’t know how to help but this just made me think about aging queer disability community everywhere.
One of my crow buddies has a broken wing.
And is now hanging out with a friend who has white feathers on their head.
I don't know how to help
And is now hanging out with a friend who has white feathers on their head.
I don't know how to help
November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I also don’t know how to help but this just made me think about aging queer disability community everywhere.
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If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the memorandum of understanding that Canada and Alberta Thursday morning.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
The MOU explicitly endorses the construction of a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
‘The answer is no and always will be’: UBCIC on Alberta-Canada MOU
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) says it’s against the MOU signed Thursday morning to build a massive new bitumen pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
If reconciliation actually meant something, this would be the final word
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King's books, many of which i have read and enjoyed, are conspicuously absent from Bad Indians Book Club.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
King's books, many of which i have read and enjoyed, are conspicuously absent from Bad Indians Book Club.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
In case you were wondering if this was something a lot of us already knew.
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I keep coming back to this
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I keep coming back to this
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Folks seem to be forgetting this so I’m here to remind you:
‘So far, five boys Michael Jackson shared beds with have accused him of abuse: Jordie Chandler, Jason Francia, Gavin Arvizo, Wade Robson, and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson had the same nickname for Chandler and Arvizo: “Rubba.”‘
‘So far, five boys Michael Jackson shared beds with have accused him of abuse: Jordie Chandler, Jason Francia, Gavin Arvizo, Wade Robson, and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson had the same nickname for Chandler and Arvizo: “Rubba.”‘
10 Undeniable Facts About the Michael Jackson Sexual-Abuse Allegations
The author, who spent more than a decade covering the scandal for V.F., shares the key revelations and insights that viewers of the new HBO documentary Leaving Neverland need to know.
www.vanityfair.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Folks seem to be forgetting this so I’m here to remind you:
‘So far, five boys Michael Jackson shared beds with have accused him of abuse: Jordie Chandler, Jason Francia, Gavin Arvizo, Wade Robson, and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson had the same nickname for Chandler and Arvizo: “Rubba.”‘
‘So far, five boys Michael Jackson shared beds with have accused him of abuse: Jordie Chandler, Jason Francia, Gavin Arvizo, Wade Robson, and Jimmy Safechuck. Jackson had the same nickname for Chandler and Arvizo: “Rubba.”‘
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
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The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
For people making syllabi for next term, your regular reminder that an awesome person I don't know (but friends report is awesome in other ways than this) made this day/date generator to help us all: wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
For people making syllabi for next term, your regular reminder that an awesome person I don't know (but friends report is awesome in other ways than this) made this day/date generator to help us all: wcaleb.rice.edu/syllabusmake...
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Leaked Texas A&M Document Exposes a Chilling Blueprint for Silencing Race and Gender in Higher Ed
#AcademicSky
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#AcademicSky
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Leaked Texas A&M Document Exposes a Chilling Blueprint for Silencing Race and Gender in Higher Ed
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November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Leaked Texas A&M Document Exposes a Chilling Blueprint for Silencing Race and Gender in Higher Ed
#AcademicSky
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#AcademicSky
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Everybody sad about the loss of Teen Vogue and independent left outlets in general can get their wallets ready to pre-order the next print issue of @pinko.online which will ship by the end of the year. It’s still here and it’s beautiful
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Everybody sad about the loss of Teen Vogue and independent left outlets in general can get their wallets ready to pre-order the next print issue of @pinko.online which will ship by the end of the year. It’s still here and it’s beautiful
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This Tuesday I'll be joining Jasper Bernes in discussion, talking about his book The Future of Revolution. I'll be reading from a SF story I was wrote in response. It's about about revolutionary factory workers in Brazil, set in the world of Everything for Everyone. www.e-flux.com/events/67832...
The Future of Revolution: Jasper Bernes with M. E. O’Brien - Events - e-flux
Join us for a presentation by Jasper Bernes, followed by a response from M. E. O’Brien.
www.e-flux.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This Tuesday I'll be joining Jasper Bernes in discussion, talking about his book The Future of Revolution. I'll be reading from a SF story I was wrote in response. It's about about revolutionary factory workers in Brazil, set in the world of Everything for Everyone. www.e-flux.com/events/67832...
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Join socialist activist & scholar @redprof.bsky.social for the launch of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History, in conversation with @caradrianh.bsky.social.
Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally
Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Join socialist activist & scholar @redprof.bsky.social for the launch of Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History, in conversation with @caradrianh.bsky.social.
Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally
Sat Dec 6, 7pm-8pm. Doors open 6:30pm.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg St., Ottawa
RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/mcnally
This is the con that changed how I think about what academia could be, and also saved my soul over the last six years and also it’s just incredibly fun, kind, and riveting. Come hang out with me in Montreal in June!
Scintillation is a small convention in Montreal in June, focused on reading and writing SF and fantasy. It is a lot of fun, and all people of goodwill who like reading and talking about books are welcome. Membership for 2026 is now open
www.scintillation.ca
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Scintillation is a small literary convention taking place in Montréal in June.
www.scintillation.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This is the con that changed how I think about what academia could be, and also saved my soul over the last six years and also it’s just incredibly fun, kind, and riveting. Come hang out with me in Montreal in June!
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I hung out with Lois yesterday and we talked about these things. She is NEVER involved in ANYTHING like this. If you get a message or a social media DM claiming to be her, IT NEVER IS.
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I hung out with Lois yesterday and we talked about these things. She is NEVER involved in ANYTHING like this. If you get a message or a social media DM claiming to be her, IT NEVER IS.
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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i think its quite eye opening. in a sense trans women & trans people in general are by no means exceptional and many are of course complex and flawed people but there is something about moving beyond cisness that gives someone access to a self-consciousness and subjectivity that is enlightening.
transness is a gift. i need every trans woman to understand that by nature of their existence they have been blessed with the ability to pluck the strands of fate with their hands if they choose to. it is not always easy and it is not without hardship but every trans woman is capable of greatness.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
i think its quite eye opening. in a sense trans women & trans people in general are by no means exceptional and many are of course complex and flawed people but there is something about moving beyond cisness that gives someone access to a self-consciousness and subjectivity that is enlightening.
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I always described this one as my "coming out" essay because it exposed my #neurodivergence in a vulnerable way I had never done before, BUT I had no idea it exposed the inner world of my #DissociativeIdentityDisorder until a decade later, in 2024 ...
open.substack.com/pub/karriehi...
open.substack.com/pub/karriehi...
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I always described this one as my "coming out" essay because it exposed my #neurodivergence in a vulnerable way I had never done before, BUT I had no idea it exposed the inner world of my #DissociativeIdentityDisorder until a decade later, in 2024 ...
open.substack.com/pub/karriehi...
open.substack.com/pub/karriehi...
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Well, sorry to hear that Texas A&M isn’t interested in being an institution of learning
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Well, sorry to hear that Texas A&M isn’t interested in being an institution of learning
This looks really interesting; I spend a lot of time in my work teaching writing (both just, teaching writing, but also teaching writing as part of my teaching) thinking about how assignments can support neurodivergent students *and* faculty. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Of Many Minds
Neurodiversity and Mental Health Among University Faculty and Staff
www.press.jhu.edu
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This looks really interesting; I spend a lot of time in my work teaching writing (both just, teaching writing, but also teaching writing as part of my teaching) thinking about how assignments can support neurodivergent students *and* faculty. www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
I have for some time now told crows the story of my friend Marissa who tells stories to crows, and here at last is a story about that.
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I have for some time now told crows the story of my friend Marissa who tells stories to crows, and here at last is a story about that.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Wowwwwww what the HELL
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Wowwwwww what the HELL
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Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
“We have to be building political homes while also doing the door-knocking and organizing that builds power and changes lives. The duality of that work can be hard to hold.”
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
An interview with activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen:
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
www.bostonreview.net
November 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Do yourself a favor and read this excellent wide-ranging interview with the activist-scholar Cathy Cohen!
There are many reasons to love Marissa Lingen, and this is one.
small child on the way out of the library, dragging his feet and chanting angrily: NO PIZZA, BOOKS! NO PIZZA, BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
There are many reasons to love Marissa Lingen, and this is one.