Alyssa MacLean
@alyssamaclean.bsky.social
Asst Prof in English at Western U, habitual overuser of dashes, occasional book thief.
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teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
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Thank you to Michael Berry for convening us for a conversation on this timely topic - join us Thursday 6/5/2025
Chinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.
@chowleen.bsky.social @jackchin.bsky.social @kaiserkuo.bsky.social; Mae Ngai, (Columbia); Thomas Kellogg, (Georgetown Law)
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
@chowleen.bsky.social @jackchin.bsky.social @kaiserkuo.bsky.social; Mae Ngai, (Columbia); Thomas Kellogg, (Georgetown Law)
www.international.ucla.edu/ccs/event/17...
Chinese Exclusion 2.0?: An Online Teach-In on Visa Revocations and What it Means for Chinese Students and the U.S.
Webinar
www.international.ucla.edu
June 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Thank you to Michael Berry for convening us for a conversation on this timely topic - join us Thursday 6/5/2025
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I wrote about Trump’s repeated comments about little girls’ dolls, and the gendered imaginary of the Trump trade war. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is Trump so fixated on toys for little girls? | Moira Donegan
Asked about his tariffs’ impact, the president has repeatedly pointed to dolls – because they’re seen as feminine, childlike and frivolous
www.theguardian.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I wrote about Trump’s repeated comments about little girls’ dolls, and the gendered imaginary of the Trump trade war. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Perfect level of petty for dealing with bureaucratic idiocy.
Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media.
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
May 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Perfect level of petty for dealing with bureaucratic idiocy.
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Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.
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Kentucky students & parents sue U.S. Department of Defense for removing books about slavery and civil rights from school libraries at Fort Campbell and other military bases.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is one of the defendants.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/15/b...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is one of the defendants.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/15/b...
Book purges at Fort Campbell, other schools run by Defense Department challenged as unconstitutional • Kentucky Lantern
Students sue Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth alleging First Amendment violations after books are removed from libraries at Defense Department schools.
kentuckylantern.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Kentucky students & parents sue U.S. Department of Defense for removing books about slavery and civil rights from school libraries at Fort Campbell and other military bases.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is one of the defendants.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/15/b...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is one of the defendants.
@sarahelizabethladd.bsky.social
kentuckylantern.com/2025/04/15/b...
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Boston's Black Heritage Trail is one of the best historic sites I've ever encountered, & needs far more collective attention & support--not this bullshit.
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Museum of African American History to lose federal funds - The Boston Globe
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April 11, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Boston's Black Heritage Trail is one of the best historic sites I've ever encountered, & needs far more collective attention & support--not this bullshit.
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
Japanese American National Museum takes a stand against DOGE cuts to NEH
The National Endowment for the Humanities warned museums across the country that it was slashing funding, including money previously pledged to places such as LACMA and the Japanese American National ...
www.latimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Can we get more of this? “The Japanese American National Museum will ‘scrub nothing,’ Fujioka said, and instead will highlight the importance of DEI.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
“Our community is based on diversity, equity is guaranteed to us in the Constitution, and inclusion is what we believe in,” Fujioka said.
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“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’”
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’ | Mehdi Hasan
It is a factually inaccurate and totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ and are ‘criminals’
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’”
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.
I bring receipts:
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
t.co/LeABrGqDei
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April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
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Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
April 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”
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Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."