Jo H
@ccirclesz.bsky.social
slow scholar of 19th century Czech/Bohemian nationalism, anarchism, and transnational politics — Butch West Texan on the East Coast — graffiti lover — she/her
it's absolutely critical to understand in this moment that people aren't largely reacting to who Charlie Kirk was as a person, but who they knew him as because of what tiny pieces of him got clipped out and stuck in their newsfeeds.
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
September 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I understand that ChatGPT is down and fortunately this is not a problem for me as I have spent considerable time developing a local language model that I am able to run autonomously, fueled by Coke Zero and snacks
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The shock & awe is underway. Hit you with so many atrocities you don't know where to focus.
Keep the focus here:
"Billionaires are distracting you while robbing us blind. "
Keep the focus here:
"Billionaires are distracting you while robbing us blind. "
January 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The shock & awe is underway. Hit you with so many atrocities you don't know where to focus.
Keep the focus here:
"Billionaires are distracting you while robbing us blind. "
Keep the focus here:
"Billionaires are distracting you while robbing us blind. "
joy and health are acts of resistance, too
My advice is to folks who are feeling deep stress over the political climate. If possible, unplug. Go outside.
Physically, go outside and spend some time there, be present with the external world. If possible, connect with people you care about. Be present in the current moment.
Physically, go outside and spend some time there, be present with the external world. If possible, connect with people you care about. Be present in the current moment.
January 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
joy and health are acts of resistance, too
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Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
January 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Just a reminder of some of the context around the TikTok ban: In 2020, Trump tried to ban it via executive order a couple months after K-pop fans used it to organize fake signups to Trump’s Tulsa rally, which led him to publicly overestimate how large the crowd size would be.
Good post. The only potential value I could see in incorporating AI into a history classroom would be in somehow using it to teach students to spot misinformation/general nonsense. Otherwise, I am in full agreement here—it just doesn’t have a place in my classes. 🗃️
New blog post: Why I'm Saying No to Generative AI. (Does what it says on the tin.) catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...
January 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM