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Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD
@drcaromaldo.blacksky.app
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🇵🇷writer and mom🌻 Mixed Race Afro-Boricua❗Asst Prof of #LatinxLit at CUNY| PhD, American Studies | #ComicsStudies baking, crochet 🧶, shitposting, ADHDer
🗨she/ella🗯 RTs & typos are my own
Website: http://jennifercaroccio.com/

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Shout out to @anthonyperillo.bsky.social for sharing this delicious salmon chowder recipe! I made it for dinner tonight 🤗
Two bowls of salmon chowder.
January 22, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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Just another anti-Black/misogynoir account spewing sexual comments while also harassing Black women on here. Gross. Blocked!
Screenshot of Cevezito @cevezito.bsky.social Follow I'm a Brazilian. we're kinda into asses. But it's me who doesn't know a thing. 4:16 PM : Jan 21.2026.
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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Made the fudgest brownies with the tissue paper shiny crust.
A plate of fudgey brownies wh a crisp paper thin crust.
January 19, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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Ever since I watched the Americans. I was like I need to know more!
Derek Luke who played Gregory on the Americans.
January 18, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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I feel attack
A VHS tape in an exhibit behind glass.
January 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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We've been teaching our 4yo screen printing and block printing. Can't wait until they're a little older and we can start making zines.
Two pieces of orange and pink paper. They both have black ink printed on them in different patterns and textures.
January 17, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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This is the kind of anti-Black response to a beautiful post about the Somali and Haitian immigrant communities supporting protesters in MN. I blocked and reported this account.
Screenshot from account RyszardWithAZ @ryszardwithaz.bsky.social that says Well... Yes... Unless you're gay. Posted on 12:03 AM Jan 12,2026.
January 12, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Had the chance to go to the Ana Mendieta exhibit "Back to the Source" at the Marian Goodwin gallery. And all I can say is, wow. Just wow.
A framed photograph on a while wall. The photograph is of a burning silhouette on the shape of a woman's body in the earth.
January 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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A refusal to learn. Blocking them for my peace of mind.
Screenshot of an account @neorevolut1on.bsky.social. they wrote: Yes. This is a tragic and heartbreaking situation but it has garnered much attention. SHN is for the forgotten and unknown at 2:42 PM・ Jan 10, 2026.
January 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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I figured out why you cover the flan while baking 😭😭😭
A toasted flan on a wire rack.
January 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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This week's subway read: Queenie: Godmother of Harlem by Aurelie Levy and Elizabeth Colomba.

#comics
#BookSky
#BlackHistory
A photo of the graphic novel Queenie. A hard cover book of a daper looking Black woman in a pant suit sitting in a chair with a drink in hand. she is framed in a diamond shape, her crossed legs hand out of the frame. The image is in black and white with a gilded gold leaf design on the outer edges.
January 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Please Alt text your images so that all New Yorkers (and everyone) has access to the information you share.
DATE: January 7, 2026 TO: Healthcare Providers, Hospitals, Local Health Departments, Pharmacists, Prescribers FROM: New York State Department of Health Division of Vaccine Excellence and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department . HEALTH ADVISORY: New York State Immunization Practices Following Federal I Changes to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations L • The New York State Department of Health and the NYC Health Department reject all recent and unilateral changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunization schedule, There are no changes to New York State and New York City school immunization requirements and related policies, vaccine access, insurance coverage, or the Vaccines for Children Program (VFC) Vaccines are one of the most significant public health achievements; the safety and effectiveness of recommended vaccinations are well studied and regularly monitored. Vaccine policy decisions, including school immunization requirements, are established by states under their public health authority. New York's immunization policies are grounded in science and public health expertise and are designed to protect children, families, and communities from preventable diseases. On January 5th, 2026, the United States Health and Human Services released new immunization guidance that changed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's childhood vaccination recommendations. • The federal government did not remove any vaccines from the schedule. However, some vaccines that had been recommended for all children have been reclassified as risk-based (e.g., vaccinate only if a patient has certain underlying conditions) or subject to shared clinical decision-making (i.e., decision to vaccinate is made by each patient individually, based on a discussion between provider and patient). New York State providers should continue their prior immunization practices relying on evidence-based resources including the American Acad…
January 9, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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I just finished this Membrillo cowl using Rublic of Yarnia's (@isasaxonists.bsky.social) Rustic-Earth Archer dyed yarn.

#crochet 🧶
A crocheted diamond lace pattern infinity scarf in sn ombre of dark and light browns, draped in a chair. A close up of a crocheted diamond lace pattern infinity scarf in sn ombre of dark and light browns, draped in a chair.
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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This person blocked me because I corrected them. Don't bother engaging in good faith with them because they don't want to hear it.
Screenshot of Electric Chimp @electricchimp.bsky.social Follow I think that's what's so alarming to White people: our sacred protected caste status seems to be gone, or at least massively compromised. one of Whites' biggest fears is that we suffer the same tyranny as Black folks here Renee Good seems to be getting exactly that. it terrifies and enrages people.
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Post a famous bathroom scene
January 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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We nade it through the holiday break!!!
January 4, 2026 at 10:26 PM
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The print issue of INKS with my article "Latinx Identity Uprooted: Tracing Destierro in the Comic
Biography Who Is Ana Mendieta?" just came in!
Selfie of me holding up inks journal with my article. A photo of my journal article.
January 4, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Success! The cake was super moist* and the glaze was nice and shiny.

*I know, I know we hate that word. But it's true the cake WAS moist.
A round chocolate cake with a swirled chocolate frosting.
January 2, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Ghost of Christmas Future
Gandalf fighting Balrog in lord of the rings.
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Our boys on Christmas morning
Frodo and Samwise from lord of the rings.
December 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Ghost of Christmas Present
A very shiny Erica Kirk.
December 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The ghost of Christmas Past
Cartoon Frog in a giant white sheet jumping rope with toad.
December 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Not the cleanest lines, but it was delicious!
A slice of white cake with rainbow sprinkles and white frosting.
December 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I made a funfeti cake with white chocolate ganache frosting for the [now] 2yo's birthday.
A white frosted round cake with rainbow sprinkles.
December 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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TikTokers are blantly using wheelchair accommodations, which is harming disabled people who rely on that service.
"But some people are unafraid to get ahead. They boast about how they’ve found the ultimate travel hack and share the trick. “Bring your grandma to skip the lines,” advised Raphael Miranda in a TikTok video. The 28-year-old ophthalmology technician from New York said he uses his grandmother as a Fast Pass through the airport. “She walks fine,” he said, “but to move quicker we get her on a wheelchair.” One TikTok user filmed her group wheeling through the airport with the caption: “The time me and my friends used wheelchair assistance so we wouldn’t miss our flight back into the U.S.” Another user who made a similar video wrote: “Life hack: if the airport is real packed and you don’t want to wait in line, act injured and ask for a wheelchair.”"
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM