Elise
@eliserobinson.bsky.social
Queer neurodivergent Buddhist feminist leftist theatre mama professor. I work/teach in Women’s & Gender Studies. In my fuck-it fifties and no longer tolerating bullshit OR shenanigans. Humor + kindness are my aphrodisiacs of choice.
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Today is World AIDS Day. I guess the regime is just going to pretend like AIDS doesn’t exist until it ramps back up or mutates into something there is no hope for. I was a kid in the 80’s and 90’s. I remember. I HATE the regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Today is World AIDS Day. I guess the regime is just going to pretend like AIDS doesn’t exist until it ramps back up or mutates into something there is no hope for. I was a kid in the 80’s and 90’s. I remember. I HATE the regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US will no longer commemorate World Aids Day, reports say
State department has told employees and grant recipients to not publicly promote or make event on 1 December
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Today is World AIDS Day. I guess the regime is just going to pretend like AIDS doesn’t exist until it ramps back up or mutates into something there is no hope for. I was a kid in the 80’s and 90’s. I remember. I HATE the regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Today is World AIDS Day. I guess the regime is just going to pretend like AIDS doesn’t exist until it ramps back up or mutates into something there is no hope for. I was a kid in the 80’s and 90’s. I remember. I HATE the regime.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree. n.pr/3Xu36zt
For the first time since 1988, the U.S. is not officially commemorating World AIDS Day
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree.
n.pr
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Noting the decision not to mark the day, the State Department stated: "An awareness day is not a strategy." Activists in the fight to end the ongoing AIDS epidemic disagree. n.pr/3Xu36zt
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“Against Cop Shit“ is my “Tom Holland Lio Syncing ‘Umbrella’.” I see it, I repost it.
Expel cop shit from your hearts.
Expel cop shit from your hearts.
"'We are both scamming each other, you and I, and I intend to win.' When a classroom becomes adversarial, of course, as cop shit presumes, then there must be a clear winner and loser."
- Jeffery Moro, Against Cop Shit
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...
- Jeffery Moro, Against Cop Shit
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“Against Cop Shit“ is my “Tom Holland Lio Syncing ‘Umbrella’.” I see it, I repost it.
Expel cop shit from your hearts.
Expel cop shit from your hearts.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
Excellent thread on the state of teaching and learning in higher ed right now.
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Excellent thread on the state of teaching and learning in higher ed right now.
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"We can end the HIV epidemic, but only if we can continue the federal support that made these gains possible." Today on World AIDS Day, call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121 and urge them to protect HIV and PEPFAR funding. We cannot allow this administration to reverse decades of progress.
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"We can end the HIV epidemic, but only if we can continue the federal support that made these gains possible." Today on World AIDS Day, call your members of Congress at 202-224-3121 and urge them to protect HIV and PEPFAR funding. We cannot allow this administration to reverse decades of progress.
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A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A college student complaining about a grade on a paper is not national news. Not even close. The details have minimal import outside the class itself.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
Well-funded political activists targeting profs and TAs—in this case because they're trans—with the help of elected state officials? National issue.
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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Apple removed their 🧊 apps but this website continues to go strong.
Track and send warnings about 🧊 through ⬇️:
www.stopice.net
Protect our communities, stand with our neighbors & honor our constitutional rights.
#MomSky
Track and send warnings about 🧊 through ⬇️:
www.stopice.net
Protect our communities, stand with our neighbors & honor our constitutional rights.
#MomSky
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Apple removed their 🧊 apps but this website continues to go strong.
Track and send warnings about 🧊 through ⬇️:
www.stopice.net
Protect our communities, stand with our neighbors & honor our constitutional rights.
#MomSky
Track and send warnings about 🧊 through ⬇️:
www.stopice.net
Protect our communities, stand with our neighbors & honor our constitutional rights.
#MomSky
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Karyn Edison:
“Remember the truth. Watch out for Trump administration's attempt at revisionist history.
Also, remember the Trump administration wouldn't brief the Biden admin before Biden took office because Trump denied the election results…” #Pinks
“Remember the truth. Watch out for Trump administration's attempt at revisionist history.
Also, remember the Trump administration wouldn't brief the Biden admin before Biden took office because Trump denied the election results…” #Pinks
November 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Karyn Edison:
“Remember the truth. Watch out for Trump administration's attempt at revisionist history.
Also, remember the Trump administration wouldn't brief the Biden admin before Biden took office because Trump denied the election results…” #Pinks
“Remember the truth. Watch out for Trump administration's attempt at revisionist history.
Also, remember the Trump administration wouldn't brief the Biden admin before Biden took office because Trump denied the election results…” #Pinks
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, died a day after volunteering to serve in DC so that others could enjoy Thanksgiving with their families. She deserves our gratitude, not political exploitation by a shameless president who scapegoats immigrants to swell his power.
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All the feelz…
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
All the feelz…
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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The first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor. It was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs on Black Americans.
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher, Among Last Known Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
Mother Fletcher's legacy will live on as the epitome of honor, courage, strength, and resilience in the face of violent terrorism, white supremacy, and cowardice
www.qasimrashid.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The first time terrorists used planes to attack Americans wasn’t on 9/11 or at Pearl Harbor. It was the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 when white supremacists flew a dozen planes to drop turpentine or nitroglycerin bombs on Black Americans.
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
Viola Fletcher was there.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/viola-flet...
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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💯 I sat in a staff training about how to use AI to “save time.” Not a single mention of hallucinations or made up shit, and when pressed, I was assured this info was from an “AI expert.” I politely told my admin that an AI “expert” not including harms, limitations, biases, etc.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
💯 I sat in a staff training about how to use AI to “save time.” Not a single mention of hallucinations or made up shit, and when pressed, I was assured this info was from an “AI expert.” I politely told my admin that an AI “expert” not including harms, limitations, biases, etc.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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We are **Blacking Out the System** starting today
November 25 thru December 2.
Please, no unnecessary spending. Shop local.
No Big box stores, especially Amazon, Home Depot and Target. No Black Friday shopping.
Hitem’ where it hurts.
They’re moved by $$ only
November 25 thru December 2.
Please, no unnecessary spending. Shop local.
No Big box stores, especially Amazon, Home Depot and Target. No Black Friday shopping.
Hitem’ where it hurts.
They’re moved by $$ only
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We are **Blacking Out the System** starting today
November 25 thru December 2.
Please, no unnecessary spending. Shop local.
No Big box stores, especially Amazon, Home Depot and Target. No Black Friday shopping.
Hitem’ where it hurts.
They’re moved by $$ only
November 25 thru December 2.
Please, no unnecessary spending. Shop local.
No Big box stores, especially Amazon, Home Depot and Target. No Black Friday shopping.
Hitem’ where it hurts.
They’re moved by $$ only
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Look we all love a nuns having fun calendar, but @megstampede.bsky.social and I would like to suggest something a little different for next year.
The love notes from nature calendar has animal facts for every month *and* a way to help those animals!
Get em at SquidFacts.net!
The love notes from nature calendar has animal facts for every month *and* a way to help those animals!
Get em at SquidFacts.net!
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Look we all love a nuns having fun calendar, but @megstampede.bsky.social and I would like to suggest something a little different for next year.
The love notes from nature calendar has animal facts for every month *and* a way to help those animals!
Get em at SquidFacts.net!
The love notes from nature calendar has animal facts for every month *and* a way to help those animals!
Get em at SquidFacts.net!
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#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 2000: The U.N. General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nov. 25 was selected to mark the anniversary of the murders of the Mirabel sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. /1
Today in history, 2000: The U.N. General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nov. 25 was selected to mark the anniversary of the murders of the Mirabel sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. /1
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 2000: The U.N. General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nov. 25 was selected to mark the anniversary of the murders of the Mirabel sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. /1
Today in history, 2000: The U.N. General Assembly recognizes the first International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nov. 25 was selected to mark the anniversary of the murders of the Mirabel sisters in the Dominican Republic in 1960. /1
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
This is joyful.
Last month, the Tule River Indian Tribe purchased 17,000 acres of their ancestral lands where they are reintroducing tule elk. The purchase was partly funded by California’s Tribal Nature-Based Solutions Grant, which funds tribal land return projects. www.latimes.com/california/s....
Elk are again roaming on lands that California has returned to the Tule River Indian Tribe
Tribal leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom gathered Wednesday to mark the return of 17,000 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian tribe.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is joyful.