Rebecca Meacham
@ibeccanne.bsky.social
Professor, writer, dabbler, re-poster. Trying my best.
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The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
January 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The vast majority of what’s happening is communal self-defense. It’s not an about agitating or escalating. The whistles, the honking, the yelling — these are efforts by people to warn and protect their neighbors. 2/3
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If Chat GPT actually improves your writing, that's a sign you absolutely suck as a writer. And you should spend some time in shame and seclusion and silence while you work on improving it. Or you can find a writing instructor and do the work.
No, these are very serious comments.
ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell.
And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.
ChatGPT has absolutely no goddamn place in graduate education. It steals from other authors, routinely gets major facts wrong, hallucinates sources, and generally makes the prose flat and boring as hell.
And if you shill for it in my mentions, I'll block you.
January 17, 2026 at 11:25 PM
If Chat GPT actually improves your writing, that's a sign you absolutely suck as a writer. And you should spend some time in shame and seclusion and silence while you work on improving it. Or you can find a writing instructor and do the work.
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He actually won the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
He actually won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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This.
I know it’s easy to think the opposite.
But the crazy grab, stab, and shoot?
It’s panic driven.
If these folks felt in control, this crap wouldn’t be necessary.
Don’t buy the bravado.
Stand up for truth.
We are the majority.
I know it’s easy to think the opposite.
But the crazy grab, stab, and shoot?
It’s panic driven.
If these folks felt in control, this crap wouldn’t be necessary.
Don’t buy the bravado.
Stand up for truth.
We are the majority.
If you won’t hear me, hear Jamelle Bouie. He’s right: the ICE operation in Minnesota reads as panic. After Renee Good was killed, the White House escalated force instead of accountability. That choice isn’t strength. It’s fear. And it’s why they’re losing the political fight.
TY @jamellebouie.net
TY @jamellebouie.net
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 AM
This.
I know it’s easy to think the opposite.
But the crazy grab, stab, and shoot?
It’s panic driven.
If these folks felt in control, this crap wouldn’t be necessary.
Don’t buy the bravado.
Stand up for truth.
We are the majority.
I know it’s easy to think the opposite.
But the crazy grab, stab, and shoot?
It’s panic driven.
If these folks felt in control, this crap wouldn’t be necessary.
Don’t buy the bravado.
Stand up for truth.
We are the majority.
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
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Honestly this works for everything
“I want to trap hungry 19c ghosts in jars to help us with historical research” ✅
“Please read our holiday card; we got a hungry ghost to write it this year” ❌
“I want to trap hungry 19c ghosts in jars to help us with historical research” ✅
“Please read our holiday card; we got a hungry ghost to write it this year” ❌
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
January 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Honestly this works for everything
“I want to trap hungry 19c ghosts in jars to help us with historical research” ✅
“Please read our holiday card; we got a hungry ghost to write it this year” ❌
“I want to trap hungry 19c ghosts in jars to help us with historical research” ✅
“Please read our holiday card; we got a hungry ghost to write it this year” ❌
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In case I dont say it loudly enough, I am proud as hell to have been educated by public servants at an institution dedicated to serving the public good, even though we rarely met that charge. I am the scholar, teacher, and librarian I am today because of them.
January 8, 2026 at 11:02 PM
In case I dont say it loudly enough, I am proud as hell to have been educated by public servants at an institution dedicated to serving the public good, even though we rarely met that charge. I am the scholar, teacher, and librarian I am today because of them.
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Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
January 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
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If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
January 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
If the executive branch can unilaterally cut off federal funding to specific states the union has already been dissolved.
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AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 10, 2026 at 2:31 AM
AOC: That is a fundamental difference between VP Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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"All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience."
Must-read from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Must-read from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
"All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience."
Must-read from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
🎁
Must-read from @michellegoldberg.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
🎁
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
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ICE has murdered THIRTY TWO PEOPLE in detention centers. Four in the last week.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
MSN
www.msn.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM
ICE has murdered THIRTY TWO PEOPLE in detention centers. Four in the last week.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/c...
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Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
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The hat and the coat is just an insane combo I love it
This veteran is speaking up for his community after ICE shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis yesterday.
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
The hat and the coat is just an insane combo I love it
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“No kingdom can maintain itself by force alone.”
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
January 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM
“No kingdom can maintain itself by force alone.”
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
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They are gonna leave anyway so orgs like ABA, SACS, etc. should spend more time crafting good policies and enforcing them (instead of trying to appease)
Texas is now the first state in the U.S. to eliminate American Bar Association oversight of its law schools, ending the state's 42-year-long reliance on the national organization.
Texas becomes first state to end American Bar Association oversight of law schools
The Texas Supreme Court on Tuesday finalized a tentative opinion issued in September that no longer requires soon-to-be lawyers to attend a law school accredited by the American Bar Association. The power to approve those law schools now rests with the state's highest civil court.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
They are gonna leave anyway so orgs like ABA, SACS, etc. should spend more time crafting good policies and enforcing them (instead of trying to appease)
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New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
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I know this feels impossible now, but I swear, on January 6 itself, there was a pretty broad bipartisan consensus that storming the Capitol to find and kill lawmakers was bad, and that Trump was responsible for inciting his followers to try it
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
I know this feels impossible now, but I swear, on January 6 itself, there was a pretty broad bipartisan consensus that storming the Capitol to find and kill lawmakers was bad, and that Trump was responsible for inciting his followers to try it
