Liz Shayne
@lizshayne.bsky.social
Rabbanit, digital books enthusiast, student of Halacha, accidental creator of curious data viz, knitter, autistic. Talks about all of the above. (she/her)
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“Despite the chaos & abject harm the law in Australia has wrought, US lawmakers are eagerly seeking to replicate it.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Despite the chaos & abject harm the law in Australia has wrought, US lawmakers are eagerly seeking to replicate it.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social explains why a children’s social media ban will make the internet less safe & how such laws don’t hold Big Tech accountable.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/social-med...
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This is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we act as though other communities have abandoned us, we retreat from relationship and coalition-building. Then, when we need support, we find ourselves isolated because relationships require ongoing commitment.
“We stood up for the LGBTQ community, for the African American community, for immigrants, and it was a real core part of our mission. And we would often do it in coalition with other civil rights groups, and that’s all gone. That respect that we had is just completely gone”
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Top ADL civil rights lay leader quits, accusing group of being 'useful idiot' for Trump - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Joe Berman resigned in March and is making his resignation letter public for the first time now.
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December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we act as though other communities have abandoned us, we retreat from relationship and coalition-building. Then, when we need support, we find ourselves isolated because relationships require ongoing commitment.
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AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
Longer statement from Brown University:
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
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(screams myself hoarse)
This one is so much. It's SO MUCH, you don't even know!
This one is so much. It's SO MUCH, you don't even know!
Announcing a BRAND NEW Gilded Age fantasy of ballrooms, bargains, and bloodshed from the one and only @nghivo.bsky.social!! The Scarlet Ball commences October 2026 🩸
Announcing The Scarlet Ball by Nghi Vo - Reactor
A Gilded Age fantasy of ballrooms and bloodshed, arriving October 2026
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December 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
(screams myself hoarse)
This one is so much. It's SO MUCH, you don't even know!
This one is so much. It's SO MUCH, you don't even know!
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This is really a huge part of why upper management is so in on AI. They think it will let them manage computers the way they currently manage the people who make the computer work. It will not.
I'm just saying I had someone tell me I had to hold the AI accountable and and no no I don't. That was not the effective way to coax it into doing the thing I wanted
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is really a huge part of why upper management is so in on AI. They think it will let them manage computers the way they currently manage the people who make the computer work. It will not.
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Today is the 4 year anniversary of our first union victory! Since then, we've won over 650 union elections.
It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
Starbucks workers are still without a labor deal four years after their first union win. Here’s why | CNN Business
The Starbucks union organizing campaign has been one of the biggest successes in the American labor movement over the past few years. But despite momentum, there is still no first labor contract, a ke...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today is the 4 year anniversary of our first union victory! Since then, we've won over 650 union elections.
It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
It's been 4 years without a contract, and 4 years of union busting. That's why we're on day 26 of our national ULP strike - and we won't back down.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/b...
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The forbidden latke
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
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This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The forbidden latke
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Anne Boyer's "What Resembles The Grave But Isn't" is tattooed across my soul. "This is not your grave, get out of this hole."
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December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Anne Boyer's "What Resembles The Grave But Isn't" is tattooed across my soul. "This is not your grave, get out of this hole."
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billmoyers.com/story/poetry...
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Someone should tell us how much it costs annually, per person, to keep increasing the military's budget every year, and how much it costs annually, per person, to keep fucking up with health care infrastructure, and how much it costs annually per person to continue to increase police budgets. And...
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Someone should tell us how much it costs annually, per person, to keep increasing the military's budget every year, and how much it costs annually, per person, to keep fucking up with health care infrastructure, and how much it costs annually per person to continue to increase police budgets. And...
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Every single pro-life senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr should find out what it’s like to be called a baby-killer. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
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December 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Every single pro-life senator who voted to confirm RFK Jr should find out what it’s like to be called a baby-killer. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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This idea is being pushed on us because billionaires don’t want art. They want decorations that don’t question the atrocity of their existence.
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This idea is being pushed on us because billionaires don’t want art. They want decorations that don’t question the atrocity of their existence.
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It's important to give conservative politicians their dues when they're on the right side of an issue like this, because we want elections to be fought over housing policy and taxes and stuff, not demonising minorities.
Make politics boring again!
Make politics boring again!
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It's important to give conservative politicians their dues when they're on the right side of an issue like this, because we want elections to be fought over housing policy and taxes and stuff, not demonising minorities.
Make politics boring again!
Make politics boring again!
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I have discovered the most curséd object of the holiday. Truly, tastefully beige minimalism has gone too far.
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have discovered the most curséd object of the holiday. Truly, tastefully beige minimalism has gone too far.
I would like the bookstore to send along some extra time to read when I order this many books…
@tkingfisher.com, @koshersoul.bsky.social, @bogiperson.bsky.social,
@tkingfisher.com, @koshersoul.bsky.social, @bogiperson.bsky.social,
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I would like the bookstore to send along some extra time to read when I order this many books…
@tkingfisher.com, @koshersoul.bsky.social, @bogiperson.bsky.social,
@tkingfisher.com, @koshersoul.bsky.social, @bogiperson.bsky.social,
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As a bioethicist, I also feel the need to add that the central issue with eugenics is “it’s evil” not “it’s factually incorrect.” And if we finally learned that, maybe big name bioethicists wouldn’t publish “what if eugenics but hi-tech” every five years.
1. Historically, eugenics was not a pseudoscience. It was *science* Almost every scientist, social scientist, academic, etc. believed in the validity of eugenics. You would have to search far & wide to find a scientist that didn't believe in some form of it. They taught it in college!
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
As a bioethicist, I also feel the need to add that the central issue with eugenics is “it’s evil” not “it’s factually incorrect.” And if we finally learned that, maybe big name bioethicists wouldn’t publish “what if eugenics but hi-tech” every five years.
Another day of being deeply furious with Starbucks’ CEO because I miss my little peppermint white mocha treat and #nocontractnocoffee.
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Another day of being deeply furious with Starbucks’ CEO because I miss my little peppermint white mocha treat and #nocontractnocoffee.
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So about yesterday... DCWP announced a $39 million settlement that's going into the pockets of NYC baristas, PLUS both @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov joined us on the picket line.
Name a more iconic day 🥰
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Name a more iconic day 🥰
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Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders join striking Starbucks workers — as city approves $39M deal
Socialist superstars Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday joined striking Starbucks workers in Brooklyn — hours after outgoing Hizzoner Eric Adams unveiled a $39 milli…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So about yesterday... DCWP announced a $39 million settlement that's going into the pockets of NYC baristas, PLUS both @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov joined us on the picket line.
Name a more iconic day 🥰
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Name a more iconic day 🥰
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As usual, anything that @shengokai.blacksky.app has to say about disability and about ADHD in particular is something you should probably read.
I once talked to a student who self-described as having a "mild" ADHD diagnosis about why they hadn't sought accommodations. The literal first thing that they said was "I'm not ADHD enough to need them," which was something that I've kept in mind as I listen to this "discourse" about accommodations.
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
As usual, anything that @shengokai.blacksky.app has to say about disability and about ADHD in particular is something you should probably read.
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this is the thing.
I DONT CARE if *some* students have managed to get accommodations by allegedly "gaming the system" or "doctor shopping"
I DON'T CARE.
Because my experience tells me how hard it is to be disabled in higher ed, as both a disabled student, and disabled faculty member now.
I DONT CARE if *some* students have managed to get accommodations by allegedly "gaming the system" or "doctor shopping"
I DON'T CARE.
Because my experience tells me how hard it is to be disabled in higher ed, as both a disabled student, and disabled faculty member now.
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
this is the thing.
I DONT CARE if *some* students have managed to get accommodations by allegedly "gaming the system" or "doctor shopping"
I DON'T CARE.
Because my experience tells me how hard it is to be disabled in higher ed, as both a disabled student, and disabled faculty member now.
I DONT CARE if *some* students have managed to get accommodations by allegedly "gaming the system" or "doctor shopping"
I DON'T CARE.
Because my experience tells me how hard it is to be disabled in higher ed, as both a disabled student, and disabled faculty member now.
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By "moral neuroableism," I mean "the belief that neurodivergent people and ways of being are morally inferior to neurotypical ones." In the draft thus far, I'm largely focusing on claims like "nonlinear attention makes us less empathetic and less accountable to others' needs" as examples. BUT...
What I call "moral neuroableism" in my current project strikes again...and again...and again.
We need to be able to see that the line "accommodations have gone too far" is an expression of the ableist notion that disabled students do not belong in higher ed. Its fundamentally an anxiety about the fact that disabled students get an "advantage" over abled students.
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
By "moral neuroableism," I mean "the belief that neurodivergent people and ways of being are morally inferior to neurotypical ones." In the draft thus far, I'm largely focusing on claims like "nonlinear attention makes us less empathetic and less accountable to others' needs" as examples. BUT...
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Why can't the right win without gerrymandering?
Why can't the right uphold free speech when it isn't about them?
Why can't the right mind their own business?
Why is the right the party of Fuck Your Feelings until it's time to joke about that mediocre podcaster who caught one in the neck?
Why can't the right uphold free speech when it isn't about them?
Why can't the right mind their own business?
Why is the right the party of Fuck Your Feelings until it's time to joke about that mediocre podcaster who caught one in the neck?
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Why can't the right win without gerrymandering?
Why can't the right uphold free speech when it isn't about them?
Why can't the right mind their own business?
Why is the right the party of Fuck Your Feelings until it's time to joke about that mediocre podcaster who caught one in the neck?
Why can't the right uphold free speech when it isn't about them?
Why can't the right mind their own business?
Why is the right the party of Fuck Your Feelings until it's time to joke about that mediocre podcaster who caught one in the neck?
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Baudrillard is basically "don't build the torment nexus" for humanities majors, though I guess in his case maybe it's closer to "can we please stop building the torment nexus, whose blueprints I have included herein as a reference so you will know what not to keep building"
Like, when Baudrillard describes a process wherein we lose access to the Real entirely and get trapped in an infinite discursive hall of mirrors, that's supposed to be understood to be bad! You're not supposed to do it on purpose!!
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Baudrillard is basically "don't build the torment nexus" for humanities majors, though I guess in his case maybe it's closer to "can we please stop building the torment nexus, whose blueprints I have included herein as a reference so you will know what not to keep building"
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Thread.
A quick thread on the academic freedom angle to the OU situation:
First, grading is part of academic freedom b/c it involves instructors applying their disciplinary expertise - both when they set assignments, and when they grade student work
First, grading is part of academic freedom b/c it involves instructors applying their disciplinary expertise - both when they set assignments, and when they grade student work
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thread.
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conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
conservatives basically want to implement the caricature of affirmative action for conservative students. acceptance without meeting qualifications, good grades and degrees without having to do the work.