Mez
@mez-rperez.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Texas at El Paso.
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If you're afraid, it's better to journal or to talk to a friend than to post online.
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
If you're afraid, it's better to journal or to talk to a friend than to post online.
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Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
August 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Microplastics are here to stay; that's why we need to eat them responsibly in the classroom
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reminder: It's never too late to start wearing a mask again
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When I-35 first sliced through Austin, Texas, homes and businesses in the path of construction were forced to relocate. No archive was kept of the lives that the highway upended.
As TxDOT now moves to expand the interstate, photographer Liz Moskowitz records the stories of people being displaced.
As TxDOT now moves to expand the interstate, photographer Liz Moskowitz records the stories of people being displaced.
Along a Path of Impermanence
A documentary photographer records some of the people and places being disrupted by an expansion of Interstate 35 through the center of Austin, Texas.
placesjournal.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
When I-35 first sliced through Austin, Texas, homes and businesses in the path of construction were forced to relocate. No archive was kept of the lives that the highway upended.
As TxDOT now moves to expand the interstate, photographer Liz Moskowitz records the stories of people being displaced.
As TxDOT now moves to expand the interstate, photographer Liz Moskowitz records the stories of people being displaced.
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Starbucks strike begins TOMORROW—don’t cross the picket line!
Don't forget to NOT BUY STARBUCKS while we're on ULP strike, tomorrow and beyond!
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
Pledge to not cross a picket line - nocontractnocoffee.org
No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Starbucks strike begins TOMORROW—don’t cross the picket line!
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
(Published October)
(Published October)
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It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
As long as it's not Beyonce country music fans are fine with this development
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It is hard to come up with a better analogy for whiteness than preferring the AI simulacra of your supposed authentic art form to whatever a Black woman from your art form’s cultural geography might make.
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Final two hours: please share 🙏🏾 In the vision of hope—that together, we can transform people’s ability to survive—is also an ongoing duty, one we must cling to as world powers seek to erode our will.
Help six families with food, shelter, emergency healthcare: 322/1000
Help six families with food, shelter, emergency healthcare: 322/1000
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Final two hours: please share 🙏🏾 In the vision of hope—that together, we can transform people’s ability to survive—is also an ongoing duty, one we must cling to as world powers seek to erode our will.
Help six families with food, shelter, emergency healthcare: 322/1000
Help six families with food, shelter, emergency healthcare: 322/1000
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Low-intensity warfare is uncanny. We continue to go to work, bring kids to school, shop for groceries, etc. But our everyday routines are punctuated by random episodes of spectacular violence; war as a way of life.
Scenes From the Occupation
As the feds cracked down on immigration in Chicago this fall, filmmaker Carlos Javier Ortiz’s camera was rolling. These stills and footage show a city in crisis — and a city defiant.
www.chicagomag.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Low-intensity warfare is uncanny. We continue to go to work, bring kids to school, shop for groceries, etc. But our everyday routines are punctuated by random episodes of spectacular violence; war as a way of life.
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If you’re looking to support on the ground Jamaican orgs, We Change Jamaica focuses on gender equality and LBGTQ+ inclusion & they are putting together aid packages for queer & trans Jamaicans who don’t feel safe going to shelters.
gofund.me/09619a41e
gofund.me/09619a41e
Donate to Emergency Relief for LBTQ Jamaicans After Hurricane Melissa, organized by Sudean Peters
My name is Sudean Peters, and I am the Executive Director of … Sudean Peters needs your support for Emergency Relief for LBTQ Jamaicans After Hurricane Melissa
gofund.me
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If you’re looking to support on the ground Jamaican orgs, We Change Jamaica focuses on gender equality and LBGTQ+ inclusion & they are putting together aid packages for queer & trans Jamaicans who don’t feel safe going to shelters.
gofund.me/09619a41e
gofund.me/09619a41e
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Do some of you remember how I said a few months ago that the fascists aren't having fun? They still aren't, lol.
Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.
They make bad art.
They aren't funny.
They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.
They aren't actually having fun
Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.
They make bad art.
They aren't funny.
They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.
They aren't actually having fun
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Do some of you remember how I said a few months ago that the fascists aren't having fun? They still aren't, lol.
Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.
They make bad art.
They aren't funny.
They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.
They aren't actually having fun
Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.
They make bad art.
They aren't funny.
They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.
They aren't actually having fun
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This is an organization trusted by someone I trust who's providing on-the-ground aid to people in Negril and Kingston, two cities people will likely be sheltering in as they flee the direct path
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This is an organization trusted by someone I trust who's providing on-the-ground aid to people in Negril and Kingston, two cities people will likely be sheltering in as they flee the direct path
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Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
How to turn off Gemini in your Gmail, Docs, Photos, and more - it's easy to opt out
It's a little hidden, but there is a way to remove Gemini from your favorite Google services.
www.zdnet.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Turn off Gemini in Google!
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
It's been turned on by default.
Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box.
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
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Every year, my OES chapter provides college scholarships for Detroit high school students. If you’re so inclined, please support our DoubleGood fundraiser. Thank you! popup.doublegood.com/s/l7t9x6o8
Ebony’s Pop-Up Store: 4 Days Only!
Click here to buy our delicious popcorn and 50% of your purchase benefits this fundraiser. #doublegood #dgpopup
popup.doublegood.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Every year, my OES chapter provides college scholarships for Detroit high school students. If you’re so inclined, please support our DoubleGood fundraiser. Thank you! popup.doublegood.com/s/l7t9x6o8
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All politics is local.
Election Day is in a couple weeks.
That new official might be the difference between ICE coming to your community and terrorizing you and your neighbors
Election Day is in a couple weeks.
That new official might be the difference between ICE coming to your community and terrorizing you and your neighbors
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
All politics is local.
Election Day is in a couple weeks.
That new official might be the difference between ICE coming to your community and terrorizing you and your neighbors
Election Day is in a couple weeks.
That new official might be the difference between ICE coming to your community and terrorizing you and your neighbors
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Remember our Dirt in a Cog zine gives you handy dandy ways to incorporate pushing back on alt right authoritarianism into your everyday life. Check it out on our website below.
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
October 18, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Remember our Dirt in a Cog zine gives you handy dandy ways to incorporate pushing back on alt right authoritarianism into your everyday life. Check it out on our website below.
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
invisiblehistory.org/zines-guides...
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Wrote for @thenation.com about how we're all gonna drown in hot oceans because we are air conditioning slop bots 💫
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.
It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.
www.thenation.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Wrote for @thenation.com about how we're all gonna drown in hot oceans because we are air conditioning slop bots 💫
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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If you gotta tell the lie machine not to lie, maybe there are more fundamental issues
Seeing people nonchalantly post stuff like makes me feel like I'm going crazy honestly.
October 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you gotta tell the lie machine not to lie, maybe there are more fundamental issues
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CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.
findmeatherapist.org
findmeatherapist.org
Find Me A Therapist
findmeatherapist.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
CHICAGO: REBUILD is providing therapy to folks detained by ICE. Please feel free to let people know.
findmeatherapist.org
findmeatherapist.org
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Shares please. You have been an incredible light to young dad H and his toddlers—keeping them housed for almost a year has saved them from deadly cold, exposure, shrapnel. For kids, this isn’t trivial. Sit with that impact and keep it going.
They still need that support.
18 hours left. 23/640
They still need that support.
18 hours left. 23/640
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Shares please. You have been an incredible light to young dad H and his toddlers—keeping them housed for almost a year has saved them from deadly cold, exposure, shrapnel. For kids, this isn’t trivial. Sit with that impact and keep it going.
They still need that support.
18 hours left. 23/640
They still need that support.
18 hours left. 23/640
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This also indicates the essential dishonesty of saying “it’s just a tool.” A hammer is a tool. Nobody writes about the “inevitability” of hammers. Nobody has ever studied the harmful effects of hammers on learning and concluded that teachers must all hit their students with hammers “responsibly.”
October 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This also indicates the essential dishonesty of saying “it’s just a tool.” A hammer is a tool. Nobody writes about the “inevitability” of hammers. Nobody has ever studied the harmful effects of hammers on learning and concluded that teachers must all hit their students with hammers “responsibly.”
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I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I would go further and say that everyone deserves basic necessities to live whether they have a job or not.
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Second and final deadline ISLS2026 extension announcement!! ISLS2026 submissions (all ICLS & CSCL formats) now due October 20, 2025, 11:59 PM AOE, in recognition of ongoing academic and personal challenges. See call for proposals for each format at 2026.isls.org
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2026.isls.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Second and final deadline ISLS2026 extension announcement!! ISLS2026 submissions (all ICLS & CSCL formats) now due October 20, 2025, 11:59 PM AOE, in recognition of ongoing academic and personal challenges. See call for proposals for each format at 2026.isls.org