Robin L Turner
@robinlturnerphd.blacksky.app
Mostly a reskeeter. tradition, gender, land tenure, and resource politics in Southern Africa. I block would be followers without profiles.
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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Greg entered Michigan’s juvenile system at the age of 11. He recalls lawyers pressured him to plead guilty and didn’t explain court fees to him. “All they were saying is guilty, guilty, guilty. Let’s plead out.” He amassed over $10,000 in court debt.
How Michigan Stopped Saddling Children with Millions in Court Debt
Last year, Michigan stopped imposing court fines and fees on kids, and relieved millions of dollars in past debt. Now, it may also ensure that kids get adequate representation in court.
boltsmag.org
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Greg entered Michigan’s juvenile system at the age of 11. He recalls lawyers pressured him to plead guilty and didn’t explain court fees to him. “All they were saying is guilty, guilty, guilty. Let’s plead out.” He amassed over $10,000 in court debt.
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Huge news today, if you missed it; Chris Duncan was released from Louisiana prison after being wrongfully convicted for nearly three decades.
@psfrench.bsky.social wrote this devastating but important read this spring on Louisiana’s rush to kill Jim despite junk science.
@psfrench.bsky.social wrote this devastating but important read this spring on Louisiana’s rush to kill Jim despite junk science.
The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions - Bolts
Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.
boltsmag.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Huge news today, if you missed it; Chris Duncan was released from Louisiana prison after being wrongfully convicted for nearly three decades.
@psfrench.bsky.social wrote this devastating but important read this spring on Louisiana’s rush to kill Jim despite junk science.
@psfrench.bsky.social wrote this devastating but important read this spring on Louisiana’s rush to kill Jim despite junk science.
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Heartbreaking, infuriating (because how many of us have struggled to articulate how they feel about the death of friendships over the utter disdain to the eradication of a people) and a ridiculously beautiful read.
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Heartbreaking, infuriating (because how many of us have struggled to articulate how they feel about the death of friendships over the utter disdain to the eradication of a people) and a ridiculously beautiful read.
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Academics need to tell families and friends, especially at holidays, that there are forbidden questions:
How's that book coming?
Oh, you are still working on that book?
Does it usually take that long?
How much money will you make?
How's that book coming?
Oh, you are still working on that book?
Does it usually take that long?
How much money will you make?
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Academics need to tell families and friends, especially at holidays, that there are forbidden questions:
How's that book coming?
Oh, you are still working on that book?
Does it usually take that long?
How much money will you make?
How's that book coming?
Oh, you are still working on that book?
Does it usually take that long?
How much money will you make?
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My book is out and it’s about the power of archive and voice and my fellow fellows are dope as hell in it
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
My book is out and it’s about the power of archive and voice and my fellow fellows are dope as hell in it
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
nupress.northwestern.edu/978081014906...
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the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
Trump says Haiti no longer meets requirements for TPS. Haitians have to leave
The Department of Homeland Security said TPS for Haiti ends Feb. 3, 2026, affecting over half a million people who may face return to gang-controlled Port-au-Prince.
amp.miamiherald.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
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CommunityMovement Builders is seeking organizers interested in living & working in southwest Atlanta, to support base building & community organizing. We offer a monthly stipend of $1,000 & reduced rent of $250 per month in one of our community houses. For details bit.ly/3XOLPRE
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
CommunityMovement Builders is seeking organizers interested in living & working in southwest Atlanta, to support base building & community organizing. We offer a monthly stipend of $1,000 & reduced rent of $250 per month in one of our community houses. For details bit.ly/3XOLPRE
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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Not everyone has a lawyer, but even those who don't can be like Audre Lorde on this one (this from her FBI file)
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not everyone has a lawyer, but even those who don't can be like Audre Lorde on this one (this from her FBI file)
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Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
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This is another reality that is difficult for people to comprehend. But it's true. One reason that the big publishers are MEDIA COMPANIES is that they need other ways to bring in money, the publishing side is not enough.
The majority of books published lose money and the majority of authors do not earn out their advances if they were lucky enough to get one. If you do the math on an hourly wage, writing is frankly bonkers as any kind of career.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is another reality that is difficult for people to comprehend. But it's true. One reason that the big publishers are MEDIA COMPANIES is that they need other ways to bring in money, the publishing side is not enough.
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Today for @wbez.org, @estheryjkang.bsky.social and @amyqin.bsky.social cover worsening conditions at Indian Trails Apartments - a large affordable complex at 121st Pl & Indiana whose current owners are engaging in classic distant slumlord practices, and are profiting handsomely from it.
What happened when Sausage King of Chicago bought a South Side housing complex?
The landlord has gotten millions in federal rent subsidies even as tenants complain about years of poor maintenance and deplorable conditions.
www.wbez.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Today for @wbez.org, @estheryjkang.bsky.social and @amyqin.bsky.social cover worsening conditions at Indian Trails Apartments - a large affordable complex at 121st Pl & Indiana whose current owners are engaging in classic distant slumlord practices, and are profiting handsomely from it.
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But on issues such as respectability and morality, I think you should judge people by their deeper, more important actions. That doesn't mean how they dress, but how they treat others on a more meaningful level.
I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.
I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
But on issues such as respectability and morality, I think you should judge people by their deeper, more important actions. That doesn't mean how they dress, but how they treat others on a more meaningful level.
I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.
I will end with something I wrote five years ago about the messy nature of dress codes.
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This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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If you are interested in the methodology behind the Data Workers' Inquiry Project (@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social), this is the paper for you.
Research doesn't have to be exploitative.👇🏽
Research doesn't have to be exploitative.👇🏽
📣New paper!
Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social
👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social
👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you are interested in the methodology behind the Data Workers' Inquiry Project (@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social), this is the paper for you.
Research doesn't have to be exploitative.👇🏽
Research doesn't have to be exploitative.👇🏽
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Cowlitz comedian Joey Clift has a new animated short–Pow! follows a young Native kid at a bustling intertribal powwow. The short includes lessons in Native activism and even uses actual audio from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Watch it here:
Pow!
Pow! is an animated short film about Jake, a young Native American kid scrambling to charge his dying video game console at a bustling Coastal Salish intertribal powwow, where he learns that loving…
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November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cowlitz comedian Joey Clift has a new animated short–Pow! follows a young Native kid at a bustling intertribal powwow. The short includes lessons in Native activism and even uses actual audio from the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. Watch it here:
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This is the study on anti-immigration discourse in france I reference in the above skeet. The other study i'm referring to is this one I QTed earlier on anti-democratic ideology (including anti-immigration) and what the authors call "white fight sentiment" bsky.app/profile/andr...
My piece has been published in PNAS today!!! "The importance of local racial demographic changes in democratic erosion in the mass American public" www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
A few takeaways...
A few takeaways...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is the study on anti-immigration discourse in france I reference in the above skeet. The other study i'm referring to is this one I QTed earlier on anti-democratic ideology (including anti-immigration) and what the authors call "white fight sentiment" bsky.app/profile/andr...
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That’s the second empirical study I’ve seen this week that does an excellent job w/ right-wing radicalizing discourse. The other is this study on anti-immigration in France which is fantastic (and I’m not only saying that b/c they cited my and @dkreiss.bsky.social’s work on “defensive publics”)
Flooding the Feed: The Politics of Social Media Sharing Among Defensive Publics
What political significance do widely-shared sources on social media carry? Efforts at documenting media content have produced useful insights about political phenomena, including right-wing populi...
www.tandfonline.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
That’s the second empirical study I’ve seen this week that does an excellent job w/ right-wing radicalizing discourse. The other is this study on anti-immigration in France which is fantastic (and I’m not only saying that b/c they cited my and @dkreiss.bsky.social’s work on “defensive publics”)
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The Secretary of Education just appointed five new members to the powerful National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI)--the organization that approves accreditors. Expect NACIQI to play a major role over the next several years.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Secretary of Education just appointed five new members to the powerful National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI)--the organization that approves accreditors. Expect NACIQI to play a major role over the next several years.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
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Important points and I have written about telehealth as a social determinant of health and speaks to his point on lack of broadband and WiFi access in certain communities #readingisimportant YES!!
@mychal3ts.bsky.social gave Juelz grace and stressed the importance of having a strong literacy foundation.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Important points and I have written about telehealth as a social determinant of health and speaks to his point on lack of broadband and WiFi access in certain communities #readingisimportant YES!!
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When we talk about occupational segregation...
Other southern states quickly built on Mississippi’s black codes. South Carolina barred blacks from any occupation other than farmer or servant unless they played a very steep annual tax that sought to pauperize the large free black community in Charleston.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
When we talk about occupational segregation...
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This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the South’s resistance to the freeing of their labor force and the lengths to which it would go to tie workers to a place under white control.
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 25, 1865. Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. Designed to recreate slavery in all but name, this signified the South’s resistance to the freeing of their labor force and the lengths to which it would go to tie workers to a place under white control.
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But humans are consistently inconsistent. People regularly act contrary to stated principles, and people often invent principles (including religious doctrines) after the fact to explain and excuse their own and others’ behavior. Buddhists are no different from anyone else in this regard. /end
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
But humans are consistently inconsistent. People regularly act contrary to stated principles, and people often invent principles (including religious doctrines) after the fact to explain and excuse their own and others’ behavior. Buddhists are no different from anyone else in this regard. /end