Susanna Ashton
@susannaashton.bsky.social
#C19 AmLit. Author: A Plausible Man. the True Story of the Man who Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin -with The New Press. Exploring fugitivity, life writing, slavery studies, freedom
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Is “Ruth’s Chris Kennedy Center” anything?
December 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Is “Ruth’s Chris Kennedy Center” anything?
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The fact that a significant amount of my grading time nowadays is taken up just by trying to figure out if the work is AI is so deeply depressing.
I could be spending this extra time writing comments or suggestions, or assessing structure, or checking sources, but no...
I could be spending this extra time writing comments or suggestions, or assessing structure, or checking sources, but no...
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The fact that a significant amount of my grading time nowadays is taken up just by trying to figure out if the work is AI is so deeply depressing.
I could be spending this extra time writing comments or suggestions, or assessing structure, or checking sources, but no...
I could be spending this extra time writing comments or suggestions, or assessing structure, or checking sources, but no...
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One of the things that you see at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina is a Jim Crow era Coke machine that was designed to fit into a segregated bus station. One machine two sides.
The Coke cost more on the Black side.
The Coke cost more on the Black side.
Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of the things that you see at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina is a Jim Crow era Coke machine that was designed to fit into a segregated bus station. One machine two sides.
The Coke cost more on the Black side.
The Coke cost more on the Black side.
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Because it’s a smash and grab.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Because it’s a smash and grab.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but go take your meds
December 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but go take your meds
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Enjoying that Oxford Press allows you to search their Global Middle Ages books through an interactive map. More of this, please! blog.oup.com/2024/06/the-...
December 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Enjoying that Oxford Press allows you to search their Global Middle Ages books through an interactive map. More of this, please! blog.oup.com/2024/06/the-...
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Even when the TTC works out the bugs the current public statements are that the LRT will still be slower than this dude.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Toronto man outruns newly-opened Finch LRT by 18 minutes | CBC News
A Toronto man challenged the newly-opened Finch Light-Rail Transit to a race — and he won.
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Even when the TTC works out the bugs the current public statements are that the LRT will still be slower than this dude.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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thrilled to inform you that in the proud populist tradition of opera, the family production of magic flute at the met includes papageno counting 1, 2, … 6-7… 3
uproarious applause and laughter
uproarious applause and laughter
December 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
thrilled to inform you that in the proud populist tradition of opera, the family production of magic flute at the met includes papageno counting 1, 2, … 6-7… 3
uproarious applause and laughter
uproarious applause and laughter
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The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
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There's always one detail that will crack your heart entirely open.
"Friedberg visited Rhode Island Hospital on Saturday night, where she said she spoke with her teaching assistant, who had traveled there to support several of their injured students." Wow, the TA was present at the shooting and then went with students in the class to hospital to support.
December 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
There's always one detail that will crack your heart entirely open.
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You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
You know what? I'm willing to empirically test this as many times as it takes to reach statistical certainty about any conclusions we reach
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What began in the fall as a trickle of measles infections in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, has since grown into an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people, prompted more than 250 residents to quarantine and unsettled many more.
A Measles Outbreak Brings With It Echoes of the Pandemic
In South Carolina, parents struggle to deal with infections that have brought quarantines and remote learning. Health care workers are bracing for an increase in cases.
nyti.ms
December 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
What began in the fall as a trickle of measles infections in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, has since grown into an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people, prompted more than 250 residents to quarantine and unsettled many more.
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
Donate Blood
Check your eligibility to donate blood, learn about the process and why blood matters, and enroll in a RIBC Donor Loyalty Rewards programs.
www.ribc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.
Spread the word.
www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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Reflexively retweeting this in defiance of #9!
December 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Reflexively retweeting this in defiance of #9!
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
ISLA VISTA, CA—In the days following a violent rampage in southern California in which a lone attacker killed seven individuals, including himself, and seriously injured over a dozen others, citizens ...
theonion.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Congrats to Jim and the team, and congrats to me for a record breaking keep-your-trap-shut !
I am beyond thrilled to share some good news:
1. I've moved to a new job at UC Santa Barbara.
2. We have been selected for a 2025 Humanities and AI Virtual
Institute award from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social!
Both, we hope, will allow us to continue building the work! +
hfa.ucsb.edu/news/schmidt...
1. I've moved to a new job at UC Santa Barbara.
2. We have been selected for a 2025 Humanities and AI Virtual
Institute award from @schmidtsciences.bsky.social!
Both, we hope, will allow us to continue building the work! +
hfa.ucsb.edu/news/schmidt...
Schmidt Sciences awards $750,000 to UCSB-led team to transform Black press archives with AI | Division of Humanities and Fine Arts
English professor Jim Casey leads a national coalition to recover 19th-century African American newspapers using machine learning and public crowdsourcing.
hfa.ucsb.edu
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Congrats to Jim and the team, and congrats to me for a record breaking keep-your-trap-shut !
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One thing I’ve learned in doing my podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social is that if you’re an academic doing any media - anything at all - buy a good dynamic microphone. You will sound so much better.
December 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
One thing I’ve learned in doing my podcast @americanmedieval.bsky.social is that if you’re an academic doing any media - anything at all - buy a good dynamic microphone. You will sound so much better.
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the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport
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I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)
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tfw you’ve had a spectacularly bad week and your brother goes to get you a Fudgie The Whale™️ to cheer you up but they don’t have any.
it’s the thought/concept that counts
it’s the thought/concept that counts
December 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
tfw you’ve had a spectacularly bad week and your brother goes to get you a Fudgie The Whale™️ to cheer you up but they don’t have any.
it’s the thought/concept that counts
it’s the thought/concept that counts
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If only there was a safe, cheap and effective way to halt its spread.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If only there was a safe, cheap and effective way to halt its spread.