Dr. Aria Halliday
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My editor made me do it. (She/they)
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š¬ read a bit about me and my new bookāBlack Girls and How We Fail Them! Thanks Eden and
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Iām taking a break from socials in Q1. Email is the best way to contact me. Take care of yourselves and each other.
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The Salt Lake Tribune
7 days ago
The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.
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Beneath Jordanelle Reservoir, a little-known chapter of history
The site, now underwater, was once home to Japanese Americans seeking safety during World War II.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/12/31/keetley-farm-now-beneath/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
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Teen Vogue
7 days ago
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
is officially Mayor of New York City! šš½ We spoke to attendees at the new mayor's block party what they hope he accomplishes in his first term. ā¬ļø
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Young New Yorkers React to Zohran Mamdani's Inauguration
Teen Vogue spoke to attendees at the new NYC mayor's block party.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/young-new-yorkers-react-to-zohran-mamdani-inauguration
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Mik | Graphic Designer + Strategist
8 days ago
There is no state in this country where you can live a comfortable life on $15 an hour.
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SW(rath)
8 days ago
Lawn darts, Four Loko, and Panera death lemonade had a lower body count combined and were banned faster.
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Nina Metz
9 days ago
And disproportionately affects Black people with uteruses ā Iāve seen reporting that 50-80% have the condition. This from the Mayo Clinic says 90% by age 50, itās outrageous
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Ordinary Notes
9 days ago
Please become a weekly supporter or a monthly supporter. Or an occasional supporter.
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Tao Leigh Goffe | é | PhD
9 days ago
We are not living the same reality because we are dying a faster death. Premature death. Black New Yorkers, who are not also Latinx, have the lowest life expectancy.
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)
9 days ago
Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94 Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
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Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/arts/dance/carmen-de-lavallade-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A1A.ukJo._akhXy6uP-dL&smid=url-share
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Brendan Keogh
9 days ago
The Academic Work Tracker spreadsheet is now updated with 2026 dates! If you don't already, 2026 is a great time to start treating your academic work like the wage job where you are paid to work a certain amount of hours that it actually is:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Academic Work Tracker Template v2.3 (2026)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W-w_pbJgsemr5vznErqqNG5UJsfxeiPUNgG8f6pXyfg/edit?gid=1226213337#gid=1226213337
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)
9 days ago
A year later, Altadena fire survivors confront hard choices about housing Sell, rebuild or just wait? The residents of West Las Flores Drive embody the many different ways people say they are recovering from the catastrophe.
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A year later, Altadena fire survivors confront hard choices about housing
One year after the Altadena fire destroyed nearly 6,000 homes, survivors of the catastrophe are dealing with recovery in myriad ways.
https://wapo.st/3MZF7pQ
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NPR
10 days ago
A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady.
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Electric vehicles had a bumpy road in 2025 ā and one pleasant surprise
A suite of pro-EV federal policies have been reversed. Well-known vehicles have been discontinued. Sales plummeted. But interest is holding steady.
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š¬š Ms. Sausage(s) š
10 days ago
There is a water main break every 2 minutes in the US.
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David M. Perry
10 days ago
There is no more āstate of the humanitiesā as such. There is no condition in which the humanities are under attack in which the whole university is not under attack...We are all humanists now. /1
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Having lost my grandmother 7 years ago to this terrible disease, I am so happy for this advancement. At the end she didnāt know who I wasāI never want others to experience that loss.
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NPR
11 days ago
Now is not the time for subtlety, nostalgia or neutrality on screen.
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'Raising questions' isn't enough. The best films of the year took a stance
Now is not the time for subtlety, nostalgia or neutrality on screen.
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NPR
11 days ago
All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country.
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Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country.
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Mia Murphy š³ļøāā§ļø
11 days ago
The Detroit Chamber polled MI in 2024. 58% of voters believe avg student debt is about $50K. Consequently, only 8% of voters thought that a BA/BS was the "minimum to be successful in MI" and only 27% said *any college* was important to getting a good job (1/X)
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SI: Museum of African American History (Bot)
11 days ago
Photographic print of a young girl
https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.46.29.55
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The Associated Press
11 days ago
Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show āMo,ā which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S. The series is part of a wave of TV shows by Arab or Muslim American creators that aim to tell authentic stories without relying on stereotypes.
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How TV shows like 'Mo' and 'Muslim Matchmaker' allow Arab and Muslim Americans to tell their stories
Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show āMo,ā which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S.
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Kim
13 days ago
āIt found that 22% of families with children said they had to reduce portion sizes for their kids' meals. Additionally, 14% were forced to "deprive children of some meals,"
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New study reveals alarming trend unfolding at American grocery stores ā here's what 80% of families are noticing ā The Cool Down
More than 1,700 families earning less than $100,000 were surveyed. Dec 27, 2025 You may be noticing alarming price rises in your local grocery store, and a study has revealed that many Americans are e...
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WIRED
12 days ago
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or highāno wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
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Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or highāno wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to itsā¦
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Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X)
12 days ago
"While sociologists were debating "the marriage gap" and declining rates of marriage for Black women, McMillan's characters were commiserating, exploring their options, cracking jokes, and braving the messy realities of life..."
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30 years ago, 'Waiting to Exhale' was the blockbuster Hollywood didn't anticipate
The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/24/nx-s1-5645185/waiting-to-exhale-30-anniversary
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Des Fitzgerald
14 days ago
An academic system run by pensioners? I, uh, I wonder what that would be like.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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āKeeps your mind alertā: older Swedes reap the benefits of learning for pleasure
Retirees with āfantastic hunger for educationā taking part in university organised events in record numbers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/older-swedes-reap-benefits-late-life-education
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AmeriKraut
13 days ago
goals.
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SOUTH JERSEY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S FORUM
14 days ago
In case you need a positive reminder: How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
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How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to womenās suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/protests-effective-history-impact?CMP=share_btn_url
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Soraya Nadia McDonald
13 days ago
Yes, everything is shittier, more expensive, and more and more stuff requires you to pay a subscription shakedown fee to operate it, but hey, the sloplords are richer!
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Nathan K. Hensley
16 days ago
this is a form of theft. the program "boosts literacy" by writing stories for students (?), with a veneer of social justice added to make the whole thing more grotesque. notably this is PG county, not Montgomery: it's always the poor kids who get AI fixes instead of actual investment in teaching
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Lucius Fox In The Box
16 days ago
Saving this for later.
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Ashley C. Ford
17 days ago
HIRING: We're looking for a statewide editor at Free Press Indiana! Job posting here:
www.freepressindiana.org/jobs/statewi...
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Daniel JosƩ Older
about 2 months ago
I'm available for developmental edits on full and partial manuscripts for a limited time! Full details here:
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As someone who spent a lot of brain power and ink writing about Nicki from 2007-2017, lemme say that this arc is odd but not completely without precedent. If someone paid, I would write it out for yall. But If we consider her and her label fam Drake, this is about where they both would be.
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Robin James
18 days ago
In the 19th c the object of governance was actual populations - masses of people - regulated with statistical norms. These 'synthetic publics' are not about controlling masses of people as a mass, but about continuing existing biases into the future regardless of what actual populations r doing
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Anne š©µš©·š¤ [× ×¢×× ××¢×]
3 months ago
Russia has been accused of making false promises to recruit young women from across Africa to work in drone-assembling factories. The women were coerced into assembling Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in a dangerous area that has been repeatedly bombed by Ukraine
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āPawns in Putinās war gameā: African women lured into drone factories
Russia has been accused of making false promises to recruit young women from across Africa to work in drone-assembling factories. The women were coerced into assembling Shahed-136 kamikaze drones inā¦
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Stephen Rodrick
22 days ago
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life.
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Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/melissa-hortman-minnesota-speaker-political-violence-1235486292/
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Aisha K. Staggers
19 days ago
Wealthy ppl doing unscrupulous things want always want to be "patrons to the arts" to appear "cultured." So it should be no surprise Trump slapped his name on the Kennedy Center. He's legitimately wealthy this go around. I was trying to recall where I saw this before:
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The Sackler Family of Art Patrons Must Pay $6 Billion to Combat the Opioid Crisisāin Exchange for Immunity From Civil Lawsuits | Artnet News
An appeals court overturned a lower court's ruling, allowing the Sackler family to avoid further civil suits stemming from the opioid crisis
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/sacklers-get-immunity-in-6-billion-opioid-settlement-2313070
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Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD
19 days ago
Just a reminder that we can change social behavior. It doesn't have to be "is always been like this."
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The Associated Press
19 days ago
British children's author and comedian David Walliams has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior after HarperCollins decided not to publish his future books.
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Children's author David Walliams denies inappropriate behavior after publisher drops him
British children's author and comedian David Walliams has denied allegations of inappropriate behavior after HarperCollins decided not to publish his future books.
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alice naBlianaNuaš„
19 days ago
Merry Christmas; from my photos of Bethlehem when I had the privelege of visiting in 2017 - Bethlehem is a real place where real Palestinians live and are being persecuted - look at the apartheid wall!
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Mark Simpson-Vos
19 days ago
I am especially overjoyed for my friend Malinda Lowery, who has given so much of her creativity and intellect to telling the Lumbee story with the rigor of a historian and the soul of an artist. You should read her book.
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The literal war machine
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Yes. They are not firing us. They are hopeful we disappear via attrition.
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Jess Calarco
20 days ago
When I'm feeling particularly hopeless about the future of professoring as a profession, I try to remind myself: That's what they want. They want us to not want to be professors anymore.
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S.J. Pearce
20 days ago
Anyone remember that US institutions used to offer fellowships for researchers whose work was subject to political censorship in their home countries? US-based researchers are now being *offered* those fellowships in free countries.
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Victor Ray
20 days ago
Segregation is exactly what some of us predicted would happen. When you gut the policies that created (imperfect) integration, segregation is the intended result. I wrote this in January in
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You know what it isā If Taylor wrote it, YOU NEED TO READ IT!
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taylor crumpton
20 days ago
I wrote about the never-ending reign of "All I Want for Christmas Is You", everyone's desire to make the next holiday classic, and how nostalgia prevents us for opening up to new Christmas songs for
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Why Holiday Music Charts Are Stuck in the Past
Mariah Carey isnāt the problem. Nostalgia is.
https://time.com/7341203/christmas-holiday-music-charts-mariah-carey/
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Sylvanist Whimsy
20 days ago
Just donated $25 instead of buying myself another holiday coping present--I dare you, yes YOU! To match me! *gently sets a book down in front of you instead of throwing down a gauntlet*
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