Things took a turn very quickly. Both are within days of each other.

I dream of spending a weekend in a cabin, snow falling outside, reading a book for PLEASURE, without worrying about the state of things (and my book). Not happening in 2025.

Now's the time to save up on all those fabulous @dukepress.bsky.social books with their Fall Sale. Just key in the code Fall25 upon check out and bob's your uncle. My book might be on sale too. Just, erm, leaving that there... www.dukeupress.edu/fall-2025-on...

BREAKING: Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl 60 halftime show, Apple Music announced during halftime of “Sunday Night Football.”

When people run in circles…

Where is the plan?

Man, I did not want to live through this.

I see a lot of diagnosing, but no prognosis.

Save 30% on #NewBook "Homesick," by Nicholas Shapiro, which examines the US government's distribution of over 120,000 toxic trailers following Hurricane Katrina, their devastating health effects, and the need to create new forms of accountability and change. #EnvStudies #FEMA buff.ly/YDhRXx0

Half this country.

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15-October 15. Check out our latest titles in Latinx studies including work by @emmaamador.bsky.social, @maiagiladi.bsky.social, @annegarlandmahler.bsky.social, & @arlenedavila.bsky.social. buff.ly/tT3FQJb

@aaup.org has prepared materials for faculty who face these threats and harassment. 6/ www.aaup.org/issues-highe...

Out 4/21/26!!! Can’t wait for this to be out in the world.

Puerto Rico is being used for military exercises and of course both mainstream and independent media isn’t reporting. The colony remains invisible.

For later (maybe).

Save 30% on #NewBook "Insurgent Visions" by Chandra Talpade Mohanty, presenting insurgent feminism—a theory and praxis with which to replace violence grounded in gender relations and radically transform everyday life. #FeministTheory #Activism buff.ly/6yWvrna

The words of bell hooks are as relevant now as they were in the 80s.

Wrongly deported migrant Abrego released from criminal custody, Fox News-affiliate reports reut.rs/3HKHPx6

Our first review is out! Check it out: art.newcity.com/2025/08/18/a...

¡HOY, EL MUERTO PARAO con Luis Javier Cintrón Gutiérrez y Jossianna Arroyo! Allí estaré. 7:00pm Casa Norberto • Libros & Cafébar, Plaza Las Américas, San Juan, PR.

Opening day!

Missing the ocean. Having water near is necessary.

Lawyers using AI in court docs, what could possibly go wrong?

Madison area peeps: in less than a montn cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters opens at the @chazenartuw.bsky.social! @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social and I are co-curating the exhibition by photographer and multi media artist Pablo Delano. Curated tours + programming in the fall. Stay tuned!

Mejor concierto de mi vida.

Gonna miss this.

Why isn’t anyone talking about the connection between cutting nutrition and healthcare for poor people with the expansion of the detainment and deportation $ in this bill!?

***Please share widely*** @santiaaurora.bsky.social and I are guest curating Pablo Delano's new exhibit, "cuestiones caribeñas/caribbean matters: assemblage and sculpture by pablo delano" at the Chazen Museum at @uwmadison.bsky.social. chazen.wisc.edu/pablo-delano...

Mamdani!

No we don’t. Independence won first place in last year’s elections.

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Congrats to my boo @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social for his soft cover pub day! We’ll be celebrating in NYC this weekend (and working, of course). @princetonupress.bsky.social

When the US press talks about hurricane season it’s like Puerto Rico, a US colony with US citizens, doesn’t exist. And we don’t to FEMA.

Pedro Pascowl

People need to look beyond the distractions. The feigned ignorance is a distraction, as is lofty infrastructure projects that won’t be completed in this term.

Elon Musk’s DOGE has canceled 26 leases for Department of Transportation (DOT) subagencies across 20 states and Puerto Rico.

The cuts hit offices within the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Maritime Administration (MARAD),and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA).

NYC! See you soon 🫶🏽 www.wordupbooks.com/event/jorell...

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

So relieved to see that Mellon will be providing emergency relief funding the US’s state and jurisdictional humanities councils. If I learned one thing during my years at NEH, it was how crucial these organizations are to our public humanities infrastructure. www.mellon.org/news/america...

Expats are migrants.

Starting next month, the Education Department says student loans that are in default will be referred for collections.

Go watch Sinners if you can.

This should be a huge story

Special issue of Social Text – "Sound Carries: Coloniality, Race, and the Spatial Politics of Representation" – is out now! With great essays by @sarasalem.bsky.social @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social @rikjaz.bsky.social Les Back and Stevie Back (and me) 😊 read.dukeupress.edu/social-text

¡Dímelo, Connecticut! On May 7th, @santiaaurora.bsky.social and I will be at Central Connecticut State University talking about nostalgia and historical memory in the discography of Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, "directamente desde el espacio".

🎬 “Puerto Rican Voices” returns for Season 6! CENTRO is seeking 5 producers for our Rooted + Relational Social Documentary Lab. Each will receive $15K to create an episode exploring movement & belonging. Deadline: June 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET Apply → ow.ly/Jrh650VENOn