What is really surprising is that people thought this was a democracy in the first place. C’mon now.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

As if things weren’t bad enough.

*slams laptop shut* … for tonight 😭😭😭

They don’t think that the midterms will happen which is why they can go to sleep at night knowing that they’re taking away healthcare subsidies.

Happy to report that no student used AI in their writing assignments this semester. All it took was paper, a writing instrument, and class time.

Rafael Ithier, a beloved musician and a founder of the legendary salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, whose hits have inspired Bad Bunny and other icons, has died.

The Spring 2026 catalog is live! We're featuring #NewBooks by @rtrodrig.bsky.social, @beansvelocci.bsky.social, @amynbooks.bsky.social, @lalehkhalili.bsky.social, @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social, @santiaaurora.bsky.social, and so many more. Check it out now: buff.ly/eJyyixc

U Minnesota Press's Spring 26 catalog, listing our new Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities (in Debates in DH series), eds. Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, @jamessmithies.bsky.social): z.umn.edu/spring26. Table of contents: www.upress.umn.edu/978151791608... @uminnpress.bsky.social

The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901

Just got the news that our book is available for pre-order!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.dukeupress.edu/interrogatin...

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.