On #Fronteras: What's the cost to immigrants living undocumented in the US? Alix Dick shares what it has cost her...financially, mentally, and physically in The Cost of Being Undocumented, written with @anterobot.bsky.social. @beaconpress.bsky.social @texaspublicradio.bsky.social shorturl.at/HEQHs

One of the biggest examples of how much we don’t know about undocumented life is how people categorized as undocumented have to navigate the US healthcare system. Emergency care is almost impossible. @anterobot.bsky.social

Alix Dick would like people to understand that the decisions immigrants make are never made lightly. Nobody leaves home by choice. What happened to her could happen to anybody. It’s a privilege to think that tragedy will never hit you. @anterobot.bsky.social

Nothing matters to this administration except the grift. Still worth pointing out that, based on current champs, UFC is not the sport for demonstrating the greatness of the U.S....

“In an era where the world’s accumulation of knowledge is instantly accessible, I am forced to seek illicit medical triage in the back of a beauty salon.” On the impossible cost of being undocumented and sick in America.

www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/v... great interview with Alix Dick and @anterobot.bsky.social Antero Garcia’s The Cost of Being Undocumented, just out from @beaconpress.bsky.social

The US frames certain immigrants as nonhuman and “illegal.” Policies and media depict immigrant communities as a threat to US health. It’s a tradition that goes to the core of America’s settler-colonial foundation. #July4th @anterobot.bsky.social

ICYMI: Mass Deportations Would Hurt Us All. Even a small shrinking of the number of people living in the U.S. means a contraction of the economy, potentially leading to fewer workers for businesses to grow and higher rates of inflation. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/who...

It’s time for the Milk Hotel to choose a side

Just a few miles away from where the Grammys are taking place, an immigrant rights protest shut down the 101 freeway this afternoon. So this vocal support for wildfire relief takes up any and all space for Grammys attendees to address the multiple atrocities hitting this country right now?

*New publication alert* Writing with @philnichols.bsky.social and @anterobot.bsky.social, we trace three waves of Luddism to articulate the possibilities - and pitfalls - of a contemporary Luddite identity and praxis in the struggle against automation and obnoxious machines in education.

Warnock. On MLK day. Hope he knows that MLK would have thought he was nasty as hell

I can barely reply to most emails but I've somehow managed to (generally) keep track of the books I've read for going on 15 years now... here's my summary of the 172 books I finished in 2024.

Really appreciated this conversation with the creator of Ytienepapeles. We'll run the second part next week - if you haven't checked out the work happening at La Cuenta, please join us over there! lacuenta.substack.com/p/but-like-d...

An amazing story! Words of encouragement can really carry us. I instantly think of @anterobot.bsky.social who—when things were tough—said just the right thing I needed when I was close to quitting my PhD. Wouldn’t be a Prof w/o him. And if Dr. Crusher remembered me, I’d prolly die. 🖖 #AcademicSky

I wrote about Casey Newton's essay on AI skepticism, the uselessness of a "AI is real and dangerous" v. "AI is fake and sucks" dichotomy, and the limits of AI boosterism. thetechbubble.substack.com/p/the-phony-...

I’m part of this AERA Division G webinar with some amazing folks today, discussing critical theory. Join us!

I cannot say enough about how much I love this special issue - format, content, all of it shines with the possibility when we treat life as precious and unto itself. Please, read, share, use, and did I mention share?

*Taps microphone* Ahem… it’s weird that every year we celebrate just how good a company is at surveying our data use even though being in the top nth percentile of streaming your favorite musician doesn’t mean they are earning a living wage. Anyway, here’s Wonderwall.

Can we get verified blue checkmarks added to this site so I don't look like a fucking loser nobody whenever i post please. Thank you.

Probably shouldn’t be called Riverdance if water will be at all calamitous to the performance.

Fun prompt: dreaming up proposal ideas about dreaming. After #ncte24, what would you like to see at #ncte25 and/or what are you dreaming up? Thank you, @anterobot.bsky.social, incl for the inspiring design! convention.ncte.org/cfp/

I’m hearing reports that horses are terrible politicians. Every time they hold a vote, the neighs have it.

Also, I am rewatching Station Eleven. Everyone, DO NOT get me started on how this limited series (streaming on Max) is the most powerful artistic statement on community, memory, art, and living after the worst has happened. I will literally talk about it until the end of time #literacies

Breaking: Trump appoints Gargamel to lead National Institute of Smurfs.

(https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/780981/the-cost-of-being-undocumented-by-alix-dick/)

In sharing the #NCTE25 theme ( #DreamBoldly ) with NCTE affiliates, @anterobot.bsky.social reminded us that actual dreams only can come into being when we rest and take care of ourselves. What does that portend for our aspirations, too? #NCTE24

Hey, you can read this book for free here, if you’re curious: https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/all-through-the-town

This feels like the right update to return here!

“It kind of doesn't matter what we write as Mexican-American poets. Our writing will always be read as a metaphor for the migrant experience." -Jose Olivarez

Hey Bluesky-ers, I co-edit LaCuenta.substack.com - we share personal essays and interviews about the costs of living in America while labeled as undocumented. We are seeking (& compensating) contributors. Guidelines heree: https://lacuenta.substack.com/p/calling-all-undocumented-storytellers

Oh yeah, that social network that no one uses but doesn’t limit the number of posts you can view? LinkedIn, baby! 😎

This is fine.