HEY YOU wanna hear me talk The Matrix and all its transy goodness with these exceptionally kind, thoughtful, curious, wonderful people? for two hours? YOU’RE IN LUCK was truly such a delight to be on and get to talk about how important this film is to the trans community, and why 🩷

We are sorry, this week's episode is running late due to...look, there's a lot of reasons but mostly we're sick and everything is on fire. Look, we're talking about Final Destination so let's just say death didn't want the podcast to come out on time so it hit us with logs. Germ logs.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

I just finished season 1 of Deadloch and I love it! Where… uh… where’s season 2

lol. I feel old.

The same Supreme Court that said it is unreasonable to consider race when giving kids access to education, has said it's reasonable to consider race when looking to remove someone from the country. Funny how that works.

I've seen several people refer to AI-resisters as having their heads in the sand over the last few days. But resisting doesn't mean the same thing as ignoring something. On the contrary, resisting means engaging with research, parsing information, offering critique, and making informed choices.

In this short piece, I lean on embodied cog sci to argue that we should refuse & resist llms in education (pp. 53-58) unesdoc.unesco.org/in/documentV... "the classroom is an environment where love, trust, empathy, care & humility are fostered & mutually cultivated through dialogical interactions"

Some guy with an AI icon tried to tell me that horror films aren’t political, further proof that AI rots your brain.

Um. @jeremywhitley.bsky.social and I found these abandoned bottles of sriracha and malk… and I have a few questions - the primary one being “is this how Boise gets down?”

Had an amazing first day of #BCAF with all the @proghorrorpod.bsky.social crew in the same place for the first time! It's me, @aliciawhitley.bsky.social @benkahncomics.bsky.social @megamoth.bsky.social and our (table) Neighbor Totoro!

I actually really love this visual.

Hey there Horribles, This week's episode featuring our discussion of The Matrix with the amazing @tillybridges.bsky.social is running a little behind because Alicia and Jeremy have been moving into their new home in the DFW airport, where they may live forever now! We'll try to get it up soon!

I don’t care about Taylor cosplaying as an English teacher. It’s the best job in the world! What I do care about is the silence of multi-millionaires & billionaires as actual teachers consider how to pay for groceries while praying we’re not gunned down at work or arrested for teaching books.

My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.

In these times of chaos and horror, creating art and stories still matter. If it didn't, the bastards wouldn't work so hard to try and stop you.

Posting up my little self-promo here to let y’all know I’d like to teach comics in different spaces. I have a background in teaching comics thru an Ethnic Studies lens, so I try to let folks know how important your story is for yourself and your community.

And this is at the crux of my research. There have been calls for nigh on 50 years (at least) to diversify the books we teach in schools. And yet…

As part of their active banning of queer books, the Trump administration and DoD have actively targeted "The Dog Knight" by myself, @breindigo.bsky.social and @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social for removal from DoD schools. However, you can buy it right now and support us! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

According to this court order (drive.google.com/file/d/1iKxU...) GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR has been banned from Department of Defense schools. Its one of 596: pen.org/books-banned...

In addition to Elle Campbell, a lot of great books specifically about non-binary protagonists like The Dog Knight were targeted in Trump's DoD ban

Guess whose award winning book with a non-binary protagonist that's actually just about magical talking dogs got expressly banned by DoD schools

I am a novice at writing comics, but it has been so striking to hear *successful* creators possess the expectation that they will forever be one health crisis away from total financial ruin. Often it’s expressed as dark humor. But that will forever define the industry for me.

You know, I think that this Superman movie is the best one I’ve seen in… nearly 40 years? I really enjoyed it! I especially enjoyed every second Mr. Terrific was on screen!

Hey @dlowliteracy.bsky.social ! Just in case I don’t see you again tomorrow it was great meeting you in person!

On my way to #ELATE2025, I paused to check out the ribbons at St. Matthew’s. I stopped to tie one on myself. One of the groundskeepers encouraged me - “when prayers go up, blessings come down”. I thanked her and left a ribbon and a prayer… and a couple of tears. It felt right this morning.

I’m not feeling very patriotic today… for reasons. But I did want to put some energy into my local community - so the kid and I volunteered at the #FestivalfortheEno as face painters. … and everyone was super nice about my poor attempts at face painting!

The Trump administration is withholding $169M from NC public schools amid a federal review of how funds are used. Programs affected include teacher training, after-school care, and immigrant student support, sparking concern from educators statewide. #NCed

Outdoor Afro is offering scholarships to cover the costs of anyone, at any age, interested in learning how to swim: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Today, I chided myself for not getting enough work done after waking up from a couch nap. Then I had to remind myself that I haven’t taken a day off in the past two weeks. So, in case you’re like me… Don’t beat yourself up for taking a break. You’re not lazy. You’re just tired.

Some news! Resistance Summer School has an official home! I will teach Race, Media, and International Affairs 101 at the iconic Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C., starting in mid-July. Thank you to everyone for their support! karenattiah.substack.com/p/studying-t...

Okay, so my advisor wrote an amazing piece that brilliantly articulates the pivot we educators have had to make - and quickly - once DEI became a ‘bad word’. “This is not the work I imagined in 2020. But it is still the work.” Give it a read. www.ethicalela.com/from-guide-t...

This is factually incorrect. It’s… not even subtext. It’s literally the text. It’s a form of root that connects us to past and future… not Satan’s music at all.

Kickstarter just kicked off for the Aces and Aros Anthology - and at this point, they’re just over halfway to their goal! If you’re interested in supporting the anthology, check it out! And, if you can, consider backing the project!

Getting all of our bonus episodes transferred over to our Patreon from A-Cast. It's a great time to join and get access to tons of bonus episodes including our "Progressively Furious" series. www.patreon.com/posts/progre...

Private 🍅 schools 🍅 aren't 🍅 better🍅 than 🍅 public 🍅. They're 🍅 just 🍅 allowed 🍅 to 🍅 discriminate🍅.

“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” — Minister Malcolm X He was born 100 years ago today. Rest in power.

Hate this a lot. Value human creators, writers, artists, narrators, editors -- everyone in the chain of making a book and putting it out into the world should be a human being. Humans make art for humans. P.S. fuck AI -- eat shit, artbarf robots www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

This thread is a stirring tribute to the goodest and weirdest boy-boy. We will miss you Acetopher.

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Finally!!!

I’m pretty sure we’re both waiting to digest our first viewing so we can go see it again. Also, notably, we saw this movie at a small, locally owned, theater - but I hear tell that it’s made for IMAX? So I think that’s where we will be going…

What if we just pitched this as "the anthology JK Rowling doesn't believe you'll support" or some such nonsense? www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

Two big dorks in love, 19 years apart. Love you more than ever @aliciawhitley.bsky.social

I’ve been training for this.

You know what? I want a game that’s just Fallout 4: Whoops All Settlements. Like, rebuilding the world after an apocalypse is the main goal. And interacting with the people you’ve gathered into your settlement is where the action is at. Like, Cities… but Fallout. Is that a thing? Can it be a thing?

If you’re interested, here’s the sign up!

I am definitely a “keep one in my car type of guy” now.

"We have seen how classroom methods, teacher attitudes, community activities...and teacher-organization can play a part in the struggle to advance the democratic ideal in defiance of any threat of fascism...The teacher must be deeply and passionately concerned with this great historic choice."

Pauli Murray is truly inspirational, and this place was so impactful and affirming for my kids to visit. If you would like to donate to help support their continued efforts, check out paulimurraycenter.com.