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John Downes-Angus @johndownesangus.bsky.social · Nov 23

When you’re married to a university press editor, you get neat little gifts after business trips

Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · Jul 25

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

Authors Alix Dick and Antero Garcia discuss their new book, “The Cost of Being Undocumented”

Antero Garcia says studies show individuals labeled as undocumented pay for themselves, and offer support to the country, as Alix Dick shares her story of living as an undocumented child and the…

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Norma Martinez @normdog1.bsky.social · Jul 18

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
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Fronteras: Researchers give voice to immigrant families, break down the costs of being undocumented

Researchers aim to humanize immigrants by sharing their stories.

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Jul 7

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....

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · Jul 7

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

Q&A: Authors of New Beacon Press Book Explain ‘Inhumane Math’ of Undocumented Life

In this interview, Alix Dick and Antero Garcia, cowriters of The Cost of Being Undocumented, discuss the human and financial price many immigrants pay for life in the United States.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · Jul 4

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

Uncaring Healthcare: The Impossible Cost of Being Undocumented and Ill in America

Early one Friday morning in the spring of 2022, I get in my car while the sky is still gray. The directions I received the night before take me forty minutes south as I follow the turn-by-turn step…

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Jessica Papin @jkpapin.bsky.social · Jul 2

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

Authors Alix Dick and Antero Garcia discuss their new book, “The Cost of Being Undocumented”

Antero Garcia says studies show individuals labeled as undocumented pay for themselves, and offer support to the country, as Alix Dick shares her story of living as an undocumented child and the strug...

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Jun 26

“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.

Uncaring Healthcare: The Impossible Cost of Being Undocumented and Ill in America

Early one Friday morning in the spring of 2022, I get in my car while the sky is still gray. The directions I received the night before take me forty minutes south as I follow the turn-by-turn step…

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TheImmigrationLab @theimmigrationlab.bsky.social · Feb 24

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...

Vital City | Who Trump’s Mass Deportations Would Hurt, and How

Removing undocumented immigrants by the millions would harm the economy and cause major collateral damage.

www.vitalcitynyc.org

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · Feb 20

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

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Feb 3

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?

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · Jan 30

*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.

Generative AI and the (Re)turn to Luddism

This article examines the historical and contemporary mobilizations of ‘Luddism’ as a mode of resistance to technological inevitability, particularly in response to the integration of generative AI...

www.tandfonline.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jan 20

The 12 Democrats who joined Republicans to pass the Laken Riley Act:
Catherine Cortez Masto—NV
John Fetterman—PA
Ruben Gallego—AZ
Maggie Hassan—NH
Mark Kelly—AZ
Jon Ossoff—GA
Gary Peters—MI
Jackie Rosen—NV
Jeanne Shaheen—NH
Elissa Slotkin—MI
Mark Warner—VA
Raphael Warnock—GA

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Jan 20

The Senate has voted 64-35 to pass the Laken Riley Act, which will enable Trump’s ICE to put migrants in detention without due process & empower states to block visa programs & federal immigration policy.

12 Democrats voted with Republicans.

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Dec 29

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.

“guilting your good days”: Books and Music in 2024

Like last year, I probably missed a few books in the tally below, but seeing as the year is winding down, I’m calling it. For the 15th year in a row, here is my annual reading and listening summary…

www.theamericancrawl.com

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Dec 19

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...

"But Like, Do They Have Papers?"

Maria Lopez on starting @Ytienepapeles and "the reality of dating someone and just not being able to connect because they’re U.S. citizens and they don’t really get it."

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Dec 8

Since yesterday I was talking about Gates McFadden’s struggles to get behind the camera opportunities, it’s time for me to share a story about the Doctor and how she’s one of the reasons I’m a Professor. 🧵

(Here’s us at the 2024 #StarTrek convention #STLV)

A photo of me with Gates McFadden at the 2024 STLV

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Edward Ongweso Jr @edwardongwesojr.com · Dec 8

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-...

The phony comforts of useful idiots

On Casey Newton and the shallowness of anti-skepticism.

thetechbubble.substack.com

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Dec 5

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

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Harper B. Keenan @harperkeenan.bsky.social · Nov 12

Here to share some good news, which is that a special issue I edited called “The Adventures of Trans Educators: A Comic Issue” has just been released! It features comics created through a collaboration bt trans educators and queer/trans artists. Share widely! www.bankstreet.edu/research-pub...

Occasional Paper Series #52 - Bank Street College of Education

www.bankstreet.edu

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Dec 4

*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.

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wint @dril.bsky.social · Nov 30

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.

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Nov 28

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

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Dana H. Maloney @danahm.bsky.social · Nov 27

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/

NCTE 2025 Call for Proposals

Submit your proposal for the 2025 NCTE Annual Convention! Share innovative ideas and practices that empower educators to dream, collaborate, and inspire equity and justice in English language arts edu...

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Nov 27

I’m hearing reports that horses are terrible politicians.

Every time they hold a vote, the neighs have it.

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Nov 27

Oh you didn’t hear? The Venmo receipts related to Orko are pretty damning…

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Nov 27

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

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Nicole Mirra @nicole-mirra.bsky.social · Nov 27

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

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Nov 26

Appreciate this note.

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A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · Nov 26

Damn and now Drake is going to have to pay a 25 percent tariff on that beef?

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Antero Garcia @anterobot.bsky.social · Nov 25

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

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