Diego Millan
@diegom.bsky.social
Books, food, flowers, running, coffee, mostly in reverse order.
Also an Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies working on a book about laughter.
Also an Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies working on a book about laughter.
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I set up a recurring weekly donation some months ago -- you can legit just pick a dollar amount you're comfortable parting with regularly, set it and forget it
It's a simple, consistent way to make a tangible and sustained difference in people's lives
It's a simple, consistent way to make a tangible and sustained difference in people's lives
A simple ask on this first Saturday of December: click “weekly” or “monthly” on a coffee.
The math adds up. Almost two hundred people have pledged around this, and it has meant sustained, dependable support for six families & a camp—to survive.
The math adds up. Almost two hundred people have pledged around this, and it has meant sustained, dependable support for six families & a camp—to survive.
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that their...
chuffed.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I set up a recurring weekly donation some months ago -- you can legit just pick a dollar amount you're comfortable parting with regularly, set it and forget it
It's a simple, consistent way to make a tangible and sustained difference in people's lives
It's a simple, consistent way to make a tangible and sustained difference in people's lives
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We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
bit.ly/48Ltv25
bit.ly/48Ltv25
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We're excited to reveal our Spring 2026 catalog, featuring books being published between January and June 2026. Many of them are available for pre-order on our website. Download your copy now!
bit.ly/48Ltv25
bit.ly/48Ltv25
Thankful for those who come in before everyone else and clear the snow and make the rest possible.
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thankful for those who come in before everyone else and clear the snow and make the rest possible.
Aestheticized images of just a sliver of the data they're capturing.
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Aestheticized images of just a sliver of the data they're capturing.
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Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle raise money for families in Gaza. Im a regular supporter. This morning I made a donation of 100 dollars. Can you join me? Every amount helps.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that the...
chuffed.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle raise money for families in Gaza. Im a regular supporter. This morning I made a donation of 100 dollars. Can you join me? Every amount helps.
chuffed.org/project/hope...
chuffed.org/project/hope...
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“Health officials in Gaza reported at least 24 people killed and another 54 wounded, including children.”
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Health officials in Gaza reported at least 24 people killed and another 54 wounded, including children.”
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This video is so overwhelming I had to sit down & stare at the wall awhile. I was physically shaking.
I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…
I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This video is so overwhelming I had to sit down & stare at the wall awhile. I was physically shaking.
I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…
I had heard some of these anecdotes before - Proctorio & Tubman bot - but Tanksley synthesizes them (with much much more), revealing undeniable regime of EdTech racialized surveillance & policing…
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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Ruba is stuck at $150 out of $400 needed if you can help any
Ruba has had a series of dental surgeries and needs one more- she has been in so much pain 💔
Help Ruba
Welcome I am Roba from Gaza, 22 years old.I will write to you my story that began on October 7 until these days We spent these days suffering a lot, and this suffering still continues.In these days, I...
chuffed.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ruba is stuck at $150 out of $400 needed if you can help any
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Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Again it’s not good that the most prominent leaders of the party keep insisting it’s a trap to talk about “identity” when the Trump administration is pushing white supremacy.
Couldn't even hate read the entirety of that interview on the CHE. People tasked with leading institutions of higher learning are so very unserious.
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Couldn't even hate read the entirety of that interview on the CHE. People tasked with leading institutions of higher learning are so very unserious.
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Symposium today on humor and the Right. We will highlight the intersection of humor/comedy/memes etc. with issues of nationalism, race, gender, sexuality, fascism, and more, past and present and around the world. Free event, program and registration info below.
drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
November 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Symposium today on humor and the Right. We will highlight the intersection of humor/comedy/memes etc. with issues of nationalism, race, gender, sexuality, fascism, and more, past and present and around the world. Free event, program and registration info below.
drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
drive.google.com/file/d/17Hmj...
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As opposed to, say, the dozens of studies with frightening shit like: "after controlling for a large set of student, teacher & school characteristics, even small daily amounts (here, 30 min) of use of digital devices in these classrooms are negatively related to scores on reading comprehension test"
Scavenger Hunt. Find a peer-reviewed study not funded by an EdTech entrepreneur that convincingly correlates screens of any kind with positive student outcomes of any kind.
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
As opposed to, say, the dozens of studies with frightening shit like: "after controlling for a large set of student, teacher & school characteristics, even small daily amounts (here, 30 min) of use of digital devices in these classrooms are negatively related to scores on reading comprehension test"
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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No such thing as a good billionaire. Let alone trillionaire.
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
No such thing as a good billionaire. Let alone trillionaire.
This is why I had to remind myself to temper post election enthusiasm.
The only thing that remains true is that we’re all we’ve got.
The only thing that remains true is that we’re all we’ve got.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is why I had to remind myself to temper post election enthusiasm.
The only thing that remains true is that we’re all we’ve got.
The only thing that remains true is that we’re all we’ve got.
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Let them eat plane tickets
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Let them eat plane tickets
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They are dropping like flies but not fast enough.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
They are dropping like flies but not fast enough.
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
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This is a valuable conversation to have right now
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is a valuable conversation to have right now
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I was interviewed by Lisa Regan on the The Academic Publishing Podcast about publishing finances -- everything from why a press might want a subvention to why the system as a whole in in big trouble if everyone goes for the free pdf and no one is paying for the books themselves. She had smart Q's!
Ken Wissoker on Finances
Ken Wissoker is Senior Executive Editor at Duke University Press where, since arriving in 1991, he has published over 1400 books. Ken acquires books across the humanities, social sciences, and the art...
academicpublishingpod.alitu.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I was interviewed by Lisa Regan on the The Academic Publishing Podcast about publishing finances -- everything from why a press might want a subvention to why the system as a whole in in big trouble if everyone goes for the free pdf and no one is paying for the books themselves. She had smart Q's!
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The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid
Heritage Foundation having a normal one
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The media is rushing 300 “New York Jews worried about Mamdani antisemitism” fetch essays based on nothing but Mamdani being a Muslim meanwhile the Republican Party from top to toe has the confidence to wear nazi makeup every day knowing the press looks at it like the westworld bots seeing a polaroid
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
Thinking of the Toni Cade Bambara quotation/invitation to "make revolution irresistible."
At a time when the far right has been mobilizing racist humor as part of ushering in global fascism, how Mamdani and his campaign's humor and style made participating irresistible cannot be undersold.
At a time when the far right has been mobilizing racist humor as part of ushering in global fascism, how Mamdani and his campaign's humor and style made participating irresistible cannot be undersold.
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Thinking of the Toni Cade Bambara quotation/invitation to "make revolution irresistible."
At a time when the far right has been mobilizing racist humor as part of ushering in global fascism, how Mamdani and his campaign's humor and style made participating irresistible cannot be undersold.
At a time when the far right has been mobilizing racist humor as part of ushering in global fascism, how Mamdani and his campaign's humor and style made participating irresistible cannot be undersold.