Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
@ebonyteach.blacksky.app
Professor and Chair of University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU 🐍. ΔΣΘ ❤️. OES ⭐️. August ♌️. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel). Linktree: Ebonyteach.
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SFFTV 18.3 (a special issue on the Dark Fantastic guest-edited by S.R. Toliver and Autumn A. Griffin) is now live! This is a special one (including SFFTV's first venture into creative praxis).
TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3
TOC and articles for subscribers at liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/18/3
When @danhf.bsky.social shared with me his idea for a special issue on The Dark Fantastic, I was surprised, honored & (truly) shy about it all.
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
My dear colleagues @srtoliver.bsky.social & @autumnadia.bsky.social have curated an incredible issue here. Grateful to SR, Autumn, Dan, Gerry & SFFTV! 🖤✨🎬
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On Feb 10, I am moderating a conversation at the Center for Brooklyn History about how storytelling and art can lead impacted people and larger society to rethink the systems within the criminal legal system. The event is free and open to the public. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
CBH Talk | From the Inside Out: How Writing and Art Support Justice-Affected Lives | Brooklyn Public Library
For people impacted by policing and incarceration, reclaiming one’s humanity is often bound up with the ability to tell one’s own story. Arts and literacy programs inside prisons and during reentry, o...
www.bklynlibrary.org
February 5, 2026 at 2:18 AM
On Feb 10, I am moderating a conversation at the Center for Brooklyn History about how storytelling and art can lead impacted people and larger society to rethink the systems within the criminal legal system. The event is free and open to the public. www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
Sabrina was amazing tonight! She reminded me of guest stars like Bernadette Peters and Linda Ronstadt who were on the OG Muppet Show when we were little.
Whole half hour was a delight. Funny, sentimental, with the spicy winks and nods that only the adults in the room would understand.
Whole half hour was a delight. Funny, sentimental, with the spicy winks and nods that only the adults in the room would understand.
you really cannot overstate the extent to which Sabrina Carpenter is an angel sent straight down from heaven for the express purpose of hosting The Muppet Show.
The Muppet Show | Official Trailer | Disney+
YouTube video by Disney Plus
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Sabrina was amazing tonight! She reminded me of guest stars like Bernadette Peters and Linda Ronstadt who were on the OG Muppet Show when we were little.
Whole half hour was a delight. Funny, sentimental, with the spicy winks and nods that only the adults in the room would understand.
Whole half hour was a delight. Funny, sentimental, with the spicy winks and nods that only the adults in the room would understand.
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I wrote about the new Muppet Show, which is, thank God, exactly like the old Muppet Show.
Finally, a Muppet Show Reboot That Understands the Original Appeal of the Muppets
After countless failed gimmicks, this time it’s just like you remembered it.
slate.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:35 PM
I wrote about the new Muppet Show, which is, thank God, exactly like the old Muppet Show.
The Muppet Show is on! 🥹
February 5, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The Muppet Show is on! 🥹
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They’ve been on this for a minute. More teaching + post tenure review (and contracts) plus ai supercharged productivity surveillance tools also makes professors more vulnerable to student evals, which gives admin more power to fire you. That’s the plan.
"Imposing minimum teaching requirements...has been touted as a way to cut costs and 'better focus university resources in the classroom,' .... The notion is also gaining steam in conservative circles as a means of ensuring faculty productivity and curbing 'intellectually unserious' research."
The Campaign to Make Professors Teach More
Lawmakers say faculty members don’t work enough. Is this about productivity or punishment?
www.chronicle.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
They’ve been on this for a minute. More teaching + post tenure review (and contracts) plus ai supercharged productivity surveillance tools also makes professors more vulnerable to student evals, which gives admin more power to fire you. That’s the plan.
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The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The two children who returned to MN today say they saw one of their Valley View schoolmates at a detention center in TX. This is a child whose family was last in contact with the school on January 9. No one has known where they were until now.
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Columbia Heights has now connected the located child and her family with legal counsel. But TX lawyers told MPR they have spoken to MN families at Dilley who were not provided required legal counsel before being shipped out of state. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and sending them to Texas within hours — in at least two cases against a judge’s order. ...
www.mprnews.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Columbia Heights has now connected the located child and her family with legal counsel. But TX lawyers told MPR they have spoken to MN families at Dilley who were not provided required legal counsel before being shipped out of state. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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“There are other students with whom we have lost contact who might also be in a detention facility,” Columbia Heights district officials said today.
February 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
“There are other students with whom we have lost contact who might also be in a detention facility,” Columbia Heights district officials said today.
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“But what do you want Democrats to do….”
I don’t know stuff like this?
I don’t know stuff like this?
NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
“But what do you want Democrats to do….”
I don’t know stuff like this?
I don’t know stuff like this?
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Texas man arrested after he started fight with high schoolers who walked out of class to protest ICE www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
February 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Texas man arrested after he started fight with high schoolers who walked out of class to protest ICE www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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A college President borrowing money to buy a watch really puts all that “white people don’t buy sneakers and jewelry” talk into real perspective.
February 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
A college President borrowing money to buy a watch really puts all that “white people don’t buy sneakers and jewelry” talk into real perspective.
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The destruction of independent media outlets and the attempts to bring higher education to heel are part of a united authoritarian strategy designed to destroy checks on their propaganda.
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The destruction of independent media outlets and the attempts to bring higher education to heel are part of a united authoritarian strategy designed to destroy checks on their propaganda.
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The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something
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You cannot fight evil effectively if you don't understand how it's manufactured, or how a road that may have felt normal to you delivered us to so much evil.
February 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
You cannot fight evil effectively if you don't understand how it's manufactured, or how a road that may have felt normal to you delivered us to so much evil.
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That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.
In 2009, this was the mask of a UK SAS character in “Call of Duty.” By 2015 it was de rigeur among Iraqi government commandos and Shiite militiamen. In 2018, in “Sicario 2,” it was what CIA surrogate characters wore to disguise themselves as cartel gunmen.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
Now US law enforcement wears it.
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
That mask is also popular with neo-Nazi accelerationist groups, which I think is really important to mention. Just like it's important to mention that ICE agents in Denver have been dropping Ace of Spades cards where they've kidnapped people. The white nationalist culture at work is clear.
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quick, someone help, we've got a vegetable situation
February 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
quick, someone help, we've got a vegetable situation
THE SCREAM I JUST SCRUMT 😆😭
#ReadingAfterDigitalAgeFandom
#ReadingAfterDigitalAgeFandom
‘Lord Of The Rings’ Reader Can’t Believe How Long It Taking Sam And Frodo To Fuck https://theonion.com/lord-of-the-rings-reader-cant-believe-how-long-it-taking-sam-and-frodo-to-fuck/
February 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM
THE SCREAM I JUST SCRUMT 😆😭
#ReadingAfterDigitalAgeFandom
#ReadingAfterDigitalAgeFandom
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one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
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My friend and one of the co-authors of Read This When Things Fall Apart, Stevie Wilson, will be released from prison in less than a week. Stevie has done tremendous work as an incarcerated organizer and has plans to continue doing important work on the outside. Let's help him make a new start.
Donate to Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning, organized by Danielle Squillante
Our beloved comrade and friend Stevie Wilson is FINALLY coming home from pri… Danielle Squillante needs your support for Support Stevie Wilson's New Beginning
www.gofundme.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
My friend and one of the co-authors of Read This When Things Fall Apart, Stevie Wilson, will be released from prison in less than a week. Stevie has done tremendous work as an incarcerated organizer and has plans to continue doing important work on the outside. Let's help him make a new start.
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We don’t talk enough about Alfre Woodard’s performance in Star Trek: First Contact. Stunning. And among other things, brought out some of Patrick Stewart’s moments. He rarely had a partner who could meet his energy, but she did. 🖖🏽
a woman is standing in front of a display of ships and says " you broke your little ships "
Alt: a woman is standing in front of a display of ships and says " you broke your little ships "
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:22 PM
We don’t talk enough about Alfre Woodard’s performance in Star Trek: First Contact. Stunning. And among other things, brought out some of Patrick Stewart’s moments. He rarely had a partner who could meet his energy, but she did. 🖖🏽
Just now, my mother said, "it's dark out" and I said without thinking "not quite... it's ship's twilight."
This is what I'm like offline, too. 😆
This is what I'm like offline, too. 😆
February 4, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Just now, my mother said, "it's dark out" and I said without thinking "not quite... it's ship's twilight."
This is what I'm like offline, too. 😆
This is what I'm like offline, too. 😆
Kudos to our children's literature scholar colleague!
She deserves every single penny *and* a position at an institution that appreciates her as a teacher and scholar.
She deserves every single penny *and* a position at an institution that appreciates her as a teacher and scholar.
Fired after gender identity lesson, professor sues Texas A&M, arguing her free speech rights were violated
Fired after gender lesson, former professor sues Texas A&M
Melissa McCoul, arguing she was fired to appease political critics, is seeking to get her job back and other restitution.
www.texastribune.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Kudos to our children's literature scholar colleague!
She deserves every single penny *and* a position at an institution that appreciates her as a teacher and scholar.
She deserves every single penny *and* a position at an institution that appreciates her as a teacher and scholar.
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Well, they were
Fired after gender identity lesson, professor sues Texas A&M, arguing her free speech rights were violated
Fired after gender lesson, former professor sues Texas A&M
Melissa McCoul, arguing she was fired to appease political critics, is seeking to get her job back and other restitution.
www.texastribune.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Well, they were
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love to see it
NEW: Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE.
Big, big move by the governor within weeks of coming into office.
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
love to see it
Another reason why I'm glad we didn't have social media growing up is that I stumbled upon TikTok's Affair Baby Discourse. 😩
I can't imagine being told by the Internet that I shouldn't have been born, and my parents were evil and corrupt as a kid or teen.
(This is why I loved reading ASOIAF, BTW.)
I can't imagine being told by the Internet that I shouldn't have been born, and my parents were evil and corrupt as a kid or teen.
(This is why I loved reading ASOIAF, BTW.)
February 4, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Another reason why I'm glad we didn't have social media growing up is that I stumbled upon TikTok's Affair Baby Discourse. 😩
I can't imagine being told by the Internet that I shouldn't have been born, and my parents were evil and corrupt as a kid or teen.
(This is why I loved reading ASOIAF, BTW.)
I can't imagine being told by the Internet that I shouldn't have been born, and my parents were evil and corrupt as a kid or teen.
(This is why I loved reading ASOIAF, BTW.)