Gabrielle Cornish
@gcornish91.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Musicology at UW-Madison. Lover of all things Slavic and sonic (bonus points if they’re noisy or electronic). Views my own, not my employer’s.
Read some words at www.gabriellecornish.com
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I wish it weren’t necessary, but I do firmly believe every single person in the US should at the very least know how to check and clear a gun, because there is a non-zero chance you will need to do so at some point in your life.
also, since i've apparently started a Gun Conversation on bluesky again:
-i don't love that I have to live in a country where I own firearms to defend myself and wish that was different
-i am not going to unilaterally disarm, particularly as an LGBT person who is active in politics
-i don't love that I have to live in a country where I own firearms to defend myself and wish that was different
-i am not going to unilaterally disarm, particularly as an LGBT person who is active in politics
And, to put an explicit point on it, as a gun owner, I do *not* want to have to use my firearms to defend myself/family and kill another human being.
I will if I absolutely have to, but I would much rather live in society where we have, you know, laws, and prisons for violent criminals, so I don’t
I will if I absolutely have to, but I would much rather live in society where we have, you know, laws, and prisons for violent criminals, so I don’t
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I wish it weren’t necessary, but I do firmly believe every single person in the US should at the very least know how to check and clear a gun, because there is a non-zero chance you will need to do so at some point in your life.
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Karoline leavitt on hot ones-
Leavitt: ok now this is spicy
Sean: we just started
Leavitt: what do you call this one
Sean: water
Leavitt: ok now this is spicy
Sean: we just started
Leavitt: what do you call this one
Sean: water
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Karoline leavitt on hot ones-
Leavitt: ok now this is spicy
Sean: we just started
Leavitt: what do you call this one
Sean: water
Leavitt: ok now this is spicy
Sean: we just started
Leavitt: what do you call this one
Sean: water
It’s a small comfort that these fascists have to eat flavorless, unseasoned food like someone in the ER with the stomach bug
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It’s a small comfort that these fascists have to eat flavorless, unseasoned food like someone in the ER with the stomach bug
Withholding labor is the only response
You've heard of the Friday night news dump. Here's the Friday night of Thanksgiving wknd dump. For special circumstances, like when the faculty assembly votes 595-4 against paying to end a shakedown and you do it anyway. Link to agreement here: bulkmail.northwestern.edu/trk/click?re...
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Withholding labor is the only response
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
The continuing cowardice and eager compliance with authoritarianism from institutions of higher education is simultaneously sickening and unsurprising
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The continuing cowardice and eager compliance with authoritarianism from institutions of higher education is simultaneously sickening and unsurprising
I asked my mom what she wanted for dinner and she silently went and grabbed a folder from a filing cabinet. I assumed she was going to do something grim and boomerish, like choose right now to go over her will, but instead it was a bunch of local takeout menus, which is somehow even more boomerish!
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I asked my mom what she wanted for dinner and she silently went and grabbed a folder from a filing cabinet. I assumed she was going to do something grim and boomerish, like choose right now to go over her will, but instead it was a bunch of local takeout menus, which is somehow even more boomerish!
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Stephen Miller is doing raw, open white supremacy. The logics of Andrew Jackson and Adolph Hitler and every Jim Crow lynch mob.
And also, even the Wall Street Journal opinion page thinks the racism has gone too far, which is really saying a lot about exactly how extreme it is 🙃
And also, even the Wall Street Journal opinion page thinks the racism has gone too far, which is really saying a lot about exactly how extreme it is 🙃
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Stephen Miller is doing raw, open white supremacy. The logics of Andrew Jackson and Adolph Hitler and every Jim Crow lynch mob.
And also, even the Wall Street Journal opinion page thinks the racism has gone too far, which is really saying a lot about exactly how extreme it is 🙃
And also, even the Wall Street Journal opinion page thinks the racism has gone too far, which is really saying a lot about exactly how extreme it is 🙃
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I hope this isn’t the beginning of many arts orgs finding out the hard way how bad they are at protecting the data they collect
www.rochesterfirst.com/news/rochest...
www.rochesterfirst.com/news/rochest...
www.rochesterfirst.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I hope this isn’t the beginning of many arts orgs finding out the hard way how bad they are at protecting the data they collect
www.rochesterfirst.com/news/rochest...
www.rochesterfirst.com/news/rochest...
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Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
What We Know About U.S.-Backed Zero Units in Afghanistan
Deadly night raids. Faulty U.S. intelligence. A “classified” war loophole. Reporter Lynzy Billing’s investigation offers an unprecedented insight into the civilian casualties of Afghanistan’s Zero Uni...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hate to be posting this on a holiday, but there's been renewed interest in the CIA-backed Zero Units in Afghanistan. Here's a good summary of @propublica.org's 2022 reporting on the units and just some of the civilian casualties they were responsible for:
You should have seen the look on my nieces’ and nephews’ faces when they discovered my mother was… 67 (“six seven!” 🫲🫱🫲🫱)
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
You should have seen the look on my nieces’ and nephews’ faces when they discovered my mother was… 67 (“six seven!” 🫲🫱🫲🫱)
JD Vance is like that scene from 30 Rock where they try to decipher century-old racial slurs and derogatory phrases except instead of satire and fictional characters he’s the literal Vice President of the United States.
JD Vance loves spreading 16th century pro-genocide propaganda so much
VP JD Vance stood before a crowd and tried to falsify history, claiming Christians ended widespread mass child-sacrifice practices among Native Americans
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
JD Vance is like that scene from 30 Rock where they try to decipher century-old racial slurs and derogatory phrases except instead of satire and fictional characters he’s the literal Vice President of the United States.
Happy Thanksgiving to all those currently struggling with their boomer parents’ dull knives since apparently anyone born before 1965 is allergic to sharpening stones!
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to all those currently struggling with their boomer parents’ dull knives since apparently anyone born before 1965 is allergic to sharpening stones!
Maybe the only time I’ve ever wished I taught at a Catholic university because the GUILT TRIPPING I would be doing would be OLD TESTAMENT-like
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Maybe the only time I’ve ever wished I taught at a Catholic university because the GUILT TRIPPING I would be doing would be OLD TESTAMENT-like
It does seem like a missed opportunity that he left out all bamboo metaphors, when together their gross malpractice was the equivalent of throwing the ideals of journalism into a punji stick trap.
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It does seem like a missed opportunity that he left out all bamboo metaphors, when together their gross malpractice was the equivalent of throwing the ideals of journalism into a punji stick trap.
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You can’t give the democrats info like this because they are going to work very hard to make sure those numbers are switched by November
Generic Ballot Polling:
🔵 Democrat: 46%
🔴 Republican: 36%
High Point / Nov 14, 2025
🔵 Democrat: 46%
🔴 Republican: 36%
High Point / Nov 14, 2025
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
You can’t give the democrats info like this because they are going to work very hard to make sure those numbers are switched by November
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I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
New Ryan Lizza just dropped and yes, the bamboo metaphor continues www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
Part 2: She Did It Again
If you are new to this series, start here.
www.telos.news
November 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
New Ryan Lizza just dropped and yes, the bamboo metaphor continues www.telos.news/p/part-2-she...
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“It was a Great Honor meeting Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor of New York City!”
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“It was a Great Honor meeting Zohran Mamdani, the new Mayor of New York City!”
Working on my ASEEES panel response paper and so far this is what I’ve got
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Working on my ASEEES panel response paper and so far this is what I’ve got
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
Just think: two years ago, Henry Kissinger died the first night of ASEEES. This year, the conference hotel is the site of where Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan. The wall may have fallen, but I’m starting to think the Slavists are getting the last laugh in the Cold War!
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Just think: two years ago, Henry Kissinger died the first night of ASEEES. This year, the conference hotel is the site of where Hinckley shot Ronald Reagan. The wall may have fallen, but I’m starting to think the Slavists are getting the last laugh in the Cold War!
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Scholarship is a profound act of love for humanity.
ACLS invites you to share your stories of scholarship as an act of love—deep archival research, teaching difficult subjects, reaching students, meaningful community collaborations, and breakthroughs that led to positive change: bit.ly/49ZTNi3
ACLS invites you to share your stories of scholarship as an act of love—deep archival research, teaching difficult subjects, reaching students, meaningful community collaborations, and breakthroughs that led to positive change: bit.ly/49ZTNi3
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Scholarship is a profound act of love for humanity.
ACLS invites you to share your stories of scholarship as an act of love—deep archival research, teaching difficult subjects, reaching students, meaningful community collaborations, and breakthroughs that led to positive change: bit.ly/49ZTNi3
ACLS invites you to share your stories of scholarship as an act of love—deep archival research, teaching difficult subjects, reaching students, meaningful community collaborations, and breakthroughs that led to positive change: bit.ly/49ZTNi3
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...