Rebekah 🍉
@grrrl.bsky.social
teacher + doctoral candidate + mama to a teen & cat • reader of good books • watcher of bad TV • brokenhearted ex-pat • recovering loudly • she/her/y’all
used to be @grrrlmeetsworld over on the bad place
words here: https://grrrlmeets.substack.com/
used to be @grrrlmeetsworld over on the bad place
words here: https://grrrlmeets.substack.com/
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@grrrl.bsky.social
· Jan 30
Everything may be terrible, but I bet you can find one good thing for today.
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Among the things I will never get over from this era is the courage of every day people compared to the cowardice of those in power. We'd already be done if our "leaders" had shown a fraction of these guts
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Among the things I will never get over from this era is the courage of every day people compared to the cowardice of those in power. We'd already be done if our "leaders" had shown a fraction of these guts
I wish I had thoughtful colleague who I could talk to about the implications of this article
thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI | The New Journal
Amid ChatGPT's rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when eve...
thenewjournalatyale.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I wish I had thoughtful colleague who I could talk to about the implications of this article
thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
November always seemed to me the Norway of the year. (Emily Dickinson)
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grrrlmeets.substack.com/p/november-o...
November, out of context
this month's quotables
grrrlmeets.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
November always seemed to me the Norway of the year. (Emily Dickinson)
grrrlmeets.substack.com/p/november-o...
grrrlmeets.substack.com/p/november-o...
This thread explains higher ed’s zeigeist
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This thread explains higher ed’s zeigeist
cropdusting is America’s pastime
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
cropdusting is America’s pastime
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As a son of Appalachia, I understand the opioid crisis better than anyone. That's why I'm proud to stand with the Honduran president who delivered drugs to needy Americans with such efficiency.
by JD Vance
by JD Vance
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 AM
As a son of Appalachia, I understand the opioid crisis better than anyone. That's why I'm proud to stand with the Honduran president who delivered drugs to needy Americans with such efficiency.
by JD Vance
by JD Vance
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
I found out that one of my undergrad professors recently passed away. I'm selfishly sad that I didn't get to text him that I finished my PhD, bc I knew he was rooting for me -- and that I'm standing on his shoulders.
Thanks for being my mentor + friend, Dr. Nordquist. I promise to make you proud.
Thanks for being my mentor + friend, Dr. Nordquist. I promise to make you proud.
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I found out that one of my undergrad professors recently passed away. I'm selfishly sad that I didn't get to text him that I finished my PhD, bc I knew he was rooting for me -- and that I'm standing on his shoulders.
Thanks for being my mentor + friend, Dr. Nordquist. I promise to make you proud.
Thanks for being my mentor + friend, Dr. Nordquist. I promise to make you proud.
I think good ol' TS was wrong, November is truly the cruellest
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think good ol' TS was wrong, November is truly the cruellest
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this day’s wonder
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
this day’s wonder
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🇨🇦Prairie People! 👀 New field guide by Mike Gollop and Anna Leighton, published by Nature Saskatchewan 🌿 www.skbooks.com/bookstore/Sa...
Bookstore – Saskatchewan Butterflies: A Field Guilde
Saskatchewan Butterflies illustrates the colour, variety and allure of all 158 butterfly species founding in the province to date - a vivid reflection of our varied natural area, from northern bogs an...
www.skbooks.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
🇨🇦Prairie People! 👀 New field guide by Mike Gollop and Anna Leighton, published by Nature Saskatchewan 🌿 www.skbooks.com/bookstore/Sa...
all these people know how to do is to campaign in the cringiest of ways, but can never govern
It's embarrassing as an American to see this crap
It's embarrassing as an American to see this crap
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
all these people know how to do is to campaign in the cringiest of ways, but can never govern
It's embarrassing as an American to see this crap
It's embarrassing as an American to see this crap
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Current energy level:
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Current energy level:
pretty sure my kid may have brought home some bacterial friends after her international trek from earlier this spring 😒😕
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
pretty sure my kid may have brought home some bacterial friends after her international trek from earlier this spring 😒😕
It’s the coolest that I just texted this meme to my first-year pscyhology major kiddo, especially after she read to me the draft of her paper on Durkheim 😭
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
It’s the coolest that I just texted this meme to my first-year pscyhology major kiddo, especially after she read to me the draft of her paper on Durkheim 😭
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Seth Meyers takes #ACloserLook at Trump welcoming Zohran Mamdani to the White House
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiId...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiId...
MAGA Stunned After Zohran Mamdani Charms Donald Trump in the Oval Office: A Closer Look
YouTube video by Late Night with Seth Meyers
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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I still can’t believe it about Thomas King
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I still can’t believe it about Thomas King
sorry not sorry
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
sorry not sorry
I flipped over to Fox “News” for a sec in the car, and it’s WILD to listen to all the frantic dismissing they’re currently doing of a pedophile and his orange bestie.
Imagine being in a place where you feel so compelled to condone such vile, gross actions.
Whitewashed tombs, the lot of them
Imagine being in a place where you feel so compelled to condone such vile, gross actions.
Whitewashed tombs, the lot of them
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I flipped over to Fox “News” for a sec in the car, and it’s WILD to listen to all the frantic dismissing they’re currently doing of a pedophile and his orange bestie.
Imagine being in a place where you feel so compelled to condone such vile, gross actions.
Whitewashed tombs, the lot of them
Imagine being in a place where you feel so compelled to condone such vile, gross actions.
Whitewashed tombs, the lot of them
I discovered the “Seven Dysfunctional Dwarfs” (Sulky, Moany, Shouty, Crabby, Martyr-y, Touchy and Petulant)
Just in time for tomorrow’s dept meeting!
Just in time for tomorrow’s dept meeting!
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I discovered the “Seven Dysfunctional Dwarfs” (Sulky, Moany, Shouty, Crabby, Martyr-y, Touchy and Petulant)
Just in time for tomorrow’s dept meeting!
Just in time for tomorrow’s dept meeting!
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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But the truth will always out. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Here is the full article from Bloomberg:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Here is the full article from Bloomberg:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
But the truth will always out. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Here is the full article from Bloomberg:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Here is the full article from Bloomberg:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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I know several of the women who were harassed by this guy. They had real courage to testify. He engaged in serious professional retaliation against women.
This needs to end. I've seen how many people curry favor with known sexual harassers and how the worst can still manage to leap from job to job.
This needs to end. I've seen how many people curry favor with known sexual harassers and how the worst can still manage to leap from job to job.
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know several of the women who were harassed by this guy. They had real courage to testify. He engaged in serious professional retaliation against women.
This needs to end. I've seen how many people curry favor with known sexual harassers and how the worst can still manage to leap from job to job.
This needs to end. I've seen how many people curry favor with known sexual harassers and how the worst can still manage to leap from job to job.