Erika (she/+)
@lionwanderer531.bsky.social
Boricua-Dominicana queer writer, scholar, gardener, teacher, dreamer. repost =/= endorsements
https://linktr.ee/profabad
Arts & Lit editor at https://latinxpopmag.com
https://linktr.ee/profabad
Arts & Lit editor at https://latinxpopmag.com
TFW an exec team member treats you like a colleague -I knew we were equals but that moment, that moment where she recognizes that equity with respect for what I bring...I share my flowers w a sense of joy + the benefits of diplomatic engagement.
a vase filled with pink tulips with the words thinking of you written on the bottom
ALT: a vase filled with pink tulips with the words thinking of you written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
TFW an exec team member treats you like a colleague -I knew we were equals but that moment, that moment where she recognizes that equity with respect for what I bring...I share my flowers w a sense of joy + the benefits of diplomatic engagement.
who's comparing this to 1898? Anyone? I got too much on my plate but if someone makes the comparison, I'd read it :)
On Deadline: White House, Angelo Carusone discusses the Caribbean boat strikes and how they stem from of a revisionist “fantasy” created by right-wing media:
"They have their own narrative, their own version of it. It's obviously been a fantasy, and now we're seeing that materialize into reality."
"They have their own narrative, their own version of it. It's obviously been a fantasy, and now we're seeing that materialize into reality."
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
who's comparing this to 1898? Anyone? I got too much on my plate but if someone makes the comparison, I'd read it :)
I read this and think...you got all this money and you let A WATER LEAK happen 🤦🏽
A water leak at the Louvre has damaged hundreds of texts, a museum official said, less than two months after thieves quickly made off with French royal jewels, exposing the vulnerabilities of the world’s most visited museum.
First a heist, now a leak. Water damages antique books at the Louvre.
Following a brazen heist of French royal jewels in October, the latest setback has exposed the museum’s creaking infrastructure and the pressing need for upgrades.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I read this and think...you got all this money and you let A WATER LEAK happen 🤦🏽
reminder of where so many of us started
Good morning! I’m currently at Beaverton High School in OR where a mass student walk out has just started to demand a proactive ICE protocol for their school and district.
Students say that similar walkouts were planned at multiple other high schools, including Aloha, Sunset, Southridge & more.
Students say that similar walkouts were planned at multiple other high schools, including Aloha, Sunset, Southridge & more.
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
reminder of where so many of us started
I read this and remember that, when COVID hit and students were out of school too long, Dept of ED + CDC changed the required distance. They didn't shrink classrooms; they shrunk what was desired social distance...so even w a live case study, regulators chose saving money over healthy students.
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I read this and remember that, when COVID hit and students were out of school too long, Dept of ED + CDC changed the required distance. They didn't shrink classrooms; they shrunk what was desired social distance...so even w a live case study, regulators chose saving money over healthy students.
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Indian startups are building AI tools to ensure the digital representation of so-called low-resource languages like Tulu, Bodo, and Kashmiri, report Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina in @restofworld.org. That work involves building digital data sets nearly from scratch. restofworld.org/2025/chatgpt...
ChatGPT is huge in India. These locally focused startups found a way to compete
Indian founders are building digital data sets for low-resource languages by involving the community, and count on local relevance to go against big tech platforms.
restofworld.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Indian startups are building AI tools to ensure the digital representation of so-called low-resource languages like Tulu, Bodo, and Kashmiri, report Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina in @restofworld.org. That work involves building digital data sets nearly from scratch. restofworld.org/2025/chatgpt...
Mom - what do you want for christmas?
Me - Karma
Me - Karma
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Mom - what do you want for christmas?
Me - Karma
Me - Karma
Created how to guide on how to harvest produce and share with campus community. Some see it as directions; others know this is based on fieldwork and ascertaining capacity, resources, time... disciplinary lenses matter.
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Created how to guide on how to harvest produce and share with campus community. Some see it as directions; others know this is based on fieldwork and ascertaining capacity, resources, time... disciplinary lenses matter.
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It's no longer hypothetical ... US Citizenship and Immigration Services has "directed its employees to halt adjudicating *ALL* immigration pathways for people from 19 countries deemed to be “high risk”. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's no longer hypothetical ... US Citizenship and Immigration Services has "directed its employees to halt adjudicating *ALL* immigration pathways for people from 19 countries deemed to be “high risk”. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Now available in hardback: In Theory, Darling: Searching for José Esteban Muñoz and the Queer Imagination by @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social, published by Beacon Press.
A love letter to queer of color theory and how it has helped the author to discover himself.
www.beacon.org/In-Theory-Da...
A love letter to queer of color theory and how it has helped the author to discover himself.
www.beacon.org/In-Theory-Da...
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Now available in hardback: In Theory, Darling: Searching for José Esteban Muñoz and the Queer Imagination by @marcossgonsalez.bsky.social, published by Beacon Press.
A love letter to queer of color theory and how it has helped the author to discover himself.
www.beacon.org/In-Theory-Da...
A love letter to queer of color theory and how it has helped the author to discover himself.
www.beacon.org/In-Theory-Da...
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Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter responded to the Trump administration Tuesday after they used her song "Juno" in a montage depicting ICE raids. https://wapo.st/44xvlkI
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Pop singer Sabrina Carpenter responded to the Trump administration Tuesday after they used her song "Juno" in a montage depicting ICE raids. https://wapo.st/44xvlkI
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This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is an ethnic cleansing campaign
my day of stitch started with my colleague-homie's manicure and ended with my sister sending me a photo of a mood light. 😂 the small joys
December 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
my day of stitch started with my colleague-homie's manicure and ended with my sister sending me a photo of a mood light. 😂 the small joys
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Some 600 immigrant kids have been sent to federal custody by ICE this year.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
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
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Some 600 immigrant kids have been sent to federal custody by ICE this year.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
A 17-year-old was detained at a traffic stop because officers couldn’t make contact with his dad, who is deaf.
Another kid ended up in a shelter after making a wrong turn.
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Surprise surprise.
POLITICO's newest affordability survey shows adults can't keep up with groceries, housing, health care, utility bills and debt repayments.
AI data centers, giant corporate landlords and a profit driven health care system are fucking us.
POLITICO's newest affordability survey shows adults can't keep up with groceries, housing, health care, utility bills and debt repayments.
AI data centers, giant corporate landlords and a profit driven health care system are fucking us.
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Surprise surprise.
POLITICO's newest affordability survey shows adults can't keep up with groceries, housing, health care, utility bills and debt repayments.
AI data centers, giant corporate landlords and a profit driven health care system are fucking us.
POLITICO's newest affordability survey shows adults can't keep up with groceries, housing, health care, utility bills and debt repayments.
AI data centers, giant corporate landlords and a profit driven health care system are fucking us.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Tomorrow (Dec 2) at 5:00 pm CST, please join the University of Minnesota in welcoming @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social for a guest lecture on his book, Puerto Rico, as part of the Katherine E. Nash Gallery's exhibit "21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora."
Learn more here: buff.ly/tqbbInO
Learn more here: buff.ly/tqbbInO
December 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Tomorrow (Dec 2) at 5:00 pm CST, please join the University of Minnesota in welcoming @jmelendezbadillo.bsky.social for a guest lecture on his book, Puerto Rico, as part of the Katherine E. Nash Gallery's exhibit "21st-Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora."
Learn more here: buff.ly/tqbbInO
Learn more here: buff.ly/tqbbInO
in a good place in my career; strange how this happened. My standard for the kind of generative energy I have now - financial security. I chose THAT first...
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
in a good place in my career; strange how this happened. My standard for the kind of generative energy I have now - financial security. I chose THAT first...
Retail therapy? as in, last year, it wasn't in us; this year, we're like, 'let's go down in style?'
Shoppers spent $1 billion more online shopping on Black Friday this year compared to 2024.
Black Friday Online Sales Up Nearly 10% From Last Year, Study Shows
Shoppers spent $1 billion more online shopping on Black Friday this year compared to 2024.
www.forbes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Retail therapy? as in, last year, it wasn't in us; this year, we're like, 'let's go down in style?'
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Iowa and Massachusetts ranked highest overall with strong performance in cost, quality, and access. Alaska, Arkansas, and Texas consistently underperformed. Geographic location substantially affects the patient experience across the United States.
State of the States 2025 Study Revealed Regional Disparities in U.S. Healthcare Experiences - Profolus
A comprehensive nationwide review lays bare the growing imbalance in healthcare performance.
www.profolus.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Iowa and Massachusetts ranked highest overall with strong performance in cost, quality, and access. Alaska, Arkansas, and Texas consistently underperformed. Geographic location substantially affects the patient experience across the United States.
A poem I had written 17 years ago got published; a decade ago I tried sending it out to a few outlets. Last year, tho, I went back and edited for story. Grateful for friends + colleagues highlighting what moved them. Poetry is my #lovelanguage
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A poem I had written 17 years ago got published; a decade ago I tried sending it out to a few outlets. Last year, tho, I went back and edited for story. Grateful for friends + colleagues highlighting what moved them. Poetry is my #lovelanguage
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
www.fox23.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
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we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
we are just over a week out from publication of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about collective action I co-edited with @annaleen.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social which means THERE'S STILL TIME TO PREORDER!