Leila Walker
@lwalker.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in an academic library. Publishes on British romantic literature, climate change, plant humanities, librarianship, social justice, and pedagogy. Not gay as in happy, queer as in free Palestine.
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Leila Walker
@lwalker.bsky.social
· Aug 31
Open Educational Resources for a More Just Romanticism | Eighteenth-Century Fiction
Efforts to diversify the field of Romanticism, long overdue, have intensified recently, and many Romanticist organizations now sponsor programmes aimed at amplifying Black and Brown voices. Most of th...
utppublishing.com
New article! "Open Educational Resources for a More Just Romanticism." I couldn't include acknowledgments, but I'm so grateful to @zugenia.bsky.social, @reneemc.bsky.social, @profchander.bsky.social, Andrew McKinney, and Duncan Faherty for helping make this happen. utppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
This little guy is all tuckered out after being the best host ever at his first party in our place. Good work and good night.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This little guy is all tuckered out after being the best host ever at his first party in our place. Good work and good night.
Question for the meat-eaters on here: What’s the best way to prepare chicken for a cat? The last time I steamed it, and I clearly over cooked it, so it wasn’t the irresistible treat I hoped, and I really need Vicky to eat. Any advice would be much appreciated. thank you!
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Question for the meat-eaters on here: What’s the best way to prepare chicken for a cat? The last time I steamed it, and I clearly over cooked it, so it wasn’t the irresistible treat I hoped, and I really need Vicky to eat. Any advice would be much appreciated. thank you!
This is the level of respectful discourse that Northwestern deserves.
It remains not only so shameful and such a profound betrayal but also just so EMBARRASSING that universities are signing things that are like:
"Men" and "Women" are defined the way President Buttface said in his Big Fancy Statement.
Signed,
The Leader of an Actual Institution of Higher Education
"Men" and "Women" are defined the way President Buttface said in his Big Fancy Statement.
Signed,
The Leader of an Actual Institution of Higher Education
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
This is the level of respectful discourse that Northwestern deserves.
On of the core principles of information literacy is the information is constructed and contextual. One problem with AI-generated summaries is that they obscure the constructedness and context of information, impeding information literacy development.
Part of what makes this different from previous iterations of misreading/misunderstanding is that these claims do not arrive to the students within specific sources and contexts, but rather appear as generalized un-sourced truisms.
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On of the core principles of information literacy is the information is constructed and contextual. One problem with AI-generated summaries is that they obscure the constructedness and context of information, impeding information literacy development.
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black geographies 2026…
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
black geographies 2026…
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I worked for an architecture firm in NY in the early 2000s that was an early adopter of the “cloud.” Then, on August 29, 2005, our entire website disappeared. Gone. Bu-bye.
Turned out our “cloud” was a server in New Orleans, which was swept away when Hurricane Katrina broke the levees…
Turned out our “cloud” was a server in New Orleans, which was swept away when Hurricane Katrina broke the levees…
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I worked for an architecture firm in NY in the early 2000s that was an early adopter of the “cloud.” Then, on August 29, 2005, our entire website disappeared. Gone. Bu-bye.
Turned out our “cloud” was a server in New Orleans, which was swept away when Hurricane Katrina broke the levees…
Turned out our “cloud” was a server in New Orleans, which was swept away when Hurricane Katrina broke the levees…
The Dean stopped by my office again today with the results of the vote 🎉🙌🍾
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The Dean stopped by my office again today with the results of the vote 🎉🙌🍾
The Dean just stopped by my office to tell me that the College P&B will be voting on my tenure and promotion case this afternoon no biggie I'll just stress eat an entire bag of pretzels.
November 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Dean just stopped by my office to tell me that the College P&B will be voting on my tenure and promotion case this afternoon no biggie I'll just stress eat an entire bag of pretzels.
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The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
NEW: Brad Lander says he wants a trial, not a deal to drop his charge stemming from an arrest by ICE.
After Arrest by ICE, City Comptroller Rejects Deal and Seeks Trial
Other officials arrested while protesting at 26 Federal Plaza in September will have their federal charges dropped if they avoid arrest inside a federal building for six months.
www.thecity.nyc
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The crime is not what we were doing protesting in the 10th floor elevator lobby of 26 Federal Plaza.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
The crime is what ICE agents are doing on the other side of the door.
Did I just spend half an hour paging through blog posts on Terry Hope Romero's now-defunct site, as captured by the Internet Archive, so that I could continue making stuffing that has been my tradition for 15 years, which I have never bothered to print? Yes I did. web.archive.org/web/20141129...
Stuffed stuff: Cornbread stuffing, hello old friend
web.archive.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Did I just spend half an hour paging through blog posts on Terry Hope Romero's now-defunct site, as captured by the Internet Archive, so that I could continue making stuffing that has been my tradition for 15 years, which I have never bothered to print? Yes I did. web.archive.org/web/20141129...
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Don't threaten me with a good time
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time
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Mary Shelley: I subtitled my book The Modern Prometheus as a cautionary tale
Tech company: At long last,
Tech company: At long last,
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos will be co-CEO of AI startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos has a new job.
buff.ly
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Mary Shelley: I subtitled my book The Modern Prometheus as a cautionary tale
Tech company: At long last,
Tech company: At long last,
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It wasn't until 2011 that MLA stopped holding the conference between Christmas and New Years. Everything in academia was built so men could escape their families and be really creepy.
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It wasn't until 2011 that MLA stopped holding the conference between Christmas and New Years. Everything in academia was built so men could escape their families and be really creepy.
I am paraphrasing my much smarter partner here, but disability activism is world building. Rest in power, Alice Wong 💔
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am paraphrasing my much smarter partner here, but disability activism is world building. Rest in power, Alice Wong 💔
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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Check out some of the awesome stuff we'll be giving away at our @handsoffnyc.bsky.social event at @anyonecomics.bsky.social in Brooklyn on 11/15! Come fold zines, make posters, and score cool stuff! Whistles! Buttons! Stickers! And YOU!
RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Check out some of the awesome stuff we'll be giving away at our @handsoffnyc.bsky.social event at @anyonecomics.bsky.social in Brooklyn on 11/15! Come fold zines, make posters, and score cool stuff! Whistles! Buttons! Stickers! And YOU!
RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
RSVP here: www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
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Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happening now: clergy protest ICE detention center in Chicago.
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
“Why are you still here? Greg Bovino already left.”
“It’s an internment camp…no medicine…toilets don’t work”
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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TODAY 🍂 Join us at 6pm (UK time) to celebrate the latest volume of The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley, including The Cenci, The Mask of Anarchy, & Julian and Maddalo, to name a few! Free tickets are available below through @bars.bsky.social 🎟
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
TODAY 🍂 Join us at 6pm (UK time) to celebrate the latest volume of The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley, including The Cenci, The Mask of Anarchy, & Julian and Maddalo, to name a few! Free tickets are available below through @bars.bsky.social 🎟
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You've got to be kidding me. Sure, it APPEARS to violate the judge's restriction on use of force and isn't just morally repugnant, sociopathic, and physically dangerouos. No worries. I'd hate for the media to not hedge.
A Berwyn family was driving with their 1-year-old child Saturday when they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, a video taken by the family shows. The action appears to violate a judge’s restriction on use of force.
1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
You've got to be kidding me. Sure, it APPEARS to violate the judge's restriction on use of force and isn't just morally repugnant, sociopathic, and physically dangerouos. No worries. I'd hate for the media to not hedge.
Someone was mean about my Black-owned, queer-affirming yoga studio on internet today, so I had to do a deep dive to learn that her parents bought a $3.5 million house in a historically Black neighborhood and she went to a high school for $51k a year with 0.5% Black students and I am losing my mind.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Someone was mean about my Black-owned, queer-affirming yoga studio on internet today, so I had to do a deep dive to learn that her parents bought a $3.5 million house in a historically Black neighborhood and she went to a high school for $51k a year with 0.5% Black students and I am losing my mind.
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The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
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To which I will reply “sorry, all of my donation money will now be going to my healthcare premiums”
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
To which I will reply “sorry, all of my donation money will now be going to my healthcare premiums”