Rebecca Bodenheimer
@rmbodenheimer.bsky.social
Freelance writer & cultural critic with a PhD in ethnomusicology
Host of The Clave Chronicles, a Cuban music podcast
she/her, bilingüe, fat, 🏳️🌈 , Oaktown
Hire me: [email protected]
https://rmbodenheimer.com
Host of The Clave Chronicles, a Cuban music podcast
she/her, bilingüe, fat, 🏳️🌈 , Oaktown
Hire me: [email protected]
https://rmbodenheimer.com
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Hey all!
I'm a freelance writer & editor with a PhD in ethnomusicology.
I write about music (Cuban/Latin/Caribbean, hip hop), TV, film, Cuba, parenting & fat representation. I host a podcast about Cuban music (see bio)
I’m also a mom, bi, Bay Area native, bilingüe, foodie, dancer, & Niners fan
I'm a freelance writer & editor with a PhD in ethnomusicology.
I write about music (Cuban/Latin/Caribbean, hip hop), TV, film, Cuba, parenting & fat representation. I host a podcast about Cuban music (see bio)
I’m also a mom, bi, Bay Area native, bilingüe, foodie, dancer, & Niners fan
fuckin hell, Chomsky. He's an actual Nazi.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
fuckin hell, Chomsky. He's an actual Nazi.
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whenever we talk about the eternal humanities versus STEM debate on here, it’s probably worth remembering that an American fascist administration is very actively trying to finish off the already-weakened humanities, even *more* so than it’s trying to do the same to all science it doesn’t like
This -- a model bill to effectively decimate non-STEM research by requiring 3-3 teaching loads outside of "STEM or Americanism and western civilization" -- seems...extremely bad but also quite plausible.
Proposed Model Bill Would Change College Tenure, Teaching, & Research
Three conservative groups have proposed model legislation that would dramatically change faculty tenure paths, teaching loads, research activities and hiring authority
www.forbes.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
whenever we talk about the eternal humanities versus STEM debate on here, it’s probably worth remembering that an American fascist administration is very actively trying to finish off the already-weakened humanities, even *more* so than it’s trying to do the same to all science it doesn’t like
@support.bsky.team are you doing ANYTHING to fix the problem with Age Assurance on the mobile app??
December 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
@support.bsky.team are you doing ANYTHING to fix the problem with Age Assurance on the mobile app??
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I'm coming out as a fan of "Die with a Smile."
It catches so many strays from music critics and like-minded people, but the fact is, it's written by two of the most gifted songwriters we have.
Yes it's sappy, and wildly popular with "normies," but that doesn't mean it's not a GOOD song.
It catches so many strays from music critics and like-minded people, but the fact is, it's written by two of the most gifted songwriters we have.
Yes it's sappy, and wildly popular with "normies," but that doesn't mean it's not a GOOD song.
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm coming out as a fan of "Die with a Smile."
It catches so many strays from music critics and like-minded people, but the fact is, it's written by two of the most gifted songwriters we have.
Yes it's sappy, and wildly popular with "normies," but that doesn't mean it's not a GOOD song.
It catches so many strays from music critics and like-minded people, but the fact is, it's written by two of the most gifted songwriters we have.
Yes it's sappy, and wildly popular with "normies," but that doesn't mean it's not a GOOD song.
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I believe the expiration of ACA subsidies will ignite a shitstorm the likes of which the GOP has never seen.
I've been on the ACA since the start of the program, 2014. For 2026 I decided to go onto my husband's employer-sponsored insurance. Premium is wildly expensive, but deductible is about half.
I've been on the ACA since the start of the program, 2014. For 2026 I decided to go onto my husband's employer-sponsored insurance. Premium is wildly expensive, but deductible is about half.
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I believe the expiration of ACA subsidies will ignite a shitstorm the likes of which the GOP has never seen.
I've been on the ACA since the start of the program, 2014. For 2026 I decided to go onto my husband's employer-sponsored insurance. Premium is wildly expensive, but deductible is about half.
I've been on the ACA since the start of the program, 2014. For 2026 I decided to go onto my husband's employer-sponsored insurance. Premium is wildly expensive, but deductible is about half.
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I keep thinking about how terrible it is that so many people will be losing their health insurance in January due to costs and cuts. I was rejected from insurance once before the ACA [preexisting conditions]. I was hospitalized that year and it almost bankrupted me. We need universal heathcare ASAP.
December 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I keep thinking about how terrible it is that so many people will be losing their health insurance in January due to costs and cuts. I was rejected from insurance once before the ACA [preexisting conditions]. I was hospitalized that year and it almost bankrupted me. We need universal heathcare ASAP.
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A country where health insurance is tied to employment status is a shithole country, period.
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A country where health insurance is tied to employment status is a shithole country, period.
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Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from federal immigration detention, his attorney's office says
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania following an order from a federal judge issued Thursday, according to his attorney’s office.
apnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Democratic leadership didn’t want to stick their necks out for him. The GOP didn’t want him even referred to as a “Maryland man.” Sen. Chris Van Hollen, his congressional representative fought for him. And we should never forget any of this. apnews.com/article/abre...
my god, what an ordeal. I feel like we're almost def getting a movie version of it.
NEWS: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been RELEASED from ICE custody following today's order from a federal judge
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
my god, what an ordeal. I feel like we're almost def getting a movie version of it.
I believe the expiration of ACA subsidies will ignite a shitstorm the likes of which the GOP has never seen.
I've been on the ACA since the start of the program, 2014. For 2026 I decided to go onto my husband's employer-sponsored insurance. Premium is wildly expensive, but deductible is about half.
I've been on the ACA since the start of the program, 2014. For 2026 I decided to go onto my husband's employer-sponsored insurance. Premium is wildly expensive, but deductible is about half.
December 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I believe the expiration of ACA subsidies will ignite a shitstorm the likes of which the GOP has never seen.
I've been on the ACA since the start of the program, 2014. For 2026 I decided to go onto my husband's employer-sponsored insurance. Premium is wildly expensive, but deductible is about half.
I've been on the ACA since the start of the program, 2014. For 2026 I decided to go onto my husband's employer-sponsored insurance. Premium is wildly expensive, but deductible is about half.
I'm coming out as a fan of "Die with a Smile."
It catches so many strays from music critics and like-minded people, but the fact is, it's written by two of the most gifted songwriters we have.
Yes it's sappy, and wildly popular with "normies," but that doesn't mean it's not a GOOD song.
It catches so many strays from music critics and like-minded people, but the fact is, it's written by two of the most gifted songwriters we have.
Yes it's sappy, and wildly popular with "normies," but that doesn't mean it's not a GOOD song.
December 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm coming out as a fan of "Die with a Smile."
It catches so many strays from music critics and like-minded people, but the fact is, it's written by two of the most gifted songwriters we have.
Yes it's sappy, and wildly popular with "normies," but that doesn't mean it's not a GOOD song.
It catches so many strays from music critics and like-minded people, but the fact is, it's written by two of the most gifted songwriters we have.
Yes it's sappy, and wildly popular with "normies," but that doesn't mean it's not a GOOD song.
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"Everyone knows the obvious parts of the Cohn playbook: attack first, sue always, apologize never. But one of Cohn’s deepest teachings wasn’t about politics. It was about the body. It was about hiding vulnerability at any cost."
www.rawstory.com/trump-health...
www.rawstory.com/trump-health...
'Something is very, very wrong': Trump's 'perfect' health brag echoes his mentor's demise
President Donald Trump's increasingly obvious age-related health decline, and his adamant refusal to engage with it or admit to it, has an ominous parallel, John Casey wrote for The Daily Beast on Wed...
www.rawstory.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"Everyone knows the obvious parts of the Cohn playbook: attack first, sue always, apologize never. But one of Cohn’s deepest teachings wasn’t about politics. It was about the body. It was about hiding vulnerability at any cost."
www.rawstory.com/trump-health...
www.rawstory.com/trump-health...
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Racism.
The answer is racism.
The answer is racism.
December 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Racism.
The answer is racism.
The answer is racism.
Look, far be it for me to defend Nuzzi - she deserves all the clowning on here.
Still, I find it really curious that no one's talking about how she was basically groomed by Olbermann and that started her on this whole path.
Still, I find it really curious that no one's talking about how she was basically groomed by Olbermann and that started her on this whole path.
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Look, far be it for me to defend Nuzzi - she deserves all the clowning on here.
Still, I find it really curious that no one's talking about how she was basically groomed by Olbermann and that started her on this whole path.
Still, I find it really curious that no one's talking about how she was basically groomed by Olbermann and that started her on this whole path.
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The way Penske Media publications are locking Sinners out of their Best of 2025 lists is white supremacist bullshit
Oh you didn’t know Variety and Rolling Stone answer to the same master? Now you do
Oh you didn’t know Variety and Rolling Stone answer to the same master? Now you do
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The way Penske Media publications are locking Sinners out of their Best of 2025 lists is white supremacist bullshit
Oh you didn’t know Variety and Rolling Stone answer to the same master? Now you do
Oh you didn’t know Variety and Rolling Stone answer to the same master? Now you do
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Los Angeles must have the highest concentration on earth of people who think they have mystical psychic bonds with their dogs and thus are not required to either train or put leashes on them
December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Los Angeles must have the highest concentration on earth of people who think they have mystical psychic bonds with their dogs and thus are not required to either train or put leashes on them
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The quickest and easiest inoculation against getting scammed is..accepting that you could definitely fall for it and need to be vigilant. You may still get scammed, but at least you won't be shamefaced about it!
There's a tendency to look at these after the fact and go "I would never fall for this" but I have definitely gotten emails from journalists or public figures I don't know, done 5-ish minutes of googling and replied. At first it looks like a totally harmless, plausible message!
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The quickest and easiest inoculation against getting scammed is..accepting that you could definitely fall for it and need to be vigilant. You may still get scammed, but at least you won't be shamefaced about it!
And sadly I think this is going to widen the class/educational divide among Americans - where educated people will go out of their (our!) way to avoid AI and even pay for anti-AI services. Meanwhile, poor folks will become even more inundated with fake shit and disinformation. Pretty terrifying TBH.
Stunned we haven't seen the rise of "anti-AI" businesses.
Media outlets that promise human reporting and authorship.
Shopping sites that promise human curation.
Art sites that promise human creation.
"How do I avoid slop?" is gonna be a defining question in 2026. Businesses should answer it.
Media outlets that promise human reporting and authorship.
Shopping sites that promise human curation.
Art sites that promise human creation.
"How do I avoid slop?" is gonna be a defining question in 2026. Businesses should answer it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
And sadly I think this is going to widen the class/educational divide among Americans - where educated people will go out of their (our!) way to avoid AI and even pay for anti-AI services. Meanwhile, poor folks will become even more inundated with fake shit and disinformation. Pretty terrifying TBH.
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This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
Is anyone having trouble logging into the Bluesky mobile app - I've been repeatedly getting this message after it requests my birthdate and I put it in.
@support.bsky.team
@support.bsky.team
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Is anyone having trouble logging into the Bluesky mobile app - I've been repeatedly getting this message after it requests my birthdate and I put it in.
@support.bsky.team
@support.bsky.team
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Honestly this is a good piece cuz you can search vax rates by county.
The rural western US looks like a very scary place for kids right now. I'm seeing some counties as low as 50%.
The rural western US looks like a very scary place for kids right now. I'm seeing some counties as low as 50%.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Honestly this is a good piece cuz you can search vax rates by county.
The rural western US looks like a very scary place for kids right now. I'm seeing some counties as low as 50%.
The rural western US looks like a very scary place for kids right now. I'm seeing some counties as low as 50%.
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Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Whole of the American economy is now piracy.
Honestly this is a good piece cuz you can search vax rates by county.
The rural western US looks like a very scary place for kids right now. I'm seeing some counties as low as 50%.
The rural western US looks like a very scary place for kids right now. I'm seeing some counties as low as 50%.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Honestly this is a good piece cuz you can search vax rates by county.
The rural western US looks like a very scary place for kids right now. I'm seeing some counties as low as 50%.
The rural western US looks like a very scary place for kids right now. I'm seeing some counties as low as 50%.
I would just like all the folks who love to shit-talk Gen X to remember that Ethan Hawke belongs to us too
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I would just like all the folks who love to shit-talk Gen X to remember that Ethan Hawke belongs to us too