Matthew R. Deroo
@deroomat.bsky.social
Ph.D. Languaging and Literacies. Immigration. Musings on my interdisciplinary academic life, pop culture, and politics. 双语 who loves travel (views my own)
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data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
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“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“TikTok’s reliance on attention-grabbing short-form video content, coupled with apps like Sora 2, has made it far easier for non-Black creators and bot accounts to adopt racialized stereotypical Black personas using deepfakes.”
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Report: ED Using NDAs As Part of Outsourcing Talks https://bit.ly/4ij06PX
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Report: ED Using NDAs As Part of Outsourcing Talks https://bit.ly/4ij06PX
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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People "opposed to the data center shared concerns about transparency, asked board members if they had signed non-disclosure agreements, and decried 'tech billionaires' coming into their rural community. Many are worried about potential impacts to the environment, groundwater and electricity rates."
Facebook owner’s $1B data center project prompts Michigan town to enact 6-month pause
A controversial proposal for a hyperscale data center, reportedly backed by tech giant Meta, has faced pushback in an historically rural Michigan community.
www.mlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
People "opposed to the data center shared concerns about transparency, asked board members if they had signed non-disclosure agreements, and decried 'tech billionaires' coming into their rural community. Many are worried about potential impacts to the environment, groundwater and electricity rates."
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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Trump: Grocery prices are down!
Reality:
Reality:
US grocery prices hit record high for family of four in 2025
Some online users discussed blame for the rising prices by mentioning U.S. President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden. Here's what we know.
www.snopes.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Trump: Grocery prices are down!
Reality:
Reality:
Policy choices like this over and over demonstrate the same result - more of this would be great.
Iowa City made its buses free. Traffic cleared. So did the air. That's because fossil fuels are massively polluting.
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Ridership jumped, people cut back on driving and, over the summer, the city extended the program another year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Policy choices like this over and over demonstrate the same result - more of this would be great.
More resistance and calling out please! It makes a difference
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
More resistance and calling out please! It makes a difference
Who would have guessed? Everyone who tried to tell the voting public what would happen
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Who would have guessed? Everyone who tried to tell the voting public what would happen
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Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
Excuse me?
This is some lede: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Excuse me?
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If you are at #NCTE2025, come join us to talk about Digital Texts and How to Teach Them. And scan QR to join our crowdsourced collection of mentor texts, tools, resources, & academic research on digital media @karismjones.bsky.social @sarahejerasa.bsky.social @mraleosays.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If you are at #NCTE2025, come join us to talk about Digital Texts and How to Teach Them. And scan QR to join our crowdsourced collection of mentor texts, tools, resources, & academic research on digital media @karismjones.bsky.social @sarahejerasa.bsky.social @mraleosays.bsky.social
In case you missed this news
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In case you missed this news
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
Dept. of Ed is reclassifying all the female dominated professions (nurse, therapist, speech pathologist, PA) as not having “professional” degrees, which makes it harder for them to get educational loans.
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
PSA- If you’re going to fly budget - expect to have your bags scrutinized - the staff will absolutely make you pay for your overstuffed personal item. (Not my issue-but hello fellow travelers!)
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
PSA- If you’re going to fly budget - expect to have your bags scrutinized - the staff will absolutely make you pay for your overstuffed personal item. (Not my issue-but hello fellow travelers!)
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While we are unlawfully renaming executive departments, the Education Department should be renamed the Privatization Department.
It's not about giving more education power & funding to states, it's about ultimately turning states' education powers & funding over to private for-profit interests.
It's not about giving more education power & funding to states, it's about ultimately turning states' education powers & funding over to private for-profit interests.
"Dismantling" gives them too much cover
We have here the makings of a shadow agency inflicting 4 harms:
1. Depletion (of public funding)
2. Diversion (of funds to private schools)
3. Discrimination (of DEI, LGBTQ+)
4. Destabilization (of public ed to serve #1-3)
Project 2025 goal: privatization
We have here the makings of a shadow agency inflicting 4 harms:
1. Depletion (of public funding)
2. Diversion (of funds to private schools)
3. Discrimination (of DEI, LGBTQ+)
4. Destabilization (of public ed to serve #1-3)
Project 2025 goal: privatization
Breaking News: The Trump administration announced an aggressive plan to continue dismantling the Education Department.
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
While we are unlawfully renaming executive departments, the Education Department should be renamed the Privatization Department.
It's not about giving more education power & funding to states, it's about ultimately turning states' education powers & funding over to private for-profit interests.
It's not about giving more education power & funding to states, it's about ultimately turning states' education powers & funding over to private for-profit interests.
Corruption all the way down
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Corruption all the way down
The numbers would tell the story so they cannot be released
BREAKING: The US BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) says it won't publish the October jobs report
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The numbers would tell the story so they cannot be released
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A3: I asked folks in my English Ed methods class to speculate on the future of literacy education and their role in that future via story. I noticed how the speculative gave them space to really consider not just what they perceive as wrong in the field but also how they challenge them. #literacies
Q3: What critical #literacies have you seen in fandom spaces? Here are some examples of issues we've identified!
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A3: I asked folks in my English Ed methods class to speculate on the future of literacy education and their role in that future via story. I noticed how the speculative gave them space to really consider not just what they perceive as wrong in the field but also how they challenge them. #literacies
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fascinating and sad and scary read.
I think one of the things I hate most about the onslaught of AI nonsense is that it is forcing us to doubt everything we see or read, making us more paranoid and distrustful :(
I think one of the things I hate most about the onslaught of AI nonsense is that it is forcing us to doubt everything we see or read, making us more paranoid and distrustful :(
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor @nickhunebrown.bsky.social to investigate their past work. In the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, removed articles from their sites. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
fascinating and sad and scary read.
I think one of the things I hate most about the onslaught of AI nonsense is that it is forcing us to doubt everything we see or read, making us more paranoid and distrustful :(
I think one of the things I hate most about the onslaught of AI nonsense is that it is forcing us to doubt everything we see or read, making us more paranoid and distrustful :(
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wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
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📖To read this article please, visit: doi.org/10.1177/2381...
Beyond Puntos y Rayas: Translanguaging Pedagogy for Language Minoritized Students - Ofelia García, Loukia K. Sarroub, 2025
This article explores how “puntos y rayas” (full stops and lines) function as symbolic and structural barriers in education for language-minoritized students. T...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📖To read this article please, visit: doi.org/10.1177/2381...
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A6: If you’re at #NCTE2025, join us to experience some of these ideas live! 💡(we will sign your book!) @scottstorm.bsky.social #literacies
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
A6: If you’re at #NCTE2025, join us to experience some of these ideas live! 💡(we will sign your book!) @scottstorm.bsky.social #literacies
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B
Date and Time: Friday 11/21/2025 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM MST
Room: Mile High Ballroom 2B