Alyssa Ribeiro
@riverlys.bsky.social
Historian of race and US cities, Associate Professor at Allegheny College, book in progress on multiracial activism in Philadelphia
I’m so wistful for search engines working like they did a decade ago. Can barely find anything in my email and it’s slowly pushing me over the edge.
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’m so wistful for search engines working like they did a decade ago. Can barely find anything in my email and it’s slowly pushing me over the edge.
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Americans: high speed rail would revolutionize how we live in this country
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Americans: high speed rail would revolutionize how we live in this country
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
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Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Academia has this way of making you feel utterly unsuccessful even when by any reasonable standard you are doing just fine.
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it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse
Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post are at it again.
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
it rules that every day now is just watching everything in your life get more expensive and worse and then also constantly being told that nothing is more expensive or worse
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👇The best advice for teaching in today's neo-liberal, continually budget-slashed institution of higher ed: you can't be your best teaching self, so you've got to accept that or drive yourself mad.
Higher ed has become part of the 'enshittification' cycle, and we must accept that... or go mad.
Higher ed has become part of the 'enshittification' cycle, and we must accept that... or go mad.
I think that is right. But, I guess also: you can do worse than your (theoretical/historical/personal) best teaching and still be doing good (enough) teaching. Above all, you can't do the work of more than one person and also do it amazingly.
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
👇The best advice for teaching in today's neo-liberal, continually budget-slashed institution of higher ed: you can't be your best teaching self, so you've got to accept that or drive yourself mad.
Higher ed has become part of the 'enshittification' cycle, and we must accept that... or go mad.
Higher ed has become part of the 'enshittification' cycle, and we must accept that... or go mad.
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Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Tennessee, vote for this lady. Imagine a world with even a single consequence for fascism.
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This is the future they're trying to take from you, people!!!
yes, this is actual art done for SERI in the 1970s. We used to be a proper country, etc etc
yes, this is actual art done for SERI in the 1970s. We used to be a proper country, etc etc
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This is the future they're trying to take from you, people!!!
yes, this is actual art done for SERI in the 1970s. We used to be a proper country, etc etc
yes, this is actual art done for SERI in the 1970s. We used to be a proper country, etc etc
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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We had a higher ed system that was the crown jewel for the world, and by the time these knuckle-dragging freaks are done, it'll be a roadside bible colleges and fake law schools
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
We had a higher ed system that was the crown jewel for the world, and by the time these knuckle-dragging freaks are done, it'll be a roadside bible colleges and fake law schools
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
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How have religious food movements from the early nineteenth century have to do with America’s MAHA health agenda today?
@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️
uncpressblog.com/2025/11/19/h...
@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️
uncpressblog.com/2025/11/19/h...
How Religious Food Movements Paved the Way for MAHA - UNC Press Blog
The following is a guest blog post by Adrienne Krone, author of Free-Range Religion: Alternative Food Movements and Religious Life in the United States which is now available wherever books are sold. ...
uncpressblog.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
How have religious food movements from the early nineteenth century have to do with America’s MAHA health agenda today?
@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️
uncpressblog.com/2025/11/19/h...
@adriennekrone.bsky.social, author of FREE-RANGE-RELIGION, dives into the history in this recent blog post ⤵️
uncpressblog.com/2025/11/19/h...
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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And just like that, it's real.
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland
www.press.uillinois.edu
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
And just like that, it's real.
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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I really believe that if you tell people the truth and say it with passion and without compromise, they will be receptive. Not everyone, but more than you’d think. It’s the same way I feel about teaching. Don’t act like people are stupid and incurious.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I really believe that if you tell people the truth and say it with passion and without compromise, they will be receptive. Not everyone, but more than you’d think. It’s the same way I feel about teaching. Don’t act like people are stupid and incurious.
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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Decisive victory for Democrats in my small town in NWPA (Meadville)!
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Decisive victory for Democrats in my small town in NWPA (Meadville)!
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.