Emily K, PhD. 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇧🇪
@wanderingtransl8r.bsky.social
Poet/translator, musician, forager, plant friend. Lover of dogs and the sea. Unapologetically anticapitalist.
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The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The message from the White House this morning is that, once again, it falls on ordinary American citizens to remain calm and professional when dealing with the heavily armed agents of the government because they are very emotional and might fly off into a murderous rage at the slightest insult.
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
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In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
In 2026 I want all of the decent people to remember one thing.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
You aren’t meant to be this disciplined, this self-sacrificing to survive. The environment is supposed to support good living. We can have that. You are not a failure. That is politics.
That is all.
Hey @marylanddot.bsky.social new year, same terrible Baltimore bus system! In the ~35 min. we spent waiting on a Red, 3 buses went the other direction & one going our way refused to stop! Pls explain what you're doing w/our fares & tax dollars.
January 2, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Hey @marylanddot.bsky.social new year, same terrible Baltimore bus system! In the ~35 min. we spent waiting on a Red, 3 buses went the other direction & one going our way refused to stop! Pls explain what you're doing w/our fares & tax dollars.
Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain! 🎃🐈⬛🦊🍂🍁🧙♀️
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Happy Halloween and Blessed Samhain! 🎃🐈⬛🦊🍂🍁🧙♀️
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i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’
Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary
www.theguardian.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
i am not being pollyannish when i insist that the people who sign up do not sign up to advance a president’s domestic political agenda www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
ICE = Stasi. Abolish ICE YESTERDAY.
Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today
June 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
ICE = Stasi. Abolish ICE YESTERDAY.
Finally, finally (Ph)inishe(D), with my final manuscript accepted and prepped for publication. So very tired, and so very grateful. #AcademicSky #PhD #ClassOf2025
June 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Finally, finally (Ph)inishe(D), with my final manuscript accepted and prepped for publication. So very tired, and so very grateful. #AcademicSky #PhD #ClassOf2025
April 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Pre-fucking-cisely. Thank God I kept my name I guess...
Called my congressman who voted for the SAVE act.
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
Me: What documents will I need to vote if this passes?
Staffer: a DL and birth certificate.
Me: The documents don’t match
Staffer: Then a marriage certificate.
Me: Will my husband need the marriage certificate too?
Staffer: No
Me: See the problem?
April 12, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Pre-fucking-cisely. Thank God I kept my name I guess...
Hey #AcademicSky is it normal to just, like, feel really down as you get near the end of this thing? I need to finish (which feels impossible w/a 4/4) but finishing opens up sooo many more questions about what's next. #phdABD #ContingentFaculty
February 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Hey #AcademicSky is it normal to just, like, feel really down as you get near the end of this thing? I need to finish (which feels impossible w/a 4/4) but finishing opens up sooo many more questions about what's next. #phdABD #ContingentFaculty
Fuck ICE. Extrajudicial bullshit. Remember, every PERSON has the same Constitutional rights in this country.
JUST IN: ICE van reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia
February 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Fuck ICE. Extrajudicial bullshit. Remember, every PERSON has the same Constitutional rights in this country.
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In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children.
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...
Measles outbreak in Texas rises to at least 58 cases — the state's worst in over 30 years
A measles outbreak in Texas has led to 58 confirmed cases, making it the state's worst in over 30 years — and local health officials say additional cases are likely to occur.
www.cbsnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
In 2019, RFK Jr visited Samoa to spread anti-vax lies, spurring a measles outbreak that led to the deaths of 83 people - mostly children.
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...
We can’t let that tragedy repeat in Texas. The MMR vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles. Let’s stop the spread.
www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-m...
The *best* part about this is having to ask myself why it matters that I finish my degree if all I'm going to get are NTT jobs teaching gen eds students mostly hate taking. While seeing that an incoming colleague who's also ABD got hired TT. #dissertationlife #phdabd #ContingentFaculty
February 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The *best* part about this is having to ask myself why it matters that I finish my degree if all I'm going to get are NTT jobs teaching gen eds students mostly hate taking. While seeing that an incoming colleague who's also ABD got hired TT. #dissertationlife #phdabd #ContingentFaculty
Thinking @ how ridiculous it is that after teaching 4 classes, holding office hrs, grading homework, answering emails, setting up gradebooks, & filing papers academia just isn't done with me & I somehow have to work after work to be able to write. #AcademicSky #PhDABD #NTT #dissertationlife. 🙃
January 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Thinking @ how ridiculous it is that after teaching 4 classes, holding office hrs, grading homework, answering emails, setting up gradebooks, & filing papers academia just isn't done with me & I somehow have to work after work to be able to write. #AcademicSky #PhDABD #NTT #dissertationlife. 🙃
Yeah this is already a breath of fresh air compared to Facebook and the thing formerly known as Twitter(to quote @oldgodspod.bsky.social ). Excited to join #AcademicSky and get a break from the toxicity elsewhere online.
January 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Yeah this is already a breath of fresh air compared to Facebook and the thing formerly known as Twitter(to quote @oldgodspod.bsky.social ). Excited to join #AcademicSky and get a break from the toxicity elsewhere online.
Hello all! I miss academic Twitter but I'm excited to have a less hatespeech-y place to internet than X or any Meta media.
January 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Hello all! I miss academic Twitter but I'm excited to have a less hatespeech-y place to internet than X or any Meta media.