Julia Leyda (she/her)

A penchant is when you repeatedly say aloud that you want more pens.

I had to read Elijah Anderson's "The White Space" for a course I'm teaching and I couldn't help but think of how moderation policies on social media platforms increasingly create "white spaces" through policing such that white comfort becomes the norm of the space.

Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education

come on, pop, bubble, pop! from vice dean for AI initiatives at Columbia: "Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves...administrators are aiding & abetting a hostile takeover of higher ed" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

Does Your Country Need Regime Change? A Quiz “In announcing the U.S. military strike on Iran, President Donald Trump went significantly beyond his previous justification of destroying the coun...

"Has your leader renamed several prominent institutions after himself?"

Det jeg har møtt i Fukushima, er en langsom katastrofe som fortsatt pågår Når Norge nå diskuterer ny kjernekraft, diskuterer vi ikke bare energi for de neste tiårene. Vi diskuterer forpliktelser som strekker seg langt forbi alle som i dag deltar i debatten.

Tomorrow it's 15 years since the triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns struck Japan. In today's Aftenposten, I'm writing about my visits to Fukushima and what the possible lessons for Norway today are.

Opinion | The Popcorn Resistance of ‘One Battle After Another’

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/o...
Thank you! Sheesh.

Wahrheit zum internationalen #Frauentag 2026.

"When I was young, I believed in three things: Marxism, the redemptive power of cinema, and dynamite. Now I just believe in dynamite."

— Sergio Leone.

everyone loved the tech industry's free music and friendship machines of 20-30 years ago. it's unclear what could be causing people to feel the opposite about the industry's new racism and insanity machine

We've raised nearly $6800 for this utterly essential organization (see thread).

Can you help us get to $7500 today?

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Just finished the book ACE: What Asexuality reveals about desires, society, and the meaning of sex. High recommend anyone and everyone 10/10. My biggest realisation from this book is that I am one very ignorant girly😭
At least now I am a bit less ignorant now👍
#asexual #asexuality

Book Spotlight: Petrochemical Fantasies: The Art and Energy of American Comics by Daniel Worden

Beginner's Guide to Black Science Fiction & Fantasy part iii This is a beginner's guide to black science fiction and fantasy.

Gerald L. Coleman comes through once again with a comprehensive collection of Black Fantastic fiction to check out for Black History Month and beyond. Please share.
geraldcoleman.com/beginners-gu...?

Am 31. März darf ich auf Einladung des Leibniz-Instituts für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa die Oskar-Halecki-Lecture 2026 halten, in der ich über Nationalstaatsbildung, Latinität und ungleichen Vorstellungen von Rumänischsein sprechen werde. Details unten, Vortrag wird aufgezeichnet.

T.Rex - 20th Century Boy (Full Version) [HD] YouTube video by T.Rex

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

Day 9: A Song that feels underrated

PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Job title: PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026

Some colleagues in my old department in Trondheim are recruiting a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and/or STS on the "Imagining Positive Energy Futures" project. 3 years, fully funded. Norway's a good place to do a PhD and Trondheim's a nice place to live!

Wir sind der Osten Wir glauben, die Mehrheit der Menschen in Ostdeutschland denkt fortschrittlich. Und genau das zeigen wir.

Durch eine Kollegin entdeckt. Sehr spannend und ermutigend, die vielen Kurzportraits zu lesen. wirsindderosten.de/wir-sind-der...

Environmental Film and Television Studies Environmental Film and Television Studies encompasses a set of interdisciplinary scholarly practices designed to foreground ecological issues in film and television. Drawing on approaches from across ...

1st pub this year. Open access handbook entry. Please share! ✍🏻
#AcademicPublishing #EnvHum
doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Once again proving the profound unpopularity of…Brett Ratner.
👏👏👏

a man in a black and white striped sweater is laying on a bed with #schitts creek written on the bottom Alt: a man in a black and white striped sweater (David) is in a bed looking horrified and covering his face with his hands with #schitts creek written on the bottom

Wow. They worked hard on that title.

If you have concerns about the production of your book manuscript or how a publisher is engaging with AI, *please* ask your dealbreaker questions well before you are holding a contract in hand. You will lose months if not years if you wait until after peer review (and likely won’t get what you want)

2026 mascot just dropped 🐴🤔

Huge kudos to Ideas on Fire authors C. Riley Snorton @crileysnorton.bsky.social and Darius Bost on the publication of A Black Queer History of the United States, out now from @beaconpress.bsky.social! 🎉

www.beacon.org/Black-Queer-...

#IoFAuthors

ILU MSP!! ❤️

(alt text: You can't kill us all/ We're always watching you/
Get the fuck out of our state/ All power to the people)

Andor | Karis Nemik’s Manifesto | Disney+ YouTube video by Star Wars

I dislike when people reduce important, history-making moments in modern life to pop culture references.

But also fuck it, this is a super great time to rewatch Andor.

Call the piece of legislation that ultimately abolishes ICE the Pretti-Good Act

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.