Emily K, PhD. 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇧🇪

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.

A reposted screen grab which reads "Renee Nicole Good. Rest in power. As we mourn her loss with righteous anger, we cannot forget: The 14 other people shot by ICE since July 2025. The 32 people who died in ICE custody since January 2025."

A repost of a tweet by the caterpillar project which reads "JD Vance knows good and well ICE agents do not have absolute immunity. He went to Yale. He is an evil, lying, manipulator, but he isn't uninformed. He is just hoping you are. Education is resistance. Knowledge is power."

#ReneeNicoleGood #AbolishICE

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.

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.

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! 🎃🐈‍⬛🦊🍂🍁🧙‍♀️

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

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.

Thank you! While I have a relatively stable NTT job atm, I'm excited to see what's next.

Finally, finally (Ph)inishe(D), with my final manuscript accepted and prepped for publication. So very tired, and so very grateful. #AcademicSky #PhD #ClassOf2025

I'm still burnt out AF, but tysm! I'm taking this summer off from almost all work to recuperate. 🌊🏕

And it's done. 292 pages, 73K words, 8 1/2 years. #yMasAlla #PhDABD #PhDToBe #AcademicSky

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

Fuck ICE. Extrajudicial bullshit. Remember, every PERSON has the same Constitutional rights in this country.

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.

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...

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

Amazing, can't wait to try this

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.

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.