Yasmine Flodin-Ali

Salty that my beloved and much overused em dash is now associated with Chat GPT dribble

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

NEVER.

Colleges must stand up to the new segregationists (opinion) In rushing to comply with Trump’s executive actions, universities support a segregationist agenda, Subini Annamma and David Stovall write.

“We believe this rush to comply is a sign that universities are willing to become an institutional wing of the new segregationists.”

www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Working on an article and recalling the sage advice of my advisor, who said that all of the section titles in a piece can be either deep and mysterious, or, explanatory and factual, but not to mix and match those two styles. Going for mysterious!

Research universities are often the largest employers in their region. They are often the primary health care providers to communities. This funding shift will not only reduce US research leadership, it will put working people out of work and reduce healthcare access.

Sanctuary Lessons: How Chicago Teachers Are Defending Their Students “At the end of the day, we protect our students, period,” says educator Silvia Gonzalez.

For my latest, I talked with @ctulocal1.bsky.social president Stacy Davis Gates and artist and educator Silvia Gonzalez about how Chicago teachers are creating Sanctuary Teams to protect undocumented students and other marginalized youth from Trump's aggression. (Includes organizing resources.)

Ep.78 Meet your (Muslim Match)maker The Field Between · Episode

@thatkalb.bsky.social and I chat with one of the matchmakers on Hulu's new show, Muslim Matchmaker, airing tomorrow!

open.spotify.com/episode/1OeU...