Robin Bernstein

Same. Crypto is exactly the same as Beanie Babies, but without the Beanie Babies.

Monochrome photograph of a young standing white woman in bold stance, wearing a cap, shirt and breeches, smoking, in a photography studio

Norwegian photographer, women's suffragist Marie Høeg (1866-1949) made late 19thc and early 20thc photography including self portraits which challenged how women were expected to be portrayed #WomensArt

I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.

Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.

How many women have died with “fucking bitch” ringing in their ears? Don’t let the misogyny get erased here

He exposed myth of the South’s ‘Lost Cause.’ His death shook Richmond. William “Bill” Martin, 71, died Sunday, Dec. 28, a day after being struck by a car near the Valentine local history museum where he had served as director more than 30 years.

what a terrible loss to the commonwealth www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

They're going to *throw out* one-of-a-kind NASA archives?!

Not even a year since the Inauguration & we're already at the 2nd-time-as-farce version of the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

Why? Why? Why?

A Brief History of Black Doll Designers Since the 1950s - Google Arts & Culture Celebrate the role of Black designers in diversifying dolls to help children build pride and encourage conversation.

The Strong National Museum of Play has put together a lovely online exhibit on Black dolls designers since the 1950s. Enjoy. artsandculture.google.com/story/MAUx6p...

#BlackDolls
#Play
#Toys
#ToyDesigners

This is a metaphor for the tech industry overall circa 2025

Multicoloured painting with lines, circles and star like motif representing significant meaning

Collaborative artwork, 2019 by the senior Indigenous women artists of Amata in the APY Lands of Australia #WomensArt

AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

"Moderator: What do you think of Adolf Hitler? Ashley: I think he was a great leader, to be honest. I think what he was going for was terrible, but I think he showed very strong leadership values. Andrew: I’m in favor of a strong executive. I think we should have a stronger executive branch. I don’t think we should be killing people or doing mass genocide, obviously, but I do think we should have a strong executive. I feel like one of the biggest problems Trump is running into right now is all these little courts, they want to throw up little blockages against everything he’s trying to do, whether it be his tariffs or deporting people. So I’m very pro-strong executive, strong leader, strong man. I support national sovereignty, and Hitler was a nationalist. He was like, we have to take Germany back for Germans. And I feel like we should do that in America. We should take America back for our native population. So, I’m not an expert on Hitler by any means, but as far as nationalism is concerned, I’m all that. Brice: I myself am actually Jewish, ancestrally. I’m Christian by faith, but Jewish by blood. I’ve actually read Mein Kampf. The end conclusions that he came to: absolutely abominable. But I strangely understood where he was coming from as far as wanting to improve the national state of Germany."

From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)

Tell me again about how Zohran Mamdani is the big threat to Jewish thriving in the US today.

AI is a war on Christmas. Spread the word.

YES INDEED

This summer I was in Toronto for the Graphic Medicine conference & on the path called Philosopher’s Walk, I found this memorial & grove of trees planted for the 14 women killed in the Montreal Massacre in 1989. "It is not enough to look back in pain. We must create a new future."

I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating "I am no stranger to students trying to cut corners by copying and pasting from Wikipedia, but the introduction of generative AI has enabled them to cheat in startling new ways."

Yes. Yes. Yes. Sob. Yes.

@huffpost.com #AI #teaching

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...

Does #FunHome pass the #BechdelTest? I asked this question in the program notes for the @huntingtontheatre.bsky.social's production of this amazing musical. Hope you'll take a peek at my answer! It's on p. 10. And do check out this show! www.huntingtontheatre.org/whats-on/fun...

Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...

Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process — theonion.com/not-sure-how...

Today I had a phone call with a repairman. He called me Carol. I just let it slide. After we hung up, he called me back.
Repair Guy: I just realized I called you Carol. I'm sorry.
Me: That's OK. I've been called worse.
Repair Guy: Thanks for understanding, Robin.
Me: No problem, Carol.

I think it’s super weird that Americans normalized spotlighting individual social media posts as “news” and then responding by harassing and doxxing people because of them

Gamergate should have been a show stopper, not a starter

I could only think of two: @alisonbechdel.bsky.social and Bill Watterson. I'm curious to hear other people's answers!

A question for you: who is an author who has written more than 5 books, and you have read every book the author has published? My answers in the first comment.

Wow, thank you, @afroartnerd.bsky.social ! This really brings a smile to my face.

Smiling white person with red shirt, glasses, and green cap. Person holds travel mug that reads "drafting the past."

Thank you, @draftingthepast.bsky.social! Kate Carpenter interviews #historians about how--and why--we do what we do. I loved talking with her about what I call the "disco ball of integrity." draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis... And now she's sent me this awesome swag! Thanks for this awesome podcast.

a very easy thing you can do right now if you're worried about the SNAP freeze and don't know how to help is Google "community fridge [your location]" and then drop stuff off at that fridge

Episode 219 - Interview with Dr. Robin Bernstein - Writers Drinking Coffee Dr. Bernstein and her book, Freeman's Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit, delves into the history of America’s prisons

WDC met with Dr. Robin Bernstein from Harvard to talk about her latest book, non-fiction account of the earliest for-profit prisons in NY. She's fascinating!
www.writersdrinkingcoffee.com/posts/podcas...

No one told him to shut up. No one glared at him. No one treated him like a potential threat. The doors opened and he ran out, into the air.

My soul is finding hope on the micro level. At the rally, sure. But more--in the subway car. (4/4)

At this point, people on the train started spontaneously comforting him. "The doors will open soon," they said. "You're going to be OK," they said. (3/4)

He pushed his way toward a door, jostling the tightly-packed crowd. "I have to get out," he said. "I'm autistic. I have to get out." The train stalled, and he started banging on the doors. (2/4)

On Saturday after the rally in Boston, I took a very crowded train. At one point, a man in the train became agitated. "I have to get out," he repeated. (1/4)