K.R. Parker, Ph.D. (she/her)

This is depraved

I thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

Oooooh

TSA Imposes $45 Fee for Travelers Without REAL ID Starting February 2026 (Gift Article) As of February, passengers without the government-approved identity card will be required to pay for alternative screening at U.S. airports.

This should be a scandal.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/t...

Graphic that reads: "The average hourly wage necessary to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the United States is $28.17. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25." -- National Low Income Housing Coalition

I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.

It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.

We do. But no one is listening.

Image title says "The Category is Thankful" and includes 4 books published on or about Octavia E. Butler. The books are the graphic novel adaptation of Parable of the Talents by Damian Duffy, John Jennings, and David Brame (top left), Understanding Octavia E. Butler by Kendra R. Parker (top right); Octavia E. Butler: H is for Horse by Chi-Ming Yang (bottom left); Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler by Susana M. Morris (bottom right)

We're thankful for everyone keeping Butler's spirit alive.
Check out these 4 works, published this year, that are helping to do just that.

#OctaviaButler #GodIsChange #BlackSciFi #blackwriters #blackwomenwriters #Earthseed

I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson.

For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.

One, I had not heard this specific example but it’s aligned with the whole history of tech. Not surprised. Just grossed out.

Two, this should be illegal. We should all care that it isn’t.

A photo of Texas A&M University’s logo

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.

Trump's war on the hungry continues with Supreme Court win The pause allows, for now, the president to keep using hungry Americans as a political weapon.

Trump, who rushed to the Supreme Court on Friday, is hellbent in his refusal to bring much-needed aid to the country's neediest.

BREAKING: The USDA tells states funds will be made available later today to pay November SNAP benefits in full.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...

No accountability for the MOVE bombing in Philly was one of the stepping stones for what’s happening in DC, Chicago, LA, Memphis right now.

Man, I'm sorry, but reading all these AI generated essays from students, it just sucks all the joy out of everything. It's exhausting, makes you into a weird paranoid cop, grinds you down, wastes your time, makes you feel like shit about everything.

Fuck this shit technology and all its enablers.

a cartoon of grinch with a very angry look on his face Alt: a cartoon of grinch with a very sinister smile

Lady of Poison Nightmares & Melancholy (because I couldn’t pick just one color; I love two!)

a new york yankees baseball player wearing a helmet Alt: a new york yankees baseball player wearing a helmet pointing his fingers to his eyes and towards someone not seen

🧐🧐🧐🧐

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

a picture of a cat with the words did somebody say " books " Alt: a picture of a cat with the words did somebody say " books "?

My fav thing to grasp onto in movies & books right now is characters researching in libraries (Blood in the Water), relying on reputable books & reliable data for info (San Andreas, 2015), & the like.

It notice it more because of where we are & because of
::gestures wildly:: all the things.

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win.

We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”

-Assata

“Pastor i feel like im losing my faith”

Lose it…. Allow yourself to be transformed and begin again

It would make a great movie! Safe travels & enjoy HU! (Wish I could be there!)

A dating questionnaire that reads: Can I be your boyfriend and take you out and buy you stuff and feed you? Yes No Maybe

Fuck Tinder.
Fuck Bumble.
Fuck all them dating apps.

Let’s get straight to it.

Hi!!! All is well here! Just finished a re-read of the Edge of Dawn 👀😂 How are you doing?

@authormsbev.bsky.social would be so proud ☺️☺️☺️

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him.

I'm talking about something very different.

Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired.

Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to.

But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Congrats!!!! 🍾🎉🎈🎊

But WAIT

this poem by Jacqueline Woodson is so beautiful!

#PoetryPeople @thevogelman.bsky.social @marcusluther.bsky.social