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The "try shit" era has been here for a minute. TRY. SHIT.

Writing Instruction Tip: Asking students to describe (among other things) a writer's voice and state whether they would want to meet that writer based on the voice is a very entertaining way to check their reading comprehension.

Anyone else get an email from a student mentioning ICE as the reason they couldn't come to class? We have some seriously immediate work to do.

I haven’t left my house in days, except to run to the store. I am about to hop on my 5th zoom call of the day. Ah yes, this is what the pandemic was like.

Thinking about Dr. King & Tortugita & Cornelius Taylor open.substack.com/pub/drphoeni...

The City of Atlanta murdered a houseless person this morning, sweeping an encampment in O4W. First they close the warming centers in the dead of winter, now this. www.11alive.com/article/news...

A student wrote on a course eval that they appreciated the class’s « humanity ». Take that, water & energy wasting robots.

@tyleraking.com The Mutual Aid L.A. team's resource list is up. Please boost, it's the best one I've seen: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

A comrade and political prisoner needs support. Please take a moment to read their story. If you can't donate, please share #StopCopCity #ACAB www.givesendgo.com/amin

My typos are here to reassure the world that I am not AI generated.

drphoenix.substack.com/p/defeating-... Ray Charles is a survival tactic.

Why is there so much Sw*ft in my feed. I did not ask for this.

Everyone I talk to is still talking about it.

Let’s all be activists and organizers so there will be too many of us for them to keep tabs on. Also, I thought it was the FBI who snooped on people this way?

Went past his 8 o’clock curfew?

Omg, that is exactly what’s been happening.

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Friends don’t let friends talk about Joe Biden like they don’t know he was one of the masterminds of mass incarceration 🤷🏻‍♀️

Thank you Ossoff and Warnock from the bottom of this GA resident’s heart.

Important must-read:

A colleague turned me onto Sarah Kendzior’s analysis, following the election. Her latest Substack newsletter is a terrific synthesis of that. Grateful to have these voices. substack.com/@sarahkendzior

This is a lovely group of people I have been getting to know over the at few months. Come organize with us if you’re feeling isolated in these tense times, or tired of doom scrolling and feeling helpless.