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tressiemcphd.bsky.social
Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears. Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
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Oh. My. God.

submitted 5 hours ago • 12 comments

Trying to find which platform @tressiemcphd.bsky.social described Trump's "stress test" routine because now we're on round two of tariff stress tests and it is functioning as intended, to make us relieved at "only" prospective 10% price increases (cf. today's stock market)

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

With some union members if the American federation of musicians at last night’s fundraiser for @dissentmag.bsky.social

submitted 10 hours ago • 3 comments

How did I forget to mention that i was standing behind Martha Stewart in New York last week?!! 😂😂. My driver points her out and I geek. Only three famous people can do that to me. Meanwhile the accompanying 11-year-old got caught up in the thrill…and then asked, “wait who is Martha Stewart?”

submitted 10 hours ago • 3 comments

Very specific trauma of receiving a “pumpkin patch doll” and it’s nice to know new victims are still being made 😂

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

I love this so much

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married? Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote. Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...

submitted 11 hours ago • 1283 comments

Midway down, especially. (Thanks.)

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

In case you haven’t heard what living near one of these is like www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/o...

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

One day, one day, a brave soul shall contextualize the line from Obama’s techno government revolution to what we have today. Someone.

submitted 10 hours ago • 3 comments

This is absolutely correct. And provided a whole infrastructure for white papers, talking points, draft legislation. Which is how D.C.. works but you need to know that this isn’t a natural occurrence

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Huge economic impact does not, its worth pointing out, promise a positive impact.

submitted 10 hours ago • 2 comments

Eric Schmidt just said this in a congressional hearing! He ultimately sees 99% of total power generation in the US going to data centers for AI. 99%! Any way you cut, this is a patently insane and insanely destructive notion.

submitted 12 hours ago • 22 comments

One day, I will share about my meeting with Schmidt Futures where I purposefully brought up Timnit and the harms that they were pushing. It was clear they thought I was regular public policy scholar and not, ya know, me.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

I tried to explain this to someone and I had details a bit muddled so I sounded INSANE. But it’s real.

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

Many of modern America’s problems can be traced back to the 2000 smash hit “It wasnt me” by Shaggy, which pioneered the sort of shameless dishonesty in the face of directly contradictory facts that is now sadly commonplace in our culture

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

There is an infant on this plane who is snoring like a grown man. It cuts through the white noise. I am so charmed 😂😂

submitted 13 hours ago • 4 comments

I’ve found it’s all about maintenance. I now take all my allergy meds year round on a schedule like they’re heart pills. It just keeps getting worse out there.

submitted 14 hours ago • 8 comments

The specificity of this 🤌🏿

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

This, but accessories.

submitted 14 hours ago • 6 comments

I have a theory about that.

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

I honestly thank the lord that some of you remember these things because I often feel crazy.

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

This is exactly why I don't like "smart" appliances. I want dull ones. A boring refrigerator. A himbo of a washing machine.

submitted 15 hours ago • 8 comments

I think about the lead poisoning thing A LOT recently.

submitted 15 hours ago • 3 comments

It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident. We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.

submitted 1 day ago • 784 comments

This reparations for Jan 6 fascists *might* break me a little. Just a smidge.

submitted 15 hours ago • 7 comments

The deputization of whiteness as discussed by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social … they’re signaling that it’s ok to break the law and in fact you won’t be punished but actually rewarded.

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

I did some math. I haven’t experienced but one sunny day above 35 degrees in over four months. Everywhere I am, there is horrible weather while I’m there. I’ve never had seasonal depression before. Ever. But this year the weather is conspiring with politics to break me.

submitted 15 hours ago • 16 comments

Merriam Webster has been very pointed I’ll say with some of the Words of the Day lately lol

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Sure, the white heteropatriarchial fascism is continuing apace BUT if you are an adult with your own money you can dress like a Starfleet admiral on any random Tuesday you’d like! For now.

submitted 16 hours ago • 15 comments

I am mad at how much I have been loving my first print copy of the London Review of Books. I could've been reading a newspaper about books and current events all this time?!

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments