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Alicia Whitley

@aliciawhitley.bsky.social
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Mom, educator, Bull City baby, and PhD Candidate - with a particular interest in critical media and critical social media literacy. @jeremywhitley.bsky.social is my other half.

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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Allow me to introduce for the first time Dr. and Mr. Whitley. After years of hard work, my brilliant wife @aliciawhitley.bsky.social now has her PhD in education.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Whoo! Just caught my area code on an evidence bag in Deadloch - shoutout Youngsville!
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Lissennnn….
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Keung Hui @keunghui.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
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Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Back to the grind today and the teachers are outside!
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
udm14.com: An easy-to-use shortcut for an AI-free Google search. (Try it!) udm14.com
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&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Hey hey! Enough people have been after me to get a LinkedIn, so I’m doing it! Any professional social networking tips I should know about?
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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
It's Christmas shopping time and people are looking for books for kids and teens, so let me do a little station ID and talk about what I do. Quotes and RS appreciated I am Jeremy Whitley, a queer writer of comics and books from Durham, NC. Here are books of mine you can support now!
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
HEY YOU wanna hear me talk The Matrix and all its transy goodness with these exceptionally kind, thoughtful, curious, wonderful people? for two hours? YOU’RE IN LUCK was truly such a delight to be on and get to talk about how important this film is to the trans community, and why 🩷
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Progressively Horrified @proghorrorpod.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
We are sorry, this week's episode is running late due to...look, there's a lot of reasons but mostly we're sick and everything is on fire. Look, we're talking about Final Destination so let's just say death didn't want the podcast to come out on time so it hit us with logs. Germ logs.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I just finished season 1 of Deadloch and I love it! Where… uh… where’s season 2
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
lol. I feel old.
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Dr. Mansa Keita @rasmansa.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The same Supreme Court that said it is unreasonable to consider race when giving kids access to education, has said it's reasonable to consider race when looking to remove someone from the country. Funny how that works.
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Cate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I've seen several people refer to AI-resisters as having their heads in the sand over the last few days. But resisting doesn't mean the same thing as ignoring something. On the contrary, resisting means engaging with research, parsing information, offering critique, and making informed choices.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 07/09/2025
In this short piece, I lean on embodied cog sci to argue that we should refuse & resist llms in education (pp. 53-58) unesdoc.unesco.org/in/documentV... "the classroom is an environment where love, trust, empathy, care & humility are fostered & mutually cultivated through dialogical interactions"
 But what iseducation? Embodied and enactive cognitive sciences remind us that knowledge is not something discrete that an individual possesses and passes down but an inherently dynamic and evolving endeavour that develops in the process of embodied, curious and engaged interaction through dialogue. The pinnacle of cognition, particularly ‘human  knowing’, is inextricably interwoven with interactions we engage in  with each other and the physical, cultural and social world we inhabit, ‘so much so that individuals are not thinkable outside of their interactions and embeddedness in their (social) world’ (De Jaegher, 2019). Dialogic models of knowledge and education emphasize that interactions between a student and teacher and/or peer provide ‘scaffolding’ for how that child understands the world. The always in flux, active and continually transforming nature of human cognition necessitates that education be fundamentally an ongoing activity. Far from the reductionist view whereby ‘formal knowledge’ can be packaged and acquired from an LLM, the classroom is an environment where love, trust, empathy, care and humility are fostered and mutually cultivated through dialogical interactions
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Diversity in Horror (they/them) @diversityhorror.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Some guy with an AI icon tried to tell me that horror films aren’t political, further proof that AI rots your brain.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Um. @jeremywhitley.bsky.social and I found these abandoned bottles of sriracha and malk… and I have a few questions - the primary one being “is this how Boise gets down?”
A park bench at a bus stop, next to a mostly full bottle of sriracha and a bottle of almond malk.
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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Had an amazing first day of #BCAF with all the @proghorrorpod.bsky.social crew in the same place for the first time! It's me, @aliciawhitley.bsky.social @benkahncomics.bsky.social @megamoth.bsky.social and our (table) Neighbor Totoro!
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I actually really love this visual.
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Progressively Horrified @proghorrorpod.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Hey there Horribles, This week's episode featuring our discussion of The Matrix with the amazing @tillybridges.bsky.social is running a little behind because Alicia and Jeremy have been moving into their new home in the DFW airport, where they may live forever now! We'll try to get it up soon!
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 27/08/2025
I don’t care about Taylor cosplaying as an English teacher. It’s the best job in the world! What I do care about is the silence of multi-millionaires & billionaires as actual teachers consider how to pay for groceries while praying we’re not gunned down at work or arrested for teaching books.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
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Ben (Bee) Kahn @benkahncomics.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
In these times of chaos and horror, creating art and stories still matter. If it didn't, the bastards wouldn't work so hard to try and stop you.
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Breena Nuñez @breenache.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Posting up my little self-promo here to let y’all know I’d like to teach comics in different spaces. I have a background in teaching comics thru an Ethnic Studies lens, so I try to let folks know how important your story is for yourself and your community.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
And this is at the crux of my research. There have been calls for nigh on 50 years (at least) to diversify the books we teach in schools. And yet…
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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
As part of their active banning of queer books, the Trump administration and DoD have actively targeted "The Dog Knight" by myself, @breindigo.bsky.social and @mcapriglioneart.bsky.social for removal from DoD schools. However, you can buy it right now and support us! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Dog Knight
Check out The Dog Knight - <p><b>A nonbinary middle schooler saves a dog from bullies and is offered the chance to become the Dog Knight, protector of a magical pact between humans and dogs, in the fi...
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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
According to this court order (drive.google.com/file/d/1iKxU...) GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR has been banned from Department of Defense schools. Its one of 596: pen.org/books-banned...
GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by Jadzia Axelrod, Vash Taylor and Ariana Maher
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Ben (Bee) Kahn @benkahncomics.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
In addition to Elle Campbell, a lot of great books specifically about non-binary protagonists like The Dog Knight were targeted in Trump's DoD ban
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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Guess whose award winning book with a non-binary protagonist that's actually just about magical talking dogs got expressly banned by DoD schools
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I am a novice at writing comics, but it has been so striking to hear *successful* creators possess the expectation that they will forever be one health crisis away from total financial ruin. Often it’s expressed as dark humor. But that will forever define the industry for me.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
You know, I think that this Superman movie is the best one I’ve seen in… nearly 40 years? I really enjoyed it! I especially enjoyed every second Mr. Terrific was on screen!
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a man in a superhero costume says " quit messing around "
ALT: a man in a superhero costume says " quit messing around "
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Hey @dlowliteracy.bsky.social ! Just in case I don’t see you again tomorrow it was great meeting you in person!
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
On my way to #ELATE2025, I paused to check out the ribbons at St. Matthew’s. I stopped to tie one on myself. One of the groundskeepers encouraged me - “when prayers go up, blessings come down”. I thanked her and left a ribbon and a prayer… and a couple of tears. It felt right this morning.
Multicolored ribbons adorn the wrought iron fence in front of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Charleston, SCA legend for the ribbons indicates the significance of each ribbon color.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I’m not feeling very patriotic today… for reasons. But I did want to put some energy into my local community - so the kid and I volunteered at the #FestivalfortheEno as face painters. … and everyone was super nice about my poor attempts at face painting!
Woman and child show off tired faces and painted arms and facesArm and cheek paintedKid is hard at work face painting at a festival
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Public Ed Works @publicedworks.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The Trump administration is withholding $169M from NC public schools amid a federal review of how funds are used. Programs affected include teacher training, after-school care, and immigrant student support, sparking concern from educators statewide. #NCed
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Trump administration withholds $169M from NC public schools amid review
Nearly every North Carolina public school system or public charter school receives funding from at least one of the programs, and more than 70 organizations receive funding for before- and after-schoo...
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Outdoor Afro is offering scholarships to cover the costs of anyone, at any age, interested in learning how to swim: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A photo of a little boy swimming
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Today, I chided myself for not getting enough work done after waking up from a couch nap. Then I had to remind myself that I haven’t taken a day off in the past two weeks. So, in case you’re like me… Don’t beat yourself up for taking a break. You’re not lazy. You’re just tired.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Some news! Resistance Summer School has an official home! I will teach Race, Media, and International Affairs 101 at the iconic Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C., starting in mid-July. Thank you to everyone for their support! karenattiah.substack.com/p/studying-t...
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Studying to Survive: The New Home of Resistance Summer School
Race, Media and International Affairs 101 will be hosted at an iconic civil rights landmark in the heart of Washington D.C.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Okay, so my advisor wrote an amazing piece that brilliantly articulates the pivot we educators have had to make - and quickly - once DEI became a ‘bad word’. “This is not the work I imagined in 2020. But it is still the work.” Give it a read. www.ethicalela.com/from-guide-t...
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From Guide to Guerrilla: Teaching Anti-Racist ELA in Restrictive Times - Ethical ELA
by Dr. Michelle M. Falter Five years ago, my co-authors, Chandra Alston, Crystal Lee, and I published Becoming Anti-Racist English Teachers in the spirit of national reckoning. The call was clear: Lis...
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
This is factually incorrect. It’s… not even subtext. It’s literally the text. It’s a form of root that connects us to past and future… not Satan’s music at all.
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Kickstarter just kicked off for the Aces and Aros Anthology - and at this point, they’re just over halfway to their goal! If you’re interested in supporting the anthology, check it out! And, if you can, consider backing the project!
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Progressively Horrified @proghorrorpod.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Getting all of our bonus episodes transferred over to our Patreon from A-Cast. It's a great time to join and get access to tons of bonus episodes including our "Progressively Furious" series. www.patreon.com/posts/progre...
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Progressively Furious Episode 1: The Fast and the Furious | Progressively Horrified
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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Private 🍅 schools 🍅 aren't 🍅 better🍅 than 🍅 public 🍅. They're 🍅 just 🍅 allowed 🍅 to 🍅 discriminate🍅.
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
“I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” — Minister Malcolm X He was born 100 years ago today. Rest in power.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Hate this a lot. Value human creators, writers, artists, narrators, editors -- everyone in the chain of making a book and putting it out into the world should be a human being. Humans make art for humans. P.S. fuck AI -- eat shit, artbarf robots www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This thread is a stirring tribute to the goodest and weirdest boy-boy. We will miss you Acetopher.
An older dog, with brown and white coat, gazes wistfully out of a window.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Alicia Whitley @aliciawhitley.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Finally!!!
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