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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D.

@madryaeltong.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of New Testament and Judaic Studies. HBCU Stan. Theoryhead. Views my own. RT ≠ endorsement.🌹🥢🏳️‍🌈 #FlyEaglesFly #NotMeUs she/היא

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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
For anyone else deeply confused by RFK’s recent word salad, here’s the explanation.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
What’s hilarious about parental expectations that “by 40 you should have it all figured out,” is that, when you reach 40, you realize that not only do YOU not have it all figured out, neither did your parents.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Ok the heat is on in my apartment and the a/c in on in the train and y’all nyc weather better make up its mind soon.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
It’s Spring Break and hands down the most controversial text I’ve taught all semester was Basil’s “Sermon to the Rich”.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I am so freaking old
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Gen Z/α skeet: ACAB includes teachers/parents/babysitters Millennials: *slams 6th espresso martini down on the bar* BRING IT ON! WE’VE GOT NOTHING—no, but actually, we, like, have actually nothing—TO LOSE!!!
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I see Bluesky is having a real Malcolm in the Middle moment
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Waikiki Wanda @wanda.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Whoever coined the phrase "anti bedtime caucus" for these types really nailed it in one
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Waikiki Wanda @wanda.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Do “ACAB means teachers” anarchists know that teachers have made all the criticisms of modern school structures that they’re ineffectually referencing, using language that doesn’t make people immediately dismiss anything they have to say forever
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Is there a reason the Dems can’t just run on FDR’s platform (but without all the racism)?
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The unregulated tech industry is ruining literally everything in society.
Screenshot of text conversation where I say: Irony of the day: In response to an article about how “big data” could be used to improve people’s sex lives, I responded “OR people could just OPENLY COMMUNICATE about sexuality” and facebook removed my comment and locked me out for 24 hours.
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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Jewish students at Columbia university today organized a demonstration in solidarity with anti-war student organizer Mahmoud Khalil and to denounce Trump's attacks on public education and protest. Photo via @/Columbia_psc
Students hold signs at protest reading "Fuck Fascism" and "Jews Hate ICE"
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
For real, everyone I know should be reading The Grapes of Wrath because it’s a novel about right the fuck now and also about what can be done about it.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
They. Have. No. Freaking. Money.
Screenshot of article from the economist whose headline says “young people are having less fun: youthful excess continues to decline.”
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Yall a 10oz bag of frozen blueberries in nyc is $16
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Your boss has HR. Your company has lawyers. Your late capitalist masters want to replace unions with AI.
Photo of advert on the nyc subway that reads: your boss has hr, your company has lawyers, you have Jayla, the AI Employee Advocate
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Anyone else’s pharmacy located in a majority Black/immigrant neighborhood also sold out of diabetic supplies?
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Ancient history/bible/late antiquity nerds, is it possible for a πανδοκεῖον to mean a brothel?
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
0% surprised
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It’s been a while since I taught international students, and all I’ve got to say is that the American educational system sucks.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
One of the most interesting things I’ve noticed in the shift (or schism) in definitions of masculinity in the last 30 years is how Hal, Bryan Cranston’s character in Malcolm in the Middle, would be called a beta simp by a significant number of men on Twitter. And that is absolutely mind blowing.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I just watched a reel where this gen z trumper argued that healthcare can’t be a right because healthcare requires labor and anything that requires labor can’t be a right… …and I’m pretty sure I heard the blood vessel in my eyeball pop
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Ummm…. I work at an HBCU. I’m totally cooked, yes? apple.news/A_fES0E_US5i...
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Education Department letter threatens federal funding of any school that considers race in most aspects of student life — CNN
The Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter Friday threatening the federal funding of any academic institution that considers race in most aspects of student life.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I don’t give 2 shits about the deficit, but I’m pretty sure “reducing government spending” was the literal reason for creating this shit-stain department to begin with. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending
DOGE has so far disrupted everything in government bar the deficit
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
“In the early 2020s, economists and bosses were hopeful that they, and other AI tools, would level the playing field…More recent findings…instead suggest a future in which high-flyers fly still higher—and the rest are left behind.” GIFT: How AI will divide the best from the rest econ.st/41frG9R
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How AI will divide the best from the rest
Optimists hope the technology will be a great equaliser. Instead, it looks likely to widen social divides
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Behind every “anti-trans” policy is just misogyny: apple.news/AhoYJDLI0QQa...
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Married women could be stopped from voting under SAVE Act — Newsweek
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act could prevent many married women from being able to register to vote.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
This is literally all of Medicaid btw
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Oh this is so bad. This is so so so bad. apple.news/AsVlWWPorTgG...
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Russia asks Elon Musk to hand over names of dissidents — The Times and The Sunday Times
Moscow has appealed to the US to identify exiled Russian opposition figures who received funding from America’s international aid agency, which Elon Musk described as a “criminal organisation”. Trump’...
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 10/02/2025
Have you had your passport application put on hold or suspended in the last few weeks because of the executive order from the Trump administration about trans people’s documents. If so I want to talk to you. Email: sydneyerinwrites@gmail.com Signal: @SydneyBauer.30
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Holzman-Tweed (he-suite) @holzman-tweed.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Christians take note: the Pope did not try to defend Christianity from the couchfucker by telling non-Christians he's a fake Christian or even Catholic, but to say he's in error and instruct him on correct theology. Go and do likewise.
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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 04/02/2025
I just can't help but feel that if some 21 year old groyper told me to delete Meals on Wheels I would simply get out of my chair and beat the living shit out of him!
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I hate Valentines Day, and everyone always asks me why — I always explain that it’s because I worked in food service and #iykyk
Screenshot of tweet that reads “I waitresses at Olive Garden for years and no amount of training can prepare you for the number of men who think it’s ok to propose to their girlfriends in an Olive Garden on Valentine’s Day.”
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Y’all. Lemme explain why this matters and isn’t just a nag. The screenshot shared was this one. People who look like me need to know if we need to stay inside and/or carry our passports. We need ACCURATE information so we can plan. In this case, there’s no source so it can’t be verified.
Screenshot of Democracy Now headline that reads “ICE Agents in Colorado Go Door to Door Demanding IDs and Asking People to Turn In Their Neighbors” https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/headlines/ice_agents_in_colorado_go_door_to_door_demanding_ids_and_asking_people_to_turn_in_their_neighbors
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Well fuck. apple.news/AudbdINYeQwy...
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Crucial research halted as DOGE abruptly terminates Education Department contracts — Chalkbeat
Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative has terminated Education Department contracts worth $881 million. Many were for research efforts schools rely on to help students.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This article is WILD nymag.com/intelligence...
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People With Parents With Money
14 adults come clean about the down payments, allowances, cash infusions, and tuition payments that make their New York lives feasible.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Please please PLEASE don’t share headlines without a source, especially stuff that can cause a panic. Thanks!
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I’m seeing a lot of people sharing this @democracynow.org headline, but I can’t find information on the raid from other sources. It’s not that I think it’s“fake news” as much as I am really need left-leaning media to share accurate info to keep people safe www.democracynow.org/2025/2/6/hea...
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ICE Agents in Colorado Go Door to Door Demanding IDs and Asking People to Turn In Their Neighbors
In Colorado, heavily armed ICE agents carried out large-scale immigration raids at apartment complexes across Denver and Aurora on Wednesday. The Denver Post reports masked agents knocked on doors dem...
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Somehow I’m not surprised. Source: apple.news/Abm481ZaiQom...
Screenshot of headline that reads: Texas man becomes the latest Jan. 6 pardon recipient to be arrested again
Andrew Taake, who was released from prison after receiving a presidential pardon, was arrested by a fugitive task force in Texas on a 2016 charge of soliciting a minor.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Literally no one was going to die on the paper straw hill, but can we pretend we’re all distraught so he keeps wasting his time on 💩 like this?
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Some of the best headline writing I have ever witnessed.
Screenshot of headline from Esquire that reads “‘Back to Plastic!!!!’ Says most powerful man in the world. I, for one, an incredibly moved by the eloquence.” The screenshot includes the article’s photo of Trump shyly raising a fist and puckering his lips in a pose that looks like a very weak person attempting to appear strong.
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M Adryael Tong, Ph.D. @madryaeltong.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Way to go, idiots! apple.news/Af2g-z1DOR0q...
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Kids leave childcare as immigration fears hit the US’s youngest — Guardian US
Childcare workers also nervous to go to jobs due to deportation threats as Ice raids rampant in Trump era
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 06/02/2025
A federal court just blocked Elon Musk from interfering with the federal government’s payments system. There is power in fighting back. We won’t let up until this block is permanent.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered a block on the Fork "deferred resignation" program until additional litigation can take place.
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elderberry 🍜 @daylightlor.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I have a friend whose dad owns a company that was getting audited by the IRS. he removed all the chairs from the entire building and made the IRS guy walk across the street with boxes to do the audit if he wanted to sit down. Needless to say the audit didn’t last long.
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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 06/02/2025
ALL YOUR ORGANIZING MUST GO THROUGH SIGNAL ON NON-WORK DEVICES.
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taliabuford.bsky.social @taliabuford.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We're hiring two deputy editors join @propublica.org's award winning data & news apps teams, led by @schwanksta.com: 🧮5+ years in data or investigative journalism ➕ Supervising experience a plus 📌Remote friendly in U.S. 💰$140K - $150K Data: grnh.se/133da8df6us News Apps: grnh.se/4a6ceea76us
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Deputy Data Editor
New York, New York, United States
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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Too old, too rich, too cloistered, and too bumbling.
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BlackJew 🏳️‍⚧️ @blackjew.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The reason that Trump voters aren't outraged by the continued rising prices is that they voted for whiteness and white supremacy and the opportunity to be included in it. Trump made explicit that has been the implicit and not-so-hidden pitch for Republicans since Nixon. Can we talk about it now?
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The heist of 100,000 eggs in Pennsylvania becomes a whodunit that police have yet to crack
The heist of 100,000 eggs from the back of a trailer in Pennsylvania has become a whodunit that police have yet to crack.
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WIRED @wired.com · 06/02/2025
NEW: Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
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DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.
A memo listing all of the clubs eliminated by USMA.
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