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@rjlynn.bsky.social
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Ph.D student, Social Studies Education, Equity, 🏳️‍🌈 🍉

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Wow. Proponents of the ICE taser gloves are openly saying that one reason they love the gloves is that they doesn’t leave any marks or proof that they were used, making it harder for people to sue when they’re shocked excessively.
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"In today's society, you know, everybody's filming everything, everybody has a cell phone," Glueck said. If an officer punches someone on camera, that can go viral in an instant; even a standard taser leaves puncture wounds. But "the glove is low optic, and it looks better on camera, and it looks better to those witnesses. With a glove, there are no burn marks or scars."But local police across the country are still eagerly buying the gloves—in large part so that they can harm people and avoid being sued for it. It's been successful "from the patrolmen to the jailers," Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said in a Compliant Technologies promotional video. "It's been a great tool as far as mitigating liability," according to Nelson County Jailer Justin Hall.
Bob Couey of the Floyd County Sheriff's Department sung the GLOVE's praises, too: "I highly recommend these gloves to anybody that's looking for a utility they can use that is conducive to not leading to lawsuits."
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Excited to share my latest publication! Extended Book Review: Unsettling the University, Confronting the Colonial Foundations of U.S. Higher Education The first 50 people can download it for free here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9FXYR...
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Extended book review: Unsettling the university, confronting the colonial foundations of US higher education
Published in Globalisation, Societies and Education (Vol. 24, No. 5, 2026)
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Just wrapped up submitting two first-author presentations and one symposium for AERA. Let’s goooooo Toronto 2027! I’m also excited to have my presentation accepted to the social studies conference (CUFA) in Chicago in December.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
There is no neutral material of history. History is not a spectacle for us because it is our own living, our own violence and our own beliefs. - John O’Neil
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I am excited to share my latest publication on The Palestine Exception. In this piece, I argue that higher education institutions have relied on two distinct modalities to repress faculty dissent and curb student organizing surrounding Palestine. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Palestine Exception: Academic Freedom and the Logic of Occupation in US Higher Education
The continuity of censorship within university spaces resembles the proliferation of academic repression across student organizations and faculty dissent in what has been described as the Palestine...
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“Racism doesn’t survive because Black people TALK about it, but because white people, practice, protect, excuse, and benefit from it.”
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The state of education feels increasingly bleak. Censorship in higher education is not new; it reflects a long legacy of suppressing discussions of systemic and material forms of violence on university campuses. www.chron.com/texas/articl...
chron.com
Students plan 'funeral' at Texas university—but no one is dead
Organizers say Texas public university systems are "essentially dead."
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
With censorship taking place across the country, it’s our time to speak out against authoritarian policies that aim to silence us. Please sign this petition c.org/xdrQZFkdZw
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This campaign needs you now
Stop Texas Tech's Unconstitutional LGBTQ+ Censorship Before It Takes Effect June 15
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
This is not only pushing for anti intellectualism but a co-option of research! This move opens the door to ideological control over knowledge production. www.scientificamerican.com/article/enti...
scientificamerican.com
Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration
Members of the National Science Board, which the U.S. Congress founded in 1950, were given no explanation for their termination
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is the same man who keeps whining about wanting the Nobel Peace Prize. And if you’ve said absolutely nothing about this madness, my default assumption is that you voted for this shit.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I am so happy to be recognized by the AERA Graduate Student Council for my continued dedication to advancing critical scholarship in education research. Check out the full newsletter here: www.canva.com/design/DAHEK...
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
So I know I have a lot of social studies teacher friends on here. If anyone is interested in possibly working together to submit to the Annals of Social Studies Education Research for Teachers, let me know. They are looking for a 1,500-word paper on historical thinking.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If I take time out of my day to read your paper and offer feedback, only to realize that most of it is AI generated or AI structured, it fundamentally changes how I see you as a researcher. I want to hear your voice. I want to see the humanness in your work!
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I’m so happy I had the opportunity to present this research at the EGSO Conference with my coauthor, Sara. Our work examines newcomers experiences in public education and has also been published in the Journal of Latinos and Education. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Newcomer Experiences in U.S. Public Education: Testimonial Counter-Story Using LatCrit
This paper employs counter-storytelling to challenge dominant narratives of U.S. im/migration, focusing on Latine11 We use Latine as a gender-neutral adjective/noun in Spanish to represent a multi...
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
🇺🇸: Iran better not kill any Iranian protestors 🇺🇸: murders 57 Iranian school girls on day 1
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Bombing Iran in the middle of negotiations, while starving Cuba, while genociding Palestinians, while threatening to invade Greenland… the US and Israel are the single greatest threat to humanity and it’s not even close. We are all forced to live in the nightmare they create.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
The denial of tenure was never about scholarship. It was a retaliatory move from @texastechlib.bsky.social to send a chilling message: dissent that threatens institutional power will be punished. Shame on Ron Hendrick, Brendon Creighton, Lawrence Schovanec turned tenure into a political tool!
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
With relentless attacks on academic freedom @ttu.edu has positioned itself to perpetuate harm against scholars whose use their academic freedom to provide dissent against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. This denial targeted one of the brightest minds in the Curriculum and Instruction department.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
If you want a fuller, more honest history of the U.S., listen to Black women. The most recent killing tied to ICE reflects a much deeper and longer history of state sponsored violence.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Our special issue (Use and Waste in Education and Qualitative Research) for QSE (International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education) has been approved. Looking forward to embark on this journey with the two other editors JoshCruz and Tuyen Pham! More to come.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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PL Thomas EdD @plthomasedd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Why Education Reformers Have to Lie About the Left radicalscholarship.com/2025/12/11/w...
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Why Education Reformers Have to Lie About the Left
[Header Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash] Education pundits and education reformers (mostly never educators themselves) are some of the most arrogant people you’ll ever encounter. This is…
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This administration represents the worst of governance! theft disguised as policy, violence masquerading as order, and war sold as necessity. I know there are scholars here who identify as critical. I’m interested in whether that commitment is consistent across forms of oppression.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
This is beyond a parody, exposing how universities are not neutral spaces but active participants in the larger project of modernity.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Why do you think education is failing? Multiple studies show that in Texas alone, nearly 40-50 percent of all new hires are uncertified teachers. These numbers are mind boggling.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
My grandparents and parents lived through the Civil Rights Movement. Do you really think their attitudes changed that much? Let’s stop pretending that your Mamaw is just a sweet old lady, her history matters.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I’m happy to share that I passed my qualifying exam. One step closer for those three letters.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
m so happy to share that I’ve received the Graduate Student Research Support Award from the @TTUGradSchool. This $1,500 award will go toward my ongoing research project on social studies teachers. I can’t thank my advisor enough for writing such a wonderful letter of support!
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Hey there! I’m reaching out to share that I’m raising funds for my mothers funeral costs, and every contribution means the world to our family during this tough time. gofund.me/0313a7a98
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Thrilled to share my new publication: “Newcomer Experiences in U.S. Public Education: Testimonial Counter-Story Using LatCrit.” It centers newcomer student voices & challenges deficit views through counter-storytelling. Free link (1st 50): www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TEK6P...
tandfonline.com
Newcomer Experiences in U.S. Public Education: Testimonial Counter-Story Using LatCrit
This paper employs counter-storytelling to challenge dominant narratives of U.S. im/migration, focusing on Latine11 We use Latine as a gender-neutral adjective/noun in Spanish to represent a multi...
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 07/10/2025
Was just reminded that DARPA is still flush with research cash and it is clearly the establishment's hope that physical scientists will just turn to research that is functionally an investment in killing people I'm here to remind us: Scientists, you have a choice about what you are in the world 🧪
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Tylenol caused me to be gay. RFK needs to really go down the rabbit hole so more white straight men don’t have the same fate as me.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
If you think killing over politics is crazy, imagine killing over skin color😩😮‍💨
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Never let a white person tell you that violence is never the answer. That’s the wrong message stacked on an even worse one.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Where was all this outrage when this happened? Political violence is terrible. Period! But if dead children were not enough to cause legislative change I can’t see this doing anything either. Let’s face it, the U.S. has a problem with gun violence. Call it out and let’s do something about it!
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Does anyone have any recommendations on articles or books surrounding Black feminist thought?
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
just finished my first methodological paper (with a Michigan State PhD student) about utilizing AsianCrit as a theory and methodology. Now let the peer review process begin!
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Pro Black also means letting Black people exist in ways that differ from your view of Blackness.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
If you call yourself an ally but stay silent while your LGBTQIA+ friends are under attack, you’re not an ally but you’re a bystander. We see you.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
From medical aid workers to journalists to 100,000 Palestinian lives, Israel’s ongoing genocide has spared no one. These are not accidents of “war” but are deliberate acts of violence, enabled by the U.S. that refuses to hold power accountable.
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All things in moderation including moderation itself @mysticunicorn9.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
#solidarity #ecumenical #justice #infj💜 #💛🎯💯 #🌸🌸🌸
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
I don’t know how else to say this but if you still support Israel you are a deeply complicit part of an ongoing settler colonial and apartheid regime. You do not care about the lives of the Palestinians nor the genocide that is ongoing!
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
To echo what Tupac said, “It wouldn’t be L.A. without Mexicans,” but that goes without saying. Los Angeles was once a part of Mexico and is home to the second largest number of Mexicans in the world.
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City Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
This is alarming: the National Archives are being closed to the public by the Trump Administration. www.libraryjournal.com/story/what-d...
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What Do Archivists Have to Do with the Presidential Election?
When people think of Federal presidential elections and the Electoral College, they do not typically think of the role of archivists. Nonetheless, the National Archives and Records Administration (NAR...
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Obama makes a nuclear deal with Iran to prevent nukes. Trump cancels deal. Iran starts making nuke material. Trump bombs Iran for thinking about making the nukes he enabled. Claims he's keeping America safe. Manipulative, narcissistic, sociopathic
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I genuinely believe that to close the empathy gap, we need to read more books. Some recommendations for any adult or young adolescents: -Catcher in the Rye -The Street -Sister Outsider -Through my eyes These are just a few examples. If anyone has any other suggestions please comment below.
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“Occupation, however violent, is narrated as taking care of things. In Zionism from the standpoint of its victims, , Said writes specifically of how Palestine was appropriated by being rendered a place that needed a caretaker” -Ahmed
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Repression never stops social movements. It only intensifies it!
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Bobby @rjlynn.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Call for Participants: Are you a Baldur’s Gate 3 player? Researchers at Texas Tech University want to hear from you! We’re conducting a research study to explore how your gaming experiences—particularly with BG3—influence your lived experiences in and out of the game.
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