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Dr. Rita Shah

@theritaphd.bsky.social
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She/Her(s). Academic. Fulbright Scholar. Book nerd (IG: @TheRitaReads). Weights. Climbing. Photography. Women’s soccer. Random nonsense. I wrote a book: tinyurl.com/2p23j48t #CeasefireNow

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9h
New bro code: "Protect women. Respect women. Believe women." The code is accountability, human decency, human kindness, respect. It has to be.
New bro code:
"Protect women. Respect women. Believe women."

Photo of Mychal in Valkyries shirt.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New from me: I unpack what happened at the Jack Smith hearing, and offer a theory of what the hell Senator Eric Schmitt thought he was doing. And yes, an inability to tell the difference between the Hawks and Hawkeyes really did seem to be a big part of it. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-happe...
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What happened at the Jack Smith hearing?
A guide for the perplexed. And yes, it does say something about the state of the Republican Party
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WIRED @wired.com · 30/09/2026
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Checkpoints are suffocating Palestinian life in the occupied West Bank. Over 18 months, WIRED and our reporting partners investigated the full scope of the system that has carved the West Bank up. www.wired.com/story/how-is...
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How Israeli Checkpoints Choke Palestinian Life in the Occupied West Bank
Lost time. Lost jobs. Lost friends. Lost family. Lost lives. Our joint investigation reveals the system that has divided the West Bank and measures what it cost people to move through it.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I won't even allow a Google Home or Amazon Echo in my home, and I've been burned by *password managers* and bad Chrome extensions; I sure as heck won't trust Meta's Muse to do anything involving personal information
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're witnessing the Rapist-to-President and/or Rapist-to-Supreme Court Justice pipeline with this Cornell scandal.
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 26/09/2026
What in the Marvel villain
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🧵🧵🧵
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 25/09/2026
An individual in Canada used ChatGPT for eight months to plan one of the country’s worst mass shootings. Yet, if you listen to politicians and media, the real threat of AI is a fantastical scenario where it might wipe out humans in ten years. They need to stop getting fooled by tech deceivers.
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The media has the AI threat all wrong
Generative AI is harming people today. We don’t need to waste time fantasizing about science fictional scenarios.
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Accidentally bought the hook size recommended for the yarn rather than the one recommended by the pattern. Didn’t want to wait to make it and was ok with it being bigger. But I did not expect it to be THIS big. 🤣🤣 (Pattern by makiahbever22 on insta) #crochetsky #crochet #craftsky 🧶🧶
Crocheted cottage that holds poly fill
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/09/2026
The official trailer for "YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING" the new Nathan Fielder film about Elizabeth HOLMES. This whole thing is so wild.
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The color inspiration and the yarn… #CrochetSky 🧶
Cheez-it next to cheez-it colored yarn
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump has launched state propaganda on the White House website called Trump TV, a 24/7 stream on YouTube. It’s something done in most authoritarian governments around the world.
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Cranberries Wait.
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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 06/09/2026
I'm gonna need to know how Western Michigan didn't get completely screwed over there. All the replays showed 0 seconds.
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
What the hell kind of ending did I just watch? #umich
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
😭😭😭😭😭
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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/08/2026
hard to find a more succinct description of the line between the two parties than “Dems forced Platner out of the race when sexual assault allegations dropped and Republicans stood behind Max Miller after child abuse allegations”
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I should have let myself relax today. Now I’m trying not to fall asleep while editing my article.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 05/08/2026
The co-founder of the 2024 National Uncommitted Movement, Abbas Alawieh, decisively won his primary to become a State Senator in Michigan. Abbas was endorsed by both Bernie Sanders and Gretchen Whitmer. Abbas Alawieh also privately met with former VP Kamala Harris last month upon her request.

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Abbas Alawieh (D)
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59%
Erin Byrnes (D)
16,567
41%
100% of Precincts Reporting
(87 / 87)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
El-Sayed: "They think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike, listen man, If you can't say the name -- it's Abdulrahman -- keep the name out your damn mouth."
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Phew!
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Jeremy Tiang @jeremytiang.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
woke up to the appalling news that the Asian American Writers' Workshop has laid off all their remaining staff; please join me in donating to the laid off workers' safety fund chuffed.org/project/1583...
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Laid Off Workers' Safety Fund
On Aug. 4, 2026 the remaining staff at AAWW received layoff emails from the newly-announced Interim Executive Director Ed Lin.
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Michigan: This is the way. Senate control runs through MI. We cannot afford to lose this seat. All the energy that went into the primary- & into offering #takes on the primary (including this AM)- has to go to the election in November. A MI senate seat is the difference between an R vs D Senate.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is rape culture.
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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“You’re a huge fan of Lord of the Rings, how come you don’t like Palantir?” “You’re a huge fan of 1984, how come you don’t like the surveillance state?” “You’re a huge fan of Fahrenheit 451, how come you don’t like ritual book burnings?”
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Folks I won’t tell you not to feel your feelings, but this is rage bait. He’s talking about expanding beyond politics into things like live sports.
Yeah, we want to expand it. "Breaking" is maybe the wrong word, but yes, we want to expand more and more so that Bluesky means not just one thing, not just liberal politics, for example. I will point to sports as an example from the last year. We've made a very concerted effort to bring on sports leagues and sports writers, and it's worked really well. There are a ton of sports conversations now on the app, and those people come here for the sports, not for the liberal politics. It's possible to expand.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I like this notetaking example. it is a good case of how gender works. Notetaking has never been about producing a transcript. It is a bureaucratic skill in the 20th c. organixarion because it is SENSEMAKING. Those women socialized to take notes? They have been doing men’s metacognition for them
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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A govt that arrests innocent people to perpetrate the leader’s false claims seems bad
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Non spoiler review: Go see spider-man. Just do it. (Also wait until after the logos for the end credit scene…)
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I’m so over this primary season and can’t wait for Tuesday to be over. And really hope Abdul wins.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We don't actually have to minimize the negative impacts that early COVID isolation had on people to justify efforts to limit the spread of the virus. Sometimes, necessary actions have unfortunate impacts in addition to positive ones.
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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 26/07/2026
A rare perfect match of product and spokesperson
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Just now finding out about this discourse and I’m dying at the idea of a standardized test being non-culling or ideologically blind considering all the research on bias in standard tests.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Another exhibit in 'however bad you thought the campus chilling effect on speech was, obvious state repression of campus speech is much, much worse.' Anyone who made a big deal out of the former who isn't now greatly exercised by the latter was pretty clearly working in bad faith.
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mensrea @mensie.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
German broadcast. Nailed it
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Mark your calendars for the Women's World Cup in Brazil. June 24 to July 25 www.olympics.com/pt/noticias/...
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Copa do Mundo Feminina 2027: ingressos, datas e onde assistir
Mundial feminino chega à 10ª edição e será disputado pela primeira vez na América do Sul. Confira tudo sobre o torneio
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I dunno about lifetime bans, but something has to be done about this. He does have to face punishment. bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
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Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 19/07/2026
The 2026 World Cup was unbelievably fun, even with a meh final. Cape Verde, Haaland, England at Mexico, Argentina comebacks, DR Congo, Rock Chalk Algeria, Mbappe vs Messi goal race, international fans discovering America, the bonkers 3rd place game, Spain's dominance. What a ride.
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Ffs.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
CABO VERDE CABO VERDE CABO VERDE
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
SWEET JUSTICE, SUCK IT YOU ASSHOLES
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I hate conspiracy theory shit but if this isn’t a goal then it’s hard not to think that FIFA is trying to give Argentina the win. Absolutely incomprehensible call.
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Dr. Rita Shah @theritaphd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I can’t believe I’m this annoyed at a game where I have zero allegiance to either team.
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Lets all remember Argentina isnt supposed to be at the final.
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