Aleksei I. Valentín (he/they) ✡️♿🏳️🌈
@aivalentin.bsky.social
🇺🇦 Writer, artist, PhD candidate | C19 US, New Orleans, immigration, religion, death | Disabled Jewish queer trans | Husband and cavalier of @thelionmachine.bsky.social 🪬
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Hello new followers!
I'm Aleksei (he/they) and I'm the other half/cavalier primary of @thelionmachine.bsky.social
I'm a PhD student working on German Catholic immigrants and yellow fever in 19th c New Orleans. I write spec lit, dabble in art, and generally nerd around.
I'm Aleksei (he/they) and I'm the other half/cavalier primary of @thelionmachine.bsky.social
I'm a PhD student working on German Catholic immigrants and yellow fever in 19th c New Orleans. I write spec lit, dabble in art, and generally nerd around.
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The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
Op-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector Pangram
Schnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.”
www.thedartmouth.com
September 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...
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This year, the winner of Fat Bear Week will come to your home and replace your smoke alarm batteries.
September 23, 2026 at 3:42 PM
This year, the winner of Fat Bear Week will come to your home and replace your smoke alarm batteries.
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(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes Yom Kippur, a bishop's ordination and more.
Photos of the Week: Yom Kippur, a bishop's ordination
(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes Yom Kippur, a bishop's ordination and more.
religionnews.com
September 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes Yom Kippur, a bishop's ordination and more.
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😯 Mind blown
I learned about this earlier in the year from @djinnandtonic.bsky.social who had both some amazing posts about Minnesota people using similar tactics against ICE and has shirts via www.etsy.com/shop/WideAwa.... They inspired one of my favorite protest posters.
September 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM
😯 Mind blown
Made it up to the thrift shop that benefits AIDS research and care, and impossibly, I found 3 pairs of my favourite trousers for $10 a piece. That's an all around win.
September 23, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Made it up to the thrift shop that benefits AIDS research and care, and impossibly, I found 3 pairs of my favourite trousers for $10 a piece. That's an all around win.
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![just_call_me_oche on Threads:
"String of words your grandpa lets out when he stubs his toe"
Archaeology & Art (@archaeo...) on Twitter:
"Whaler made scrimshawed whale ivory Sea Horse pie crimper, circa 1850"
[a scrimshawed whale ivory Sea Horse pie crimper]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreid6gkljfpwr3tddc67d6rcepc527itokiw7wlgphmc4wz4ddhhdei)
I managed to fuck up my knee and shoulder at the same time by yawning and stretching recklessly. Talk to your kids today about the dangers of stretching.
September 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
I managed to fuck up my knee and shoulder at the same time by yawning and stretching recklessly. Talk to your kids today about the dangers of stretching.
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The Pennsylvania measles outbreak “seems to be accelerating,” one infectious disease specialist told me. “And we’re seeing, actually, types of measles we’ve never seen before.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Why the CDC is excluding measles deaths in Pennsylvania even as outbreak appears to be ‘accelerating’
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refuses to count four measles deaths in the state though doctors are ‘seeing new forms’ of disease
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The Pennsylvania measles outbreak “seems to be accelerating,” one infectious disease specialist told me. “And we’re seeing, actually, types of measles we’ve never seen before.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Great news, and looking forward to a book historian becoming Chief Exec of the UK Space Agency sometime soon in this brave new world!
We’re delighted to announce Dr Paul Bate as the British Library’s new Chief Executive
Joining us from the UK Space Agency, Paul brings experience supporting world-class research communities.
We look forward to welcoming his expertise at the Library.
Read the full announcement here
link.bl.uk/fc6
Joining us from the UK Space Agency, Paul brings experience supporting world-class research communities.
We look forward to welcoming his expertise at the Library.
Read the full announcement here
link.bl.uk/fc6
September 22, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Great news, and looking forward to a book historian becoming Chief Exec of the UK Space Agency sometime soon in this brave new world!
Occasionally, perhaps often, I think about how the Whig Party fell apart on the eve of the Civil War because they couldn't quite find a position that mattered on the question of the slave power.
When asked "Should the next Democratic administration pursue criminal prosecution of Pete Hegseth for his role in directing the US military to violate national and international law?," 69% of Democratic voters said Yes. www.liberalcurrents.com/what-are-dem...
September 22, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Occasionally, perhaps often, I think about how the Whig Party fell apart on the eve of the Civil War because they couldn't quite find a position that mattered on the question of the slave power.
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this is kind of mesmerizing
One of the greatest bollard walks in history.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
September 22, 2026 at 8:09 AM
this is kind of mesmerizing
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what being alive currently feels like
April 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
what being alive currently feels like
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Great article about AI and pseudoarchaeology that I'm adding to my Author's Note on my website for FALSE FLAG.
AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledge
AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledge
AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledge
While artificial intelligence can help archaeologists, it can also spread pseudoscientific claims and false histories, stripping Indigenous knowledge of context, consent and community control, say Uni...
pursuit.unimelb.edu.au
September 22, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Great article about AI and pseudoarchaeology that I'm adding to my Author's Note on my website for FALSE FLAG.
AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledge
AI is distorting archaeology and flattening Indigenous Knowledge
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"Do not give me a seat at the table if you will not let me speak, and if you do let me speak then I would expect you to listen." --heard years ago. Art credit to Megan Nicole Dong (@sketchshark) 2017.
September 22, 2026 at 3:15 AM
"Do not give me a seat at the table if you will not let me speak, and if you do let me speak then I would expect you to listen." --heard years ago. Art credit to Megan Nicole Dong (@sketchshark) 2017.
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New Yiddish curse alert!
trump should get the top bunk so that every time he shits himself it lands on bibi’s head
September 18, 2026 at 12:53 AM
New Yiddish curse alert!
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Today is the 89th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit.
Here's a thread on interesting glimpses the book gave us into the legendarium Tolkien had at that stage already been working on for over twenty years but which readers at the time would have had no sense of.
Here's a thread on interesting glimpses the book gave us into the legendarium Tolkien had at that stage already been working on for over twenty years but which readers at the time would have had no sense of.
September 21, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Today is the 89th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit.
Here's a thread on interesting glimpses the book gave us into the legendarium Tolkien had at that stage already been working on for over twenty years but which readers at the time would have had no sense of.
Here's a thread on interesting glimpses the book gave us into the legendarium Tolkien had at that stage already been working on for over twenty years but which readers at the time would have had no sense of.
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Toad found a frying pan in the kitchen.
“I will hit that big animal with this,” said Toad. “All of his teeth will fall out.”
“I will hit that big animal with this,” said Toad. “All of his teeth will fall out.”
September 21, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Toad found a frying pan in the kitchen.
“I will hit that big animal with this,” said Toad. “All of his teeth will fall out.”
“I will hit that big animal with this,” said Toad. “All of his teeth will fall out.”
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This genuinely made me laugh out loud today
September 21, 2026 at 1:58 AM
This genuinely made me laugh out loud today
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NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share!
Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...
Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...
On Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Ads
and more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses
juliaserano.medium.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share!
Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...
Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...
& Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...
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For heathens like me and folks of other faiths, a reminder that some of of our Jewish friends have been fasting for Yom Kippur from sundown Sunday and will continue through tomorrow's sunset. Monday is a major Jewish holy holiday. Be cool.
September 21, 2026 at 5:06 AM
For heathens like me and folks of other faiths, a reminder that some of of our Jewish friends have been fasting for Yom Kippur from sundown Sunday and will continue through tomorrow's sunset. Monday is a major Jewish holy holiday. Be cool.
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USE ALT TEXT. JUST DO IT.
September 19, 2026 at 7:16 PM
USE ALT TEXT. JUST DO IT.
How would you describe your social media reach?
September 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
How would you describe your social media reach?
Beaker.
September 19, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Beaker.