Carolyn Chernoff
@carolynchernoff.bsky.social
I have been kicked out of a Priscilla Presley lookalike contest & yelled at by Oprah. No regrets.
Zines, snark, jokes, sociology, mutual aid, repeat.
@ccriot
carolynchernoff.com
https://ccriotenterprises.etsy.com
Etc.
Zines, snark, jokes, sociology, mutual aid, repeat.
@ccriot
carolynchernoff.com
https://ccriotenterprises.etsy.com
Etc.
Pinned
RFK: still at it. Withholding vaccines in Guinea-Bissau.
October 8, 2026 at 2:07 PM
RFK: still at it. Withholding vaccines in Guinea-Bissau.
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
A modern record: Measles Outbreak in Pennsylvania Is Now the Biggest in U.S. in 35 Years
Measles Outbreak in Pennsylvania Is Now the Biggest in U.S. in 35 Years
Cases in the state surpassed a prior record as falling vaccination rates have fueled the disease’s rapid spread.
www.wsj.com
October 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
A modern record: Measles Outbreak in Pennsylvania Is Now the Biggest in U.S. in 35 Years
Important work here:
About three months ago Tavia Nyong’o & I conceived of a collection of essays on The Epstein Class and the University meant to consider the ubiquity is sexual violence in the university & the fundamental fact that access to young women has long been a side perk of university employment & attendance.
October 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Important work here:
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
You heard it from the Orc:
PUT AWAY YOUR HAMMER, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE ENNUI. AND YOU WILL WIN.
October 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM
You heard it from the Orc:
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens.
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
October 6, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens.
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
We are.
500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term.
Our tally is almost certainly an undercount.
THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️
SO MOTE IT BE #HulkSmashFash
A Hulk family reunion at the #HandsOffOurVote event last night shortly before @markruffalo.bsky.social & @gregpak.net both turned green and smashed up authoritarianism.
October 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
SO MOTE IT BE #HulkSmashFash
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job.
Think about that in context of
Think about that in context of
AI is now the biggest investment in all of US history as a percentage of GDP.
Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down.
"AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago.
We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
Datacenter construction is up, all other construction is down.
"AI Is Squeezing Out the Rest of the Stock Market," reported WSJ 2 days ago.
We basically bet the whole economy on the most optimistic visions panning out.
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
October 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job.
Think about that in context of
Think about that in context of
Whole thread is great but especially this (and the 3-book Venn diagram). Now more than ever, (white cis class-privileged) men are citizens and the rest of us are collateral damage at best.
we are watching a massive transfer of wealth during an era of massive wealth creation (however much it might be just paper money it’s powerful) — reinscribing gender during this moment is a choice about who will be a citizen for the next three hundred years.
October 5, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Whole thread is great but especially this (and the 3-book Venn diagram). Now more than ever, (white cis class-privileged) men are citizens and the rest of us are collateral damage at best.
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
October 4, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
According to the most rigorous studies, 10.8% of college men perpetrate at least one rape before graduation.
This statistic always comes to mind when I see men in power reacting with disgust to the idea that one of their peers could face even a shred of accountability.
This statistic always comes to mind when I see men in power reacting with disgust to the idea that one of their peers could face even a shred of accountability.
July 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
According to the most rigorous studies, 10.8% of college men perpetrate at least one rape before graduation.
This statistic always comes to mind when I see men in power reacting with disgust to the idea that one of their peers could face even a shred of accountability.
This statistic always comes to mind when I see men in power reacting with disgust to the idea that one of their peers could face even a shred of accountability.
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
Something I learned just this week: "only 4% of the world’s women and girls live in the U.S., but the U.S. confines ONE-QUARTER of the world’s incarcerated women and girls."
www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women...
www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women...
October 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Something I learned just this week: "only 4% of the world’s women and girls live in the U.S., but the U.S. confines ONE-QUARTER of the world’s incarcerated women and girls."
www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women...
www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women...
I would never forget you, Void.
"I might be totally wrong… but I thought we had a connection. Or, I dunno, like a moment or something. Maybe it’s just me. God, you probably don’t even remember what I look like."
buff.ly/Boz4oeT
buff.ly/Boz4oeT
Missed Connection: You, 30-Something Male; Me, THE VOID
“You were staring RIGHT into me for what felt like a REALLY LONG time …so, after a while, I finally worked up the courage to stare back into you.” Sept 7 202...
buff.ly
October 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
I would never forget you, Void.
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
This is the slash nonfiction we need
"I'm supposed to be a tough guy," Curtis confided.
"I can hold your hand," the mayor offered
"What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked.
"I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot.
abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...
"I can hold your hand," the mayor offered
"What happens if I faint?" Sliwa asked.
"I've got you," Mamdani assured him, grabbing his hand as Sliwa received his flu shot.
abc7ny.com/post/nyc-may...
Mayor Mamdani holds hands with one-time rival Curtis Sliwa to get flu shot
An apparent bromance has continued to blossom for the one-time political rivals.
abc7ny.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This is the slash nonfiction we need
College radio is my whole heart. WAMH 89.3 FM FOREVER!
📻 To celebrate College Radio Day, tune in to more than a century of college radio history.
In 1906, Harvard students formed what was described as the first college radio club. By the 1920s, students were building stations and broadcasting campus events.
📚 More:
blog.archive.org/2026/10/02/1...
🧵
In 1906, Harvard students formed what was described as the first college radio club. By the 1920s, students were building stations and broadcasting campus events.
📚 More:
blog.archive.org/2026/10/02/1...
🧵
October 2, 2026 at 5:32 PM
College radio is my whole heart. WAMH 89.3 FM FOREVER!
This is our world. Need a shirt?
October 1, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This is our world. Need a shirt?
For no particular reason, if you and yours need a smart pin for current times, may I suggest a @ccriot.bsky.social classic?
www.etsy.com/listing/6431...
www.etsy.com/listing/6431...
Burn It All Down Metal Pin - Etsy
This Pins & Pinback Buttons item by CCRiotEnterprises has 178 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Philadelphia, PA. Listed on Aug 15, 2026
www.etsy.com
October 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
For no particular reason, if you and yours need a smart pin for current times, may I suggest a @ccriot.bsky.social classic?
www.etsy.com/listing/6431...
www.etsy.com/listing/6431...
So much good useful important stuff in @nbedera.bsky.social ‘s thread here on what professors/teachers/instructors can do to support survivors and those going through trauma:
In light of today’s conversation on academic accommodations, I’m going to revive a thread lost to time when I deleted my Twitter profile.
It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧵
It’s about a bunch of academic accommodations that instructors can offer in lieu of an extension on an assignment. 🧵
October 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
So much good useful important stuff in @nbedera.bsky.social ‘s thread here on what professors/teachers/instructors can do to support survivors and those going through trauma:
Accountability: a thread. (& also we should discuss this OUTSIDE of a family model too because ideally we would live in a society and not a hellscape where women* and mothers* are our only safety net. & thank you @nbedera.bsky.social because social failure is not your fault! We ♥️ your wise counsel.)
I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article.
And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear:
September 29, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Accountability: a thread. (& also we should discuss this OUTSIDE of a family model too because ideally we would live in a society and not a hellscape where women* and mothers* are our only safety net. & thank you @nbedera.bsky.social because social failure is not your fault! We ♥️ your wise counsel.)
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
Can’t do student loan relief. Can’t mandate vaccines. Can’t help home owners.
Can commit human rights abuses.
Can commit human rights abuses.
September 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Can’t do student loan relief. Can’t mandate vaccines. Can’t help home owners.
Can commit human rights abuses.
Can commit human rights abuses.
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
The David Lynch quote isn't "Let me change your heart or we can discuss accountability"
If someone is doing real damage and demonstrates a sustained lack of interest in accounting for it then, imo, the time for talking about “accountability” is over. Then it’s time for talking about how to best attack and undermine their power to do that damage. Changing their heart is not a factor.
September 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The David Lynch quote isn't "Let me change your heart or we can discuss accountability"
A certain elite SLAC made the poor choice to send an email today about the new community art project in honor* of 50 years of coeducation: they send you a cloth square to embellish a concept that starts with CO; you return it; they make a quilt. Sweet, right? [1/2]
September 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A certain elite SLAC made the poor choice to send an email today about the new community art project in honor* of 50 years of coeducation: they send you a cloth square to embellish a concept that starts with CO; you return it; they make a quilt. Sweet, right? [1/2]
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life."
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP
EP • Stevie Wonder
music.youtube.com
September 29, 2026 at 12:35 AM
bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life."
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
I wrote about something that was making me feel nuts: After weeks of discourse around hypothetical existential threats from AI triggered global calls for government intervention, we learned a faulty AI system almost triggered a US-China war. And no one really cared.
theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...
theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...
AI Almost Started a U.S.–China War — and No One Seems to Care
The tech world is too busy dreaming up imaginary doomsday scenarios to focus on a very real one that flared up between nuclear powers.
theintercept.com
September 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I wrote about something that was making me feel nuts: After weeks of discourse around hypothetical existential threats from AI triggered global calls for government intervention, we learned a faulty AI system almost triggered a US-China war. And no one really cared.
theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...
theintercept.com/2026/09/28/a...
Reposted by Carolyn Chernoff
I remember a really frustrating conversation with a generally decent cishet white guy about a news story where a woman was roofied. he went off about wishing he could beat that guy up to avenge her, and I was like "how about start with calling out your friends' sexist tweets?" and he was like 😳
September 28, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I remember a really frustrating conversation with a generally decent cishet white guy about a news story where a woman was roofied. he went off about wishing he could beat that guy up to avenge her, and I was like "how about start with calling out your friends' sexist tweets?" and he was like 😳