Kristi Riley
@itstheriles.bsky.social
Abolitionist. Feminist. Gemini. CUNY GC Sociology PhD candidate.
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You can also reject the culture of compulsory confession that online culture has worsened. You don't have to publicly reveal past trauma or experiences to speak. Finally, take care of yourself if you're a survivor.
October 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
You can also reject the culture of compulsory confession that online culture has worsened. You don't have to publicly reveal past trauma or experiences to speak. Finally, take care of yourself if you're a survivor.
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I've been fundraising for 40 years from the grassroots level to the larger institutional funder level. I don't remember things being as difficult as they've been over the past 18 months in particular. I had to fundraise through the 2008-09 crash and it wasn't this bad.
September 23, 2026 at 11:44 PM
I've been fundraising for 40 years from the grassroots level to the larger institutional funder level. I don't remember things being as difficult as they've been over the past 18 months in particular. I had to fundraise through the 2008-09 crash and it wasn't this bad.
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seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving.
September 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
seeing all these artists sacrifice money for what they believe in is really quite moving.
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Yup! Most companies moved to unlimited PTO to eliminate large Accrued Vacation Payable balances that could introduce volatility in their financial results after significant layoffs or headcount reductions. They didn’t actually want employees to benefit from the policy from a work-life standpoint. 🫠
A friend of mine has an unlimited PTO job and they definitely be clocking how much PTO you take.
September 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Yup! Most companies moved to unlimited PTO to eliminate large Accrued Vacation Payable balances that could introduce volatility in their financial results after significant layoffs or headcount reductions. They didn’t actually want employees to benefit from the policy from a work-life standpoint. 🫠
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“Women’s cancers have been left out of the equation for being covered under the medical monitoring program, because the government was arguing that they didn’t have the proper statistical comparisons,” added Berkman.
September 8, 2026 at 8:15 PM
“Women’s cancers have been left out of the equation for being covered under the medical monitoring program, because the government was arguing that they didn’t have the proper statistical comparisons,” added Berkman.
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Just because conservatives don’t always do the reading doesn’t mean you should skimp on doing the reading
This should be obvious but I see a lot of people reacting to headlines in ways that don’t make sense unless they didn’t do the reading
Do the reading
This should be obvious but I see a lot of people reacting to headlines in ways that don’t make sense unless they didn’t do the reading
Do the reading
September 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Just because conservatives don’t always do the reading doesn’t mean you should skimp on doing the reading
This should be obvious but I see a lot of people reacting to headlines in ways that don’t make sense unless they didn’t do the reading
Do the reading
This should be obvious but I see a lot of people reacting to headlines in ways that don’t make sense unless they didn’t do the reading
Do the reading
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A Labor Day Reminder:
The biggest beneficiary of prison labor isn't a private company. It's the prisons themselves.
The biggest beneficiary of prison labor isn't a private company. It's the prisons themselves.
September 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
A Labor Day Reminder:
The biggest beneficiary of prison labor isn't a private company. It's the prisons themselves.
The biggest beneficiary of prison labor isn't a private company. It's the prisons themselves.
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This is and is not a joke. My core issue with the breathless AI discourse is how it assumes that the collective we need to skip straight to advanced level things because this new technology can "do" those mundane tasks of that come with knowledge work when that's where skill development happens.
Digital skill building for the workplace (learning how to actually use Word and write advanced Excel formulas).
September 2, 2026 at 11:56 AM
This is and is not a joke. My core issue with the breathless AI discourse is how it assumes that the collective we need to skip straight to advanced level things because this new technology can "do" those mundane tasks of that come with knowledge work when that's where skill development happens.
I love these interviews so much.
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (@keeanga.bsky.social) recommends three books every radical should read
September 2, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I love these interviews so much.
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Can't believe these Ivory Tower academics left merely because the American government decided it should arbitrarily revoke research funding and visas, dictate what scholars publish & teach, and send students & assistants to concentration camps.
More brain drain:
“Twenty-one universities in Canada announced on Thursday the hiring of dozens of researchers to join their top academic ranks, poaching the majority of the recruits from the United States.
Of the incoming 64 researchers, 48 will leave American campuses…”
“Twenty-one universities in Canada announced on Thursday the hiring of dozens of researchers to join their top academic ranks, poaching the majority of the recruits from the United States.
Of the incoming 64 researchers, 48 will leave American campuses…”
Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)
A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Can't believe these Ivory Tower academics left merely because the American government decided it should arbitrarily revoke research funding and visas, dictate what scholars publish & teach, and send students & assistants to concentration camps.
Incredible resources that inspire hope and action. You definitely want to follow @interruptcrim.bsky.social!
We're so close to 10k followers! Would you quote post this with why you think people should give us a follow?
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August 27, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Incredible resources that inspire hope and action. You definitely want to follow @interruptcrim.bsky.social!
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"Congratulations, Eileen Burke. You win," said Julie Koehler with the county public defender's office.
"You have bullied an innocent woman into taking a plea deal that will haunt her for the rest of her life."
Though a lesser charge than murder, involuntary manslaughter is still a felony.
"You have bullied an innocent woman into taking a plea deal that will haunt her for the rest of her life."
Though a lesser charge than murder, involuntary manslaughter is still a felony.
August 24, 2026 at 6:23 PM
"Congratulations, Eileen Burke. You win," said Julie Koehler with the county public defender's office.
"You have bullied an innocent woman into taking a plea deal that will haunt her for the rest of her life."
Though a lesser charge than murder, involuntary manslaughter is still a felony.
"You have bullied an innocent woman into taking a plea deal that will haunt her for the rest of her life."
Though a lesser charge than murder, involuntary manslaughter is still a felony.
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"I took this plea because I want to be able to raise my daughter... all she has is me," Golden said in court today.
August 24, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"I took this plea because I want to be able to raise my daughter... all she has is me," Golden said in court today.
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Everything that ICE does has also been done by police.
ICE and police are the same.
To learn how you can help interrupt the ICE machine, see our toolkit. There are things you can do from your own home!
ICE and police are the same.
To learn how you can help interrupt the ICE machine, see our toolkit. There are things you can do from your own home!
August 21, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Everything that ICE does has also been done by police.
ICE and police are the same.
To learn how you can help interrupt the ICE machine, see our toolkit. There are things you can do from your own home!
ICE and police are the same.
To learn how you can help interrupt the ICE machine, see our toolkit. There are things you can do from your own home!
An excellent read that thoughtfully navigates what *actually* happened in leftist spaces and the contemporary bad faith takes from liberals, centrists, and the right.
I had some feelings to express about the "Woke 1" discourse.
Woke What? Let's Be Fucking Serious
Our politics are not the politics that have detached this country from reality, or normalized increasingly inhuman policies.
organizingmythoughts.org
August 22, 2026 at 1:54 PM
An excellent read that thoughtfully navigates what *actually* happened in leftist spaces and the contemporary bad faith takes from liberals, centrists, and the right.
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“I am unable to see my son because no one wants to pay for the gas to bring him six hours away. It hurts so bad. I love my boy and want to see him."
Incarcerated people are not insulated from the devastating consequences of record-high gas prices
Incarcerated people are not insulated from the devastating consequences of record-high gas prices
Rising Fuel Prices Are Affecting People in Prison, Too
In Missouri, strapped families are visiting less and sending fewer care packages to their loved ones in prison.
prisonjournalismproject.org
August 21, 2026 at 1:15 PM
“I am unable to see my son because no one wants to pay for the gas to bring him six hours away. It hurts so bad. I love my boy and want to see him."
Incarcerated people are not insulated from the devastating consequences of record-high gas prices
Incarcerated people are not insulated from the devastating consequences of record-high gas prices
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But we are delusional (and chasing the political cover) so universities are oversupplying AI courses. many of my students are sending it.
One of them? Added a creative writing major so they could be sure to “actually learn something the analog way”.
One of them? Added a creative writing major so they could be sure to “actually learn something the analog way”.
August 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
But we are delusional (and chasing the political cover) so universities are oversupplying AI courses. many of my students are sending it.
One of them? Added a creative writing major so they could be sure to “actually learn something the analog way”.
One of them? Added a creative writing major so they could be sure to “actually learn something the analog way”.
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universities are not run by leftist profs they are run by corporate profiteer board members siphoning public $$ to tech partnerships
"An Inside Higher Ed analysis of SEC filings turned up dozens of presidents paid handsomely for sitting on corporate boards."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
"An Inside Higher Ed analysis of SEC filings turned up dozens of presidents paid handsomely for sitting on corporate boards."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
August 20, 2026 at 11:44 AM
universities are not run by leftist profs they are run by corporate profiteer board members siphoning public $$ to tech partnerships
"An Inside Higher Ed analysis of SEC filings turned up dozens of presidents paid handsomely for sitting on corporate boards."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
"An Inside Higher Ed analysis of SEC filings turned up dozens of presidents paid handsomely for sitting on corporate boards."
www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
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Not only are prisons lethal, but the incarcerated population is rapidly aging. Older people now make up 5x as much of the prison population as 3 decades ago.
Turning prisons into “makeshift nursing homes” is one of the U.S.'s most wasteful, morally bankrupt experiments to date.
Turning prisons into “makeshift nursing homes” is one of the U.S.'s most wasteful, morally bankrupt experiments to date.
August 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Not only are prisons lethal, but the incarcerated population is rapidly aging. Older people now make up 5x as much of the prison population as 3 decades ago.
Turning prisons into “makeshift nursing homes” is one of the U.S.'s most wasteful, morally bankrupt experiments to date.
Turning prisons into “makeshift nursing homes” is one of the U.S.'s most wasteful, morally bankrupt experiments to date.
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The Trump administration has now canceled the contract that provided legal services for unaccompanied immigrant kids.
That means thousands of children across the country, including hundreds being held in detention, are losing access to government-provided legal representation. (1/5)
That means thousands of children across the country, including hundreds being held in detention, are losing access to government-provided legal representation. (1/5)
August 5, 2026 at 7:14 PM
The Trump administration has now canceled the contract that provided legal services for unaccompanied immigrant kids.
That means thousands of children across the country, including hundreds being held in detention, are losing access to government-provided legal representation. (1/5)
That means thousands of children across the country, including hundreds being held in detention, are losing access to government-provided legal representation. (1/5)
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The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
August 2, 2026 at 1:32 AM
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
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they take this more seriously than police shootings
LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday are expected to charge an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues' racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job.
www.latimes.com
August 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM
they take this more seriously than police shootings
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My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now."
This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
July 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now."
This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.
This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick.