Hayley Williams woke up and chose to take on Christian Nationalism Amazing song, badass lyrics. Amazing performance where she centers her musicians youtu.be/sNNYei__joU?...

Today I consulted the piece of paper I carry in my planner that is labeled “in case of ICE” bc there were reports of them on foot in our campus. It seems to have been a false alarm, thankfully. There was a time when I could teach classes and not worry about my students being kidnapped.

Johnson: "He has defunded our education system. He has defunded our transportation system. He's firing black women across this country. He's defunding our healthcare system. This president is absolutely out of control... Chicago is going to stand firm in protecting humanity."

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Just a totally normal day donating money to a Gofundme for a local family to get an immigration lawyer bc yesterday the father got kidnapped by ICE as he dropped his kids off at elementary school.

NEW HAZELTON POEMS

bear: rawr rawr rawr rawr rawr rawr rawr rawr rawr rawr rawr rawr me: this bear's repeating

for sale: institutional spines. never used.

I feel like I need to stock up on real history books just in case www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Why is this song so good? “Catch these fists” by Wet Leg youtu.be/6Kjz89xYmS4?...

Amused at all the tributes that are basically like here lies Robert Redford, who was hot

America is my Roman empire. Not because I’m obsessed, but because it seems like we’re all suffering from lead poisoning.

Have you tried turning America on and off again?

Excellent as always

My Dr: I could prescribe you those little pills for coughs. Do you want those? Me: the little gold ones? Sure. They were pretty. My dr: you’re funny. You know, if you bite those, your tongue will go numb. Me: I did not know that. My dr: yup. Me: damnit, now i have to do that. My dr: yup.

My Dr: well, you look marginally better. You looked like crap last time I saw you. Me: thanks? My Dr: your lungs are still full of garbage though. Me: tell me more about how bad I look and function.

I’m halfway through this book and I recommend it as a great, accessible overview of philosophy

Oh this? This old pneumonia? I just put this on for fun.

Maybe you need a book of poems about queer marriage and hot husbands, I dunno lsupress.org/978080718472...

I finally played Disco Elysium and I feel a bit ruined. Truly a phenomenal game — funny, biting, wonderfully messed up.

Hey, the audio book of Rabbit and Juliet is on sale on Audible for $9.10! That's 56% off. If you're an audible member (and US), the sale from now until 6/8/25. Go pick up a copy here! www.audible.com/pd/Rabbit-Ju...

Me, a reader: It is just incredible this writer has managed three overlapping storylines -- there's so much forethought here! Me, a writer: Maybe there should be a horse. I like horses. And sugar cubes. Because they are cute.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the best video game I've played in my life. I finished Act 1 a few days ago and can't stop thinking about it. I *cried.* I have never cried over a video game. And the music goes insanely hard: open.spotify.com/track/4QEXM9...

my vet, who's hard of hearing: can you repeat your cat's name me:

You know that Twilight Zone episode where the kid has amazing psychic powers and can make people disappear with his mind and the entire town is hostage to him and has to cater to his every whim? That’s us right now.

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is everything I loved about Final Fantasy without the bloat -- excellent writing, voice acting, a beautiful, strange, disturbing world. The fighting keeps you engaged and on your toes. I haven't loved a game like this in a long time.

Pritzker: The reckoning is here. And now that this culture of timidity is on display, these same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on the defense of Black people, trans kids, and immigrants, instead of on their own lack of guts and gumption.

I'm so grateful we were able to get my mother the mass she wanted with her favorite (retired) priest. It was kind and real, and rather than erasing her mental illness, acknowledged how hard it had been for her, how complicated she was, and also her funny side, her desire to live.

I thought this was about a homicidal bird for a moment

I have worked so hard to put everything in place for my mother's funeral. So it makes total sense that I have flown across many states to arrive without packing pants for the funeral.

There we go.

It's me. I'm the button.

the shift from “I never thought leopards would eat MY face” to “eat my face harder leopard daddy” must be studied

How's everybody living with themselves these days?

I stayed home from protests yesterday -- it turns out grief is unpredictable and I've mostly just been working on eating, which is a struggle, and working out funeral logistics. I'm so proud to see the crowds, to see pictures of my friends and family with their signs. Thank you, all, for being there

Focusing on this today.

My mom fell down 19 days ago. She died yesterday morning, despite successful surgery. It was a fast, sudden decline. It's all a little unreal.

At least I amuse myself: on revision www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2vpwPYJ/

A great way to battle your own anxiety about what you are working on is to tell someone how much you love their work, especially if it is new/recently released. It never ever fails.

Thought I'd make tea at Wanderstop, accidentally healed my inner child. Amazing game by @hellocakebread.bsky.social and the team at @ivyroadgames.bsky.social . I think I am at the very end now, and I don't want it to stop but I also understand why it must. (Enjoy the beauty! And let it go!)

Wanderstop, the latest game from the creator of the Stanley Parable, is one of the best games I've played in years. It is wonderfully, uncomfortably, accurate in its depiction of burnout. Also, it's funny.

“I’m doing good things,” I tell myself as I delete the military service of a dead woman. “I’m still a good person.”

Since the DOD is scrubbing women from its website, it's a great time to remember Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), female engineering test pilots in WWII. Second from the right is Doris Burmeister Nathan, my husband's grandmother. She was a force.

I HOPE MY BOOK TEACHES META'S AI TO BE QUEER AND VENGEFUL FFS. I'm livid. You should buy it while authors still exist. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rabbit-jul...

So, not going to AWP due to life stuff and mom injury. I hope everyone has a fantastic time, but a little less so without me.

WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People": "In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."

it is grimly hilarious that, given the immense, decades-long fetishization of "leadership" and "leadership skills" in business-oriented academia and politics, even unto the formation of leadership institutes, there should turn out to be no leaders in any positions of power