Currently reading Percival Everett's James in French. I read it in English, but in my everlong quest to improve my French I'm trying my hand at a familiar book. Some parts are clearer than others, but I know where I am in the story. Haven't read a book in French since HS or undergrad. 💙📚👀

An illegitimate court that either needs to be reformed or destroyed.

I had to mute all the "covers, but no explanation" posts. Haven't found a lot of discussion, but did find a book club, that likewise doesn't really discuss books here.

1000%. It's happened to me and I have no absolution to give you.

"Some even whisper to one another that the party will be doomed in 2028 if it nominates another woman of another person of color..." If that's the case, throw the whole party away. And fix the damn electorate that's so intimidated by women, POC, and women POC.

I did once, but I was trying to recapture the past instead of focusing on the present. That said, would I entertain... at present, probably. I've good people in my past.

The problem with cooking for one is that I typically don't make a plate or bowl of food, I make a pan or pot of food so end up eating the same thing for 3-4 days. Then argue with myself about eating out to mix it up or "Nah, I got food at home."

Deaf people: Stop with the "sign language" gloves! Hearing people: So we got these rings...

And for the teachers in the room, no, your “teacher voice” does not substitute a microphone.

I'm not shocked that the school seems to be taking no accountability for high school seniors unable to read or think critically. I am shocked they moved to expel the student who took the video.

Every splashy New York Times profile of a right wing influencer.

General Tso's, fried rice, egg roll, hot & sour soup. OR swap General's for Sweet & Sour chicken. Twice I've done Kung Pao and occasionally I'll do lo mein instead of rice. At the mall, 2 item combo: double orange chicken or orange and general's, fried rice, egg roll if I'm really hungry.

Read The Outsiders for the first time for book club. May have liked it more when I was younger, but I think the messages still held up: the have vs have nots; fighting is dumb, unless you have to; stay true to your chosen family; stay gold. 💙📚

Good breakdown of many of the implications of the Supreme Court’s destruction of the Voting Rights Act. It didn’t l have to be this way. But this is what White America wanted.

Cats and I really don't think it's close. They live in close proximity to people and seem generally less goofy than dogs.

I generally like ease in connecting, but figuring out DND quick settings has been essential to actual productivity. I don't need to read that email during dance class. And that message can probably wait an hour until this session is done.

The president of Cornell backed his car into a student and a recent grad after a campus debate on Israel-Palestine. Then he lied about what happened in an email claiming he'd been the victim of harassment. Then, magnificently, Cornell's student newspaper found a video of the incident

Saw the Michael Jackson movie. Not nearly as bad, in my opinion, as people were making it out to be. It was more or less a Jukebox Musical. Colman Domingo, who played Joe Jackson, acted his ass off though! Hated that dude.

Some of y'all weren't paying attention in school or you had shitty teachers. Probably both.

Figures, the day I'm up early and decide to go shopping it's a holiday and stores are closed.

Talked to one of my International Students who learned about the VRA today. She said something privately to the effect of "I dont know if Americans truly understand or care how crazy sanitized your news is. Its legit scary from the view of so many other countries." My reply: "Some of us been knew."

I really don't have words.

Unironically: "The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a decision in Callais vs. Louisiana that even further weakens the landmark Voting Rights Act—to a point where experts warn that the cornerstone of civil rights litigation since the 1960s could be rendered utterly unenforceable."

Today, I wrote a fake letter to the mayor practicing for the DELF. Soon, I'll write a real email to my senators about the difficulties in voting from abroad. Fed Taxes received: 17 mins State Taxes received: 3h 42 mins State ballot: pending for 3 weeks and counting...

Life is life'n. I'm fair to middling.

Nah this is crazy lmaooo

The #GoodLunch feed isn't working for me, but this is what I ate anyway. I didn't let my rice simmer long enough and the veggies could have used another minute or two as well, but I was in a rush.

I'm a simple man. And right now, I'm simply pleased with page tiling. Feedback and comments on the left, draft manuscript on the right, one window. This is 'wake up in the middle of the night/in the morning and realize you have water next to the bed' level pleasing.

Or defending yourself from it. No place for violence = neither you nor your people have ever been marginalized; you enjoy power and comfort. As for the rest of us...

Watched the first episode of the #Scrubs reboot and Carla has not aged a day! 🎶But I can't do this all on my own...🎶

10th grade I came to France for two weeks and said, "I should live here." 11th grade my English teacher said, "You have a very unique and interesting writing style." I deflated. He added, "No, that's a good thing." At a school event a college prof told me I should get my PhD. "You should replace me"

The OldSchoolCool subreddit had a graduation picture from 1999. 🫠 I'm barely in my unc era!

📚📚📚📚👀 Only two days left to snaffle up this big bundle! itch.io/b/3635/lesbi...

"She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to power” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

Really feels like half the feeds I follow aren't available all the time. I know nothing (well, very little) of the logistics of running/hosting a feed for the general public, but if they are branded as a feature they should actually, ya know, populate.

“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it." - Orwell, 1984

benches, buses, and bathrooms. they should be everywhere

Ahead of the debut, we go behind the scenes of 'Songs in Sign Language,' where Deaf artists and animators collaborated to reshape timing, acting, and expression. www.cartoonbrew.com/music-videos...

The more you cook at home the less likely you are to be impressed by random street food. Utterly flavorless nonsense that was! Two bites and I was done. No salt, no pepper, no wishes for a better future.

Day 1 was better. Glad Oba and the Demon won. You knew they were gonna do Jade wrong. I'm bout tired of Roman and that loooooooooooooong ass match. And the bollea glazing for every commercial was muted. #Wrestlemania

Pizza! Most sandwiches. Brownies, cookies, peach cobbler.

I touch the outside of the plane before boarding and again when I deboard.

Again. SALLIE MAE IS RIGHT THERE. AND EQUIFAX. AND EXPERIAN.

I propose that when Bluesky is down, we say it's "cloudy."

Since moving to France, when people ask me if I miss anything from the US, normally I say spicy food. Tonight my answer is queso. I'm at a Mexican (!) place and my options were guacamole or a black bean puree. Isn't this the home base of cheese?! Come on now!

you are not unc if you're in your 30s. you're unc if you are a black man that dresses like this.

I only want *gems* of me online going forward. Don't have me out here looking thrown away and unloved.

I barely knew who he was before Arsenio. Afterwards, it was, "Oh ok, he's cool..." and we probably talked about it in school the next day. We were not voting age, but that was an indelible memory.

French aujourd’hui (today), could be translated as “on the day of this day” if you consider the etymology

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school. Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon! 🌕 💛