One hard part of the literacy problem in the United States is there are a lot of people -- some of them with college degrees and beyond -- who don't realize that they are bad at reading I don't know how to reach those people

I think it’d help if, from the get go, everyone started talking about there being many different kinds of literacy, for many different kinds of texts. Literacy in reading YA novels isn’t literacy in reading newspapers, textbooks et al.

Yes! I remember being introduced to the idea of video game literacy when my dad, seeking a way to connect with me, wanted to try playing video games with me and we had a very frustrating experience as I realized exactly how "See Spot run" I had to get about basic things in video games

and this is why the Death of the Humanities Degrees is devastating; we're just giving up on teaching students how to synthesize information in a way that's not somehow tied to capitalism

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i’m genuinely so convinced all of this has been a planned operation by the student and her mother (who is commenting on this publicly, and associated closely with the republican party), and big far right propaganda account going all in on it. this is designed to oust trans people from public life

c-drama (canadian drama)

when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes

// wangxian // modern au // smut // Ridiculous short thought of normal, everyday modern lwj who accidentally summons a demon. No, not that kind of demon.

This World AIDS Day, let's not forget that Musk cancelling USAID & PEPFAR has led to 600,000 deaths and countless preventable HIV infections. These cuts could lead to 10.8 million HIV infections & 2.9 million deaths by 2030. We have the medicine to stop this. This is death by policy choice:

Are we a full 10 years on from the Millennials Are Killing [industry] genre of headlines yet or have we been for a while

Christ. Good thing the show doesn't actually do that

Just so we're clear, "body count" here refers to hundreds of thousands of people dying, not the fact he's a serial cheater.

based on how often the naughty teens of major cities throw the rentable scooters directly into the river i've formed a theory that the many iron age swords and cauldrons found in lakes around europe that we've previously assumed were ceremonial and sacrificial in nature were in fact thrown by teens

Wait the TERF lady didn't save the sssstudio weird

*Cough* So the only thing i got wrong was it was "and" not "or"

“everyone is twelve” theory has reached Senator Kelly

SOUND ON FOR BIG PURRS

I named my fists MSG and Garlic Powder, because your face is in season for some tenderizing.

the OU situation can be about erasing trans people from public life AND about enforcing Christian supremacy, because the campaign to erase trans people from public life is a Christian supremacist campaign trans people threaten Christian supremacy by refusing to perform the gender they were assigned

“It would take a heart of stone not to laugh.”

There's a group chat somewhere that will show this was clearly planned, bet on it

If we tell them it's a flood zone or likely to burn down in wildfires, it hurts sales 🤪

Indiana Republicans have unveiled their proposal to re-gerrymander the congressional map & expand their current 7-2 majority to 9-0. The Dem-held 1st would flip to Trump+12 & the 7th to Trump+19. All 7 GOP seats would be at least Trump+18. Interactive map: davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...

If your position is "it's okay for those people to be evil but you need to stop being so good" then I'm sorry you are not an erudite critical thinker who sees both sides and is comfortable with nuance, you are just cheering for evil and demanding that good be punished.

she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked

the thing is that the conservatives have for decades been building this gun that anybody with the right look and a tolerance for publicity can pick up and aim at any minoritized or simply liberal-coded target they can manufacture a grievance with, GamerGate everywhere. for everybody, forever

The campaign to fund Monsterotica has 25 hours left! We've hit our funding goal, and we're $1300 from our first stretch goal - which will get many backers an extra art print, and get all our authors a raise doubling their earnings. I'd love help spreading the word!!

hey if you're interested in jewelry that does not cost seven thousand dollars and look like shit my shop is at nora.jewelry

Ok but “Students, faculty, staff and alumni need to create a subversive alternative university lurking within the shadows of the university itself.” Or strike? Shut the whole thing down. Do it now before exams.

Blue Prince (2025)

British public also voted for Brexit.

Another great read from Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social for your Monday morning. "Trump is panicking. And maybe facing consequences. Trump is always vile and erratic. But spewing slurs on Thanksgiving. . . feels like an escalation even for him." Impeach and remove this vile man from power.

Cyber Monday is here and deals are going fast! These deals are diaphanous. They are receding even as we speak, becoming mere memories of deals, prices longed for but lost, hints at what could have been had for less. A golden slant of sun through window falls on an empty countertop. Act now.

Head therapy

I bought a Mac so I could use Vellum. If you create ebooks, it will relieve your life of HUGE amounts of stress. If it’s on sale today, and you’ve got the cash and the inclination, GO GET IT. 😄

The extent to which the American legislature has been completely bypassed in truly doing anything is one of the most important stories. The American legislature was supposed to be a functional body that did things, and it does nothing. As the American executive does everything. For decades.

i love how big corporations will give tiny fanmade shops cease and desists but you can make AI videos of famous characters getting butchered for paid views!!!! and the same corporations are asleep

Yes. Legit-sounding book clubs (with web pages and Etsy merch shops and all) say they want to do your book, waste your time with 2 rounds of planning emails, then say they need your headshot, bio, and the “standard $212 administrative fee” or whatever. Scam scam scammity scam scam.

Reminder: @gaius.bsky.social is an excellent follow with an amazing YouTube channel (added bonus, he seriously pisses off right wingers!)

I’m gonna need influencers to stop opining on core memories. “You only make core memories on vacation, so if you’re a poor, your kids aren’t making them,” can go SOAL (step on a Lego).

as someone who’s been sewing for 20+ yrs, there are so many stupid fucking questions but I think my favorite is “I have a bunch of T-shirts. can you make a quilt out of them“ yes I can. Will I? Absolutely fucking not. & then I have to explain how quilting & garment sewing aren’t the same & it cost 💰

The attention to detail here is so respectable. I've seen this comic before but just noticed a different letter in the sewing machine as he works

Im in the mood for some funny outside POV WangXian fics. Does anyone have any recs for me 👀👀

Arc Three - Back to Gusu has started posting: "The Good Rain Knows its Season" archiveofourown.org/works/633434... #wangxian #moderncultivation #reincarnation

I wrote about Bari Weiss newrepublic.com/article/2037...

If you read the story, the actual culprits here are big agribusinesses contaminating the groundwater through nitrates in their fertilizers. That's where the cancer is coming from. Insane that the headline and this piece essentially let them completely off the hook!

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥