Diane Keaton has sadly passed away at the age of 79.

i just landed in NJ & oh my god … FALL 🍂🍁 it feels amazing outside!

this when i remind everyone that i was interviewed by THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION to talk about Wendy … whew father god 😆

ooh yeah, that’s the stuff

he’s gone by the end of the month, tops

Report: Bill Belichick discussed buyout options with UNC reut.rs/4pW99d3

as you might remember, i pulled my right pinky nail clean off while tubing so i decided that when it was time to get my nails done that i’d declaw myself 💅 i now have a simple gel manicure, looks great, but i have to relearn how to use my hands

today is going BADLY. i ripped open the front spoiler of my car while parking in the garage at work (it's still attached but it looks like some cut through it like a can) TOTALLY my fault but absolutely fuck my life. the rest of today is NOT helping.

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors. ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart. ISILDUR: true

i’ve been doing so much admin/admin-adjacent work today (w a LONG bit spent on L’histoire) that only doing my laundry & organizing my closet will unwind me — till i get back to work this evening 🫩

random allusions to whales

everything i’ve heard about the lyrics on TLOASG has been against my will

if i tell you, i fear you’ll never not bother me about it

an awful last night continued on into an awful morning; Norwich lost the Derby (deservedly) & stuff from last night continues on.

okay, i have a purring cat in my lap, a chocolate milkshake, & i’m gonna finish my Stravinsky work. reclaiming my night bit by bit ☺️

i hate how my whole night can get derailed by one email. i’m so exhausted.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from deploying the National Guard in Portland, Oregon.

HORNS DOWN GO GATORS

ah but professors & students are the problem. got it.

fuck me, i'm sick for ONE GOD DAMN DAY -- email goes crazy, shit gets behind, all of a sudden everything is happening all because i spent yesterday hopped up on loratadine lol

oh shit do i need to put the game on?

Today is the 89th anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street when the people of the East End of London halted the march of Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts through Stepney.

the fact that i’ve spent all day in bed due to debilitating allergies (& the side effects of the medicine) feels incredibly extra in 2025. and yet, here we are 🤷🏽‍♀️

okay the opera is over. & this is what people are going crazy for? how deeply underwhelming.

okay, it’s time for Act II — let’s lock in, friends

i'm listening to a live broadcast of the Met of *that* new opera. um, okay.

i’m sorry, what

In Vol. 42, No. 1, of American Music, Christi-Anne Castro's article considers the interconnectedness of war-making and gendered race-making in popular sheet music and soldier songs of the Philippine-American War. Read it on @projectmuse.bsky.social: muse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...

HE DOESN’T MISS!

no.

Much of the public, and apparently White House, doesn't know that many of the US military's general and flag officers are intellectuals. Study history and theory, get that war, politics, economics, and culture intertwine, etc. Or maybe the White House does, and that's what they're trying to change.

i know i’m biased but i do not care: the Coronation scene from BORIS GODUNOV is one of the best things to ever grace the stage in the history of opera

i hate that i have to take stress gummies after dealing with mohela because their energy is so fucking stressful. like why are you talking to me like that, damn 😑

since i don't teach on mondays, i usually spend it (if i don't have student meetings), going through my emails -- responding, catching up, cleaning out. i've learned to devote monday to this task because it takes me HOURS, mainly because they never stop coming in 😩

for the last few years, i’ve spent my Augusts here & i’ve really come to love this community. this hurts my heart. www.wral.com/news/state/a...

Breaking news: New York Mayor Eric Adams said he is dropping his reelection bid. The Democrat who has led the city since 2022 faced pressure to quit his bid — particularly from President Donald Trump.

did i spend all night setting this up? yes, yes i did.

The National Hurricane Center said a tropical depression currently hovering over the Caribbean could intensify as it approaches the East Coast. South Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency.

There is no measured way to say what I am about to say. If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court. I do not say this lightly.

early this afternoon, i got a new toilet, all is well. but no sitting on it till tomorrow, a small price to pay

Jen and Siobhan and their 3 awesome kids are some of the kindest, best people ever, and they're moving out of the US as the country gets more and more unsafe for trans people. If you have the means to support their move and help give them a safe landing pad, please do

UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2 When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline. 109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.

rest well and free

shout out to my realtor and house owner for always being so on top of things, someone’s coming out mid-morning today to fix this dumb dumb dummy shit caused by me

well, fuck.

Again, this is a literal 180 from the advice I gave just 4-5 years ago. I still believe that every capable student should be encouraged to try out grad school, regardless of background, pedigree, or financial independence. But that doesn’t apply under fascism. It is not a safe time to be a scholar.

i just watchd my good colleague Evan beat the brakes off the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto AND my friend & his wife have a new baby boy today so i’m holding on those things amongst everything

"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself? "fork lady is eroding public confidence." "ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field." "lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability." that's what you sound like.

On Weds 22 October, we visit historians at the University of Suffolk and Suffolk Archives, to discuss partnership working. Our Ipswich visit includes a guest public lecture by Tim Grady (Chester) and a reception to meet fellow historians and RHS members bit.ly/4medzcd All are welcome #Skystorians

this is how it has become clear to me that i really am DGS: i had to put Teams on my phone 😫😆