Chip chip chip.

I retire from 37 years of professional editorial work in higher education next week. Here is how I’m planning to spend a large chunk of my time.

MTG is utterly insufferable. I know she won’t actually get out of politics when she quits Congress, but hope there’s at least a substantial pause in having to hear from and about her.

Former fab Emory colleague @drdebhoury.bsky.social out there being fierce. Thank you, Deb! Keep speaking out! time.com/7338714/dr-d...

Many reporters went to Albany, Georgia, when it became one of America's first COVID hotspots. But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting. What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare. Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:

The only explanation for this is that federal strategy is DARVO, a term describing abusive behavior: deny, attack, reverse victim offender. Oh and gaslighting.

"If you believe a 19-year-old Jewish college student chanting “Free Palestine” is more dangerous than the vice president of the US implying that Germans should embrace the far-right party Alternative for Germany then you’re drawing the wrong lessons from history." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

10000% the greatest Christmas song of the 20th century.

Actually @roopikarisam.bsky.social the gluten free biscuit weren’t bad.

Have you considered topping your pies with regime crumble?

Icy conditions in Atlanta today.

Maybe I need a scooter

Get your goddamn flu shot. And your Covid shot too.

This is completely insane.

Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now? TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question

China is winning.

PLEASE do not be fooled. MTG is the same as she ever was.

Absolutely heartbreaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...

FACT CHECK: TRUE

Deep fake created by the campaign of Mike Collins, Republican candidate for ossoff’s senate seat. Desperation drives shamelessness I suppose.

Primary them.

Primary them all.

This headline changed twice after it was posted. Two thoughts: 1- who is this Helen Andrews and what trauma did she suffer? And 2- I have proudly been ruining workplaces for 36 years and in 5 weeks I am retiring so that I can get busy ruining the rest of the places. Watch out.

Seriously? This page is hosted on the White House website. Our nation is being run by preadolescent boys.

In an Upset, Democrats Oust Two Republicans on Georgia’s Utility Board www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...

CONFIRMED: Georgia Democrats have won their first statewide elections for non-federal offices since *2006.* The two Dem challengers, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, have ousted two GOP Republican commissioners on the state's utility commission.

Georgia: With most of the early vote tallied, the margin for the two Democrats that appear set to flip statewide Public Service Commission is (for now) about 20 points. Even with final margin TBD + caveats about the unusual electorate situation, it's a strong sign for Ds.

[Exit Clown.]

So we put the crooked republican asshat public service commissioners on notice here in Georgia tonight. Clean energy for the win.

Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.

Just in case you thought it might be ok to buy his cars again. (It ain’t.)

No matter how your day went - good, bad, somewhere in between - just remember... At least you didn't brag about having a high IQ because you thought a dementia test was easy Good night and sleep tight 💚

We live in an episode of Veep

Journals are considering doing identity checks to expose fake authors — but there are downsides go.nature.com/4hqvw6F

Yesterday, Stephen Miller questioned details re 170+ Americans detained by immigration agents. “Abject lies,” he wrote. Here’s the thing: We tracked, catalogued, and compiled every one of those 170+ cases. Because...we do our homework. propub.li/4o2eeiL

“Ms. Mickens is being targeted not because she violated any policy or harmed students, but because her personal views — expressed outside of the classroom — don’t align with those in power. This unconstitutional censorship of protected speech endangers a healthy democracy.”

Christ on a cracker.

It is a scandal totally unprecedented in history that the Vice President has shared a video depicting the President as king. It’s an obscene violation of every founding American principle. And nothing will come of it. It makes me physically sick.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Bagpipes and unicorns in Decatur because that’s our vibe. #nokings

Decatur, GA, and its kids, dogs, unicorns, bagpipes, bubbles, and clever funny humans, showed up this morning. Peaceful protest, because this is our home and we’re gonna fight for it. Get out there! #nokings

In my garden today. Good omens!

Getting ready for Saturday

Looks like public media platform at Penn State University will stay open, after news that Philadelphia public media outlet WHYY will take control of WPSU - which was slated to be the first public media outlet to close following loss of federal funding. https://loom.ly/4HCc8As.

Buy your books from independent presses directly or order through your local independent feminist bookstore. I order mine on the Charis website then walk to the store to pick them up. Tell Bezos to go to hell and get your steps in! charisbooksandmore.com

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Fascism.

Ffs. What a bunch of 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Imagine being this bad at running a government