“My dear son, learn eloquence; not barely what you say, but the proper manner of speaking. My son, learn music but don’t be a pedant in it.” From the encrypted diaries of William Thomas Prestwood, whose decryptions are collected in Cipher, by Jeremy B. Jones.

the requirement is, of course, “be white” amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

The newsletters will continue until morale improves

the current administration is actually the best argument against prison abolition

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netfix just told me to not stream stranger things, instead read an AI summary and obviously, NEITHER but wtf

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bring me to your university to make prints (poems) with your students. I'll do it!

not the point but why does she look like the mother of the bride the morning after she slept in her dress

I love the calculation of volume and I love that ND brought it here

we are entering the season of "oh my god I want to rewrite your annual appeal"

There is no batshit far-right idea that the NYT's "reasonable" conservatives will not launder into polite discourse.

what we need right now

I did not anticipate being so embarrassed by a society in which I had so little faith to begin with

Broadview.

imagine being in workshop with the dictionary we would never survive

you broke it, you bought it, but for america

The room is almost all elephant. Almost none of it isn’t. Pretty much solid elephant. So there’s no room to talk about it. -Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room” #everynightapoem

stop doing this

my favorite movie critic / library professional is at it again "I suspect Trachtenberg has been in the keywords because every line of dialogue in this thing has a distinctly Kindle Direct sensibility."

all this epstein stuff is also an argument for a public editor

do we all change our prices or sales tax rates or what

MN nice is people sneering in the comments about the sanctity of HOA-enforced lawn care rules

i mean it is crazy that the closest thing to taking trump down is an actual secret elite pedophile ring

grok revealing that elon's library is just one book

Seen a few of the epstein emails now, all with different people and it's not the main issue here but is everyone illiterate

thinking gross emails from larry "women can't do math" summers are going to shame democrats is hilarious.

what is cool about this michael wolff / trump / epstein stuff is that he had those emails in 2015 and decided to not tell anyone and let us turn into a full fash grifter state instead

In a couple of days I'm going to open a quick, experimental call for very short, solstitial submissions at @necessaryfiction.com, something I've wanted to do for the past couple of years but didn't quite get it together. Further details TK.

recommend the Children's Bach and Loved and Missed and you too will end up in a National Book Award finalist's interview

Abortion is healthcare, you ghouls.

doing a totally normal number of errands and feeling like I raised the titanic with my bare hands

spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"

Really depressing that the LA Times featured Zibby's bookstore in their newsletter the same week she had (yet another) racist meltdown about Zohran Mamdani.

all these answers are great and thoughtful and mine is "rewatch buffy"

imagine doing this, but you are not rich and staffed

Van Hollen Senate Minority Leader vote when

This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...

what happens when you confuse an oil derrick w your dick

as someone who is constantly mad it seems like some of you are mad way too often

canceling funding for housing and education to dedicate your philanthropy and billions to.... AI

"gentle reminder" joining "pro tip" in my list of instant-mute words

this will be a delight

helped a friend strategize a job interview and then told her to get HRT for her migraines and wow do I love to give great advice I myself would never take.

I choose being in the woods with a bear over reading/listening to this.

run more cool people who like themselves and other people

big if true

dawg not the steakhouse wedding font

of course mpls did not manage to dislodge poor-mans-justin-trudeau