Removing a monument honoring Black US soldiers has nothing to do with DEI. It’s erasure of history and it’s straight-up racism.

confirmed today that /Dark Side of the Moon/ remains the most perfect album of all time. “what about money” well i’m sorry that one too many bassists at guitar center hurt you but 1. it rips and 2. those cash registers and coin drops add the squeeze of lemon the dish needs to reach perfection

hockey is ON

Listen, this GIS-based approach to revising ideas about the Achaemenid Royal Road (550–330 BCE) is a great example of why digital humanities continues to be necessary and transformative within history. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

everybody celebrate by donating money or food or time to your local food banks or food shares!! www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...

Chowder day

“In my years of being involved in the community, the prospect of cutting off SNAP benefits is one of the most inhumane, callous, cruel and immoral acts I've ever witnessed,” New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said Friday. www.ctpublic.org/news/2025-10...

It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Hasskei Majeed, Justine McConnell, Olakunbi Olasope, and Luke Roman, building on the Classics &/in Africa conference at UCL this summer. "Classics and Africa" resdifficiles.com/classics-and...

I have an amazing student about to lose childcare on Monday due to the shutdown. Child Care Assistance (CCA) programs in Iowa are lifesavers for many families also on food stamps. She works, she is a student, & she has children. The federal refusal to continue funding these programs is devastating.

Sure. Fine. Whatever.

something so goofy about carving out my october-march morning schedule like “gotta prioritize my 15 min by the lamp!” and then sitting as close as possible to a little rectangle blasting light at my face. and the consequences of forgetting are Depression

gift link.

i had a dream i made a post that went viral and it was just “Kenneth Branagh i know you’ve got another one in you”

hockey is ON

been thinking about this old episode of radiolab a lot a lot lately, particularly the reaction of one interviewee to questions about the ethics of the technology they were actively developing. Anyways!!!!! radiolab.org/podcast/brea...

Aeschylus is just fucking sound after sound (complimentary)

I am re-watching the movie Snatch once again but do NOT!!! Ask me!!!! To describe the plot of this movie!!!!!!!

Y’all, I just want to go back to posting song lyrics

dogs rule.

It’s my birthday. This year the idea of the future and living in it has been harder to hold with hope. I’ve always felt some comfort in the inextinguishable hope I somehow continue to keep alive in myself, and perhaps my greatest accomplishment in my 33rd year has been that hope’s baffling survival.

Detroiters, Castle Rock

This is my first year seeing spotted lantern flies in central Connecticut and I’m f*cking pissed #nutmegsky

Very randomly for no discernible reason just had to watch /The Death of Stalin/ (2017) tonight

Breaking in new running shoes to 7 year bitch/le Tigre/the Gits. Holy shit the Gits #runningpunks

Should nothing happen this weekend, just remember that you can carry this hopeful feeling every day until something does. Plan your celebrations in advance.

yesterday @eosafricana.bsky.social sent out their notice for Eos WRITES, which is a really great opportunity to work on writing, give feedback, and build community. here’s their link to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

And another update! With thanks to @bhgreeley.bsky.social for his contribution of "regulatory uncertainty" and @emilymbender.bsky.social for reminding us of the "tech moves fast" line. sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...

Since it's a topic many people are talking about today, just want to share some resources I have found helpful when responding to someone who is actively experiencing suicidal thoughts, bc most of us are only ever told to post a hotline number and not how to actually *respond*

Breaking: According to Minneapolis police, two children — ages 8 and 10 — have been killed in the church shooting. 14 children and three adults injured. Minneapolis mayor Frey: "Don't just say this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying."

People of Connecticut and regions nearby. Come on out on September 16! Free and open to the public.

Giving Soup (dog) a gentle but firm lecture about rising above & resisting barking back at the incessant yapping of the Australian shepherd next door

we know from data that in the streaming age people often check out before they're done listening to an album. and that's fine. enjoy music how you like! but! if it's a jazz set from the 60s or 70s do yourself the favor of letting the whole record play because when these guys close a set, they COOK

Curious if you watch the EFL/premier league & are not from the UK: - what’s your team? - how did you get into that team specifically?

This is very bad. Although entirely predictable. Once more the humanities are being cut back to prop up STEM and, increasingly, AI investment (including at the expense of bench science). In the past, cuts to humanities were promoted on two separate logic streams that do not hold true: /1

It is always Soup Season.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont responds to US AG Pam Bondi: "Unfortunately, DHS’s current deportation tactics undermine legitimate law enforcement by instilling fear among residents and interfering in the orderly functioning of our state courts."

cartoon planet is a real heavy “did we really know how good we had it” prompt

Nobody can stop you from posting a photo of a sleepy dog. It’s expressly allowed.

Muttered “fuck yes” out loud in the kitchen because I remembered we have Fancy Mustard

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

ICE at the courthouse in Stamford, Connecticut: www.ctpublic.org/news/investi...

The Cleaners from Venus we’re just so lucky to have them

THIS IS PERFECT I WILL BUY 200 ITEMS OF CLOTHING FOR A TEAM THAT ISN'T EVEN MY TEAM AS SOON AS I HAVE THE OPTION

Throwing sex toys at women doing their jobs is outrageous, textbook sexual harassment. It’s inexcusable. “The sexualization of women is what’s used to hold women down, and this is no different,” Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said. “These people that are doing this should be held accountable.”

[dob barking]

Hey historians and digital humanists, in light of the AHA’s AIgate, here are a few ways I approach AI in the classroom. Feel free to add your own! These are in the context of digital humanities courses deeply rooted in history, literature, and tech/data ethics. #DigitalHumanities #AHA #Skystorians 🗃️

Folks - consider becoming a member/supporter of @edwardgoreyhouse.bsky.social

I actually feel fine that it’s August. I actually don’t even care