I remember words in songs better than ordinary words, including random songs from music class in elementary schools and many songs from the 50's and 60's.

I believe that there are only two fates for photos taken of slides at a conference: 1) Posted online 2) Literally never looked at again

"Good and Cheap: Eating well on $4 a day" is a wonderful, free cookbook. It has lots of good ideas for making money and food stretch farther. dhs.saccounty.gov/PUB/WIC/Docu...

250 years of slavery. 88 years of Jim Crow. But somehow we're all supposed to succeed by pretending we started on equal footing beginning in the mid 1960s. Come the fuck on.

Now there are 51 ways to leave your lover.

Trying to teach children that the world is good and people can be trusted (so they can sleep at night knowing they're protected) is REALLY HARD in this stupid-ass scam culture that is the US now.

Shout out to Fairfax County Public Schools for continuing to prioritize students' safety! Much gratitude from this FCPS parent as well.

Fobazi is currently in the ICU and could use your support. Apologies to those I haven’t been able to reach out to yet. You can message me for more info and I will be posting updates to GoFundMe. Please share, send healing thoughts, prayers, etc. ❤️ -Elena gofund.me/c8485b58

"Research, valuable not in itself but for some ulterior purpose, will be of little import except in so far as it is transmuted into common knowledge. The history that lies inert in unread books does no work in the world." -- Carl Becker, American Historical Association presidential address, 1931

Michaels' Halloween decor is absolutely rising to meet the national moment

For anyone else at AU wondering what the heck all the alerts are about..

So excited to see this work finally published!

I have been working on stablecoin policy for five years. Every word Sen Warren says here is spot on. With this bill advancing, I feel like I’m watching a car crash in slow motion and there’s nothing I can do to stop it. It’s devastating

It brings me no joy to share this, but here's an open letter to the leadership of the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) on what is to me a very serious issue with it's autonomy and political scope. (Note: I've worked for and with PKP for decades). ahemnason.notion.site/open-letter-...

Excited to launch our new SPARC OA 101 series, featuring presentations from @butternutsquash.bsky.social on measuring impact, Teresa Schultz & Matt Ruen on problematizing "predatory" publishing, and @davehansen.bsky.social on copyright, authors rights, and AI. sparcopen.org/news/2025/oa...

Me every time I start a peer review: I'm sure I don't have much to contribute - it seems like a well-constructed and interesting article! Me several paragraphs into a peer review: Oh I've got some things to SAY!!!!

Project MUSE announced that its Subscribe to Open (S2O) initiative has reached its sustainability goal for 2025. This means that 2025 content for 100 journals from 27 publishers will be openly accessible on the MUSE platform. Kudos on the accomplishment! about.muse.jhu.edu/subscribe-to...

OH FUCK NO. I'm sending an email, but white women, this is y'all's moment to shine. I can't think of a better reason to need to a speak to a manager. Inside every white woman reading this is a Karen waiting to be called into action. Lock-in, dig deep, and be a Karen for democracy!

They’ve called armed federal officers to the scene. We aren’t dangerous. We are here to represent our people. To defend public education. This is an authoritarian regime. You cannot block members of Congress from entering the Department of Education.

This all feels like a fucked up Prisoner's Dilemma where one side stopped voting to share a long time ago and the other side just keeps mashing that share button over and over.

🧪Here's the script for your senators. If you're in WI, like I am, that's Johnson www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/office_locat... and Baldwin www.baldwin.senate.gov Data by state on NIH impact: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

We turned on the Ravens game, and the 4 year old was not happy. She tried to advocate unsuccessfully to watch Nightmare before Xmas. When that didn't work, she asked what my favorite movies are.. and that's how she talked me into switching to UHF. Clever girl.

Status report: snow day #3 for the kids just announced, kids are climbing the walls, I'm stress-eating bacon.

Jimmy Carter was someone we should all strive to be more like. I got to interact with him in 2008 during a Habitat for Humanity build. He asked where the group was from and I shouted out "Emory!" since I worked there at the time and he was affiliated with them and he responded. An amazing person.

Visiting my home town in CA. I've felt like a stranger visiting for many years, but this time around recognizing how many of my dreams take place here, and parts of me that fit better here. A bit bittersweet, but for this trip, hoping to go hike some hills!

Sooo is this the worst time or the best time to start wearing my guillotine earrings more often? (for those interested, it's these: davidhowell.com/products/sil...)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20 @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social #Libraries #BookSky 💙📚

Not my most mind-blowing creation, but one I'm proud of: Thanksgiving leftovers sandwich (turkey, stuffing, gravy, mayo on sourdough) with the special addition of my Mom's red wine vinaigrette. Could use some cranberry sauce, but it's pretty great!

okay, we're starting with this Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already! Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting) Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

Hi, I'm Rachel and I was given the Prickly Cactus award (an actual small cactus) by my 10th grade English teacher for making "pointed remarks at the teacher" all year. He was of the belief that he was the only one in the class with any knowledge, and I liked to prove him wrong.

A local library system (Arlington, VA, I hope they move to Bluesky soon) is giving away a FREE LIBRARY WEDDING for an engaged couple in 2025. Is it too late to get divorced and re-engaged? library.arlingtonva.us/2024/11/01/e...

Once again begging people to stop playing into parents rights by saying parents have the right to decide what their children get to read. Children have rights, and "parents rights" is a backdoor to book banning.

Reading grant proposals for research translation funding, and it is helping soothe my soul a bit hearing about the amazing research and connections my university is engaging with and wants to expand.

I've been attending a multipart training, and not only am I learning a lot, the moderators are not shy about muting in the 100ish-person Zoom meetings. So grateful.

Last night in traffic, my 7 year old asked me what jazz hands were. After a tutorial, I realized a man in another car was watching us! We (the man and I) both laughed - it was such a delightful moment, even though my son refused to do jazz hands for him. It's still making me chuckle!

Hey @matthartings.bsky.social, your library SciPop presentation got a write-up in The Eagle! I wish I could have attended, but it looks like a great article. :) www.theeagleonline.com/article/2023...