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Decorating my office door @rezekjoe.bsky.social

What did you buy me for Rain Dogs's 40th birthday?

It must feel so good to be a 161-page PDF of a court case that everyone is sharing on Bluesky and saying "holy shit"

@aaup.org won its case against the State Department's attempt to terrorize non-citizens and deprive them of their First Amendment rights

Grad Cafe but for higher ed financial scandals

When will GALS overthrow the Bass Pro Pyramid?

Happy leaving for work in the dark season to me

You cannot make me listen to an Ezra Klein episode

I listened to that Ezra Klein and Ta-Nehisi Coates discussion and the clearest takeaway is that they are just engaged in completely different political projects. For Klein politics is academic and for Coates politics is flesh and blood.

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

Through her creative platform, Saint Heron, Solange has launched The Saint Heron Library, a digital archive dedicated to making rare and out-of-print works by Black authors, poets, and artists accessible to all. 🔗 library.saintheron.com

Mad none of you told me that this guy is less than an hour from my house and I had to learn this news from HERMAN MELVILLE

I just won Rilo Kiley tickets from a radio station on the Internet!

This is my university! Seeking 18th century-ists!

The 2026 SEASECS conference is going to be at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama! Accepting proposals through October 1! www.seasecs.org/2026-confere...

My employer New York Public Radio just announced that it is offering @onthemedia.bsky.social, @radiolab.bsky.social, and other programs to at-risk public radio stations for free! More info: current.org/2025/09/wnyc...

Seeing a lot of Grey Gardens content, please enjoy this meme my student made in like 2019

They've lost the 9yos

pretty sad AI flubbed this gimme

FREE RESEARCH QUESTION: Does shitposting revitalize the brain?

New episode! Join Rachel Trusty (Bucknell University) as she discusses James Chesser and Georgianna Holly's queer marriage in 19th-century Arkansas! soundcloud.com/c19podcast/s...

Hot Testament of Ann Lee autumn

Scrolling through 23892732 pictures of myself to ascertain what length my hair was when it last looked good

Saw a headline that announced a cold front is coming later this week and the cold front is 82˚

Duppy Jonah would be a beautiful name for a cat

Reminder that September is National library card month, so you should totally go get a library card! Yes, they have books, but many also have dvds, cds, video games, game systems, hot spots, streaming services, ebooks, audio books, park passes, museum passes, and more! Maybe it's time for a visit!

[Pilates instructor voice] "I rejoice in my spine, as in the firm audacious staff of that flag which I fling half out to the world."

It has been brought to my attention that not everyone knows about Ben Franklin's virtue-tracking app

Drove through the crappie capital of the world today and everyone knew you

We need new producers to serve on the C19 Podcast Subcommittee for the 2026-2028 term! Send us your applications by 9/29!

langston hughes on walt whitman, 1953

The texture of cottage cheese doesn't bother me.

In my culture it is extremely disrespectful to subject another person to AI-generated art or language.

I like how this group's claim to fame is just occupying different kinds of houses in different seasons

An influential arts + culture magazine that only publishes people who went to public schools

Maybe this will be the year I spend my birthday at the Mississippi John Hurt Educational Center

Lot o' anticipatory compliance out here

If you would like to feel horror about something manageable for once I recommend wiping down the tops of your ceiling fans

A thought I keep returning to — and that’s underscored by today’s news — is that a legacy publication or a deep-pocketed investor could hire an astonishing array of talent right now and make the best newspaper in America overnight.

Some good news during these trying times: I'll be heading to Lexington in Dec to start a tenure track library faculty position at the University of Kentucky as their new (and first full-time) Head of King Library Press, one of the oldest bibliographic teaching presses at a US college or uni. 1/2

Finally

Today in "graphics I have seen and hated"

If you haven't gotten your updated COVID vaccine by now, book an appointment fast before next week's ACIP meeting. After that, you might not be able to get one. I plan on getting mine this weekend if I possibly can. arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

“Pamela” is about blubbering

Really don't want to ever learn what the word "groyper" means

Hyperlinks on a CV: yes or no

Joe Minter cat

I am being very mature and have not mentioned in my promotion narrative once that I used to be a minor Twitter celebrity.

Anyway, glad to not be on Twitter dot com