Black Sounds concert in Columbus. Featuring Talib Kweli, the Deal Breakers, and Starlit Ways, all repping central Ohio in its beautiful variety. Concert organized by grad students in Music and Comp Studies.

That you, Cathy.

I promise to live what’s left of my life the way that George plays his solo on I Should Have Known Better.

Elon Musk suddenly going into overdrive to blame DEI, Obama, Biden... likely because he doesn't want you to know that the FAA was without a leader during the DC plane crash thanks to him

DEI was not the demand, it was the settlement

“What if our morality and our politics did not end with the act of condemnation? What if we insisted on asking what form of life would release the region from violence such as this?” -Judith Butler’s latest

First excerpt from my new book: “If inequality can be captured in statistics, insecurity requires talking about feelings: It is, to borrow a phrase from feminism, personal as well as political.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion/inequality-insecurity-economic-wealth.html?smid=tw-share

Astra Taylor on how we might come together as things fall apart! Read every word - no pull quotes do the job, but: “We work hard, shop hard, hustle, get credentialed, scrimp and save, invest, diet, self-medicate, meditate, exercise, exfoliate.” None of it provides “the security we crave.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion/inequality-insecurity-economic-wealth.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare This is a great piece by @astra.bsky.social Amazing control of tone as she states what should be obvious with total clarity.

I feel sheepish to plug an upcoming project with all the woes of the world swirling around us but…deep breath…a band I am in tours 🇪🇺central Europe in October and I hope some of you folks will come check us out. 🎸🥁

Half-baked thought: maybe now all humanities professional orgs should have watchdog/activist committees to keep an eye on major assaults by legislatures, boards of trustees, etc.? a necessary shift, culturally? both for ready activism & for easy rallying nodes for orgs to communicate & band together

jd vance is having a terrible night and i think that’s nice

The cities of Ohio have pushed back against the Republican effort to cheat us of majority rule. Happy for all of us.

We voted. Hell, no!

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in all the remembrances about sinead’s passionate and righteous life, let us not forget how powerfully tender her music was. few people can sing about intimacy, longing, desire, and grief in a way that cuts to the quick every time and never feels hackneyed

Reskeet with first album bought with your own money.

Vietnam goalie playing a game

Ready to start!