Our book is out! Solidarity in Contingency: Rorty's Constructive Project contains seven chapters, each grappling with how Rorty's later philosophy might serve as a resource for addressing current democratic and cultural problems. Thank you to the amazing team at @openbookpublish.bsky.social !

If your economy is humming along but the news for your lifetime, as far back as you can remember, has been punctuated by disasters, wars, acts of violence, and acts of extraction maybe that sound, the background to your life, hasn't been a hum so much as a chewing-grinding swallowing-gnashing.

One reason Zelensky was attacked for what he was wearing is that clothes-shaming it's something these men do to women. It's to code him as feminine, weak, emotional, unfit as a leader (as not Rational; see also "don't tell us how to feel", and Kremlin praising Trump for being the reasonable part)

Bluesky tip: find those you follow who are less prolific posters on the Quiet posters feed. Hit subscribe and you can access it from the top of your home page. We love it!

Great thread. "For the angry people, the EU is the burial place of Britain as a great power; a daily reminder of loss."

This 🧵

As with climate change I imagine the truth when it comes to our democracy lies somewhere between "all is lost" and "everything is fine", and it's good to ask who wants you to believe either of those de-activating extremes.

I like to think of "pack" less like "package" and more like "pack of wolves". Chuffed to be included in the pragmatist pack (squad? troop? crew? crowd? A pride of pragmatist? The group name for squirrels is a "scurry", so that must be it 🐿️)

🚨 New issue alert! C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings just released an Ali Smith Special Issue! Guest-edited by Agnes Andeweg and Jesse van Amelsvoort. Dive in here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/901/info

Systems thinking says: focus both on immediate events and on the long-term future. I wrote about 5 good investments for the long-term no matter what happens next: ✅ cultivate connections ✅ prioritize health ✅ invest in equity ✅ slow down ✅ learn www.commondreams.org...

I've thought about multisolving easily once a week since I encountered the concept and Dr Sawin's work (so for at least a couple of years). So many situations now prompt "omg we/they should be multisolving this!". Cannot wait to read and share the book!

Thought for the day: We can't avoid discontinuity. The more discontinuity we can accept of ideas, assumptions, and power structures, the less discontinuity of lives, bridges, food supplies, ecosystems, etc.

What a mindblowing term to be teaching American Literature and Culture for the first time Students discuss different answers to "What is an American?" The final lecture and exam are after the election. Don't think I've ever taught a more open-ended course