I firmly believe in respecting someone's pronouns. I'm a little less cool when someone insists they don't use pronouns, which carries the implication that they won't respect anyone else's. My son, who lovingly nicknamed me Atilla the Professor, sent me some encouragement to keep up the good fight.

Federal Court Rules Requiring Use of Trans Student’s Pronouns Does Not Violate First Amendment

Speaking of songs that might need an update and a comeback...... The I Was Not A Nazi Polka.

This is from the 1960s. Yes, that is John Denver. And yes, it sounds like they had the same sensibilities as Tom Lehrer. Good.

My trio a few years ago: Ezri (top), Torias (bottom left), Boudicca (bottom right).

I do like the historicity of the red Norwegian knit hats, but how was Liam's blue bunny hat not IMMEDIATELY the symbol of resistance

The life of one of the most remote grizzly bear populations in the world is being documented by the animals themselves, with collar cameras that provide a rare glimpse of how they survive on Alaska’s rugged and desolate North Slope.

The fictional band HUNTR/X from the hit Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters went from a group no one had ever heard of to one of the biggest pop acts of 2025. Now they have five Grammy nominations.

There really wasn't a ceasefire.

Current preoccupations: putting my antique wardrobe trunk to use, specifically the boot box, and putting vintage buttons to use on a new winter wrap.

I've missed morning coffee and newspapers. Now I'm just missing the coffee. Newspaper is Issue 03 of The End Times, an experiment in serialized storytelling brought to you by Benjamin Percy and Stephen King.

Surprise! Alex has food poisoning, so we are off for SFF this week. We'll be back next week with movie theaters and the people who occupy them.

One to bring back.

Hang out with Rev for cartoons and, when his stream is over, come hang out with me and Alex for Silent Film Fridays - all brought to you on Stream.place

Ever experience a relaxation that is so profound that all of the tension you were holding in your jaw lets go and apparently that was lode-bearing tension, so an entire side of your head can't handle the change and complains? I might need to relax more often........

Winnie is an utter beauty. Thank you for sharing this, Rebecca.

This is a heck of a week to be teaching about the First Amendment.

Sounds of Our House: "Go off, Attila the Professor."

Where are the Epstein Files? #epsteinpapersplease

Eyes up, even when it hurts. We have a job to do.

ICE agent to citizen: "You raise your voice, I'll erase your voice."

My gamer cat.

I wondered when Damar would get a look-in.

Mid-flight, even.

Emailing yourself to accept your own paper into your own area so that there's evidence of acceptance for a conference so you can request funding is very, very weird.

Why is the prevailing response to ICE occupation in U.S. cities for Congress to "abolish ICE" when there is a much simpler solution: Congress can declare amnesty and permanent residency to all persons currently living in the U.S. We created the idea of "illegal" aliens. We can also undefine it.

We need this kind of resistance.

This is, unfortunately, relatable.

Seeking Morgul the Friendly Drelb.

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Ways to help folks in Minnesota, whether you're near or far! ❤️ www.standwithminnesota.com

I'm enjoying Starfleet Academy and it's not just the students and their shenans. The officer cast is utterly fabulous, particularly the duo of Reno and Thok.

You need this thread. Sound on.

WOKE HOTH Keep piloting the social justice landspeeders comrades, gotta warm up the Ground-To-Orbit Ion Cannon of mass civil disobedience

Don't you think he looks tired? Release the Epstein Files.

I'm gonna re-share these awesome open source fonts @quinnanya.me shared with us all the other day, because we all need a small, good thing right now and also because my broken brain lost the link and it took me 20 minutes to find it again, and maybe yours did to? justseeds.org/project/just...

Earlier this week, a student said that he wanted to hear both sides of any news story. I explained that "both sides" attempts to create a moral and ethical equivalency between good and evil, assailant and victim, and that it simply does not work. We'll get to fair and balanced in a few weeks.

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (2 hrs, 58 mins)

Even here there is resistance, even when there is little hope to be found.

I can't even say I wish it were different. This is, unfortunately, where we are.

The world is a bit garbage at the moment, so I seek beauty in whatever space I can.

The snow hasn't started in Pittsburgh yet, but the temperature is dropping fast. Here are some tips for surviving the weekend if the power goes out.

And, while we're at it, don't you think he looks tired? Release the Epstein Files. Do not take your eye off them.

We're trying this again tonight after last week's stream was scuppered by platform glitches. We kick off at 8 pm Eastern at stream.place/atk42games.b... . Join us, won't you?

Cartoons are always a good idea.

This is heading our way, too. Stay warm, Ben. You have some sort of bear pelt to wrap up in, yes?

Solidarity from Ohio to my Minnesota siblings. I am going to teach today, but otherwise, I'm staying home. #generalstrike

I teach his theories on hegemony in one of the first units in my popular culture and media course. If you want to understand how thought is shaped, you need to understand the role of power.

Sounds of Our House: "They're reading glasses, but in reverse." "Anything but reading glasses?" "Exactly."

Vandals and thieves