Does anyone have a rec. for an accessible but accurate book about the Black Panther Party and their organizing & community support strategies? I'm looking for something to suggest to book groups w/many non-academics in them who do not want to struggle through tedious verbosity & high theory.

hi all; i am finally starting to go towards data collection but need to complete a quick pilot study of about 20 people to make sure my survey items are reliable looking for people who have had a miscarriage in last 2 years (since 1/1/24) and were employed full-time.

*taps sign*

Wait, you're telling me ALL of our New Orleans city council members and a whole lot of our District Attorneys drive city-owned vehicles home? Mostly large, heavy, polluting SUVs that each cost more than the median New Orleanian's annual income ? www.nola.com/news/politic...

In another week or so, I am going to start asking you for donations, memberships, and to help boost out campaign to reach new donors and members. That will (hopefully) ensure that we can continue to provide good part time work for 3 journalists and pay our freelancers decently. And then...

Super excited to have another administrative burden that well-resourced folks can delegate to admin staff but the rest of us have to sort out for ourselves without support. </sarcasm>

6 months later, the story is here! I wrote about weed, Jazz, the history of the war on drugs and 1920s NOLA’s role in it! If you’re in NOLA, get the latest issue of @antigravitymag.bsky.social at a local business near you! Web link will be posted later; this issue’s PDF will in the next post!

Yes, it’s on the nose, but I will remind you that this is about children, who have no say in any of this, and if I see any public health people doing easy dunks I’m gonna start kicking you all in the nuts

Let's see if I can motivate myself this year with another round of Finish Stuff, whereby I thread things that I finish. Ideally one per day (big and small things both matter!), but I'm not holding myself to that. #FinishStuff2026

huh so Google is kicking off the new year by pissing off knitters that’s fun

The VA has officially published its final rule on the abortion ban in the Federal Register as of today. It says the rule is effective Jan. 30, but the dept has actually implemented it since Dec. 18, as I scooped for @ms.now last week 👇

Here's a really easy New Year's Resolution: If you're sick with something contagious, you will stay home if your circumstances allow. If you can't stay home, you will mask around others until there is no possibility you are contagious. By making these choices, you will literally save lives.

Happy New Year! @deecherrywriter.bsky.social leaves us with the Top 5 Reasons for Optimism in Scary Political Times.

My university’s policy on AI is “hey students here is some free demonic software you can use to plagiarize all of your bullshit. Faculty get your shit together.”

If anyone has prepared some basic overview materials (w/ citations?) on the broader effects of GenAI (water use, energy use, energy costs, climate change, unconsented IP use, etc) that could be used in an intro genEd course as part of the basis for not allowing it, please share? I will credit you!

Beauty and the Beast, but make it even more of a nightmare

New @ursulakleguin.com print from @skeuomorphpress.org arrived

this is going to sound soo random but i havent been able to find much online... does anybody have recommendations on reads about how music-making is divine in different cultures? I'm thinking of Sinners & how music can be used for good & bad enchantments. recs?

It feels like every time I log in to our LMS there is another option in the side bar. WTF is a Parchment Digital Badge? What is a Big Blue Button? Can I put those in my TopHat and store them in the YUJA so they can Perusall until they become Lucid(whiteboard)?

If anyone wants to write for this and focus on climate change + physiology (esp in a way legible to public health), I PROMISE I will teach your paper in one of my classes.

Louisiana public health worker and leadership program recruiting new cohort The Legacy Trust program, run by the Louisiana Coalition for Reproductive Freedom, will train reproductive justice and public health leaders statewide.

I have been hearing about this project for a while! So excited to see what they are planning to do, and I can’t wait to hear how much more organizing and advocacy will be possible in the region with a hub like this.

Jo and Joy Banner are turning the plantation home into a museum and community hub—bridging revolt history with modern environmental activism and resilience. https://capitalbnews.org/largest-slave-revolt-louisiana-black-sisters/

Me, early 40s, trying to have an adult conversation with my cousins who are now men in their mid-30s with multiple children: -So, uh…d’yah still call cows “boos”, or have you sorted out your allergies & speech stuff? -ummm…can you eat grapes without gas & diarrhea now, or is that something for life?

I do not fear the Menswear Guy. what's he going to tell me about myself that I am not already acutely aware of. "you dress like you don't respect yourself" good eye ace

Never change New Orleans

It’s Xmas Eve and yet I’m still gonna be a little spicy. The fact that the first American pope is from Chicago matters because unmooring power and perspective from the coasts especially east coast is an imperative for building something new and better

Me,watching a Christmas movie: IS THAT BONNIE BEDELIA!!! It IS! My QUEEN! All hail, BONNIE BEDELIA!!!

Add blue books to classes without a website and assigning a book a week to the list of things that were standard when I was an undergrad that are considered beyond the pale now.

I see there’s a post about microplastics going around with a photo of drinking straws, so here is my semi-regular reminder that the 3 biggest sources of microplastics are tires (45%), synthetic clothing particles (35%) and paint (~10%). Lay article attached:

yes, this is why when you see actual artist time lapses (not ones where someone just hides the AI image they're tracing) there is a ton of time spent just on figuring out the blocking and fixing problems on a structural level. Slop is slop because it is noise without problem solving

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The captions are really bad, and y’all not tuned to understand the accent will be lost, but our local news plays this every year and it’s not Christmas without it. The Cajun Night Before Christmas book is a classic, and hearing it read really brings the language to life.

BRB. Going to look for a chore coat at the local farm co-op and the local vintage shops so I can rock this look. Just wandering around my yard, trying to look like a cross between this rabbit and Monty Don.

Well. Spent a HUGE part of today working through my email inbox. Found at least 3 things I shoulda included in last week's annual review documentation. I guess I'll save them for the tenure file.

LATEST: State officials have denied a request from Smitty’s Supply Inc. to dispose of wastewater and stormwater from its disaster cleanup into drainage ditches that lead to the Tangipahoa River. @wesmuller.bsky.social reports lailluminator.com/2025/12/23/s...

#NOLASky beer drinkers: We have a special brew at Care Forgot Beercraft on St. Charles and you can order a pint with the glass and keep the glass for under $20, in case you need a little last minute stocking stuffer (and a break from the holiday hustle). They're open today (Tuesday 12/23) til 10.

I want less AI and more softwares that can respond to a proper Boolean search. Especially you, MS Outlook. I don't want you to make my emails more verbose and meaningless, I just want you to ACTUALLY FIND stuff when I search by sender or keywords.

My wife and I are raising two little yats; it’s 7:35 am, and my three year old son requested « Christmas marching band » music so he can play his kid instruments while pretending to be in a second line

“If the standard for airing a story becomes ‘the government must agree to be interviewed,’ then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state,” Alfonsi wrote.”

honestly kinda tired of seeing senior academics dropping hot takes that are clearly informed by other folks theory and/or empirical work without giving credit or providing references. Some of yall may be smart, but you are part of these networks & you should nod at them in your public scholarship.

At least seven historically Black colleges and universities were forced into lockdown after a series of terroristic threats after Charlie Kirk's death. In recent years, HBCUs have stepped up their efforts to protect their campuses. https://capitalbnews.org/hbcu-bomb-threats-shootings-campus-safety/

No other state exports as much LNG as Louisiana, and a consumer group's study finds that could lead to higher electric bills, @eplunk.bsky.social reports. lailluminator.com/2025/12/19/l...

Ok, is this story maybe “a Tesla driver killed a man on a dirt bike”? Because that seems to be what happened. I am not here for attempts to eschew holding drivers accountable for actions taken while driving.

Rick Steves the GOAT

I need emergency preparedness people to grapple w/ the reality of our Rx drug system, where “having extra on hand” is damn near impossible w/ most insurance plans. I have ONE allergy pill left & am only able to pick up my Rx today, due to insurance (can’t reorder early!) and pharmacy supply chain.

Because we apparently need the reminder today. 🎨 by @liberaljane.bsky.social

A lot of holiday stuff is dumb busywork that moms should just refuse to do, but to me, sending and receiving cards genuinely sparks joy and connection