Here it is, my 249th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below in comments, please share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?

Facial prosthesis, c.1917. THREAD for #RemembranceSunday🧵 From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its medical capabilities. Bodies were battered, gouged, hacked, and gassed. /1

I went to an annual conference in the US in June that usually draws a lot of Canadians. Not a one came and they made sure we knew why. In addition to general anti-Trump sentiment, they were worried they would have trouble getting into and out of the country.

sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

The Mamdani political sign generator is kinda fun https://homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/for.html

This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care. If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...

"Ms. Pelosi did not just pressure the Reagan administration to display the AIDS memorial quilt — she personally sewed a panel to honor Susie Piracci Roggio, a flower girl at her wedding, who died of AIDS in 1986." Why Nancy Pelosi will always be the GOAT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

This beautiful seal bag, embroidered with the Royal Arms of England, was made in 1280 to protect the wax seal attached to a charter from the reign of Edward I. It's a fine example of 'opus anglicanum' - highly-prized English embroideries with gold and silver thread. #Museum30 #Stitch

Frankenstein crashing out in the Double Cube Room at Wilton House, costume drama's MVP location:

Amen to this: "It’s easy to dismiss what we wear and how we look as frivolous. But that would brush aside a truth we all know: Our appearance sends messages, whether we intend it or not." www.thecut.com/article/behi...

"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...

Fall is here and many of you may be shopping for an overcoat. Let me show what you can get as you move up the price ladder. 🧵

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation. To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

Raven on the Colonial Fleet, 2010 (feathered headdress, painted corset, dance robe, sequinned robe & boots) by Skeena Reece. Part of ‘We Who Have Known Tides’ @vanartgallery.bsky.social

Most non-disabled, non-working people stay on SNAP for a few months at most. It's what prevents temporary hardships (illness, pregnancy, unemployment) from sliding into chronic poverty. Many of those who do stay on it for years are veterans or work full-time in minimum-wage jobs.

Some of my favorite Nancy Pelosi fashion moments:

English model and actress Jean Shrimpton was born #OnThisDay in 1942. She was photographed in 1964 wearing this John Bates for Jean Varon pink organza empire-waist 'Lily-of-the-Valley' evening dress, decorated with white flowers and a pink bow on the bodice. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

Pierrot, by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718-19, 📸 by @andyharnik

An illuminating peek behind the curtain at the journey many "collectible" clothing pieces take before they find their way into museums: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/s...

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Ironically, it did NOT help Jefferson Davis evade capture: www.americanheritage.com/was-jefferso...

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

Mr 'no fat soldiers' taking the direct route.

me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you? students: no AI I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion

My kid was Paul Atreides for Halloween and I think I've already found next year's costume!

Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.

HOT LIBRARY INTEL: you can ask your library to purchase specific titles for their collection, usually right through the library's website. Librarians can't know every single new title, nor can they mind-read what their patrons might want to check out. Give it a shot!

many are saying canceling everyone's flights and food benefits right before the Traveling & Eating Holiday is a good move, politically

Um...that's the Mar-a-Lago font:

Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.

Before fireworks, there was the hearth. Families worried about sparks and strange luck, so they hid shoes and clothes in chimneys, walls and under stairs. Clothing was thought to keep a person’s imprint and to stand guard for the household.

This person took this when they called the race

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

Comb https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/466093

I encourage you to review the entire history of alleged Sexiest Mens Alives, because no matter who you are, I think you will experience at least one jump scare. people.com/celebrity/al...

Turns out this news was in the public domain yesterday but no one has covered it as far as I can tell. Does no one care about our national library anymore? It was much the same with the cyberattack. If this was a bit of 'science' infrastructure can you imagine? www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

Jonathan Bailey makes history as the first openly gay man to be named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive.

Happy birthday Loïs Mailou Jones. The prolific artist, textile designer & arts educator, famous for her colorful canvases often incorporating African motifs & for 40 years of influential pedagogy at Howard University, was born today in 1905. #textiledesign #painting

Percy Bysshe Shelley: So pleased my wife's novel is remembered in so grand a manner as this, what is it called, photoplay? I wonder how I fare in this world of the morrow? (Opens BlueSky) What the f

I believe Bailey would be the first gay Sexiest Man Alive in the 40 years People magazine has been doing this. Yeah, this is all silly, but it will not sit well with some people, and...good.* *if true

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

The analysis of what broke American democracy can probably stop right here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

why can't people just be ordinary