I made a thing. Here are my answers. Which books would you choose?

"You're asking me about something that the president just said... He's never going to implement it... We should talk instead about what he's doing... Every time we get distracted by what he talks about rather than what he does... he destroys and he redistributes to the rich."

For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.

On our walks, San enjoys helping me collect deadfall.

From Moorhead, J. (2023). Surreal spaces: the life and art of Leonora Carrington. Princeton University Press.

This stood out to me: “LexisNexis … contract with ICE. This company is particularly vulnerable to pressure from university students and professor unions, since much of its revenue comes from colleges.” https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/ice-businesses-boycott-campaign/

The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

god imagine how good it would feel to molt

"Live with your century, but do not be its creature." - Friedrich Schiller

This is a great piece on masculinity and it makes me miss raving! Great writing by @mckenziewark.bsky.social www.e-flux.com/journal/159/...

Sunrise promise at #Bamburgh beach,#Northumberland that turned into lots of clouds shortly afterm. I lovecl these moments in time. #landscapephotography #UK #sunrise

Christmas night: "But Santa, you've hardly touched your Zardoz cookies."

following your pleasure is a skill and not an easy one

A small but wonderful section of colorful coastal tafoni.

I was attracted to the ghostly trees on the left side of the image. Mount Shasta in the distance

Enjoyed the fog the other morning.

Today in Haku. Laundry rack.

Today in Haku—the mop rack.

Word Cloud almost adequate to the current historical moment. I made this using Adobe Illustrator and need it on a tee shirt.

A lot of simple, straightforward, yet crucial steps and things to know here, whether you're headed to a protest this weekend or not.

The whimsical juxtapositions of a day in early Spring.

Looking out the kitchen window toward the Klamath valley where Iron Gate dam was removed and the salmon returned.

Ahead of Trans Day of Visibility, join Alliance for Justice tomorrow for an important conversation on the state of trans rights and discussion on strategies for advocacy, legal intervention, and grassroots organizing to fight back against regressive policies. RSVP: streamyard.com/watch/TthfSN...

Disconcertingly relevant commentary on Wieland, a 1798 Gothic novel by Charles Brockden Brown.

Having run afoul of Isis, Athena finds her temple menaced by Bastet.

I’m pleased with how my design for the Lumon water tower printed. The top is removable and the pipes hollow so it can be used to water a potted plant.

'Bubble Vendor' (1842) rom the series 'A Set of Goldfish' Utagawa Kuniyoshi

I’m finding this useful for understanding how fascism and trans exclusion are bound together. Serena Bassi, Greta LaFleur; Introduction: TERFs, Gender-Critical Movements, and Postfascist Feminisms. TSQ 1 August 2022; 9 (3): 311–333.

I planted crocus, my favorite flower, near an old well on our property.

This helped me get in my groove while grading. Then I noticed the track is called "It's Raining Vengeance."

Let’s keep the comment flooding going! Join us for our Comment-A-Thon tonight at 7pm EST. Our team will guide you through writing and submitting impactful messages on the anti-trans passport changes. Register here action.transequality.org/a/freedom-fl...

Silent movies did some pretty wild things with trains

Jamie Raskin is encouraging people to file Federal Privacy Act requests on their personal DOGE data. Fillable forms here: jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...

Thank you April Baca for this review of Scientia Sexualis. www.artforum.com/events/scien...

Anselm Kiefer’s works featuring deserted buildings are based on photographs of projects by architects who worked for the Nazi regime. This watercolour contrasts the silhouette of a painter’s palette at the centre, graceful and fragile, with the severity and order of the surrounding architecture.

Spies (1928) Directed by Fritz Lang

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The Dao of Haku.

2020: attacks on “BLM” 2022: attacks on “CRT” 2024: attacks on “woke” 2025: attacks on “DEI” BLACK. THEY MEAN BLACK.

This is the best warning message in history. I will start using it on office supplies I don’t want people to borrow. At least if they are durable, like a stapler or heavy scissors.

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In addition to the clouds, I love how scruffed and scraped the world can look in March.

I mistyped the Resistant Real as the Resistant Teal, and now I can't stop thinking about it.

Holly beneath oaks beyond the South Meadow. I especially liked the curving branches and shadows.

This helps me understand some of the connections between White supremacy and anti-trans hatred. From an article by Kandi Amin. References in comments.

Looking West from the Klamathon Bridge yesterday.

I joined more than 350 LGBTQIA+ historians in signing this letter protesting the government attempt to erase trans people from history by censoring the Stonewall National Monument website. Erasing a word does not erase our existence--now or in the past. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Looking East late in the day