Lots to learn from jigsaw puzzles! 🧩

“Slow down you must” “Arrive safely you will” ^signs as I entered NY State this evening #MayTheFourth

Got shots for flu, covid, and walking pneumonia yesterday. Have a mammogram and dentist appt scheduled for today. Not mad about the pain….just grateful I have affordable healthcare for prevention, early detection, and treatment That’s what everyone deserves

Just finished #CilkasJourney by #HeatherMorris, author of #TheTattooistOfAuschwitz A hard but important story. The atrocities people are capable of…and the small heroic actions we can also choose, even in the midst of moral ambiguity and overwhelming horror

So cool to see my book added to this collection!

Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women. More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications. I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.

Australian newspaper "The Sun-Herald" opinion piece calls it out. American msm, take notes.

My daughter @callieanderson.bsky.social asked to borrow my copy of #WomenRaceAndClass by #AngelaDavis - a book that opened my eyes and inspired me back in the 90s. Makes me proud to be a fellow alum! @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

“He would never believe he had anything worthy in his life to document. But he does; we all do” -from @lizstrout.bsky.social #TellMeEverything #facts #writing

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

“Joy is still possible in the midst of turmoil. It’s even radical” -Shanita Hubbard #Ujima conference

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” -Angela Davis Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis. "If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory." --Angela Davis

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Firing inspector generals by executive order was illegal

You guys need to see this and take it in… Wise words from someone who is a target. And he’s been listening.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

Very much here for the staff of IKEA inventing fake board games for their room display

Dr. Phill Reed showed my office some of the highlights of the Carlson R. Chambliss Astronomical Observatory and the Planetarium (not pictured, in the process of being updated with amazing new projection equipment) at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania #ItsGoodToBeGolden

As your weird /cool aunt, I just want to encourage you to be yourself and have fun. Life is short, most people aren’t even paying attention to you, so be bright. Try and beat back your fear and make wonderful things, even if they make you embarrassed. Try unusual things. And be as kind as possible.

Iconic Bethlehem scenes tonight: 1) a #peep car in front of the #Steelstacks after #PeepFest 2) an I-beam in the foreground of a pic of the skating rink at the #Steelstacks

Looking forward to checking out this timely collection

At first I saw a Darth Vader head and then I saw a big doggy playing in the leaves. Poor thing turned to stone

This loss hits hard A life well-lived

My music algorithm is on point this morning. I’m being unproductive bc I have to keep dancing. My own version of Sunday morning worship 💃🏽 🙏🏼 ✌🏻

Yikes I learned so much from this thread

Costco responded to shareholders requesting that it withdraw from DEI policies. The response was direct and to the point: Costco says, "Our board has considered this proposal and believes that our commitment to an enterprise rooted in respect & inclusion is appropriate & necessary." ❤️COSTCO♥️

Just heard Bruno Mars’ “When I Was Your Man” followed by Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers” 🤯🤩 #IYKYK

The 39th time we've had to post this, and this time about The Onion's original hometown.

No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress. No people of color were selected, either.

A question for academics: As dean, I want to do more to recognize achievements in my college and encourage faculty awareness of their colleagues’ scholarship. What are some good ways to do this? Bonus points for ideas that do not tax people’s time too much…

“My mother’s not a mob boss…she’s a criminally adjacent person of influence.” The dialogue in #BlackDoves is next level

This is an incalculable loss but Nikki Giovanni lived a grand and interesting life; that will always be a gift. May she rest in power.

Don’t know how @keiraknightley.bsky.social delivered a threatening line about a Nutribullet without cracking up, but the violence underlying domesticity is actually terrifying to contemplate #BlackDoves

“I have too many books” -judgemental -boring -implies impulse-control issues “The books... they have me.” - mysterious - occult - implies you are at the mercy of a library of books that have gained sentience and are holding you hostage #readingcommunity

“We try to fool the gods by buying the latest iPhone, sealcoating our driveway.” “Less”

This actually made my day because I’ve been thinking about #Walden as I contemplate life from my renovated school house in the middle of the woods #brainrot #wordoftheyear #OED #Thoreau

My reward for going into work today was catching sight of this beauty

Just sent this poem to a couple of my siblings I talked to today. Joy isn’t because life is grand but rather because we are there for each other no matter what life brings 💕

What Wilson Phillips never told you, is that you have to hold on for one more day EVERY SINGLE DAY

Scene in #TheDiplomat season 2 when Kate and the VP are looking at the wall of predecessor ambassadors and find the one woman in the wall of men….

Saw #Conclave and keep thinking about the sermon on the value of uncertainty and the way the movie ended. And now I’m thinking that’s why I left Catholicism for a #UnitarianUniversalist church—because open questions and ongoing growth are spiritual and good in ways blind doctrine can’t be

On my flight home from #NCTE24 I re-read Cynthia Selfe's 1997 CCCC Chair's Address "Technology & Literacy: A Story about the Perils of Not Paying Attention" and damn this should be required (re-)reading for everyone in writing studies thinking & not thinking about GenAI www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/3...

Just finished listening to #Liars by @sarahmanguso.bsky.social First time I tried I had to stop—it was too real. But the 2nd time, I stuck with the protagonist through all the bs, and I’m so glad I did 💯 worth reading #AmReading

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I’m looking forward to checking out these resources. My goal is to be mindful as we move forward, and I’m grateful for others who are sharing their thoughts #AI #WritingStudies #HigherEd

Thread for the educators like me who just arrived here. I missed the early Twitter wave, but with all X’s problems, many educators, researchers, and academics are flocking to Bluesky. Here’s what I’ve learned so far 🧵1/8

Prepping to do a 2nd ed of my #WritingAboutWriting text for #FirstYearComposition and thinking of all the #AI updates needed. Still: SO MUCH is still fully relevant, like that cover photo—I love all it implies about the various technologies used for reading and writing #FocusOnWriting