It’s been six months of moon wobbling! happy half birthday to my little book!

"[C]orporations only exist because states allow them to. Which means that every power a corporation has was given to it by the state. Hawaii just took one of those powers off the list—starting next year, corporations in Hawaii can no longer spend money on state + local elections." #ShareGoodNewsToo

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FWIW, I don’t think the major problem in my field, or related ones, is that people need to move faster & produce more. I read a lot of papers as part of the job, and I’m increasingly convinced we’d benefit from fewer papers and better ones, not more mediocre work produced ever more “efficiently.”

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

This is the University of Central Florida. So many people really have no idea how much kids hate this shit.

Other than discovering that I’m apparently John Oliver’s son, @lastweektonight.com’s deep dive into the shadow docket is really quite good: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKeq...

Californians! Social media is full of the idea that waiting until the last minute to vote in California's election is strategic. But not if you're voting by mail. Attorney General Rob Bonta warns voters to mail ballots at least a week ahead of the June 2 election.

LAST CHANCE! Zoom w/me, ask me anything, help diversify publishing! Bid now--auction ends at 9pm ET TONIGHT, May 11!! 👇👇👇

Good morning Blacksky. Teach the babies to play instruments.

It’s super easy to get on social media and complain about how little gets done in politics But it’s also often surprisingly easy to get a group together and attend a meeting to demand some satisfaction

in the meantime though, a good thing for everyone to do would be to show up to one boring public meeting per year, take notes, and share anything important or interesting you learn with the subreddit for your town you can do one evening of being bored per year, can't you? I will do it

I don't remember who I first learned it from, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social or @prisonculture.bsky.social, but ever since, I celebrate Mother’s Day by giving to @nationalbailout.bsky.social to reunite Black mamas & caregivers with their families Join in to #FreeBlackMamas at bit.ly/freeblackmamas2026!

Last year, it only took five of us showing up and making public comment at a city council meeting to get the council to restore library funding that the mayor’s office had cut. Just a few people showing up can make a huge difference.

Come chat with me and help diversify publishing! Bid on a 30-min AMA zoom call with me (we can talk books, writing, or whatever your heart desires, within reason) & proceeds benefit @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social, which does great work diversifying publishing. Auction ends MONDAY, 5/11! 👇

Y’all know about Porchfest?

Adulthood is just cycling between "If I don't say yes to every opportunity, no new opportunities will ever be offered to me" and "Oh no, I have said yes to too many things" over and over until you die.

told my sons it was bedtime and they said "we're gonna hide from bedtime!" and i said "do you know where the best hiding place is? in your beds, bedtime will never find you there" and i'll be goddamned but that actually worked. they're hiding from bedtime under the covers in bed

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

by age 30 you should have one friend for every major animal group to spam. seen a good crab post? forward to your token crab person. bat post for the bat person. cicada post for the cicada person. bear post for the bear person. jellyfish post for the jellyfish person. and so on and so forth.

YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT DO YOUR STRETCHES.

I can’t wait to see Florence and the Machine again next month. Loving all the tour footage from 🇺🇸 and especially seeing Planned Parenthood at her venues. A woman who nearly died using her experience to help others (and creating her best album yet) www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/flo...

Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it. www.nature.com/articles/d41... h/t @maartenp.bsky.social

Every time someone states what ought to be, people rush to the mentions to explain that it won't happen, and now I am talking to those people, and I want to be very clear: YOU are the reason it won't happen. Every time you say that you are taking energy away from "should" and reinforcing "is."

Correction--the @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social auction runs through Monday, May *11*! Bid to zoom with me and AMA👇

The teen is at practice all day, husband and dog are napping, I guess I will go and make some things 🧶🧵🎨