Jane Austen America Book. In June. 🤝 Pride & Prejudice

have I mentioned that I teach first year writing here and that I am being laid off

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Good morning, it’s pride month!

It's my book's second birthday on Thursday and I am feeling both sentimental and amused like wow a few years ago I really said 'I am gonna quit my job and pursue my passion project: writing a book about the Constitution' and then that's exactly what I did bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Young people are always told what not to do. But what should you do? Did you know that most public libraries have a Nintendo Switch to use? That parks show free movies at night? That there's a map of pickup basketball games?

Some thoughtful person provided a link to a non-paywalled version of this article: gcaptain.com/drowning/

The political polarization of health outcomes in the USA

Notably, the only group that got *healthier* overall were those who shifted from being conservative to liberal. Those who swung the other direction fared the worst – and substantially so. Spoiler: it wasn't just COVID. (Higher is sicker.)

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AS SOMEONE WHO HAD TO PAY HIS OWN WAY THROUGH THE U OF C WITH STUDENT LOANS this is great and I approve www.wbez.org/education/20...

🔥 🏆 It "turns what is often grueling, skilled, and time‑consuming work into a quaint hobby, and then uses that trivialization to justify denying pay, protections, or social value."

Owltruism.

genrally pretty good advice

New research from Finland's basic income experiment proves that simply trusting people with money—not just the money itself—significantly improves mental health. www.scottsantens.com/finland-gave...

Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)

Henry V, act 3, scene 1, line 1.

truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

I didn’t know this, did you? Amazing!

Not sure why we're doing quotes but ok. The issue here is both aggregation across people and a failure to account for the value of anything other than remunerative activity. If 2 parents work 6 jobs, yes, real median household income will rise. Unlikely that they will be better off.

This is so, so well-articulated.

The point ladies and gentlemen, is that cringe, for lack of a better word, is good. Cringe is right. Cringe works.

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

Who wants to see the best figure of all time in a physics paper? In which Bill Unruh explains black hole dynamics using the analogy of screaming fish going over a supersonic waterfall. 🧪 link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

the y in rhythm is just there as a question about spelling

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

@thepunch.studio and @typofonderie.com coming through to fill my knowledge gaps left by Bringhurst. Glad to see thepunch.studio bridging the gap to typeface creators from around the globe ✌️🧡🔠

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026 🧵

cc: @today-maybe.bsky.social

Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love. Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.

Patti LaBelle and her son Zuri Kye Edwards have wiped out more than $667,000 in unpaid school lunch debt, helping thousands of children across the United States. LaBelle called the act “a victory greater than any Grammy,” emphasizing that no child should ever have to learn on an empty stomach.

Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center

the witch king of angmar has to work at waffle house because of budget cuts in mordor

me [teh type nerdboss] 'firstly, it's a 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦....' cc: @typofonderie.com

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

reskeet with a tweet you still think about

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alright fuck it, we're doing a joint year end best of playlist BUT here's the criteria -- you can only reply with one song and it does not have to be new in 2025, but it has to have been new TO YOU in 2025

If you see this, qtp with a pic from your gallery to describe your mental health

It’s grink season

As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.

aggressively american

They flipped out about rap music for *decades*

nothing says you’re kicking ass at Buddhism quite like having an insatiable desire for something