Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.

If I bake brownies today, and I’m the only one eating them, will any remain on Christmas Day??

I’ll never, ever repeat my craziest archive experience (*cough cough* Musée de l'Homme). But I’m fairly sure I got Consumption from an 18th-c archival folio.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

It’s time…

I'm going to bed.

Wow

Hey OAH members. There's a post on Facebook that requires us to object. I did. Screenshot of post below and screenshots of email I sent to OAH leadership following.

Designer jeans, Sambas, sleeping designer dog, safe in my mama’s arms. Slightly oversized Cashmere sweater. Fresh highlights. Sitting on the floor, looking on the verge of tears. Victimized fragile white lady c. 2025. This pic should be studied (Karoline Leavitt must be really pissed).

Trump to speak soon about drug prices. Every question should be on the Epstein files. Every one.

I see it…

Bought @hallierubenhold.bsky.social’s latest book because it’s been a shitty year and I deserve a treat!

You know, I personally hope I never have to share a department with a self-involved, anti-vax, anti-intellectual conspiracy theorist who thinks they know it all (and are “naturally” better than everyone else), but hey, that’s just me.

@katyturreport.bsky.social why do you keep talking to Mike Lawler?! He refuses to respond to straight questions, and you just let him evade. It’s exhausting. You actually let him say that something that happened 15 years ago that the Republicans can’t fix is the fault of the Democrats. Nonsense.

I had coffee at noon today and it is now clear I'll be awake until Saturday.

I was gonna stay up and watch this fucker give his pretend speech about how great the world is under his leadership, and then I decided I’m a goddamn grown-up. I’ll have to listen to any kind of shit I don’t want to. Going to bed. Peace.

Yeah ok

I’m demanding the House vote now to extend ACA tax credits before the December 31 deadline. Congress shouldn’t leave for the holidays without stopping health care costs from skyrocketing! youtu.be/Fy7xTXgSa8M

CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin. Via @ngluckman.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...

Graduate admissions turned in. Grades posted.

City of Buffalo Mayor Scanlon has issued a Travel Advisory as winter weather conditions are expected to impact the evening commute. Motorists are urged to use caution, reduce speeds, and allow additional travel time.

"This searing book conveys the survivors' sufferings and remarkable resilience, bringing to life their personal stories" The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they awarded the 2025 prize to Hannah Durkin's 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'.

The world is upside down & in the grand scheme of things, this means little but I just submitted the draft of Part 1 of the manuscript to my editor at Princeton U Press. It will be the first time she's seen it. Meantime, me and my crutches are trying hard to turn off the news & begin grading finals.

After a weekend of such tremendous sorrow, suddenly thinking of The Princess Bride (one of the joys of my life) made me burst into tears. My system has overloaded.

I’m watching a press conference that is live with police who say they absolutely will not release the names of the victims inside this house. Why in the world would they say that given this statement from the family? Oh my God.

The day @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social changed my life…

Q from reporter: do you have any information about the shooter or where it happened? Not that we can say. Q: were they shot inside a classroom? We can’t discuss specifics. Q: understood. Where were they shot? JFC, reporters …

I found a translator. Thanks all of you for being so willing to assist me!

Republicans testifying today. youtube.com/watch?v=G7Rg...

You know, Nicole @msnownews.bsky.social discussing the very real “betrayal” that Trump voters must feel and why didn’t anyone on the panel ^cough @timmiller.bsky.social^ respond with “who gives a fuck about them? They knew who they were voting for?” #Tired

Classes are officially done. Finals arrive Sunday night at 11:59. Letters of rec done. Almost (almost!) to my final list for graduate admissions! Managed a snowstorm on crutches without falling. Bedtime! #Tired

Doctor: knee not feeling better after a week? Me: no, something’s wrong. D: come in for an x-ray. (Has x-ray). Well, the good news is you didn’t re-injure the knee. So you won’t need your cane. You did, however, really aggravate the thigh muscle that is connected to your knee. M: meaning? D: …

I’ve written this (micro-biography, my ass) & am just getting Mme Louverture off the island headed toward France. Will spend spring semester on rewrites of first 3 parts. Summer in France, followed by writing last part. I appreciate my village, who remind me that Suzanne is a story worth telling.

Check out my new website: drogewilliams.com; YouTube channel @ youtube.com/@profy-ow?si.... Shout out to @parisnoire.bsky.social for pushing me to stop talking about the website and just get it done. Designed by @gumbomedia.bsky.social #birthpolitics #Africa #maternalhealth #reproduction #histmed

WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN

Of course I’m fully awake at 4am.

Woof. So much for the rhetoric that the two people clinging to wreckage in the water were radioing to a bigger ship to come get them.

The federal grand jury has just declined to prosecute Leticia James.

Jesus told me to put a rotisserie chicken, Mac and cheese, and green beans in my Instacart order so now I’m eating like effing royalty.

This is some bullshit, Buffalo.

Reports now said that Kegbreath told Admiral Holsey that the military will follow all order & not to question any of them. Holsey stated the strikes are illegal & Kegbreath said do it or step down & retired. Holsey step down & retired. allaboutlawyer.com/admiral-alvi...

Apropos of nothing in particular: Quentin Tarantino has the most punchable face ever.

I hope one day there is an intense study about this man’s deep-seated insecurities. If he wasn’t such a dangerous asshole, he’d be really worthy of our pity. At least it appears his name is stuck on with tape so it’ll be easier to remove later on.

Next time advertise your murder schemes on X. Just keep winning.

@naturium.bsky.social emails: cyber Friday early. Cyber Friday now. Last chance to save. Ok, we’re serious but here’s another chance. On wait, cyber Monday. And just now: extended sale. I’m unsubscribing to everyone doing this nonsense!

I received an "F" on my dental school paper for writing "the tooth fairy takes 'em while you sleep" and now I'm suing the school for religious discrimination

It’s moments like this — what should be the arrival of my mom’s spritz cookies — when I especially miss her.

I fell this morning getting ready to go to school. I was fully made up and had on a new suit. I spoke with my Doctor who told me to stay off my leg for two days and that setbacks are normal. I’m glad it wasn’t in the room with him because I would’ve punched him in the face.